Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 221 Copy-Paste Clones (Fourth Update!)
"I'm giving you a chance, activate them!"

"..."

Dr. Merrick instinctively looked up at Hawke.

Hawke, hands in his pockets and a smile on his face, looked at the dumbfounded Dr. Merrick and repeated, "Activate them, and I won't kill you."

Upon hearing this, Merrick looked at Hawke, and a glimmer of hope for survival gradually appeared in his previously dull eyes.

soon.

Dr. Merrick, who led Hawke back to the control room, began operating the system alone, preparing to awaken the remaining five clones.

Hawke stood there quietly, watching the cloning pod displayed on the screen in front of him.

Natasha arrived at that moment with SHIELD agents from outside.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents spread out and began searching for and collecting all the information about the clone base according to the established plan.

Natasha went to the control room and saw the five clones curled up and embracing each other in the cloning incubation chamber on the monitor. She then looked at Dr. Merrick, who was so nervous and busy that he didn't even dare to wipe his sweat. After that, she realized what was happening and looked at Hawke.

"You want to see these five awakened clones?"

"Ah."

Hawke looked away and turned to Natasha: "Aren't you curious?"

Natasha thought about it seriously for a moment, then shrugged: "Okay, I am quite curious."

Hawke smiled.

"Let's take a look together."

"Row."

Natasha nodded, crossed her arms, and watched alongside Hawke as Dr. Merrick busied himself with work.

Since the person in question is here and isn't worried, why should she be?

The most important thing.

She was genuinely curious whether there was any difference in strength between this cloned Hawk and the real Hawk.

After all, seeing is believing.

With two more supervisors suddenly appearing, Dr. Merrick felt even more nervous and wanted to faint as he felt the gazes fixed on his back.

But he dared not, after all, Hawke had promised him that as long as he obeyed, he wouldn't die.

and so……

Four hours later!

Dr. Merrick wiped the sweat from his forehead, then sat down at the main control panel and began to turn on the system he had been fine-tuning through trial and error, which he had named "Soul Infusion." After confirming that all the parameters were correct, he took a deep breath and turned to look at Hawke.

Hawke understood and looked at Natasha beside him: "Keep an eye on things here. If anything seems amiss, just kill them."

He had previously considered finding Dr. Myrick to help him clone a body for his sister and then resurrect her.

Although I still want to, the urge to find Dr. Merrick on the very day I first felt has diminished considerably.

Even without Dr. Merrick, it was only a matter of time before he resurrected his sister.

And now he can see his sister all the time.

Anya is living quite well in the Pure Land of the Underworld now, and Anna remains indifferent to Anna's desire to resurrect him.

Anna said that as long as she could see her brother, whether he was resurrected or not was not important.

and so!
Although Hawke still wanted to resurrect his sister, he was no longer in such a hurry, and naturally, Dr. Merrick's importance in his mind was greatly reduced.

soon.

After finishing his business with Natasha, Hawke vanished from his spot and reappeared in the cloning warehouse on the surveillance footage.

Seeing this, Natasha looked at Dr. Merrick.

Dr. Merrick understood, wiped the sweat from his forehead again, and then pressed the button for the 'Soul Infusion System'.

moment.

The consciousness infusion system was activated, and then the pale blue liquid in the incubation chamber that was nurturing the five clones began to gradually boil.

at the same time.

As the liquid boiled, a series of images flashed by, and at that moment, the five clones in the cloning chamber also began to flutter rapidly with their calm eyelids.

It's like a sleeping person whose eyelids twitch rapidly because of a dream.

Hawke watched with great interest as the incubation chamber began to change.

Natasha in the control room was also somewhat curious.

"What is this device used for?"

"Soul infusion is something I invented specifically to address the unconsciousness of clones."

When Dr. Merrick said this, he had a proud expression on his face. "The reason why other cloning experts have been unable to succeed is because they cannot solve the problem of clones not having souls, but I have solved it."

Cloning animals is not difficult; this problem has long been solved by scientists.

However, human cloning has been delayed for a long time, and the main reason is not due to ethical issues.

In the eyes of scientists, ethics simply do not exist.

Everything is for the sake of science.

For the truth!

