bioinnovel Chapter 429 [Two Chapters Combined] Exile, Peter's Backup Plan
Chapter 429 [Two Chapters Combined] Exile, Peter's Backup Plan
"What? What are you planning to do?"
Tony's voice was filled with surprise and even deeper worry.
After spending these days together, Tony felt he had come to understand Peter better, knowing that Peter never joked about such important matters...
However, what troubled Tony was that he didn't know where this kid had learned to be so willing to take any risks to save others' lives. He even prioritized the safety of strangers over his own!
This gave Tony a subtle sense of unease about Peter's next proposal.
"Do you remember how I dealt with those enemies who invaded your villa?"
As Peter spoke, he quickly checked the remaining energy parameters of the nanosuit out of the corner of his eye.
After quickly calculating in his mind, Peter did not hesitate at all and forcibly stopped the prince's medical functions.
In that instant, the excruciating pain that had been temporarily suppressed by medical treatment surged back like a tidal wave, causing Peter's vision to go black and him to almost faint on the spot.
But he gritted his teeth and endured it.
Then, with a complex look in his eyes, he stared at Max, who had once aspired to be like Spider-Man and become a superhero, but whose will had been twisted by magic and who was about to trigger a major crisis. He answered Tony's question clearly, word by word.
"Since Max is now acting as the power source for this portal, providing it with energy, then..."
"Once this 'energy source' disappears, the crisis will naturally be resolved, won't it?"
"The energy source has disappeared...you want to...!"
Tony's breath hitched, and a terrible thought flashed through his mind.
Before he could finish speaking, Peter's red and blue suit, which was already covered in cracks and charred black, with many of its nano-units failing, suddenly emitted a series of dense crackling sounds, like firecrackers!
The remaining nanounits, under Peter's command, frantically operated and reorganized, but continued to disintegrate due to insufficient energy and structural damage!
Clearly, Peter is forcibly activating the "Eight-Point Light Wheel" protocol, also provided by Riley and integrated into the suit!
Unlike Tony's Mark II, Peter's nanosuit has a smaller energy core. Furthermore, their functional needs differ—Tony, as an ordinary human, prioritizes the versatility and superior defense of his Iron Man suit, while Peter and Riley, possessing Spider-Man's superpowers, value the nanosuit's convenience. This results in the current nanosuit being lighter and less robust than Tony's Iron Man suit.
This resulted in, after suffering a series of heavy blows and absorbing tons of damage for Peter...
Peter's nanosuit, like the armor in a popular game that, after repeated repairs, has its durability reduced to a thin layer, is now just a suspender.
Its defensive and stability capabilities are almost zero, barely enough to conceal Peter's true identity.
This is why, even though Peter forcibly activated the "Eight-Point Light Wheel" protocol, a very faint, dimly lit, grayish-white energy wheel with constantly twisting and disintegrating edges was successfully condensed in front of his right palm.
However, compared to the complete version that Tony used before, Peter has only managed to form a rough prototype.
Not only was it less than half the size of the one Tony had previously launched, but its rotation speed was also significantly reduced, and the buzzing sound it emitted was hoarse and unstable, as if it might detonate prematurely due to the disruption of its internal energy balance!
Even worse, due to the severe shortage and instability of energy supply, this forcibly condensed "defective" eight-eighths light wheel could not be launched like Tony's.
According to Jestis's tests, once Peter's "Eight-Point Light Wheel" is released, it will probably only fly a few meters before it runs out of energy and dissipates into the air.
Therefore, Peter did not choose to throw from a distance.
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excruciating pain and weakness deep within his heart. His eyes were fixed only on the enormous energy figure in the sky, and the chilling torrent of energy connecting the energy figure to the portal.
The next second, he moved.
The faint, pale golden aura of the prince behind him suddenly shone brightly before extinguishing completely.
Clearly, Peter devoted all the energy he had saved to the flight function, resulting in a powerful, short-range burst of propulsion!
