Chapter 309 : Life Foundation

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"Wait, what Infinity Stones are you planning to find in our world?"

The blonde Spider-Man was shocked upon hearing the conversation between Bert and the others. Although he didn't know what the Infinity Stones were, he sensed trouble just from the word "adventure."

Blonde Spider-Man was a bit dissatisfied, Why take risks in your world? Why not take them on ours? It doesn't make sense, does it?

Bert smiled and replied, "We're entrusting Future Tony Stark to you."

"This is our responsibility," Future Tony nodded and spoke to several Spider-Men. These Spider-Men were kind-hearted, and it wasn't hard to convince them.

Bert pondered for a moment, then called on Ant-Man Scott and asked, "Did you find anything about Dr. Pym?"

"No, there's no trace of it at all. If our guess is correct, he's probably trapped in the quantum realm like Hope's mother," Scott replied, shaking his head.

"By the way, Hope wants to rebuild a quantum space channel as soon as possible, so that maybe Dr. Pym can be found."

Bert hesitated, "Rebuild the quantum space channel?"

"I know it will cost a lot of money, and I also know that Oscorp has suffered great losses this time, but Mr. Wang, if Dr. Pym is found, he will definitely be able to recover these losses," Scott quickly added, noting that quantum space channels cost tens of billions of dollars, a significant sum of money.

Fortunately, Bert was the richest man in the galaxy, so Scott dared to speak up.

"Money doesn't matter. I'm just worried about another accident," Bert shook his head and said, "But never mind, let's rebuild it first. You ask Hope to find Mercury, and I will give you a special payment."

Scott was overjoyed and thanked Mr. Wang, "It's truly an honor."

Tony said sourly, "Do you really have that much liquidity in Oscorp?"

"The Osborn Group doesn't, but the Blood God Group does. The hair growth shampoo is really easy to sell, and it has high liquidity," Bert replied, smiling. "I've seen last year's performance report, and the hair growth shampoo made more money than the steel armor."

"That's because you're too cunning. Once you start using it, you have to buy it every month," Tony complained, "The entire shampoo market is about to be monopolized by you. I heard that several shampoo manufacturers are preparing to join forces to sue you."

"Sorry, I have plenty of lawyers anyway," Bert replied indifferently. "Next month, the Blood God Group will launch a body wash for beauty and scar removal. The Blood God Group isn't trying to monopolize the shampoo market, but the entire cosmetics market. Hey, if you're not careful, my net worth is going to skyrocket again. What will I do with so much money?"

Tony extended his middle finger in a gesture of annoyance, feeling somewhat envious.

Tony used to aspire to surpass Bert and become the richest man, but now he no longer wants to because the gap between them is too significant.

Scott blinked and decided to buy stocks of the Blood God Group soon. The cosmetics market is vast, and if the Blood God Group monopolizes it, the stock price will skyrocket.

Later, the Spider-Mans were convinced by Future Tony, and the blonde Spider-Man said, "If what you said is true, it's fine, but there may not be Infinity Stones in our world."

"We'll know when we get there."

Future Tony said, "The most urgent task is to find that guy, and he should also be in this world. Only by finding him can we get the supercollider."

"We have to find him."

Spider-Gwen nodded repeatedly; only a supercollider could send her home. To be honest, she felt very insecure in a strange world.

"I will use all the power of S.W.O.R.D. to find Kingpin. Spider-Man, let's identify Kingpin and his subordinates," said Steve, who was in a good mood now that the conflict had been resolved.

The blonde Spider-Man nodded, "No problem."

Both sides were greatly relieved when the problem was solved. Future Tony looked at Peter with a complicated expression and said, "Parker, in my world, I failed to protect you. I'm sorry."

"I'm dead?" Peter looked shocked, and the way Tony looked at him made him a little embarrassed - like how a father looks at his son.

"Dead, turned to ashes."

Future Tony sighed and took Peter aside to whisper to him.

Bert whispered to Steve, "Steve, you should keep an eye on them and not let them act alone. It's not that they can't be trusted, but the information they possess cannot be known by others."

"I understand. Leave it to me." Steve nodded, "Shoot, Mr. Boss, you can continue to pick up girls."

