Chapter 242 Mutation

"Nice new haircut."

Stretching his stiff body, Ben appeared in the laboratory. Looking at Reed, who was really concentrating on his research, and his gray temples, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows and making a joke.

"Hey Ben, you finally woke up."

Turning to look at his friend who had regained consciousness, Reed quickly put down the experiment in his hand and happily stepped forward to hug him.

"You have been in a coma for three days, and I have been worried about your condition."

When a space storm struck, Ben was on a mission outside the space station, and everyone thought he would die.

"How's it going, Ben, is there anything uncomfortable with your body?"

"Actually, I feel fine." He shrugged. Although he was in a coma for several days, Ben didn't feel any discomfort.

"But it's really a thrilling scene, isn't it?"

Recalling the situation on the space station, even though he was not harmed, Ben still felt a little frightened: "What on earth happened?"

"I don't know." He shook his head silently. Even Reed couldn't explain clearly what happened on the space station before: "I have checked the data over and over again, and they are all correct, but the result is …In fact, I’m thinking this might be a warning that I should give up on research on cosmic storms in space…”

"Reed."

Seeing the guilty expression on Reed's face, Ben immediately interrupted his next words: "This is the mystery of the universe. You can't predict everything. At least we all survived that disaster. .”

After trying to persuade his friend for a few words, Ben immediately brought the topic to the meteorite in the center of the laboratory.

"So, this is the meteorite you brought back from outer space?"

"In fact, it was the space cosmic storm that brought it."

Ben's words successfully diverted Reid's attention. Looking at the strange-shaped meteorite in front of him, Reid's tone couldn't help but become excited: "I preliminary scanned the internal structure of this meteorite and found that there are many interesting things. Maybe it’s because of the special composition of the meteorite itself, or maybe it’s because of the cosmic storm in space, but in short, this meteorite is unusual.”

"I originally planned to continue to study this meteorite in depth, but Victor did not agree with my request."

Having said this, Reid looked a little helpless.

He was very interested in this meteorite, but Victor obviously had other plans.

Removing his gaze from the meteorite brought back from outer space, he looked at Reed, who was still the same as before, focusing on research. He couldn't help but said: "Reed, although from the perspective of a friend , I shouldn’t say these words, but after experiencing these things, I feel that there are some things in life that are more important than work or research.”

"what are you saying?"

Reed looked at the meteorite in front of him and replied in a daze.

Shaking his head helplessly, Ben continued: "I mean, it's time for you to find a girlfriend."

"Come on, Ben, you know I don't have any thoughts of finding a girlfriend right now."

"Are you out of ideas, or have you simply not forgotten Susan?"

Ben's words made the expression on Reid's face change, but he quickly calmed down, shook his head and replied: "Ben, she is with the most suitable person now, this is good for everyone. "

…

"I have to find a way to get rid of this scar."

In front of the mirror, Victor looked at the small scar on his temple and couldn't help frowning.

"Actually, having scars is beneficial to you, sir."

After hearing what Victor said, the secretary spoke up and expressed his latest reaction: "People generally feel that you look more kind with scars, and it also makes them sympathize with your experiences in outer space."

"So, I should be grateful for this scar?"

Victor asked back with a cold face,

I tidied up my appearance in front of the mirror.

"How's the situation?"

"The stock price is still falling, and the impact of space accidents still exists. The previous alien invasion has made everyone particularly concerned about events from outer space."

The secretary's report made Victor's expression even colder: "What about the meteorite?"

"Unfortunately, sir, they are generally not optimistic about the meteorites you brought back from outer space and think they are not of great value." Shaking his head, the secretary replied.

"Have they not seen the research report provided by Reid?"

Although, the previous space accident made Victor quite dissatisfied with Reed, because an accident not only severely damaged his prestige, but also caused him huge losses. However, from a rational point of view, Victor had to admit that Reed was a smart guy, so Victor also believed in the research report he provided on meteorites.

Frowning, Victor found it hard to accept this result: "This is obviously not an ordinary meteorite."

"But it's still a meteorite, sir."

The secretary responded calmly.

"These meteorites are not Tony Stark's steel suit, and it is difficult to attract investors' attention."

"Tony Stark."

Hearing the secretary's words, Victor couldn't help but murmur.

Even among the many billionaires, Tony Stark is quite special, especially after he became the superhero who saved New York and became a member of the Avengers.

"Anyway, if you continue to contact me, I think there will always be someone interested in this meteorite."

Shaking his head and bringing his thoughts back, Victor gave instructions to his secretary.

Turning around, he touched the pen on the table, and a weak electric current suddenly emerged from his fingers in the next second.

"gentlemen?"

Looking at Victor who suddenly fell silent, the secretary couldn't help shouting.

"Well, it's nothing."

After coming back to his senses, Victor looked at his palms and replied perfunctorily.

…

"It must be a cosmic storm. The radiation produced by the storm changed our DNA..."

When they were eating in the restaurant, Susan and Reed noticed something strange about their bodies, which made them begin to suspect that the previous space storm had a certain impact on everyone's bodies.

"Don't jump to conclusions. This is just your guess. We need more evidence as support before making real conclusions."

Although he has experienced the weirdness of his body, Reed still maintains his rigorous attitude as a scientist and does not jump to conclusions easily: "Perhaps, all this is just a hallucination caused by poisoning after eating stale ingredients in the restaurant. "

"Come on, Reid, do you really think this is all just an illusion?"

