Once the news spread, the financial sector's valuation of Future Pharmaceuticals surged again, reaching $1200 billion.
Numerous financial groups contacted Dekran, the president of Future Pharma, in an attempt to purchase shares of the company.
However, Declan had already received Mark's orders and naturally refused all of these requests.
Stark Industries had already announced its alliance with Future Pharma.
Although these financial groups are envious of the future pharmaceutical companies' ability to make money, they can only watch with envy and dare not plot anything behind the scenes.
Mark paid no attention to the controversy surrounding future pharmaceuticals.
After more than a month of hard work, Mark has finally accumulated more than 400 million Sun Points, enough to upgrade his Super Physique to level 13.
Upon returning to Payne Manor, Mark immediately opted for an upgrade.
[Super Physique LV12→LV13]
As Mark leveled up, he felt his body undergo another significant change.
His grip strength with one hand has increased to about 150 tons, and he can now easily crush and roll ordinary steel in the laboratory.
Mark's arm strength exceeded 300 tons, and he tried to tear a 20-millimeter-thick alloy steel plate apart with both hands.
In addition to his greatly increased strength, Mark's defensive capabilities have also been enhanced.
He used a 3000-degree Celsius heat lamp to shine on his fingers for 10 seconds, which only slightly darkened the skin of his fingers and did not cause any damage.
The upper limit of cellular energy storage and one's five senses were also greatly improved after the Super Physique was upgraded to level 13.
Just after Mark finished the upgrade, he received a call from Archer.
"Boss, both 'Windwalker' and 'Heart Whisperer' have now been approved for production. We've got a lot of investors coming to us. How many shares should we offer?"
Archer asked.
"Let's release half of it, and we'll cover the other half ourselves. From now on, all the movies produced by the company will absorb investment according to this ratio."
Mark made a decision.
His purpose in making movies was not just to make money.
Attracting investment can lead to the production of more films, and it also allows one to build connections and relationships within the film industry, which is beneficial for future development.
The headquarters of the Trask Group.
Lawrence received a report about an armed squad that had been dispatched to San Diego.
"Mr. President, our operation to capture targets No. 5 and No. 6 has failed! The targets left San Diego ten days ago. After tracking them, we found that they went to Los Angeles and have now joined Future Film Company."
After listening to his subordinate's report, Lawrence slammed his hand on the desk in front of him in anger: "It's that Payne Group again! Do they really have to be enemies with our Trask Group?"
Previously, in order to obtain the formula for the Extremis virus, two mutant clones had already died at Future Pharma.
Realizing the strength of the other party, and that Stark Industries had also announced an alliance with them, Lawrence had no choice but to abandon his continued targeting of Future Medicines.
But this time, Payne Films actually took in two mutants who were originally targets of their group, and Lawrence could no longer tolerate it.
He immediately summoned Nolan Clayton, the group's operations chief.
"You will personally lead the team to Future Film Company and capture Target 5 and Target 6! By the way, their company is quite popular lately, and those two actors are also mutants. If you can manage to get them, bring them along as well!"
After Nolan entered the office, Lawrence immediately gave him the order.
Lawrence originally did not want to provoke the Payne Corporation, so even though the intelligence department discovered that Brian and Ivy were mutants, he did not order anyone to take action.
Trask has always been targeting mutants without a known identity or background.
However, this time, Payne Films took in Trask's targets, making it impossible for the two sides to continue to coexist peacefully. Naturally, Lawrence also wanted to bring Brian and Ivy back.
"Yes, Mr. President!"
After Nolan agreed, he asked Lawrence, "However, there are quite a few targets this time. How many men do I need to bring?"
"Take X-23 and X-24 with you, and also bring two armed squads along... By the way, the enemy may have top-notch hackers, so don't bring cell phones or any other network devices with you during the operation."
After a moment's thought, Lawrence gave the order.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
Nolan saluted and then turned and left.
He knew Lawrence was serious this time.
X-23 and X-24 are both perfect clones of Wolverine's genes, with adamantium skeletons implanted in their bodies. They are the strongest of all mutant clones.
Lawrence's decision to send out both clones at the same time clearly indicates his determination to achieve his goal.
"To protect humanity, all mutants must be eliminated!"
After Nolan left, Lawrence, sitting in his office, muttered to himself.
He has always believed that mutants should not exist on Earth, otherwise they would inevitably bring disaster to humanity in the future.
In order to eliminate mutants, he initiated mutant cloning experiments, hoping to use these clones to wipe out all mutants.
Once they have completed all their missions, these clones will naturally no longer be necessary.
The bottom floor of the Trask underground biological laboratory.
These are reinforced cells, housing eighteen mutant clones.
Over the years, Trask has only managed to create 20 perfect mutant clones; all the other defective ones have been destroyed.
Two of them were killed while stealing Extremis data, so now the Tek only has these 18 perfect mutant clones left.
"X-23, X-24, we have a mission!"
