Strategic Scientific Reserve

On the military camp's parade ground, a row of soldiers stood loosely in formation.

Chen Mo and Steve were among them.

"Recruits, attention!"

As a clear female voice rang out, a cool and striking female officer strode up before the soldiers.

She had long, wavy auburn hair, sensual red lips, and a hot, voluptuous figure that radiated wildness.

"Gentlemen, I'm Agent Carter." Seeing the soldiers hurriedly stand at attention, Peggy Carter announced in a clear voice.

"I oversee all matters within this department."

Chen Mo carefully sized up this female lead. By his standards, she was not especially beautiful, merely quite sexy. Looking at Steve again, though he stood there with a straight face, the occasional furtive glances he cast her way revealed his thoughts.

Chen Mo chuckled inwardly. With me as your master, sooner or later you'll win the beauty.

Perhaps dazzled by Agent Carter's charm, one soldier tried to flirt with her and was swiftly, cleanly knocked to the ground.

"Agent Carter!" At that moment, an elderly officer in a leather jacket and Dr. Erskine climbed out of a Jeep together.

"Colonel Phillips!" Carter quickly turned and saluted.

The colonel looked at the soldier on the ground and teased, "Looks like you've really gotten along with our recruits. Not bad."

Then he looked at the soldier on the ground and said sternly,

"Get your ass off the ground and return to formation. Stand there until someone tells you to stop!"

The bleeding-nosed soldier scrambled to his feet and replied through a sniffle, "Yes, sir!"

"General Patton once said..." After a pause, Colonel Phillips raised his voice. "War depends on weapons, but victory depends on soldiers."

"We will win this war because we have the finest... soldiers..." As he spoke, the colonel happened to spot Steve, who was short and skinny and stood out conspicuously among the ranks. His voice involuntarily trailed off.

He turned and gave Dr. Erskine a speechless look. The doctor stared straight ahead, pretending not to notice. Colonel Phillips helplessly glanced at Steve before continuing.

"And they will only get better. Much better."

"The Strategic Scientific Reserve is formed by an alliance of nations and gathers the finest of the free world."

"Our goal is to build the greatest army in history, and every army needs a pioneer."

"After this week, we'll choose that person. He will be the first of our new generation of Super Soldiers."

The Super Soldier Project was intended to mass-produce Super Soldiers and establish a super-soldier corps.

Now that the serum had been successfully developed, they would select one person from these chosen outstanding soldiers a week later for the first enhancement experiment.

Chen Mo's physical abilities had long since surpassed those of ordinary people and were close to the limits of humanity. The Super Soldier Serum would help him break through that limit and reach an unprecedented height.

With intelligence and physical abilities beyond ordinary people, even while holding back, Chen Mo's performance in training remained exceptionally eye-catching. He took first place in nearly every event.

Physical training, obstacle courses, hundred-meter sprints, ten-kilometer cross-country runs—every grueling training exercise seemed as simple as children playing house to Chen Mo. He could complete them with ease without exerting much effort.

Colonel Phillips was extremely pleased with Chen Mo's outstanding performance. He was the finest soldier the colonel had seen in all his years.

If Chen Mo's performance was understandable given his tall, athletic build, then Steve's performance came as a surprise to everyone.

Almost everyone had thought that this short, scrawny fellow would never be able to complete the training. The result left them all stunned. Though he was nowhere near as formidable as Chen Mo and mostly placed in the middle or even near the bottom, he completed every training exercise and was not much worse than the others. This greatly exceeded everyone's expectations and successfully caught Agent Carter's attention.

Steve's physical abilities were actually only slightly better than those of ordinary people, thanks to the system's well-designed training. Compared to the other elite members, he was still far behind. The reason he performed well in the training assessments was mainly because of the techniques Chen Mo had taught him and his own powerful willpower.

In order to complete the training and achieve the best performance possible, Steve gave everything he had every time. After each session, he was exhausted to the point of collapse, sprawled on the ground with his strength completely drained. To achieve his current results, Steve had put in more effort than anyone else.

During breaks in training, Chen Mo still made time to give Steve combat training. Only then did the Reserve members learn that the two were actually master and student.

Though they found it strange that the powerful Chen Mo had accepted such a frail student as Steve, Steve's extraordinary performance now seemed understandable. With such an incredible teacher, no one's performance would be too poor.

Dr. Erskine, on the other hand, had long known about their relationship and had Agent Carter investigate both of them.

After learning of Steve's dramatic transformation before and after meeting Chen Mo, as well as the details of how Chen Mo had driven back the Mafia organization, Dr. Erskine developed a keen interest in Chen Mo's strength. He often summoned Chen Mo alone for various tests and experiments.

Before him, Chen Mo no longer hid his abilities and fully displayed his physical condition, which was close to the limits of humanity.

As for the source of his strength, Chen Mo explained that it came from Ancient Chinese Secret Martial Arts. One had to train from childhood through special methods, endure long-term and highly demanding practice, and possess extremely stringent natural talent. Among ten thousand people, not one could reach his level.

After being led in circles by Chen Mo's mysterious terms like Qi Sensation, Internal Energy, Acupoints, and Meridians, the doctor conducted extensive research to no avail and had no choice but to regretfully abandon his study of this new enhancement method.

However, Chen Mo's powerful body itself was excellent research material. Dr. Erskine instead began studying his exceptional physique, comparing it with the theory behind the Super Soldier Serum and optimizing and improving the serum.

Before this, the doctor's research had been based entirely on theory and animal experiments. The only human enhancement he had ever performed was on Red Skull Schmidt, who had suffered serious aftereffects after the enhancement. Moreover, the doctor had never had the opportunity to study that failed subject.

Thus, Dr. Erskine had not been fully satisfied with the completed Super Soldier Serum. It was simply that he had no way to take it any further.

Chen Mo's appearance now gave him hope. A perfect body that had never undergone enhancement yet already came close to the physical abilities he had calculated for a body enhanced by the serum undoubtedly gave his serum the potential to advance further.

The experiment originally scheduled for a week later was postponed, and Dr. Erskine once again immersed himself in research on the serum.

The Reserve's training period was also extended. However, Chen Mo, who had originally trained alongside them, rarely appeared on the training grounds anymore. Instead, he often stayed with Dr. Erskine.

Chen Mo had also gained quite a lot during this period.