From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

"I know." Sui Yang stopped discussing the topic of nanotechnology and continued:

"Atlas' focus in the next year will be on the people's livelihood, such as the reconstruction of Earth 01 and 03, to improve and enhance the lives of the residents under the company as much as possible.

And the main universe with normal order needs a "hurricane" to sweep away the filth, so that the company and mankind can have a good development environment."

Good environment?

"Boss, are you going to attack Water International?" Alexia suddenly became energetic.

"Yes." Sui Yang did not deny it, "All the medical insurance businesses launched by the company are within the price range that most people can afford, and provide the promised services, which was regarded by those guys as malicious competition, saying that we deliberately started a price war.

There are still many media on the East Coast that are smearing our insurance business as a scam.

Next year, or the year after, the company will carry out extraterrestrial colonization projects, update the medical welfare system, and issue more civilian technology and new energy products.

In the military field, Atlas has a large number of old weapons and equipment to sell, and such a large-scale operation is almost It touched the interests of all walks of life, and Water International is just one of them.

But if humans want to continue to progress and develop, each one is indispensable.

Since the other party claims that we initiated the malicious competition first, then let the other party experience the so-called "malicious" competition firsthand. Water International will be the primary target, and those superheroes who have lost their humanity can be dealt with by the way. "

"Well, I like physical means of competition, there are not so many twists and turns."

Alexia deeply agrees, because Water International has not been able to completely recover until now, which is inseparable from the tyrant she led in research and development.

Sui Yang did not comment on this, but thought about the next "business war" operation.

Today in the main universe is January 10, 1996.

The node for the opening of the third space gate is September 12, 1995, so the node from the next opening is November 11, 1996.

From January 10 to November 11, there are still ten months.

In the drama "The Boys", the protagonists announced the truth about Compound No. 5 to the public through online media, but the public relations team of Vought International responded quickly and quickly stabilized the stock price, restoring its reputation and image.

Therefore, the most effective way to eradicate Vought is to take physical means, just as Alexia said.

The senior executives of Vought International's board of directors are all equipped with corresponding superhumans to be responsible for security issues, such as Xuanse who obeys Stan Edgar's orders.

Atlas's individual weapons at this stage are enough to break through and kill most superhumans while avoiding large-scale destruction and harming innocent people.

Then dispatching a hunter company specializing in assassination and stealth can first disintegrate Vought's senior executives and make the other party lose their emergency response capabilities directly.

The second is the "stock price war".

The Internet era of the main universe was opened by Atlas, which resulted in the initiative of the media being in the hands of Atlas.

It also disclosed that most superheroes are scum who are addicted to drugs and kill for fun, as well as the truth about Compound No. 5, but the difference is that the main universe's Vought will lack senior leaders and will face a devastating blow.

Retail investors and investors who have lost confidence in Vought began to sell their stocks. If there is no senior management and public relations team to stabilize the situation, the stock price will fall rapidly until the transaction is closed.

However, Vought International's number one "product" Homelander is the target that Atlas needs to focus on.

Among all the plans to deal with Homelander, Sanguinius, who has obtained psychic power amplification due to Sui Yang, has the strength to confront head-on, but the original body is not proficient in controlling psychic power and needs Sui Yang to teach carefully for a period of time.

Another item is to program the brain of the soldier boy.

After nearly two years of research, the biological department has made quite good progress. Although the soldier boy who has been programmed has lost his autonomous consciousness, like the rebuilt soldier, he is an excellent "biological weapon".

Currently, it can execute some simple commands, but still needs debugging and testing.

In addition to brain programming, the biological department also focuses on studying the special radiation released by the soldier boy.

This radiation has a strong inhibitory effect on compound No. 5. If a superhuman is hit by the high-power energy cannon released from the chest of the soldier boy, he will completely lose his so-called superpowers.

According to research analysis, the radiation released by the soldier boy all the time is similar to gamma radiation.

After all, during his imprisonment, the former Soviet Union used all means to conduct tests to make the soldier boy a "mobile nuclear power plant."

