[Mind Control]: The ability to forcibly control the thoughts of a target. External impact may cause control to fail.
"It's finally getting tough, but still not enough."
With over eighty white rare cards, Warren picked two of them to strengthen himself.
[Transcendent Endurance] and [Affable Charisma].
The former enhances his endurance, while the latter boosts his charisma. Both are good abilities.
As for the others he discarded, most of them were rare equipment or devices that could be created, or cards like [Mutant Ability: Toad] or [Mutant Ability: Porcupine] that were not very useful.
Decompose.
Over eighty "white rare dust of truth" can be used to synthesize eight blue cards, which can then be decomposed again to obtain eight blue dust of truth.
"Fifteen blue dust of truth is still far from enough."
To upgrade mind control to gold, he still needs seventy-five blue dust of truth. Decomposing two purple cards would shorten this process.
So, should he keep the T-virus or not?
Should he keep the Ice Vein Magic Bow or not?
Well, let's think about it later. For now, he should place the Red Queen AI first. Worthington Group is not skilled in this area, and the appearance of the Red Queen is just too useful.
...
Warren chose Echids Island as the location.
After all, the host of the Red Queen came from the Biohazard world, carrying the virus. If there were any accidents in New York, it could lead to a biohazard outbreak right on the spot.
So he chose Echids Island to place the Red Queen's host. Here, there is the Worthington Laboratory, as well as a large number of armed security personnel and defense weapons. It is a secluded area, and even if something happens, there would still be enough time to handle it.
The host of the Red Queen occupies a considerable area, so Warren had a new control room specially built on Echids Island. With his urging, it was completed in four days and equipped with epidemic prevention and disinfection measures, which he specifically requested.
A blue crystal card appeared in his hand. As Warren exerted force with his fingers, the card shattered, and purple light dispersed into the air. The Red Queen's host appeared in the designated position out of thin air.
Warren was wearing a full set of protective gear. After the Red Queen's host was extracted, he passed through the isolation door and was thoroughly washed with disinfectant water before he could come out.
It's not that he was too cautious, but the T-virus, a highly contagious zombie virus, was always better safe than sorry.
"Dr. Sinnot Worsin, it's in your hands now." Warren, who had been disinfected, arrived at the control room.
"...This is mind-blowing!"
Dr. Sinnot Worsin had just witnessed Warren pulling out such a large device out of thin air through the surveillance cameras, and he was in awe.
"Just a small ability."
In the surveillance footage, researchers from the fully protected Worthington Laboratory were collecting viruses, disinfecting the entire machine after the collection, and then starting to reboot the Red Queen.
...
"It's done. I have erased all the information and backup data. Now, all you have to do is input your own information, and you will be the new owner of this artificial intelligence," said Harriek Clinton, the head of the development department who is also quite skilled in computers. Warren had asked him to crack the Red Queen's system.
After the system restarted, it recognized the top management of "Amberella" as its owner instead of starting in its default state. This led Warren to find someone to crack the Red Queen's system again. Since the system was not connected to the internet, Harriek had to be brought in to handle it. However, Harriek was not a super expert, and it took him half a day to break the access permissions. Coupled with the time spent on disinfection and rebooting, it was already the late night.
"Ha~" Warren yawned and rubbed his eyes.
"You did a great job, boss. I didn't expect it to be an artificial intelligence. It's truly amazing!" Harriek had been excited for a long time, and his enthusiasm had not yet subsided. For researchers like him, encountering a living artificial intelligence was a remarkable event in life.
"And she is powerful. If her host wasn't in our hands, I wouldn't have been able to break her defenses at all."
Having control over the host was equivalent to having control over Little Ji's switch. He could manipulate it however he liked.
With all permissions and backups cleared, the Red Queen was now in a state of waiting for a new owner. The projection device displayed a motionless girl dressed in a red dress.
"Boss, we need to input your facial features, iris, fingerprints, and sound among other information," Harriek said.
"Finally," Warren said, feeling relieved.
I've been waiting even though I was sleepy.
Warren stood in front of the projection, and the Red Queen scanned his facial features, iris, fingerprints, and collected a voice sample.
