Chapter 196: 'Equality for All' Spider Monarch! The Trolley Problem!
Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud—!
Two fists are no match for four hands, let alone what Morlun was facing now. It wasn't just four hands; besides the two arms he and Ryan were using to restrain each other, Ryan had six more arms continuously pummeling him!
Although the arms split from the Symbiote were inevitably not as strong as Ryan's original arms, there were enough of them, and their attack speed was fast enough!
So, Morlun soon felt like he couldn't hold on anymore!
His body, which had recovered to its peak, was almost unable to withstand Ryan's Symbiote fists!
His skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs all began to crack under the barrage of punches!
Morlun was like a 'pissing beef ball,' being beaten into a pulp by Ryan!
Most tragically, with both hands tightly held by Ryan, Morlun could neither resist nor escape. He could only lie on the ground and let Ryan ravage him...
But fortunately, there's always a way out!
Just as Morlun's body was about to collapse under the assault of Ryan's six Symbiote arms, a blinding light shone from a distance in the tunnel they had crashed into!
Accompanied by the piercing 'woo-woo' sound of a whistle!
While Ryan let his Symbiote fists continue to hammer Morlun beneath him, he turned his head to look at the light behind him. It was nothing else but a New York subway train approaching!
Just as Morlun pleasantly thought his savior had arrived and Ryan would stop his fists, giving him a chance to dodge...
Ryan used his six Symbiote arms to grab him by the neck, arms, legs, and waist, lifting him up!
Ryan did stop his punching, but he had no intention of letting Morlun go. Instead, he held Morlun up, facing him directly toward the speeding subway train!
Morlun's face instantly filled with terror. Wait, does this guy intend to...
That's right. Ryan had no intention of dodging; he was prepared to face the oncoming dangerous train head-on!
Of course, this danger was only for Morlun, whose body was on the verge of collapse!
Bang—!
The moment the front of the train collided with Morlun's head, the hard metal of the train was pierced by Morlun's even harder face. Ryan followed behind Morlun, who was 'clearing the way,' as they both 'entered' the carriage!
"Sorry, coming through."
The moment he entered the front of the train, Ryan even greeted the terrified driver.
Then, he and Morlun crashed through toward the rear carriages.
After all, relative to the train, Ryan and Morlun were moving. So, upon entering the train, they didn't stop immediately but flew toward the rear carriages due to inertia!
As everyone knows, in America's subways, besides normal people, there are many 'eccentrics'!
For example, right now, even though there were many empty seats, two men dressed in West Coast style chose not to sit properly but were instead having a dance-off in the aisle.
Usually, these thugs who love 'street art' like to treat public facilities as their own home.
Even if some people were disgusted by their behavior, they followed the principle of 'less trouble is better' and wouldn't bother with these uncivilized, Hairless apes.
But today was different. Today was New York's Judgment Day!
Therefore, divine punishment had arrived!
Clang, clang—!
Following a series of crashing sounds from the front of the train, two tall figures suddenly flew in. In an instant, they smashed the two men dancing in the aisle into mincemeat, splattering the passengers in the carriage!
Because he hit an obstacle and had filthy blood splattered on him, the flying Ryan finally chose to step on the brakes and stop!
What? You're asking where the brakes came from?
Didn't Ryan have a ready-made 'brake lever' in his hands?
He just had to press Morlun, who was in front of him, onto the floor, and he could use his face as a brake!
The passengers in the subway carriage, seeing that the ones who crashed in were Spider-Man and a 'handbrake,' showed various expressions...
Some were numb: "Oh, it's just Spider-Man fighting a supervillain again. Never mind then..."
Some were excited: "Wow, I was saved by Spider-Man! Should I go up and ask for a photo to post on Facebook?"
Some were terrified: "Damn, why do I have to encounter this crap like superheroes fighting? Please don't let me get caught in the crossfire!"
And... some were angry?
A fat woman stood up indignantly and, without a word, pointed at Ryan's nose and cursed:
"Motherfucker! Look at what you've done! You just killed two children! They were so young, they had hearts of gold and often brought joy to people, and you just cruelly took their lives!"
?
At this point, let alone Ryan himself, even the passengers who had just been splattered with blood were full of questions.
"Often brought joy to people?"
"You don't fucking mean them dancing in the carriage, do you?"
"If so, then we can only say: Fuck you, they deserved to die!"
Ryan also looked at the fat woman, feeling somewhat incredulous...
Has this fat woman eaten too much fried chicken? Is her brain filled with low-quality grease?
Who gave her the courage to accuse him?
Doesn't she know who I am?
Doesn't she know that I have always strictly followed the principles of 'respecting the old and loving the young' and 'equality for all'?
But since you are neither old nor young, I can only apply the 'equality for all' principle to you...
If a Spider-Man from the Spider-Alliance upset him, he'd get a slap. If Morlun from Inheritor Family upset him, he'd also get a slap.
And under 'equality for all,' this fat woman... Heh!
Ryan grabbed the leg of the briefly unconscious Morlun and slowly stood up from a crouching position. His two-meter height almost touched the ceiling. He looked down at the fat woman, who was still cursing him in a rap-like manner:
"I was so focused on clearing the 'trash' in my way that I forgot to slap you. My apologies..."
Only then did the fat woman realize something was wrong. This Spider-Man didn't seem to be the same skinny kid in the red and blue spandex she had met before!
The reason she dared to point at Ryan's nose and curse like that was because she had cursed away a Spider-Man before...
But she clearly forgot that there is more than one Spider-Man in this city.
Last time, she was lucky enough to encounter Peter, the best-tempered one in the Spider Family...
But this time, she wasn't so lucky. She encountered Ryan, the one with the worst temper and the fewest bottom lines!
Before the fat woman could say she had the wrong person, Ryan's slap arrived before her apology!
Slap—!
Crash—!
Although it was also a slap, the fat woman, being an ordinary person, didn't just have her head ringing for a while like Morlun. Instead, her entire head exploded under the blow, and her obese body smashed through the train carriage and flew out, leaving a mixture of fat, blood, and flesh smeared on the tunnel wall!
Ryan felt no guilt for the dead fat woman, only pity for the workers who would be responsible for cleaning up that mess of flesh and fat.
He only hoped the cleaner would bring plenty of sodium hydroxide...
But soon, Ryan realized he didn't need to worry about that anymore...
Because at that moment, the conductor came running from the front with a look of desperation, gripping a seat and shouting at Ryan:
"Spider-Man, we need your help!"
"Because of your impact just now, the subway's control console has been completely destroyed. The train is out of control and speeding forward. If it leaves the underground tracks at this speed, it will likely fly out of the tunnel and crash!"
Hearing this, Ryan looked toward the front. His Spider-Sense indeed gave him a warning.
He scanned the carriage. Except for the two street dancers and the fat woman who had just died, everyone else was a relatively normal human. He frowned:
"What a pain!"
It seemed that, sharing a name with the Original Spider-Man, he would have to perform the classic subway-stopping scene of the Original Spider-Man today!
Chapter 197 Monarch: Inner Voices are Voices Too!
Ryan usually didn't bother meddling in others' business, feeling that instead of spending all day saving insignificant people who would die sooner or later anyway, it was better to respect their respective fates.
