American comics: Starting with mutants

What is a time traveler?

These days, if a time traveler doesn't have any cheat codes, they can no longer be called a time traveler of the new era.

Ethan is a time traveler.

and so……

He's cheating!

It was all just a stroke of luck.

Other transmigrators who hit the jackpot, even if they have the worst start, at most it's a nightmare.

When it was his turn, things were much better.

It started like hell.

Because from the moment he was born, he was a product, a consumable, a variant clone consumable that would be scrapped if he was not careful.

This is because he has always had a good mindset since childhood, and he believes that he can still salvage the situation by virtue of his lucky break and the cheat code that came with his time travel. In addition, he has read a series of stories such as "Han Xin's Humiliation of Crawling Between Crotches" and "Goujian's Endurance of Hardship" which has enabled him to persevere to this day.

Otherwise, three years ago, when he watched himself grow to the size of a ten-year-old in just one year, he would have bitten his tongue, committed suicide, and gone to the Great Fortune Transmigration Organization Association to complain.

only……

System: Energy required to activate the system: "90%/100%"

System: Players, please replenish the system's required energy as soon as possible!

[System: Players can activate the system by absorbing energy themselves or by basking in the sun.]

"Sunbathing!"

"Show off your mom!"

This matter might be easy for other transmigrators, but for him, it was an infernal level of difficulty.

Where is he now?

They were in an unknown underground base, where they didn't even know how many meters below the surface.

And he wasn't even a researcher at the underground base; he was a researcher.

Sunbathing.

That's just wishful thinking.

fortunately.

The system can be activated not only by replenishing energy through sunlight, but also by absorbing energy in any form.

Skillful.

The mutant ability he possesses is the ability to absorb all forms of energy for his own use, the same mutant ability as that of Sebastian Shaw, the Black King.

Actually, number 67 made a mistake.

Number Sixty-Seven may only possess half the mutant abilities of Sebastian Shaw, the Black King.

However, he perfectly inherited the mutant abilities of the Black King, Sebastian Shaw.

The reason why he behaved like Number 67, not a perfect clone, is quite simple.

During each test, he withheld half of the energy to activate the system, which is why he appeared to be the same as Number Sixty-Seven, only inheriting fifty percent of the Black Emperor's mutant abilities.

The system activation process is very lengthy.

He has been doing this since the first day of testing, and now, after two years of patience, he has finally reduced the energy required for system activation to only 10%.

and so……

run away?

Run my ass!

Life and death are an endless cycle; we are born, they die.

He wants foreigners...

Pooh!

He wants to wipe out the entire X11 experimental base!

Ethan was inwardly agitated but outwardly calm, silently watching as two staff members approached and dumped Number Sixty-Seven's body onto a cart as if it were a dead dog.

After the two staff members who had taken away body number sixty-seven left, two more security personnel, a man and a woman, who were fully armed, soon walked towards them.

They stopped at Ethan's door.

"Number 66, step back."

"..."

Ethan silently took a few steps back.

Ding!

As the room was illuminated by a flashing red light, the door opened, and two fully armed security guards, a man and a woman, walked straight in.

The male security guard stood at the door, his right hand on his waist, watching Ethan's every move warily.

Another female security guard, who had been responsible for giving Ethan injections for over a year, appeared more relaxed: "Don't worry, Number 66 is the most worry-free person in the entire Sector C."

Upon hearing this, the security guard standing at the door glanced at Ethan and said, "No worries. I think Number Sixty-Seven is right. He's a coward, a wimp. He probably doesn't know that after he finishes his experiment tomorrow, he'll be..."

The female security guard quickly turned her head: "Shut up, Green!"

The male security guard shrugged and gave Ethan a mocking smile.

Ethan's expression remained unchanged as he watched the female security guard routinely retrieve the syringe that had been prepared beforehand, glancing at the liquid inside.

This time, the growth-inhibiting agent seems to be half the amount used yesterday.

Then, recalling the male security guard who had been interrupted by the female security guard and remained silent.

tomorrow……

So, he's going to be scrapped tomorrow, so why not be so frugal as to not even give him the full dose of the growth-suppressing drug that slows down his aging every day?

really!

He's an old capitalist.

Ethan tilted his head back, thinking silently to himself.

The female security guard plunged the syringe directly into Ethan's neck and then slowly pushed the liquid out of the syringe.

"Press it yourself, number sixty-six."

"Yes."

Ethan responded mechanically, reaching up to press the needle prick on his neck.

next second.

The female security guard put away the syringe, then took a rope from her pocket and, with a smile, connected it to the X-ability suppressor around Ethan's neck: "Let's go."

talking.

The female security guard turned around, the rope taut, and led Ethan outside like a dog on a leash.

Ethan did not resist, nor did he show even a hint of anger.

soon.

The female security guard led Ethan by a leash, like a dog, through the elevator to an underground laboratory.

At this moment, three researchers wearing white lab coats, who specialize in cultivating perfect Black Emperor clones, have been waiting in the laboratory for quite some time.

The three researchers were slightly taken aback when they saw Ethan being brought in.

"Why is it still number sixty-six?"

"There was an accident with the new batch of Black King clones. The power fluctuation five days ago caused that batch of clones to be completely destroyed."

"How long will it take?"

"No need to wait. Once we've used this up, we'll head to Base X1. It hasn't been affected there."

"Tomorrow... how about increasing the dosage today? Let's see if Number Sixty-Six can absorb the energy that a Perfect-grade Black Emperor can absorb?"

"Perfect level? He'd probably explode on the spot."

"Anyway, it's going to be scrapped tomorrow. The higher-ups have decided to abandon this base."

"...Alright then."

The three researchers whispered amongst themselves, making no attempt to hide their voices, completely disregarding Ethan, the person in question.

After all, to them, Ethan is not a natural person, but a product, a product they produce.

They could give Ethan life, so naturally they felt they could also take it away from him at any time.

Ethan didn't say anything either.

He simply listened quietly, like a well-behaved dog, and was led by the female security guard to a room in the laboratory specifically used for testing.

……