"OK, it's already..." Harriek saw that all the information had been inputted and pressed Enter.
"It's done."
Swish-
The projection of the Red Queen flickered, and her expression went from lifeless to lively.
"Warren Worthington III, the Red Queen is at your service," she said.
Harriek stared at the screen and exclaimed, "She is actually improving her own loopholes. Oh my, next time I can't use the same cracking method."
This learning ability was undoubtedly that of an artificial intelligence.
"Do you want to connect to the internet, boss?" Harriek asked for permission.
"Go ahead."
Since Warren's information had already been inputted, the Red Queen was now under his control, and it was safe to connect her to the internet.
So the engineers who were still working late into the night connected the Red Queen to the internet (physically). After all, being an artificial intelligence, there could be trouble if it wasn't physically disconnected from the internet.
As the network connected, the various data of the Red Queen stabilized.
Everything on Echids Island remained calm, with everything going on as usual except for the sudden increase in electricity consumption. From today onwards, the researchers had an artificial intelligence assisting them.
Dr. Sinnot Worsin didn't ask where this artificial intelligence came from. As long as he could use it, second-hand or not, he didn't mind.
The next day, he arrived at the laboratory as usual. Despite staying up late into the night, he still woke up early because he was eager to experience what it was like to work with artificial intelligence. It must be a wonderful feeling.
Two hours later.
"Oh my goodness! What kind of virus is this!"
The virus sample collected from the red queen's host has completely transformed into the shape of a virus, both inside and out, exhibiting strong infectivity and aggressiveness.
"It's the T-virus, Doctor," explained the projection of the red queen little girl.
"I know it's the T-virus. BOSS told me, but I didn't expect it to be so dangerous. I thought it was just an ordinary virus."
"The T-virus is very dangerous. If there is a leak, I will lock down the entire Worthington Laboratory."
Indeed, with Harry's help, the red queen has already connected to Worthington Laboratory's security system. When installing the red queen control room, Warren had instructed his construction team to add several isolation doors in case of a viral leak.
Harry cannot return temporarily because he needs to upgrade Akaz Island's defense system with his subordinates. Although he doesn't understand why they need automated turrets.
Humans have their limits; accidents are inevitable even with security guards. An artificial intelligence can compensate for what humans lack.
For example, automatic turrets covering all angles on the island.
Hamer Military Industries' 30mm machine gun bullets are as thick as a child's arm; even if high-risk experimental subjects or special infected individuals were released from the laboratory, they could be killed on Akaz Island.
The red queen control room is located underground at Worthington Laboratory; she now controls all of Akaz Island.
"Doctor, stop researching about T-virus. It's too dangerous. I have something good for you."
Warren woke up late and held several blue serums in his hand.
"This isn't another virus again?"
Dr. Esnoxin was sensitive after being shocked by T-virus early in morning
"Do you know about Super Soldier Serum?" asked Warren
"Of course I do, but unfortunately it's destroyed, and Captain America is no longer here. It's impossible to replicate." He felt regretful as it was like a bible for people in related industries.
"If I give you a sample of the Super Soldier Serum, can you replicate it?"
"A serum sample? Even if I had Captain America's blood sample, I could try to recreate the serum, let alone having a serum sample... Wait a minute, what you have there..."
Dr. Esnoxin suddenly had a bad feeling.
No, not exactly a bad feeling; his heart just skipped a beat and he couldn't believe it.
"Samples of the Super Soldier Serum. There are only these few left. They're out of production."
"... "
Dr. Esnoxin opened his mouth wide in disbelief and trembled with his hand wanting to reach out and take them.
But he didn't take them; he was afraid that his trembling hand would break them so he opened an instrument instead.
"Put each one in carefully without breaking them," Dr. Esnoxin commanded Warren.
Warren followed Dr. Esnoxin's command this time and inserted each serum sample into the slots of the instrument one by one.
"Red Queen, initiate the project to recreate the Super Soldier Serum."
"It has been completed."
Warren added: "Set it as classified document with access restricted only to me and Dr. Esnoxin."
"It has been completed."
Looking at those dream-like blue serums, Dr. Esnoxin couldn't help but get excited.
"Come on baby!"