In an instant, Peter moved like lightning, defying the surging electric currents and chaotic energy currents, gripping the extremely unstable, hissing gray-white energy wheel, and launched a suicidal charge towards the face of the Electro Giant!
However, the target of the Eight-Point Light Wheel was not Max...
Instead, it was the invisible magical barrier that enveloped Max's body, which Tony had previously broken but was quickly repaired by the mastermind behind it!
"Peter—!!!"
Seeing this, Tony's eyes widened in fury, but because Peter moved too fast and was stopped by his words, Tony could only watch helplessly as the blood-soaked red figure, like a moth drawn to a flame, crashed headlong into the enormous creature directly below!
He clenched his teeth so tightly they almost broke, and could only stare intently at Peter's figure, concentrating all the remaining energy of the Mark 2 on propulsion and maneuverability.
So that in the moment when Peter could not hold on or was in mortal danger, they could rush forward at all costs.
Even if it meant using his own armor and body to shield Peter from the final fatal blow, in exchange for Peter's chance to live!
Meanwhile, Max, who was being powered by magic by the mastermind and desperately trying to "save the world," also noticed the crazy actions of this tiny figure.
In his magically distorted perception, this red "elite monster" never chose to attack him directly from beginning to end. Instead, it once again did something that Max found puzzling.
"For example, when Max had just broken free from the Iron Monger and was absorbing its remaining energy to grow stronger, the 'elite monster' could have taken the opportunity to attack Max or interfere with the portal's energy flow..."
But without hesitation, he prioritized saving those "little monsters."
Could it be that the "elite monster" that "possessed Peter's body" was influenced by Peter during this process...?
Or……
Peter's will remains trapped within the monster's body and is attempting to fight back and regain control of his body.
This thought, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, stirred up a subtle yet undeniable ripple in Max's bewitched and murderous mind.
Therefore, just a moment before Peter, holding the unstable eight-light wheel, was about to crash into the magical barrier...
Max's enormous arm, made entirely of electrical energy, could have easily shattered Peter in mid-air with a thick arc of electricity or repelled him with an energy field with just a slight swing.
However, at this crucial juncture, he experienced an extremely brief, almost imperceptible, hesitation.
Why?
Why would this "elite monster"... risk so much to save the other "monsters"?
Why does his current behavior... seem less like an attack and more like... fulfilling some kind of... tragic mission?
"No, this shouldn't be... Riley clearly told me that these monsters only have the instinct to destroy and devour, how could they..."
As he muttered to himself, Max began to have some doubts about Riley, who had always been by his side and occasionally guided him on what to do, ever since his will had been twisted and bewitched.
"Don't get distracted, Max! That monster is deceiving you! It just wants to get close to you, destroy you, and stop you from saving the world! You are the last hope for this world's salvation, don't be fooled! Kill it! Don't let it get near you!"
At the same time, the mastermind behind the scenes clearly noticed Max's unusual behavior from his stagnant movements.
The next second, Riley's voice, which had been silent for a long time, echoed in Max's ears out of nowhere. His tone was anxious and concerned, as if he was thinking of Max's best interests and trying to dispel Max's doubts.
However, once the seed of doubt is planted, it cannot be easily removed with just a few words.
Therefore, Max, who always obeyed Riley's orders, did not rush to act according to Riley's instructions this time.
Instead, after pushing his speed to the limit and gaining a special perspective that was almost like time stopping, he fell into deep thought again as he watched the "elite monster" approaching him little by little.
If it's really just acting... is it necessary to go to this extent?
They need to be covered in blood, with broken bones, yet still rush forward without hesitation.
Time and again, they had to use their bodies to block bullets, explosions, and falling debris, just to protect other weaker "little monsters"?
the most important is……
It was Riley who told him that these "monsters" had no independent thought or emotions, and only knew how to kill indiscriminately...
How could their actions contain the concept of "acting"?
How can we explain the actions of this "elite monster" before us?
In the end, it was "Riley" who deceived himself...
Or……
Riley, who kept talking in his ear, claiming that the world was doomed and that he needed to open the "door to salvation" to connect to the past and successfully save the world, was actually...
