Chapter 404

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The destroyed prison saw quite a few repeat offenders escape.

Former WWE performer Zhao Xina's Sandman accidentally wanders into the test site, his body disintegrated into fine sand,

and evolves into Sandman!

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After the Battle of New York in *The Avengers*, Chitauri soldiers' weapons were scattered across the globe.

The Vulture, as a S. H. I. E. L. D. contractor, was tasked with leading his company to recover the weapons.

Unfortunately, S. H. I. E. L. D. turned its back on him and refused to pay the Vulture's wages,

so the Vulture simply held back a portion of the weapons to develop his own power.

The moment he donned the wings marked the birth of the supervillain Vulture!

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Mysterio was once an employee of Stark Industries, and was casually put down by Tony Stark once,

which he regarded as a deep disgrace, so he began stealing Stark Industries' drones to craft photorealistic special-effects scenes.

Mysterio hoped to become a superhero like Spider-Man and Iron Man, worshipped by the world.

But with his heart blackened, he planned to use illusions to destroy these superheroes and mold himself into a true hero.

So Mysterio decided to start with Spider-Man!

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After the Green Goblin stole Doctor Octopus's mechanical arms, he made his way with familiar ease to the Osborn Group headquarters,

where, at the Osborn Medical Center, Doctor Octopus's body was being kept.

At the end of the previous film, Doctor Octopus sank to the bottom of the Hudson River to destroy the fusion reactor.

He was salvaged by the Coast Guard, clinging to life, but his brain had been starved of oxygen too long, leaving him in a vegetative state, receiving treatment at Osborn Technologies.

The Green Goblin found the vegetative Doctor Octopus in his hospital room and installed the mechanical arms onto him.

Suddenly, Doctor Octopus opened his eyes, his gaze blood-red!

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At this point, all members of the Sinister Six have made their entrance!

As everyone knows, the Sinister Six has seven members,

and there is still one, the Rhino in his kinetic armor, busy committing crimes across New York City alongside fanatical gang members.

Peter Parker could never have imagined that the moment he sent Kingpin to prison, New York City would become even more chaotic!

Danger lurks on all sides!

At this time, Peter Parker was still busy with his own life,

interning at Stark Industries by day, enduring the bullying of his boss and senior colleagues.

Peter clearly possessed extraordinary scientific talent,

but the employees of Stark Industries were insufferably arrogant, looking down on this "perfectly ordinary" young man, sending him out for coffee, running errands, and bullying him at every turn.

To secure a permanent position at Stark Industries and realize his scientific dreams, Peter Parker could only endure this unfair treatment.

After work, Peter Parker also had to work part-time as a photographer for the Daily Bugle and squeeze in pizza deliveries.

The Daily Bugle's editor-in-chief always had a cigar in his mouth, docked Peter's pay, and righteously denounced Spider-Man.

"It's precisely because of Spider-Man that Fisk was sent to prison, but New York City hasn't gotten better—in fact, it's gotten worse!"

"He's a parasite on the whole of New York! I told you to photograph him harming New York—what is this garbage you shot? Fifty dollars docked!"

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While Peter Parker was busy hustling for a living, at night he had to play Spider-Man and fight for justice.

The supervillain Vulture was organizing men to raid a S. H. I. E. L. D. armory, which was full of confiscated Chitauri weapons.

When they caused explosions and made a huge commotion, Spider-Man heard it on the police radio and rushed to the scene, engaging the Vulture in a fierce battle.

"Mr., this stuff is all S. H. I. E. L. D. property. Didn't your teacher ever teach you not to touch other people's things?"

"None of your business!"

The Vulture was furious and dove down from the air, only to be ensnared by Spider-Man's carefully laid webbing.

Just as Spider-Man was about to arrest the Vulture,

"Yahahahaha—"

a familiar voice rang out as the Green Goblin, Harry Osborn, arrived on his glider, slicing the webbing and forcing Spider-Man back.

"Harry!!!"

Peter Parker glared at him!

If not for the Green Goblin, Gwen wouldn't have died!

Spider-Man had just prepared to fire a web and fight him, when the next second, a mechanical Octopus arm suddenly appeared from behind and entangled Peter!

This scene uses the jumpscare technique from horror films—a sudden attack from the shadows startled the entire audience!

Spider-Man, one against three, instantly fell into grave peril! 【】

"Dr. Octavius, you're not dead? It's me!"

Peter Parker tried to awaken Doctor Octopus's consciousness, but alas, in his vegetative state, he was completely controlled by the blackened mechanical arms.

Fortunately, at the critical moment a police car arrived, and a Black officer drew his gun and shot at Doctor Octopus, saving Spider-Man.

Seeing more and more police cars arriving, the Green Goblin and the Vulture hurriedly fled the scene with Doctor Octopus.

The little Spider lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily.

"Are you okay?"

The Black police officer kindly helped Spider-Man up.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it. You're contributing to New York too. Besides, my son is your fan."

"Oh? Really, what's his name?"

"Miles."

"He must be a very smart young man."

"Yes, he's my pride."

Xu Can buried a little Easter egg here, laying the groundwork for *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse*.

Miles Morales, the little black spider of Earth-1610.

After this battle, Peter Parker became aware of the danger.

The chaos in New York brought forth more villains.

He wanted to contact Tony Stark through Stark Industries and have the Avengers step in.

Unfortunately, he could never reach Stark, and the other members of the Avengers had also vanished without a trace.

Peter Parker pulled off his mask, dragged his exhausted body to sit atop a skyscraper, and gazed at the New York City nightscape and the distant disturbances.

He felt a bit overwhelmed, but then his gaze hardened with resolve once more.

"Even without the Avengers' help, I can save this city! That's right, you're the best, Peter Parker!"

"Saying that, don't you feel embarrassed?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind!

The moment they heard that voice, every viewer in the audience got a jolt!

Peter Parker himself got a "Peter jolt"!

Under the effect of his spider-sense, Peter whipped his head around.

Accompanied by a sudden sway of the camera, that familiar figure stood daintily right before him.

Gwen Stacy!

"No way! Impossible! Gwen?"

"Hey, Peter of this universe."

Gwen Stacy greeted Peter Parker with three parts delight, three parts restraint, and three parts awkwardness.

The entire audience was instantly dumbfounded!

"Ohhhhhhh!"

"It's really Gwen!"

Anyone who saw the post-credits scene knows that Gwen Stacy has crossed over into a parallel universe.