Chapter 3684: The Mercury Era (Part 15)

"Steve... Steve? Steve?!!"

Schiller's shouting pulled Steve's attention back. He shook his head and said: "Sorry, I was a bit distracted."

"Thinking about little Tommy?" Schiller checked a box on the psychological assessment form and said, "What did the Professor say over there?"

"Actually, I didn't quite understand." Steve seemed to have grabbed a straw, he said to Schiller, "Charles and Eric just conducted the simplest examination, but because little Tommy didn't use his mutant ability, they didn't know what it was either. They didn't dare to stimulate him, fearing an early ability outbreak."

"Did Franklin say what Thomas Rogers' codename is?"

"'Windman'." Steve was obviously a bit confused, he said, "Franklin emphasized that little Rogers' ability is very powerful. But judging from this codename, it doesn't seem that powerful. This is the most confusing part. Doctor, have you heard of this codename?"

Schiller really flipped through his memory carefully. The superpowered people related to wind in his memory, besides various storms, were the Whizzer.

But the Whizzer was a figure from Steve's era, and in some comic versions, he was the biological father of Wanda and Quicksilver. However, he shouldn't be in this universe—in this universe, Wanda and Quicksilver are Magneto's biological children, and there are no other fathers.

And as far as Schiller knows, the children of Steve in other universes are not mutants, so naturally, there are no codenames. Some inherited the title of Captain America, but it certainly has nothing to do with wind.

However, Schiller's understanding of superpowered people and mutants is indeed more comprehensive than others. He can roughly judge what ability the other party has through a person's codename. Since the codename is "Windman", the ability must be related to wind.

From the surface, the ability to control wind seems a bit useless. Even if you can turn wind into a storm, it doesn't have much lethality, and it can't be compared with mutants like Wanda at all.

But to let Franklin come over specifically to say a sentence, that is absolutely more than that. Even if it's not an Omega-level mutant, it must at least be an Alpha-level. That proves that either this codename is wrong, or there is a mystery inside.

Schiller once heard Stark say a sentence, something similar to "There is no wind in the world, only moving air." From a scientific principle, wind is moving air. There is also a discipline in the world specifically called aerodynamics, which is the study of how air flows.

But unfortunately, even though humans can now study starships, there are too many blanks in aerodynamics. This is actually a comprehensive discipline, basically studying everything except air.

"Could it be related to air?" Schiller looked at Steve and said, "Wind is a form of air. If it's just simply controlling air flow, it's not very strong. But what if it's controlling air?"

Steve widened his eyes slowly, he said: "Controlling air? How to control air?"

"I don't know." Schiller shook his head and said, "I suspect he can manufacture air."

"Manufacture air?"

"Yes, if so, then he is like Iceman, a perfect Omega-level mutant. Because they can directly manipulate the entropy increase of the universe and create matter out of thin air. This is enough for Franklin to evaluate him as very strong."

"But what is the use of this ability?" Steve was still very confused. He indeed lacked knowledge in this area and couldn't think of what manufacturing air could be used for.

"Sorry, but I really don't know what the significance is in practical application. If the air he can manufacture is the same as the composition on Earth, what I can think of is creating an environment for human activity on a planet. But for other applications, you can only go ask Tony."

Steve sighed. He glanced at his phone and found that Charles had sent him a message. The message was very long, and he read it carefully. The view of Beast relayed by Charles was surprisingly similar to Schiller's view—they all believed that little Rogers' ability might be controlling air.

Charles also expressed that Steve was simply too lucky, because little Rogers' ability is of great significance to extraterrestrial exploration. Even if he can only create a small space with oxygen suitable for human survival, it has a very important role for human space work. The dividends of the interstellar exploration era can be considered firmly eaten.

Steve also breathed a sigh of relief. If his son really has such ability, then he can completely inherit his mantle... Thinking of this, Steve suddenly reacted: his son has an independent codename, which means he didn't become Captain America. So I was still working at that time?

"Think on the bright side." Schiller said, "By that time, human interstellar colonization development is at its peak. Let alone you, any superpowered person who can breathe, no matter how many hundreds of years old, has to be invested in great labor. No one wants to run away."

"Maybe I have other children." Steve said, "Recently Carter and I are studying this. She thinks that if the age difference between the two children is not big, they can help each other. Although I am a bit worried about her body, if she is very determined, I won't oppose it."

"That is indeed the case." Schiller nodded and said, "If the age difference between siblings is not big, although there might be some contradictions when they are young, their feelings will be deeper when they grow up. If the difference is too big, in the case of not being together often, the feelings might not be so good. But the focus is still on the parents' education."

