Marvel’s Speedsters

The underground part of the cutting-edge technology laboratory has a little-known circular space, which is buried 130 feet deep and more than 2 miles long, and it takes at least 45 minutes for an average person to walk 260 feet per minute for a healthy adult man to walk 260 feet per minute. When describing it to internal staff, lab executives used the excuse of preparing for the installation of a small hadron collider in advance, but in fact there was nothing but an empty circular corridor.

Although the first employees had visited the place with their bosses before joining the company, no one ever doubted it.

The obvious reason is funding. The larger Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, cost $2.5 billion alone and was built by forty countries, with 7,000 scientists and engineers from about eighty countries serving it. Business. Compared with Euratom, S.T.A.R. is just an emerging economy, without the strong support of the federal government, nor the deep accumulation of other large enterprises, although it is only a small hadron collider, it will also generate huge financial pressure, so it is normal to temporarily mothball.

However, most peripheral employees will not know that this originally empty and unoccupied secret place in their impression is not at all as inaccessible as they think, in fact, it is used quite frequently, especially in recent days, Connors and Maya and others have been going down with Ross to make final adjustments for the upcoming Speed II equipment.

At this moment, in a spacious hall outside the circular corridor, more than a dozen reliable staff members are busy near the experimental bench, doing speed tests for Ross.

In the whining wind, the crisp sound continued to sound in the hall.

“…… At 262.4 feet per second, it continues to rise. ”

Maya’s assistant stared at the timer counting, while she herself was engrossed in watching the real-time health information from the smart device that Ross’s body was loaded on.

“…… At 278 feet per hour, it is close to the top speed of high-speed rail. ”

The wind continued to howl, and as Ross ran, a circle of air shocks gradually spread outward from the surface of his body.

Connors stands next to Maya wearing glasses, followed by Professor X and Ororo, the Storm Woman.

“Normal blood pressure, stable heart rate, and a slight increase in brainwave frequency…”

Gu didn’t say hello to the mentor, and the phoenix female qin who walked out of the secret room cooperated with Maya to complete the calculation of Ross’s current physical state.

Another 60 seconds passed, the speed fluctuated several times, climbed the small 311.6-foot mark, and many people let out soft exclamations.

“Ross, do you want to continue?” Maya asked aloud.

“Keep testing!” Ross’s clear voice came out of the loudspeaker.

Connors and others looked at Maya, a well-deserved expert in human biology, and saw her nod again, so the test continued.

Soon, the white line, representing the length of time, slowly but firmly crossed the next tick.

And then another minute, another minute.

The wind is getting louder, and the yellow line representing speed is still climbing upwards little by little.

When the speed approached 393 feet per second, the red line on the data screen symbolizing the temperature of the body surface rose like a poisonous snake suddenly waking up from hibernation, jumping all the way to 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

This means that the load value of the bio-material equipment has begun to lose balance, and as Ross’s speed increases, the body and air rub. Rubbing produces a large amount of heat energy and charge, if these energies cannot be discharged in time, the temperature of the body surface will continue to rise, and when they cross the critical point that mutant cells can withstand, they will burn the equipment, bringing huge amounts to users exposed to the air. Big danger.

Fortunately, the situation is still under control, and the new Extreme Speed II equipment has been adjusted specifically for this phenomenon, and now is the best time to test it.

“426 feet!” I don’t know who shouted out.

The professor couldn’t help but move his wheelchair and past Connors.

The atmosphere on the Mayan side was a little tense, but their movements remained steady, constantly collecting information and materials into a database for measurement.

Even if they are not experiencing it themselves, Connors and others can feel the tense atmosphere and the feeling of panic.

No one knows where the speed limit of the high-speed Ross will be, and whether he will suddenly lose control and turn into a flaming fireball during the extreme speed movement.

It would not be surprising if that really happened, after all, this was the first extreme speed in history to achieve super speed by artificial means.

Looking at the gradually rising temperature, everyone fell silent.

“How long did he run?” Ororo couldn’t help but speak to break the silence.

Jean glanced at her friend and answered simply.

“Fifteen minutes.”

Storm Girl was about to speak again when Maya interrupted her.

“The temperature is over 113 degrees Fahrenheit and now starts to advance. In the red stage, please be vigilant. ”

The atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.

Everyone unconsciously looked at the screen, only to see that Ross’s figure still passed in front of him again and again, the trend of speed climbing was still slow and firm, and the dispersed air waves became louder and louder in the circular corridor, constantly transmitting from one end to the other, the sound in front had not disappeared, and the wave behind swarmed again.

“Boom!” , Suddenly Maya’s researcher stood up and couldn’t wait to shout to his boss.

“The speed is over 459 feet.”

Jean reacted the fastest and immediately looked over to the body condition screen.

“Body temperature 122 degrees Fahrenheit!”

Her assistant reported.

122 degrees Fahrenheit is 50 degrees Celsius.

Generally speaking, the temperature of human skin temperature is between 20 degrees and 47 degrees Celsius, when the temperature is about 35 degrees, human skin produces temperature sensation; When the temperature exceeds 45 degrees, it produces a feeling of heat or even hot; When the temperature reaches 47 degrees, there is a pain of burns; When the temperature is greater than 50 degrees, scalds will form blisters—- and burns may appear further up.

