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章節 1037: Chapter 703 U: Infinite Major Event (22)_1

The lab windows revealed a scantily starlit night, yet inside the lab was a disarray. Otto stood amidst the debris, his two tentacles steadying him against the ground and hoisting his body up. His limbs moved like legs, taking strides forward until he reached Dr. Octavius Parker.

"Are you also Spiderman?" Otto gazed downward at the four tentacles protruding from Parker's back. Unlike Doctor Octopus's, these seemed more akin to the legs of an arthropod, ending in sharper points. They bore more resemblance to weapons than tools.

"I am not Spiderman." For the first time, Parker admitted his identity. "I am you, from a parallel universe."

With a derisive snort, Otto turned, commanding his tentacles to latch onto the ceiling as he began clearing the scattered remnants.

Parker flared up, speaking in an indignant tone, "Don't you believe it? I've done better than you. I replaced Spiderman to become the sole hero of that world."

"Really? Then you must be quite remarkable. Go back to your universe, why are you here? Do I seem idle enough for you?" Otto stooped to pick up the fragments littered on the lab table, a trace of regret crossing his face.

The lab was constructed with the finest materials, sadly, the constituents of the mechanical tentacles sprouting from Otto's back were superior. The lavish amalgamation of molten steel and vibranium endowed the tentacles with unparalleled toughness. Even a gentle swipe could shatter a lab table.

"Where did you take them?" Parker questioned.

"Who are you referring to?"

"The Spidermen."

"They left with the S.H.I.E.L.D Agents. S.H.I.E.L.D is investigating the matters related to cosmic travel. If you chase their car now, you might still catch them." Otto responded, as he placed his glasses back on and began reviewing the documents at hand. Although weary, the savage chaos had helped vent his frustration, leaving him considerably calmer.

"So, you just plan on staying here?" Parker advanced a couple of steps, questioning Otto, "Content with a life of consistent defeats to Spiderman? Don't you wish to conquer him?"

"Why should I defeat him?" Otto retorted without hesitation.

"He wrecked everything you had! If not yet, he eventually will! That's just who he is. His indecisiveness and cowardice will doom the world!" Parker's tentacles trembled, his tone seething with concealed rage.

Setting down his documents, Otto paused for a moment. The four mechanical tentacles supporting him swiveled to turn his body around. The reflection of the moonlight off his glasses prevented Parker from discerning his eyes. However, he was certain that Otto wasn't incensed at his provocative words.

"Are you jealous of him?" Otto inquired.

"I told you, I've conquered him. I handled matters better than him!" Parker emphatically restated, "I eradicated all criminals once and for all. From that point forward, New York remained eternally safe."

Suddenly, Parker noticed the familiar glint in Otto's eyes when he took off his glasses, perhaps, at one point, Parker had viewed Spiderman in a similar light.

"You are not me." Under the moonlight, Otto firmly declared, "Otto Octavius would not prance about New York for hours each day like Spiderman. He is aware of the futility of such actions."

Before Parker had a chance to respond, Otto stepped slightly closer, peering into his eyes as he questioned, "So, New York is safe. But what about the East Coast? The entirety of the East? The West? The Americas? The world?"

"You are not me, you are still Spiderman." Otto stressed again. "Only foolish youngsters wound up in their vanity may believe that peace can be achieved through defeating all criminals."

"As for Otto, i.e. me, I know that crime in this world can never be obliterated entirely, because that's just how humans are." Placing his glasses back on, when his back faced the light, Parker could discern a more mature thought process in his eyes.

"The existence of so much wickedness in this world leading to wars, bloodshed, and death essentially stems from the fact that the resources are limited. Humans have no choice but to vie for the scarce resources available."

"This leads to countless futile conflicts. But with infinite resources, all humans can have a better life. While this wouldn't completely eliminate crime, it would certainly be a marked improvement over the current state."

Drawing closer after his speech, Otto had his body suspended by the tentacles. Leaning over Parker, he asserted,

"All along, I've been an energy scientist. My only method of saving this world is providing humankind with inexhaustible clean energy, eliminating the need for conflict over resources. That's what I am supposed to do."

"And you, if you agree with the method of saving the world by defeating all criminals, then you are not me, because I would never consider such a method."

After delivering his piece, Otto resumed cleaning the lab while Parker stood there in silence.

Ever since swapping bodies with Peter Parker, he had been incessantly hustling, establishing his own lab, crafting stronger equipment, combating more criminals, inventing surveillance devices to monitor the entire city, while constantly guarding against Spiderman's reprisal.


