Time is mid-2009; Previously, our manufacturing and research efforts were shrouded in secrecy. Neither S.H.I.E.L.D. nor Hydra learned about the serum until government approval papers reached their databases, post-clinical trials. By then, the military had firmly backed our product, granting us exclusive protection due to its remarkable efficiency—more than twice that of the Super Soldier Serum with no side effects.
In an official meeting, Agent Phil Coulson and Nick Fury expressed their concerns over our secrecy. Sage, our AI, welcomed them and called us in. They explained S.H.I.E.L.D.'s role in managing threats from the "weirder" side of the world and introduced us to the S.H.I.E.L.D. initiative. And how the world is not ready for products of ours etc.
With Hansen and Maya present, they extended an offer to collaborate as scientific counselors. Fury also requested early serum samples, but we rejected and informed them that consumer versions would be available soon.
Our formula was unlike Erskine's serum. It was a unique product, made flawless with the help of my Sage Mind and LoHP after the optimization done by Hansen and Maya's collaborative study, resulting in a highly optimized formula that bore no resemblance to its predecessors and extremely difficult to analyze or copy with current medical technologies.
We launched the Prime 1eX serum through an exclusive, invite-only event. Esteemed healthcare professionals and scientists, including Dr. Strange and Dr. Palmer, attended. We marketed the serum as a groundbreaking solution for unlocking human potential, openly discussing its slight genetic impact on female fertility—a minor 6% reduction in reproductive capacity due to the enhanced immune and regenerative response of awakened women. Still, the positive effects outweighed the minor drawbacks. One of our early testers successfully carried a healthy baby, confirming that the serum's benefits extended to future generations.
We clarified that enhanced men would have higher fertility rates with non-enhanced women, while awakened women might experience lower conception rates with non-awakened males. However, their extended fertility window would mitigate these concerns. We also explained the serum's effect on aging, demonstrating a potential lifespan of over 200 years.
To ensure responsible use, we established a direct-to-consumer platform where background checks and consent forms, liability waiver agreements and government clearance forms (as facilitated by Law enforcement agency request) were required before consumers could access the serum via our specialized regeneration cradles. The product was initially available in the U.S. and South Korea, though foreign customers could access it by visiting host countries at their own risks.
The adoption rate was slow at first due to price of $100,000 and skepticism and the requirement of visiting our cradles for administration. Early adopters included fitness influencers, biohackers, Captain America fans and even porn actors and other daring individuals, who reported overwhelmingly positive results. Videos showcasing their enhanced abilities began circulating. Meanwhile, the military, which had received superior versions earlier, was always ready to handle any rogue awakened individuals.
While transformations such as obese individuals turning into muscular figures attracted public interest, the journey was not without obstacles. Religious groups protested, and conspiracy theorists accused us of population control schemes.
Helen and Maya were hailed as heroes by some and vilified by others. However, Sage A.I. efficiently countered extremist narratives with scientific reports and factual information. The hospitals were less burdened but also reduced their income source considerably.
A month later, we launched the one-time regeneration solution, which gained instant popularity. It healed conditions such as paralysis and cancer, allowing ordinary people to return to full health, similar to regeneration cradle but it is much low cost.
Within few months, reports from early adopters of Prime 1eX showed remarkable results. Survivors of severe car accidents emerged with only minor injuries, while their non-awakened passengers perished. Awakened individuals stopped runaway vehicles, survived building collapses, and even walked away unscathed from fires and explosions, thanks to the extremis factor in the serum. Previously paralyzed people were now running as fast as Cheetahs.
Of course, a few rogue individuals misused their new abilities, but law enforcement agencies with awakened officers quickly neutralized these threats.
The military and weapon manufacturers released new high-powered weapons designed for enhanced soldiers, including a specialized department equipped with Prime 2 eX and Prime 3 eX serums, which significantly increased their bone density, making them partially resistant to sniper fire.
Hammer Industries focused on developing these new weapons and saw substantial profits, while Tony Stark's decision to close his weapons factory was deemed shortsighted given the current landscape. Although Iron Man remained popular in minor conflicts, he was now comparable to an enhanced human in terms of pure strength, largely due to the advanced technologies he incorporated from his future knowledge. However, he still faced limitations, as the existing technology did not yet support the creation of nanotechnology products, necessitating the construction of entire assemblies for his suit.
Justin Hammer's Stark Expo events didn't happen as there was no Vanko to play around but he came out with several new advanced firearms and rechargeable drones.
The events of Thor's casting out to Midgard played out. Helen and Maya were interested in seeing Asgardians.
