Chapter 1584 The Atom and the Doomsday Virus (please vote for me at the end of the month, thanks
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Many iconic cities in the DC universe do not exist in reality, such as Central City in The Flash and Beach City in Green Lantern.
Another example is Atom Ray Palmer's Ivy Town.
In reality, there are Ivy League universities in the United States, but there are no towns called "Ivy League".
In the DC universe, there is an Ivy Town dedicated to the Atom.
There is also an "Ivy League University" there. Well, the name of the university is Ivy League.
Ray Palmer is a professor of atomic physics at an Ivy League university.
Earth-51 Universe, Ivy League University in Ivy Town.
"Jay?" Ray Palmer looked hesitant when he saw the two people who suddenly entered his laboratory, "Why are you wearing uniforms again?"
"I'm not the Flash of this world, Ray. I come from the main universe and I came to you specifically." The old Flash said.
Then, he pointed to the girl wearing ordinary clothes next to him and said: "This is Harley, her consciousness has descended on Barbara, just like the god King Nabu using Kent's body."
Harley still chose to descend on Barbara, and when Ray Palmer ran away from home, the Teen Titans had not yet been established, and he naturally did not know Gordon's daughter.
"Hey, Harley, Jay, why are you here!" Ray Palmer was surprised and happy, "Oh my god, you guys found us here. Is there something wrong with the main universe, or is it because of Jason?"
Coming?"
Harley looked away from the picture frame on the desktop.
That was a photo of Jane Rowling, very young, in her early 20s, with pure enthusiasm and sincerity in her eyes.
"You've had a pretty good few years."
Ray Palmer caught a glimpse of her eyes and heard the slight sarcasm in her tone, sighing: "It was quite difficult at the beginning, and I would shed tears when I recalled Jane in my midnight dreams.
Later, when I met Jane from this universe, I healed the trauma in my soul and slowly recovered."
"Lei, is it convenient to talk here?"
Jay looked around and saw that there were many people in white coats poking their heads in the laboratory.
The superhero era of Earth-51 is over. The villains have been killed, the heroes have retired, and ordinary people haven't seen the "Flash" for a long time.
"Oh, let's go home now and talk at my house." Ray Palmer said quickly.
Half a minute later, the three of them entered the living room of a three-story villa.
"I'll just take you over here, is that okay? Everyone in the lab has seen it, and they don't seem to be too surprised." Jay asked strangely.
"There is also the Justice League in this world, and 'Ray' is even one of the veterans. In the past, heroes from the Justice League often came to the university to find him.
However, he did not join the Zhenglian as the Atom. He is somewhat similar to Dr. Stone from the Red Room Laboratory who is a technician in the Zhenglian."
Ray Palmer poured a glass of juice for the two of them and asked again: "You came here this time, do you have anything important to do?"
Harley said: "There are two reasons for looking for you. First, since you disappeared, we have been worried about your condition and have never given up looking for you."
Ray Palmer was a little moved when he heard this, "I know, last time Jason accidentally ended up in this universe, he told me that I asked him to help carry the message - I'm fine here, you don't have to worry about me."
Harley nodded, "After receiving the news from Jason, we felt relieved and didn't want to disturb your life.
This time it’s because of something else”
She told the story of Bob's visit and the Karate Kid's infection with an unknown virus.
"Barry was trapped in the blood realm in order to find me."
Palmer was moved and blamed himself for a moment, and then asked the Karate Kid's symptoms in detail.
Harley didn't know how to describe the disease in words, so she directly connected with his thoughts and shared her intuitive feelings at the time.
"It's really possible that the virus was etched by Mordicor." Palmer said solemnly.
"Magic Etch, is the official name of the virus? Who gave it the name and where did it come from?" Jay asked repeatedly.
Palmer's eyes were dark and he was lost in memories, "The thunder in this universe is very special. He has never been sick, from colds to AIDS, but his immune system has not been defeated."
"I can understand a cold, but what about AIDS?" Harley asked curiously,
Palmer's eyes flickered and he said: "You know, American university life is often more wild and unruly."
"I don't really understand. I have a doctorate, but I didn't go to a serious university." Harry said.
"Well, as a result of Ray trying something new, his friend was diagnosed with AIDS. They were together for several months, but nothing happened to Ray." Palmer hesitated.
Then he continued: "The AIDS incident made Lei in this world realize that he is special. After he joined the Zhenglian, he specially separated his super immune gene from Jon."
At this point, Palmer's expression became excited, "Harley, Jay, do you know that I am the same person as Palmer from Earth-51, with exactly the same appearance and almost the same genes, but there are no genes in my body."
That specific gene."
"The thunder in Universe 51 is unique and unparalleled in the world? What does this mean?" Jay said.
