Time passed by slowly and soon, 2023 was nearing the end of the year.
The Earth Federation had been plagued with disasters this past year. It started with the outbreak of the Blacklight virus in May and continued until Blacklight Biotechnology produced a vaccine in July. After that, it was followed by clinical trials and mass production. It was only in October that the situation was finally brought under control.
The beginning of October was also the date when Blacklight Biotechnology announced the three anti-cancer drugs. After that, these drugs entered the drug inspection committees of various continents and began a long clinical trial period.
Unlike the African Continent, the regular continents were extremely strict with the clinical trials of drugs. They had to go through at least three phases of clinical trials. Therefore, it would take at least three years for these drugs of Blacklight Biotechnology to pass the clinical trials and obtain the qualification to be marketed in the major continents.
After all, this was a life-saving drug that could treat cancer. Coupled with the support of the financial groups, the time was shortened to three years. If it were other ordinary drugs, it would take at least ten years.
This year could be said to be the year when Blacklight Biotechnology officially made its mark.
First, it founded the world-renowned Eco Science City, then acquired the largest security company in Africa, Tara Private Security Company, then made a name for itself in the Blacklight virus epidemic, obtaining the glory of being the first to discover the virus and the first to develop a virus vaccine.
Near the end of the year, Blacklight Biotechnology once again made a big move and released three anti-cancer drugs in one fell swoop.
This year, Blacklight Biotechnology surprised the world several times.
With the blessing of these multiple halos, Blacklight Biotechnology's reputation reached a peak. Before the dust had settled on the African epidemic, thousands of rich people once again flew to Eco Science City for the age-reversal treatment.
The rise of Blacklight Biotechnology had reached an unstoppable point.
In the Spire Experimental Base, after three months of development, the second batch of one hundred T-virus Black Knights was officially born.
This batch of Black Knights had been genetically modified by Hannibal and Li Lei's team, successfully reducing the height of these Black Knights to a height of 1.7 to 1.8 meters. Their body size was also in the range of ordinary people.
After the body size compression, the strength of this batch of Black Knights dropped from 9,000 to 10000 N to about 2,000 to 2,500 N, which was the force of 250 kilograms in one hand. Although it was a significant decrease, it was enough.
In terms of speed, the sprinting speed decreased from 90 kilometers per hour to 40 kilometers per hour, but the endurance did not decrease but increased instead. They could sprint about eight hundred meters without any decrease in speed.
In other words, this new batch of T-virus Black Knights was born with sprinting speed that surpassed Usain Bolt and the endurance of professional marathon athletes.
Not to mention their abnormal regenerative abilities.
It could be said that every Black Knight was an Alice and a weaker version of Captain America. They would not tire, they had no emotions, and they were not afraid of death. They were born to complete all the missions of Blacklight Biotechnology.
In order to complete the mission, they would give everything they had …
Not only that, but there were also 50 women among the Black Knights. Among them, 10 were black people, 20 were white people, and 20 were Chinese people.
Moreover, it seemed that due to their genes being optimized by the T-virus, the appearance of these women had become very outstanding, which made Chen Chen somewhat dissatisfied.
After all, if they were carrying out a secret mission, it was better to have average looks. If they were too beautiful, they would look out of place even if they were to blend in with the crowd.
However, the first thing these Black Knights did after they were born, Chen Chen extracted a hundred STEM chips. At this time, Little X had grown up and was no longer as weak as she used to be. Moreover, she knew these chips like the back of her hand. It only took her a minute to crack a STEM chip and modify the intelligence inside into God.
Not only that, but Chen Chen also extracted ten sets of GS Combat Suits and ten cloaking devices at once. He distributed them to five Chinese males and five Chinese females and sent them back to the Mainland to strengthen the security around Chen Chen's parents.
Chen Chen's parents used to be protected by five special forces soldiers. However, the willpower of humans could not compare to that of the chip people and the Black Knights' ability to adapt was not as good as that of ordinary people. The combination of the advantages of these two could form a tighter protection.
Of course, these people were still protecting in the dark. Chen Chen's parents did not notice at all on the surface.