The biological department named the radiation Gamma-5.

With the detailed data of Gamma-5 uploaded and shared, the individual equipment research and development team under the scientific research department began to design weapons specifically for superhumans.

It can be said that it will not be long before Water International will no longer pose a threat to humans in the main universe.

As for how to deal with the superhuman species...

According to statistics, there are more than 10,000 superhumans in New York State alone, accounting for 20% of the total number of superhumans in the United States.

The total number is about 50,000, close to 60,000.

Water International has its roots in New York and the East Coast of the United States. It owns a large number of private hospitals, welfare homes and schools, and uses a complete system to inject Compound No. 5 into newborn children.

Although the vast majority of individuals who have acquired superpowers tend to be scum and believe that they are a species superior to humans, there are also many children with physical disabilities who are imprisoned by Walter in orphanages and special schools for experiments.

Therefore, Sui Yang plans to use gamma-5 to eliminate Compound No. 5 from superhuman bodies.

There are also a very small number of "wild" superheroes who are not deeply involved in the world and have not been incorporated into a formal unit by Walter, but they still have a heart to do their best to save the world.

Such as Queen Maeve and Starlight.

However, according to the calculation of time, Starlight may not have been born yet, but Queen Maeve is similar to the people of the motherland, and she should be just 16 or 17 now.

Queen Maeve in the play is over forty years old. Under the intimidation of her motherland and the control of Walter International, she is unable to change the world and is helpless and entangled in accepting reality.

Even so, Queen Maeve still sticks to a certain bottom line. At the end of the third season, in order to protect everyone, she chose to resist Soldier Boy's small "nuclear explosion".

Therefore, "superheroes" like Queen Maeve are still "human" in nature. After Walter's complete collapse, they can be considered for recruitment to Atlas.

After a few seconds of silence.

Sui Yang no longer thought about how to target Walter, turned around and walked out of the biological center, and told Alexia: "Try to debug the soldier boy before September this year."

"It's not a big deal, leave it to us." Alexia waved with her back to Sui Yang.

Leave the biocenter.

Coming to the semi-open corridor, Sui Yang looked at Sanguinius and Leon, who had been waiting for a long time, and said with a smile: "In the next few months, you will all learn by my side, understand?"

"Understood, father."

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"Wow~! Wow!"

Fierce applause echoed in the huge staircase auditorium.

The lights gradually came back on, and the holographic screen suspended in the front of the auditorium fell into darkness.

Obviously, the content that had just been broadcast aroused the expectations of the guests, reporters and cameramen sitting here, and they all applauded.

Soon, a male host in a black formal suit returned to the podium and said to the crowd with a professional smile:

"Haha, it seems that everyone is looking forward to our Atlas maglev train. Yes, this kind of thing that should appear in science fiction movies and games is about to become a part of our real life.

This is thanks to the scientific research team of Atlas breaking the technical shackles and successfully extracting stable room-temperature superconducting materials, once again creating a future for our world!

So, now is the question and answer session that everyone is most looking forward to. Have you thought about anything you want to ask? let me see…"

After the words fell, the reporters present raised their hands, hoping that the host would choose themselves to ask questions.

You must know that today is September 3, 1996. It is also Atlas’s annual summary and future press conference. All the reporters invited are extremely eager to be able to tell the story of their newspaper and company in front of the camera. Name opportunity.

The popularity of the Atlas press conference usually tops the list in September and October every year. As long as there is an opportunity to appear, it is one of the shortcuts for reporters to enhance their reputation in the industry.

"It's just you, right, my friend sitting in Seat 16, Area B, what do you want to say?"

As the host's words spread, some of the lights on the scene also focused on a male reporter with eyewear and a buzz cut.

!

Seeing that he was selected, the male reporter quickly stood up, sorted out his words and said: "Hello host, I am Holga Nathan from the Philadelphia Daily News. I would like to ask on behalf of all of you, how did your company become so popular? Has achieved an absolute leading position in the field of items?”

