In addition to the changes in the world, the Ten Rings Empire itself has also undergone tremendous changes. The shattered cities of the past have been leveled and replaced by super-tech cities that have sprung up from the ground.
Furthermore, during this year, two canals were opened in the Ten Rings, with water sources originating from the Mediterranean Sea and converted using artificial solar energy. Freshwater continuously flows inland, nourishing the land.
At the same time, refugees and a large number of Mutants poured in, bringing the population to 30 million.
However, once this number was reached, and with the surrounding chaotic countries now secretly under the control of the Ten Rings, a ceasefire was reached, the vampires were eliminated, and a state of peace was established!
Therefore, the Ten Rings has also banned accepting refugees and only provides aid to foreign countries!
As for Mutants, it depends on their abilities; the stronger their abilities, the easier it is to apply for citizenship. Others can only temporarily apply to undergo procedures to correct their own deformities!
However, Ten Rings also stated that the free repair service is only valid for three years; after three years, repair costs will be borne by the customer.
In addition to these, the Ten Rings also established an organization called " Tianshu Bureau " for external superhuman combat and anomaly containment.
Ivan and Dr. Burstein also serve in the group. The core combat members include four teenagers: Clarice, Lucien, Karen, and Nier, as well as two newly joined young Mutants. One can manipulate and create frost, and the other can manipulate sand, somewhat similar to the Sandman's abilities.
Becky will temporarily serve as the director!
Becky has matured and become more composed in the past two years, but she is still not capable enough and can only serve as acting director temporarily. If she is unable to perform her duties in the future, someone else will have to take over!
"Haha, the success rate has finally been optimized to 99%!"
Excited laughter echoed from Wenwu's enormous laboratory!
After a year of hard work, he finally developed the perfect Multiple Man his own body!
Wenwu looked at the serum emitting a pale red glow in the test tube in his palm, his eyes filled with excitement.
Now, all he needs to do is inject this serum, and he can immediately inherit the Multiple Man's abilities!
Without the slightest hesitation, Wenwu placed it into a syringe, attached an Adamantium needle, and inserted it into the body, pushing all the serum inside!
Afterwards, Wenwu slowly lay down on the experimental bed, carefully feeling the changes that were slowly taking place in his body!
It wasn't until twelve hours later, at the next morning, that things continued.
Wenwu suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze revealing an undisguised excitement.
Because he felt he had succeeded!
With a thought, Wenwu instantly split off another version of himself from the experimental bed and walked off the bed!
"What a weird feeling!"
"What an amazing ability!"
The two, one Wenwu and one warrior, spoke in unison, then their eyes met, both showing surprise.
"There wasn't a single bit of consumption!!"
Wenwu was shocked. He felt that the clone that split off was created by the X-Gene in his body through some kind of connection with a higher dimension, drawing energy to simulate the split, without consuming his own power at all.
"Let's see if your abilities are still there!"
Both the Wenwu simultaneously experienced their own feelings.
Wenwu himself sensed that his abilities had not disappeared!
However, the clone, Wenwu, frowned and said, "He didn't inherit everything; he only inherited about 80% of the abilities!"
Upon hearing this, the original Wenwu split into another clone.
"That's about 80% of his strength, and he didn't expend any energy at all!"
"Then, could I directly devour my own clone and refine the Spiritual Power within it?"
As soon as the idea came to him, Wenwu couldn't resist giving it a try.
However, it was completely useless. After absorbing the clone's Spiritual Power, the split Spiritual Power was actually recycled by that higher-dimensional space!
Wenwu withdrew his clone, which had lost its Spiritual Power, and split off again.
He then split into countless clones, numbering over three hundred.
His ability is even more stable Multiple Man; upon his first awakening, he was able to split into 310 clones.
However, the more clones one has, the less power one inherits.
Five of the clones inherited 80% of the power. After that, the power of the other clones plummeted by half. After that, it plummeted again after that. Finally, after that, after that, they became ordinary people.
Even so, it's already incredibly amazing!
This excited Wenwu for quite a while.
Finally, after testing all the clones, each one was able to cultivate Spiritual Power!
Furthermore, clones possessing more than 10% of Spiritual Power can utilize brain overclocking.
This is absolutely incredible! You have to understand that someone with this ability has a full fifty clones!
Fifty people with super-powered brains—how powerful would that be? I can't even imagine!
Wenwu then divided all his clones into five teams.
