After reclaiming every last drop of the Symbiote mother into the Black Sphere to recuperate, Yuri glanced over the twenty-six Symbiotes lined up before him. The last few to emerge were much quieter than their older brothers and sisters, likely because they were underdeveloped.
But none of that mattered.
In the blink of an eye, Yuri reverted to his Mutant True Form and plugged the tubes on his back into the young Symbiotes in the ice cases, one tube per Symbiote. Life Energy surged through the blue-black tubes into their pitch-black bodies, and in just a few seconds, the superpowers had been grafted onto them.
"Kate, go find someone smart and bring him in."
Yuri planned to find a Mutant Beast to test whether his idea would work. But just as Kate turned to carry out his order, he suddenly thought of someone else. "Never mind. Bring... Xuanse over. From now on, you're not allowed to call him Old Rogers anymore. He's only Xuanse now. Understood?"
It would probably take several days for the experiment to show any results. Even if he used a Mutant Beast, there was the question of whether its limited vocabulary would let it accurately describe the changes in its body. And its uncontrollable animal instincts would be a massive headache. By comparison, the utterly loyal Xuanse was a much better choice.
Yuri had complete faith in the former Captain America, who had now been transformed to look just like him.
While the two were still on their way back to the ice cavern, Yuri spent a long time picking and choosing among the young Symbiotes that had received his superpower infusion. Xuanse's role was to be a warrior who could hold his own against anyone, so supportive powers like Super Healing and the ability to