Chapter 140 140: World Destroyer Skye Takes Her Place, a Disaster-Level Ability
Rewriting genes was extremely troublesome. After all, it meant altering the underlying code of the genes. Even the slightest mistake could lead to unpredictable and terrible consequences.
Jessica's situation was not quite the same as Skye's.
The underlying logic of Skye's genetic code was divided clearly. There were her original ordinary human genes, and then the recessive genes that had been activated after coming into contact with the Terrigen crystal and undergoing transformation.
The two sets of genetic codes did not merge. They were even clearly separated.
They only needed to bypass the awakened Inhuman genes and rewrite the ordinary genetic code, locking the rewritten genes to the ordinary human side so they would not affect the Inhuman genes.
This research was not particularly difficult.
Jessica, however, was different. Radiation had completely altered her underlying genetic code and cells.
Her rewriting process required extremely precise calculations and repeated simulations.
Because of that, Beast Hank, who had joined the Technology Department, was specially transferred over.
With Hank, one of the smartest people in the world and a genius scientist likewise cursed by knowledge, joining the project, the process was greatly accelerated.
And the matching was finally completed.
Only then could Jessica receive the super-soldier gene injection. Of course, Skye did as well.
The super-soldier gene serum they were injected with was not the same as the first-generation side-effect-free version.
It had already undergone at least three iterations of improvement. Its strengthening effect was several times greater than that of the first generation.
Right after the injection, both Skye and Jessica could clearly feel the magnitude of the enhancement.
In the first generation, an injected individual's basic physical strength would typically exceed ten tons, and with training, they could reach the range of twenty to twenty-five tons.
Skye's serum, however, produced far greater immediate results. Physical examination showed that she had already reached the twenty-five-ton level right after injection. With continued strict training, she was expected to quickly surpass forty tons within a single training cycle.
Jessica was even more exaggerated.
Her own super strength had already exceeded ten tons. After being injected with the super-soldier gene serum specially matched to her, her basic physical strength surpassed thirty-five tons.
Within one training cycle, it could rise to sixty tons.
It was extremely exaggerated.
More importantly, Jessica's flight, super endurance, and super-healing ability had all been greatly strengthened.
Jessica had gained enhanced strength and the ability to fly through radiation mutation, but that flying ability had been very weak. Or rather, it had been extremely poor.
How poor?
So poor that it was basically just low-altitude, short-distance flight. Compared with flying, she preferred using her super jumping power to leap between high-rise buildings. Calling it gliding would be more accurate than calling it flight.
But after receiving the super-soldier gene serum, her flying ability seemed to have been greatly strengthened as well.
It had become true flight.
She was no longer gliding. She could now take off directly into the air, and her speed was very fast. At full-power sprint flight, her speed could reach the speed of sound. As her physical strength gradually increased, her flight speed would also continue to rise.
After learning about Jessica's enhancement results, Matthew couldn't help but feel a strong sense of déjà vu.
Isn't this basically Homelander?
Aside from not having heat vision, Jessica even had a very faint biological field around her body. She could sense this field and actively cover herself with it.
That ensured that her clothes would not be ruined during high-speed supersonic flight.
Of course, even without the biological field, the Raven Warband combat suit specially prepared for her would not be destroyed either.
Matthew was very happy.
He finally had a girl version of Homelander too.
If I can't become Homelander myself, then I'll create a Homelander of my own.
That's totally cool!!
Unfortunately, Jessica could not use Getsuga Tensho. What a pity.
But having no heat vision, Homelander's signature ability, would not do. He had to get one for Jessica.
He searched for quite a while, but there was no Heat Vision Fruit in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. What a shame.
There was, however, a fruit related to the eyes.
It was called the Glare-Glare Fruit.
Its original user was Viola, the princess of the Dressrosa Kingdom.
Its functions included seeing through objects. It could see through walls, clothing, and even observe bones and internal organs.
It could read a person's inner thoughts, reading what others were currently thinking in real time within a visual radius of four thousand kilometers.
There was also Hot Iron Tears: Whale, which used gestures to harden tears into high-temperature weapons for attack.
And finally, clairvoyance, allowing the user to observe targets within a range of eight thousand kilometers.
The more he looked at it, the more it resembled Superman's abilities. The only thing missing was heat vision.
On the other hand, Saturn of the Five Elders, with his Mythical Zoan, Gyuki form, could fire black beams from both eyes.
Did Oda split up Superman's abilities?
Cyclops Scott really had to thank Matthew for having a fairly high moral standard. Otherwise, Matthew could light up the Op-Op Fruit in minutes, remove Scott's eyes, and install them into Jessica.
However, the Glare-Glare Fruit was indeed quite suitable for Jessica, aside from the lack of heat vision.
Matthew thought it over. If nothing else worked, he could research a related set of magic for Jessica and have her learn it after developing it.
At worst, he could imitate Cyclops Scott. According to Scott's ability, he could locate that energy dimension and help Jessica graft it on.
Combined with the Glare-Glare Fruit, it would be a perfect match.
He remembered that the Glare-Glare Fruit had a weakness that was neither too big nor too small. Strong emotional interference could disturb the user's mind.
Long-term use might also cause mental damage.
But none of that was a problem.
Leaving aside meditation, daily high-intensity training increased spiritual power and will. Jessica herself also had a psychic defense ability that had not been actively awakened yet. Once awakened, she would be even more capable of ignoring these weaknesses.
He wrote it down in his little notebook.
Personally creating his own Homelander would bring an overwhelming sense of achievement.
Aside from Jessica, Skye's serum matching and development were relatively simple.
The main reason she had not been injected earlier was because Skye needed to train and adapt to her ability on her own first. Only after gaining some initial control would they also have to build an anti-vibration laboratory.
If her ability ran wild after the serum injection, that would be a huge problem.
Fortunately, the process went smoothly. After receiving the serum, Skye did not lose control of her ability. On the contrary, her control over it improved to an exaggerated degree.
It was not only because of the strengthening of her body, but also because of the development of her brain. Controlling her ability now felt even more natural.
The strengthening of her bones, internal organs, and cells caused the threshold of Skye's power output when using her ability to grow by several times.
So much so that, if measured purely by destructive power, Skye had instantly surpassed every soldiers in the two warband except Matthew.
According to calculations, if she released her shockwave ability at full power within the range her body could withstand, she could trigger what was currently classified internationally as the highest level, a Level 4 tsunami.
A wave height exceeding thirty meters. What kind of concept was that?
It would not merely destroy a coastal city. It could directly flatten hundreds of kilometers of coastal urban areas and completely cripple major metropolitan regions.
Matthew had once used the Mirror Dimension to let Skye release her full power.
That was the result.
At the time, Skye was almost scared stupid.
At first, Matthew and the supervisor from the Technology Department had both told Skye that her ability was disaster-level, but she had not taken it too seriously.
Now, she finally understood.
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