After the Basilisk pattern experiment was completed, Chen Chen did not leave the Spire Experimental Base. Instead, he went to another laboratory.
This was a secret laboratory. The Spire Experimental Base was a secret base to begin with and this laboratory was the top secret of all secrets.
Inside the laboratory, hundreds of life incubators were arranged in rows. Many of the incubators were empty, but there were also many incubators with a naked young man suspended in them.
The appearance and physique of these young men were strikingly similar. They all bore an eighty to ninety percent resemblance to Chen Chen. However, they were all immersed in the incubators without any consciousness.
At this time, Chen Chen saw this horrifying scene.
This was the top-secret project that Chen Chen had initiated in order to achieve the physical fitness of Alice in the movie – the "T-virus customization" project.
"To prevent a shortage of experimental subjects, I cloned a hundred more of your clones. Only six of these clones were used and the final product is here... Sir Godfather, please take a look."
Little X's voice came from the earpiece. At the same time, a Black Knight walked over with a spiral test tube in his hand. The liquid in the test tube was a deep blue color. It looked crystal clear and beautiful.
"This is the final product, T-009."
"In other words, this is the ninth version?"
Chen Chen took the medicine and could not help squinting his eyes. "Can this T-virus really make me superhuman?"
"In theory, there's nothing wrong with it."
Little X was a little uncertain but still explained, "Compared to the previous semi-finished product, the T-009 virus has been perfected to the limit. It has a total of fifteen RNA errors knocked out and its genetic compatibility with you can be said to be perfect."
As he spoke, another Black Knight in a white coat pushed a stretcher over. "Please take a look. This is Clone 009. He's also the one who succeeded in the end."
Chen Chen turned around when he heard this and saw a young man who looked very similar to Chen Chen tied up with a belt on the stretcher. However, this young man seemed to be in a daze. He looked left and right, then saw Chen Chen and smiled at him.
There was an innocence in that smile that Chen Chen had never seen before.
"He has the mind of a newborn baby."
Little X explained, "To prevent the T-virus from affecting the host's consciousness, your clones have their brains preserved. Before the T-009 injection, we recorded their electroencephalogram. We've also conducted the same tests and the results show that their thoughts and consciousness haven't changed."
"This is good news."
Chen Chen nodded. "What are the results of the experiment?"
"The T-009 virus has perfectly fused with your clone number 9's DNA. Without any changes to his physique, his strength, agility, reaction speed, muscle tissue strength, and immune system strength have all increased by several folds. Coupled with systematic training, he will definitely not lose to any T-version Black Knight!"
Chen Chen took the experimental data report and skimmed through it. "In that case, let's do the final experiment."
As he said that, he raised his head and looked at the hundreds of life incubators in front of him. "Extract these clones and inject them with T-009. I want to see what the success rate of T-009 is."
"That's only natural."
Little X echoed. After that, the Black Knights in the laboratory immediately got to work.
After that, hundreds of "Chen Chen" were extracted from the life incubators one by one and placed on stretchers.
These clones had been injected with the three immunosuppressive drugs, Rapamycin, Cyclosporine A, and FK506, as early as half a month ago. At this time, the immunity of these clones had been suppressed.
The suppressed immunity of the clones was the best experimental material for the T-virus.
After that, before these clones could regain consciousness, they were tied to the stretchers. After that, Little X began to record the electroencephalogram of these clones to compare with the results of the T-virus injection.
Although the probability was very low, if there were changes in the brainwaves, it meant that this drug that could improve physical fitness had certain side effects. If Chen Chen wanted to use it, he would have to be very careful.
The hundreds of experimental subjects made the project very slow. Little X simply transferred another twenty-five Black Knights to act as assistants. Only then was the laboratory fully operational. Following Little X's command, all of Chen Chen's clones were divided into three batches and injected with the latest T-009 virus.
Just like before, when the virus was injected, a large amount of glucose and carbohydrates were injected into the clones as well. After all, this was an evolution at the genetic level. The injection of substances was to prevent the clones from dying from malnutrition before they could die from the T-virus.
