Qin Xiao didn't understand why the System had given him such an identity.
Nor did he know why he'd been thrown here.
When he asked the System, it only told him to explore on his own.
But judging from his current identity and experience, the System wasn't doing useless work.
To better integrate into this role, Qin Xiao continuously reviewed the memories related to Isaiah.
After walking about a block, Qin Xiao arrived in front of an old house.
He hesitated for a moment before reaching out and pressing the doorbell.
"Who is it?"
A Black man with graying hair and beard walked out. Judging by his appearance, you'd never guess he was 88 years old.
He looked no older than sixty.
Just to clarify, Qin Xiao had arrived in the year 2008, before Tony Stark was kidnapped.
"Oh! Qin Xiao, my boy! Are you alright?"
Upon seeing Qin Xiao, Isaiah warmly opened the door and gave him a hug.
Qin Xiao hesitated for a moment but then placed his hands on Isaiah's back, returning the embrace.
"What's wrong? Child, what happened?"
Isaiah sensed a certain unfamiliarity in Qin Xiao and asked with a puzzled expression.
"Oh, nothing much. I just feel like you've been this way since I was a kid. Now I've graduated from university, and you haven't changed at all. It's a bit… touching!"
Qin Xiao replied cleverly.
"You know, my aging process is a bit slower than the average person's, and my body is a bit stronger than the average person's, so…"
Isaiah spread his hands, saying with some helplessness.
The Super Serum only brought him harm.
The thirty years of being experimented on and never seeing the light of day were tormenting him constantly.
"Come on in. Let's not talk about those unhappy things!"
Isaiah pulled Qin Xiao into the house.
In the plot arranged by the System, Qin Xiao saw Isaiah's Superman side when he was a child.
For a long time after Qin Xiao's parents passed away, he lived with Isaiah, and they had no secrets from each other.
Later, Isaiah was afraid that Hydra would come again, so for Qin Xiao's safety, he sent him to a social welfare home.
He only secretly gave Qin Xiao some financial support.
"Didn't you say you were going to find a job in Los Angeles? Why did you suddenly come all the way to the East Coast to find me?"
It was obvious that Isaiah was happy to see Qin Xiao, but he didn't approve of Qin Xiao suddenly coming to find him.
Because of safety concerns.
"I got an internship opportunity at Stark Industries, I thought I should tell you!"
Qin Xiao tried to make his expression look a little proud.
"Oh! God! Stark Industries, that's amazing! I knew you could do it! We have to go out and buy something. We're going to have a good drink tonight!"
Isaiah said happily, getting up.
Bang!
They were originally sitting facing each other. As soon as Qin Xiao finished speaking, Isaiah suddenly stood up and took two steps to the side.
At this moment, a gunshot rang out. A bullet pierced through the window and whistled past Isaiah's head, where he had been sitting.
Then, the bullet went straight through Qin Xiao's chest and abdomen.
Qin Xiao was completely unprepared. He only felt a numbness in his chest, and then blood slowly began to seep through the fibers of his clothes.
"Damn, that sucks!"
Qin Xiao muttered, and then he passed out, his head lolling to the side.
In the darkness, Qin Xiao felt as if all the cells and blood in his body were starting to boil.
Itchy, the kind of itch that went deep into the bone marrow, as if thousands upon thousands of ants were constantly crawling around inside his body.
Then came the pain, like his entire body had been crushed into meat paste by a giant hydraulic press.
And Qin Xiao's consciousness seemed to be trapped in endless darkness…
Feeling both the extreme pains of itching and hurting, but not even having a vessel to struggle with.
He didn't know how long it had been, but Qin Xiao slowly opened his eyes again.
The first thing Qin Xiao saw was Isaiah's face, his eyes red.
"You're finally awake, kid. Thank God. Damn it, I told you not to come back and see me."
Isaiah's face was filled with surprise, guilt, and self-blame.
"What happened? Did I get shot?"
Qin Xiao struggled to sit up.
It was a dim room, more like a basement.
On the bedside table was a machine checking his heart rate, and a tray.
On the tray were scalpels, tweezers, and some blood-stained gauze and cotton.
And a bullet with bloodstains on it.
"Looks like I'm alright!"
Qin Xiao used his hands, trying to sit up completely.
It was strange; his body didn't send the expected pain.
"Huh?"
Qin Xiao looked at his body, and the wound had actually healed and scabbed over.
There was no pain, but rather a slight itch at the wound.
This was a state where the wound was close to complete healing.
"I… how long have I been out?"
Qin Xiao asked in surprise.
"Less than three hours!"
Isaiah said, looking at his watch.
"Then this wound of mine?"
Qin Xiao pointed to his chest and asked.
"You lost too much blood. After I dealt with the assassin, there wasn't even time to send you to the hospital. I could only risk saving you myself. Luckily, I had some common medical equipment prepared."
"As for your wound, like I said, there wasn't time to go to the hospital. I remember your blood type is the same as mine. I knew it was very dangerous, but fortunately you made it. You successfully survived the Super Serum's transformation!"
Isaiah said with some guilt.
Qin Xiao was secretly delighted. Didn't that mean he had indirectly been injected with the Super Serum?
His heart was a little turbulent, and his strength was inevitably somewhat unbalanced, so he exerted a little force.
Qin Xiao discovered that the metal guardrail next to this simple hospital bed had actually been dented by him unintentionally.
"I... I've become a super soldier?"
Qin Xiao looked at his hands incredulously.
I wasn't prepared for anything. I got shot, and when I woke up, I was like Captain America?
"I'll go get you a glass of water!"
Compared to Qin Xiao's excitement, Isaiah just sighed and silently got up to pour water.
"System, System? What exactly is going on here? Don't tell me all of this has nothing to do with you!"
Qin Xiao called out to the System in his mind.
"Newbie Gift Pack. This world is so dangerous, this System has to give the Host a little something to survive, isn't it a surprise?"
"I… %&!"
Qin Xiao almost coughed up blood. A Super Soldier was certainly good, but couldn't you have said something beforehand?
Also, did you really have to do it this way?
Qin Xiao directly expressed his meaning, questioning the System.
"This is to allow the Host to perfectly integrate into this world, and also to better explain the origin of the ability. I hope the Host understands my good intentions and doesn't bite the hand that feeds you!"
"I'm f*cking… come out if you have the guts, let's see if I can hack you to death or not!!!"