Constant experiments, constant failures. The research project seemed to have reached a dead end. Maya-Hansen was very hard and helpless. The Extremis Project was not a simple thing from the beginning.
It was too forward-looking, and the cost of the research that lasted for nearly seventeen years was staggering. No private company was willing to invest in this area.
For Maya-Hansen, Extremis is her most important treasure. She expects this thing to become something that changes the world and human beings after it appears.
Extremis, a thing that kills people and then brings them back to life. It is essentially a specific medicine that can quickly treat the regeneration of broken limbs and various defects on the body.
In fact, many scientists around the world are doing this research. For example, Dr. Connors and Maya Hansen.
Conquering all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases on the human body and making human beings more perfect, this is what many scientists strive for and are willing to dedicate their lives to.
For example, Maya Hansen. She was willing to do these things. She extracted the genes from a plant and began to improve the genes.
This was a tedious and extremely expensive job. After a year of work in the first lab, the leader of the lab said that the investment was too huge and the output could not be seen and Maya was driven away.
So holding the plan for Extremis, Maya began to look for people around the world who were willing to invest in her.
But at that time, most people expressed that they were not optimistic about the project. After all, the Extremis plan sounded like a fantasy.
[Make up for the basic defects of the human body and completely eliminate the Neanderthal genes hidden in the human body. This primitive gene is the culprit of most human congenital diseases.]
[Enhance the basic metabolism and genetic resistance of the human body, enhance the immune ability, kill most of the invading viruses through the body's own immune system, and begin to make up for and heal the sores that have already appeared.]
[Through a super regeneration method, using Extremis itself as the energy source, the damaged limbs begin to quickly recover and eliminate disabilities.]
[Aim at parts of the body for desperate reinforcement.]
Extremis functions very well and is very powerful. It is even much more powerful than the lizard serum that Dr. Connors originally preset.
But the higher the preset goal, the more difficult it is to achieve. Maya needs research, and research needs money. She, who has hit a wall everywhere, can only turn her gaze to a special group.
What institution can invest in scientific and technological research for a long time for more than ten years, or even decades, without seeking any short-term returns, just to make a breakthrough in science and technology?
The answer was a national government organization!
Only national government departments had this kind of demand. For the sake of national strategic planning, they could invest billions of dollars or even billions of dollars in research, and they could endure a research for 20, 30, or even longer.
Maya Hansen submitted her plan to the US government.
Here, the divergence line of the world appears. In the story Li Jie once read, the birth of Extremis came from AIM. So after catching the guy who injected Extremis at the basketball game in New York.
Li Jie also turned his attention to AIM and asked Tony to investigate the company's background.
But on this world line, AIM has nothing to do with Extremis, not even a little bit. Dr. Rice, the Chief Scientist of AIM, didn't even know that Extremis existed in this world.
Therefore, there has been no progress in the investigation of Extremis. Because the direction of the investigation was wrong from the beginning. Li Jie used the Prophet hack, but the direction of the Prophet was completely wrong.
Maya Hansen eventually got the military's confidential research funds because they attached great importance to the last point of Extremis [Targeted Body Part Reinforcement].
Just like for so many years, the Super Soldier Project has been restarted repeatedly, but it has been repeatedly stalled. Whether it is the military or the government. Both hope to be able to cultivate a group of elite soldiers.
Maya Hansen doesn't want to cultivate a group of killing machines, but when people face their ideals, sometimes they have to bow to reality.
But the sad thing is that even if you bow your head, your ideals still can't be completed.
"The project team is disbanded, Dr. Hansen." The head of the military who was responsible for communicating with Maya said with regret.
"Wait! Our project has just made progress and breakthroughs. As you can see, we only need to conduct some human trials to make more progress! "Maya argued vigorously.
"Impossible, Doctor. To tell you the truth, the Osborne Group's Broken Limb Regeneration Program has reached the level of market application. And we have begun to work with the military to help those veterans who are disabled on the battlefield. "The head of the military said calmly.
"This has made one of the most important projects of Extremis lose its value, and at the same time." The head of the military cleared his throat and said with a strange expression on his face.
"I think you should know, Doctor. The previous lawsuit between Captain Rogers and the Military. "
Maya nodded, Captain Rogers and the Military were known all over the world because of the copyright lawsuit.
"So you should know one thing, we have lost all the copyrights of Captain Rogers. More than 350 million dollars in annual revenue has been cut. "The head of the military said straightforwardly.