Ray Palmer clenched his fists and said excitedly: "This involves a theory of the Justice League in the Earth-51 universe. Well, it should be two theories.
The first is the 'reflection theory'. The emergence of a unique super immune gene must correspond to a unique disease. The disease and antibodies are like reflections in a mirror, appearing at the same time and restraining each other."
Harley said in surprise: "This 'reflection theory' is interesting. Who proposed it first? The heroes of the Earth-51 universe seem to have a higher level of thought."
The theory of reflection is actually what the Chinese people said: "All things are mutually reinforcing each other" and "There must be an antidote within a hundred steps." It is not that rare.
But when it appeared in foreigners, it was said by a group of superheroes who "have muscles but no brains and don't like to think", which surprised Harley.
"Batman, the Batman of this world. Before he fell out with his Zhenglian companions, after learning about Ray and Jon's super immune gene experiment, he told Ray about the 'reflection theory' and asked Ray to use his own genes to prepare an omnipotent
vaccine.
Bateman also said that it may not be long before a terrifying virus spreads on the earth.
Sure enough, a month later, the Justice League encountered an extremely serious biochemical experiment leak.
During that crisis, they discovered the doomsday virus called Madicon Etch.
The DNA structure of the doomsday virus is actually very similar to Lei's immune gene, like a reflection in a mirror.
It was also after that time that the 'reflection theory' was recognized by everyone."
"What are the symptoms of the doomsday virus? Is it harmful?" Jay asked.
Harley said: "It's a 'doomsday' virus. Do you think it's going to do a lot of harm?"
Ray Palmer thought for a while and said: "You have seen the movie "Resident Evil". The T virus in the movie was enhanced by 1 million times, which is roughly the doomsday virus."
"A million times? Oh my god, are you kidding, right? The lickers in "Resident Evil" are already very scary, magnified a million times. Not to mention a million times, just a hundred times will make me scalp.
It's numb." Jay said in horror.
Lei said solemnly: "No matter how powerful the lickers are, they can only plunder the earth. If they are infected by the doomsday virus, they will become super monsters with strength comparable to Superman and speed comparable to the Flash. They can enter the starry sky and harm the entire universe."
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"You're not kidding. The strength is as strong as Superman and the speed is as fast as The Flash. How do you deal with them?" Harley was shocked and very doubtful.
"Not all infected people are as powerful as Superman or faster than The Flash. Ordinary infected people are ten to a hundred times stronger than the tyrant in "Resident Evil", but there are still people with super powers in the world.
Among the thousands of people with superpowers, there are always a handful of people with extraordinary talents, whose strength is comparable to that of Superman and whose speed is faster than Barry's." Palmer said.
"Oh, that's right. There are no superpowers in "Resident Evil". There are many supernatural beings in this world." Harley suddenly understood.
"Even so, the Tenfold Tyrant is too terrifying and can even spread to outer space. No wonder it's called the 'Doomsday Virus'." Jay murmured.
Harley asked: "Where did this virus come from?"
"The U.S. military's biological and chemical weapons laboratory at Fort Rick in Maryland. After you go back, you can investigate and see if they are dealing with the 'doomsday virus'.
Maybe the virus on Karate Kid also came from Fort Rick," Palmer said.
"It's the military again, why don't they do anything about human affairs!" Jay said angrily.
Palmer was surprised: "Again? Could it be that a similar biochemical leakage accident has already occurred in the main universe?"
Jay nodded and sighed: "It was the submojo virus that the military was responsible for. It not only killed millions of people on Earth, but also killed hundreds of leaders of advanced civilizations in the universe, causing a huge diplomatic crisis.
ACCIDENT.
Even today, there is still news about the spread of the submojo virus in a certain galaxy.
Alas, the legacy is endless!”
"Why are there still alien leaders?" Palmer asked puzzledly.
A look of pride appeared on Jay's face, "The earth is not what it used to be! We have completely gone interstellar, established diplomatic relations with more than 2,000 civilizations, and held a great cosmic trial, hosting tens of millions of people.
Alien tourists."
Palmer was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He tried his best to simulate the scene in his mind, but he still couldn't imagine it.
"With tens of millions of alien tourists, what kind of chaos will the earth be like?" he murmured.
"It's not chaotic. Except for the Yamo Zhuo virus that has been causing trouble for a few days, the earth is peaceful and orderly." Jay said.
"Don't go too far." Harley frowned and said, "The origin of the virus I'm talking about is not where it first appeared, but the source of its birth."
"The root cause lies in military laboratories. They have synthesized countless types of viruses, and the doomsday virus is the most terrifying one among them."
"Even the biochemical viruses in the laboratory cannot be produced out of thin air. For example, the sub-mojo virus in the main universe comes from soul gene transcription technology.
