Victor left in frustration. The only strong competitor withdrew. Naturally, Xia Xu didn't need to waste much time to recruit Walker-Hausmann.
After all, this is just a research group in the college, similar to a society. It is just a collaborative relationship, where people come together and disperse by chance. It is not a real job offer.
If you want Walker, Zhou Ji and others to work in Xinghai Industry in the future, you may need to work harder in the future, but things like research teams will not be considered so formally, so they are naturally much simpler.
Although Walker Hausman has the destiny to be the protagonist of "The Mechanic", like Victor, there is no plot synopsis at all now, which may be because the plot has not yet begun.
However, with "Attack on Titan" in front and "Automata" in the back, these two alone were enough to keep him busy and worried, so Xia Xu had nothing to be disappointed about.
Anyway, the protagonist Walker is right under his nose, and he will know sooner or later when the plot begins. Now what he values is his talent and ability.
"Brother Xia, what just happened was..."
When he brought Walker Hausman back to his recruitment booth, Zhou Ji and Jiang Yuanyuan immediately came up to him excitedly, their eyes full of curiosity.
"One of your future research projects."
Xia Xu smiled and then introduced the three people to each other.
The afternoon passed quickly.
Although his competitor Victor had left, the appearance of Venom Chariot and Arachnid Predator subsequently attracted a large number of people to him, but most of these people came to see the novelty, and he himself had high standards, so he did not gain anything afterwards.
However, Zhang Meng and Lu Dong had completed all the procedures and successfully applied for a group activity room for the Xinghai research team.
The activity room is located in the laboratory building of the School of Mechanical Engineering. In fact, every department has such a laboratory building. One part of it is various laboratories open to students, and the other part is an activity room for research groups.
The college is very generous in terms of venue. The standard activity room has four bedrooms and one living room, and various laboratories and equipment can be easily borrowed within the building, which is very convenient and efficient.
Xia Xu gathered Zhang Meng, Lu Dong, Walker, Zhou Ji, Jiang Yuanyuan and others together, and held a small meeting with them that night to determine the research team's first project, the modified version of the spider-like predator.
In fact, it is a collaboration with Yang Xiaoshuang and their super spider silk protein research team to transform the spider-like predator into a model that can spit out alien spider silk protein. The project is tentatively named [Spider Web Weaver].
The templates for spider robots are ready-made, and the technical difficulty of the spitting device is not high, so this can only be said to be a small project to test the waters and run-in the team.
But despite this, this was also a good opportunity to verify the classroom knowledge. Xia Xu did not intend to be a hands-off boss, but participated in the whole process and actively communicated with Walker, Zhou Ji and others.
After all, this is not a project investment, but one's own studies.
In this way, four days passed in a flash. When the research and development of the Spider Weaver gradually got on track, Xia Xu and his classmates also welcomed the first weekend since the formal classes started.
On that Saturday, in the evening, Xia Xu, returning to the dormitory from the research group's activity room, stopped Grant, who had been hiding during the day and not coming out at night and was often missing these days.
"What's up?"
Grant was a little confused.
"Have you been looking for werewolves lately? Have you got any clues?"
Xia Xu asked.
"No, I don't have any intelligence channels here. The clues end here. I don't know which institution the damn mutant werewolf was transported to."
Speaking of this, Grant was also a little annoyed and said worriedly: "I'm worried that someone wants to use it to do something."
"You keep saying it's a mutant werewolf. What's so special about it?"
Xia Xu couldn't help but become interested.
He actually planned to sneak into Gardner Mental Hospital at night to investigate today.
Yang Bowen and his team have not made any breakthrough progress. The protagonist and related characters of "Giant" have not appeared. The only breakthrough still lies in Gardner Mental Hospital.
Originally, he was planning to trick Grant into being a free laborer and going with him.
After all, this werewolf hunter is really good at stealth and killing, so it would be a waste to not use him.
However, seeing that Grant was so obsessed with the mutant werewolf that was sent to the Magic City, he couldn't help but feel a little curious.
He has killed quite a few werewolves. In essence, he is just a beastman. His physical fitness is indeed much stronger than that of ordinary people, but he is actually not enough in the face of guns.
It’s just a werewolf, how much of a threat can it be
"Remember the video I sent you a long time ago?"
Grant shook his head, probably guessing what Xia Xu was thinking.
"The mutant whose bones grow rapidly?"
Xia Xu asked.
When he discovered the plot of Super Brain, he commissioned Grant to investigate the intelligence of Katherine Acheson. Later, Grant sent him a video through social software, which showed a mutant who could control bone growth attacking passers-by.
"That mutant werewolf once participated in the same experiment as Cyborg. Although it failed, it was also able to achieve a certain degree of bone growth."
Grant looked stern and said in a deep voice: "The transformation of werewolves is essentially the rapid proliferation and expansion of cells. They store more energy and trace elements in their bodies than ordinary people. After the transformation, they will gain explosive growth in physical fitness.
But you have to know that this kind of explosion has a limit for ordinary werewolves. Their bones do not grow, so although their body size is larger than normal, it is actually still within a range, just like the difference between a thin person and a fat person.
And if this werewolf can even proliferate and strengthen his bones..."
Here Grant paused.
"If even bones can proliferate and gain higher strength, then a larger body can be supported and greater strength can be achieved."
Xia Xu had already taken up Grant's words.
"That's right. After the transformation, the size of this werewolf is much larger than that of a normal werewolf. If the bone control ability of this mutant werewolf can reach the same level as Cyborg in the future, it will completely become an invulnerable giant monster."
Grant looked grim.
Xia Xu's expression also became stern, and he said helplessly: "Grant, to be honest, I was planning to use the werewolf clue as an excuse to trick you into doing me a favor, but now it seems that this clue is likely to come true."
"clue?"
Grant was startled.
"My people are currently investigating a mental hospital. They are probably using the patients to research a technology to create artificial gigantism. It may be related to this special werewolf."
Xia Xu couldn't help but reveal a trace of helplessness and a bitter smile.
It's not just a possible connection; in his opinion, it's probably a certainty.
What is the biggest challenge in using gigantism to make people gigantic
It's not the various possible sequelae, but the epiphysis!
The epiphyses of adults are closed and can no longer grow, so their body shape can only develop horizontally, becoming a deformed fat person rather than a giant.
Moreover, the bone strength of ordinary people is limited. As the body size increases, the load on the bones also increases. Therefore, normal bones cannot support a body size that is too large. Instead, a body size that is too large will cause a series of diseases such as arthritis.
However, there is a werewolf that can control bone growth to a certain extent, and its bone strength is greatly enhanced. Isn't this the best research material
There is no need to study it thoroughly. As long as we can find a way to reopen the epiphysis of this werewolf, the plan of creating an artificial giant will be basically halfway accomplished.
Moreover, the werewolf itself can proliferate its bones and its body size can also be transformed and increased. This kind of transformation may still have its limits under normal circumstances, but what if it is combined with the results of giant manufacturing technology
How gigantic should its size be