Yet, he was never truly a villain either.
He was decisive in his killing, but he didn't kill indiscriminately.
If this tram were crashing for some other reason, or if it were filled with people he disliked like those in Harlem, he might have just ignored the disaster.
But as it happened, this tram crossed the entirety of New York City and was carrying all sorts of ordinary working-class people.
Furthermore, these people were facing this crisis because of him.
So... it seemed he would have to act as a true Superhero Spider-Man this time!
However... before that...
He had to deal with the main source of trouble first!
Ryan held Morlun by the ankle, dangling him upside down like a piglet; looking at the 'unconscious' Morlun, a cold arc curled at the corner of his mouth:
"Has no one told you that playing dead in front of someone with Spider Abilities is an incredibly stupid thing to do?"
"Your heartbeat is bothering me, you mongrel bat!"
Hearing this, the dangling Morlun immediately widened his eyes in terror, looking at the demonic Ryan, unable to speak: "You... how did you..."
In fact, Morlun had already woken up when the Conductor ran over earlier, and he had heard the Conductor's plea for help to Ryan.
Because of this, the hope for survival ignited in his heart once more!
Morlun had eaten many Spider-Men in the past, including some who were powerful enough to stand against him!
But without exception, they all ended up in his stomach. Why was that?
It was because he had found a universal 'weakness' among Spider-Men, and that was... a kind heart!
Whenever he encountered a difficult Spider-Man, he would choose to use civilians as leverage or create various troubles for them, then take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack and finish them off!
Before meeting Ryan, this trick had never failed him!
But after meeting Ryan, he was initially shocked by Ryan's fighting style, which showed absolutely no regard for the lives of civilians!
It had even made Morlun doubt if he had finally encountered a different, inhumane, and brutal version of Spider-Man!
But just now, when the Conductor pleaded with Ryan for help, Ryan didn't choose to stand by. He clearly intended to step in and save the tram, which led Morlun to believe that Ryan still suffered from the common 'kindness' ailment of Spider-Men.
This made him think he could rely on this 'weakness' to escape from Ryan's hands or even kill him in return!
But now...
Puchi—
Morlun watched as Ryan, holding one of his legs with one hand, plunged his other hand directly into Morlun's heart without a moment's hesitation. He wanted to say something, but only bloody foam kept surging from his mouth, staining his upside-down vision a blood-red...
This Spider-Man... wasn't like a Spider-Man at all...
With a squelch, Ryan pulled his hand out of Morlun's chest. Between his five fingers, he was now clutching a beating, dark-red heart.
Ryan wouldn't make the same incredibly stupid mistake as other Spider-Men, repeatedly letting villains escape just to save people!
He could save the tram, but Morlun had to die first!
Bang—
As Ryan's fingers suddenly clenched, Morlun's heart in his hand was instantly crushed!
As the heart burst, the Morlun Ryan was holding gradually lost all signs of life, becoming a total corpse!
But Ryan didn't feel it was safe enough yet, so several sharp Symbiote tentacles extended from his back and plunged into Morlun's body, directly draining the corpse until it was as dry as it could possibly be.
When Ryan let go, Morlun's mummified corpse fell to the ground and shattered into a floor full of Ice Pops!
If it were an ordinary supervillain, being shattered into such a state would surely mean there was no hope of coming back to life...
But Morlun was one of those unusual supervillains in the Multiverse!
In the void where no one could see, Morlun, floating in the tram in soul form, stared fixedly at Ryan's back, cursing with a soulful voice that ordinary people couldn't hear:
'Damn guy, I will definitely come back. After I devour every Spider-Man except you, I'm going to rip your head off and use it as a toilet!!!'
Tap—
Just as Morlun's inner soul-voice fell, Ryan, who was walking toward the front of the car, suddenly stopped. His heavy footsteps landed on the metal floor, echoing with a long sound that made Morlun's heart race!
Ryan suddenly turned his head to look at the empty space behind him where others could see nothing, his tone so cold it seemed to freeze time: "I believe I said earlier that you were being too loud and bothering me, didn't I? Inner voices are voices too!"
Morlun never thought that one day he would be able to feel goosebumps all over his body in soul form!
But today, he felt that strange sensation because of Ryan!
Fine, if you can hear a heartbeat, let's just say you have good hearing!
But inner voices are voices too? What the hell is that!
Are you some kind of Conceptual God?!
Now, Morlun didn't just fear Ryan's physically cruel methods; even his soul was trembling in fear of Ryan!
At this moment, he no longer wanted revenge or anything of the sort. He only wanted to quickly open a Spatial Rift and have his soul escape this Universe, never to return!
But in the next moment, something even more despairing happened!
In the past, after their Clones died, their souls only needed a single thought to open a Soul Passage and return to Inheritor Family's secret Base in Universe One.
But now, Morlun found that his soul was completely unable to leave, as if... the space here had been locked!
And there was only one person who could have caused this!
That was...
Morlun's soul snapped his gaze toward Ryan, only to see Ryan playing with a Blue Cube in his hand!
It was that Blue Cube that had locked the surrounding space, preventing his soul from traveling through space back to Universe One!
That was... the Space Stone!
Since he couldn't travel back to another Universe, Morlun wanted to just leave this place first. Regardless, he didn't want to stay with this terrifying guy for another second!
But Morlun immediately discovered that his soul was like it had fallen into a swamp; even moving was incredibly difficult, let alone escaping!
Looking down, Morlun realized that his soul body was being entwined by a brilliant green energy that shone like Nebula!
Damn it! This guy has the Time Stone too!
Morlun was terrified by this, but he still comforted himself. It didn't matter; even if he had these two Infinity Stones, the Space Stone and Time Stone could only trap him. He still couldn't touch a soul body like his!
Until...
Ryan's hand, glowing with a golden light, once again grabbed him by the neck as if he were a physical entity!
Kid, let me introduce you to the Mind Stone!
The Mind Stone makes everything visible and everything traceable, including your soul!
This time, Ryan didn't give Morlun's soul another chance to speak. His hands, covered in the power of the Mind Stone, continuously kneaded Morlun's soul until he had forcibly shaped it into a Golden Pill only the size of a thumb!
Morlun had truly been beaten into a 'Beef Ball' by Ryan on a soulful level~
Through the Golden Pill, Ryan seemed to see Morlun's soul struggling to escape, as well as... a large number of Spider-Men souls pulling on Morlun's legs to keep him from fleeing!
Those were all the Spider-Men who had once been devoured by Morlun!
Chapter 198: Morlun's Death, The Great Spider Era!
They were seeking revenge against Morlun's soul!
"Consider this my payment for avenging you..."
Ryan whispered to the souls of the Spider-Men who were tearing at Morlun's soul within the orb. With a flick of his finger, he tossed the golden orb into his mouth like a jellybean.
Gulp—
A golden pill swallowed into the belly, my fate is mine to command, not the gods'!
As the golden orb containing Morlun and the souls of numerous Spider-Men went down, a surge of power more violent than any previous upgrade erupted from Ryan's body!
And this wasn't the indirect strengthening that came from Symbiote consumption; Ryan himself was becoming stronger!
