Chapter 209 The Fantastic Four in Progress
"Are we really going to accept sponsorship from that playboy? I don't like him very much." The speaker was a pretty woman with shawl-blond hair.
The woman's name is Susan, an excellent scientist. And the object of her complaint is her fiancé, Reed Charlize.
Charlize is also an extremely good scientist, and can even be said to be one of the most outstanding scientists in the world.
But as a scientist he had a flaw that many scientists have. That is too idealized for science and technology.
Dr. Charlize is always pursuing the latest and most complete technology, or the science and technology he explores is no longer a simple applied technology.
Instead, it rises to the level of philosophy, such as those famous philosophical problems. Who am I, where am I from, where am I going.
Whether the universe has an end, whether time has a length.
These metaphysical things are what Charlize is after.
To put it simply, what Charlize pursues is no longer simple science, or we can classify his research into the philosophy of science and technology. If science is also a sect, Charlize is the one who pursues the truth of the God of Technology.
A bold and reckless man against the sky, a scientist who is not bound by dogmatism, his ideas seem to be untraceable.
In every way, he is a genius. Unlike Tony Stark though.
Tony's genius and technology are more manifested in the impact on modern life. This kind of scientist is welcomed and respected by most people.
Because Tony can really change the world, and although the various innovations he brings may cause social shocks, everyone believes that what he brings is the direction of future technological development.
Charlize is different, what he studies is too high-level, high-spirited and low-key. Don't say that ordinary people don't understand what he is doing, even many workers who also do cutting-edge scientific and technological research don't understand what Charlize is doing.
People who are half a step ahead of their time are geniuses, and that's Tony Stark.
A man who is one step ahead of his time is a madman, and that is Reed Charlize.
"We can only accept Stark's assistance, Susan. You must know that since the last mission of the Atlantis space shuttle, the space agency has terminated the space shuttle program." Regarding the questioning of his fiancee, Charlize I can only explain patiently.
Charlize had the refined and seemingly urbane demeanor of a traditional scholar.
"You know our research has hit a bottleneck. We can't capture enough negative particles and dark matter on Earth. We have to go into space."
"We must have a spaceship that can travel freely in space to be able to capture more things we need, and this requires a lot of money." Said Qian Charlize was a little speechless.
Susan also looked at her fiancé with a bad face. "Speaking of which, you spent the money you were supposed to spend on preparing for the wedding to buy experimental equipment, right? That pile of things in the basement at home."
Speaking of this Susan is very popular, the wedding of the two of them should have been held long ago, but because of Charlize, the wedding has been delayed again and again.
"I'm sorry Susan, this is the last time. I swear by the first law of the universe." Charlize looked swearing.
Susan shook her head. She already knew what kind of person Charlize was when she was in love. Since she chose him, what else can she do now except complain.
"Why don't you accept the military's sponsorship." Susan said that the military was also willing to sponsor Charlize's research before.
"Honey, you have to know what kind of guy is the person who finds us to provide sponsorship." Speaking of military sponsorship, Charlize's face was a little stiff.
"They don't care about science, and they don't care about the future of mankind. They just want more powerful weapons, and then cause massacres on a larger scale." Charlize had a guilty expression on her face.
"I've done things that weren't right before to get NASA grants."
It was more than half a year ago, and the SWAT team members handed Charlize a broken lizard soldier's palm, which was cut off by Li Jie.
At that time, Charlize's research was short of funds. To be precise, there was no time when Charlize's research was not short of funds.
The military's request is whether the serum of the lizard warrior can be extracted to start a new super soldier project.
The super soldier project of Captain America as an example was actually not successful. Rogers is the only super soldier who has been successful, but Rogers' transformation is actually an accident in essence.
The super soldier serum that Rogers himself injected was actually a wrong formula. The injection of this serum was enough to make Rogers' body completely collapse.
And because of various accidents, the serum that caused this error displayed an ability on Rogers that surpassed the original setting.
So after Rogers, the U.S. government has experimented with many plans for super soldier serums, and those with the correct formula are far less effective than Rogers.
Just like Captain America's shield, it was an accident when Howard Stark was smelting vibrating gold.