"Oh, my friend, your question is difficult to answer." The host pretended to be embarrassed and said with a smile:

"Maybe the salary and benefits provided by Mr. Sui were too high, so the scientific research team worked hard to develop a lot of instruments and formulas that I can't understand at all?"

Such an unexpected answer made the entire venue burst into laughter.

"Okay host, I understand, thank you for your reply."

Of course the male reporter knew that the host would not respond seriously, but his goal was achieved, so he also smiled and sat down again.

"Then... let's invite friends from Building 14, Area D, to talk about your problems."

The light moved and finally focused on a female reporter with short hair.

The female reporter looked surprised. She didn't expect that she would actually be selected after raising her hand.

She stood up with a slight frown on her face, as if she was debating whether to speak out about the issues arranged by her boss.

But in the end, in order to get a high bonus and keep her job, she said with a slightly trembling tone: "Hello, the host, this is Natalie Weiss from the New York Morning Post.

I... what I want to ask is, how does your company treat the soldier boy who should have been sacrificed, but exposed the incident of Compound No. 5 on the Internet? "

! !

After hearing this question clearly, the venue suddenly fell into a brief silence, the kind of silence that could be heard when a needle dropped.

Everyone present knew that this topic would definitely ignite a hot topic, but no one would dare to say it at the Atlas press conference.

On the one hand, you have a formidable military background, and everyone here was invited to come, but you asked such a highly controversial question. Isn't this deliberately looking for trouble?

The girl is too young and has not experienced the dangers of the workplace. This is obviously sold out by her own company. The company can not only ignite the hot spots, but also pass on the blame.

"Madam, your question is more difficult to answer than the previous one." The host showed an embarrassed look again, but did not reveal any panic, and responded:

"Recent news and media revelations have shown that Water International's Compound No. 5 is a product created by conducting various extreme experiments on young children and innocent people.

The final result of Water International is not what I, the host, can predict, but I know that Atlas's position has always been clear, that is, it will never use innocent people to conduct biological experiments.

Finally, I hope you will not ask similar questions again."

"Okay..."

The female reporter with cold sweat on her forehead returned to her seat, and the light was instantly removed from her.

The people around her felt sorry for her and thought that the girl's career path would be quite bumpy.

However, what no one noticed was that the female reporter who lowered her head had a calm look, without any worry or panic.

Just like the nervous performance just now, it was just the excellent acting of this "female reporter"?

In fact, this "questioning question" was a play staged by the Atlas Public Relations Department using the personnel planted in the New York Morning Post a few months ago, with the purpose of stabbing Water International again.

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Atlas headquarters building on the west coast, while holding its annual press conference, the two sides are nearly 4,000 kilometers away from New York.

Water Tower.

In the meeting room on the 99th floor;

"Our transactions this morning fell by 68%, and six minutes ago it fell by another 15%."

"Ms. Stillwell, Mr. Edgar's phone is unreachable."

"The entire board of directors has also lost contact, what should we do?"

The core members responsible for the normal operation of Water have all gathered here to deal with the most severe public relations crisis in history.

Because if they fail, they will spend their next life in a prison without daylight.

The only remaining executive of Water, the vice president Madeline Stillwell, who sat at the "V" table, stared blankly out the window.

It seemed that this vice president, who always dressed like a female elite, could not think of a solution at all.

First, the abducted soldier boy suddenly appeared, expressionlessly narrating Water's various operations on the Internet, and uploaded a large number of real and detailed documents.

Then, the board of directors lost contact, and the stock price collapsed...

This is a dead end.

At this moment, the conference room, which was originally full of disputes and anxiety, suddenly became quiet.

?

Madeline, who felt something was wrong, turned her chair and saw Homelander walking quickly towards her position, and said hurriedly:

"The criminal investigation team has locked the specific location of the soldier boy! We can tell the public that he is a Russian spy, and then let me... let me deal with him, we have a chance to restore the company's image!"