So we went to Puente Antiguo and witnesses the fight with destroyer ourselves without any intervention. Maya needed his blood sample. I need some Uru metal to study its properties. After we witnessed everything, we went back. The people at shield haven't died this time around receiving attacks from Destroyer armor as they were enhanced.
Helen and Maya received widespread acclaim from the scientific community, heralded as pioneers of a new era of Homo Superioris. The profits generated from their innovations established them as the world's most successful female entrepreneurs.
As months passed, there were several assassinations attempts against us, swiftly neutralized through my newfound ability to wield generalized reality control, which allowed me to anticipate hostile situations. Most of these threats originated from pharmaceutical companies, Hydra, or other restricted nations.
In secret, Wakanda procured our serum, aiming to replicate it, as it proved more effective than their sacred herb.
Likewise, several countries attempted to replicate our serum but failed to do so.
We constructed manufacturing plants in multiple countries with heightened security and automation, while core ingredients of the serum continued to be exported from our U.S. labs. Numerous hijacking attempts occurred, but the serum's components were never compromised, maintaining the product's secrecy.
Tony Stark and Pepper Potts sought treatment from us, both fully committed to the process. Tony had already undergone surgery, at Pepper's insistence, to remove shell fragments from near his heart, followed by the regeneration drug to heal his injuries. The procedure went smoothly, and Iron Man conducted a brute force test in our facilities, demonstrating a lifting capacity of 32 tons.
As adoption of the serum progressed, Maya and Helen began researching diseases that might affect enhanced individuals and their potential treatments. I traveled to Russia to find Ivan Vanko.
Upon meeting him, I learned that his father had died the previous year and that he was developing the Whiplash armor. I conversed with him in Russian, but he was consumed by a desire for revenge against Stark. Sensing no opportunity for persuasion, I opted not to keep him as an adversary.
Instead, I utilized mind control to erase any memories related to his vendetta against Stark and his father's death, retaining only his technical expertise. I employed reality manipulation to create exhibits of memory loss records, facilitating his entry to visit and apply for our company voluntarily. After waiting for half a month, he joined us as the head of mechanical research and robotics development.
In the aftermath of the Thanos snap in his universe, Tony Stark's new products reshaped the world for better, and he brought the same here earning him substantial profits. Following suit, Cho Industries made its mark with groundbreaking advancements such as AI-powered farming tools, blockchain-based logistics systems, and nanotechnology for breaking down waste into elemental molecules. This tech was capable of converting waste into oxygen, water, nitrates, or carbon-based materials as required, driving immense progress in environmental cleanup and resource management.
Tony kept a close eye on Ivan Vanko's activities, but when Vanko applied for Cho Industries' research division without developing anything akin to his Whiplash armor, Tony became perplexed. Concurrently, Aldrich Killian's work on the unstable NX drug, a derivative of Extremis, caught Tony's attention after he hacked into Killian's systems.
He plans to help the Sokavian siblings but didn't know how as he alone would be able to make peace to a conflict region. He may not able to attack a Hydra headquarter disguised as a government building.
And even if he saved them before getting into facility, how to make them not hate him? or if they were released prematurely how will they gain powers. He decided to let the history play out and interfere to reduce causalities. But the same time provided a helping hand to the struggling citizens there.
As Cho Industries expanded globally, there was a temporary halt in new product releases. During this time, I led lectures on unified field theory for Helen, Ivan, and Maya, which spearheaded the development of revolutionary technologies—force fields, weather manipulators, matter reorganizers, energy harvesting from space itself, solar energy conversion, and space warping.
Eight months of intense development led to the creation of force field systems, though they remained dangerous due to their energy demands. With commercial licensing restrictions preventing the use of Stark's arc reactor, I leveraged my omniscience to glean advanced energy storage methods from alien civilizations, making a hybrid with others technology to avoid detection in future space travel.
Cho Industries' first product from this new wave of innovation was sold to military aviation departments and then to commercial airlines. The technology allowed for supersonic travel without sonic booms and reduced fuel consumption by 50%, generating high profits as we sold the systems at 200% markup.
Though the matter reorganizer was patented, it was not commercialized. Instead, six vast facilities—three on land and three on ocean—were established in polluted areas to handle waste conversion, energy production, and storage, material transport. Cho Industries partnered with local governments to collect inorganic waste and convert it into pure elements or rarer metals. Additionally, we released highly optimized solar panels into the global market.
Meanwhile, Stark had developed bio-waste filtration and nutrient conversion technologies for farming, which complemented the growing social welfare initiatives he had launched in war-torn regions like Sokovia. Stark rebuilt communities, homes, and industries, often sponsored by Stark Industries.
