Calvin Johnson might be a madman, but as Skye's father, his feelings are genuine.
After learning that his wife had been killed and his daughter taken away, he concocted a chemical reagent that no ordinary person could ever withstand to gain a stronger physique, enabling him to avenge his wife and find his daughter.
In a sense, this could be considered a grassroots attempt at a Super Soldier Serum, though it never considered what would happen in the event of failure.
Harry shook the vial in his hand and said, "Your father is truly something else. Anabolic steroids, liver enzyme blockers, deoxyephedrine, various metabolic enhancers, and even gorilla testosterone."
Simmons added from the side, "That's not even the most absurd part; there's even a drop of peppermint in there—no offense intended, but your father is the craziest mad scientist I've ever met. Theoretically, a single drop of this stuff could kill a person."
This biochemistry expert was excitedly tinkering with the Oscorp's medical facilities, a look of obsession on her face.
Skye couldn't understand what the two scientists were talking about at all, but she could tell that these were certainly not words of praise.
"Tell me you can save him. I don't want to have just found my family only to have to... you know." Skye's expression was complex; she still had so many questions to ask.
"Of course—we have the most advanced medical equipment in the World here. This medical pod even has a built-in small Gana device—though isn't it a bit extravagant to have this built into a medical pod? In any case, we can perform a full dialysis treatment on Mr. Calvin Johnson here. It will take less than an hour for his blood to return to normal."
Simmons stopped mid-sentence, her smile freezing on her face.
Skye asked, confused, "What's wrong?"
Harry picked up an epinephrine syringe from his side and injected it into Calvin Johnson's small vial. With the addition of an appropriate amount of epinephrine, this lethal concoction could become a highly effective stimulant, allowing one to ignore pain, enhance strength and reaction time, and provide immunity to the vast majority of neurotoxins.
Simply put, the effect of this stuff was even better and more intense than Osborn's combat stimulants.
And this was the kind of thing Calvin Johnson had been using for decades.
"If we purify his blood now... have you ever seen people in drug rehabilitation centers? The withdrawal symptoms might kill Mr. Calvin Johnson," Harry replied.
Calvin Johnson's problem stemmed mainly from his internal organs and nerves being in a state of overload for years. Once the substances in his blood were purged, his organs would likely suffer from failure.
After Harry and Simmons' explanation, Skye finally understood how severe her father's physical condition was.
She just didn't understand, "Why did he have to do this?"
Harry placed the perfected stimulant onto a medical drone; it would be sent to the research center for formula replication.
Taking off his rubber gloves, Harry began to tell Karl's story.
"During World War II, HYDRA relied on the power of the NAZI to capture someone in Hunan Province and used an obelisk to experiment on her. As I said, some people become Inhumans under the influence of the obelisk, possessing superpowers."
"Due to the defeat in World War II, HYDRA went underground until more than twenty years ago, when the guy who conducted the experiments back then was released because HYDRA had found that woman."
"He was amazed to discover that, after so many years, the woman hadn't aged at all! So they dissected the woman and transplanted her organs into himself."
Hearing this, Calvin Johnson in the medical pod trembled slightly—he was only restrained by static electricity, but he could still hear the sounds from the outside World.
Upon hearing this, Skye guessed the identity of that HYDRA member: "That HYDRA member is Whitehall? No wonder he looks so young; the Inhuman's organs made him even younger?"
Harry nodded and then met Skye's eyes.
"And that woman is the reason Mr. Calvin Johnson went mad—she was his wife."
Skye was stunned for a moment, then froze in place: this meant that woman was her mother!
"I don't know what exactly happened in that village, but in the end, HYDRA took the woman away. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents found a baby, and a man was left behind, searching for his daughter for decades. That's how it is."
The massive amount of information had already caused Skye's brain to crash. Simmons, standing to the side, was at a loss; she wanted to comfort Skye but didn't know what to say.
In reality, Harry hadn't told the whole story; there were still some things that Skye needed to confirm with her own eyes.
Harry said, "Dr. Simmons, proceed with the blood dialysis now."
"But Mr. Calvin Johnson's life..."
"I will solve this problem at the genetic level."
Simmons was stunned: "Gene therapy? But Mr. Calvin Johnson's problem wasn't caused by a genetic defect."
Halfway through, Simmons paused, looking at Harry in disbelief as he operated the medical pod: there had been recent rumors that the Oscorp had mastered adult genetic engineering technology.
You have to understand that general transgenic technology usually only edits a specific cell and then cultivates the modified cells.
For example, transgenic operations on animals are generally performed on fertilized eggs and embryos, and then the embryo is allowed to complete development in the mother's body to obtain an adult.
But the cost and technology of adult modification are still in need of improvement, let alone performing genetic enhancement on such an old man!
And that was exactly what Harry intended to do.
He would perform genetic modification on Calvin Johnson, adding a Level 1 Longevity trait to him.
Increasing lifespan doesn't fully summarize the effect of this trait—the lifespan increased by the Level 1 Longevity trait mostly extends the prime of life and slightly reduces the period of old age.
Genetic modification on adults allows individual organs to experience a second spring; this effect is particularly significant for middle-aged and elderly people.
"Doctor, at the Oscorp, you need to open your imagination." Harry smiled, "The Gana device is used for exactly this."
The cloud of drug molecules formed by the Gana device filled the entire medical pod, the mist seeping in from the patient's skin all the way to every organ in his body.
This special drug would rapidly change the DNA sequence of the cells it contacted, providing nutrients and energy, and catalyzing the division of the modified cells.
"This is too wonderful. With this technology, genes have almost become something that can be modified at will."
"It's not exactly at will; there are still some flaws." Harry said, crossing his arms.
This method is very expensive; this chemical solution that can change cellular genes without the need for glass needles is not cheap.
On the other hand, because the chemical solution seeps in from the body surface, the modification efficiency is actually very low.
The modification of a single trait takes a whole day. You have to know that in this situation, the medical pod costs over 100,000 USD per hour, and a day's cost is nearly 3 million, which is not something a normal person can afford.
And the current retail price is 200 million USD per person. The high price hasn't caused a shortage of sales; on the contrary, it's selling quite well. Conservatively estimated, there are about 2,000 customers worldwide. Once this batch has been harvested, it will be time to lower costs and harvest the second tier.
Of course, if you are an Osborn employee, you only need a few hundred credit points to enjoy this technology.
The next generation of technology is already being researched; nanobots are good things.
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