It was the same sensation of growth he felt when he defeated other Spider-Men and gained their power!
Only this time, it was more than ever before, and far stronger!
Unlike Morlun, who only gained physical power boosts after devouring those Spider-Men, when Ryan acquired the abilities of other Spider-Men, he gained their entire repertoire!
Physical fitness was just the foundation; Spider-Sense, Silk abilities, and other special powers were the main highlights!
Since Morlun woke up, he had devoured the souls of at least dozens of different Spider-Men, and now all those devoured Spider-Men had become a dowry for Ryan!
Once the surge of power settled down, Ryan clenched his fist to test it, finding that his various attributes had increased by at least double.
And that was double on top of the power Ryan already had after the Symbiote devoured those powerful lifeforms and granted him numerous abilities!
This single consumption was already comparable to the efforts Ryan had put in over the past two years!
As expected, taking it one step at a time was too slow; directly devouring Inheritor Family was the best path to increasing his strength!
After annihilating Morlun in both the physical and soulful sense, Ryan retracted the Tesseract into his body. The golden light in his eyes dimmed, and he dissipated the green time energy that was freezing the entire tram.
This allowed the frozen tram to return to its high-speed crisis state...
There was no other way; if he hadn't frozen time for the entire tram just now, it would have likely derailed by this point...
As for why he didn't use the Time Stone to directly return the tram to its state before it was damaged?
Naturally, it was because Ryan didn't want to be toyed with by time...
Pausing time in a localized area was fine, but if you reversed time, god knows what kind of severe chain reactions it might cause...
For instance, if he really reverted the tram to its pre-damaged state, was it possible that the Morlun he had already dealt with would reappear?
Or even worse, would a more powerful version of Morlun from another Multiverse appear on this timeline in this Multiverse due to temporal entanglement?
Though it was just a hypothesis, it certainly wasn't a zero-probability event...
Besides... a mere tram was no trouble at all for Ryan himself; it was just a small nuisance he could handle easily!
As the tram's time freeze lifted, the conductor shouted anxiously at Ryan again, "Spider-Man, the subway tram is going to fly out of the tunnel in ten seconds! There's a sharp curve right outside the tunnel, we're out of time!"
Hearing this, Ryan slowly brushed Morlun's ashes off his palms and said calmly to the conductor, "Ten seconds? With that much time, what exactly are you worried about?"
The conductor's mouth twitched. "Spider-Man, in the time it took you to say that, there are only five seconds left..."
"That's enough," Ryan dropped the line indifferently, then looked toward the front of the car as purple lightning began to dance across his body.
Time seemed to slow down infinitely at this moment, coming nearly to a standstill!
Even Ryan looked with some surprise at the scene being extremely slowed down around him, because when he used the Lightning Symbiote ability before, it had never reached such an exaggerated level!
It seemed that among the Spider-Men Morlun had devoured, there happened to be one related to lightning speed, which indirectly enhanced the lightning abilities he already possessed!
Zzt—
With the sound of a current, Ryan turned into a bolt of purple lightning. In less than a blink of an eye, he traversed the entire tram and appeared outside the tunnel, directly in front of the oncoming tram!
Watching the tram racing toward him at maximum speed as it exited the tunnel, Ryan didn't choose to use Silk to pull the whole train like the Original Spider-Man did at the front. Instead, he simply stepped to the side and reached out an open-palmed hand toward the charging tram!
He intended to stop this runaway tram with his bare hands!
Ryan's bold move instantly stunned the passengers who were sticking their heads out of the aisle and looking at Ryan through the gap in the front of the car!
Crazy, he's crazy! This Spider-Man actually plans to stop the entire tram with one hand!
How could a human possibly do that!
He's Spider-Man, not Superman!
God, we're dead for sure this time...
This was the first thought that popped into everyone's mind when they saw Ryan's daring action!
But they couldn't change Ryan's mind, because in the next second, the tram exiting the tunnel had already slammed into Ryan at the tunnel exit!
Thump—!!!
Creeeeaaak—
After a heavy impact, something no passenger expected happened!
The tram slammed into Ryan, but instead of crushing his flesh-and-blood body into a meat patty, the front of the tram hit Ryan's hand and was compressed into a flat iron disk amidst a tooth-aching sound of grinding metal!
Luckily, the conductor at the front had just run to the back car to ask Ryan for help; otherwise, he would have been the'strawberry jam' filling in that iron disk by now...
The tram was stopped, but...
Although Ryan possessed powerful strength comparable to Superman, he didn't have Superman's unreasonable Bio-electric Field. So, after Ryan cosplayed as a utility pole to forcibly halt the tram, the string of cars behind it began to fly into the air one by one due to the reaction force!
It was like a giant metal snake soaring into the air!
Ryan didn't panic at all, nor did he even intend to catch the many airborne cars. He just stood quietly in place, watching the terrified passengers in the cars above.
The reason he was so calm and unmoved was naturally not because he decided to stop halfway through the rescue, but because his 'family' had arrived!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Amidst the sounds of breaking air, countless strands of Silk suddenly shot from all directions, wrapping around the airborne tram cars!
At some point, the surrounding rooftops had become crowded with all sorts of Spider-Men. Together, they fired their silk to catch the tram suspended in mid-air, creating an epic and spectacular scene of a web stopping a train!
Ryan gave a light leap and landed alone on the tram, which was fixed in mid-air by the web of countless silks, surveying all the Spider-Men to his left and right.
To his left were the members of the Spider Family from his own Universe.
To his right were the members of the Spider-Alliance from the Multiverse.
And Ryan, situated in the center of the two factions, was the common leader of both!
This was the Great Spider Era that belonged solely to Ryan Parker!
Chapter 199: The Unreliable Failed-Men...
Clap clap clap!
"Spider-Man! It's the best Spider Family from our New York, we're saved!"
At that moment, inside the cable car suspended in mid-air by spider webs, a fat man shaped almost like a cube watched the many Spider-Men around him. He suddenly burst into applause and shouted excitedly.
Infected by his enthusiasm, the other passengers, who had been stunned by the sheer number of Spider-Men, couldn't help but cheer and applaud for the Spider-Men as well!
But as soon as they started clapping, things went south!
Snap——————
A strand of Silk couldn't withstand the 'enthusiasm' of the cable car passengers and suddenly snapped!
All the Spider-Men on the surrounding rooftops simultaneously glared at the fat man who had first shouted, their teeth nearly grinding to dust!
This damn fat guy, why the hell was he screaming for no reason!
The fat man also realized he had caused trouble and quickly covered his mouth, backing away.
But it was clearly too late for him to cover it now.
The first broken strand of Silk acted like a fuse, breaking the balance of the entire web, causing strands to snap one after another!
The other Spider-Men immediately tried to shoot more Silk to catch the falling cable car, but the perfect cooperation between the two Spider Factions earlier had clearly been a fluke.
In their current panicked state, the cooperation between the two Spider Factions didn't make their numbers an advantage; instead, it became a disadvantage!
The Silk from the Spider-Alliance Spider-Men and the Silk from the Spider Family Spider-Men got tangled together in mid-air, resulting in neither side catching the falling cable car!
