Marvel's Speedsters

For a speedster with an understanding of society and technology, one night is enough time for him to do a lot of things.

In just a few hours, from late night to dawn, Ross hacked hundreds of large servers in the online world, including cutting-edge laboratories, |. Even when not in combat, speed still gives him extraordinary abilities, thousands of precise keystrokes per minute, a strong attack every five minutes, a well-guarded host every ten minutes… While many IT elites are meditating on writing code or wandering forums to relax, they are arbitrarily modifying data in the virtual world, spying on secret information, and constantly seizing more control of the | server.

Busy all night, by the time the darkness passed and the sky grew dark, Ross had become a rich man again, even more than the combined liquidity he had in the other world.

Such unscrupulous plundering of wealth will inevitably bring many serious sequelae in the future, but for Ross, simple misleading means are enough to cover up the truth for a while. This is not his world, and maybe events will slowly ferment, brew, and eventually be exposed by a shrewd financial analyst and make an uproar that shocks the world, but by then he is long gone, and no one can cross the plane to trace the billionaires of another world, so now he just needs to make sure that his plan runs smoothly.

After eight o’clock, Ross already had his own makeshift office, and across the wide desk, a young woman was sitting across from him, anxiously holding a glass of water and waiting for news.

This is a twenty-four-five-year-old woman, extremely delicate facial features, although she did not spend time on makeup, but the appearance still looks quite beautiful, with a strong scholarly atmosphere in her temperament, if you ignore the sharpness in the depths of the |eyebrows and eyes, outsiders are likely to mistake her for a respectable and lovely lady, but when she enters Ross’s office with secret documents full of several USB sticks, she is doomed to have no chance with the word lady in her life.

Ross sat in front of the notebook, looking at the research and development documents sent by the other party at high speed, countless dense characters and pictures turned into an immeasurable torrent of data, like a vast and boundless giant waterfall flying down, Ross stared at the screen, his eyes gradually emitted a faint golden light, and then the light was almost as intense as substance, the woman on the other side saw it, her face became a little pale, and her body was even more restless, but in the end she didn’t do anything, just frequently raised the water cup to | dry throat.

It wasn’t until half an hour later that Ross memorized these things in his mind, closed his notebook, quietly closed his eyes and recalled, and only reopened it after another quarter of an hour.

“Is all the information here, Miss Harmon?” He looked gently at the woman opposite, and Eliza Hamon, who sent the information, quickly nodded vigorously.

In this city known for its scientific research, the best research institutions are recognized as Mercury Laboratories, and Eliza is the backbone employee of Mercury Laboratories.

On the surface, Miss Harmon was not suspected of selling out the information at all, but it happened that Ross knew something about her. This is an ambitious, eager to achieve female scientist, a girl of her age, want to improve the status is not enough by diligence and talent, she has had enough of always being ignored, not recognized, unable to promote a career, underpaid, insufficient manpower, research progress forced to slow down is her hatred, just when Eliza fell into a low ebb, struggling to find the direction, Ross appeared at the right time, he shook an olive branch to female researchers through the online black market, after verification, Miss Harmon did not hesitate to take the initiative to come with the information.

Although there are many speculations about the identity of the trading party, at this time, in order to complete the transaction and get paid, Eliza has been desperate, and when she heard Ross’s question, she immediately showed that she had tried her best to complete the commission.

“There are hundreds of models in the lab working on at the same time, so much do I have access to, do they meet your requirements?” Eliza looked at Ross nervously, secretly praying that he would not break the contract.

At another time, she would have been happy to try dating a man like Ross, but she was really not in the mood at the moment.

Ross is certainly not the kind of boring person, he only worries that his money will not be used, and he will never play with the amount.

“That’s enough, Miss Harmon, I’m very pleased with the information you have brought.” He said with a smile, and Eliza couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

“I also want to thank you for the biotechnologies you gave me, they were eye-opener.” She took the initiative to reach out | hand and shook Ross.

“One last question.” Rose stared into Eliza’s eyes and asked unabashedly. “From your observations, how strict and vigilant are the security measures at Mercury Lab?”

Eliza hesitated for a moment, she didn’t want to get involved in more trouble, but after thinking about her behavior, she still gritted her teeth fiercely and confided her inside.

“Security procedures are quite tight.” She asked for a pencil, sketched sketches on a few pieces of paper, and tried to show Ross what she knew. “Ms. Maggie, the supervisor, asked the security department to integrate manpower and machinery closely, but the machinery was not flexible enough, leaving some dead ends, and the security personnel worked long hours, which inevitably caused some slackness.”