It's just a fake?!
The thought exploded like a thunderclap in Max's chaotic mind! It brought his energy transfer to a complete halt, and his massive energy body shuddered violently!
Even in his dazed state, the image that flashed before Max's eyes was momentarily distorted and blurred. To Max's astonishment, the "elite monster" he had once longed to kill had suddenly transformed into a battered and bruised Spider-Man!
Just as Max's mind began to question the reality of his mission because of this fleetingly real scene...
Peter, we've arrived!
"Open it—for me!!!"
With a hoarse roar, Peter gripped the unstable, flawed eight-light wheel in his right hand, treating it as an energy blade that could explode at any moment, and slashed fiercely and recklessly at the magical barrier!
The moment the two collided, an extremely sharp energy-cutting sound and a deafening explosion erupted almost simultaneously!
However, the collision between Peter's eight-light wheel and the magic barrier lasted for less than two seconds before it exploded violently due to its extremely unstable structure and the intense impact of external energy!
But this explosion also became the final force that broke through the barrier!
Grayish-white mimicry magic, dark green genuine magic, blue-white electrical energy... three different colors of energy are now frantically intertwining, annihilating, and tearing each other apart!
Until that tough magical barrier was finally blasted open by such a close and violent "self-destruct" attack, creating an irregular gap that was just big enough for one person to pass through!
Of course, the majority of the impact of the explosion was absorbed and neutralized by the magical barrier...
But even at such close range, almost face-to-face, a considerable portion of the damage still directly impacted Peter himself!
"puff--!"
The already severely injured body suffered another blow!
Peter felt as if countless red-hot knives were churning inside his body, and blood gushed from his mouth, nose, and even ears!
His nanotech suit let out its final groan; over 70% of its surface shattered, vaporized, and peeled away in the explosion's light and impact, revealing his mangled, charred body beneath. In some places, even the white bone was visible!
He became a true "blood man," with almost no intact skin on his body. His consciousness was violently oscillating from the excruciating pain and blood loss, teetering on the brink of collapse.
But thanks to the last warning from his spider-sense and an unimaginable tenacity, he managed to adjust the posture of his mangled body amidst the flames and shockwave of the explosion. Using the thrust generated by the explosion, his speed surged again, bursting through the gap in the magical barrier and hurtling straight towards Max!
At this moment, Max, who was already deeply confused and doubtful about the mission he was carrying out, was obviously stunned by this sudden and clearly reckless close-range attack.
His massive energy body momentarily froze. The flow of energy being channeled towards the portal also noticeably stopped.
His "eyes," made of electric light, stared straight at this tiny figure, which, despite being riddled with holes, showed no sign of retreat or fear and continued to charge at him, even though it knew it was no match for him.
A mix of emotions welled up in Max's heart. He ignored Riley's warnings and urging, standing still, wanting only to see what the "elite monster" in front of him wanted to do.
In that instant of hesitation.
Peter grinned, blood seeping from between his teeth, and gave a complex smile—a mixture of exhaustion and apology, yet unwavering determination—to his partner, who was so close to him.
He raised his right hand, which had been completely melted away by the nanotech suit, leaving it charred and blurred, and pointed it tremblingly at Max.
"I'm sorry, Max..."
Peter used his last strength to murmur softly.
The voice sounded so faint compared to when Peter had called Max's name earlier.
But at this moment, as if possessing some kind of magic, it pierced through the magic enveloping Max and echoed clearly in Max's ears.
"Your Highness, target locked: Max Dylan..."
He mustered his last remaining strength and gave the final command to the watch equipped with the "Prince" function, which he had been deliberately protecting during the breakout.
"start up……"
"Time travel function!"
That's right, this is Peter's backup plan...
To protect the lives of more people, Peter, who no longer had time to slowly awaken Max's consciousness, could only force himself to suppress his reluctance...
By using the prince's time-travel ability, the completely out-of-control Max was sent to the depths of the universe, far from Earth, just like the Super Abomination was exiled!