Banning the Yamozo virus is not the key, the key is banning the use of soul gene technology.
Mordicor Etching should also have a powerful and weird technological theory.
I want to know what that theory is and who it comes from," Harley said.
Palmer shook his head and said: "I don't know. When I came here, the Mordecor etching crisis had been resolved, and the Justice League did not study it in depth. Or maybe after in-depth study, there was no result."
After a pause, he continued: "I just said that there are two theories. The first theory is the 'reflection phenomenon', and the second is the 'echo theory'.
Not long after the doomsday virus crisis, the Justice League of this world met the Justice Society of another Earth.
Well, similar to our main universe's encounter with the Zhenghe where Jay is, this process can probably be regarded as an 'echo phenomenon'.
After meeting the Zhengxie, the Justice League of Earth-51 learned about the concept of the multiverse, and then Ray proposed the "Echo Theory".
In other words, what happens in this universe is likely to happen in a parallel universe.
For example, if a Kryptonian baby from Universe A is sent to Earth and grows into a Superman, this event will be projected in another universe. Even if some details will change, the main plot of the Kryptonian baby coming to Earth will remain unchanged."
Harley said in surprise: "The heroes of the Earth-51 universe are all masters of theory, and their brains are much better than those of the idiots in the main universe."
Jay was unhappy, "When did we become stupid? Although we didn't come up with various theories, we also discussed things like 'Echo' in private."
Harley said disapprovingly: "Countless people have been hit on the head by apples falling from trees, and they all know the common sense that apples fall instead of flying upward, but only Newton proposed the concept of gravity."
Palmer coughed a few times and said, ignoring the question of whose brain was stupider, "After Lei from Earth-51 deduced the 'Echo Theory', he believed that there may also be a doomsday virus crisis in other worlds.
He plans to travel to every universe and leave the seeds of his immunity genes there to prevent the end of the world from coming.
However, his plan was great, but when he first made it, he encountered an accident.
He died and I witnessed his death.
At that time, I had just traveled to Earth-51 and subconsciously came to my home. I saw Lei doing an experiment. The experiment failed, and the energy beam exploded and burned him to ashes instantly.
I was stunned.
After being stunned for a while, I came up with the idea of replacing him and living in this world as him."
If she hadn't known who he was, Harry would have suspected that this guy was motivated by sex, and for the sake of the youthful and energetic beautiful female college student Jane Rowling, he killed his own peer, occupied the magpie's nest, borrowed the corpse to resurrect the soul, and lived out his life.
Second life.
It's such a coincidence. Well, things that are too coincidental are often not coincidences, but conspiracy. Ray Palmer in the Earth-51 universe may not have died in an accident. If the doomsday virus really comes from a larger conspiracy, behind the scenes
The Black Hand will definitely not let go of Ray Palmer who possesses the super immune gene!
Harley was lost in thought.
Ray Palmer didn't know what she was thinking and continued: "After inheriting Ray's identity, I began to read his experiment logs and actively distanced myself from the Justice League in this world to avoid their suspicion.
Fortunately, Batman has ended the era of super crime and the era of superheroes. The heroes have all retired and contact is rare once a year.
After understanding Lei's great ideal, I decided to inherit his legacy and continue the research on "Doomsday Virus Immunity Gene Vaccination".
Unfortunately, I only have his experimental data, but not his super immunity gene.
His body was also reduced to ashes, making it impossible for me to extract samples.
I spent several years just using my own genes to prepare the 'lower antibody gene medicine'.
The effect is definitely not as good as Lei’s genuine genetic medicine, but it’s better than nothing. Next, I will travel to another world every three to five.
Randomly find several hosts in another world and inoculate them with genetic medicine.
When the doomsday virus breaks out in their world, their abnormalities will be discovered by biologists, and then antibodies will be extracted from their bodies to develop vaccines."
Harley said with a sincere expression: "Ray, I want to apologize to you."
"Why?" Ray Palmer wondered.
"Before, I thought you were sinking into the land of tenderness, lost in the arms of female college student Jane Rowling, unable to extricate yourself, and even forgetting your hometown and friends in the main universe.
Now I realize that I misunderstood you. Although you embrace your beloved wife, you have not forgotten the responsibility and mission of a righteous hero." Harley said seriously.
The corner of Ray Palmer's mouth twitched and he said: "I do enjoy the peace and tranquility of this world. Leaving a vaccine is Ray's wish in this world.
Since I possess his identity, I must complete his mission for him."
"Can you leave antibody genes in the main universe?" Jay asked.
Ray Palmer stiffened, touched his nose, and said with an awkward smile: "I am planning to return to the main universe recently."