"I'm just raising a hypothetical possibility."

On one side, Reed and Susan were arguing with each other over their speculations. On the other side, Johnny, whose lower body was wrapped in a pink down jacket, snapped his fingers and interrupted excitedly: "Guys, look at me."

Attracting the attention of Reed and Susan again, Johnny snapped his fingers, and then a flame emerged from his fingers out of thin air.

Snapping his fingers to control the flames to flash on and off on his fingers, Johnny said excitedly: "I have a feeling that as long as I want, I can make this flame burn anywhere on my body, anywhere. "

"..."

"The cosmic storm changed our DNA!"

Danny's living example made Reed have to believe that everything was true.

"However, this is unreasonable. By what principle does the cosmic storm change our DNA? Is this change permanent or temporary?"

Although he admitted the fact of mutation, more questions emerged in Reed's heart.

"Temporary?"

Reed's words made Tony, who had been silent about gaining extraordinary power, look stunned. He liked his ability at the moment and didn't want it to disappear.

"Compared with these, I think we should go find Ben."

Susan said with concern, interrupting Reed's speculation.

Since all three of them have mutated due to the concern of the cosmic storm, Ben, who has faced the cosmic storm, should theoretically be the same as them.

While thinking, the three of them hurried to the room where Ben was.

However, the closed door of the room blocked Reed and his group from the door.

"Ben! Ben! Are you okay?!"

Standing outside the door, Reid kept patting the door of the room, but couldn't get any response from inside.

This unusual situation made Reid immediately worried.

Before, when eating in the restaurant, Ben had already shown that he felt uncomfortable. Now, contacting the mutations of several people suddenly made Reid feel uneasy.

"Susan, do you have the code to the door?"

While knocking on the door of the room, Reed asked Susan beside him.

"Let me try……"

After hearing Reed's words, Susan immediately came to the combination lock.

"No, I need some time."

Through the transparent gap in the door, Reid noticed that there was something unusual about the situation in the room, and his inner uneasiness quickly turned into anxiety. Looking at Susan who was constantly trying to unlock the door, Reed thought of the ability he had just shown in the restaurant, and with the thought of treating a dead horse as a live doctor, he immediately reached out and passed through the gap under the door, successfully opening the room. The door was locked from inside.

"How disgusting..."

Looking at the ability shown by Reed, Johnny said with some disgust.

Compared with the cool ability of controlling fire, Reed's soft ability is obviously not to his liking.

boom--

Johnny's reaction left Reed speechless. He opened his mouth and was about to say something. The next moment, a huge noise came from the room, which startled the three of them.

Rushing into the room, the big hole in the wall and the bent bed frame all showed that something had happened here.

"Look! What is that?!"

Johnny exclaimed, pointing to the hole in the wall.

Following Johnny's exclamation through the hole, Reed and others immediately looked over. Through the hole, they could vaguely see a yellow figure running faintly in the forest in the distance.

"Is this Ben?"

Looking at this strange figure, Reed said with some uncertainty.

Judging from the reaction in the room just now, it was clear that Ben had also mutated. However, what kind of mutation it was and why Ben wanted to run away made Reed a little puzzled.

"What's going on here?"

At this moment, a slightly surprised voice sounded from behind the three of them:

The three of them turned around and looked around.

I saw Victor arriving at the door of the room at some point, looking at the situation in the room, and asking with confusion.

"Something's wrong, Victor."

Looking at Victor appearing, Reed immediately explained: "The cosmic storm seems to have changed the DNA of our body, and the body has undergone some changes."

"It's not just Ben, each of us has different symptoms." After taking Reed's explanation, Susan also spoke immediately.

"symptom?"

Susan's words made Victor's eyes change a little, and he thought of all the changes that had happened to his body in the past few days.

"Symptoms, I don't think these are symptoms."

Hearing Susan's explanation of their physical condition, Johnny immediately retorted with some dissatisfaction. He raised his hand to create a ball of flame: "Now we have extraordinary powers like the Avengers. Maybe we can refer to the Avengers to establish A superhero group, what do you think of the name Amazing Heroes, or the Justice League?”

"We don't know yet whether these abilities will cause harm to the body."

In the face of Johnny's wild imagination, Reed began to pour cold water on him: "Before the dangers of these abilities are determined, I think we should be more careful. In fact, we should use these abilities less to avoid more serious things happening."

"Hey, man, you've become a transcendent, why are you still so boring?" Controlling the burning flame in his hand, Reed's words made Johnny a little disappointed.

"Johnny, this is not the time for joking!"

Looking at the flames coming out of Johnny's hand, Susan said with an unhappy face: "Put away your flames, don't you still think the current situation is not chaotic enough?"

"I'm not kidding."

Pouting his lips, Johnny extinguished the flame on his hand. Although he has his own way of doing things and is arrogant, he can still listen to his sister's words to some extent.

"If what you are saying is true, then Ben's current situation is not safe and we should find him as soon as possible."

Taking his eyes away from Johnny's hand, Victor looked at the huge hole in the wall and said pretending to be concerned.

"Maybe it's not the big guy who's unsafe."

Looking at the big hole in front of him, Johnny didn't think there was anything unsafe about a guy who could create such a big hole.

"Maybe he just suddenly wanted to go out for some air, and after he had done so, he might come back."

"No, he should have gone home."

Reed looked at a photo dropped on the ground and said.