[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit":3,"chapter-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-111":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: Starting with the Ice-Ice Fruit",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1733192,2216,"Chapter 111: Peter's Triple-Gene Fusion & The Poisoning of Dr. Connors","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-111",111,"\u003Cp>Dr. Connors hadn't been watching Oscorp's movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he had been monitoring Harry and Peter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the source of his confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You and I both know the reality of Oscorp. Without the decay algorithm you provided, the Lizard Serum would never have worked. But the serum has a flaw: it makes people succumb to bestial instincts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors explained his psychological journey during his own transformation to Peter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Peter wasn't listening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind replayed Harry's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen is just one of Vincent's women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sentence stung the most. Vincent's sinful face was finally exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter knew Vincent was strong and could manipulate water. But he didn't know Vincent was the Ice Demon. He and Connors had left New York before the big reveal at the hero gathering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Peter, Vincent was just a lucky, powerful mutant who probably took the serum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our breakthrough was a flash of inspiration,\" Connors continued. \"The 'Key' lies in the Spider Gene. Even if Oscorp copies our experiments, they can't break the gene lock without the Key unless they solve the Spider Gene sequence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors looked at Peter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter snapped back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I took my father's briefcase. Aunt May doesn't know what's in the notebook. So if they broke through, they must have cracked the Gene Key from the Spider samples directly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter said with certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, his face turned serious. \"Professor Connors, I want to start the Phase 3 Human Trial.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors' face changed. \"Peter, the Phase 3 Synthesis Serum isn't perfect. Using it now could cause a genetic collapse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Injecting multiple trans-species serums was risky. The key was the synthesis agent that allowed conflicting genes to merge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn't even mass-tested Phase 2. Jumping to Phase 3 could kill Peter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All experiments carry risk, Professor. I've made up my mind. Don't try to stop me. Your job is to inject the third serum and fuse the three powers within me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter looked determined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed Harry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Harry was baiting him to die. But Peter suppressed his anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially his anger towards Hydra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person who killed his parents might be dead, but Hydra's obsession with the serum meant they would do anything to steal his father's tech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter had learned many Hydra secrets. They had bio-labs globally. Each Elder controlled different factions. They competed to be the next Red Skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if it works, the side effects might be irreversible,\" Connors softened his tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor, I know what I'm doing. I have a special gene sequence—the key to unlocking the gene lock. I will succeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter checked his watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The longer they waited, the sooner Hydra would find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors nodded slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But internally, he sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally. Phase 3.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a forbidden zone Connors dared not tread. Since Peter wanted to be the guinea pig, Connors wouldn't stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phase 3 was the beginning of Connors' true ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor, I won't let you down.\" Peter smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors strapped Peter down and began injecting the new serum cocktail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter felt his body tearing apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millions of ants crawled inside his veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His will screamed to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the experiment couldn't stop now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry led the way. He found a surface commander, took his keycard, and accessed the elevator to the deep labs, 100 meters underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry was ready to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the guards ignored them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not that they can't see us. They chose to ignore us,\" Vincent's voice explained. Psychic Blindness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent walked ahead of Harry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Vincent's back, Harry had a thought. This is a perfect chance to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But cold sweat instantly drenched him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why am I suicidal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attacking the Ice Demon meant death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems my gene fusion isn't as perfect as I thought. Still having intrusive thoughts,\" Harry suppressed the urge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Open back? Doesn't exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Man of Steel (Peak), Harry couldn't scratch him. Even if he did, Logia Intangibility would teach him a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such a massive underground lab. Imagine the manpower and resources needed to build this fortress,\" Harry marveled, distracting himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's an old Soviet nuclear research base. The Soviet Union was a monster,\" Vincent gave a thumbs up to the fallen empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Chinese soul, his feelings toward the USSR were complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The USSR fell, and vultures picked its bones. The US absorbed German scientists (Paperclip), and the USSR did too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hydra, hiding within Germany, infiltrated the Soviet empire and thrived in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True. Without the USSR, there would be no Oscorp,\" Harry revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The arms race. My father saw the opportunity. The Soviet Super Soldier program was ahead of the US. Thousands of Japanese POWs were used as lab rats here in Siberia.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry sneered at the mention of the Japanese. Like a venomous snake, they would bite the US given the chance. But with US bases on their soil, the dog was leashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only country the US truly feared was China.