Standing on the cable car, Ryan's eye corner twitched violently after he tilted his head to dodge several strands of Silk that almost hit him in the face!
And to think he had just felt that this scene of the Spider-Men assembling was very cool!
This damn coolness didn't even last three seconds!
Damn it, the Spider Family might as well just be destroyed already!
Looking at the two Spider Factions whose Silk was still fighting in the sky, Ryan didn't count on them to save the day anymore; he would have to wrap this up himself!
Ryan kicked off the roof and leaped up, grabbing the many tangled strands of Silk with one hand while shooting down an impossibly large, fan-shaped spider web with the other, directly wrapping up the entire falling cable car!
Then, just like Captain America pulling the helicopter in Captain America 2, Ryan held the Silk in one hand and the cable car in the other, forcibly halting the falling car!
Although the members of the Spider Family and the Spider-Alliance had nearly zero chemistry just now, fortunately, as Spider-Men, their reactions were fast enough!
As soon as they saw Ryan grab all their Silk, they knew what he was planning to do.
Therefore, all the Spider-Men quickly steeled their stances, becoming support points for Ryan's hard pull, contributing their part to Ryan's effort to pull the cable car!
However, even though they knew Ryan was strong and definitely had the power to pull up a mere cable car, they were still incredibly amazed to see that a single spider web could wrap the entire car without any signs of snapping.
One must realize that the combined Silk of so many Spider-Men couldn't hold the cable car just now, yet Ryan's Silk alone did it!
Just how ridiculous was the strength of Ryan's Silk!
And this... was thanks to Ryan's trait of Organic Spider Silk.
Because his Silk was organic, its strength would increase as he himself grew stronger.
Especially after devouring Morlun—Morlun had likely eaten several Spider-Men with Organic Spider Silk before—this boosted the strength of Ryan's Silk by another level!
To be honest, even Ryan himself didn't know how high the strength of his Silk was now!
Ryan estimated it was no longer inferior to those divine artifacts!
This was a level of Silk strength that these surrounding Spider-Men, who relied on Technological Spider Silk, could never reach!
Of course, Ryan's overall strength was also a height they could never attain~
Thud——————
As Ryan slowly placed the cable car wrapped in Silk onto the ground, producing a dull thud, the Spider-Men acting as support points on the rooftop finally snapped out of it.
The fat man in the cable car who had almost caused the accident stepped out again. Looking up at Ryan in the sky, he began to applaud once more and let out an even more excited cheer:
"Spider Monarch! I knew you were the best Spider-Man in the Spider Family! I love you, Spider Monarch!!!"
The other passengers, now certain they were truly safe, also followed the fat man's lead and cheered gratefully at Ryan, who was hanging in the sky holding the many strands of Silk.
"This damn fat guy is quite something..."
Ryan glanced at the fat man, who could easily sway the emotions of others. Amidst the cheers of all the rescued passengers below, he used the elasticity of the Silk to leap onto a rooftop in front of the two Spider Factions.
Ryan looked at the Spider-Men on both sides, all of whom had their heads bowed, and said coldly, "Everyone, get back to Parker Tower for a meeting!"
After speaking, a blue spatial portal appeared in front of Ryan, and he walked in without looking back.
The Spider-Men of the Spider Family and the Spider-Alliance looked at each other across the rooftop. Even through their masks, they could feel each other's fear of Ryan.
A look was all it took to confirm—they were all people who had been slapped by the 'Big Spider'!
One by one, the Spider-Men hung their heads and entered the spatial portal as if accepting their fate.
Parker Tower, Spider Conference Room.
On the left sat the members of the Spider Family.
On the right sat the newly joined members of the Spider-Alliance.
At the head of the table sat Ryan, of course. The person in this seat could only ever be Ryan!
At this moment, Ryan had retracted his head mask, revealing his true face.
Not just Ryan; seeing their leader take off his mask, the other Spider-Men naturally didn't dare to put on airs in front of Ryan. After entering the conference room, they all consciously took off their own masks as well.
As the Spider Family and the Spider-Alliance looked at the members opposite them, both sides felt a bit of disbelief.
And as everyone knows, not a single Spider-Man is a man of few words, and they all love to quip and complain, so...
Electro-Spider Max was the first to start: "Why is there a pig among you? Does it even count as a Spider-Man?"
Seeing someone bring up his race again, Spider-Ham Peter Porker pointed at Max and said without yielding, "You have the nerve to talk about me? Aren't you that lightning-throwing villain Electro? What kind of pig-hair Spider-Man are you!"
Hearing Porker's words, Black Spider Harry immediately felt dissatisfied, as he wasn't a Spider-Man in the traditional sense either: "Who says you only count as a Spider-Man if you have Spider Abilities? At least we are humans, reliable adults. What kind of weird combo are you guys? A pig-man, a little girl, and a pregnant woman?"
Now Peni Parker and Spider-Woman Jessica, who were just watching the show, were also dissatisfied. They stood up from the table: "What do you mean, you black-and-ugly freak? Are you discriminating against children and pregnant women?"
Harry looked confused: "When did I ever say I was discriminating against children and pregnant women?"
Unknown Voice: "Fight~"
Peni Parker stepped onto the table: "Ha? Isn't that exactly what you meant just now? Otherwise, why did you single us out while ignoring everyone else?"
Unknown Voice: "Fight~"
Spider Family: "So you mean you want to fight?!"
Spider-Alliance: "If you want a fight, you'll get one. As if we'd be scared of you!"
...
Sitting at the head of the table, listening to the Spider-Men on both sides chirping and arguing, the veins on Ryan's forehead were practically 'dancing'!
And...
Ryan's hand suddenly reached under the conference table, grabbed Deadpool who was hiding there, and slammed him onto the table, saying through gritted teeth:
"And you, you jerk. If you dare to stir the pot again, believe it or not, I'll sew your trashy mouth shut so that you'll have to eat through your asshole from now on!"
Seeing he had been discovered, Deadpool didn't mind being slammed onto the table. Instead, he reclined on the table like a beauty and said with a grin:
"Heh heh, I'm sorry Boss. I just wanted to see how spectacular a fight between two Spider Families would be. Especially this Spider-Woman—I want to know if her fighting counts as a group brawl~"
Chapter 200: Deadpool, the One Who Unites the Infighting Spider-Men~
The Spider-Men:?
Spider-Alliance: Hit him?
Spider Family: Hit him!
The Spider-Alliance and the Spider Family looked at Deadpool's obnoxious expression on the conference table. After exchanging glances, they stood up from their seats one after another, clenching their fists and looking at the reclining Deadpool with ill intent.
Deadpool looked at the surrounding Spider-Men and bashfully hugged his chest. "Is there going to be a gang bang too?"
As soon as these words came out, how could the highly moral Spider-Men hold back?
One by one, they pounced on Deadpool, launching a brutal and inhumane multi-person ravaging of him!
Take my Peter Flying Kick! Take my Porker Trotter! Take my Shadow Elbow Strike! Take my Peni Butt Stomp! Take my Max Electric Shock...
Ten minutes later, after every Spider-Man had landed a kick on Deadpool, the bruised and swollen Deadpool was finally tossed off the conference table by the collective effort of all the Spider-Men.