At this point, Chen Chen completely solved the problem of it being inconvenient for men to follow and protect their mother.
The remaining Black Knights were incorporated into the Black Knights unit. This unit was under the banner of Tara Strategic Resources and was responsible for patrolling the Eco Science City and the Blacklight Industrial Park. If the African countries were to fork out the money, the Black Knights could also help them quell civil strife.
The powerful combat power of the Black Knights under Tara Strategic Resources was praised by all countries.
As the technologies from Elysium were replicated one after another in the industrial park, Chen Chen's hidden strength was also rapidly expanding. When a nano-scale carbon fiber manufacturing factory had achieved a breakthrough in 100-nanometer fiber technology, the bottleneck of the GS Combat Suit was finally broken through...
At this time, Chen Chen sat in his office and watched as the Black Knight responsible for guarding the nano-scale carbon fiber factory led the person in charge of the nano-scale carbon fiber factory into the office and presented a pitch-black bodysuit to Chen Chen.
Chen Chen's eyes flickered when he saw the other party presenting the bodysuit to him with a fawning smile.
This combat suit was almost indistinguishable from the GS Combat Suit. It looked like a matte leather suit and was also a full-body structure.
The person in charge of the factory felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the dark glint in Chen Chen's eyes. He quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, are you not satisfied with this nano-carbon fiber combat suit?"
"No, I'm very satisfied."
Chen Chen raised his head and looked at the other party indifferently. "Tell me, how's the effect of this combat suit?"
"Okay, okay!"
Cold sweat trickled down the plump cheeks of the person in charge. He wiped his cheeks and smiled awkwardly. "It's quite hot today … Ahem, this combat suit is a simplified version of the GS Combat Suit that you've provided. After days and nights of research by six material experts, they've finally come up with it."
"Why do you say it's a simplified version? Because some of the technology in it isn't something that our current technology can decipher. "
The person in charge continued. "This combat suit is the same as the GS Combat Suit. It has a total of five layers. The outermost layer is an imitation of the GS Combat Suit's outer layer. It's nano-carbon fiber that has been specially processed. It can be said to be the strongest fiber known in the world. It has excellent impact resistance and can withstand a high temperature of 1300 degrees Celsius. It also has a strong heat insulation ability. After wearing this protective suit, even a flamethrower can't do anything to you for a short period of time.
"The second layer is a layer of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber, followed by the middle layer. Unfortunately, we still haven't found a way to synthesize the liquid armor inside, so we replaced it with nano-shear thickening fluid."
The person in charge smiled bitterly. "The nano-shear thickening fluid's defensive power is definitely not inferior to liquid armor. After withstanding a huge amount of kinetic energy, it will instantly disperse the energy and turn from liquid to solid. The only downside is that it can't be deformed by the weak electric current of the human body."
Chen Chen nodded. "In other words, this combat suit only has bulletproof functions?"
"Yes."
The person in charge nodded. "Because there's no liquid armor, this combat suit can't strengthen the human body like the GS Combat Suit. It can only be used as a bulletproof vest."
Chen Chen felt a little disappointed but still said, "Thank you for your hard work. Leave this sample here for now and tell the experts in charge of this research to continue with their research. As for the reward, you'll receive it soon."
"Yes! Thank you, Mr. Chen! "
The person in charge nodded repeatedly and walked out of Chen Chen's office gratefully.
After the person had left, Chen Chen's expression became completely solemn.
He gently clapped his hands. At once, a Black Knight walked in and stood in front of Chen Chen.
"Put it on."
Chen Chen pointed at the black combat suit on the table.
The Black Knight did not hesitate at all. He immediately took off his outer clothes and began to put on the black combat suit that covered his entire body.
It was not until the Black Knight put on the combat suit that Chen Chen noticed the difference between this combat suit and the GS Combat Suit.
There were many button-like devices on the GS Combat Suit. These devices were actually life-saving devices. Once the Combat Suit received an attack that exceeded its tolerance range, the buttons would be forced open by the pressure and the liquid armor would be discharged. This way, the user would be able to survive the attack that exceeded their tolerance range.
