Su Ming had a rough idea in his mind. He put the diary back in its place. At this time, Strangulation also conveyed the information: there were no traces of small organisms, and the scent was no longer discernible. It was too chaotic here.
The Magic Floating Cloak confirmed that there were no traces of magic used here, and Brian's death had nothing to do with magic.
"Very good, you've both done well. I'll buy you something to eat later." Su Ming praised them, planning to buy Strangulation some chocolate and the Cloak some gemstones.
As he spoke, he picked up a thick stack of experimental records and began to browse through them.
This was the record of the last experiment. It wasn't a standard, regulated record and seemed more like the Professor talking to himself.
"The experiment of irradiating the recipient with high doses of gamma rays failed. Humans cannot withstand such powerful energy. The post-mortem of the subject showed that the internal organs and brain were completely damaged, resembling porridge..."
Beneath the text was a heap of various images, primarily documenting the tragic state of the deceased.
"The isotope research has hit a bottleneck, requiring Dr. Stark's assistance. See Appendix 1."
Su Ming flipped through it. Appendix 1 was a long list of equipment names and experimental steps. It seemed Brian hoped Howard would help him create a new element before his death.
He flipped back to continue reading, the white paper rustling.
"Replicating Captain America is no longer possible; we have to select a new starting point, beginning from the most basic superpower..."
Upon reading this, Su Ming's hand paused for a moment.
If ordinary people's first impression of superpowers was to be mentioned, it should be that, right?
In American cartoons and movies, the depiction of superpowers is very straightforward. Their judgment of whether a person has superpowers depends on whether the person can bend a spoon with telekinesis.
Some people perform such acts on TV shows, and circuses and magicians also have such performances, but more often, they are frauds and blinding techniques.
Moreover, doing so now could easily get someone labeled as a mutant, subjected to discrimination, and life threats.
However, when it comes to superpowers, people's first judgment standard is definitely bending a spoon, and this ability's scientific name is telekinesis.
Jean Grey, Spirit Butterfly, and Apocalypse all have telekinesis skills, especially Apocalypse's telekinetic shield, which Su Ming has personally experienced.
That is to say, Brian and the others planned to create a mutant with telekinesis abilities.
Pretty visionary; telekinesis is indeed more suitable for assassination than elemental types since telekinesis is often invisible and intangible, very much a special agent style.
After some internal assessments, Su Ming continued to read down, skipping over a large amount of incomprehensible experimental steps and advanced principles, seeing something he could understand.
"The mysterious Object 084 is highly effective for mutation induction. The vapor produced when it reacts with water can petrify, mutate, or cause rapid death. The next experiment needs to research how to increase mutation success rate...."
Faker, so that's what it is.
Seeing the item number and description of its effects, Su Ming had already figured out what it was. Brian was a good husband and a good father but also a mad scientist.
Howard previously left some words unsaid; he didn't take on the Black Womb project not because of his inadequate biological foundation, but because the experimental steps required using a large number of living people.
Don't be fooled by Xiaohuzi's playboy antics, flirting around all day, but his moral compass still exists.
When creating Captain America, Steve willingly participated in the experiment and was a soldier willing to sacrifice for the United States, so Howard participated in creating the radiation instrument.
He understood Captain America's noble ideals. Although he himself couldn't become such a person, he was willing to help Steve achieve his wish.
But the batch after batch of dead test subjects in the Black Womb project certainly weren't volunteers; they were war criminals or death row prisoners.
Howard would not participate in such massacre-like experiments.
"Oh, did you find anything?" Nick Fury's dark face poked in from outside the door like a ghost shadow; this guy walked without making any sound.
Su Ming nodded: "Where did Object 084 go?"
"What Object 084?" Nick Fury furrowed his eyebrows and walked in a bit closer, taking the experimental records from Su Ming's hand: "This is probably Dr. Xavier's own numbering, right?"
Su Ming motioned for Heitan to sit beside him and lowered his voice: "084 is the SSR's unified code, representing Mysterious Object No. 84, which the Roaring Assault Team seized from Hydra. If you keep pretending to be clueless, I'll make the SSR flow with blood."
"No, I really don't know." Fury spread his hands, indicating that it was all up to Su Ming if he wanted to kill or cut, but he genuinely had no idea about this matter.
Su Ming clicked his tongue, realizing that the seizure of this item must have happened during the time when Nick was cleaning house, and Steve and Peggy were leading the assault team.
"Forget about its origins." Su Ming dropped the experimental report: "Looking at the records, during the experiment when Dr. Xavier had an accident, he also used the 084 Object, because the previous experiment report in my hand didn't have a conclusion, he would continue doing it."
"What does that thing look like?" Fury went to retrieve the phone on the wall.
"It looks like a smaller obelisk, and it's no longer in the laboratory now." Su Ming checked the instruments and equipment again to confirm it indeed was not there.
"You know too much, which is really chilling. Please don't tell me so much in the future. I don't want to die." Nick Fury, whining like a salted fish, complained. The more a person knows, the quicker they die: "Dark Room, this is Nick Fury. Please check whether Object 084 has been returned to the inventory?... No? Still in a borrowed state? Okay, I know."
He dropped the phone and let out a deep breath: "This object went missing right under everyone's nose. Someone killed Dr. Xavier and stole it."
"Check." Su Ming clearly stated a single word.
...............
The entire SSR was turned upside down, and even every staff member's belongings were checked, but the missing item was not found.
Actually, Su Ming thought it was entirely unnecessary to check this, because any human who touched the obelisk would turn into stone statues; no one would hide it on their person.
Now it was just hoping for some luck with a last-ditch effort, but luck wasn't too good.
Dr. Xavier's death was not due to mutant revenge, nor a crime of passion or vendetta, but because he attracted the Inhumans.
And now Su Ming, together with Howard, looked at the frowning Colonel, silently without speaking.
"Dr. Stark, is there any way to retrieve the lost item? It's extremely dangerous. According to the Dark Room records, it is almost a weapon of mass destruction."
"Uh, try police dogs?" Howard suggested a method; maybe they could smell it?
"Police dogs? Are you serious?"
The Colonel and Fury stared at Howard, while Howard simply spread his hands.
"I'm a physicist, not a cop. Why don't you call the police to see if they can send over a detective or something."
The Colonel lowered his head and covered his face. Such an unreliable suggestion could only be made by Howard, and yet there was nothing anyone could do about it. It was truly frustrating...