Chapter 1268

On the hospital bed in the psychiatric department of the Presbyterian Hospital, Schiller struggled to straighten his waist, wanting to lift his upper body, and was then pressed back down by a hand covered in armor.

"Tony Stark, I'll repeat it again, I'm not sick!"

"Schiller Rodriguez, I'll also repeat it again. Now that you haven't left the observation period of the mental illness recovery phase, don't even think about escaping our sight and continuing to go crazy. Lie down honestly!"

While Stark was speaking, he controlled the octopus tentacles behind his armor to "swish, swish, swish" peel an apple. After a while, the door to the ward was pushed open, and Strange, still carrying the chill of the Himalayas, walked in. He first glanced at Schiller, then looked at Stark and said.

"Tony Stark, what are you doing?! Why is he having an episode again? He was fine when he was recuperating in Kamar-Taj, how did he become like this after three days back in New York?"

"Stephen?! Are you deliberately looking for trouble? Do you think I want it to be like this? Are you trying to accuse me of not knowing how to take care of patients, not knowing how to care about others, so as to use this as an excuse to snatch Peter Parker away from me and go do your god-knows-what black magic?"

"Is this the time to talk about this? Besides, did my description of you wrong you? Tony Stark knowing how to take care of others is simply the funniest joke in the world. Wean yourself first before you talk!"

"Stop arguing," Connors' voice came from outside the door. Dr. Lizard, wearing a white coat, held a physical examination report. After walking in, he pushed his glasses and said, "I've seen Schiller's physical examination results; there's no problem. He's still healthy, but the conclusion given by Professor X is not optimistic. Schiller's brainwave fluctuations are a bit wrong; Professor Charles is still investigating."

Stark stretched out a hand, covered half his face, and said, "Everything was going quite smoothly before, why are there abnormal brainwave fluctuations again? Where are the people from Asgard?"

"Loki is still on the way," Strange said irritably. "His brother is preparing for a wedding, and he is so busy he can't touch the ground. He probably won't be able to come until later."

"The magic side is unreliable," Stark said sarcastically.

Strange snorted coldly and said, "Is someone jealous that we just developed a magic energy core hub? If it weren't for the amazing results we achieved, why would Peter Parker change his mind and want to come to us? Oh, I forgot, perhaps he wanted to do this long ago, but someone was too overbearing and insisted on calling it betrayal."

With a "whoosh," the tentacles behind Stark's armor swung over Strange's head. Strange didn't show weakness, stretched out a hand, and squeezed lightly. With a "crack," several tentacles exploded in a series of sparks.

"Connors is right, whichever of you two Peter goes to, he will be led astray," another voice came from the doorway. Dr. Octopus, Otto, walked in, with Peter following behind.

"Spider-Man 2099 just called me. Their world needs some technical support from our side. Peter will leave in two hours, so you guys should save it."

Stark and Strange opened their mouths at the same time, wanting to speak, but at this moment, Schiller suddenly let out a cry of pain, and everyone turned to look at him.

"What's wrong? Where does it hurt?" Stark immediately leaned over and asked him.

"My heart hurts."

"Call the doctor quickly!... Wait a minute, you are a mental patient, how can your heart hurt?"

"Because as soon as I think about the stupid things you are about to blurt out, it might disrupt my plan with Nick for Spider-Verse labor dispatch, and significantly reduce the revenue brought by this plan, my heart hurts."

Schiller covered his chest with an expression of being unable to catch his breath. Stark and Strange both rolled their eyes. Strange said irritably, "Half of Schiller's illness is Nick's credit! That damn vampire boss, every day it's money, money, money. This universe can't even satisfy him!"

"Listen, Peter, you must not learn to be bad from Nick," Stark stood up, reached out to block Peter's shoulder, and said, "What kind of cosmic labor dispatch, that's not a serious matter at all. At your age, it's not too late to make money. You should use your genius brain more to create some revolutionary scientific achievements for humanity..."

"But I'm going there precisely to test space station technology," Peter scratched his head and said, "The world of Spider-Man 2099 has developed space station technology that is quite different from ours here. I think their technology can be used for our reference, and their environment is also very suitable for establishing experimental space stations. I was just planning to go over and take a look..."

"So that's how it is. You should have said so earlier. You haven't seen your Spider friends for a long time, have you? How about this, there are a few old-version shuttles left in Stark's warehouse. You can take them to them as Earth specialties."

"Stop talking nonsense, Tony!" Strange snorted coldly and said, "The world of Spider-Man 2099 is the future. Their technology may not be underdeveloped, but in terms of the application of magic technology, our universe is second to none."

"How about this, Peter, didn't we make the first batch of wands using magic plants before? Take them to your little friends and strengthen their magic combat capabilities."

Peter's head was simply spinning.

Recently, the technology side and the magic side have achieved major technical progress one after another. The technology side is mainly manifested in major breakthroughs in materials science. Stark has made revolutionary progress in the fusion materials of vibranium and molten steel, and has also made breakthroughs in coatings.

The magic side is mainly the technical progress of wands and magic hubs. Simply put, it is the progress in individual equipment and energy science for mages.

The first batch of magic plants has been cultivated, and many materials have been put into production, producing a batch of wands that, although not perfect, have initially shown efficacy.