This new combat suit was not as defensive as the GS Combat Suit, so naturally, there was no need for the button devices.
The only consolation was that although the defense was not as good as the GS Combat Suit, it was at least comparable to the average military bulletproof vest. In the previous experiment, this combat suit had withstood the impact of a 1000J AK bullet while the plastic model wearing the combat suit was only slightly injured.
The reason why Chen Chen put on a Sima face had nothing to do with the quality of the combat suit. It was because the design of the combat suit matched perfectly with Chen Chen's memory.
Now that the Black Knight had put it on, Chen Chen narrowed his eyes even more. A ridiculous feeling surfaced in his heart.
The Black Knight put on the combat suit and then put on a coat. At once, a man with a black turtleneck, black gloves, and black combat boots appeared before Chen Chen with a cold expression.
This outfit was almost exactly the same as the villain in a movie Chen Chen had filmed...
Chen Chen still remembered that the movie was called Deadly Crisis: A Shocking Scheme. It was rated by Hollywood as one of the worst movies of the year. It had an extremely low Douban score of 3.2 and had a global box office of 34 million USD.
In the movie, the villain that the protagonist faced was the Black Knight who was currently in front of Chen Chen.
Whether it was the Sima face or the black tights, they were all the standard features of the Black Knight.
"All of this shows that my guess is closer to the truth..."
Chen Chen thought to himself.
He remembered that the timeline in the movie was 30 May 2025. There was still a year and a half left until then. This meant that there was a high chance that the plot in the movie would take place in this world a year and a half later.
If Chen Chen was only fifty percent convinced before, it had now risen to eighty percent.
What he didn't know was how the plot in the movie would be played out when that moment came. After all, the protagonists in the movie were real people in real life.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen suddenly looked up at the camera and said, "X, have there been any abnormalities with Osmond Biotech Ltd. recently?"
Osmond Biotech Ltd. was the company that invented the AD-001 drug in the movie. It was also the company where the protagonist of the movie worked. This company with such a common name did exist in real life.
"Not really, but this company has recently started Series B financing. It has now received the favor of several venture capital investors and received 50 million USD," Little X replied.
"Financing?"
Chen Chen's heart leaped. "Inform Old Qian and have him come over immediately."
"Okay!"
Little X replied and then fell silent again.
In less than twenty minutes, there was a knock on the door of the office.
"Come in."
Chen Chen looked up and saw Qian Wenhuan who was slightly out of breath. He could not help but chuckle. "Old Qian, what are you doing running so fast?"
"Boss, you called me. Of course, there's something urgent."
Qian Wenhuan grinned and at the same time, he adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses. "Boss, what's up?"
"Make arrangements with the HR department and prepare to send a few people to North America."
Chen Chen said sternly, "Find a company called 'Osmond Biotech Ltd' and invest in it. Invest as many shares as you can."
"Okay."
Qian Wenhuan was taken aback at first, then quickly nodded. "Osmond Biotech Ltd., I'll keep that in mind. Is there anything else you need?"
"That's all."
Chen Chen shook his head, very satisfied with Qian Wenhuan's style of doing as he said. Then, he seemed to think of something and added again, "Oh right, it's fine if you fail to invest in it for various reasons. This company is currently undergoing Series B financing. Take a look at which venture capital investors are investing in it. If it doesn't work out, you can buy the shares of those venture capital investors."
"..." Qian Wenhuan nodded. "I understand. So, what's the price you have in mind?"
Chen Chen thought for a moment before saying, "Three billion USD. If the price is too high, then the loss outweighs the gain. So if the venture capital is only a small or medium-sized venture capital, buy as much as you can. If it's a large corporation, then forget it. After all, we can't afford to buy such a giant right now."
"I understand. I'll give you a satisfactory answer."
Qian Wenhuan received the order and turned to leave.
After watching Qian Wenhuan leave, Chen Chen revealed a thoughtful expression and at the same time, he murmured softly.
"Osmond Biotech Ltd., huh..."
"I'd like to see how big of a wave you can make."
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