Ben sat in front of a messy desk.
A vividly colored, obviously poisonous spider lay among the physics textbooks spread across the surface.
—But it was already dead, its stiff legs curled up like a closed flower.
"The mutant spider that bit Spider-Man."
Ben had gotten it from Osborn a few days ago.
Fifteen years ago, Ben had transmigrated to this world and become part of the Parker family—Ben Parker.
At the same time, he was also the cousin of the famous Spider-Man, Peter Parker. However, he wasn't Ben and May's son, but adopted by them.
At the age of ten, Ben accidentally obtained the Omnitrix, commonly known as the Little Broken Watch, during a spring outing.
Originally, the Little Broken Watch could connect with the gene code stream of Primus, an artificial organic planet, and transform into over a million alien intelligent species. This allowed users to break through racial barriers.
Azmuth invented it with the hope that the Omnitrix would become a Noah's Ark capable of saving endangered species across the universe.
Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, Ben's watch seemed to have lost its connection with Primus, and its internal system remained blank, unable to do anything.
If this were just an ordinary world, it would be fine, but it happened to be one of Marvel's countless universes.
Now, Tony Stark had officially revealed his identity to the world, and the era of Super Heroes had begun.
Ben wasn't very interested in becoming a Super Hero, but living in a dangerous place like New York City, he naturally needed some self-preservation abilities. Thus, he set his sights on the mutant spider.
He didn't want to steal his cousin Peter's identity as Spider-Man or his superpowers. He just hoped that after the spider bit Peter, it could also bite him, allowing him to gain power.
However, the creature died immediately after biting Peter, as if its sole purpose in life was to pass on Spider-Man's abilities to Peter Parker.
"Perhaps this is the power of the Spider Totem, an unshakeable force like the web of fate."
Ben mused.
Unfortunately, he neither possessed the special genes to match this mutant spider nor was he chosen by the Spider Totem.
Even the Little Broken Watch seemed to have no reaction because the spider was not an intelligent creature. He had also tried using Peter's hair to activate the Little Broken Watch, but it didn't work either.
The watch could not extract the genes of non-intelligent creatures, nor could it allow the user to transform into the same species.
Ben helplessly picked up one of its legs, holding the ferocious little thing up to his eyes.
"It seems I have no choice but to take a risk."
That's right, he had a crazy idea now—to eat the mutant spider's corpse!
This was a dangerous decision!
He remembered a Spider-Man comic where someone ate a spider's corpse and turned into a monster with only skin and a spider inside!
But he had no other choice.
"If I were just an ordinary citizen living in New York City, perhaps I wouldn't take this risk, but I happen to be Spider-Man's cousin." Looking at the dead spider's body, Ben sighed helplessly.
As everyone knows, Spider-Man always has enemies.
Choosing to be Spider-Man meant destined to lose, and those close to him would never have a good ending, like Uncle Ben and Gwen.
Ben didn't want to be the one "lost," nor could he stand by and watch Uncle Ben fall into danger—now, Peter had gained spider abilities, and the moment of his destiny as Spider-Man was imminent!
Ben needed power to prevent all of this from happening!
Of course, he wasn't intentionally seeking death, stubbornly proceeding when he knew he would turn into a monster.
"The Omnitrix has the function of repairing genes, and protection for the holder should be written into its programming. Through this method, it should be possible to forcibly activate it."
In the animation, Benny had used the Little Broken Watch to cure Earthlings assimilated by the genetic pollution of the half-beast bugs and to solve the genetic defects of Evolved People throughout the universe.
If the plan went smoothly, he wouldn't turn into a spider monster.
Ben looked down at the watch on his wrist and decided to go all in.
He took a deep breath, then closed his eyes and shoved the mutant spider's corpse into his mouth!
The sharp, curled eight legs pricked every corner of Ben's mouth like a hedgehog's quills. It felt as if it had come back to life, crawling all over his mouth, tearing his oral cavity, trying to escape from his mouth.
"Ugh—"
Ben quickly covered his mouth, preventing himself from vomiting it out due to disgust.
Then, Ben bit into it—he could feel the spider's corpse bursting with juice in his mouth, and a bitter taste immediately spread throughout his taste buds.
"Disgusting..."
Ben was almost suffocating, not just from the disgust and bitterness, but more importantly, the mutant spider was poisonous. His tongue was being corroded by the liquid, and the pain almost made him want to spit it all out.
But doing so would mean failure.
He not only didn't spit it out but gritted his teeth and swallowed it whole.
It felt like drinking a large cup of boiling iron mixed with the shells of spiky sea urchins as the spider's body writhed in his esophagus—
Then came intense pain!
"Ah!"
Ben suddenly curled up, clutching his stomach and convulsing.
The watch remained unresponsive, but the mutation had begun!
His insides felt like they were being ripped apart by spider-spears, as if countless spiders were crowding his tiny stomach, tearing at Ben's flesh with saw-like jaws!
The pain was unbearable, like trying to rip off a hangnail but instead tearing away a whole patch of skin, bloody and raw!
Now, the agony spread throughout his entire body!
"Thump!"
He fell to the ground, chair and all. The loud noise startled May downstairs, who was washing dishes.
"They're invading my brain!"
Ben gritted his teeth, his head splitting with pain. It was as if hundreds of spiders had squeezed into his skull, their countless limbs crawling in the dark, confined, and fragile space of his brain, but unable to do anything, he could only painfully grab his hair and smash his head against the ground.
He forced one eye open a slit, and through it, one could see that both his eyes were bloodshot, the veins within them resembling a dense, intricate spiderweb!
Ben looked desperately at the watch on his wrist. It was still completely unresponsive.
He had lost his gamble.
He felt his senses sharpening, his vision becoming clearer, even his field of view widening—of course, he now had countless spider-like eyes!
"Clatter—"
The sound of footsteps echoed from the old stairs outside the door.
Ben tensed.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
The door was knocked upon.
"Benny, are you okay?" Aunt May's worried voice came from outside the door.
Ben's body trembled violently, his lips tearing, his teeth beginning to protrude, turning into terrifying fangs!
That poor wretch from the comic books, who had eaten his mother's insides and left only a husk... now, his bloodthirsty craving was going wild!
He wanted to eat, to feast!
Beneath his skin, thousands of mouths waited for him to fill them!
"Run, May..."
Ben wanted to tell Aunt May to run, but when he opened his mouth, he found his voice was evil and hoarse, already sounding like a monster's. But before he could even feel sad about it, four slender spider-spears squeezed out of his eyeballs, emerging from beneath his eyelids!
"What did you say?" Aunt May asked worriedly, "Your voice sounds like you have a cold."
Ben could no longer reply. He grabbed his arms, desperately suppressing the bloody urge.
How could he hurt Aunt May?
Six blood-red eyes, tearing through his skin, glanced at the closed window—he knew he couldn't stay here any longer, he had to leave!
But he had barely taken half a step before he collapsed to the ground in agony.
Hearing the muffled thud from inside, Aunt May immediately grew anxious and said urgently, "Benny, are you alright?"
She grabbed the doorknob.
Ben heard a creak, and then the door opened, a bright light piercing through—
"No!"
His heart roared in despair—but at that very instant, the watch on his wrist also began to flash!
[Detected holder's genes are contaminated, Omnitrix forced activation.]
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