The Frozen Captain was also a man of great loyalty and honor. Knowing that Vought was the most likely to help them rescue their companions, he agreed after proposing some conditions that wouldn't excessively restrict their freedom and methods.
In addition, Heat Wave, Golden Glider, the Thinker, and the Top, the remaining members of the Rogues successfully joined IPEAC.
The only one who didn't join was Atom, Ray Palmer.
This man also presided over a sizable technology company, and like Green Arrow, he had a net worth of tens of billions. He was riding high, so naturally, he was unwilling to lower himself.
However, he agreed to become a scientific advisor to Vought and IPEAC, allowing the two companies to achieve some cooperation at the technological level, and to help out when necessary. He also joined the Justice League at the invitation of Shimizu, Green Arrow, and Flash.
This was equivalent to a certain increase in the overall power and influence of the forces under Shimizu's command and the group he belonged to in this world, thus improving his luck.
"Mr. Vought?"
A young woman with a fair face, wearing a white coat, waved her hand in front of Shimizu, interrupting his contemplation of the memories of his DC world persona.
"Oh, sorry, Ms. Zhao, I was lost in thought."
Shimizu waved his hand and apologized.
"Lost in thought? I don't think there's anything here more attractive than the Regeneration Cradle. It may not be as good as Dr. Connors' Regeneration Serum in solving some genetic problems, but its applicability in other fields and its cost-effectiveness are unmatched by the Regeneration Serum."
Zhao Hailun tilted her head slightly, patting something next to her that looked like a large coffin.
This is the Regeneration Cradle, invented by this beautiful doctor, integrating top-level medical black technology of biological cloning technology and nanotechnology.
Most physical traumas can be repaired by the Regeneration Cradle, and it takes very little time.
Osborn cannot live without Shimizu now, and as long as Shimizu wants to, relying on the technology and abilities he has at hand, as well as his existing wealth, he can recreate a company of the same scale as Osborn in a year or two.
In order to keep Shimizu, and to keep their wealth, Osborn's shareholders persuaded Harry Osborn and passed a resolution on equity incentives.
As long as Shimizu can make Osborn create a certain amount of profit, the shareholders' meeting will proportionally dilute a certain amount of shares for rewards.
The reason they are so nervous is naturally because Shimizu has opened several companies outside of Osborn, and has taken out some of the technology he obtained in the DC world, and the performance is quite high.
So although he started late, relying on the innate identity advantage in the Marvel world, Shimizu's assets in this world are not much different from those in the DC world, and his personal wealth ranks in the top forty in the United States and the top one hundred in the world.
"I agree with what you said, but what were you thinking about just now?"
Zhao Hailun asked Shimizu again.
"I was wondering if I could use nanobots to build a molecular-level nanofabrication plant to do some interesting little experiments."
"That's not easy. The nanobots on my side that are used with the Regeneration Cradle have a diameter of over one hundred nanometers. They can perform extremely fine operations on human cells, which are an order of magnitude larger than them, but if you want to create a molecular-level nanofabrication plant, frankly, I can't imagine how to make such a nanobot."
Zhao Hailun shook her head slightly.
Shimizu's reaction seemed normal to her.
After a scientist sees the various technologies represented by a technology, they often wonder whether these technologies can play a role in other fields, especially in the field they are studying.
"What method do you use to manufacture your nanobots?"
Shimizu asked again.
"We use the same method that lithography machines use to etch chips, but with the current precision, the smallest nanobot we can make has to be at least several tens of nanometers."
Zhao Hailun replied.
The precision of the lithography machine does not represent the size of the nanobot.
For example, a knife can be used to carve things, but the size of the carved thing can never be the same as the thickness of the blade.
Even if the carving skills are superb, it must be at least one or two orders of magnitude larger to be barely processed.
—If it is really smaller than the thickness of the blade, then it is really hard to say who is carving whom.
Dozens of nanometers…
Shimizu breathed out slightly.
This is still two orders of magnitude away from the molecular level, which is nanometers.
Fortunately, the avatar in the DC world has already obtained the method from Wayne Enterprises.
This technology was conceived and researched by Bruce Wayne, and then perfected by Lucius leading the Wayne Enterprises' technology laboratory.
It sounds ridiculous.
They first manufacture nanobots, and then let the nanobots manufacture smaller synthetic units…
But upon closer inspection, it actually makes a lot of sense.
If it didn't make sense, Wayne Enterprises wouldn't be able to achieve it.
In fact, the nanotechnology that Wayne Enterprises initially used was more advanced than Zhao Hailun's, but the gap was not too big.
Until one upgrade.
In the laboratory, they upgraded traditional photolithography to electron beam lithography, which does not require a mask and directly engraves according to the designed program.
The electrons surrounding the atomic nucleus are much smaller than the atom, although they are very light, they are much easier to manipulate than light.
Light has no rest mass, but it has momentum when it moves—light itself is never stationary, but always travels at the speed of light.
The equivalent mass of light can be calculated using the intelligent equation of E = MC squared.
But photons are massless.
Compared to light, electron beams, which can participate in chemical reactions and are relatively obviously affected by forces, are more reliable in this case.
Although the cost and difficulty are still very high, the failure rate is also very high, and the output is extremely small, it still allowed Wayne Enterprises to manufacture nanobots smaller than ten nanometers.
And Bruce Wayne, on this basis, proposed a genius idea.
