Chapter 150 - 139: Lizard Man Peter Parker

Lille was driving furiously on the highway, cursing himself for the miscalculation—

Spiderman Peter Parker’s innate insecurities, theoretically, should have been balanced by his mutated body.

But why would that Peter Parker still conduct such experiments? Didn’t he know that he had already mutated?

The answer was, he wasn’t Spiderman at all!

The moment Lille noticed the anomaly, he began collecting related video information on the internet—

Thinking of Marvel, thinking of Spiderman Peter Parker, thinking of Professor Conners, he instinctively linked the three together; but, while literary works progress according to a script, the real world does not!

The "Spiderman" on the internet was not the red and blue Spiderman, but the black and white Spider Gwen!

However, according to his memory, in Spider Gwen’s world, the research on Lizard Serum was also engineered by Peter Parker.

In the scenario where the Lizard Man should have been Professor Conners, Spiderman had instead become Spider Gwen - Lille could only interpret this as a butterfly effect.

But now was not the time to deal with that—although Lille had turned off all the devices in the laboratory as much as possible, 2011 was by no means the Cyberpunk World. Unless positioned next to the electrical box, it was difficult for the Hacker to truly achieve 100% control!

Determined, Peter demonstrated considerable hands-on ability.

The cameras in the laboratory were turned off by Peter, and in the last scene, the Lizard Potion had been synthesized.

Hiss—

The car screeched to a halt at the school gate, Lille ignored the security coming out of the guardhouse, Si Anweisitan activated, and directly accessed the campus security network.

It was late at night, and there were hardly any people visible on the campus—but those still strolling in the campus soon focused their attention on the Biological Laboratory building.

There was a muffled sound, the lights on the entire floor suddenly went out, and then starting from Professor Conners’ fourth floor, the darkness spread downward.

The stone slabs cracked, and the road surface collapsed—

And then it disappeared without a trace.

The students nearby were too frightened to move, staring dumbly at the events unfolding.

Lille scoffed and immediately called Chief of Police Stacy—

...

George Stacy was sitting upright on the sofa, waiting for Gwen to come home.

Beep beep beep—

"A call at such a late hour... Lille?" George answered, "Lille, what’s the matter?"

"A major public safety event—Empire University, Laboratory Assistant Researcher Peter Parker, conducted unauthorized human experiments on himself.

The subject is now evading capture."

George sprang to his feet—Peter Parker was also known to him.

"Peter Parker?!"

He shouted, and a faint noise came from Gwen’s bedroom upstairs, but he didn’t hear it.

"Yes, Peter Parker. He injected himself with a Pharmaceutical that wasn’t authorized for human testing."

"But a severe safety incident..."

"Chief, trust me, this is definitely a major safety incident—have you ever seen a humanoid that can burrow from a lab building all the way into the sewage system?

He has mutated, I need access to the monitoring systems of New York City."

"Wait, wait, you’re telling me, Peter Parker, my daughter’s close friend, supposed to be at Midtown High School’s dance tonight, has now turned into a transgenic monster roaming around New York City?!"

"Exactly."

Lille caught a crucial detail—Midtown High School dance.

In front of him was a chaotic laboratory—fortunately, the Lizard Man preferred to move in moist environments, so Peter moved along the sewage pipes, and the floor that was smashed was on the bathroom side.

Apart from a few devices damaged by debris, most of the equipment was still operating normally—

After a rough count of the damages and taking a few photos, Lille packed all the necessary equipment.

On the other end of the phone, George, although still not fully comprehending, immediately put on his police uniform: "Alright, I believe you, the access username and password are...

If possible, please don’t hurt him, nor let him hurt anyone else."

"A tough request—Chief, you’ll understand once you see it."

Phone call ended, George opened the door ready to respond to the emergency—

Before leaving, he took one last look at home, then called Gwen, but unfortunately, Gwen didn’t pick up.

So he had to leave a voice message:

"Gwen, you came home a bit late today, I was supposed to wait for you at home, but I have to work overtime, it’s going to be unsafe today, call me back as soon as you see this message."

Just as George got into the car, a white figure swung by Spider Silk towards Midtown High School behind the building.

...

Crack—Crack—Crack—!

On the street outside Midtown High School, those still on the road watched in horror as fissures continuously opened up on the ground, screaming crazily and fleeing!

The cracks extended to a manhole cover, and then—

Bang!

A massive force directly blew the manhole cover upwards, a massive beast burst from underground!

