Chapter 3075: Romantic

Stark first sent a few mechs over, and finally went over himself. After the few of them fussed for a long time, they finally moved these instruments into the room Wei En had prepared.

Looking at the room full of strange-looking machines, Stark couldn't help but sigh, but considering that he still needed Beast's help, he spent a great deal of effort to hold back what he wanted to say.

Beast, with his blue skin, was quite open-minded. He smiled, pushed up his glasses, and said, "I don't have the good conditions you have. It's just that these machines could only be funded in the last few years."

"Wait a minute, only in the last few years? Have they been tested?" Stark's heart became increasingly uncertain.

"You can rest assured about that. Quite a few pregnant women have done tests here. I've been busy with commercialization recently."

"You mean this machine can be commercialized?" Stark frowned again and said, "You just said this thing can detect whether the fetus in a pregnant woman's belly has the X-gene. If every hospital has one, then wouldn't you mutants..."

Others also looked at Beast with slight suspicion. Beast didn't feel strange about their attitude and said, "Do you think that if a pregnant woman finds out her fetus carries the X-gene, she will abort it, thereby leading to no successors for mutants?"

He shook his head and said, "Don't forget, although 90% of mutants are not that powerful, there is still that 10%."

"Your machine can detect the level of a mutant fetus?" Steve's eyes widened.

Beast shook his head again and said, "With Beta-level as the watershed, it can only detect whether it is Beta-level and above or below."

"That's enough!" Steve said very pleasantly, "Most Beta-level and above don't affect daily life, right?"

"Yes, and mutants above Beta-level are all very strong. For example, me... well, I am Beta-level when adding my intelligence. If we only talk about Beast's ability, it's probably between Beta and Gamma-level."

"You are too modest." Wei En said, "If you add your intelligence, you should be an Omega-level mutant."

Beast laughed happily, but didn't forget the main business. He adjusted the machine, and before turning it on, he said to Steve and Carter, "I must emphasize to you that over 90% of mutants are Beta-level and below. This is without even counting the Epsilon-level mutants who die at birth."

"Some Epsilon-level disabilities are in important parts of the body, such as the heart and throat, and may die during the development process. In other words, the possibility of being above Beta-level will be even lower."

"If it is indeed not above Beta-level, I don't suggest you give birth to this child. I say this to every pregnant woman. This is not only being responsible for you and your child, but also being responsible for the safety of this society."

"Your sense of responsibility is admirable." Wei En said, "Actually, there are quite a few problems found in prenatal checkups for ordinary human embryos. Although this is a major blow to parents looking forward to the birth of their child, it can be considered as avoiding the pain of a family."

"Problems will always exist; it's just that the progress of modern medicine eliminates potential pain and danger early. This is a good thing, isn't it?"

Beast clearly empathized with these words. He said, "In the process of machine testing, I have seen many pregnant women who have emotional breakdowns. Their attitude is as if everything would be fine as long as they didn't come for a checkup."

"But the fact is, whatever problems the embryo in their belly has is already a foregone conclusion. Being able to find out is a stroke of luck. In the era without this technology, I don't know how many disabled Epsilon-level mutants were bedridden for life, or endured the cold eyes of ordinary people while struggling to survive, and finally died in pain and obscurity. Being able to avoid such tragedies for a family is the most important motivation for me to research this technology."

Steve and Carter both had red eyes. Steve hugged Carter tightly, then Carter sat in the seat. Beast fastened the safety belt for her and slowly moved the detection instrument to her abdomen.

Data began to appear on the machine. Everyone's heart was in their throat. Beast's brows gradually furrowed. Steve's mood began to become increasingly desperate.

After a while, Beast suddenly turned off the machine. He didn't announce the result immediately, but looked at Steve with a somewhat strange expression.

"What's wrong? Doctor? It's okay, tell me, I can handle it..."

"No, the machine didn't tell me the result." Beast pushed up his glasses and said, "The only thing I can tell you is that the Super Soldier Serum that modified you should also be flowing in this child's body."

"What?!"

Beast looked at the screen again and said, "This machine isn't actually magical. It doesn't directly detect the X-gene, but is able to observe the state of the embryo. It's just that it's equipped with a database of mutants recorded throughout history, which can compare the state of the embryo with a large number of mutants from history to draw a conclusion."

"But the premise is that the fetus must only have the mutant ability and no other superpowers. And your child clearly belongs to the latter. He inherited your Super Soldier ability, which will seriously interfere with the machine's judgment, making it unable to draw an accurate conclusion."

"For example, if your child is Delta-level, but at the same time has Super Soldier Serum flowing in his body, the machine will think his strength is enough to reach Beta-level and judge him as a Beta-level mutant."

