A military base in the suburbs of New York.
Inside the tall and majestic building, a one-armed general in military uniform sat in an office chair, thinking.
Although Alexander Pierce and he are both members of Hydra, due to the differences between their factions and the historical factor that the Red Skull wanted to unify Hydra while ruling the world, there is very little contact between the two sides.
Now that Pierce reminded him personally, he couldn't help but take it more seriously and became more interested in the virus that Pierce mentioned.
After all, the army he leads is specialized in dealing with viruses.
After thinking for a moment, he picked up the phone on the table and gave a few orders.
Soon, a soldier in black uniform brought him what he needed.
Peter Randall flipped through the documents, somewhat dissatisfied.
His orders were to report to him the latest major events in New York.
But apart from the out-of-control guy created by Ross, which attracted some of his attention, there was no clue related to the virus.
"Is that all?" He looked up at the soldier.
"Yes, General." The soldier who was stared at by Peter was a little panicked, but still nodded.
Peter remained silent after hearing this, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you can go down."
His sphere of influence is basically in the military and the Ministry of National Defense. He can't really blame his soldiers for not being diligent if he is not good at intelligence.
Moreover, the current situation was within his expectations. He was just trying to be just in case to see if he could find any clues.
The soldier saluted and turned away.
Peter looked at the closed door, picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number.
Manhattan Island.
Jintek Group is a large pharmaceutical company.
Although there have been many twists and turns since its establishment, with the help of the military, the development of the group has not been greatly disturbed. Instead, some forces that took action suffered minor losses.
Over the years, Jintek Group has gradually become a leading company in the pharmaceutical industry.
The mysterious owner of the company, Raymond McMullen, has become a topic of conversation in high society, with countless gossips circulating.
Advanced virus research laboratory in the basement of Jintek Group.
Raymond, wearing a white coat, stood in front of a petri dish and carefully observed the changes inside.
Although both of them are the owners of a large group, his and Tony Stark's attitudes towards life can be said to be at two extremes.
It is difficult to see showing off, arrogance, enjoyment and other things that ordinary people think of in him.
For him, the only pleasure is to get the results he wants in the laboratory. For this reason, even the development of the company has been delayed a lot.
However, no shareholders or the like caused him any trouble.
After all, he is a high-ranking official within Hydra, and he has the support of Peter Randall, who is also a big shot within Hydra.
Generally speaking, no one is so blind as to dare to challenge his position.
The disputes within Hydra are not as easy as those in the business world.
The loser will die.
Ding Dong!
An electronic reminder sounded in the laboratory.
Coming back to his senses from his own world, he looked at the secretary holding a cell phone outside the laboratory, frowned and walked out and asked, "Who's calling?"
Generally speaking, his secretary would not disturb him when he was doing research.
"The General's."
The secretary, who was also a member of Hydra, gave a reminder and walked away.
Raymond frowned and waited until the secretary was far enough away before answering the call.
"What do you want from me?" He asked with a bit of respect, but his tone was still a little stiff.
General Peter, who knew Raymond's personality well, didn't care and asked directly, "Has the Blacklight virus been leaked?"
"Black light leak? That's impossible!"
Hearing the general's words, Raymond's voice suddenly rose by two degrees, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
Any research related to the Blacklight Virus is subject to the highest level of confidentiality measures, and all scholars involved in the research have to go through multiple reviews before being accepted.
Theoretically speaking, there is a possibility of leakage unless there is an invasion by foreign enemies or more than half of the laboratory security personnel betray them.
"Pierce from SHIELD just called me and said that a virus similar to Blacklight has appeared in the outside world." Peter explained briefly, then paused and said, "But since you are sure that Blacklight has not been leaked, I think it is just a similar trait and has nothing to do with us."
"However, to be on the safe side, the recent research on black light has been temporarily suspended. We will continue the experiment after the news from SHIELD has died down."
"I understand!" Raymond agreed with a frown, then paused and asked, "But is it necessary to be so cautious? SHIELD should not know about our research."
The Black Light plan is top secret even within Hydra.
Theoretically, SHIELD, which has been infiltrated and riddled with holes, should not know this kind of information.
"Don't underestimate SHIELD, Raymond!"
Hearing the contempt for SHIELD in Raymond's words, Peter raised his tone a bit.
"Although SHIELD is no longer a big threat to us now due to the infiltration of Pierce's faction, it swept through many of our factions and captured many of our leaders back then."
"I still remember in 1984, when our experiment in Hope Town failed and we used a nuclear bomb to destroy the virus and clues, SHIELD's ace agent Peggy Carter personally led a team to investigate the incident."
"Although we handled the situation decisively at the time, we did not fully penetrate S.H.I.E.L.D. at that time, so they still managed to dig out some intelligence."
"At that time, this matter was taken over by my predecessor in the name of Blackwatch, but if nothing unexpected happens, S.H.I.E.L.D. should still have intelligence records on this matter."
"Nick Fury is a capable person, but his main focus of investigation this time is not us. As long as he doesn't notice anything unusual, he should soon give up his attention to us."
"In short, stop all actions that may arouse suspicion during this period."
Peter Randall made a final summary, and Raymond nodded and said, "I understand. I will pay attention to this aspect recently."
"But do you have a sample of the virus that's similar to Black Light? I'm very interested in it."
"I'll try to help you."
Peter frowned and agreed, then hung up the phone.
Raymond listened to the dead tone coming from the phone, thought for a moment, stretched out his hand to the secretary hiding in the distance, and ordered: "Notify all laboratories that all research related to the Black Light Project will be temporarily suspended. Also, monitor the people the company has recently recruited. If you find any abnormalities or inquiries, report to me."
"Yes, President."
The male secretary responded respectfully.
Thanks to book friend 16829742 for the 100-point reward!!!
I didn't see it this morning, sorry.
As you can see, I incorporated the plot of Prototype into this book.
In order to achieve a certain degree of rationality, I made secondary revisions to many settings of the plot, including the characters and time.
I will try my best to write this paragraph well. This is also the first major plot I designed.
However, the last two chapters are just a prelude, and it will probably take a few dozen chapters before this plot actually begins.
Anyway, please recommend!!!
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