Chapter 164: The Wound That Never Heals

Hawaii.

On the beach, by noon, the crowd began to grow.

Azul, already in the water, looked around.

Everywhere were sexy ladies in bikinis, within sight were either perfectly rounded peach-like buttocks or jade-like peaks ready to burst forth.

"This place is truly a gentleman's paradise."

Azul floated on the water in a starfish position, enjoying the sunshine and the sensation of being surrounded by beauties.

Compared to Azul.

Clearly, Gwen's mood was not as pleasant.

8 PM.

A vehicle from Oscorp brought her to New York.

After leaving, Gwen found a secluded spot to remove her Spider-Man mask.

She changed into a T-shirt and jeans and walked alone through the ruins of New York.

Finally, she arrived at her doorstep.

Here.

She saw her mother and two younger brothers.

They were rummaging through the rubble but found nothing.

Gwen, with mixed feelings, approached and hesitated before calling out, "Mom."

Helen Stacy turned around, saw her daughter, and was overwhelmed with sorrow. Covering her mouth, though not crying, her eyes reddened.

"My child."

"My dear child."

Helen walked up and tightly hugged her daughter: "It's so good that you're safe."

"Where have you been? We were all so worried about you."

"Your father is already gone, if something happened to you too, we really couldn't bear it."

Gwen's two brothers also came over, hugging their mother and sister.

Only then.

Did hot tears finally slide down from the corners of Gwen's eyes.

"We will be okay."

Gwen bit her lip and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of you."

"Dad is gone."

"From now on, I will protect you!"

When the sun rose again.

Azul came to Lin Ada's room, today he had Oscorp arrange some activities.

After having breakfast with Lin Ada, they walked out of the villa.

Ahead, a stretch Lincoln was already waiting for them.

Lin Ada, full of anticipation, asked, "Mr. John, where are we going today?"

"How about going to the amusement park?"

Azul casually replied.

At that moment, Norman Osborn personally opened the door of the stretch Lincoln.

But as the door opened, a dazzling array of colorful lights shone through.

Old Osborn was startled and took a couple of steps back.

Azul also stopped.

Only Lin Ada saw nothing and continued to walk forward.

Azul grabbed her, rubbed his nose and said, "Xiao Lin, our vacation is over."

Lin Ada was stunned, then asked, "Has the door opened?"

"It's open."

Azul exhaled a long breath, took the girl's hand: "Let's go, home."

The two got into the car, into that dazzling array of colorful lights.

In the blink of an eye, the colorful lights disappeared.

Norman Osborn was dumbfounded, after a while, he bravely reached his hand into the car.

But apart from air, he touched nothing.

"Strange."

"Where did Mr. John and Miss Lin Ada go?"

Old Osborn looked utterly confused.

New York.

The city was gradually restoring order.

People were rebuilding their homes on the ruins.

But outside the city, in a newly planned cemetery.

A funeral was taking place.

The funeral of New York Police Chief, George Stacy.

At this time, it was raining.

Holding an umbrella, wearing a black suit, Gwen watched as the coffin containing her father's body was lowered into the grave.

Then the priest began to speak: "Today, we have another brother, who will forever return to the embrace of the Lord."

Gwen looked down at her two younger brothers beside her.

Then she whispered to them.

"Dad hasn't left us."

The two boys nodded, but their eyes were still moist.

After a moment.

People began to offer flowers.

When it was Gwen's turn, she took a bunch of chrysanthemums and came to the grave.

She threw the flowers in: "I love you, Dad."

Next.

The police fired their guns.

The funeral was completed.

As they left, Gwen saw a solitary figure in the cemetery.

Gwen whispered to her mother: "Mom, you go ahead."

"I'm going to see a friend."

Helen Stacy nodded, took her two sons' hands and got into the car first.

Holding an umbrella, Gwen came to another corner of the cemetery.

"Aunt May."

Gwen called softly.

In front of her, a lady could not hide her sadness as she looked at the tombstone.

On the tombstone was the name 'Peter Parker'.

Hearing the call.

Aunt May turned around and saw Gwen: "I remember, you were Peter's classmate."

Gwen nodded: "Are you okay?"

Aunt May smiled bitterly: "This week, I lost my husband and my nephew, how can I be okay."

Gwen fell silent, she knew that any form of comfort would be futile for this lady.

The wound in her heart could only heal slowly, but such a wound would never fully heal.

Never!

Gwen held the umbrella, quietly standing with Aunt May.

By night.

The rain stopped.

Gwen returned home.

This was a temporary shelter built by the government to assist people.

Very simple.

Compared to the previous home.

It could be described as ugly.

When Gwen pushed the door open, she saw her two younger brothers helping to prepare dinner.

Her mother Helen came out of the kitchen, carrying a pot of stewed meat, along with a vegetable salad and bread.

This was their family's dinner.

"Mrs. Merlin gave us some lamb, I used it to make dinner, you all try it."

Helen then said: "By the way, Gwen."

