CHAPTER 560: CHAPTER 560: MR. ARENDELLE

With Nebula’s abilities, she could have achieved even greater fame than Mordred, but Nebula usually kept a low profile, simply doing her job and rarely doing anything extra.

On the contrary, her appearance attracted many hungry wolves. Every time she went to the front lines for new weapon testing, some soldiers would harass her, only to be brutally beaten by Nebula.

"Did Captain forget about my enhancement?"

"No, I haven’t forgotten. I’ve already found time to make your enhancement serum."

Nebula’s enhancement was relatively more complex. She wanted to retain her existing qualities and some abilities while restoring her human body as much as possible.

Currently, a large part of her body was mechanical, and restoring a human body was not easy, especially while retaining most of her abilities.

To solve this problem, Ethan thought of many methods. Finally, with Tony’s help in the Batman world, he completely solved it.

"You need to think carefully. If you choose this method of enhancement, at least for a short time, I won’t be able to enhance you further."

He took out a tube of serum that was completely different from all previous enhancement serums. This serum emitted a mercury-like glow because, in addition to the liquid, it contained a large number of nanomachines.

The liquid component would enhance and restore Nebula’s remaining body parts, while the nanomachines would copy the mechanical equipment and then completely integrate and assimilate with her body.

Outwardly, it would look no different from a normal body, but it could undergo various transformations when necessary, becoming the mechanical equipment she wanted to use.

Besides this, the nano-body would give Nebula another ability. Similar to a technological version of Mystique, she could freely change her appearance to a certain extent.

Nebula held the tube of serum in her hand, listening to Ethan’s introduction. After he finished, she nodded with satisfaction.

"It sounds much better than I expected. I’m curious, how much stronger can this serum make me?"

"Hard to say."

Ethan couldn’t determine this point either. He was truly uncertain about the final effect of this serum. He could only determine a minimum baseline. After fully taking effect, Nebula’s combat power would definitely surpass those in his team who were not skilled in combat. Ethan was referring to enhanced physical qualities, not actual combat ability.

However, whether she would become stronger or weaker than people like Logan and Selene, who focused on improving their combat ability, was difficult to determine.

"Very good. Do I drink it too?"

"No, this serum needs to be administered by injection."

Handing over an injection gun, Nebula decisively loaded the serum and injected herself in the arm.

Her swift and decisive action even surprised Ethan a little.

The others watched Nebula curiously. Although Ethan’s serums usually didn’t cause any special changes after use, only specific serums would bring about drastic changes in a short period.

But the serum Nebula was using was clearly not ordinary, so they were all looking forward to seeing what changes would occur in her.

They didn’t have to wait long. Nebula’s body quickly began to visibly shake, and it looked as if something was constantly moving beneath her skin. The sight looked quite painful.

Even though none of them were ordinary people, they felt uncomfortable watching this scene. What was even more frightening was that they could fully imagine how painful this situation was. Yet Nebula, as the person experiencing it, acted as if nothing was wrong, calmly observing the changes happening to her body.

When she witnessed some of her mechanical structures being expelled from her body and new limbs growing in their place at an astonishing speed, her eyes were filled with wonder.

She could clearly feel that these new limbs were somewhere between flesh and mechanical structure, with many parts transformed from the nano-tissue. With just a thought, she could transform them into the mechanical equipment she wanted to use.

Although the transformation was not yet complete, the most important part, her head, had finished the transformation. The mechanical structure of her head had already fallen to the ground, but she felt that her computation and other abilities were not only unaffected but had even been greatly enhanced.

At the same time, she found that her control over her body had become stronger, but having a body that was almost entirely flesh after so long gave her a moment of daze. She hadn’t felt this sensation in a very long time.

She extended her hand, watching her skin freely switch between white and blue with a single thought, and then transform into an energy cannon with another thought. This would require Nebula to learn some kind of energy application to unleash its true power.

"... "

"Uh, theoretically, your body is also your strongest weapon."

