Marvel's Death Merchant
Chapter 18

Captain America and the Success of the Plan

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Rogers felt incredibly lucky. At last, he could enlist and step onto the battlefield he had always dreamed of. After joining the recruit training base, Rogers worked extremely hard, but no one thought highly of him. Clone Erskine defended him against the instructor by pointing out his kindness. As a result, the instructor arranged a test—the grenade test. The moment the instructor mentioned a grenade, Americans' instinct to cherish life immediately showed itself. Only Rogers foolishly threw himself over the grenade with his body.

Clone Erskine nodded at Tang Tian with a smile. The plan to turn Rogers into Captain America had officially begun.

Meanwhile, the real Dr. Erskine was already researching the far more terrifying G-virus with Dr. William. He was also attempting to use the T-virus to create an enhanced, evolvable Super-Soldier Serum. Although the original serum was good, its inability to evolve still disappointed Erskine. After joining Umbrella and discovering viruses such as the Progenitor Virus and T-virus, Dr. Erskine believed they could increase the serum's power. Unfortunately, Tang Tian did not have a sample of the Veronica Virus for the time being, and the G-virus was still under research.

"Mr. Stark, how is the machine's output?" clone Dr. Erskine asked. As for why Dr. William had not come, the serum project had already been completed, and the military was more than happy to claim the credit for themselves. Naturally, they had no idea Umbrella had already obtained the data and samples it wanted.

"One hundred percent. Everything is in excellent condition," Howard Stark said seriously.

Seeing that everything was nearly ready, Erskine tapped the microphone and said solemnly, "Ladies and gentlemen, today, we are not taking another step toward extinction. We are taking the first step toward peace." As Dr. Erskine's voice slowly rang out, Rogers, who was strapped to the hospital bed, was the first to receive a penicillin injection.

"It doesn't hurt at all." Steve had thought the injection he had just received was the Super-Soldier Serum.

"Of course not. That was just penicillin," Erskine said helplessly, and Steve's expression instantly froze.

"Begin serum injection," Erskine ordered.

"Five."

"Four."

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

"Mr. Stark, begin the injection," Dr. Erskine said.

Then the machine started. Six doses of Super-Soldier Serum were injected into Steve's body through minimally invasive methods. As the entire chamber sealed shut, the experiment officially began.

"Ten percent, twenty percent, thirty percent..." The experiment began normally, but at seventy percent, Rogers let out a scream. Just as everyone thought the experiment had failed and was preparing to stop it, Rogers shouted that he could endure it. Then the experiment finally succeeded.

The radiation intensified to its limit before finally collapsing, but the experiment had succeeded. Captain America had been born. Everyone was thrilled when they saw the successful result, but no one noticed the Hydra spy slipping away with a strange, cold smile.

While the military's higher-ups celebrated, the Hydra spy waited until Dr. Erskine noticed something was wrong. After the lighter clicked, a violent explosion erupted. The spy swiftly took the last dose of Super-Soldier Serum and fired five shots into Erskine. Hydra wanted the serum to disappear forever from the Anti-Fascist Allies. What Hydra did not know was that this Erskine was merely a clone with his memories. By doing this, Hydra helped Tang Tian secure Dr. Erskine's assistance while also making itself a target of hatred. The two-birds-with-one-stone plan had succeeded perfectly.

Elsewhere, at Umbrella Corporation in New York City, inside the underground T-virus bioweapon research facility.

"Mr. Donners, th-this is..." Dr. Erskine stared in horror at the Super-Soldier Serum experiment footage projected by the Red Queen. He watched his double get shot to death by the Hydra spy, and terror filled his heart. At the same time, he was thankful that his love for research had saved his life.

"Dr. Erskine, you have seen it yourself. You are already dead now. And since you know so many of the company's secrets, your only choice is to join us completely," Tang Tian said with a smile, using the success of his scheme to force Erskine into making his final choice.

"I should have realized it long ago. Fine, I agree to join Umbrella Corporation. But the serum cannot fall into the Nazis' hands. Otherwise, it would be disastrous for the United States and the world," Erskine said with a sigh. He also knew that allowing the final dose of Super-Soldier Serum to fall into Nazi Germany's hands would be dangerous.

"You do not need to worry about that at all. You should know that something dark blue is not necessarily serum. It could also be **," Tang Tian said calmly after igniting a Cuban cigar with elemental magic from his fingertip beneath Erskine's astonished gaze.

"Could it be..." Erskine thought of a possibility. Seven doses of Super-Soldier Serum had been produced in total. Six had been injected into Rogers—no, Captain America. The final dose had been recovered by Umbrella, which meant the extra one had to be **.

"That's right. Now you can rest easy. Red Queen, detonate the **," Tang Tian said as if everything was under his control.

"Yes, Mastermind," the Red Queen's little-girl projection replied mechanically.

After the Hydra spy left the Super-Soldier Serum laboratory and got into a car with the assistance of other spies, he failed to notice the red numbers on the "serum" test tube in his pocket counting down. There were only ten seconds left when Captain America angrily gave chase.

Boom! A violent explosion erupted from the car. Everything within a three-meter radius suffered devastating damage, and all the other spies died instantly as well. The power alone showed that Umbrella had been secretly developing destructive weapons.

"It seems our bioweapons still have not reached the level of Resident Evil 5." After Dr. Erskine left, Tang Tian slapped his forehead and said helplessly. He had once been accustomed to using powerful firearms to protect himself, so after everything was settled, he had wanted to grow stronger as quickly as possible.

"Boss, do not lose heart. Take it slowly. Our bioweapons can already be mass-produced. New bioweapons are already under development: a high-intelligence Zombie army, giant Lickers, T-100 series Tyrants, and Executioners." The Red Queen projected the image of a pure-looking, long-haired, intellectual beauty in her twenties with East Asian features. She had the face of an angel and the body of a devil, enough to make any man's blood race. She was completely different from her previous mechanical appearance, as though she possessed human emotions.

"You are right. It seems I was too impatient." Tang Tian seemed to let out a sigh of relief. In every aspect, the Red Queen's intelligence far surpassed Skynet.

"Mastermind, what is the next step of the plan?" the Red Queen asked seriously.

"I am going to plunder advanced technology from movie worlds. In the real world, send bioweapons and mercenaries to seize Hydra's various energy guns and Dr. Zola. Have the bioweapons collect real combat data." With one sentence from Tang Tian, Red Skull would suffer enormous losses in the future. But who cared? A certain arms dealer had already begun preparing to seize advanced technology and resources.

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