"Can you help me get something from Mrs. Lawrence at number 3?"

"I went to her house this afternoon, left some things there."

Gwen nodded and smiled: "Sure, Mom."

She pushed the door open and walked out of the house, then her phone rang.

Gwen received a message.

"Miss Spider, your things are ready and have been placed at your designated location."

This was a message from Norman Osborn.

Gwen glanced at it, then quickly walked towards Mrs. Lawrence's house.

At night.

Gwen, wearing the Spider-Man mask and a hooded tracksuit, came to a statue.

The Statue of Liberty!

She raised her hand, the 'web shooter' on her wrist snapped, shooting out a web that stuck to the statue.

Gwen immediately shot up, and in a moment, she reached the torch of the Statue of Liberty.

There, lay a silver-white briefcase.

Gwen opened the case, inside was a neatly folded suit, including matching gloves and boots.

Gwen put them on, and also put on a white mask.

Beside the case, she also saw a card.

Gwen opened it, inside were lines of beautifully written words.

"Dear Miss Spider, please forgive me for taking the liberty to add some features to your suit."

"For example, I added an adsorption system to the gloves and boots, so you can climb on the surfaces of buildings and other structures."

"As for other features, you can check the attached manual."

Gwen smiled: "How thoughtful, Mr. Osborn."

She looked at the manual, and as she finished, a message popped up on her phone.

"Shocking! Unknown creature spotted on the streets of New York!"

Then another message popped up.

"Humanoid creature resembling a dinosaur appears on the streets of New York, has New York developed mutant species?"

Gwen put away her phone, looking towards the direction of downtown New York.

At this time, a helicopter flew over the Statue of Liberty.

Gwen pulled up her hood, covering her head, then raised her hand and shot out a web.

It stuck to the bottom of the helicopter, lifting Gwen into the air, hanging below the helicopter as it headed towards the city.

Arriving in the city, Gwen jumped down.

Then she continuously shot out webs, using them to move between buildings.

Once again using a web to swing across a street, Gwen landed on a building under reconstruction.

She landed right on a window.

The adsorption system of the suit allowed her to cling to the window like a real spider, so in the window, reflected the figure wearing a black and white suit, with a hood and mask.

Looking at the figure in the window.

Gwen said to herself.

"From today, you are Spider-Man!"

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"Aren't you bringing Arthur?"

"No."

"I'm afraid something might happen to him."

"Besides, no matter how long we stay in another universe, when we return, almost no time has passed."

"No need to worry about Arthur being scared."

"Then let's go."

The guide dog Arthur, lying on the carpet, watched as his mistress and her friend walked into the kitchen.

The next second, they walked out of the kitchen.

Arthur is smart, otherwise he wouldn't be a guide dog.

But no matter how smart, for a dog, it's completely impossible to understand the behavior of his mistress and her friend.

Of course, Arthur wouldn't notice.

In the process of entering and exiting the kitchen, the clothes of the mistress and that man had changed.

Watching the guide dog on the carpet lift its head and then lie down again, Azul smiled and said, "We're back."

Lin Ada said with a light smile, "Mr. John, now I'm starting to enjoy this kind of 'sleepwalking' experience."

"Of course, it has to be with you."

"Is it still night now?"

Azul looked out the window.

Outside the window, the moon hung high.

He nodded: "It's still night."

Lin Ada said, "When we left it was morning, it seems I have to adjust to the time difference."

"This is probably the only downside of 'sleepwalking'."

Azul also said, "Then I'll go back to my room to adjust to the time difference."

Lin Ada smiled, "I'll see you off."

"No need."

Azul then patted the guide dog's head: "Goodbye, Arthur."

The dog snorted a few times from its nose, then stuck out its tongue and licked Azul's hand.

Azul returned to the house across the passage.

After closing the door.

He looked at the lines of information appearing on his retina.

[Multiverse event 'The Amazing Spider-Man' has ended!]

[Now conducting event evaluation and settlement.]

[Evaluation ended, specifics as follows.]

[1 You changed the fate of Norman Osborn, obtained 'Proficiency Essence'*30.]

[2 You changed the fate of Gwen Stacy, obtained 'Proficiency Essence'*40]

[3 You made 'The Amazing Spider-Man' universe develop in an unknown direction, obtained 'Proficiency Essence'*42]

[4 You completed the fourth multiverse event, obtained Multiverse Crystal*5]

[Event settlement completed!]

[New items have been updated in your store.]

After reading the information.

Azul had only one thought.

Such meager rewards.

Last time 'Suicide Squad' at least had a phone, this time not a single item.

All 'Proficiency Essence'!

But thinking about it.

This seems to be normal.

After all, nothing major happened in 'The Amazing Spider-Man' universe.

Especially the first part, which is just Peter Parker's love-hate relationship with Dr. Lizard.

Compared to the DC and Marvel universes where world destruction is a common occurrence, such a small matter is insignificant.

This is only because I changed the outcome of Norman Osborn's death, and Martin Shinkle killed the original Spider-Man, I created a Gwen Spider-Man, hence these rewards.