"And the military's annual budget is limited, and Congress will not allocate unlimited funds to the military. And for research like Extremis, Congress will not allocate funds to us at all. "
The head of the military, a colonel in his late fifties, looked at Maya with his ice-like resolute face and said: "There is no money, and the Osborne Group's Broken Limb Regeneration Program has been launched. So it is imperative for Extremis to dismount. Dr. Hansen, pack up your things, it's over. You should rest too. "
The colonel patted Maya on the shoulder and turned to leave.
… …
"I need to carry out live experiments! I need to get enough data to convince the military to continue! "Maya, who was expelled from the military, muttered as she walked on the streets of New York City.
She wrapped her coat tightly around her body, even though it was summer. Because under her coat was hidden an Extremis serum that the military had ordered to be destroyed.
Maya was unwilling to let her more than ten years of research go to waste. She needed to do something. Even if it was illegal, she couldn't care less now. Taking risks may also be a kind of scientific spirit in her view.
At the same time, a drunkard who was drunk on the street entered Maya's field of vision. This man was none other than the unfortunate Merlin who sold snacks at the stadium.
… …
"Damn it! What happened? "Maya felt that things were beginning to get out of her control. Because Merlin hadn't shown up for several days.
She had been secretly observing Merlin, recording his state of life and his situation after the Extremis injection. She had injected Myron illegally. And Merlin became Maya's guinea pig when he was drunk.
So Maya couldn't just go to Merlin's house and knock on the door and do a questionnaire survey on him. She was looking for a way to find Merlin, but she wouldn't find him.
Because Merlin had been subdued by Li Jie and thrown into the Osborne Group's secret laboratory for strict control.
… …
Maya was a beautiful woman, and when she was young, she had charmed many men. For example, the now world-famous Iron Man had also been placed under her skirt. Although she is now in her thirties and approaching forty years old, careful care and the use of the skin care lotion launched by Shuguang made her skin look like it was rejuvenated, returning to the tightness of a twenty-year-old. This made her look more attractive than a young girl.
But now she was slovenly and looked extremely haggard. Because Merlin had completely disappeared, Maya couldn't find him in any way.
Her only hope was also taken away. She felt that she had lost the meaning of living in this life.
The Extremis Project was stopped to prevent confidential information from leaking. The military destroyed all the finished drugs, all the equipment was destroyed, and those that couldn't be destroyed were sealed.
To have one's life's blood, sweat, and tears go down the drain was not a good thing for anyone.
So getting drunk in a bar became Maya's daily routine.
"Another whiskey." Maya said to the bartender with a slightly drunk tone. The bartender skillfully poured a small glass of whiskey from the Chivas Regal bottle. When he was about to hand it to Maya, the whiskey glass was snatched from the bartender's hand.
"Dr. Maya, alcoholism is a sin for any scientific researcher who focuses on brainpower. You are murdering your future. "It was a man who snatched the glass.
He was very elegant, with round-rimmed eyes, and when he smiled, he looked like a philosopher.
Maya glanced at him and felt that he looked a little familiar, but she couldn't quite remember: "Future? I don't think there should be any left. You'd better give the glass back to me. I paid for it. "
"Well, it seems that you have forgotten me. Dr. Maya, at the New Year's Eve party in 2000 (Note 2), we had a deep conversation, and I was deeply impressed by your Extremis Project. Oh, by the way, my name is Ethan. "Ethan extended his hand to Maya with a smile.
The originally vague memories gradually became clear in Maya's mind. Yes, the New Year's Eve party in 2000 to welcome the new century was an important moment in her life, and many things were still fresh in her memory.
And Ethan's image gradually overlapped with an image in her mind, and she said with a slight surprise: "It's you."
"It's me." Ethan replied with a smile.
Maya looked at Ethan with a helpless smile and responded: "Please don't mention the Extremis Project again, there will be no more in the future. It has been completely cancelled and sealed! "
Ethan looked as if he was not surprised, and he said to Maya: "I'm here for this, Maya. I think the value of this project itself is far higher than the Osborne Group's Limb Regeneration Project. You were just a step late in time, and you didn't catch up with it at the right time. "
Maya shook her head: "Doing the wrong thing at the wrong time is a mistake in itself."
"I don't think so!" Ethan interrupted Maya and said: "I want to say that Extremis has not stopped, you still have a wider stage, and I can provide this stage. I can provide this stage. Are you willing to join the Twelve Temples? "
Maya raised her head in surprise and looked into Ethan's eyes.
Note: Merlin was the unlucky guy who was injected with Extremis and finally subdued on the basketball court.
Note 2: This New Year's Eve party is the party that started with Iron Man 3. Ethan also participated in it, and that was the first time he met Tony Stark.
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