“It is understandable that the physiological conditions of ordinary people cannot remain at the peak of | for a long time.” Rose smiled knowingly, then placed a suitcase on the table and gently pushed it in front of Eliza.

“Thank you for your cooperation, here is the agreed payment.”

Looking at the box, Eliza was a little excited, she immediately opened the suitcase, and then couldn’t help but let out a surprise exclaim.

Under her gaze, the box was neatly stacked with stacks of flowery green paper.

A $100 Franklin occupies half of the space, and there are about two or three hundred thousand in cash.

The other half of the paper is the main body of the remuneration, they are the two-year interim treasury bills with a total face value of five million, all bearer bonds of a thousand dollar denomination, and like the five-dollar bill, on which are printed the exquisite head of the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln, which is the main bond of the United States government, has no credit risk, is easy to flow, and easy to transfer, and those who do secret transactions like to use it.

And at current market prices, these Treasuries can be sold at a premium of $1,200 each, which is an unexpected amount of income.

Finally retracted her gaze, when Eliza reluctantly closed the box, a large blush had appeared on her pale cheeks, and fine beads of sweat quietly appeared on her smooth forehead and the tip of her upturned nose.

“The amount seems to be a little more than agreed…” she finally struggled out of the magic of money, and reminded Ross with a strong spirit.

“If the extra numbers make you happy, I hope you can do me one more favor at the end.” Ross narrowed his eyes and smiled like an angel.

***

At nine o’clock, at the end of his conversation with Eliza, Ross left his office and went to a five-story building in the area where Fourth Street and Collins Street met in Midtown.

Once a mall, it was poorly run due to its relatively remote location, and then hit by a particle accelerator accident, and the owner of the mall unfortunately became one of the seventeen people killed, and the building has been in ruins since then, until the last two days when it was acquired by Ross and hired a local construction company to carry out the interior renovation.

The conversion plan was not difficult, but the time requirements were tight, and Ross invested a lot of money in this regard, only requiring the construction company to complete it as soon as possible.

Feeling the generosity of the employer, the contractor moved quickly, sending all their employees to erect dozens of scaffolding inside the building, on which a large number of workers wearing hard hats were climbing and working, while trucks kept coming in and out, sending a large number of building materials and materials to remove discarded construction waste.

“Mr. Byrne, we are negotiating with the workers to work overtime, otherwise it will not be easy to complete your design on time.” The head of the construction company present saw Ross and quickly walked over with a smile on his face, wanting to bargain with him.

“So I paid three times and plan to pay another big bonus in the future.” Ross took the hard hat and walked up the stairs to the upstairs construction site, inspecting the construction quality layer by layer.

In the dimly lit building, the various buildings are clearly layered, the workers are cluttered, and the whole building has been transformed by them into a fully functional small base, the original windows are mostly sealed at this moment, the walls have been additionally reinforced, and the doors are made twice at a time, all made of metal, and the outside is brushed with a layer of wood grain paint as a camouflage. Under the heavy and abnormal gate, there are two sets of mobile rollers, which can only be opened by the electric traction of the generator set if it is not forcibly pushed by very strong people.

“This is the most complex indoor fixture I’ve ever worked on, what are they used for?” The fat person in charge followed all the way and asked casually while accompanying Ross to check the work.

“It’s a slaughterhouse, and I’m going to use them to process some large livestock.” Ross answered casually in front.

The fat man was a little unconvinced, he felt that Ross’s temperament did not coincide with the slaughterhouse at all, but inquiring about the employer’s secrets did not bring him additional income, so he did not want to anger the other party by asking too many questions, but it would affect his income.

Entering the |third floor, Rose walked underneath rows of hooks that had fallen from the ceiling fixed tracks, reached out his |arms and pulled them hard, feeling well fixed enough to carry the weight of an adult’s body. As he moved, a row of dangling iron hooks collided with the metal conveyor chain, emitting a clanging sound inside the sealed building.

“The cages are made of all alloys, and the circus uses them to transport dangerous animals, which can usually only be opened from the outside, and tearing inside will only injure the animals themselves; The incinerator and washing tank are still being explosion-proof, and can withstand strong acid and high temperature stimulation after completion… However, we do not have energy installation qualifications, and to solve the problem of electricity, you have to hire another professional company. The person in charge reported in detail one by one, and Ross expressed basic satisfaction.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the energy problem myself.” After inspecting the project, Ross planned to leave and go on something else.