After entering the underground prison, Nolan shouted at two of the clones, numbered X-23 and X-24.
Chapter 141 Attack
Upon hearing Nolan's voice, the clone numbered X-24's eyes lit up instantly, revealing an uncontrollable bloodthirsty glint.
X-23 was a woman in her early twenties with a cold face and a buzz cut. After hearing Nolan's words, she showed no reaction on her face.
Nolan stepped forward and used his access privileges to unlock the electronic locks on the two cells.
He wasn't worried at all that the two clones would dare to suddenly attack him.
Both of them had miniature bombs implanted in their bodies. If they made the slightest movement, the bombs would immediately detonate, blowing them to pieces.
"follow me!"
Nolan said something to the two of them, then turned and walked outside.
X-23 and X-24 both took steps and followed.
Several children were being held in the cell next door, and they all looked at X-23 with worried expressions.
X-23 shook his head slightly at the group, indicating that they didn't need to worry.
After leaving the underground biological laboratory, Nolan had his men dress the two clones in combat suits.
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Nolan left the Trask Group with two clones and two fully armed combat squads, heading towards Payne Film Company.
Following Lawrence's orders, Nolan did not allow the team to carry any network or communication equipment; everyone communicated internally via walkie-talkies.
But Lawrence was unaware that Mark had always been wary of Trask.
Alice had already secretly hacked and taken control of the road surveillance system near the Trask Group intersection.
When Nolan left Trask with two combat squads, Alice immediately alerted Mark.
Mark got out of bed and looked at the screen.
He didn't know at first that Nolan and the others' goal was Payne Films.
"Hmm? So their target... is Payne Films?"
Mark finally figured out their destination when the other party was less than ten kilometers away from Payne Film Company and their direction had not changed.
With four mutants currently in charge at Payne Films, ordinary forces are no match for them.
But this time, it was the Trask Group that was preparing to attack them.
The opponent possesses mutant cloning technology and is incredibly powerful; Mark dares not underestimate them.
"Alice, inform Brian and his men that they are under attack and that they should prepare for battle."
Mark gave Alice a word of instruction, then stepped out of the room and immediately transformed into Superman, flying towards Payne's Movies.
He still decided to go and oversee the situation personally to avoid any casualties on his side.
Payne Film Company.
Brian and the others, who were sleeping in the staff dormitory, were soon alerted by Alice to the possibility that an armed force was about to launch an attack.
They were used to this kind of life and were not panicked at all. They immediately got up, dressed, and prepared for battle.
Payne Films' security was alerted and they sought cover.
However, it's hard to say how effective these security personnel will be against mutants.
Five minutes later, Nolan had already driven up to the Payne Film Studios building.
After one of the armed men got out of the vehicle, he used a signal jammer to cut off the communication network within a 100-meter radius.
"on!"
Nolan waved his hand, and the people behind him immediately rushed silently toward the office building in front of them.
"Crack!"
X-24, who was at the front, swung his adamantium-forged bone claws, slicing open the steel gate with a single claw, and then led the others inside.
"Bang bang bang..."
The security personnel, who had been lying in ambush, immediately pulled the triggers on the group that rushed in.
Most of the bullets were aimed at X-24, who was at the forefront.
"We've had your scent for a long time!"
X-24, however, had anticipated this. A sinister smile appeared on his lips as he used his claws to protect himself and continued charging forward without flinching.
The bullets fired by the security guards couldn't penetrate his body at all; thanks to his powerful self-healing ability, the superficial wounds healed almost instantly.
Nolan and his armed men took cover and fired back at the security personnel inside the building.
"What kind of monster is this?!"
"This thing is practically indestructible!"
"..."
Seeing the X-24 completely unharmed, the security guards from Payne Films turned pale with fright.
This was their first time encountering mutants, and they had no idea how to deal with them.
"call……"
Just then, a gust of wind swept towards X-24 and Nolan and the others behind him.
The wind speed quickly exceeded 60 meters per second. Except for the two clones, everyone else was blown about by the wind and could no longer continue firing.
Even more terrifying is that this wind also contains invisible wind blades.
Two of the armed men felt a sharp pain in their throats, and then their throats were severed by the invisible wind blades, spurting out large amounts of blood.
Nolan and the other armed men were startled. They covered their throats and scrambled to find shelter from the wind.
Wind blades also struck two clones, but only damaged their outer clothing and did not cause significant damage to their bodies.
"Hmph, nothing special!"
X-24 snorted coldly and was about to rush into the building to find and tear this annoying guy who was releasing wind blades to shreds.
"Roar!"
Just then, a loud roar came.
Luca transformed into a three-meter-tall giant bear and charged from inside the building toward X-24.
Luca raised his giant bear paw and slapped X-24 away.
However, X-24 got back up and thrust out his adamantium-forged bone claws, quickly leaving bloody marks on the giant bear that Luca had transformed into.
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