"Steve, you're getting more and more adorable, but you're still a bit of a scumbag," Bert laughed and turned off the holographic projection. Steve sighed, who had spread the news so quickly?

In the corner, Wanda listened to Future Banner talk about her. She said incredulously, "Pietro was shot to death? I accidentally injured hundreds of people? I fell in love with a robot? I killed him myself?"

"This isn't the most tragic part; the most tragic part is that Vision was resurrected by Thanos, and then you had to watch him die again."

Future Banner sighed, "Before you turned to ashes, your eyes were full of relief. Wanda, I'm sorry we adults didn't protect you well, and you suffered such a tragic fate."

"That's not me. I'm living well. Although my boyfriend is a bit of a scumbag - well, he's super scumbag - he's really good to me."

Wanda shook her head; she was grateful that Bert was in this world; otherwise, her fate would be extremely miserable.

By the way, did they offend the screenwriter? Why is everyone's fate so miserable?

Thinking of something, Wanda sighed, "When Wanda is resurrected, she will undoubtedly be in pain."

"That's possible," Future Banner shook his head, and Wanda's eyes flickered. Maybe she should do something; that woman was too pitiful.

...

On the cruise ship, Bert stood at the bow with joy in his eyes. He never expected to open the door to a parallel world.

What does 'parallel world' mean? It sounds like it has a lot of benefits, like Space Stones, Bert thought to himself. Space Stones could greatly increase his strength, though he was already quite strong.

There had always been a shadow in his heart that he couldn't resolve, namely, the boss of "Fantastic Four 2", Uncle Galactus. Bert didn't know if he could defeat him. If he couldn't, then Earth would be his food.

"Maybe I can go explore other parallel worlds first?" Bert wondered to himself. "I should find Kingpin first and talk to him. I didn't expect him to still have a role in all this."

With the strength of the S.W.O.R.D., it should have been easy to find someone, especially someone with a different body type like Kingpin. However, to everyone's surprise, they had spent seven days searching, but had found no trace of him. It was as if he didn't exist in this world at all.

"Did he not come to this world?" the idea frustrated Future Tony and Spider-Man. If Kingpin didn't come, they were in trouble.

But Kingpin did come, just not at the same time as Spider-Man. He had arrived more than a year ago. During the battle between Earth and the Serpents Plane, Kingpin had watched the whole process from outside New York City. To be honest, he was frightened. There was nothing he could do. The Earth in this world was too terrifying, and he felt hopeless.

Afterwards, Kingpin learned about the events that had occurred in this world, and his heart trembled even more. He decided to keep a low profile to avoid being caught by the Blood God and becoming a puppet. He thought it would be better to die than live like that.

In addition to deciding to keep a low profile, Kingpin also decided to leave the ghost town of New York, as there were too many powerful people there. He chose to settle in San Francisco and, with his men, quietly took control of a large group, the Life Foundation.

"Spider-Man is here too, we're running out of time. Doctor, hasn't the quantum space calmed down yet?" Kingpin asked the female Dr. Octopus a little irritably in the underground base beneath the headquarters of the Life Foundation.

The new super collider had been built half a year ago, but because of the mutation of quantum space, they had been afraid to start it.

"It is already recovering. It should be related to the arrival of Spider-Man. According to my expectations, after half a month, the quantum space will return to normal," the shriveled female Dr. Octopus said while wearing large sunglasses. "I will notify you as soon as it recovers."

"That's good. The world is too dangerous, we can't stay here any longer," Kingpin nodded. He didn't intend to cause trouble in this world. The reason was simple: there were powerful people here. Kingpin just wanted to return to his own world and use the supercollider to find his wife and kids. He had investigated that world and knew that there was no Vanessa.

"This world is more exciting than ours, but unfortunately, we are the villains."

Doctor Octopus sighed. She was very interested in this world, but it was clear that the world did not welcome her.

"It's too chaotic. This world is full of disasters," she said.

Kingpin shook his head and was about to leave when the female octopus doctor hurriedly stopped him.

"Kingpin, wait. I received a piece of information. You should take a look," she said.

Kingpin turned back and asked, "What information? Show me."

