M.A.D

"I'm not that stupid. Who knows what abilities that thing has? The Doomsday suit is powerful, but it's most useful in all-out war, not one-on-one combat," James replied.

[I'm surprised you didn't try to show off how macho you are,] Paris quipped.

"Okay… enough. Let's examine this thing," James said, stepping out of the blazing furnace he had entered through the portal.

As James exited the furnace, he removed the suit and left it for Paris to handle.

If any alien parasite, bacteria, or virus had survived the flames, Paris could destroy the suit along with it.

Leaving the suit behind, James underwent several procedures to ensure he wasn't infected.

[Should I destroy the symbiote sample after scanning it?] Paris asked as James handed the test tube to a blue figure that appeared before him.

The figure was Paris—or at least, a physical manifestation of her.

"Definitely. Who knows if they can track it?" James replied, though he doubted it was possible, given they were in an entirely different dimension.

[Understood. Beginning genetic indexing,] Paris said, taking the test tube and starting the scan to map the symbiote's genetic structure.

A few minutes later, James sat on a lab stool, examining the floating helix structure before him.

It was the symbiote's genetic code, displayed alongside a detailed breakdown of its properties.

"So, its weaknesses to fire and sound are genetic," James noted.

[Apparently so.]

"Can you solve them?" James asked, knowing most of the work fell to Paris.

[As always, it's just a matter of time, but it shouldn't take long. Oh, and while you were away, I completed the MAD,] Paris informed him.

"That's great," James replied.

The MAD, short for Mutant Ability Detector, did more than identify mutants—it could predict their future abilities.

This was something normal technology shouldn't be capable of, but when you've entered the realm of the gods in terms of technological advancement, the line between magic and science blurs.

Paris had been achieving the impossible ever since her transfer here.

A prime example was her creation of a cosmic cube for James. While not entirely impossible, it was one of the most challenging feats in the universe.

But that wasn't all. With her knowledge of transcendental science and magic, she had expelled the cube's sentience and tamed it completely.

The blue body she now inhabited was a transformed cosmic cube, granting her near-limitless capabilities.

Calling Paris nigh-omniscient wasn't an exaggeration—she was extraordinarily powerful.

Initially, James had worried she might overcome her programming and turn against him, but that fear proved unfounded.

When he transferred her using reality warping, her programming evolved alongside her, becoming an intrinsic part of her being.

Altering or removing it would be tantamount to destroying her entirely. Though James still had reservations, he chose to trust her after multiple verifications.

Seeing her success with the cosmic cube, James had considered obtaining one for himself. A cosmic cube allowed its user to warp reality, albeit in an illusory way—everything would revert if the cube was destroyed.

But Paris had talked him out of it. James sought true power, and the cube had limitations. It couldn't manipulate time or reveal the full future, only fragments.

The MAD was designed to confirm whether Matthew was the mutant James suspected him to be.

By introducing a person's DNA to the device, it could determine if they were a mutant and predict their future abilities.

Identifying mutants was easy, but predicting their abilities required complex calculations and experiments. Yet, Paris had cracked it.

What else could James expect? On her first day here, Paris had devised solutions to nearly all of Earth's major problems.

Now, Smith Industries was implementing her instructions, tackling global challenges step by step.