At this moment, having jointly beaten up Deadpool, the anger in the Spider-Men's hearts from their previous argument had mostly dissipated.
Max, who had been the first to start the conflict earlier, took the initiative to apologize to Spider-Ham Porker:
"Buddy, sorry. Actually, I didn't mean to discriminate against your appearance just now. After all, my appearance wasn't great before either, and I've received plenty of cold shoulders..."
"It was Ryan who led me out of the gloom, giving me confidence and everything I have now. I just thought you were very unique!"
Hearing this, Porker also extended a trotter to Max, accepting his reconciliation:
"I'm also sorry for saying you were a villain earlier. It's exactly as you guys said—a Spider-Man doesn't necessarily need Spider Abilities to be a Spider-Man!"
"People like you, who carry out the responsibilities of a Spider-Man without having Spider Abilities, are the most respectable Spider-Men!"
Seeing Max apologize, Harry also looked at Peni Parker and Spider-Woman Jessica, apologizing:
"I'm very sorry, ladies. I shouldn't have called you a weird duo just now. Responsibility knows no size, and Spider-Men should be the same!"
Peni Parker was naturally cheerful, and hearing Harry say this, she said happily:
"Actually, I lied just now too! Big brother's Venom suit isn't ugly at all; it's super cool!"
At that moment, Venom poked a head out from Harry's body and gave Peni Parker a ferocious grin:
"Hehe, you kid have quite the eye. If I get the chance, I'll pop out a spawn for you to play with!"
Peni Parker imagined being wrapped by a slimy Symbiote and immediately shook her head frantically at Venom. "No, no, my dad told me to stay away from tentacle monsters!"
Harry, Venom:?
Kid, there's something wrong with you!
Seeing that Deadpool's antics had surprisingly caused the rift between the two Spider Factions to vanish, Ryan's headache finally eased a bit.
It seemed that if you wanted to quickly unite two teams full of trash-talkers, you had to create an even more toxic trash-talking 'BOSS'...
And Deadpool was clearly that 'BOSS' who could incite public outrage among all the Spider-Men...
Knock, knock, knock—
At the sound of Ryan tapping his finger on the table, the Spider Family and Spider-Alliance, now in a harmonious atmosphere, immediately fell silent and turned their gazes toward Ryan at the head of the table.
Ryan looked at the group of Spider-Men and said calmly, "Now we will begin summarizing this Inheritor Family incident. First..."
"Morlun of Inheritor Family was completely annihilated by me, along with his soul, before I returned."
Hearing this, the Spider Family, who still didn't know what Inheritor Family was, didn't have much of a reaction.
After all, in their eyes, there was simply no enemy in this World that Ryan couldn't handle.
Every time Ryan took action, the villain was destined for disaster!
Forget a mere Morlun; their Spider Boss could even kill a Demon King for you to see!
But it was different for the Spider-Alliance, who knew the strength of Inheritor Family very well.
Especially Morlun, the leader of Inheritor Family; they had personally experienced his terrifying power!
And now, this strongest Inheritor had actually died at Ryan's hands, with even his soul annihilated. That was just too ruthless!
For a moment, the members of the Spider-Alliance looked at Ryan with even more awe.
Spider-Man 2099 Miguel felt even more that handing over the leadership of the Spider-Alliance to Ryan was an incredibly correct choice!
While the Spider-Alliance members were still shocked by Morlun being easily dealt with, the conference room door opened again.
One in red and one in yellow, a woman and a man, strode into the conference room.
Witch Wanda waved her hand, and with a 'bang,' a person wrapped in Chaos Magic was thrown onto the conference table, following Deadpool's lead.
Everyone looked closely; wasn't this wounded, dying figure on the table Karn, the second Inheritor who had come with Morlun earlier?
Of the three Inheritors who came this time, two had been dealt with just like that?
After entering, Wanda didn't look at the numerous Spider-Men. Instead, she gave Ryan a slight smile, pointed at Karn, and said in an inexplicable tone:
"Ryan, this Inheritor who played dirty tricks on Logan and me earlier has also been defeated by us. However, I read some things in his memory that I think you'll be interested in, so I've spared his life for now..."
Ryan looked at Karn, who was placed on the long table like a roasted whole lamb, and his gaze couldn't help but turn a bit strange.
The tables have really turned; this year, it's Inheritor Family's turn!
In the past, it was always Inheritor Family putting Spider-Men on a platter, but this time, an Inheritor was the one placed on the Spider-Men's long table...
However, the Spider-Men weren't as bloodthirsty as those little bats from Inheritor Family, so no one actually wanted to exact an eye-for-an-eye revenge by gnawing on Karn on the table...
But since Karn was already on the table, it would seem a bit strange if they didn't do something...
So...
Ryan looked at Karn, the golden light on his hand shining brightly again, and said calmly, "Then let's see what exactly makes you different from the other Inheritors."
Saying this, Ryan placed his hand, covered in the power of the Mind Stone, onto Karn's hood.
The next moment, a dreamlike image appeared above Karn's head, before the eyes of all the Spider-Men.
That was... Karn's past!
As they reviewed Karn's past memories, the Spider-Men present also came to understand what made this Inheritor different.
If Ryan was an outlier among all Spider-Men because he was sometimes so brutal he didn't seem like one...
...then Karn was an outlier among all Inheritors because he was so kind he didn't seem like one!
Chapter 201: Master Weaver? The Web of Destiny Replacing the Web Event?
Unlike the other Inheritors who had devoured countless Spider-Men, Karn could be said to have never actively hunted a Spider-Man.
Even after waking up this time, he hadn't devoured a single Spider-Man.
That was why when Ryan first saw him among the trio of Inheritors, Karn felt as weak as a malnourished person.
The only reason Karn was able to defeat Witch Wanda and Wolverine Logan in the last battle was entirely because his foundation was good enough!
Among Inheritor Family, his talent was even greater than his eldest brother, Morlun!
If Karn could ruthlessly devour a large number of Spider-Men like Morlun, he might have already surpassed Morlun and reached the heights of his father, Solus!
That is, the legendary strongest Inheritor!
The ruthless man who, in the comics, defeated and devoured Captain Universe Spider-Man and dismantled Six-Armed Spider-Man's Leopardon!
But...
Ryan looked at Karn with a glint in his eyes. He seemed to remember that this Karn was the Master Weaver, the Spider God who guarded the Web of Destiny for all Spider-Men in the comics, right?
He remembered that in the comics, the reason Inheritor Family was able to capture the Master Weaver was because the Master Weaver knew the future and deliberately designed for his mother to be killed in front of Karn. Then, during his years of exile, Karn would devour countless Spider-Men's souls, possessing endless spider totems within him, eventually becoming the best candidate to guard the Web of Destiny...
But in this Universe, in Karn's memory, the plot was clearly different from the comics. Before Karn could be exiled, their Inheritor race was treated like super minions and farmed by Kang the Conqueror when he first took office...
This led to the strongest Inheritor, Solus, being sealed, and the entire Inheritor Family having to go into hibernation to hide from Kang...
It wasn't until his last trip through the Multiverse that these Inheritors were awakened...
And although this Multiverse's Karn didn't devour countless Spider-Men's souls over endless years for atonement...