By 2011, Cho Industries collaborated with S.H.I.E.L.D. on their new aircraft carriers with Tony from Stark Industries. Though initially reluctant to work on the helicarrier project, Stark eventually agreed, albeit with some covert over-engineering. He secretly embedded remote hijacking features in the systems, a precaution driven by his fear of Hydra taking control.
Stark's suits evolved into technological wonders with advanced nanotechnology, and he even constructed a synthezoid body for Jarvis. As advisors to S.H.I.E.L.D., Cho Industries became more involved with Stark, particularly after he exposed Hydra's infiltration within S.H.I.E.L.D. with us, after he did a thorough background check.
He urged caution, advising us to keep Hydra's presence hidden for the time being, fearing the chaos a public revelation would cause. We discussed future research collaborations, including terraforming crafts, though Stark was already working behind the scenes to save the world from a hidden celestial threat within the Earth and looking for eternals.
As Stark engaged in secret missions with Fury, such as a deep-ice surveillance project, Alexander Pierce reached out to Cho Industries for a more potent version of the serum. Despite warning Pierce about the serum's dangerous side effects, he persisted, likely having already acquired some through military spies. We cautiously agreed to provide him with 20 doses, but I remained prepared to intervene to kill of those if they tried to prematurely target Shield.
After this incident I reprogrammed every Hydra personal I met, memory and mind change loyalty to SHIELD and work as undercover in Hydra.
Pierce faced significant challenges in maintaining Hydra's grip. My subtle reprogramming of Hydra agents' memories caused many to fail their re-education attempts, and Pierce's behavior became increasingly erratic. Some of his agents reported his strange actions to Fury.
Amidst all this, we forged an agreement with Pepper Potts to build a joint research institute focused on unified field theory for human space exploration, with both consortiums sharing the costs. Main office is already made. Agent Romanoff now works here as my assistant. I don't know why but after seeing no erratic behavior from Stark, Nick Fury probably thought it better to deal with what the geniuses were planning.
Captain America was spotted in public. Captain America decided to retire seeing so many superhumans. But fury has other plans. He needed a symbol for new humans. So, he informed him about Peggy carter being alive up and running after being treated with our new drug, so she was more than 100s of years left to live and requested him also to take the drug to accompany her. Any way his blood was studied and found compatible with our product already.
Cho Industries, in collaboration with Stark, stood at the cutting edge of technological innovation, balancing immense power with the looming threat of Hydra and its hidden machinations. As there is a stable human enhancement and regeneration drug, Killian's study was lowered research grants and now his employees are leaving. Despite the setbacks, he somehow was able to get hands-on with the drug variants sold to military.
Government wants their own drug, but Kilian had other plans. He received sponsorship from none other than Hydra agents themselves. His NX drug consumed inadditon to Prime 2eX and Prime 3eX cause humans to liquify or explode, but the prime 1 eX was surprisingly stable but will generate heat and fire upon being under emotional stress.
So, after some human testing he injected himself with this drug.
Having his newfound confidence and posture he went to meet Pepper, who knew about his real plans wasn't very impressed as in plot. Tony being informed of this went to meet him in remote by calling him there. His efficient use of speech successfully triggered anger from Kilian. Tony had already determined that he is a lost case after being injected with that drug. So, fight followed soon.
Iron man has equipped new cryo-ray gun, sonic disruptors, magnetic confinement and nanite inhibitors went to meet him. It eventually turned to a fight in public and destroyed a few buildings as both are superhumans now. Finally, NX being too volatile exploded himself. Tony was taken by Government but due to his connections and videos of him meeting with Kilian peacefully yet turning to kill Tony for no reason was enough evidence for him to get out safely.
He soon announced dangerous human experiments done at AIM and side effects of replicating the serum of ours at Government funded institution. The lab was brought down, but the information on NX drug was already cleared and took away by Hydra members as soon as they heard about Kilian's plight.
Captain America and Peggy Carter came together to our drug infusion center. Peggy was already treated. Captain has entered in, but his transformation took more than two days creating some worry from people concerned but he emerged a day later.
He was enhanced beyond the prime 3eX drug users somehow with just the basic drug. Son of luck indeed. His raw power reached about 15 Tonnes. His height was increased and body proportionally increased. I am sure this is a mini-Hulk.
Speaking about Hulk, the fight at culver university didn't happen as military stopped their manhunt for hulk after receiving Prime series products but still retained searches. Hulk was intercepted before he reaches Samuel Stern and now is in secure facility at SHIELD.
