Victor left in frustration, and the only strong competitor withdrew. Xia Xu naturally didn't need to waste much time talking if he wanted to take Walker Hausmann under his command.
After all, this is just a college research group, similar to a club. It is just a collaborative relationship, and it is not a real job recruitment.
If you want Walker, Zhou Ji and others to work for Xinghai Industry in the future, you may need to work hard in the future, but things like research groups are not considered so formal, and are naturally much simpler.
Although Walker Haussmann has the fate of being the protagonist of the plot of "The Machinist", like Victor, there is no plot synopsis at all now, probably because the plot has not started yet.
However, there was "Giant" before him and "Mechanical Age" after him. These two alone were enough for him to work and worry about, so Xia Xu had nothing to be disappointed about.
Anyway, the protagonist Walker is under his nose, and he will know sooner or later when the plot begins. What he values now is only his talent and talent.
"Brother Xia, that was just now..."
After taking Walker Hausmann back to their recruitment booth, Zhou Ji and Jiang Yuanyuan immediately greeted him excitedly, their eyes full of curiosity.
"One of your future research projects."
Xia Xu smiled and then introduced the three of them to each other.
The afternoon passed quickly.
Although Victor, the competitor, has left, and the appearance of the Venom Chariot and Spider Predator has subsequently attracted a large number of people to him, but most of these people are just looking for novelties, and he has high standards.
So there is nothing to gain next.
However, Zhang Meng and Lu Dong had completed all the procedures and successfully applied for a group activity room for the Xinghai Research Group.
The activity room is located in the laboratory building of the School of Mechanical Engineering, and this kind of laboratory building is actually found in every department. Some of them are various laboratories open to students, and the other part are activity rooms for research groups.
In terms of venue, the college is very generous. The standard activity room has four rooms and one living room, and you can easily borrow various laboratories and equipment in the building, which is very convenient and efficient.
Gathering Zhang Meng, Lu Dong, Walker, Zhou Ji, Jiang Yuanyuan and others together, Xia Xu held a small meeting with them that night to establish the research team's first project, a modified version of the Arachnoid Predator.
In fact, they are cooperating with Yang Xiaoshuang's super spider silk protein research team to change the spider predator demon into a model that spits out alien spider silk proteins. The project is tentatively named [Spider Web Weaver].
The templates for the spider robot are all ready-made, and the technical difficulty of the spitting device is not high, so this can only be said to be a small project to test the waters and get the team running.
But despite this, this is also a good opportunity to corroborate the classroom knowledge. Xia Xu did not mean to be the boss, but participated in the whole process and actively communicated with Walker, Zhou Ji and others.
After all, this is not an investment, but your own education.
In this way, the four days passed by in a blink of an eye. Just as the research and development of the Spider Web Weaver was gradually getting on track, Xia Xu and the others also ushered in the first weekend of formal classes.
That Saturday, in the evening, returning to the dormitory from the research group's activity room, Xia Xu stopped Grant, who had been missing so often these days.
"Is something wrong?"
Grant was a little confused.
"You've been looking for werewolves lately? Do you have any clues?"
Xia Xu asked.
"No, I don't have any intelligence channels here. The clues stopped here. I don't know which institution the damn mutant werewolf was transported to."
When it came to this matter, Grant was also a little upset and said worriedly: "I'm worried that someone wants to use it for something."
"You keep saying that it's a mutated werewolf, what's so special about it?"
Xia Xu couldn't help but become interested.
He actually planned to sneak into Gardner Mental Hospital at night to investigate.
Yang Bowen and the others have not made any breakthroughs, and the protagonist and related plot characters of "Giant" have not been seen. The only breakthrough still has to fall on Gardner Mental Hospital.
Originally, he planned to trick Grant into becoming a free labor force and go there with him.
After all, this werewolf hunter is really good at sneaking and killing, so he doesn't need to use it in vain.
But seeing Grant so obsessed with the mutated werewolf that was sent to the Magic City, he couldn't help but feel a little curious.
Werewolves have killed a lot of people. They are essentially just lycanthropes. Their physical fitness is indeed much better than that of ordinary people, but they are actually not good enough in front of firearms.
Just a werewolf, how much of a threat can it be?
"Do you still remember the video I sent you a long time ago?"
Grant shook his head, probably guessing what Xia Xu was thinking.
"The mutant with rapid bone growth?"
Xia Xu asked.
When he discovered the Super Brain plot before, he entrusted Grant to investigate the intelligence of Catherine Acheson. Later, Grant sent him a video through social software, which showed a scene of a mutant who could control bone growth attacking passers-by.
"The mutated werewolf once participated in the same experiment as 'Cyborg'. Although it failed, it was also able to achieve a certain degree of bone proliferation."
Grant looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "The transformation of werewolves is essentially the rapid proliferation and expansion of cells. Their bodies store more energy and trace elements than ordinary people. After transformation, they will gain explosive growth in physical fitness.
But you have to know that this kind of explosion has a limit for ordinary werewolves. Their bones will not grow, so although their body size is larger than normal, it is still within a certain range, just like a thin person and a werewolf.
The difference between fat people.
And if this werewolf can even multiply and strengthen its bones..."
Grant paused here.
"If even bones can proliferate and gain higher strength, then they can bear a larger body size and gain greater strength."
Xia Xu had already picked up on Grant's words.
"Yes, this werewolf is much larger than a normal werewolf after transformation. Even if the mutant werewolf's bone control ability can reach the same level as Cyborg in the future, then it will completely become an invulnerable giant monster.
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Grant looked ugly.
Xia Xu's expression also became serious, and he said helplessly: "Grant, to be honest, I originally planned to use the werewolf clue as an excuse to trick you into doing a favor, but now it seems that this clue may come true."
"clue?"
Grant was startled.
"My people are currently investigating a mental hospital. They are probably using patients to study a technology of artificial gigantism, which may have something to do with this special werewolf."
Xia Xu couldn't help but reveal a helpless and wry smile.
Not only may they be related, but in his opinion, the matter is probably close to home.
What is the biggest difficulty in using gigantism to make humans gigantic?
Not the various possible sequelae, but the epiphysis!
The adult's epiphysis is closed and cannot continue to grow, so the body shape can only develop laterally and become a deformed fat man instead of a giant.
Moreover, the bone strength of ordinary people is also limited. As the body size increases, the load on the bones also increases. Therefore, normal bones cannot actually support a large body size. Excessive body size will cause a series of diseases such as arthritis.
However, there is such a werewolf, which can control bone growth to a certain extent and greatly strengthen bone strength. Isn't this the best research material?
There is no need to study it thoroughly, just to find a way to reopen the epiphysis from this werewolf, then half of the artificial giant plan has been basically realized.
Moreover, the werewolf itself can proliferate bones and can transform and increase in size. This transformation may still have limits under normal circumstances, but what if the results of giant manufacturing technology are added to it?