Before leaving, the person in charge stopped him again.

“My brother-in-law has a cattle farm outside the city, do you want to see the goods in his hands, the price is negotiable.” The chubby man whispered.

“Thank you for your kindness, but sometimes I prefer to hunt myself.” Ross gave him a strange look and smiled back.

This glance made the fat man shudder, and he suddenly did not dare to ask any more.

Walking slowly back to the ground along the stairs, Ross’s heart gradually calmed down, in this world, he no longer needed to restrain himself, and the dark desires and | spread like an ocean.

***

At ten o’clock, the scientists in the cutting-edge laboratory finally got up and started working, and only then did they realize that something was wrong.

At this time, I should have systematically analyzed last night’s battle data, but I ran into some trouble.

“Sisko, why can’t the console be turned on?” Caitlin tried and tested several times and found that the system she normally used would not boot.

Generally speaking, such a mainframe computer will not be turned off, even if it encounters a large-scale power outage, it can continue to operate by turning on the backup power supply.

“Oooooo When Sisko heard the news, he came to check it and couldn’t help but scream with his head in his hands.

“What happened?” Harrison moved his wheelchair and walked in quietly from outside.

“We were hacked last night, the system didn’t even call the police, only now did we find out…”, Sisko shouted pointing to the screen, he hurriedly took out the spare hard drive to boot the system, but this attempt still failed, there was no familiar splash screen, only a red lightning bolt symbol on a white background appeared on the screen.

“It’s extreme speed, extreme speed invaded our control center!” Barry recognized the badge, which he had seen last night when he fought Ross.

“Sisko, check Barry’s tights, the source must be near us.” Harrison immediately guessed Ross’s means.

Unsurprisingly, after careful searching, Sisko and Barry simultaneously found a very inconspicuous signal transceiver on the Flash suit.

This is a homemade device, everything is controlled remotely except for the basic data transmission function, and its special feature is that after the front surface circuit is melted by electromagnetic attack, some of the preset parts will automatically fall off and be embedded in the card slot below, and then the underlying line and backup energy can be formed and enabled, so that it is not damaged by the surge caused by the EMP attack, and then concealed from the laboratory test.

“So from just meeting at the dock last night, he did something to Barry?” Sisko and Caitlin couldn’t believe it.

“I didn’t feel it at all, I had no idea when he put it on me.” Barry was more shocked than the others.

Originally, the speed was above Barry, but now it seems that last night’s performance is far from his limit.

“Don’t be nervous.” Harrison stopped the spread of fear in time.

“As a speedster, he can’t have the speed power itself is the biggest flaw, which makes his progress potential limited, otherwise why run to trade with Barry, I believe that the Flash will definitely surpass him in the future, now let’s solve the biggest problem first, not being able to start the system means that we lose both eyes and ears, so we first have to recover our senses—- Sisko, what can you do?” The middle-aged scientist calmly analyzed, while asking the assistant’s opinion.

“Although I don’t want to admit it, I’m afraid it’s difficult for me to solve the software and hardware problems at the same time this time, and if we have Felicity’s help in software, we should be able to reconnect the satellite in the shortest possible time.”

Felicity is Barry’s friend, an IT woman with both beauty and intelligence, extremely skilled hackers, but often verbal | with Sisko, she is based in Star City, and has an excellent personal relationship with another superhero, Green Arrow.

“I’ll contact Felicity, maybe I can invite my friends over to deal with Speed.” Thinking of her presence, Barry immediately raised his mobile phone and was about to call the number of Star City.

“Good, the first thing is solved, next we have to find Speed, find out his identity and weaknesses—- Caitlin.” Harrison continued to give orders, he stayed up all night, had been pondering all night, and now he could go according to plan.

“After Barry finished calling, you accompany him to investigate the police station video to see if there are any clues at the scene of the crash at the speed descent, I want you to carefully look for every possible witness, especially those who may have close contact with him, even if only one is found, it can be a huge | help to our work.”

Caitlin loudly agreed, and Sisko was asked to readjust the Flash suit.

In this way, Harrison defused Ross’s offensive and planned to open a wide net to wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

“Now that I think about it, Extreme Speed only showed up twice, and it left us busy for two days in a row… You say, what is he doing now? ”

Before Barry and Caitlin left, Sisko thought thoughtfully.

No one could answer his question.

Not even Harrison.