"What do you think caused these wounds?"
That night, in a LuthorCorp laboratory, Lex looked at Dilos, then pointed to several horribly mutilated corpses. "My scientists all say they were caused by some kind of mutated beast, but they haven't been able to learn anything else from the bodies."
"Judging by the wounds, this beast must be huge, but..."
Wearing gloves, Dilos examined the head of one of the male corpses.
"The wounds are all consistent. There are some distorted marks, but compared with previous beast attacks, these wounds are relatively smooth."
A large section of the corpse's head was missing, and the edges of the wound bore traces of a beast's sharp teeth. Dilos felt the marks, his brow furrowing.
"It was a fatal blow, and it would take tremendous bite force to do this. As far as I know, the only creatures capable of causing this kind of damage are carnivorous dinosaurs larger than humans."
As he spoke, Dilos looked over at Lex. "Did your people analyze the remaining blood samples?"
"Of course. They found traces of some unknown virus in the blood. The blood cells acted like a serum, able to erode other cells and then alter a person's genes."
Lex shrugged. "But they couldn't analyze it any further. That's why I called you in. You're the person I know who understands this stuff best."
"Do you have a gene-separation device here?" Dilos raised an eyebrow.
"Of course. We have everything. But my people said they couldn't separate anything useful from the samples."
Less than ten minutes after Lex said that...
Looking at the three gene sequences displayed on the digital simulation device, Lex twitched his lips. "All right. Honestly, Dilos, are you really sure you don't want to work for me?"
"Let me put it this