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Chapter 2047, Section 2.45: The New Viper Gang
The folder that Chen Luo, the leader of the Water Spirit Gang, handed to Dr. Lizard quickly confirmed Wu Chen's guess.

The blonde beauty before me, deliberately captured from a survivor camp, is Irina, the Soviet intelligence officer from *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*, who falls in love with a British secret agent. She is an alternate counterpart to the mutant woman nicknamed "Mrs. Hydra," Ophelia Salgistein.

"Multiverse." Dr. Lizard quickly flipped through the survivor files in the folder, clearly satisfied with the condition of Soviet intelligence officer Irina.

"What?" Chen Luo, the leader of the Shui Ling gang who always worked for money, asked another question.

"The multiverse." As a classic Marvel villain, Doctor Lizard clearly has his own understanding of the current situation: "It's like 'worlds in different folders.' Each world has its own distinct characteristics, and the same self."

"Mirror universe?" Chen Xian, the younger brother of Chen Luo, the leader of the Water Spirit Gang, had his own understanding, which was rare.

“Very close.” Dr. Lizard nodded gently.

"Dr. Connors, why her?" This was something that Chen Luo, the leader of the Water Spirit Gang, had never understood: "The survivor camp below is full of hidden talents, with many top experts far stronger than her."

“I understand your misunderstanding based on existing knowledge.” As a distinguished scientist from the former Oscu Corporation, Dr. Kurt Connors, who has a human form, showed extraordinary patience: “But the power of the multiverse is not based on ‘individuals’.”

"The power of the multiverse does not depend on the individual." Chen Luo, the leader of the Water Spirit Gang, silently pondered the profound meaning behind this statement.

“Yes.” Dr. Lizard quickly typed a series of commands into the computer terminal. A sealed container then slowly opened.

"This is..." Through the transparent jar, the Chen brothers of the Water Spirit Gang saw a... wig?
The golden shawl-like wig, or simply a "headpiece," that is stored in a sterile, frozen environment in front of me doesn't look particularly magical.

However, Wu Chen's impression was completely different: "This is Ophelia's shed skin."

The mutant Ophelia Salkistan can heal fatal wounds by molting and regenerating her skin. During this process, she cuts her forehead and peels off her entire scalp, along with her golden hair. The newly grown bald head takes time to regrow hair. During this "bald period," Ophelia Salkistan temporarily loses her regenerative abilities.

Unexpectedly, the molted skin of the female mutant Ophelia Salgist was secretly collected by Dr. Lizard for use in clandestine experiments.

“This is the body tissue of ‘Lady Hydra’,” Dr. Lizard’s answer confirmed Wu Chen’s judgment: “It possesses powerful regenerative cells. With just a simple surgery, Irina can be completely reborn.”

"You mean..." Chen Xian clearly had a picture in his mind.

“That’s right.” Dr. Lizard took an electric razor out of his pocket and handed it to the dumbfounded Chen Xian: “Shave her hair.”

“Yes, Doctor.” Chen Xian subconsciously took the razor, composed himself in the shortest time, and shaved the head of the unconscious female intelligence officer.

"My lord, what are they planning to do?" Captain Nine-Tailed asked Wu Chen. "They want to create another 'Hydra Lady'," Wu Chen replied, having already connected the dots in the plot: "to rule over the newly formed Viper Gang."

As mentioned earlier, with player involvement, the members of the Viper Gang may not necessarily follow the original storyline. From a plot development perspective, as long as Dr. Lizard obtains the Roxon Corporation's technological blueprints for creating cyborgs, androids, and superhumans, he can modify suitable characters from the show and form a new Viper Gang.

These invaluable technological blueprints were undoubtedly Dr. Lizard's means of gaining the trust of Santa Nicole Pandemoni, the "mistress of death" and the ancient vampire queen, and also his trump card for establishing himself in the Battle Royale storyline at Fulong Temple. However, Wu Chen has reservations about whether Dr. Lizard, as a top human scientist, would follow and submit to a group of ancient vampires. In other words, the plot development of creating a new Viper Gang might be the beginning of a divergence between the two factions.

With this thought in mind, Wu Chen immediately sent a message to the team: "Secretly hack into Dr. Lizard's private database and search for relevant information."

"Yes, sir." Captain Nine-Tails immediately took action.

Based on classic storylines, the Viper Gang, also known as the Viper Party, is a supervillain group under the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Originally founded by Viper, Cobra, and Moray Eel, its members all use the codename "Viper" and possess snake-like abilities. Their base was once located at Viper Castle in New York and Arizona, but its current location is unknown. The organization initially consisted of Viper and others forming the Viper Squad to fight Captain America, but was later reorganized by Madame Hydra and seized the "Viper Crown," which was then controlled by Hugh Jones, president of Roxon Oil Company. To reclaim the Crown, Roxon Oil Company president Hugh Jones established a new Viper squad centered around Sidewinder, which eventually evolved into the Viper Gang, a criminal organization comprised of members including Sidewinder, Viper, Giant Viper, Water Viper, King Cobra, Anaconda, Black Mamba, and others. Organizationally, it was a criminal syndicate of criminals and mercenaries. Interestingly, their costumes were usually based on snake imagery, and members provided mutual protection and shared spoils, making it one of the most tightly-knit and successful villainous alliances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, in *Captain America: Brave New World*, the Viper Gang was redesigned as a non-snake mercenary organization led by Sidewinder.

However, with the players' intervention, a classic Viper Gang with the attribute of shattered time and space is quietly being established in Dr. Lizard's hands.

Soon, some experimental subjects whose names were deliberately omitted and replaced only with "nicknames" were successfully deciphered by the "Super Brain Region Chain" of the Vortex Cyberstar Super Brain Co-organization.

Without exception, these experimental subjects, nicknamed Horned Rattlesnake, Viper, Giant Viper, Water Viper, King Cobra, Anaconda, Rattlesnake, Black Mamba, and Horned Viper, are the core members of the new Viper Gang assembled by Dr. Lizard. Clearly, they all come from the survivor camp below. Furthermore, they all possess multiple alternate versions, allowing them to adapt to the battle royale rules within the Fulong Temple Tower to the greatest extent possible.

Compared to the simplified database, the only missing record of the Viper Gang's experimental subject is the one nicknamed "Python Queen".

"My lord, could this python queen be the 'Hydra Lady'?" Captain Nine-Tailed asked.

“That’s possible.” Knowing that there were actually two people involved, Wu Chen thought for a moment and said, “It could also be ‘Death’s mistress,’ the ancient vampire queen Santanico Pandemoni.”

The reason Wu Chen didn't explain it in detail to Captain Nine-Tailed was because he felt the plot wasn't quite clear yet.

"So, there are actually three forces." Captain Nine-Tailed also thought of this: "The bioweapon expert nicknamed 'Angel of Death,' the genetic scientist nicknamed 'Dr. Lizard,' and the ancient vampire queen nicknamed 'Grim Reaper's Mistress.'"

“It seems so.” Wu Chen nodded with pleasure: “The plot involving the three forces is intertwined, and a slight misstep could lead to failure.”

"Where should we start?" Captain Nine-Tailed felt a bit hesitant.

"Let's leave it to the plot." Wu Chen's seasoned intuition, honed by years of experience, shone brightly once again.

"A curved blade." Captain Nine-Tailed immediately realized.