Chapter 27 of 100

Chapter 27

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Mizni's text message came back quickly: "So what if he is? Are you trying to say that since Quentyn, the son of the chairman of the Brand Group, is also studying at our college, we have an advantage? Oh, come on, the Tomes Foundation isn't funded by the Brand Group alone. A scientific foundation like this won't choose its beneficiaries based on personal feelings. We need to show the advantages of the Theological College!"

Very well, that's exactly what I wanted to hear!

Ymir smiled happily. He didn't need to rely on Quentyn's connections. On the contrary, he just hoped that Quentyn wouldn't come forward and cause trouble, which would already be a blessing.

He made a quick decision and immediately agreed with Mizni's suggestion: "But how can we find out about New York University's preparations? They won't just lay all their research results out for us to see."

Mizni sent a smiley face, which appeared on Ymir's antique phone as a black square: "Don't worry, I've found out that Dr. Curt Connors from New York University's Gene Science Institute will announce this in today's class. We just need to find a way to get into New York University and we can sit in the audience and 'eavesdrop' openly."

Ymir found this extremely strange. He flipped through the body's memories and began to wonder if Mizni had some superpower.

His information was always more accessible than the average person's. Ymir almost suspected that Mizni had mutated to have super hearing or super vision, or had installed a radar in his ears to constantly receive all sorts of gossip from all directions.

"Who is Dr. Curt Connors? How did you get involved with New York University?"

Mizni replied to Ymir: "Dr. Connors is an extremely outstanding biologist and medical scientist who was very active in the scientific community in the past. Later, he lost an arm in a war and, after returning to his country, he fell into a decline, abandoned all his previous achievements, and returned to his alma mater to teach."

Before Ymir could finish reading this message, Mizni's next text came: "Didn't anyone tell you? My father graduated from New York University. He and Dr. Connors, as well as the genius scientist Reed Richards, are old alumni. They have been friends for about forty years!"

Ymir, sitting at his desk, started coughing violently, his face turning red with embarrassment. Perhaps he hadn't initially realized who Curt Connors was, but the first thing Ymir recalled was another identity of the genius scientist Reed Richards.

Unlike other superheroes who usually hide their true identities as tightly as a hen incubating eggs, Reed Richards was the famous Mr. Fantastic, a member of the Fantastic Four and the leader of the group.

He had his body structure altered by cosmic rays during a space mission, allowing his body to change into any shape at will. His wife, Sue Storm, also a graduate of New York University, was caught in the same accident and became the Invisible Woman, capable of invisibility, flight, energy blasts, and creating energy shields.

As for the other two members of the Fantastic Four, one was Reed's good friend Ben Grimm, also known as the Thing, who was incredibly strong and had a rock-hard body, serving as the mascot of the Fantastic Four.

The other was Sue's brother, Johnny Storm, also known as the Human Torch, who could produce flames and fly, with his body temperature reaching the same level as a supernova.

Because of the association with the superhero movies, Ymir suddenly realized that the Curt Connors mentioned in Mizni's text was not an ordinary person.

He was the Lizard from the "Spider-Man" series. As Mizni said, Dr. Connors was a talented military doctor. During the Vietnam War, he was drafted and sent to the front lines to perform emergency surgeries.

One day, the U.S. military base was attacked by the enemy, and Connors' right hand was severely injured in a massive explosion. To save his life, he chose amputation and was sent back to the United States to recover.

From then on, Dr. Connors became a specially appointed professor at New York University.

In his spare time, Dr. Connors tried every means to restore his lost arm. Since surgery couldn't achieve his goal, he decided to use his expertise and began researching the regenerative systems of reptiles and various aspects of reptilian biology, hoping to find a way to regenerate human limbs.

Inspired by the regenerative abilities of reptiles, Dr. Connors attempted to change his fate using his expertise in new gene biology. He began secretly extracting lizard DNA and eventually invented a drug.

Unfortunately, although the drug was successful in animal tests, Dr. Connors lost his scientific calm and rationality. He felt that one successful case was enough and that there was no need to waste more time on human trials.

Dr. Connors directly injected the experimental drug into his body. While he did regain his arm, he couldn't control the drug's side effects.

His genes were altered by the drug, and his appearance began to change dramatically. He became a human with a reptilian appearance. More terrifyingly, not only his appearance but also his mind was completely distorted. At night, he would transform into a lizard and go on a rampage, exhibiting more lizard-like behaviors and losing the ability to return to human form.

These were the contents of the "Spider-Man" movies, and Ymir could only recall so much. He wasn't watching a pre-recorded film in a cinema.

This was a real world. Although Ymir had roughly confirmed that he was in the Marvel universe, he didn't have a precise grasp of the specific plot developments.

Driven by his desire for the Tomes Foundation's funding and his curiosity about the Lizard, Ymir leaped out of his chair. He didn't want to stay in the library any longer because he noticed that the people on the surrounding floors, who should have been diligently reading magic books, were occasionally casting curious glances at him.

Please, Ymir wasn't a red-haired baboon in a zoo; he didn't have the "good habit" of being on display.

Since he had already found out what he wanted to investigate at Columbia University, why wait any longer? If the priest Terence returned, Ymir had a gut feeling that it would be a disaster for him.

Thinking this, Ymir didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly walked out of the St. John's Knights Library. The doorman, though anxious, had already informed Father Terence but didn't dare to stop Ymir since the priest hadn't arrived yet, so he could only watch as Ymir left.

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