Although vibration gold is rare, it is not impossible to obtain, but Captain America's shield has only one side from beginning to end.
It can be said that Rogers is really the son of the plane of this world, all kinds of luck, all kinds of problems that should have been accidents, turned into good things for him.
For example, Frank and Nick Fury, as well as many high-level and high-level agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., have injected a modified version of the super soldier's serum-Infinite Serum, but the enhancement effect is far less than that of Rogers.
The military's super-soldier program has never stopped, but it hasn't made much progress over the years.
"The serum of the lizard warrior has attracted the attention of the military. They hope to create stronger soldiers. I have repeatedly said that this thing is dangerous, but they still started to experiment." Charlize blamed herself.
"I don't know how many people will be killed."
Susan stepped forward to hug Charlize and said softly. "Honey, it's not entirely your fault. Even if you don't study it, the military will let other people study it. At least you have the means behind it. If you let other scientists who are obedient to the military study it, then I am afraid that the consequences will be unpredictable."
"We can't change the minds of those crazy people who are full of war. We can only work harder to make the world a better place."
"Thank you, Susan. That's why I accepted Stark's assistance. He is willing to invest 50 million U.S. dollars in us and lend us the Ark spaceship newly developed by the Stark Group." With Susan's Consolation, Charlize looked a little more comfortable.
"All we have to do is help him build a research base on the surface of the moon, help him mine helium-3, and do related research on the moon." Charlize said about Tony's conditions.
"It's just to share some of our research. Not all the results of our research."
"Do you really trust him? He used to be an arms dealer. How many people died from the weapons he produced." Susan still had prejudices against Tony.
"At least I believe he should have changed now, haven't you seen that Iron Man is now saving the world?" Charlize tried to convince his fiancée.
"Iron Man, hum. An egomaniac, don't we have a better choice? I remember Doom also called and offered to provide sponsorship for you." The Doom Susan mentioned was Charlize's old classmate.
"Dom? No, Doom is crazy now. Latvia has now become his own private kingdom." Charlize frowned when talking about Doom.
"Now the whole country has become his monopoly, and cooperating with him will take a huge risk. The leaders of free countries will not like him." Charlize's brows were all squeezed together.
"But it took him at least ten years to unify Latvia. You must know that before Dum ruled, the whole country was in chaos. The people couldn't even eat, and they had to worry about the flying shells taking their lives every day. , at least Doom didn't make things worse, at least now Latvilla is developing in a good direction."
It seems that Susan still thinks that Dum has done a good job, even if it is a country with a lot of words, at least Latvia, a small country in Eastern Europe, has at least escaped the war.
"I understand that what Dum did is actually not as bad as the free media advertised, but sometimes we have to compromise with power. We are not yet capable of resisting the most powerful institution in this society." Charlize understood what Susan said That's right.
"And what I'm really worried about is not just the impact that Doom will have on us as the leader of the Kingdom of Latvia, but also about Doom's thoughts. He's really crazy, he's delusional about resurrecting his mother. She Been dead for decades."
What Charlize said made Susan cover her mouth in surprise. "He firmly believes that he has the ability to resurrect his mother. This is crazy. I can't accept this crazy idea. So let's accept Stark's assistance with peace of mind."
"At least he didn't ask us to help him make weapons, or help him resurrect his parents."
"The Stark Group's Ark spacecraft will be launched on April 1st." The news report on the TV caught Li Jie's attention.
It seems that Tony Stark has really started preparing for the moon development plan. This is a big step for Tony Stark, and even more so for human civilization.
Perhaps the time for the take-off of human civilization is not far away. If the era of technological explosion comes, then the Chitauri will really come to the Battle of New York. Maybe the human army will be able to fight them. Maybe there's no need for superheroes.
However, Li Jie, the four astronauts of the spaceship, always felt as if he had heard their names somewhere.
Is it an illusion? It should be an illusion, there should be quite a lot of people with the same name. Li Jie felt that he must have made a mistake.
Tony Stark is about to open a new chapter in human civilization, so let's help yourself, such as finding out the villain called Sangbian or something.
At least the Ark reactor can't fall into the hands of people who don't deserve it. This thing is a real ticking time bomb.