End of the Sky (Multiverse's End)

Siberia!

When Siberia is mentioned, people subconsciously think of snowy land, severe cold, emptiness, barbarism, as well as concentration camps and exile.

This is a prejudice. In fact, Siberia is an image of the region, rather than a specific geographical term. The territory is very vast. The east of the Ural Mountains and the entire northern part of the Asian continent are called Siberia.

People thought there was only ice and desolation here, but they didn't know that this vast area also had cities, forests, seas, rivers, lakes, and swamps.

Siberia is rich in land resources, with large areas of chernozem to be developed, world-famous Siberian forests, and thousands of lakes and rivers. There is also Lake Baikal, the freshwater lake with the largest water storage capacity in the world. This lake alone accounts for 20% of the world's freshwater reserves!

In terms of energy, Siberia is particularly rich in energy resources, with huge reserves of oil, natural gas and coal.

As for mineral resources, it is even more amazing. Whether it is metal mines or non-metal mines, Siberia has almost all the mineral resources that have been discovered in the world.

Siberia is a place that must be contested in farming novels. Owning this land can easily transition from an agricultural country to an industrial country, and even if it flies into space, it is easy to complete colonization.

That's right, that's how it hangs!

These have nothing to do with Russell now. The secret base is located in the mountains of Eastern Siberia, which is one of the coldest regions in the world. The permafrost covers the whole area, the summer is humid and short, the winter is long and cold, the freezing period lasts for half a year, and the annual average temperature in most areas is below 0 degrees. The living environment is harsh, and most places are inaccessible, basically unsuitable for human survival.

The place where the secret base was established is not so exaggerated that it is inaccessible. After all, building a base requires manpower. Even if prisoners of war are used, there must be a road to send people and supplies.

There is a small city 30 kilometers away from the southeast of the base. A highway connects the two places, and there are some scattered villages around them. They are in the stage of transition from agriculture to industry and are very backward.

Russell didn't intend to enjoy the blessings when he came here. He will stay here for a while before the end of World War II. The most important plan now is to change Bucky into the Winter Soldier, number -0.

The base has a complete set of experiments. Before he came, he dispatched personnel to replace all the places with his own people. Even if many Hydra soldiers were not enslaved, they were managed by their superiors and were very loyal to him.

After a while, Russell will spread the news of Schmidt's death, and he will be able to officially become the leader of the base.

Calculating the time, he felt that Schmidt should have cooled down, no, it was time to start a journey in outer space.

...

Bucky woke up from his coma, and when he saw Russell, he exploded on the spot. But his hands and feet were tightly trapped, and an indescribable sphere was stuffed in his mouth, so he could only stare blankly.

Unable to enslave Bucky, Russell arranged for researchers to hypnotize him, and the brainwashing process was eliminated. This is his bad taste. When the experiment is over to enslave Bucky's soul, and seventy years later, let him confront Captain America.

The base was set up inside a huge mountain, with a hollowed-out laboratory at the end, and a huge instrument facility surrounded by walls. In the center is a test bed like a coffin. If the experiment is successful, Bucky will become the third super soldier. If it fails, he will be buried together with the coffin.

The equipment here is almost exactly the same as the laboratory where Dr. Erskine gave Steve the serum. Not coincidentally, it was built according to Erskine's laboratory. He and Schmidt were colleagues, and they left behind a lot of blueprints when they escaped Hydra, and it was not difficult to copy them as they were.

The real difficulty lies in the super-soldier serum. Only Erskine in the world knows the correct formula, and it takes luck to succeed. Russell has a sample of the super soldier serum, and he also has the research data of Schmidt and Zola, plus his own analysis, to create a weakened version of the serum.

Beside the instrument, many researchers were adjusting the equipment, and Bucky was tied to the coffin board with his eyes blank. Wearing only a pair of underpants and a bandage on his left shoulder, the ricochet's lethality is not strong. If the experiment is successful, he should be able to keep this arm.

That's great news, he's left-handed after all!

"Sir, our energy source can't guarantee this experiment. It needs a huge amount of electricity, but there are still coal generators in the base..." The researcher looked at Russell eagerly, because he had promised to bring the best generator.

Russell nodded, and lifted the Thunder Beast in his arms to the test bench: "Didn't I bring it, a pure natural green, pollution-free and environmentally friendly high-energy generator!"

The researcher looked confused, don't think you can tease me just because you are the leader, this is clearly a cat, but the color is a bit weird.

"嗼嗼~~~"

The Thunder Beast let out a cute cry, shook the fur on its body, and suddenly turned into a two-meter-tall Thunder Beast, staring at the researcher with scarlet eyes.

The latter remained motionless, facing the fangs and claws that were close at hand, he didn't even scream high-pitched, he had already fainted from fright.

The sudden appearance of the Thunder Beast caused a commotion in the laboratory. Everyone was terrified and wanted to escape, and then they saw the Thunder Beast meekly lowering its head and rubbing against Russell's shoulder.

Crackling! !

Russell exhaled a mouthful of black smoke, and slapped the Ultralisk on the face with his backhand, making it obediently hold the cable in its mouth and act as a temporary generator. And Russell stood beside it. The power released by the Ultralisk in an instant was enough to destroy the entire base. There must be a regulating valve to limit the stable and efficient output of power.