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章節 1038: 703

He needed to unravel various conspiracies, navigate the future, and confront the Successor family. He led the Spider Legion in a full-frontal assault and suffered severe injuries in the process. Dr. Octavius Parker asked himself, even if it were Peter Parker from his world out there, he wouldn't have done any better.

Did he do better than Peter Parker?

Perhaps he did, providing people with Mecha, eliminating criminals, and thwarting the threatening Successor Family. That immature boy would never have been this strong.

But, was he still Otto Octavius?

His days as a researcher seemed incredibly distant. The mundane routine of commuting, dealing with tedious experimental data, and the aggravation over his lab assistant's imprecise actions, all vanished in the blink of an eye, like the moonlight in the break of dawn.

What also vanished were the ambitions and dreams that were uniquely Otto's.

When a young him first ignited the reactor, he also imagined that he would be a great scientist, changing the fate of mankind, leaving a vibrant mark on the road to ultimate happiness, just like all the greats in history.

But such thoughts did not last long. He met Spider-Man, his destined opponent.

He started to abandon his ideation as an energy scientist, fixing tentacles, enhancing equipment, even creating a device capable of swapping bodies with Peter Parker.

What a tremendous invention it was. But standing here, Dr. Parker began to recall the joy of discovering he had successfully swapped bodies with Spider-Man.

Was he delighted at this rebirth?

Or was he overjoyed at the prospect of becoming his worst enemy, the foolish boy he used to despise?

This new body gave him limitless vitality, which he used to stand against criminals and upgrade equipment just like Spider-Man, advancing further on this path.

Perhaps this was something to be proud of. However, the middle-aged, average, and somewhat unfortunate energy scientist vanished completely from his cosmos.

Did this world need Otto or Spider-Man more?

Dr. Parker pondered this question as he looked down at the scattered documents on the lab floor.

He walked forward two steps, picking up a paper from the floor. It was filled with data, some of which he himself couldn't completely understand - it seemed to be findings from a solar survey.

"If you want to look through them, the archive room is next door." Otto's voice came from the side. Feeling his arm shake, Dr. Parker moved toward the door along the room's wall.

Upon opening the door, neatly arranged file cabinets lined the wall. Dr. Parker hurriedly walked to them as if desperately searching for an answer.

He began to flip through the documents, pulling out every file, data, blueprints, conclusions, including energy devices ready for production and those already in operation. All the things he could understand, and those he couldn't.

Surrounded by numbers and drawings, the distant memories of a scientist resurfaced.

Once Dr. Parker fully comprehended these things, he realized, in this cosmos, the genius scientist Otto had saved the world in his own way.

The Stellar Energy Extraction Device he designed, with less than three months of actual application, had already extracted energy equal to 30% of the total global coal-powered electricity output. Within the next three years, it was expected to replace the majority of Earth's coal-generated energy - and it was clean, pollution-free, and sustainable.

Dr. Parker set the file down, walked out of the archive room, then pushed open the door to the neighboring lab. That's where the other Spider-Men conducted their experiments. In there, he saw documents for even more projects.

The Lizard Serum project which promised perfect limb regeneration with no side effects, the mechanical equipment project for Mercury Base, the cryo-chamber project for preserving terminally ill people awaiting future treatments…

Every single file in there represented a step toward mankind's ultimate happiness.

Minutes later, Otto saw a silhouette with the same mechanical tentacles reappear at the door. Dr. Parker asked in a hoarse voice, "Where's the Lizard... I mean, where's Dr. Connors?"

"His lab is in the Stark Building. If I'm not mistaken, he is probably conducting experiments right now. You can call Tony Stark, he usually favors people named Peter Parker," Otto's voice dissipated into the moonlight, and the figure with the mechanical tentacles at the door had disappeared.

Inside the lab at the Stark Building, Connors rubbed his wrist and put down his pen. After recording the last set of data, he was about to head home. But as he turned around, a figure with four mechanical tentacles appeared under the moonlight.

"Otto? Oh, you're not Otto. Peter?? You had the mechanical tentacles operation too?" Connors looked at Dr. Parker in surprise.

"I…" Dr. Parker stammered. He looked at Connors, the once cold-blooded and brutal Doctor Lizard, who seemed calmer than he'd expected. For some reason, everyone in this cosmos appeared more focused, consistent, balanced, and there was a sense of relaxation that radiated from within.


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