Chapter 671

There are three special giant-level corporate institutions in this world: Osborn Enterprises, Horizon Labs, and the Life Foundation.

These three corporate institutions correspond to the birth of three important characters.

Osborn Enterprises: Spider-Man.

Horizon Labs: Vampire Morbius.

Life Foundation: Venom.

Osborn Enterprises goes without saying, the Life Foundation we'll talk about later; let's talk about Horizon Labs.

Horizon Labs is a laboratory focused on scientific and medical research; although its popularity and influence in society are not as good as the other two, its profitability and authority in the professional field are not bad at all!

Especially in the comics, many high-tech devices come from here, and it even has the power to fight against Iron Man's Stark Tech.

Besides Morbius, Peter Parker and Tiberius Stone, an ordinary person who was once Iron Man's rival in love, were also employees of Horizon Labs.

The name Tiberius Stone sounds very unfamiliar to everyone because he is an ordinary person and indeed has no outstanding performance, but in the universe numbered 2099, his grandson became Spider-Man.

That is—Spider-Man 2099!

By the way, in order to cure his family's genetic disease, Norman Osborn, besides Professor Curt Connors, had also looked for Dr. Morbius of Horizon Labs, but was rejected by Dr. Morbius, who was bent on saving himself.

You are sick, and I am sick too.

You are dying, and I'm not much better off.

Fathers die, mothers remarry, everyone fend for themselves!

Perhaps it was because they had dealt with each other before, or perhaps Norman Osborn used some means.

In short, after dealing with Professor Curt Connors and the laboratory, Su Quan had already become one of the investors in Dr. Morbius's blood disease project.

Horizon Labs.

In Dr. Morbius's laboratory, Su Quan met all the relevant personnel of this project, including another investor.

Loxias Crown, who suffered from a blood disease almost identical to Morbius's; they met at the same medical institution when they were children and became friends.

He is as talented as Morbius, but Morbius's talent is genius, while his is wealth!

For so many years, he has been silently supporting Morbius from behind; otherwise, given Morbius's physical condition, even if he were talented, few people would dare to invest in his research before he proved himself.

What if Morbius gets sick halfway through the research and kicks the bucket?

After meeting the relevant personnel, Su Quan announced a piece of news: Martine Bancroft would become his spokesperson for this project, exercising relevant powers on his behalf.

Then, he started chatting with Loxias Crown.

That's right, it's Loxias Crown, not Dr. Morbius!

Both are anti-heroes, but Morbius gives him a far worse impression than Eddie Brock and Venom, the lethal protectors.

Morbius is a bit like Peter Parker's father, Richard Parker; both take investors' money to do research, but after the research succeeds, they think the research is too dangerous and then righteously refuse to hand it over to the employer, forcing the employer onto the path of a villain.

The biggest difference between the two is that one benefited himself, and the other benefited his son.

Of course, what their character is like has nothing to do with Su Quan, as long as it doesn't affect his plans and profits.

Su Quan invested in this project, participating in the birth of the "vampire," mainly for three purposes.

One: Martine Bancroft.

Two: The "bat serum" or "vampire serum" researched by Morbius.

Three: The vampire abilities of Morbius and Loxias Crown, or even Martine Bancroft.

Taking Morbius as an example, although he needs to suck human blood regularly, he doesn't fear sunlight, garlic, crosses, silverware, etc., like a real vampire.

In terms of ability, as a mutant type, super strength and super defense are definitely standard, and he also possesses extremely strong self-healing ability, bat sonar super radar, flight, and the iconic rapid movement.

Oh right, there is also an ability to summon and control bats.

"Mr. Su Quan, I have a question; I wonder if you can clear it up for me." Loxias Crown signaled to Su Quan with a smile.

"Want to know why I invested in this project?"

"Yes."

Su Quan glanced at Martine Bancroft not far away and said with a smile: "Two reasons, I suppose."

Loxias Crown followed his gaze and looked over, understanding, and said in a tone that all men understand: "You have a good eye. What's the second reason?"

Su Quan shrugged: "I think highly of Morbius's talent; this project will definitely succeed!"

Loxias Crown said with a smile: "I really didn't expect you to have more confidence in this project than we do!"

"Why not?"

"Aren't you worried that his research will fail?"

"Not worried."

"Why?"

"Because I have never failed so far; not in the past, not now, and I won't in the future!"

"Uh—you really are confident."

Loxias Crown was rendered speechless by this level of confidence—confident to the point of being home.

But no matter what, seeing him believe in Morbius so much, believing that this project would definitely succeed, Loxias Crown felt a bit more comforted.

For him and Morbius, this project really was—succeed or die trying!

Su Quan looked at Loxias Crown and suddenly joked with a smile: "I don't know why, but this face of yours always makes me feel like calling you Doctor."

Loxias Crown laughed dumbly, slowly raised his finger to point at himself, and then pointed at Morbius: "Honestly, I've always felt that I look more like a doctor than him; he really doesn't care about his appearance at all, he's too unkempt, completely lacking the temperament a great doctor should have."

Su Quan nodded in agreement; the difference in appearance between Loxias Crown and Morbius is indeed very large.

Not long after, Loxias Crown and Morbius would turn against each other, and Loxias Crown, who was tricked by Morbius, would become a villain because of it.

But this face of his couldn't really be a villain in Su Quan's eyes. Why? Because he looks exactly like the protagonist of a TV series called Doctor Who.

This protagonist, who calls himself the Doctor, is a Time Lord and has a vehicle called the TARDIS, which looks like an old-fashioned telephone booth on the outside but is actually a spaceship that can travel through space and time.

In addition, the Doctor can regenerate; every time the Doctor regenerates, his appearance, personality, and even gender are different.

Loxias Crown looks exactly like the Eleventh Doctor.

Coincidentally.

His predecessor, the Tenth Doctor, looks exactly like the Purple Man who was killed by himself in the Marvel world.

Also, here is a picture of Loxias Crown.

— Author's Notes —

PS: Many American drama lovers should have heard of the show Doctor Who, right? It's a show with a very long broadcast span.