Nebula’s current state reminded Ethan of the female Terminator in the red leather bodysuit who relentlessly hunted the governor on the streets.

In a way, the two were very similar. Both were long-legged girls over six feet tall with sweet appearances, but were actually cold-blooded killing machines.

"Very good!"

Nebula experimented a few more times. The transformation was nearing its end. As her body continuously expelled the original outdated parts, she casually tore off her clothes and stood there completely exposed.

Along with that, she also took the opportunity to examine her body, gently touching the areas that were previously mechanical structures.

By the time she had finished looking, the initial transformation of her body was completely finished. It was only then that everyone noticed Nebula’s forehead was covered in fine sweat.

It was understandable. How could a transformation that replaced more than half of her body not be painful at all? But Nebula had suffered various forms of pain since childhood. She was almost accustomed to living in pain and would never show her weak side in front of outsiders, always maintaining a cold demeanor.

When she was examining her body just now, she was actually taking a breath and recovering. At that time, she couldn’t make any big movements or speak. It took a while before she returned to normal.

Selene brought a new set of clothes, and Nebula put them on piece by piece right in front of Ethan.

"Are you treating me like I’m not here?"

Nebula glanced at Ethan, not feeling that there was anything wrong with her actions.

"I have many detection devices on me. Your hormone levels have only changed slightly, which proves you have no interest in me whatsoever."

"... "

After getting dressed, Nebula used her ability again to change her appearance to look like an Earthling.

"Oh? It seems you still prefer partners who look similar to your own race."

"... "

Nebula looked at her body again. This was different from before, where she used a holographic projection to conceal herself. Now, her appearance had truly changed to look like an Earthling, which was also a novel experience for her.

"Does this look suit your preferences now?"

"You’re thinking too much!"

Ethan decisively turned the topic back to weapons.

"Since we’re free, and Nebula needs to test her current condition, I also want to see the specific situation of the rifle you manufactured. You have a training ground or a weapon lab or something like that here, right?"

"Yes, we do, but it’s not here."

Things like weapon manufacturing, weapon testing, and the development of new weapons were all done in other locations. Due to the danger of weapon manufacturing, this kind of work definitely could not be done in the city center.

Ethan and the others were in the Cherry Military Industry offices, located in a regular office building in the city center. Annette and her team occupied a quarter of one floor, while the weapon laboratory and manufacturing plant were built in a relatively remote area in the suburbs.

"Let’s go directly."

They didn’t use teleportation this time, not because there were many people, but because both places had a large number of ordinary employees. Annette and her team needed to maintain their ordinary person identities and concealed their extraordinary abilities as much as possible.

The transportation in this world was good, and the vehicles were advanced enough. Traveling from the city center to the suburbs didn’t take long, and there was no traffic congestion.

It only took half an hour for everyone to arrive at the weapon laboratory located in the suburbs.

"The rifle production line is in another factory not far away. This is the laboratory used for developing and making new equipment."

Not many people worked here, but they were all high-level technical talents recruited by Annette with high salaries. As for the money, this group had enough means to obtain startup capital, which was also the reason why Cherry Military Industry could rise rapidly.

Seeing the company boss arrive with a group of people, the laboratory manager and chief weapon designer came forward to greet them.

"This is Edward Miller, the laboratory manager. This is Fernando Donato, our chief weapon designer, currently responsible for the further improvement of the rifle."

As for Ethan’s identity, he was the company’s behind-the-scenes investor, which also explained why Cherry Military Industry never lacked funds in its initial stage, because there was Ethan, a hidden backer, behind the scenes.

And for this identity, Ethan temporarily assigned himself a surname. In this world, he needed a certain degree of hidden identity, and making up a surname would cause less trouble.

"It is a great honor to meet you, Mr. Arendelle."

"Just call me Ethan."

Ethan Arendelle, that was his full name in this world. When the crazy girl Mordred asked him about the meaning of this surname on the way, she was fooled by Ethan telling her the surname symbolized powerful magic.

However, when he said this surname, he always felt as if a new flag had been planted behind him.

(To be continued.)

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