The female Doctor Octopus released a projection with her bracelet. In the projection, a chubby Spider-Man fell from the sky, knocked down a group of robbers with slightly clumsy movements, and then flew into the sky with spider silk.

Kingpin was stunned. "When did Spider-Man become so fat?"

"This should be another Spider-Man," said the female Doctor Octopus.

She popped up another light curtain, which showed Peter dangling in the air with the blonde Spider-Man.

"On the left is the super-rich Spider-Man of this world, and on the right is the Spider-Man of our world. Kingpin, if I guess correctly, Spider-Man from the parallel world traveled to this world with Spider-Man."

Kingpin was a little puzzled. "So what? Although it is annoying to have more bugs, it has nothing to do with us, right?"

"No, it's relevant. The connection between these Spider-Men is interesting, and if we can crack it, the chances of finding your wife and son will greatly increase," said Dr. Octopus.

She lifted her sunglasses and continued, "Besides, mastering this connection may be able to eradicate Spider-Man completely. I don't want to return to the original world and fight Spider-Man again. I'm tired and exhausted."

Hearing that it would increase the success rate of finding his wife and son, Kingpin immediately said, "Let Scorpion and Norman lurking in New York catch this fat Spider-Man."

"Okay, I will immediately inform Scorpion and Norman. With their current abilities, the S.W.O.R.D. will not be able to catch them," said Dr. Octopus.

She smiled and said that quantum space gave them a special ability, which is one of the reasons why they have not been discovered.

After saying this, Kingpin turned to leave. Just as he returned to his office, the CEO of Life Foundation, Dr.Carlton Drake, knocked on the door and walked in.

"Our spacecraft has reached the symbiote planet, and within half a month, they will be able to return to Earth with a large number of symbiotes," said Dr. Drake excitedly.

"Don't worry. The solar system is guarded by a space fleet and cannot be discovered by them," said Kingpin.

"Don't worry. Our God will help us hide our whereabouts," said the ugly head made of mucus that stuck out next to Dr. Drake's neck.

"We will enter the Earth silently and merge with all human beings silently."

"Yes, that's it. We will create a new species. Humans are so disgusting. Like parasites, they are desperately destroying the Earth. The Earth needs to be purified," Dr. Drake shouted frantically, and Kingpin gave him a speechless look. If it weren't for the doctor's usefulness, Kingpin would have killed him long ago.

Kingpin wasn't a bad guy, but he was still a human being, and Dr. Drake was a human traitor. He had always wanted to create a new species to replace human beings.

To achieve this goal, Dr. Drake kept sending spacecraft to outer space, trying to find a new species that could replace humans. Eventually, he found a symbiote that could only survive by integrating with a host.

Some time ago, the Life Foundation's spacecraft returned to Earth with several symbiotes. Dr. Drake merged with one of them, called Riot, completely betraying humanity.

Kingpin didn't stop it, as Riot promised to send him some self-conscious symbiotes.

The symbiotes were very powerful and could heal themselves, and Kingpin wanted to use them to protect his family from potential accidents.

Kingpin didn't want to lose another family member and was potentially becoming mad - maybe he was already mad.

As for what would happen to the world, it wasn't his business.

Kingpin ordered, "Very good. By the way, you must be careful and cautious when catching homeless individuals for symbiote experiments, and you must not be targeted by S.W.O.R.D."

Not everyone could fuse with symbiotes; specific conditions needed to be met. In order for the symbiotes to complete the fusion, Dr. Drake had been experimenting on homeless people.

Dr. Drake smiled and said, "Don't worry, no one cares about those homeless people."

Dr. Drake was wrong. Even homeless people were cared about, such as Eddie Brock.

Eddie used to be a popular reporter. Later, he followed the presidential candidate to publish the truth but was regarded as a fool by everyone. Not only did he lose his job, but he also lost his girlfriend. He had to come to San Francisco to make a living.

After coming to San Francisco, Eddie was introduced to join a newspaper. As a result, he offended Dr. Drake and was fired from the newspaper. He asked Dr. Drake questions that he shouldn't have, such as whether the Life Foundation could be deceiving the experimenters.

In the end, Eddie, a former excellent reporter, became a poor man in a slum and relied on welfare and relief every day. As a result, he met some homeless people who were also at the bottom.