Chapter 26: Legendary Vampire
[Note: When using templates to travel, you can freely choose the time and location of your journey.]
[Note: Template characters possess a degree of subjective initiative and may behave in unexpected ways.]
[You are contemplating a journey through time and space.]
You chose Brooklyn, New York, in the year 1940.
[You have traveled back to New York in 1940. From this moment, the wheel of history begins to turn.]
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March 19, 1940. You stand on the streets of New York City. The streets are choked with traffic, and skyscrapers already dot the skyline—the prototype of a future international metropolis. Thinking about what is to come, you feel an urge to find some new joy in this life, which has already grown somewhat boring. You conclude that while you are a supernatural being, your only real strength is your endless lifespan. Your physical prowess might not even rival that of a Captain America on steroids. Thinking of your old friend, Dio Brando, a flicker of nostalgia crosses your face. You honestly want to see if humanity has any limits.
March 20, 1940. You discovered you were in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City that was, at the time, a predominantly black area. That night alone, you stumbled upon seven different street fights, and one gang even tried to rob you. The chaos was insane. However, having experienced so much, you were no longer particularly aggressive. You simply took all their money and turned them into vampires.
March 21, 1940. You rented a house in Brooklyn and settled in. After spending forty years in China during your previous life, you were now a pauper, but you had little interest in money for its own sake. However, you couldn't survive the long life ahead without it. You decided to introduce yourself to Stark Industries, but to your surprise, Howard Stark didn't even grant you a meeting. He simply didn't believe a Chinese man could possess any real scientific talent. You left Stark Industries with a smile. This world is truly interesting. It seemed you couldn't remain a simple pauper, even if you wanted to.
Late March 1940. You founded a technology company called Starry Sky. The name was inspired by Oscar Wilde's famous line: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." You located the company's offices directly across the street from Stark Industries.
April 1940. Your scientific research abilities were beyond question. As a new company, you achieved success almost immediately—though, of course, this was success you had already achieved in a past life. You invented and improved the transistor, which would be considered one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.
May 1940. You invented the transistor radio and transistor television, bringing transistors into commercial use for the first time. This invention began to generate enormous profits and was hailed as an outstanding example of the electronics revolution.
November 1940. After more than six months of research, you painstakingly created the world's first supercomputer. It was a stark contrast to the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer built in 1946, which occupied 167 square meters, consumed 150 kW of electricity, and had a computing capacity of only 5,000 operations per second. Your supercomputer could perform 9 million logical operations per second while consuming less than 100 watts of power.
December 1940. You held a major press conference to announce your invention, which shocked the entire United States. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein, visited your company, Starry Sky, to see the machine. Einstein himself remarked that your invention would completely change the way people work and think.
January 1941. As you anticipated, U.S. officials began purchasing your supercomputer in bulk, and your company started to expand. Meanwhile, your warm, winning smile helped you befriend many prominent scientists, including Albert Einstein and Abraham Erskine. Your team successfully recruited John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, future Nobel laureates in Physics.
February 1941. You and your team invented and improved the silicon integrated circuit, launching the era of global microelectronics.
March 1941. You invented the electric-eye camera and the integrated circuit television.
June 1941. You announced that personal computers would soon be commercially available. In just over six months, your company had quadrupled in size.
June to November 1941. You obtained 37 patents, most of which were based on knowledge from your past life. Under your leadership, Starry Sky expanded rapidly, branching out from electronics into the military and aviation sectors. Though not yet a massive corporation, your fame as a scientist had already surpassed that of Howard Stark.
December 1941. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The United States entered the war, joining the anti-fascist Allied powers. World War II reached its climax, but for you, it was just a familiar scene replaying itself.
January 1942. You began to formulate a new plan. Using your occult knowledge, you created a perfect Stone Mask, keeping it as a backup.
February 1942. The first step of your plan was a success. You secretly traveled to Tønsberg, Norway, and, arriving ahead of the Red Skull, retrieved the Cosmic Cube from a local church. So this is the container for the legendary Space Stone? (You obtained the Legendary Item: Cosmic Cube)
May 1942. Having been the father of aviation in your previous life, designing a jet aircraft was a simple matter. The prototype you designed successfully completed its test flight. In late May, you were invited by your good friend Dr. Abraham Erskine to join the Rebirth Project, which he was leading. You discovered that the supercomputer you had developed had indeed been selected for use in the project. Your gamble had paid off.
June 1942. You were intrigued by the Rebirth Project, particularly the Super-Soldier Serum. According to Erskine, it could enhance a user's metabolism and all bodily functions, unlocking 100% of the brain's potential and pushing a person to the peak of human conditioning. You couldn't help but wonder what would happen if a vampire took this serum.
December 1942. Thanks to the processing power of your supercomputer, the experiment progressed rapidly, and the Super-Soldier Serum was perfected three months ahead of schedule. Using a Trojan horse program you had pre-installed on the computer, you intercepted and recorded all the data related to the serum's formula.
February 1943. You perfectly replicated the Super-Soldier Serum in your own laboratory. To test your theory, you had a monkey don the Stone Mask, transforming it into a vampire monkey, and then injected it with the serum. The results were disappointing: the monkey became incredibly powerful for a moment, then collapsed and died.
April 1943. You and your team made several improvements to the Super-Soldier Serum. This time, the vampire monkey used for the experiment survived for a full day. Its amazing strength and agility, however brief, left you with a lingering sense of apprehension.
May 1943. Howard Stark hosted the "World of Tomorrow Exposition" in New York, and you were among the invited guests. When you spoke with him, he had no memory of having rejected you years earlier. You just smiled, unconcerned; after living for over a hundred years, nothing could faze you. You still told him the truth, and the look of embarrassed shock on his face was deeply satisfying. At the expo, you also met up with your friend Abraham Erskine, as well as the future Captain America and Winter Soldier. You noted that, just as in the original story, Erskine took a keen interest in Steve Rogers and helped him successfully enlist in the Strategic Scientific Reserve.
June 1943. Just as the original story went, after a month of training, Steve Rogers was injected with the Super-Soldier Serum, and the procedure was a success. By monitoring the supercomputer's processes, you speculated that this might be due to the Vita-Ray exposure Steve received during the enhancement, but this theory remained to be tested.
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