The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 446 Super Soldier Serum

"If you mean the regular version, it's already been made."

Bruce walked to an instrument and pressed a few times on the operating panel. The box-like instrument slowly opened with a sound of air leaking, revealing yellow medicine neatly packed in glass tubes.

Bruce picked one up at random and handed it to Howard behind him, saying nonchalantly, ignoring the other's shocked expression.

"Dr. Erskine is truly a genius. He was able to invent something even in such a simple environment decades ago. It's truly shameful that it took us, the later generations, so long to replicate their wisdom in such a convenient environment."

"This..." Howard looked at the potion in his hand, feeling a little overwhelmed. He had already prepared himself for failure, but who would have thought that Bruce would casually tell him that he had succeeded.

"Don't be happy too early."

Before Howard could be happy, Bruce poured cold water on him.

"This thing is just the first batch of experimental products. It has only been tested on mice so far, and human trials have not yet been conducted."

"How are the mice after the experiment now?" Howard asked.

"Some died, some survived." Bruce handed the experimental records to Howard and let him read it himself.

Howard took the experimental records and looked through them carefully. Just as Bruce said, the success rate of the first batch of super soldier serum on mice was less than 100%, but it could reach more than 50%. After the enhancement, the mice could reach more than four times the original physical fitness without much change.

"I will arrange human experiments as soon as possible." Howard closed the experimental record and calmed his inner excitement. This was the first good news he heard today.

"I suggest we wait a little longer," Bruce frowned. "The current super soldier serum isn't 100% effective on mice, so we can't easily use it on humans. Even monkeys would be more appropriate."

Howard's eyes flickered. In fact, the military had conducted countless human experiments in places Bruce didn't know about, but these could not be told to the naive scholar in front of him who had failed the test.

That's right, scientists who can participate in the research of super soldier serum will definitely not be recruited like ordinary laboratories, where a resume is not enough. They must also go through many review processes, one of which is to test whether these scientists are qualified to know more.

Bruce Banner actually failed this test. Normally, he should have been sent to study something that was not related to the focus, but there was no way he was just too smart.

At the beginning, Bruce was indeed assigned to an unimportant position, but gold will shine wherever it goes. Bruce just accidentally heard Howard's complaint when he was reporting to Howard, and he helped him calculate the answer on the spot based on the content of Howard's complaint.

Howard was astonished. The entire team responsible for the Super Soldier Serum had been stuck on this problem for a week, and who would have thought Bruce could come up with the answer just by hearing it? Howard immediately remembered this unremarkable young man. Logically, Bruce should have been fired for overhearing it, but Howard, with his talent in mind, introduced Bruce to General Ross while he was having dinner, and mentioned his help in the Super Soldier Serum research.

Although Ross is smart and experienced, he knows nothing about scientific research. Under Howard's guidance, Bruce was brought into the super soldier serum research team with a wave of his hand. It was during this introduction that General Ross's daughter Betty somehow fell in love with Bruce.

Because his daughter fell in love with Bruce, General Ross would not stop her from falling in love freely, but he still had to check Bruce's background. When he saw the information that said Bruce had made great achievements in physics and other fields, and even had six degrees, but did not have a degree in biology, Ross became suspicious.

Ross had been in a high position for a long time, so he didn't hide anything when facing a young man like Bruce. He asked his questions immediately. Unexpectedly, Bruce was not at all nervous in front of the old general, and gave his answers calmly.

"Well, I recently wanted to get a degree in biology, so I crammed two days of biology so I could help Mr. Stark."

Howard, who has been promoted to the person in charge, is not a member of the Super Soldier Serum team. He is mainly responsible for the overall situation and weapons research. But after hearing Bruce's Versailles-like answer, he still couldn't help but worry about the scholars in the team.

As expected, after hearing Bruce's answer, Ross did not say anything at the time. However, two days later, after finding out that what Bruce said was true, he made a major change in the serum team, leaving only a few people.

"Sorry, Bruce, I might have been a little impatient." Howard pulled his thoughts back and looked the serum up and down in his hand. "I might have been a little impatient recently, but luckily you stopped me."

"It's okay, Mr. Stark." Bruce shook his head. "We're all the same when it comes to research. I sometimes get too impatient over even the smallest bit of progress."

"Yeah, I've been waiting too long." Howard pretended to be nonchalant as he put the serum back into the instrument. "Just like you said, let's upgrade the experimental subjects to monkeys first. Human experiments should indeed wait a little longer."

"That's right, Mr. Stark. We should be more cautious when it comes to human experiments."

Howard didn't say anything, just patted Bruce on the shoulder, then turned and left. When he reached the door, he stopped as if he suddenly remembered something.

"It just so happens that a Japanese snow macaque was recently captured in downtown New York. It's very aggressive and has reportedly injured many people. I was originally planning to kill it, but seeing that its intelligence far surpassed its peers, I saved it and decided to send it to you."

"Okay." Bruce nodded. In his eyes, no matter how smart a monkey was, it wouldn't be that smart. However, it would definitely be enough to be used as a consumable in the experiment.

"But one may not be enough, Mr. Stark. If possible, please send a few more so I can do a control experiment."

Howard waved his hand to indicate that he understood, then turned and left the laboratory. Bruce turned his head to look at his desk, which was covered with various papers, and at the bottom was something Bruce had hidden.

(End of this chapter)