The first tier has 80% of the strength, the second tier has 40%, the third tier has 20%, the fourth tier has 10%, and the fifth tier has less than 10%.
Let all the clones act independently. Those clones below the fourth tier without overclocked brains should spend their days diligently cultivating, while those with overclocked brains should focus on learning, research, and cultivation!
The three hundred-plus clones worked together with clear division of labor, a sight that even the main body of the Wenwu master found incredibly awe-inspiring!
He thought to himself that if there were any dangerous things in the future, he could let his clones do them. As for the issue of strength, the strength of his five first-tier clones was 90% of his strength a year ago.
Besides his research, he also continued his cultivation this year. Although his cultivation speed had slowed down, his strength had still increased by about 10%.
In the time that followed, Wenwu experienced unprecedented efficiency.
The numerous clones each have their own roles: some delve into the underlying logic of magic, some study the powers related to Ghost Rider, and some conduct research based on various Mutants genetic data obtained from Trask Industries, including the genes of Mystique, Magneto, Professor X, and Black King.
There are also numerous technologies being researched, such as Second-Generation Sentry Robot, human enhancement and optimization, bio-weapons, cross-species gene fusion, Iron Man Armor, nanotechnology, and Pym Particles.
Furthermore, there are separate entities dedicated to handling the political affairs of the Ten Rings Empire.
Everything operates with extremely high efficiency!
Among them, the one who jointly studies the Pym Particles has the most clones, which is what Wenwu urgently wants now!
He has done little research on the Pym Particles in the past year, but now that he has a lot of research on its clones, he believes he will develop it soon.
They'll be used on the armor to enhance Ant-Man's abilities.
If there is any fatal danger, we can escape into the Quantum Realm!
With so many clones doing the work, his main body was left idle, and for a time he felt a sense of emptiness with nothing to do.
"By the way, if I were to have a genetically enhanced ordinary clone, could I completely retract and fuse it?"
Thinking of this, Wenwu immediately began the experiment.
However, although the ordinary clone was successfully enhanced, the power of the other gene enhancements did not stay in the body for long before dissipating.
Furthermore, Wenwu also realized the risks associated with the mutation of the clone's genes: there was a chance that it would develop independent thought and easily rebel against the original body!
The clone possessing independent thought is something that Wenwu absolutely cannot allow, and he plans to immediately reclaim it once it is discovered!
After the experiment was over, he once again felt like he had nothing to do.
Finally, he set off to see Dr. Sterns.
Over the past year, in addition to researching various weapons and gene detectors for the Ten Rings, Dr. Sterns has continued to delve into cross-species gene fusion technology.
Thanks to Mystique's genetic research data, Dr. Sterns made great progress, and it was also thanks to his help that Wenwu was able to perfectly embed the Multiple Man's genes into his own body within this year!
"Mr. Wenwu, you've come at the perfect time! I've built the deep gene detector you requested. It will ensure that those Skrulls you mentioned have nowhere to hide!"
Seeing Wenwu approach, Dr. Sterns held up a two-foot-long staff-shaped device and said with a smile.
"Oh, that's great. There must be quite a few Skrulls hiding in the Ten Rings now. With this, the end is near for those shapeshifters!"
Wenwu took the gene testing device from Dr. Sterns, his gaze icy, and spoke in a chilling tone.
Throughout the year, alarms were triggered in many important locations within the Ten Rings Empire, but the perpetrators could not be apprehended.
Wenwu guessed that it must have been the work of the Skrulls.
However, without capturing a single survivor, developing a device to detect their genes will indeed be quite difficult.
These Skrulls ' shapeshifting abilities are even more thorough than Mystique's; after transforming, their genetic sequences are completely identical, and only deeper testing can reveal the differences!
However, even with their superior shapeshifting abilities, it would be virtually impossible for them to uncover the core secrets of the Ten Rings.
Because the guards were at least low-level super soldiers, their physiques were no weaker than ordinary Skrulls, and they wore Iron Man Armor, it was impossible for these Skrulls to silently kill them and take their place in the shadows.
Their only way is to blend in with the refugees to enter the Ten Rings and then find a way to join the Ten Rings army.
This is why they frequently triggered the alarms, yet never succeeded in their plan.
However, they also seem to possess some high-tech capabilities that allow them to evade the pursuit of the Ten Rings.
Wenwu was not surprised by this, after all, the Skrulls were once one of the top civilizations in the universe.
Although it has declined in popularity, it still retains some of its core strengths, so it's understandable that it now possesses some high-tech assets.