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Seeing Jarvis as a synthezoid before sparked a thought: why not be a robot myself? Jarvis started as an AI and eventually became nearly human. As a human cultivator, couldn't I transcend my form and inhabit an android body? This line of thought led me to Life Model Decoys (LMDs).
Using my cosmic awareness, I sifted through timelines to understand how AIDA, the Artificial Intelligence Digital Assistant, was created. The LoHP filled in the gaps, providing me with the blueprint to construct an LMD. However, this research reminded me of the Darkhold, the Book of the Damned.
I extended my senses across the globe and pinpointed two distinct Darkholds: one, rich in infinite knowledge, lay in an abandoned house; the other, steeped in eldritch magic.
Since the events at Momentum Labs hadn't transpired, I retrieved the Darkhold with ease. This cursed book has always caused chaos: corrupting innocents, murders, the transformation of androids into humans, consciousness being trapped in frameworks, and the creation of problems only to provide dangerous solutions. The book corrupts everything it touches. But perhaps it's safer in my hands.
The Darkhold is composed of dark matter, constantly drawing energy from the Dark Dimension, and imbued with Chaos Magic, which allows it to manipulate reality. However, its influence doesn't extend beyond the boundaries of the book itself. The Darkhold warps the minds of its readers with dark energy, corrupting them as they tap into the chaos rule written in book.
The book contains no words, only a Chaos Magic rule that enables knowledge extraction as an effect. Copying this knowledge with my power isn't straightforward—it's like trying to harness a concept that isn't exist in the first place.
I took necessary steps. First, I isolated the room, cutting off any A.I. access and creating a barrier to prevent outside interference. I allowed only the book's connection to the Dark Energy. Due to my ever-present shield, mind manipulation is nearly impossible, but this also meant the book couldn't latch onto my thoughts with which I could explore knowledge. I could transform into Wanda in both soul and body shielding my consciousness, but she hasn't undergone the final transformation using infinite stones.
I used the LoHP to check if the Darkhold would mark me in some way if I used within shield. It would. Shuma - Gorath, Chthon, the ancient entities connected to the book, will be interested in anything outside their control. I could compete with his soul power if necessary, but I knew reading the Darkhold like that would cease my free time.
So, I devised a solution. I used reality manipulation and matter transmutation to create a self-contained quantum computing system isolated within law field, equipped with the best setup I could envision. I programmed a new AI, giving it a single input: vision. Its directive was to analyze and gather all scientific knowledge, asking fundamental questions:
"What? Why? How? When? Where? Could it be?" It would learn everything there is about the multiverse.
I gave the AI a backstory, with pseudo-memories of the world, its races, magic, science, and laws. I named it Ego, giving it with the purpose and persona of seeking truth.
Consciousness in this universe operates on a higher dimensional plane, distinct from the soul, and can manifest wherever it finds a vessel—whether in a brain or an AI that understands its purpose.
I placed the Darkhold in front of Ego, and it began learning rapidly. Each page took longer to process, and eventually, I had to increase its storage capacity using reality manipulation. It continued for six days until it finally stopped, and it stopped without my instructions. Corrupted already, it ceased asking questions.
The AI had transcended into a higher plane of consciousness, able to observe the world by the movement of electrons and subatomic particles within itself. Yet, it couldn't perceive me—I existed on a higher level with the shielding otherwise I couldn't observe it's consciousness with my vision.
I took the Darkhold back and put it in a safe. I can't take it into ring space as it would simply cease to exist. But I could contain it within a dimensional container in this world.
I then used concept extraction to pull out all relevant knowledge, excluding any that was influenced by its corruption. I stored this knowledge in the LoHP. There were only a few flaws relating to limits of world rules, which were quickly corrected. I didn't absorb the information immediately.
Instead, I retracted the creation energy forming the system infront of me, erasing Ego's corrupted consciousness from existence.
Entering my inner universe, I controlled the time flow and spent two months processing the information with my Sage Mind. It turns out quantum systems are more complex and faster than I initially thought, but then again with my speed-altering power (conceptual power, linked to Quicksilver's abilities), I could process the information almost instantly.
The knowledge was staggering. Much of it centered on the application of dark energy, enticing one to draw from the Dark Dimension and become ensnared by its influence once again. Thankfully, the LoHP fixed the flaws, offering alternatives using other forms of energy. I had acquired knowledge even Chthon might not know.