The next step was to wait.
One hour, two hours, three hours...
Time ticked by. Soon, these clones had persisted for 24 hours. Not only did they not die, but there was not even a single case of their vital signs being affected.
The vitality of all the clones began to rise rapidly.
From Chen Chen's perspective, these clones were beginning to shed their skin. The layers of fetal skin on their bodies fell off and were replaced by smoother and more delicate skin.
At the same time, the originally flabby muscles of the clones tensed up at a speed almost visible to the naked eye. With the injection of a large amount of nutrients and energy, this energy was extracted by the new genes of the clones, constantly changing the microscopic state of the clones...
Although there was no change in their body size, the weight of these clones was slowly increasing. This was caused by the change in the density of their muscles and bones.
Thirty-six hours later, the first batch of clones successfully survived the infection of the T-009 virus and completely fused with the T-virus.
Forty-eight hours later, the second batch of clones successfully fused with the T-009 virus.
Sixty hours later, the final batch of clones was also successful. A total of ninety-three clones did not fail.
"One hundred percent success rate..."
Seeing this result, Chen Chen's eyes flashed with emotion. "X, you've contributed greatly to this project!"
"Sir Godfather, this is what I should do..."
Little X seemed a little embarrassed and lowered her voice.
"I thought that a ninety percent success rate was worth a try. I didn't expect you to give me such a pleasant surprise!"
Chen Chen teased. "Oh right, let me see, in order to develop a T-virus that can adapt to me, how much did you spend on this side?"
"From the start of this project until now, a total of ten months, five days, and eight hours have passed. If only the cost of production and materials are included, then according to the Namibian market price, a total of 350 million U.S. dollars has been spent."
"That doesn't sound like a lot. What if we include the cost of manpower and time?" Chen Chen asked.
Little X replied, "That's difficult to calculate. If we're just going by estimates, in order to develop the T-009 virus, we prioritized the resources of many projects, causing some projects to be delayed or failed. If we include manpower, time, and the losses of other projects, we've invested about 10 to 15 billion U.S. dollars..."
Chen Chen nodded. He picked up a test tube of the T-009 virus with a sigh and looked at the blue medicine inside and could not help but snicker.
"An investment of tens of billions of U.S. dollars is enough to bring down any medium or large pharmaceutical group. Only the top pharmaceutical giants in the world like Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson can barely afford to pay such a huge price to develop a new drug.
"Unfortunately, there's no telling how many board members there are behind those pharmaceutical giants. It's impossible to exhaust the manpower and resources of the entire company just for the benefit of one person. In other words, so far, I'm the only one in the entire world who has the right to do this. This feeling of monopolization..."
Chen Chen could not help but take a deep breath. At the same time, the corner of his lips curled into a presumptuous smile. "It's not bad at all!"
With that, Chen Chen turned around and said, "Let's begin, X, I can't wait to have more power!"
...
Half a month later.
Chen Chen stood naked in a laboratory. This was a sterile laboratory. Apart from Chen Chen, the other Black Knights were all wearing protective suits to prevent contamination of the laboratory.
At this time, Chen Chen's skin was pale and his expression was haggard. Even the texture of his hair was a little yellow. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight in the past half a month.
This was the aftereffect of injecting a variety of immunosuppressive drugs over a long period of time.
These drugs had severely damaged Chen Chen's body. It made Chen Chen's body, which had been trained by taking NZT-48, shrivel up again. The muscle loss was severe.
However, at this time, Chen Chen could not care about this.
"Sir Godfather, your body's immune system has met the requirements, it's just that your body..."
"It's fine, my body can still hold on."
Chen Chen waved his hand and finally asked, "Have all of my clones undergone plastic surgery?"
"Yes, all of the clones have undergone plastic surgery. I guarantee that just from the surface, they won't look the slightest bit like you."