In this Karn's memory, the Master Weaver had similarly been captured by Inheritor Family before their collective hibernation and then hidden away...
The Spider-Alliance founded by Spider-Man 2099 was created because this Multiverse no longer had the Master Weaver to guard the spider totem's Web of Destiny. To prevent the destinies of all Spider-Men in the Multiverse from twisting and causing disasters, an artificial 'web of life and destiny' was created.
To put it bluntly, the 'web of life and destiny' was a pathetic version of the 'Web of Destiny' that served as a replacement.
With the Master Weaver guarding the Web of Destiny, even if a Spider-Man from a certain Universe was lucky enough to break their fixed fate—such as saving Uncle Ben or Gwen—the Master Weaver could rely on his own power to patch the broken hole in the Web of Destiny, preventing disaster...
But the artificial web of life and destiny created by Spider-Man 2099 couldn't do that. Once the web was broken, not only could it not be repaired, but it might even drag down the entire web because of it...
So, which was stronger and which was better between the Web of Destiny and the web of life and destiny could be seen at a glance!
Since he was going to take over the Multiverse's Spider-Alliance from Spider-Man 2099, he naturally didn't want to continue using Spider-Man 2099's inferior version of the web event. Thus, the Web of Destiny became his superior choice!
So... Karn, this 'future' Master Weaver, had to be kept!
If the Master Weaver captured by Inheritor Family had unfortunately perished, then this Karn would be the best replacement!
After all, this Karn was immortal, kind at heart, and possessed a great spirit of self-sacrifice. He was perfect for the miserable job of a Master Weaver, which required being unable to move for long periods to maintain the Web of Destiny!
But for now, Ryan still needed to end another matter first!
That was to wipe out those idiots of Inheritor Family in one fell swoop!
He didn't want to be like those idiot Spider-Men in the comics who ignored Otto Parker's correct decision to kill Inheritor Family and only exiled them, leading to the subsequent return of Inheritor Family!
For a disgusting family like the Inheritors, appearing once was enough. He didn't want a repeat performance or to drag out the plot any further!
This time, he was going to eliminate all Inheritors, like Morlun, in both the physical and spiritual sense!
And he hadn't just used the Mind Stone to read Karn's past memories; he had also read the specific coordinates of Inheritor Family!
That was Universe 001!
Ryan never needed a plan to do things; he only needed a coordinate!
And now that the coordinates had appeared, Ryan didn't intend to wait another moment!
It just so happened that there was a future genius here who mastered the technology to travel across all parallel Universes!
That was...
Ryan turned his gaze toward Spider-Man 2099 Miguel: "Miguel, open a portal to Universe One."
Actually, Ryan didn't even need to speak. Miguel, who had also watched Karn's memories the whole time, had already realized Ryan's intention to counterattack when Ryan's gaze fell on him.
But Miguel still appeared somewhat hesitant: "Ryan, are you sure? If we go to attack the Inheritors' home base this time, you won't just be facing Morlun alone, but the entire Inheritor Family..."
"And while there are quite a few of us here, those who can actually help you are probably not many..."
Spider-Woman Jessica also advised: "Why don't we first gather the other hundreds of Spider-Men from the Spider-Alliance and find more powerful Spider-Men like you before launching a general offensive against Inheritor Family?"
"After all, our large team of over a hundred Spider-Men suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Inheritor Family last time..."
Hearing this, Ryan slowly stood up from his chair. Looking at the people of the Spider-Alliance whose faces still showed some lingering fear, he said in an unquestionable tone:
"I am informing you now, not seeking your opinion. From today on, you must remember one thing forever: under my leadership, what you think doesn't matter; only what I think matters!"
"Besides, what's the use of gathering more Spider-Men? To have them serve as a continuous supply of food for Inheritor Family again?"
"It will only cause trouble!"
"Now, open the door!"
Hearing this, the members of the Spider Family stood up in unison with Ryan, clearly prepared to counterattack Inheritor Family alongside him.
The members of the Spider-Alliance, however, instinctively looked toward Spider-Man 2099.
But Miguel had already stepped down and was no longer the leader of the Spider-Alliance; Ryan was.
Therefore, faced with the decision of this new leader, he could not forcibly object. He could only stand up as well and open the portal to Universe One.
The final battle begins!
Chapter 202: Silk
Ryan took the first step through the crimson portal, heading to Universe 1.
The members of the Spider Family, who were absolutely obedient to Ryan, followed closely behind, diving in one by one.
Then came the members of the Spider-Alliance. They looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and finally all followed suit.
Compared to taking another risk to find Inheritor Family, they were more afraid of losing Ryan—the only hope capable of wiping them out!
After all, before Ryan, they hadn't managed to kill a single Inheritor!
Even Deadpool had only killed a weakened Inheritor clone in a sneak attack, and even then, the soul had escaped!
Finally, Witch Wanda and Wolverine stepped toward the portal one after the other.
Although the two were not part of the many Spider-Men and logically this matter didn't involve them, for various reasons, they couldn't just stand by and watch.
But just as Witch Wanda had entered and Wolverine was about to step through, a hand reached out from nowhere and grabbed Wolverine's ankle.
This startled Wolverine, and he instinctively extended his three steel claws and three bone claws, intending to poke six holes in the other person.
Don't ask why Uncle Logan has three bone claws; do you remember Wolverine's first appearance?
He had the Adamantium claws on one hand chopped off by Karn's halberd...
While Logan's regenerative ability can regrow bone claws, it cannot regrow Adamantium claws, so aren't the newly grown claws just bone?
This event was also recorded in The Wolverine...
The person grabbing Wolverine's leg was, naturally, our little Merc with a Mouth.
Wolverine looked at Deadpool on the ground in surprise and cursed, "When the hell did you show up, you bastard? I thought you'd taken the TVA's tempad to some other Universe to pick up chicks again!"
Deadpool hugged Wolverine's leg and said indignantly, "Wolvie, what kind of talk is that? Am I that unreliable in your eyes? I 'found' the target person even before you did!"
Hearing Deadpool's words, Wolverine gave a cold sneer.
"Heh, aren't you? Did you forget the last time you took the TVA tempad and traveled to the Universe where your girlfriend was a child, saying you wanted to treat her to a lollipop? I ended up getting chewed out along with you by that guy with the horns on his head!"
Hearing this, Deadpool didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all and said righteously, "So what? Vanessa is my woman. What's wrong with me checking the goods in advance?"
Wolverine rolled his eyes, too lazy to say more to this idiot. He kicked Deadpool away and stepped into the portal.
"Holy shit, you're all a bunch of absolute bastards, throwing people away after using them! No one even offered to take me along!"
Deadpool complained incessantly as he stubbornly dragged his partially regrown new legs and crawled into the portal.
After all, Deadpool didn't want to miss out on an epic battle like this.
Whoosh——————
Universe 001.
A scarlet portal, shaped like a spider web, slowly opened...
Before it could fully open, two silver-gray arms impatiently reached out, grabbing the edges of the portal and using brute force to widen it enough for an adult to pass through!
Then, a tall silver-gray figure full of overwhelming pressure strode out of the portal, his sharp gaze scanning the surroundings like a wolf hunting for prey.
