Chapter 1206

"It's called a Void Battle Bead. It is a special communication tool and also a symbol of identity."

"If every God has a title, Lord of the Void is my divine name. Wearing the Void Battle Bead means you are a person of mine, the Lord of the Void."

Su Quan introduced it while teaching her hand-in-hand how to use the many functions within the Void Battle Bead.

Gwen Stacy mastered it very quickly, but she was completely bewildered!

It can communicate across space and time, it has medical programs that can treat various cancers, it has a suit system that can customize nano-suits, and so on.

You call this a special communication tool?

Apart from the nano-suit system, everything in here, whether it's the medical program to treat cancer or the cross-space and cross-time communication, can be called a miracle for humans, okay?

*Whoosh—*

A tight-fitting uniform, white on top and black on the bottom, suddenly covered her entire body. Gwen Stacy looked at it in amazement and soon discovered that the design of the uniform was full of spider-style elements.

Recalling Su Quan's untimely question earlier about whether she liked spiders, Gwen Stacy had a vague guess.

Looking up at Su Quan, she asked directly: "Does my future have something to do with spiders?"

Su Quan shook his head: "Your future only has to do with me."

Gwen Stacy pouted coquettishly: "Can you be serious?"

Su Quan smiled and walked toward the wall at the edge of the rooftop, jumped up, and then sat down and reached out to pull Gwen Stacy up.

Gwen Stacy was a bit scared, but soon sat down cross-legged.

"There are many versions of the story of Gwen Stacy, and I'll pick two to tell you."

"In one version, Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider. Don't worry about where this spider came from; after being bitten, Gwen Stacy possessed the abilities of a spider from then on."

"Super strength, super defense, super endurance, perfect balance, spider-sense that can predict danger, organic spider silk that can be fired from her wrists, the ability to crawl on walls, and so on."

"Because of this, she became Spider-Woman. You know, the kind of superhero who eliminates evil and fights criminals."

"She had a friend, who was also her high school classmate, who was often bullied at school. After learning about Spider-Woman's identity and abilities, he wanted to become as special as her."

"He researched a serum himself, but the serum wasn't perfect, and he died in front of Spider-Woman."

"The police, unaware of the inside story, treated Spider-Woman as a murderer and put out a warrant for her arrest everywhere. Her father, Police Commissioner George Stacy, was determined to arrest her."

"The death of a friend, the misunderstanding of society, the hostility of her father—her life was a mess!"

"Later, she met several friends from parallel worlds, female Spider-Women from parallel worlds, and together they defeated the mastermind who manipulated her destiny."

"As an aside, this Gwen Stacy joined a high school girls' band and was the band's drummer. They even held a concert that was forced to end before it even began."

One spoke, one listened.

The atmosphere was indescribably harmonious.

Seeing that Gwen Stacy didn't interrupt him, Su Quan smiled and began the second story.

"The second version of Gwen Stacy was a cheerful, generous, confident, and beautiful girl. She wasn't bitten by a spider to become Spider-Woman; instead, one of her admirers became Spider-Man."

"Then…"

Su Quan stopped and waved his hand toward the sky.

Points of light gathered, forming a very realistic image in the sky.

In the image, Gwen Stacy had a strand of spider silk stuck to her, her body was suspended in the air, and her hands and feet were hanging unnaturally toward the ground.

She was dead!

This image made Gwen Stacy's eyes freeze, her breathing stopped, and an indescribable wave of pain and nausea surged, making her uncontrollably show terror and gasp for air.

Death!

The death of 'herself'!

Gwen Stacy, who was already fair and bright, had a complexion that was now ghastly pale.

"This is me—this is me, right?"

"This is my future, and also the 'regret' you mentioned?"

Gwen Stacy looked at Su Quan with eager eyes. She believed that this second Gwen Stacy was her!

Su Quan didn't answer directly, but instead used another explanation: "Every world has its own timeline. Any person who makes a choice different from the original timeline will create a time branch, extending into another timeline different from the original one."

"This is the future of your original timeline, not the future of this current timeline!"

"Didn't I say it? Your destiny was already rewritten by me from the moment I appeared in your life."

Gwen Stacy took a deep breath and nodded, asking: "This Spider-Man, did he kill me?"

"You died because of him."

"Who is he?"

"Peter Parker."

"Peter Parker—I seem to have an impression of that name?"

Gwen Stacy thought for a moment. She seemed to have heard the name at school, but she had no impression of the person and couldn't match the name to a face.

"In the first story, the friend who died in front of me, was… was it also him?"

"Yes."

Gwen Stacy smiled: "It seems we had a good relationship; no wonder I died because of him! But… you jumped directly from the beginning to the end of this story. Why? Could it be that we were together and you were jealous?"

…………

"Or—are you worried?"

Su Quan's expression was speechless. Gwen Stacy giggled and held his hand: "Didn't you say it? My destiny has already been rewritten by you. For the current me, the person I know is Su Quan, not some Peter Parker."

"The story you just told is really just a story to me, because that was simply not my experience."

"Being approached by you at school, being invited out in Professor Connors' office, holding onto you and flying to the rooftop, being so dazed in your arms that I almost suffocated—this is my experience!"

"That was my first kiss!"

Su Quan smiled and held Gwen Stacy's hand back. He wasn't worried about what would happen if Gwen knew the future; he just simply didn't want to describe those useless fragments in the middle.

Because the focus of this version lies in the death of Gwen.

However, Gwen's reaction warmed Su Quan's heart, and a feeling of being touched welled up.

This is the Gwen I firmly chose!

Su Quan indeed had the confidence to say so.

Because for others, he almost never firmly had to choose a certain period or a certain version; only Gwen Stacy, the Gwen Stacy of this world, was the one he didn't waver in choosing even after Spider-Gwen appeared!

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PS: Everyone knows I'm a single dog, so when I shape emotions and female characters, I actually play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses. The writing style is very direct, but writing Gwen in these chapters actually felt quite smooth.

Maybe because Gwen really is that regret that one cannot let go of.