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry looked at Vincent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew why the US government didn't block Vincent's acquisition of Oscorp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wells Fargo (and the powers behind it) held the leash. Loans. Debt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent was the shareholder, but the banks held the power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recent attack in New York was a test by a Vice President to call the loans and force Vincent out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent answered with violence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silenced the conspirators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The US realized a terrifying problem: Vincent is Chinese.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they pushed him too hard, and he went back to China?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>US naval dominance would end. One freeze, one tsunami, and the fleets were gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a Strategic-Level Natural Disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why Fury sent Hill. That's why the government used \"Honey Traps\" and money to tie him to New York.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keep him happy. Keep him here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recruiting him? Impossible. He could topple the government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best strategy: Don't offend him. Entangle him with interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry knew this. He obeyed Vincent partly out of fear, partly because his mission was to stay close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry's mental activity was loud. He didn't even need to probe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He accepted the US strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if the US tried to bully his Motherland, Vincent would intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My country. No one touches it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the US's schemes? Vincent laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stayed in New York because this was the Marvel Universe. Not the Primordial Universe. New York was the center of events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the gene bank. Copied and improved,\" Harry said as they passed a glass wall filled with mutated specimens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Connors found the Gene Key. The formula for evolution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent had scanned Connors' brain before. He knew Connors' level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Vincent was better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Super Brain absorbed knowledge like a sponge. He copied the knowledge of every scientist in the base instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his computational power, he was hacking the path of science.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lab was no longer needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Connors... Vincent hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the decision was made for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter Parker felt the power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't need Connors to release him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight metallic spider legs burst from his back, tearing the restraints effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Peter?!\" Connors stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lost control?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a Phase 3 mutant lost control, the lab was doomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter walked out of the smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spider legs were intimidating. But what surprised Connors was the armor growing on Peter's skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae - Dynastinae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rhinoceros Beetle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors had wondered what would happen if Beetle genes were spliced into humans. Super strength. Armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the pressure coming from Peter triggered Connors' instincts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's me, Professor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter's amber eyes were cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry, Professor. I succeeded. And I feel this is my genetic limit. Three fusions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter analyzed calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors smiled. \"Don't apologize, Peter! Celebrate! We succeeded! A 20% chance, and you did it! You are a genetic miracle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if only three genes. It was Connors' masterpiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor, does Hydra know you mastered the Triple Fusion?\" Peter asked suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Peter, do you think I'd be fooled by Oscorp twice? Why would I give Hydra my trump card? Remember our plan? We become Gods. Hydra is just our incubator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors looked smug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right. Hydra can't be trusted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our fate is in our own hands,\" Connors' pupils slit like a lizard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SQUELCH.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter's hand punched through Connors' chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor, you're right. My fate is in my hands. From now on, only I possess the complete Phase 3 technology.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors coughed blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart was destroyed. But his cells regenerated frantically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why... Peter?\" Connors looked in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were the one who leaked my father's success to that agent, weren't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter watched the light fade from Connors' eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Peter... you knew? I didn't know it would kill him...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connors' vitality was terrifying. Even without a heart, he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Explain it to my parents in Hell. No, wait. They are in Heaven. You are going to Hell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter injected a dark fluid into Connors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know why I stuck with the Spider Gene? The Lizard Gene has regeneration. That's the answer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My venom dissolves genes. No matter how many genes you fuse, they have flaws. My venom targets those flaws and collapses them!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter's cold words made Connors smile miserably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you... prepared for this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest easy, Doctor. I'll send Hydra to keep you company.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Get The FULL AVAILABLE NOVEL at Once!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get 70% OFF for limited time only.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>@patreon.com\u002FAuthorizz\u002Fshop\u003C\u002Fp>",1560,"2026-06-06T16:16:52.860Z",1,"novelbin.me","224df80425f8b920d9a883ebc8317c9c69e43c7bd6cf9dd4eb520cee2b6210b4","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-112","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-110",116,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-cover.jpg"]