He immediately locked onto a gloomy old castle located in the forest.
It seemed this was the hiding place of Inheritor Family.
At this time, the other Spider-Men also emerged from the portal one after another, all following Ryan's gaze toward the castle in the forest.
The Spider Family members, visiting another Universe for the first time, crowded around Ryan, appearing full of curiosity about everything.
Peter looked around curiously and said excitedly, "Is this another Universe? Is that the so-called secret Base of Inheritor Family?"
Harry also said excitedly, "Brother, what are we waiting for? Let's go now! Venom tells me it can't wait to taste what an Inheritor's brain tastes like!"
Hearing this, Ryan looked at the castle in the forest, but his brow furrowed as he said coldly, "No need. Those guys aren't in there anymore..."
Since he had devoured Morlun, he had become immune to the Inheritors' ability to block Spider-Sense.
In other words, if an Inheritor appeared near him again, his Spider-Sense would react just as it would to anyone else.
And right now, his Spider-Sense wasn't reacting at all!
There was only one possibility: the Inheritors were not in this castle at the moment...
And Ryan had a faint guess as to what was going on.
It was that Inheritor he had overlooked before, the one with the weakest presence, Raina!
The female Inheritor who was slightly stronger than Karn but far weaker than Morlun!
Precisely because her threat level was so much lower than Morlun's, Ryan hadn't dealt with her immediately, choosing instead to focus on Morlun—the greatest threat to Spider-Men!
During his subsequent battle with Morlun, that woman never showed up to help. She must have seen his immense power and abandoned Morlun and Karn to run away alone.
And she must have come back here to notify the other Inheritors to flee together...
What a disloyal bitch!
The truth was not far from Ryan's guess, but there was one difference, and that was...
Whoosh——————
At that moment, the sound of a Silk web being fired rang out, and an unfamiliar Spider-Man swung out from the castle, landing in front of Ryan and the others.
This Spider-Man was covered in wounds of all sizes, and his classic red and blue spider suit was in a state of battle damage; even his torn spider mask revealed half of his face!
The unfamiliar Spider-Man knelt on the ground, reaching out toward Ryan and the many other Spider-Men, his voice trembling: "Save my daughter, Mayday Parker. She was taken by Inheritor Family. I beg you... save her..."
After speaking, this Spider-Man, who had become a father, finally could no longer hold on and collapsed at Ryan's feet.
As Ryan looked at the familiar face of the stranger on the ground, the corner of his mouth twitched violently.
Because wasn't this... the face of the Original Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire?!
Motherf—...
Universe 199999.
Also known by the TVA as the sacred timeline.
Everyone on this Universe's Earth knew that a Spider-Man had once fought alongside the Avengers against Thanos's army, saving half of all life in the Universe. He was a great Superhero!
But no one knew that besides Peter Parker, there was actually another female Spider-Man in this Universe.
And this female Spider-Man was bitten by the same Super Spider as Peter Parker!
Her name was... Cindy Moon, code-named 'Silk'!
Chapter 203: Silk Captured, the Inheritor Family Assembles!
Although 'Silk' Cindy's Spider Abilities originate from the same Super Spider as Peter's...
Unlike Peter, who was only bitten once, she was bitten afterward and absorbed all the remaining power of that Super Spider!
Therefore, she is not only stronger than Peter in various Spider Abilities but also possesses a special ability that Peter does not have!
That is... she can sense the specific locations of other Spider-Men across the Multiverse!
This ability sounds god-like, even somewhat similar to the power of the Master Weaver, the Spider God who governs the Web of Destiny...
But compared to the Master Weaver, Cindy's ability has a major limitation.
Although she can sense the locations of other Spider-Men across different Universes, she herself does not have the ability to travel through the Multiverse autonomously.
Furthermore, she cannot sense the locations of all Spider-Men, but only specific ones...
In the several years since obtaining this ability, Cindy has only been able to sense two Spider-Men...
One is the Spider-Man of her Universe, Peter Parker, who was bitten by the same Super Spider as her.
She had even gone to look for Peter Parker because of this special sense.
However, when she found Peter, he was only 14 years old. Cindy, who was already an adult at the time, had absolutely no interest in a little kid, so she restrained that special urge.
Ultimately, to avoid losing control from being in close proximity to Peter, Cindy chose to stay away from New York, the city where Peter Parker lived, to prevent herself from doing anything 'excessive' to a child who was only 14.
As for the second Spider-Man she could sense, although she had been able to perceive his existence since gaining her powers, and could clearly feel his strength and her body's physical longing for him...
At the same time, she could also clearly sense that this presence, which caused a physiological reaction just by being sensed, was not in her Universe, but in another distant Universe...
Originally, Cindy thought she might never have the chance to meet the other person from another Universe in her lifetime, but today... an accident occurred!
Despite never exposing her special abilities to outsiders for all these years, to the point that even the Avengers of this Universe didn't know she existed...
Today, a woman with red clothes and white hair came to her door through a spatial rift and immediately exposed her identity as Spider-Man!
This woman called herself Bora and was a member of the Inheritor Family, a family that feeds by hunting the Spider-Men of the Multiverse!
And Cindy was Bora's hunting target this time!
Moreover, this woman named Bora was incredibly strong. When Cindy Moon was fending her off, she felt as if every punch from the opponent was like facing a female Hulk!
And an agile Hulk at that!
But if that were all, Cindy—relying on her powerful stats that were even better than those of a typical Spider-Man and her ability to produce organic Silk like Ryan—might have had hope of escaping even if she couldn't win!
However, misfortunes never come singly. After Cindy finally managed to shake off Bora and hide in a small alley, another spatial rift opened in the alley where she was, blocking her only way out!
And this time, more than one Inheritor stepped out of the spatial rift—there were four Inheritors in total!
They were Raina, who had previously escaped from Ryan's Universe; Jennix, who was responsible for the sacrificial ritual; Brix, whose mind had just recovered from a breakdown; and Daemos, who was holding Mayday Parker, the daughter of the Original Spider-Man!
Cindy, who was still feeling lucky to have escaped, suddenly felt her life turn bleak as she looked at the four Inheritors in front of her.
She couldn't even beat one, and now four more had arrived?
Thud!
Yet, before she could launch a final resistance, a hand-chop suddenly struck the back of her neck. The immense force instantly knocked Cindy unconscious.
Relying on her immunity to Spider-Sense to circle behind Cindy, Bora grabbed Cindy's waist with one hand and brushed aside the hair on her neck with the other, leaning toward her throat.
But before Bora could bite down, Raina, who had arrived, spoke up to stop her: "Bora, not yet. She is the 'Bride' among the sacrifices, the most important person to return all Spider-Men to her womb. Don't touch her now!"
Bora paused, stopped her movements, and took a deep breath of the enticing fragrance Cindy emitted before reluctantly pulling away: "Hmph! I know that without you telling me. After all, I don't want to have my neck bitten off by Big Brother for her sake!"
Upon hearing this, the four people opposite Bora fell into an uncharacteristic silence.
Seeing the heavy expressions on the four, Bora also realized something was wrong and pressed: "What's wrong? Why do you all have those expressions?"