"But the fact is, he doesn't possess Beta-level mutant abilities, and it's even possible he has Epsilon-level disabilities. This could lead to serious misjudgment."

Beast paused slightly and said, "If only we could wait until the fetus is a bit bigger to check. At that time, at least we could judge whether there are obvious limb disabilities. But by then, wanting to induce labor would be too dangerous. It seems this machine still has a lot of room for improvement."

Everyone was silent for a while, not expecting such a result. Stark patted Steve on the back and said, "Look on the bright side, the Super Soldier Serum's ability can make up for the child's physical deficiencies. Even if he really is below Beta-level, at least he won't be very weak."

Steve's complexion remained very heavy. He said, "What I'm most worried about is Gamma-level: powerful but uncontrollable, a serious social hazard. Coupled with the Super Soldier Serum's ability, I can't imagine how much destruction he could cause."

Others also didn't know how to comfort him. At this time, Wei En spoke up, "I can let Gray Mist take a look to see if there are any very obvious limb defects in the embryo right now. But because the embryo is still too small, most of the organs haven't finished developing, so it's hard to guarantee whether there will be problems in the subsequent development process."

"What's the big deal about that?" Venom suddenly spoke up, "You guys are really stubborn. Even if the child is born with disabilities or has an unusual appearance, just find a symbiote to symbiose with him and turn him into an ordinary person, wouldn't that work?"

Everyone was stunned.

Only then did they remember that there is another magical creature called a Klyntar, which symbiotes with humans in an extremely peculiar way and can even completely change a person's appearance. Powerful ones like Venom, let alone patching up disabled limbs, even if it turned into skin fragments, he could piece it back together.

Steve revealed a look of sudden realization. That's right, before knowing the child had Super Soldier abilities, he might have needed to worry about what to do if the constitution was too weak. But now that he knew the child would have Captain America's constitution from birth, even if there were abnormalities in appearance, as long as they could be concealed, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Carter also saw the dawn of hope. At this time, Loki stood on the side with her arms crossed and said, "I wanted to say just now, did you forget that there is magic in this world? There are so many things magic can do. As long as you are willing to pay a high enough price, I believe Mephisto would be willing to make a deal with you to help this child regain the limbs he might be missing."

Many things are like this: the person involved is confused, while the bystander is clear. Often, one thinks they have reached a dead end, but it turns out to be a village with bright flowers and willow trees.

Wei En and Loki locked eyes. They spoke up actually to give Steve a hint, but the reason they didn't say it before was because these were all methods that treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

For this kind of child, the appearance is actually easy to change, but the internal physical problem is the big trouble. It is very likely that after preparing a bunch of plans, the child might not survive after birth, or even if he could survive, he would be plagued by illness and be in great pain. Even if there were no illness, his playmates around him would all be lively superhumans, while he himself would be an ordinary person who couldn't even be considered healthy, which might also lead to psychological imbalance.

They were afraid that Steve would see a glimmer of hope and want to force this melon, eventually harming others and himself.

However, with the blessing of the Super Soldier Serum's power, at least there would be no problems with his constitution. By making up for the deficiencies in appearance or limbs, it would basically be possible to give birth to a lively and robust child.

Steve and Carter both breathed a sigh of relief, but Beast still said, "I suggest you invite specialized scientists and geneticists to conduct research. It's best to determine the classification in advance. If it's the kind of disability that will lead to fetal arrest, be prepared to remedy it at any time."

"Disabilities that lead to fetal arrest?"

Beast sighed, as if remembering something, his gaze becoming somewhat sad. He said, "I once saw an Epsilon-level fetus. During the development process, its intestines overdeveloped and produced countless branches, as if there were a tree inside its body. As a result, the branches of the tree kept growing and pierced its lungs, leading to the fetus's death."

"There was another child who gradually evolved gills during the development process and couldn't breathe normally after leaving the mother's body. The medical staff at the time didn't realize where the problem lay, which led to him suffocating to death just like that."

The two examples Beast gave made everyone break out in a cold sweat. Steve immediately picked up the phone and said, "I'll call Nick right now and have him prepare a symbiote."

Stark said, "I'll go call Stephen. Even if he's busy right now, he has to send a mage over."

Wei En thought for a moment and said, "Currently, the authoritative experts in biological genetics don't have deep enough research on mutant genes; they are far worse than Dr. Beast."

"Even so, I still suggest that we should invite Dr. Connors, Dr. Pym, and Dr. Richards. If possible, it would be best to call Doctor Doom over as well."

He paused for a moment and said, "I also know a genius in genetic research, but he doesn't walk the straight path and has always been doing some evil experiments related to genes. The X-Men should have heard of him."

Beast looked back at Wei En.

"His name is Nathaniel Essex, codenamed Mr. Sinister." ===== CHAPTER 3076 =====