Otherwise, following the normal process, the rewards would probably be even less.

However.

Invasion events and multiverse events seem to be evaluated and rewarded separately.

That is to say, the two are independent and do not interfere with each other.

Thinking of invasion events.

Azul remembered there were still some of Martin's items he hadn't checked, and he didn't know what items were in the 'Glory Store'.

He opened the inventory, found the 'Transformation Gun'.

[Transformation Gun: An item from the 'Transformers' universe, stores the energy of the AllSpark, can give life to machines, turning them into Transformers that fight for you.

Note: The AllSpark energy is limited, only three 'bullets' remain.]

Heh, a little toy.

Quite interesting.

Azul then took out the 'Strong Healing Potion', it looked like an inhalable potion.

[Strong Healing Potion: Can quickly recover from injuries, but only effective on light and medium injuries.]

Hmm, the effect is quite average.

Equivalent to the initial 'Self-Healing'.

Lastly.

Martin's items also included a rune.

[Rune 'Scouting': Use on a target to obtain some information about them, including name, talents, etc.]

An item similar to 'Insight'.

After reviewing Martin's items.

Azul opened the 'Glory Store'.

Found that there were already many items in the store.

[Magneto's Helmet: Can resist mental influences, making abilities like 'Mind Reading' ineffective.]

[Price: Glory Proof*5]

[Sling Ring: A magical tool used in conjunction with 'Teleportation', can open a portal.]

[Price: Glory Proof*3]

[Magic Book 'Portal': Magic from Kamar-Taj, after learning, can open a portal to any location you desire with the Sling Ring.]

[Price: Glory Proof*10]

[Ancient Martial Arts 'Tai Chi. Four Ounces Repels a Thousand Pounds'.]

Seeing these items.

Azul basically understood, the items appearing in the Glory Store are related to invasion events.

Items, martial arts, abilities used by invaders will appear in the Glory Store.

Then purchased using 'Glory Proof'.

At this time, Azul saw some interesting things.

[Proficiency Essence*10: This is an item that can increase talent proficiency, each essence increases 20 points of proficiency.]

[Price: Glory Proof*2]

[Crimson Eyes: An item that can search for 'Homelander' in other universes, and perform a random invasion.]

[Price: Glory Proof*10]

[Flag of Disgrace: When facing an invasion or failing an invasion, can use this item to surrender. After surrendering, can directly end the invasion event, but will randomly lose half of the items, lose half of the Glory Proof.

Note: If there is no Glory Proof, this item cannot be used.]

Wow.

Glory Proof can also be exchanged for 'Proficiency Essence'.

And there are items for invading other universes, as well as a white flag for surrender.

Azul continued to scroll down.

This time there were some new things.

[Universe Coordinates for 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings': Using these coordinates, can enter the corresponding universe.]

[Price: Glory Proof*100]

[Universe Coordinates for 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'.]

[Universe Coordinates for 'Transformers'.]

These coordinates should all be for the multiverses that Martin Shinkle has visited.

These can actually be purchased.

Azul looked at these items and thought.

From this perspective.

If I hadn't obtained Lin Ada, this 'treasure' that can traverse the multiverse.

Then I could only passively wait for invasion events to occur.

Only after the invasion event ends, could I purchase 'Crimson Eyes' or coordinates to other universes.

To start the multiverse journey.

But in that case, whether I could survive the first invasion.

That would be hard to say.

Overall.

My luck is still quite good.

Experienced several multiverse events before being invaded.

Otherwise.

I might have already become Martin's experience pack.

Azul organized his current resources.

[Proficiency Essence*139]

[Multiverse Crystal*39]

[Glory Proof*64]

Not bad.

And, there are 39 Multiverse Crystals.

Can purchase [Hercules' Wrist Guards]!

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On the same night.

The superhero 'Supersonic' had just finished a performance.

The man wearily came to the parking lot.

Entering the underground parking lot, he saw from afar a black man in a white suit standing next to his car.

Supersonic walked over, spread his hands and smiled: "Hi, do you want an autograph?"

The black man turned around, wearing sunglasses, making Supersonic unable to see his currently frightened eyes, trying to send some kind of signal to this superhero.

"That's exactly what I want."

The black man said: "I'm your super fan, sir."

"Let me tell you, you could totally join 'The Seven'."

Supersonic laughed, took out a pen, and said, "Where do you want me to sign?"

The black man turned around and said, "How about on my suit?"

Supersonic chuckled and said, "Are you sure?"

The black man nodded: "I'm absolutely sure, sir."

"Alright then."

Supersonic walked over, stood behind the black man, the pen tip touching the black man's white suit.

At this moment, an eye suddenly grew on the black man's white suit.

This eye, filled with malice, stared at the superhero in front of it.

"What the hell?"

Supersonic's expression changed, instinctively trying to pull his hand back.

But at this time, the black man's white suit grew tendrils, wrapping around Supersonic's wrist!

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