#468 - The Inhumans

As Yang Le initially envisioned, the government and the military indeed had many secret facilities researching superhumans. These were supposed to be top-level secrets, but they were laid bare by the powers of the Upgrade.

This is the Upgrade, the strongest among the initial ten heroes in the BEN10 series. With technology as advanced as it is today, almost no secret can be kept from him, unless you completely abstain from using any technological products.

Unfortunately, these research institutes did not contain anyone from the missing persons list published by the Daily Bugle. According to Yang Le's investigation, most of the superhumans trapped here were criminals who had been caught, and a small number had voluntarily entered because they couldn't find work.

The involuntary ones were a very small group. Although Yang Le wanted to help, even if he rescued them all, he wouldn't have anywhere to put these superhumans.

After all, this group was a mixed bag. Releasing criminals would likely lead to further crimes, those who couldn't find work would continue to go hungry, and as for the involuntary ones, they had been missing for so long that their social connections were already in tatters, making it extremely difficult to start over.

After some thought, Yang Le came up with a solution. He sent the locations of these secret research institutes via email to the supercomputer on the Floating Island, the one in the Beast Laboratory.

Having obtained these addresses, the mutants would surely take action. Even if they couldn't spare much energy right now due to the nation-building efforts, they would definitely send people to rescue them soon, as they were currently lacking citizens for their new nation.

In this way, Yang Le reported a total of four research institutes to the mutants. When he got to the fifth one, Yang Le discovered something different, or rather, a different kind of superhuman.

According to the superhuman's experimental report, this was a very unusual superhuman. His hands, chest, and neck were all covered in a special, rock-like substance. Although this substance resembled rock, its durability was far beyond that of ordinary stone.

Testing showed that this substance could easily block bullets and sword strikes. An electric drill would take a long time to grind away some debris, and only a laser blade could easily cut through this special skin.

It was a simple yet powerful ability, but that wasn't what made him special. What surprised the researchers was that this person was not a mutant. No special gene, temporarily named the X-gene, which all mutants possessed, was detected in his body.

Mutants' abilities all came from this extraordinary gene, but the superhuman before them didn't have this active gene, which meant he definitely wasn't a mutant. However, what was strange was that this particular superhuman hadn't been injected with any special serum, nor had he been exposed to any chemical substances.

No, it should be said that everything about this superhuman was unknown. After investigation, no information about this superhuman could be found, as if this person had never existed in human society. It was as if he had appeared out of thin air.

Not only that, but this superhuman also threatened the researchers to release him, or they would face unbearable fury.

This statement almost directly revealed the superhuman's identity. A superhuman with special powers and no trace of existence in human society. In the Marvel universe, the first thing Yang Le could think of was the Inhumans, a race opposed to mutants.

Strictly speaking, both Inhumans and mutants belong to the human race on Earth. In fact, to be precise, there are almost no pure humans in the Marvel universe now. Most are mutants with inactive X-genes, all due to the experiments of the Celestials in ancient times.

As for the Inhumans, they originated from the experiments of the Kree. The initial purpose was to create a batch of super-soldiers to fight their enemies, the Skrulls. But unfortunately, the abilities of the Inhumans were also very unstable and couldn't meet the Kree's requirements, so they were abandoned.

The abandoned Inhumans developed on their own. After a long period of development, the Inhumans developed their own unique civilization in isolation from the world. They are one of the most mysterious races on Earth, and almost no one knows of their existence.

In Yang Le's opinion, this superhuman was very likely an Inhuman sent out on a mission, and was probably captured as an ordinary mutant during the mission.

Don't be fooled by the similar settings of Inhumans and mutants, but in fact, Inhumans are more like a new race independent of humans than mutants, and the way Inhumans' abilities are awakened is also very different from that of mutants.

The awakening of mutants' abilities usually requires external stimulation. Huge emotions or actions such as danger, anger, or sadness can cause the X-genes in their bodies to become active, thereby awakening their abilities.

Inhumans are different. Although they also need external stimulation, they are more stable than mutants. Inhumans will uniformly receive something called Terrigen Mist when they are young. After coming into contact with this substance, Inhumans will awaken their abilities.

Terrigen Mist is extracted from Terrigen Crystals, which are controlled by the Inhumans to continue the development of their clan.

However, this foundation of the Inhumans is a deadly poison to mutants. After coming into contact with Terrigen Mist, mutants will die of poisoning in a very short period of time. It can almost be said to be the most effective weapon against mutants.

Because of this, the two sides fought many battles over this matter in the main universe's plot.

The Inhumans are relatively united, all thanks to their backward caste system. In the Inhuman society, many things are determined before you are born.

Just like in ancient India, the lower classes must obey the orders of the upper classes. In the Inhuman society, there are even things similar to slaves. The lower classes must abide by the Inhumans' rules, and as for the upper classes, well, they naturally adapt and abide by them.

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Yang Le thought for a while on the computer, and finally hacked into the entire base's monitoring system, and then slowly flowed out of a surveillance camera. Today, it didn't seem to be the Inhuman's turn to be experimented on, so there was no one else in the prison cell where he was being held except for him.

Perhaps because he was too special, the Inhuman in front of him had a separate cell, and to prevent him from rioting, there was also a special device to keep him in a sleeping state.

Yang Le opened the Omnitrix, activated the gene scanning function, and began scanning the Inhuman.