Marvel's whitewashing cop, you want me to save the world?

Chapter 177 Frost Dragon Blood Potion

Li En made a turn and went straight to the Umbrella base.

The laboratory was empty, so he simply pulled an alloy box out of the space storage.

He opened the clasp and took out tubes of the blood of the so-called "gods" that he had plundered from the world of God of War.

Fortunately, the laboratory had a robotic arm controlled by Jarvis that automatically sorted, labeled, and archived the samples, neatly stacking them into a constant-temperature storage cabinet.

Just as he finished, a light screen lit up in front of him.

Tony Stark's face appeared on the screen, his eyes wide open, staring intently at the sample list that Jarvis had just compiled.

He pointed to the edge of the screen, his voice filled with disbelief: "What those labels say—is it true?"

Behind him, Bruce Banner and Connors also came over, their expressions exactly the same.

When the data was synchronized, the three of them stared at each other at the screen, none of them speaking first.

The reason is simple: the names on the labels are just too outrageous.

Li En smiled and replied, "You are all scientists, you must have heard of the theory of parallel universes."

Tony blurted out, "I see. So you have the ability to travel to parallel worlds."

"Those viruses before, the demon blood later, and this batch—they were all brought back from a parallel world, right?"

It can only be said that this character, who stands at the pinnacle of human intelligence, grasped the cause and effect in an instant.

And he couldn't help but wonder—the label clearly displayed the name "Zeus".

They knew Thor, Odin's son, and had witnessed the destructive power of Thor unleashing his full thunderous power.

If we work backwards from this standard, if Zeus truly existed in the universe, then a god of that caliber could never be so easily manipulated by Li En in his current state.

Therefore, there is only one answer: the source of this blood is not in this universe.

Li En nodded: "That's right. Try using this batch of divine blood to see if you can upgrade the Dragon Blood Potion to a newer version."

Bruce Banner raised his glasses, his tone somewhat subtle: "Speaking of which, I should have told you about this earlier."

Dragon Blood Potion Type III has indeed been developed, but we're stuck on Type IV.

The problem lies in Loki's Frost Giant bloodline—it caused the mutation induced by the potion to proceed in a completely different direction than we expected—

"What do you mean?" Li En frowned and immediately asked.

Banner pulled up a set of data and continued, "For now, we'll temporarily name this branch Frost Dragonblood Potion."

Mice injected with this version of the drug developed a completely new property that allowed them to resist extreme low temperatures, with a mechanism of action entirely different from the previous two versions.

That's why I haven't informed you, and I certainly didn't intend for you to try it yourself.

He paused, then added, "Similarly, the version developed using the blood of the Four Warriors of Asgard, while significantly improved, is not yet large enough to be officially named Type III."

However, Thor's power level is too domineering, and the existing vessels simply cannot withstand it, so the research and development progress has been stuck here.

Now that you've brought back these blood samples from gods in a parallel universe, perhaps that's the perfect opportunity to break this deadlock.

Li En rubbed his temples and continued, "Does this Frost Dragon Blood potion have any other side effects? Will it modify human DNA?"

At this moment, Connors, who had been standing to the side, suddenly stepped forward.

His eyes shone with a light that Li En recognized very well—the kind of excitement that only appeared when one saw some kind of revolutionary possibility.

"Based on our continuous observations over this period of time, it does indeed alter the DNA of mice. Moreover, after being modified, the lifespan of the mice was significantly reduced."

As he got to this point, his speech quickened.

"But at the same time, I also put forward a hypothesis: if the Frost Dragon Blood Potion can activate the X-force inherent in humans..."

"Genes, then it's very possible, could fully awaken the superpowers within ordinary people."

As soon as he finished speaking, he eagerly pulled up a whole row of densely packed research data and displayed it on the screen.

Li En glanced at it and gave up immediately.

He couldn't understand a single word of the charts and formulas piled up together.

He interrupted Connors, who was about to continue, and asked directly for the result: "It's simple, just find a death row inmate and try it, then everything will be clear."

After he finished speaking, the other side of the screen suddenly fell silent.

The three of them fell silent.

Looking at their expressions, Li En instantly understood.

These three people all have the same moral hurdle in their hearts.

Every time human experimentation was required, Li En was always the first to step forward and inject himself.

But this time is different.

If the Frost Dragonblood Potion really does alter DNA, then he is indeed not suited to personally engage in the fight.

However, given the current situation, using death row inmates is the optimal solution.

Li En's tone was calm, as if stating a fact that did not need to be argued: "The three of you should know better than anyone else what the current situation of Earth is."

If we cannot establish an effective defense system as soon as possible, we will have no chance to fight back when aliens launch another large-scale invasion.

The reason they were able to hold out this time was because Loki used the Tesseract to open a spatial portal—the main force of the Chitauri army didn't even have time to get there.

But after their failure, will Earth be targeted?

Perhaps the Chitauri's regular fleet is already heading towards the solar system, and might even reach Earth's orbit at any moment.

By then, there won't be any option to "close the space portal and everything will be fine."

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His gaze slowly swept across the three faces.

"So, you need to think carefully about whether or not you want to use death row inmates."

No sooner had Li En finished speaking than a voice suddenly broke in from the side.

"Damn it, I'll contact someone right now and bring three death row inmates directly from the jail."

Nick Fury was also on the bridge of the spaceship.

He had been standing there the whole time and heard the entire conversation.

Without saying a word, he immediately took out his communicator and began issuing orders, his expression showing no hesitation whatsoever.

"Aliens could attack at any time; now is not the time to dwell on these rules and regulations."

He glanced at the expressions of the three scientists on the screen, his tone indifferent but resolute.

"Since you can't bring yourself to do it, then leave this matter to me."

Nick Fury has no qualms about making this decision.

Never before.

Li En nodded to Fury, then turned back to the screen: "Thor has come to Earth again. I have to go find him now. You guys take care of the Dragon Blood Potion."

Reverse engineering of spacecraft is indeed important, but the development of drugs cannot be slowed down either.

If we can truly activate the X factor hidden within the human gene pool, then the chances of Earth taking that first step into outer space will be much greater.

After saying that, he cut off the communication immediately, without looking at the three scientists' expressions of being roasted over a fire.

Some things require someone to push them forward in order to get through them.

Or rather, there are some things they don't need to get through; they can leave them to themselves and Nick Fury.