So even though the five great philanthropists openly prohibit any human cloning experiments, many cloning scientists have been secretly trying to achieve the goal of cloning humans.

They even achieved the same level of success as Dr. Merrick; they were able to successfully clone humans.

But that's where it all ends.

What they created was less a clone and more a human-like corpse.

Because they cannot address the soul, which is of paramount importance to humanity.

But Dr. Merrick solved it.

"My soul infusion device can convert tuned memories into specific neural signals and directly implant them into the clone's brain." "With memories comes consciousness, and with consciousness comes a soul."

"so……"

"Yes."

"I can create souls!"

Dr. Merrick, talking about his great invention, stared with fervent eyes at the screen, which was filled with a flurry of images and a trembling clone in the incubation chamber.

Natasha, who was standing nearby, felt somewhat uncomfortable upon hearing Dr. Merrick's words.

After all, how can the soul be created?

So who are they?
at this time.

Hawke, who was in the cloning and breeding warehouse, seemed to have heard Dr. Merrick, who called himself God, say. He looked up at the monitor and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. He doesn't deserve to create souls. If he could really do that, Mephisto, who has the authority over souls, would have arrested him long ago."

Dr. Merrick was displeased upon hearing this, having his research dismissed.

Even if this person could kill him easily, it wouldn't work.

“Mr. Phoenix, I can create souls, and you’ll know I wasn’t lying once the infusion stops.”

“Shut him up, Natasha.”

"what!"

A scream came from the loudspeaker.

Hawke shook his head and refocused his gaze on the five clones that were still boiling.

soon.

Inside the incubation chamber, the boiling liquid gradually subsided, and at the same time, the red indicator light on the cloning chamber turned green.

The liquid in the tank began to drop at a visible rate, accompanied by the sound of machinery.

after awhile.

As the liquid disappeared, the clone's expression gradually contorted, as if in great pain. Then, almost instinctively, it grabbed the device covering its mouth and nose. The moment it pulled it out, the incubation chamber door opened, and the clone poured out, gasping for breath.

"hiss!"

Upon seeing this, Natasha gasped, "It worked?"

Hawke didn't speak, but raised his right hand slightly, and his telekinesis instantly enveloped the clone in front of him with his face, suspending it in mid-air.

My six senses scanned the clone inside and out.

"name."

"E...E...Allen!"

Hovering in mid-air, the clone, who had just woken up from a dream and found himself being controlled, looked at Hawke in front of him and said something almost subconsciously.

His voice was dry and immature, just like someone speaking for the first time.

Natasha paused, then looked at Dr. Merrick beside her.

"Alan?"

"We can't extract Hawke's memories, we can only extract the agent's memories, write them into the system, and then transmit them to the clone by converting neural electrical signals."

"Is this how souls are created?"

Natasha frowned as she listened to Dr. Merrick's explanation. Although she didn't quite understand, she felt that something was amiss.

"This is not the soul."

"This is the procedure."

"Think about Zola. The only difference between these clones and the cyborg Zola is that they have physical bodies."

Hawke's voice rang out at that moment.

Upon hearing Hawke's words, Natasha realized why she had always felt that something was amiss.

Hawke looked at the clone floating in front of him and chuckled softly.

“Merrick”.

"Let me guess why your previous five clones failed."

"Those five clones must be because you tried to write my memories, but you couldn't form coherent memories, which is why the clones collapsed so quickly after they were activated, right?"

"..."

Natasha glanced at Merrick beside her.

Myrick's expression froze.

He swallowed hard.

"Yes."

"Look, doesn't this resemble a program? A program with complete memory is a well-written program that runs without problems, but a program with missing parts will quickly crash."

Hawke said this, and then, without hesitation, looking at the clone floating in front of him, his eyes turned crimson, he grabbed it and instantly refined it.

The same applies to the other four clones that subsequently appeared on the ground.

It vaporized on the spot.

next second.

Hawke returned to the command room and continued to Natasha, "He merely created a memory program, and it was copied from someone else. Creation is nothing more than copying and pasting."

Yes.

This is what Dr. Merrick called a clone.

He used the clone as a server. All he did was copy a memory from someone with complete memories, put it into the server, and then turn it on.

Is this what you call creation?
Create what the hell?

……

(End of this chapter)