Steve nodded. Having solved his most worrying problem, Steve's curiosity began to be unable to hold back. He rubbed his hands and said: "So Bucky and Seeing Natasha..."

"You pull me back into the group, and I'll tell you." Schiller pointed to Steve's phone.

Steve sighed and said: "It's not that I must kick you out, but you'd better not do this again in the future."

Although he said so, Steve still pulled him back. Schiller closed his phone with satisfaction and said: "I know what you are doubting. Theoretically speaking, pain will interrupt desire. You should have some experience too."

"Once Carter and I slipped in the bathroom." Steve didn't hide it either, he said, "I was afraid she would hit the bathtub, so I pulled her while falling and cushioned her underneath. As a result, my waist hit it myself. Although I usually appear very tough, that really hurt me quite a bit, and I sat on the edge of the bathtub for a long time before recovering. Although I recovered quickly, we didn't do anything that night and went to sleep early."

Steve said it relatively obscurely, but Schiller understood it. Both of them went to the bathroom to take a bath together, what else could they want to do? As a result, it was interrupted because they slipped halfway. So Steve was really curious: how could someone get bloodied and still continue.

"The way of pain is wrong, and the intensity is not enough." Schiller said, "For ordinary people, the moment of slipping is not enough to make them react. But for you, at the moment of action, you already had an expectation, right?"

"That's true. But what does this have to do with it?"

"This is not a sudden danger to you, and cannot trigger your brain's closing mechanism."

"Closing mechanism?"

"Because you went to the battlefield after being modified, so you might not have this experience. Most people will not feel pain when experiencing great pain. The more sudden the pain, the more intense the pain, the more so. This is based on the brain's operating mechanism, there is nothing to talk about in detail."

"That is to say, the more serious the injury, the less you feel pain?"

"Just don't feel it at that moment." Schiller said, "The brain discovers that you have suffered such a serious injury, in order to save your life, it instantly called too many programs, making all the organs in your body desperately protect themselves, causing you to have no time to feel pain."

"Quite magical." Steve sighed sincerely.

"The first to exert force is adrenaline." Schiller said, "This is also a cliché. The efficacy of adrenaline should not need me to say more. Putting aside the efficacy of pain relief and liberating muscle strength, etc., the most important thing is to make people mentally excited. Adrenaline first stimulates the brain, because only when the brain operates at the highest speed can it ensure that organs and limbs exert maximum strength to save lives."

"I understand." Steve said, "When the pain is too intense, the brain will feel that you are going to die, so it gives you painkillers and stimulants. Are they two taking this?"

"You can also say so. If it were ordinary people, I would say this is unhealthy, because the threshold will be raised step by step, and sooner or later they will play themselves to death. But they two are modified humans, even if it is a fatal injury, they will be fine in two days, and there will be no sequelae at all, and it won't affect their lifespan. In this case, it can only be said to be a personal hobby."

Steve was speechless. Suddenly, he reacted, his face became a bit complex, and then he looked into Schiller's eyes and said: "I remember you nailed many wedges into Bucky's body before. So..."

Schiller didn't speak. Steve also lowered his head and said: "Sorry, actually I did feel..."

"I don't care how you feel. I just thank you for not saying it." Schiller looked at him with a smile.

Steve quickly put aside those emotions. He continued: "If this is the case, then they two should all... but it seems only Bucky is injured."

"Because he operates like this, Seeing Natasha is not. Seeing Natasha is another kind." Schiller said, "Most normal people only have adrenaline soaring when facing their own death. But there is also a small group of people whose adrenaline also soars when facing others' death. Seeing Natasha obviously belongs to the latter."

"What is the principle of this again?"

"Very simple. In the primitive tribe period, your companion was eaten by a lion, you don't run for your life, do you stand in place and be an extra meal?" Schiller put the file aside and continued, "Humans with fear of death are very weak, but humans who have overcome the fear of death are incomparably powerful. This is an instinct evolved by humans to ensure the continuation of their own ethnic group. Some people are more easily induced to have this instinct, and Seeing Natasha is one of them. Whether it is hunting and chasing, or witnessing blood and death, it will not make her feel fear, only make her more excited. She is a natural warrior."

Steve nodded, barely understanding it, and couldn't help but sigh: "They two are simply a natural pair. But I would rather call this birds of a feather—simply too perverted."

Then he was a bit curious, looked at Schiller and asked: "What about you? Doctor? Are you the former or the latter?"

Schiller smiled: "Psychopaths only make choices. And me? I choose both."

?? Steve: Often feels despair because he is surrounded by perverts