Little X replied, "Also, these clones have shown amazing learning abilities. When the new faces of all the clones have grown, we can hire expert teachers to teach your clones from the basics so that they can grow into the best researchers."
Chen Chen nodded slightly.
These were the solutions that Chen Chen came up with after careful consideration.
After all, these were his compatriots. It would be fine if they were Black Knights without brains. They could become qualified Black Knights as long as they were implanted with a chip.
However, these clones had brains, which was a little tricky.
Therefore, Chen Chen came up with this solution.
First, he would have these clones undergo plastic surgery to change their appearance. After that, he would have a teacher teach them all kinds of knowledge. These clones would be cultivated into the researchers that Chen Chen needed the most.
Of course, Chen Chen would not allow these people to come into contact with military affairs. Civil service was the highest threshold that Chen Chen could tolerate.
At this time, after talking with Little X, Chen Chen went straight to the life incubator and then climbed up the ladder next to it.
Standing at the edge of the incubator, Chen Chen took a deep breath and then jumped into the incubator.
At this time, there was no water in the incubator, it was empty. As soon as Chen Chen jumped in, an intelligent mechanical arm immediately came down from the track on the ceiling and covered the top of the incubator.
A series of pipes hung down from the gap in the top cover. Among them was a respirator as thick as a fist and a large nutrient infusion needle. At this time, Chen Chen skillfully fixed the respirator to his mouth, then tried to take a few breaths, then gave Little X outside the incubator a thumbs up.
After that, Chen Chen picked up a few needles and inserted them into the veins of his left and right arms.
After all this was done, a large amount of pale yellow water flowed slowly along the edge of the incubator. This water was maintained at a normal temperature of 36.5 degrees, just in line with the temperature of the human body.
The pale yellow culture fluid slowly submerged Chen Chen. From beginning to end, Chen Chen kept his eyes closed until the culture fluid completely submerged into the top of Chen Chen's head. At once, Chen Chen automatically floated in the culture fluid.
Subconsciously, Chen Chen hugged his knees and curled up like a fetus returning to its mother's body...
"Sir Godfather..."
Little X seemed to whisper something, but at this time, in Chen Chen's ears, all he could hear was a low buzzing sound.
However, Chen Chen seemed to understand what Little X was hesitating about. He first shook his head, then nodded, and then closed his eyes completely.
Seeing this, Little X finally stopped hesitating. Chen Chen only felt a chill in his left arm as if something was flowing through the needle into his blood.
Chen Chen knew that it was the T-virus, something that could destroy human civilization with just a few milliliters.
After that, time slowly passed...
A few hours later, the Black Knights all withdrew and at the same time, the entire sterile laboratory was sealed off. At the same time, the lights in the entire laboratory were softly dimmed, as if afraid of disturbing the person in deep sleep.
At this time, only silence remained in the laboratory where Chen Chen was located. Only the indicator lights of the instruments were on, illuminating the dim laboratory, making it seem even more desolate.
Faintly, through the glass of the incubator, one could see Chen Chen's limbs curled up, his eyes closed peacefully, like a fetus curled up in the incubator, only his chest rose and fell slightly.
This was the thirty-sixth hour since Chen Chen was injected with the T-virus.
However, even though all this seemed quiet, there were already hundreds of Black Knights stationed outside the door of the laboratory and even the entire Spire Experimental Base. The order they received was — to prevent any members of the Spire Experimental Base who did not listen to warnings from approaching the laboratory where Chen Chen was located without permission. In urgent situations, they were allowed to kill directly.
As for Little X, all the doors of the Spire Experimental Base had been sealed and all the researchers in the experimental base were under constant surveillance. If any one of them showed any abnormalities, the next moment, a group of Black Knights would detain and detain them.
The scientists in the experimental base did not know what was going on. They only felt that over the past two days, the atmosphere in the laboratory had begun to become more and more oppressive. It was as if there was a thick cloud hanging over everyone's head, forcing them to be careful no matter what they did...
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