Ross is equipped with new equipment, and has been modified by mutants, and his tolerance to temperature is greatly increased than ordinary people, but his physical endurance alone will never exceed 70 degrees—- and then upward, he must be able to do it himself, relying on his genetic modification and a thin layer of biological material equipment is still unable to resist the attack of excessive temperature, unless Ross is willing to turn himself into a fat man like a “cousin”.

Just as the onlookers were nervous and anxious, Maya’s men had already roared: “The speed is more than 590 feet!” ”

When I climbed just now, it was all fluctuations between tens of feet.

The same is true for occasional oscillations in the range.

But this time, it was an unprecedented big improvement, everyone in the hall watched the frequency of black shadows flashing in the circular corridor increase rapidly, and blue lightning faintly emerged from the darkness, constantly flashing with the figure that cut through the space, forming a series of leaping lights in the void.

“The body temperature is more than 140 degrees, and it is approaching the critical point!”

Maya pushed away the assistant and shouted into the microphone.

At this moment, the dozens of people present seemed to enter collectively. In slow motion, the body stiffens, pupils constrict, muscles tense, sweat on the forehead…

When the slow state broke, all the researchers rushed to the workbench as fast as they could, loudly reporting their observations.

“Over 656 feet!”

This shout announced the end of the final silence.

Then there was an endless shout: “The body temperature is approaching 149 degrees.” ”

“Speed over 721 feet!”

“Blood sugar falls below 70 milligrams per deciliter!”

“820 feet per second!”

“Body temperature 154 degrees!”

In an instant, the fluctuations of the qi wave were no longer as faint as before, but directly turned into an overwhelming monstrous wave, and the qi wave rolled in with boundless thunder, passing through the corridor in an instant. Before the sound dissipated, the air was pushed by the black shadow that penetrated at an extremely fast speed, with a hot temperature, a wave. The waves surging against the cold hard. Hard corridor walls, violent shrill roars spread wantonly in the enclosed underground space.

“Ross, stop quickly, already in. Get into danger! Maya shouted, and her whole body stiffened.

Then Jean snatched the microphone from her hand.

After a few minutes, the slowly slowing black shadow reappeared in front of everyone.

“How’s it going, how does it feel now?”

The researchers rushed up to help Ross take off the smoking Speedy II in many places on his body, and his eyebrows and hair also had some burnt marks.

“It’s like suddenly a switch is turned on, and then the whole world is different… In addition, there are some paroxysmal vertigo, but much milder than the previous one. Ross took the large glass of sugar water, raised his head and poured it, now his blood sugar level has dropped to a fairly low level, and his body is slightly soft.

After all, he is not a natural speeder, up to now, he has not encountered a real mutant with speed talent, the reason why he can have such super speed now is completely relying on the power of science and technology to borrow the unique ability formed by the genes of other mutants, if he takes off this equipment, then his speed will soon bring unbearable pressure to himself, and may even lead to extremely dangerous consequences.

Therefore, in the normal state, he must suppress the speed within the acceptable range of his body, even if he is running in the city with equipment, he must pay attention to the fluctuation of air flow and the complex external environment, ignoring these factors will bring him unpredictable changes.

But despite all the restrictions, Ross is still quite satisfied.

In this Extreme Speed II equipment, for the first time, the genes of John the Burning Man are integrated. The Fire Man, who is good at manipulating flames, has never been very confident because he is unable to generate energy sources on his own like his friend Bobby.

However, through research, the laboratory found that John’s cells have special advantages in sensing and conducting temperature, so when they conceived the new equipment, they deliberately arranged a network of burning human cells on the front side of the new equipment like a spider’s web, through this high-temperature control network, Ross can recover some energy when moving at extreme speed, and better discharge the excess temperature outside the body. So that he has more holding. Long mobility while reducing energy expenditure.

Ross did not hesitate to praise this.

“You guys are doing a great job, and the new equipment has exceeded my expectations.” He enthusiastically high-fives the researchers and promises a lot of rewards to make those who come for the money smile and others will not be disappointed, Ross always has a way to meet their needs.

“This time we accumulate experience, and in the next step, we will find that we can do more—- such as improving energy conversion efficiency, optical invisibility, physical shock resistance, high temperature resistance… I remember that there are still some things in Lake Akalia that we didn’t have time to take away, and now the attention of the federal government has shifted, and when the ice on the lake melts tomorrow spring, we can take those things out, I have long admired Sebastian Shaw’s ability…”

Ross chattered, constantly explaining the task, or arranging people to pay attention to the changes in the original Stryker base, or asking Toad Todd to go to Siberia to find the former Soviet scientists who were expelled by Stark, and the storm woman Ororo looked at his spirited appearance next to him, and always felt a little uncomfortable.

As soon as the words fell, she couldn’t help but be sarcastic.

“There are thousands of people working for the lab here, but you live simply, let everyone work for you in a word, do you know how long your casual request will keep others busy for you?”

“I don’t need to know.” Ross glanced lazily over.

“I only know that there is no other way to live in life, or to become a prey or a hunter.”

He said casually, passing by Ororo.