The researchers immediately calmed down, their fearful eyes shifted to Russell, and they all respected him like a god.

"Don't be in a daze, the experiment is starting now, record the data..." Russell ordered, paused and continued: "I don't want the experiment to go wrong. The material this time is very precious. Once it fails, it will be even more difficult in the future."

"Okay, sir!" xN

Russell will be in charge of the electric energy, and the specific experimental operations will be carried out by the researchers. In fact, it is just an injection. The most important serum has been prepared in advance.

The researcher opened the lockbox, took out six test tubes filled with blue medicine, installed them in the sockets on both sides of the test bench, and then used dense needles to pierce Bucky's arm, heart and other parts to perform microinjection on muscle groups.

This is an extremely painful process, the first level to test Bucky's willpower. The serum will immediately cause cell changes. For example, the whole body will melt a little bit.

"Ahhh—"

The serum was injected for a moment, and the severe pain woke up Bucky from the hypnosis. His eyes widened with anger, and he felt his whole body being eaten by ants, and his scalp was about to explode in pain, but because he was immobilized and unable to move, he could only tremble. The body let out a heart-piercing scream.

The researchers did not dare to be careless, and immediately carried out follow-up operations. The faster they were, the less pain Bucky would suffer, and the higher the success rate of the experiment.

The test bench was erected and folded to form a real iron coffin. The reinforced material can prevent radiation, ensure the efficient use of energy, and shorten the experiment time.

Russell patted the Ultralisk, and began to input power steadily. The energy was converted into VITA rays through special equipment, and filled the experimental cabin where Bucky was.

When the VITA rays completely penetrate Bucky's body, the strengthening and reorganization of the cells can be completed, making him completely reborn. It's just that the process was more painful, the whole body was crushed and then reassembled, and the brain couldn't faint because of its extreme activity. This feeling is unimaginable.

Unfortunately, Russell's Super Soldier Serum is still a weakened version, and the pain is even more intense.

"Wow——"

The VITA ray was charged, starting from 30%, Bucky's screams became louder and louder every time, and when it reached 60%, his voice was already hoarse beyond human voice.

The experimental cabin radiated a lot of white light, and the researchers put on goggles one after another, not daring to take a breath, watching the pointer on the instrument panel break through 80% and continue to move forward.

90%!

...

95%

...

At the last moment, hearing Bucky's screams gradually weakening, Russell slammed the Ultralisk, increasing the value to 100%!

"Ahhh—"

"Boom!!"

The energy was overloaded, sparks flew from the test console, the machines were paralyzed one by one, and the VITA ray pointer instantly dropped to zero.

"Crack!"

The coffin board was lifted, and the researchers stepped forward to help Bucky out of breath. The latter's whole body was soaked in sweat, as if he had been smeared with fitness oil, his muscles were clearly defined, and the edges and corners were actually given reflective effects.

Russell stood there with a livid face. He didn't hear the system beep, which meant that the experiment failed. Although Bucky didn't die, he didn't become a super soldier either.

"Why did it fail, and what went wrong?"

Russell's face was as deep as water, and his gloom made others feel cold. He prepared for this experiment for two years, and specially selected Bucky, who was supposed to be a superhero/villain, to increase the success rate. Failed.

What about historical inertia?

"Go away!"

Bucky knocked down the researcher with a punch, and the Hydra soldiers outside the laboratory rushed up, and they were all sent flying by him. He was very strong, and his ability to resist blows was astonishing. When the batons of the soldiers hit him, they were all bounced high.

One person singled out more than a dozen Hydra soldiers, and Bucky glanced at Russell from the corner of his eye, and immediately roared, waving his right fist and slamming at him.

Snapped!

Russell took the punch firmly, and bent slightly, forcing Bucky to kneel on his back. The latter's face was flushed, the veins on his neck were exposed, he gritted his teeth and stared at Russell, and said word by word: "You damn Hydra, I curse you to hell!"

Russell pretended not to hear it, and looked at Bucky with joy on his face. The experiment did not fail, and Bucky was indeed strengthened. Although he doesn't have huge chest muscles, nor does he have the American butt that Black Widow envies, but his strength has reached the limit of ordinary people, and the serum enhancement has been successful.

As for the reason why the system did not judge the completion of the task...

Russell glanced at Bucky's left arm. The latter hadn't used this arm in the battle just now, and it was drooping by his side at the moment. Compared with the strong muscle groups in other parts of the body, this arm is obviously dark in color, slender as if deformed.

"Okay, I take back what I just said, this damn historical inertia!"

"Aww..."

Thunder Beast moved suddenly, opened its mouth and bit Bucky's upper body in its mouth, Bucky shuddered for a while, rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

"It looks like I'm going to make an electronic mechanical arm myself..." Russell frowned, and his smile grew stronger: "I don't know if the mechanical arm in 2035 is stronger or weaker than the original one."

Speaking of the mechanical arm, Russell suddenly thought of Wakanda, Zhenjin's hometown, and when he developed his power, he would knock on the door of the closed country.