Finally, Raina said in a heavy voice: "Morlun is dead. He died at the hands of that Destiny Spider from the prophecy..."
Bora was startled upon hearing this and said in disbelief: "How can this be? Even Big Brother, who had returned to his peak, was no match for that Destiny Spider?"
Then, as if remembering something, Bora suddenly looked at Jennix: "Wait, only Big Brother's physical body is dead. Jennix, can't you just use the Clone Factory to create another body and resurrect Big Brother?!"
Jennix slowly shook his head at Bora and held up two fingers: "First, Morlun's soul has already been directly annihilated by the Destiny Spider-Man. Without a soul, it would be meaningless for me to create a shell for Morlun..."
"Second, not only is Morlun dead, but Karn has also been captured alive this time. So, if nothing goes wrong, the Destiny Spider-Man has already led people to find our secret Base by now. In other words, we have already lost the Clone Factory..."
At those words, Bora's blood ran cold with fear. She couldn't even hold onto Silk in her arms properly, letting her slide from her grasp onto the ground as she murmured:
"Doesn't that mean we've lost our greatest reliance—infinite resurrection? If we die, we can't be brought back?"
Jennix sighed and nodded in admission: "That's right. Every one of us now has only one life left. When you're dead, you're dead..."
Bora instantly became despondent:
"Even Morlun, the strongest among us, died so miserably. Even if we gather together, we're not much stronger than Morlun. Does this mean we really are going to be destroyed at the hands of the Destiny Spider-Man, just as the ancestors' prophecy foretold..."
The four Inheritors across from Bora looked at each other, and finally, they all looked at Bora and said in unison: "No, we actually have one last hope!"
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Chapter 204: The Strongest Inheritor, Solus, Appears!
Bora looked at their determined eyes and widened her own eyes in shock: "Could it be that you want to..."
Before she could finish, Raina nodded heavily:
"That's right. We are going to bring the true strongest member of our Inheritor Family in history, our father Solus, out of that damned seal!"
Hearing this, Bora's face was instantly filled with conflict:
"But Morlun said before that if we try to break father's seal, it will consume all of our power. And even if father comes out, he will be in a weakened state just like us, completely unable to deal with the Destiny Spider..."
Raina glanced at Bora, who was actually unwilling in her heart to let their father Solus return, and said coolly, "That's why we have to gamble everything this time. Jennix..."
Hearing Raina call him, Jennix nodded understandingly. He opened a spatial rift once more and pulled out a person from within, who was tethered by special iron chains like a dog.
That was... the Spider God Master Weaver they had hidden away!
Bora realized what they were planning to do and turned pale with shock:
"You actually want to sacrifice Him to father so he can use Him to restore his strength? Have you all truly gone mad?"
"Don't you know that without Him, we will never be able to accurately locate the Spider-Men in the Multiverse like before? The difficulty of capturing Spider-Men will increase manifold in the future!"
That's right. The reason the Inheritor Family could accurately locate every Spider-Man was because they had the ultimate 'mole' among the Spider-Men—the Master Weaver, whom the Inheritor Family had imprisoned!
The Master Weaver was in charge of the Web of Destiny and could naturally see the locations of all Spider-Men!
Seeing Bora's reluctance, Raina simply said calmly, "But if we can't even survive this disaster brought by the Destiny Spider, what's the point of keeping Him, who can see all Spider-Men?"
At this, Bora fell completely silent.
Indeed, if their Inheritor Family was wiped out by the Destiny Spider, then keeping the Master Weaver as a Spider-Man 'detector' would be meaningless...
Seeing that the only dissenter, Bora, had also been convinced, Raina twisted her bracelet and opened another spatial rift, her voice suppressed with excitement:
"Since no one has any objections, let's bring the 'Bride' and the 'Scion' and go together to welcome the return of My Lord father..."
Raina was one of the few Inheritors in the family who truly wished for their father Solus's return. It was because of this that she had fled without hesitation after realizing Morlun had no intention of rescuing him.
Stepping through, The Inheritors arrived in a peculiar space.
Here, there were all kinds of giant microscopic organisms, making humans appear incredibly tiny.
Even water bears, which could normally only be observed under a microscope, were countless times larger than humans!
As for why such a contrasting spectacle appeared, it was because this place was not in any timeline and was not affected by the laws of physical reality. This was... the Quantum Realm!
That's right. After Solus was defeated by Kang the Conqueror back then, he was sealed within the Quantum Realm!
And what sealed Solus was an energy sphere covered in a magical luster.
This sphere was originally Kang the Conqueror's 'Engine Core,' a vital tool for traversing the Multiverse. Later, after Kang ascended to the position of Time Lord, he no longer needed it. So, after defeating Solus, Kang casually used it as a tool to seal him. (The thing destroyed by Janet, Wasp's mother, in Ant-Man 3...)
Don't be fooled by it being just an energy drive core; it could carry Kang across the Multiverse, so the energy it contained was significant. Otherwise, it couldn't have trapped the weakened Solus for so long.
Until today, even the position of Time Lord has damn well changed hands once, and Solus has finally waited through endless years for the chance to regain his freedom!
The remaining five Inheritors of the Inheritor Family appeared together before the seal.
The five of them glanced at each other, took a deep breath, opened their mouths filled with sharp fangs, and bit down hard on their own arms!
With such force, the five of them directly tore a piece of flesh from their arms!
Despite such injuries, not a single Inheritor felt pain. Instead, they all grew excited, and black-red steam rose from their bodies, just like the steam that rose after Morlun went berserk!
This indicated that all five of them had entered a Berserk state!
In this state, any one of The Inheritors could whip a normal Hulk like a spinning top!
Yet, at this moment, they all had only one goal: to strike the seal trapping Solus!
One by one, the five Inheritors began to charge frantically at the energy core sealing Solus, using the berserk power of their bodies to slam into it!
Even though they were repeatedly blown back by the energy core's power, none of The Inheritors retreated. Instead, amidst the constant addition and recovery of wounds, they continued to strike the energy core again and again, fearless of death!
Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud...
Crack—
After an unknown amount of time, just as the black-red steam on the five Inheritors was flickering and they were about to be forced out of their Berserk state, a different cracking sound finally rang out from the energy core before their power was exhausted!
The five Inheritors, with blood on the corners of their mouths, immediately stopped. Hearing the sound, they snapped their gazes toward the energy core and saw a clearly visible crack had appeared on it!
It worked!
The five of them were ecstatic!
The first step is always the hardest, and once a start is made, everything becomes much simpler!
For the first time, the usually calm Raina's voice filled with excitement as she encouraged them, "Come on, family, let's use one last combined strike to welcome our father's return!"
Although not every one of the other four truly wished for Solus's return in their hearts,
under the death threat brought by the Destiny Spider, they chose to stand united. Together with Raina, they used the last of their strength to slam into the cracked energy core!
Thud—
Amidst a long, resounding impact, the energy core finally shattered like broken glass, clattering to the ground!
And a withered figure of a long-haired old man slowly stood up from the ground amidst the sky-filling golden energy fragments and the sound of crackling bones.
He was the strongest existence in the history of the Inheritor Family, the patriarch, Solus!