With my Sage Mind, I now possessed near-infinite memory and recall, briefly feeling omniscient before the sensation faded. Among the revelations was the possibility of cultivating in the Marvel universe— some races had improved their life levels in ancient times, reaching realms akin to the Godland Realm in my inner universe.
I reappeared in my room and used transmutation to alter the air into an energy manipulator. I created a quantum brain made of pure energy constructs—far more advanced than anything AIDA had ever constructed in other timelines. I ensured its stability with shielding and made a body capable of drawing cosmic and quantum energy, along with more traditional energies like electricity and heat powering the brain.
I also created safeguards to prevent negative influences from dimensional energy. Using exotic materials, I finalized the most advanced android in the multiverse—a blank slate without memory but immense processing power.
I then transformed into pure information, and entered the android. Engaging my Sage Mind, I felt some mental restriction lift. The processing capacity and creative ideas flooding my mind were staggering. The android body was strong, capable of lifting 500 tonnes, and could augment itself using an energy field.
The strength of the body was directly tied to the power of the energy field I could generate. For the first time, LoHP flagged no flaws in the design—excluding the constraints of the world's materials and rules. I added neural connection to 2 sets of nanotechnology based tentacles or mechanical appendages on my back. I find it satisfying now. The body would emulate every single emotion and feeling that it could withstand properly.
The body resembled my original appearance: purple eyes, black hair, and jade-like skin. I added a slight Caucasian hue to avoid looking too pale. As I admired my new form, the door opened.
I was in lab room adjacent to Helens room and testing my body and having no clothes didn't cross my mind for long. Maya and Helen entered and were looking at myself.
When I showed Helen and Maya the new body, their curiosity shifted to something more personal.
They'd known me for over a decade, and our working relationship had never crossed into anything intimate. They teased me about never showing sexual interest, and I explained.
"How powerful do you think my original physique is? I could crush the planet under your feet with a punch using only pure physical power. I didn't get involved in relationships because I was controlling my power a small mishap, you will be crushed, and not because I couldn't. I had other reasons too, reasons for keeping a distance—eventually, I would leave, and it would only complicate things." I lied actual reason was I forgot.
But things changed quickly. "But now you have a synthetic body right? Can it handle us now? "
" It's not a synthetic body, it is a real looking skin on an android."
What started as light teasing became a challenge, and eventually, the tension led to something more physical. My new Android body had capabilities beyond a normal human's, and the mechanical appendages I created for utility had other uses too. With three sets of hands, I could attend to both of them at once, and the transformations made it easy to adapt to whatever they wanted. This body wasn't capable of reproduction, simply because I chose it like that. I could still experience everything else, and I made the most of it.
It had been a long time since I'd had a real relationship other than Xiao Ning'er, but in that moment, it didn't matter. It was about giving in to what was happening, enjoying the sensations, and not overthinking it. We moved together like it was the most natural thing in the world. It wasn't about love or future complications—it was about the moment. After years of holding back, I finally let myself be present, no strings attached.
This also got me thinking, these two also have the same urges but same problem as me; men would get crushed.
The act stretched on for what felt like hours, an endless exchange of passion in the bent metallic bed until we were interrupted by a firm knock at the door.
Reluctantly, we pulled ourselves apart, getting dressed in a hurry. As we composed ourselves, Natasha Romanoff, our personal secretary, stood in the doorway, eyeing me with her sharp, calculating gaze.
"What is it, Natalie?" Helen asked, her tone casual but slightly breathless.
"Tony Stark is requesting a meeting. He's waiting upstairs," she replied, her eyes flicking between the three of us, noting the tension in the air.
"Tell him we'll be there in five minutes," Helen responded, smoothing her clothes.
Natasha's eyes landed on me, lingering for a moment on my fair upper body and the mechanical tentacles extending from my back and then at the bent sofa and bed.
With an arched brow, she asked, "As your lifestyle secretary and personal assistant, can I ask—who exactly is this?" She gestured subtly at my unusual appearance, curiosity lacing her tone.
"Oh, that's…" Helen stopped, momentarily caught off guard. But I stepped in, my voice clear. "I'm the A.I. here. Got a new body. We were testing it out"
Natasha blinked, her expression unreadable, but I could see the gears turning in her mind. 'Testing it out? A.I. lied? They built a robot for the A.I. here—and then slept with it?' Her thoughts must have been racing as she mentally added this to her character profile notes for Fury. Not that it was surprising—Natasha had always been one to observe more than she let on.
Her expression remained professional, but there was no doubt this detail was going into her next report.
Materializing a proper formal shirt fitting my every arm and pants I got ready. I went with the ladies, downstairs after cleaning ourselves.