And Strange proposed the concept of "the Ark Reactor of the magic world," which ignited the first fire of the magic energy hub by continuously compressing magic energy to produce qualitative changes.

Although technical progress is good, what follows is an arms race between the technology side and the magic side.

Stark, the leader of the technology side, and Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme, have completely walked into a dead end of comparing who is faster, higher, and stronger, wishing they could hold a megaphone to tell all universes that they are the ones who hold the truth.

Others are fine, but Spider-Man Peter Parker has simply become the filling in a pie, the cheese in a sandwich, caught in the middle and in a dilemma.

The scientific research level of the genius researcher Peter Parker needs no more words, but the symbiote Red Bee in his body has gained quite a bit from the catastrophe of the Morlun family, mainly the faith power of this group of vampires, which is also a form of magic, so Peter can now use magic too.

Plus, before, Peter had been going to Schiller's Mind Tower to experience Hogwarts courses and had developed a strong interest in potions, so he had actually been participating in the cultivation of magic plants, leading Strange to also feel that he was a genius rarely seen in the magic research world for a thousand years.

In general, the education and research level of the magic world is behind the science world. They started late, and most knowledge has not formed systematic concepts.

In the past, they could only borrow from demon gods, so no matter what research they started, it was all stingy. The consequence of getting rich overnight is that many mages simply don't adapt to systematic research and are still doing the old routine of teachers bringing apprentices.

But Peter doesn't have this concern. He is a scientific researcher himself, and his rigorous thinking in scientific experiments is precisely what the magic world lacks most now.

Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme who had long ago stabilized his position, once said a sentence to all the mages in Kamar-Taj—"When Peter Parker comes to the magic world, another sanctuary will rise from the ground."

Thus, Stark and Strange engaged in a long tug-of-war over the question of Peter Parker's belonging, both desperately trying to prove that Peter was born for their field.

But the so-called mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. The confrontation between these two righteous figures was obviously still a bit green.

Another black-hearted alliance composed of Schiller and Nick had long seen Peter Parker's other value. He would be the core of the future Spider Army.

Peter Parker indeed has advantages that Spider-Men from other universes don't have. His universe has achieved unprecedented unity on Earth. S. H. I. E. L. D., S. P. E. A. R., S. W. O. R. D., the governments of various countries, and even mutants have become his solid backing. Everyone loves Spider-Man.

This will provide decisive help for Peter Parker to compete for the position of leader of the Spider Army.

Of course, Peter actually has no ambition to become a leader. He is a typical scholar-type personality, but all mature people know how important it is to obtain a core position in a multiverse organization.

And things developed exactly as they imagined. All the Spider-Men in the Spider Army know that this lucky kid has many strange but exactly problem-solving technologies. He doesn't have them himself, but the Avengers of his world will provide them to him.

With such a convenient path to solving problems in front of them, who would take a detour? And it just so happens that many Spider-Men are having headaches over certain difficulties in their own worlds, such as Spider-Man 2099.

As introduced before, in that universe of his, the entire Earth has fallen apart. Capitalists and consortia control everything, and large companies monopolize all technology, allowing the wealthy to enjoy comfortable lives on space stations, while civilians are thrown onto sky islands to wait for death.

The Spider Army destroyed the power system of the space station, allowing the space station to land again, but this is just the beginning. They have too many problems to solve, and at this time, the technology brought by Peter Parker became the key.

It is impossible for Spider-Men to slaughter all the rich, but they must also help the poor, and the method is to provide the technology needed for the poor to produce their own survival materials. Energy became the key.

Although they know they can't be idealized to artificial suns, the energy extraction technology for the sun—clean, controllable, and pollution-free—is something everyone wants.

Peter had been troubled by this problem several times. He certainly wanted to help his counterpart in another world, but didn't know how to open his mouth to Stark. This sounded a bit like selling out the country, or rather, selling out the universe.

Peter Parker knew deeply that his world was far from being rich enough to "help the world when successful." But he couldn't bear to let go of the heart to help his friends. When he was troubled by this, he would naturally go to a psychologist.

Schiller is a good partner for Peter to confide his inner troubles, but if Schiller brings Nick along, don't expect them to do anything good.

Schiller certainly didn't lie to Peter. What he said was very reasonable. Sympathy cannot be eaten as food. You can help friends for a while, but you can't help them for a lifetime. Establishing a long-term and stable interest alliance is the choice that is good for both sides.

Following the trend, Schiller and Nick proposed the Multiverse Labor Dispatch Plan to Peter. Simply put, it is exchanging technology for technology, or wealth for technology.

Peter Parker, as a technical person or information exchange person, goes to their universe to evaluate whether they have any special technology worth absorbing by Peter's own universe. If they do, they can exchange this technology for the technology of Peter's universe.

Obviously, the future world where Spider-Man 2099 is located has such technology. Their near-Earth space station technology has reached its peak, especially in the field of space station ecology and comfort, achieving unprecedented major breakthroughs.

And these technologies can not only be applied to space stations but can also improve the ecosystems of uninhabitable environments on Earth. For example, certain countries in the Middle East are very interested in these technologies and are willing to pay a high price for them.