People in the nearby police car were astonished, staring blankly as they pulled out their radios but hesitated, not knowing how to report the situation.

Their eyes were filled with confusion, switching between perplexity and ferocity as they surveyed everything around them, until they saw the sign—

"Midtown High School."

That was the destination.

As the giant lizard steadily advanced towards the high school, the police remembered to turn on their radios—

But the command center reacted even quicker:

"All NYPD officers on duty, a major public safety incident has occurred..."

Watching the surveillance footage, Lille clicked his tongue—

The lizard he had transformed into was almost twice the size of Peter’s transformed lizard.

Was that a lizard?!

You could call it a juvenile version of Godzilla and Lille would believe it!

Peter, who had transformed into Lizard Man, was almost three meters tall! This was even in his semi-crouching state; his tail was extraordinarily long!

Although it was a bit embarrassing to say, Lille handling this creature alone was quite dangerous.

In the surveillance footage, a white figure swung by with spider silk in pursuit.

Lille breathed a small sigh of relief—but this time, he wasn’t just here with the mindset of dealing with Lizard Man.

Though Peter was somewhat deranged due to his insecurities, he had followed the human experimentation scenario Lille had envisioned and equipped himself with many monitoring devices—

These devices were designed based on the biological model of Lille’s lizardization, albeit still imperfect, but they were indeed designed.

After lizardization, the skin would be covered with tough keratin, its protective capability even comparable to steel plates.

How to retrieve biological data in such conditions?

Lille’s idea was to embed the devices into the body before the transformation occurred, and these devices should have an extremely strong resistance to pressure; sensors should be able to transmit data over the network to avoid cables being torn off by excessive movement.

Peter’s change in size far exceeded Lille’s estimates, and this batch of experimental equipment was heavily damaged, yet there were still parts embedded in the skin.

More critically, Lille had designed six injection ports in the devices, to prevent situations where the injector could not penetrate the overly tough lizard skin; now there were still two ports left in his body.

Lille soon caught up as well, driving against the direction of the fleeing crowd into Midtown High School—

The signal was there, albeit intermittent.

A flood of data began to appear on the computer.

Peter had made a major, significant mistake, which could potentially disrupt the rhythm Lille had envisioned—but after all, as the project manager, it was also Lille’s responsibility.

He habitually imposed the first thing he thought of onto reality, neglecting to conduct background checks on the laboratory personnel.

This wasn’t a movie or a comic book world—despite it having all the elements Lille was familiar with.

This was reality.

However, criticism, complaints, and regrets wouldn’t change anything; Lille could only try his best to mitigate losses and correct mistakes.

"I didn’t expect I would have to face Lizard Man myself so soon..."

NYPD vehicles also quickly arrived at the scene, and under George’s direction, the area was cordoned off—

The police chief seemed very tense, "Lille—how are things going?"

"The target went inside, but there’s someone following him—the Spider Woman who has been trending online recently."

"Spider Woman?" George was taken aback, "She’s here? I thought she was just a publicity-seeking freak?"

"Not anymore, we’d better hope she’s as capable as they say; otherwise...this support isn’t enough."

Just as George was about to speak, a loud explosion suddenly erupted from the Midtown High School building!

Boom!

The building was blasted open, creating a huge hole. The noise continued, and soon a corner of the building completely collapsed...

With good eyesight, one could see glimpses of green arms and white claws through the dust—

The magnitude of the event made George swallow his words.

Lille picked up the prepared signal relay, wrapped it into his backpack containing several pharmaceuticals, and then turned to walk towards the area of conflict.

George quickly grabbed Lille—

"What are you going to do?"

"Peter Parker is an intern research assistant at our lab; I certainly have to take responsibility for this."

George’s lips twitched, glancing at the building still erupting with loud noises, "Are you sure?"

"I’m sure."

The police chief looked into Lille’s eyes, and after confirming he was not joking, said seriously, "I’ll help you. You’re not a police officer, so tell me what I need to do."

Lille shook his head, stating earnestly, "Chief, I’m not joking. I must go to the scene, but if you want to join me, you can help ensure the safety of the signal relay.

I need to determine which pharmaceutical is suitable for Peter Parker now—it’s a serious matter, otherwise he might die."

George half-reluctantly took the signal relay and then watched Lille hurry into the building, feeling somewhat uneasy—

But now wasn’t the time for him to fret over these details. Holding the relay, he followed behind Lille, lowering his head to his radio to issue commands:

"...Team A, continue evacuating the crowd, Team B, follow me, keep distance, rescue casualties."