Chapter 2595: Mayfly World (6)

"You guys stay here to modify the drawings and check for leaks and fill gaps. I'll go back," Schiller said: "So as to avoid some people experiencing altitude sickness and fainting again."

"Barry, you come back with me. Helen and Aisha stay... Martin, you come with me too, but you don't have to go back to the center with me. I'll give you a shopping list later, go buy some daily necessities essential for living here."

After arranging, Schiller took Barry and left. They passed through the portal and returned to the asylum. Schiller drove Martin to the supermarket first.

Although New York is not Gotham, it is a big city on the East Coast after all, and it can't be said that they are unfamiliar with the place, so it is not difficult to buy something.

Immediately after, Schiller didn't return to the center base of the solar system development plan to find Nick for the first time, but first found Peter.

Peter has been back for a while. Although he also likes scientific research, he is not a scientific research maniac like Stark. He knows how to enjoy life very well. After coming back, he first played around the world with Gwen, and recently he is on vacation at home.

Every time Schiller visits Peter's home, he receives a warm welcome from his aunt. It's not that Aunt May really understands what kind of relationship Schiller and Peter have, but she likes intellectuals very much and feels that Peter should make more friends with such people.

Smiling and nodding to Aunt May who served snacks, Schiller picked up a piece of apple pie and ate it while saying: "So you haven't seen Baker recently? Then where is he?"

Peter shook his head and said: "I didn't see him the last few times I went to their ground base. I thought he applied for overtime

"Does he work overtime often?"

"Yes, he's a very hardworking person. Although he doesn't have a family to support like Electro, he's a bit of a spendthrift and can't save much money, so he has to apply for overtime whenever he wants to buy something on a whim."

"Then what do you think of his mental state?"

"He has a foul temper." Peter complained to Schiller without holding back, "Just like Thompson in high school. You can tell at a glance he's the type of hoodlum who didn't study hard and went out to mix with society early."

"I heard you argue with him often?"

"I dislike people like that the most. They can't control their own emotions but have to drag others down, treating others as trash cans for their negative emotions. It's really annoying."

Under Schiller's influence, the Spider-Man of this universe wasn't like the bookworm in most universes; he wasn't timid or soft, and he always expressed his likes and dislikes very directly.

"Don't be like that, Peter." Aunt May advised first, "You have to understand, not everyone has the conditions to receive a good education. Besides, although his temper is a bit bad, hasn't he had any problems with his work? This shows that he is at least a professional person."

Peter didn't refute, but nodded and said, "I heard that he is indeed more serious about his work than Max, or rather, he always has a spirit of not admitting defeat. If others say he can't do it, he's even more determined to do it well."

"So he's not a bad person then?"

"From a psychological perspective, he's more like someone with a personality disorder." Peter analyzed, "It might be the influence of his childhood experiences. His emotional self-control is poor, his mood swings are too large, his personality has obvious regressive pathology, and he overly worships venting and violent output."

"But he's not a bad person. His inner values are basically consistent with mainstream values, he follows social rules, and he respects social moral standards and laws. It's just that sometimes he can't control himself."

Schiller nodded and said, "There are many such people in society, and you can't say everyone is a patient. Judging from his work completion, it shouldn't be too serious, right?"

Peter nodded and said, "Yes, if no one actively provokes him, he won't lose control of his emotions. But I'm an exception. For some reason, he just doesn't like the look of me."

"Have you investigated?"

"I actually did check, but I don't think that's the reason." Peter said, "Before I saw him at work, the only intersection I had with him was that we both attended the same high school."

"But because our ages are quite different, we were never in school at the same time, so I don't know what about attending the same high school as me would make him dissatisfied."

"It seems there's more to this, but that's not the point. Since you say his mental and emotional state is okay, we can basically rule out suicide or a sudden departure."

"He couldn't have committed suicide." Peter said firmly, "Before, some people always said that working on the dark side of the moon wasn't a good choice, thinking it was stupid of him to quit his original job at the Mercury base."

"Reverse psychology works especially well on people like him. So ever since he changed jobs, he's been holding his breath, determined to prove to everyone that his decision was right and to achieve some results in the lunar dark side project. Now that the project is at a critical stage, how could he be a deserter at this time?"

As Peter spoke, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He said, "This guy is still renting a house, living in a cheap community, and his life isn't very stable. Could he really have encountered some danger?"

Peter stood up anxiously. Schiller reassured him, "Don't worry yet. Do you know which area he lives in?"

"He's on the outskirts of Brooklyn, east of Kingpin's base. That area isn't considered a gang district anymore, but because the security situation has always been worrying, it's still a cheap community."

"Eddie has been active in Brooklyn, interviewing people at the bottom. Why not ask him?"

Peter slapped his forehead, took out his phone, and dialed while saying, "Eddie's 'The World's Ordinary People' magazine is particularly popular. People love to see the everyday side of superheroes. Besides, his 'Little People Newspaper' is now the mainstream reading material for most cheap communities. People rely on this newspaper to see which way the wind is blowing."

"He has always been a good reporter." Schiller said, "He's even more fearless after getting Venom. I broke into a sweat watching him go to interview Kingpin last time."

"Kingpin isn't dangerous now." Peter rolled his eyes and said, "It's just that every time he sees me, he tries to recruit me, which is a bit annoying. There are so many Spider-Men, I don't know why he's fixated on me."

"Maybe because other Spider-Men find him even more annoying."

After a phone call with Eddie, Peter said, "Let's meet at our usual spot."

Peter and Schiller soon appeared at Eddie's small house. He still lived in the old place, but he had also bought the storefront downstairs to use as the newspaper's base, located right next to the supermarket downstairs.

A sign hung at the entrance of the newspaper office. It didn't write the name of the newspaper or magazine, only Brock's surname. However, people living here all knew that Eddie was a very famous reporter and editor-in-chief.

"Long time no see." Schiller shook hands with him and successfully dodged Venom's prank attack. Peter took off his coat, placed it on the chair back nearby, and said, "Any news about Baker?"

"I've already asked many friends, and there will be news soon." Eddie invited them to sit down and poured them tea. Schiller introduced to Barry, "This is Eddie Brock... and that lump of mud on his shoulder is Venom."

"I AM NOT MUD!! APOLOGIZE!!!"

Eddie and Barry had both attended the music festival, but there were so many people at the time that they basically just caught a glimpse of each other and had no impression, so the two shook hands again.

"Is there anything special about this Baker?" Eddie asked, "It's rare to see you all making such a big fuss."

"He's an important figure." Schiller said, "Engineers who can perfectly manipulate sand are quite rare. If he gets lost, Nick will definitely be furious."

"He's just too useful in pouring concrete." Peter said, "He's equivalent to a perfect mobile deformation template. As long as there's a design drawing, he can pour any shape."

Upon hearing about Sandman's ability, Eddie also felt it was a bit magical. He said, "If we really can't find him, I'll publish a missing person notice in tomorrow's newspaper. It's just going to trouble you all to stay here for the night."

"No trouble, let's go eat barbecue!" Peter suggested happily, "I haven't eaten barbecue here for a long time. We can bring a portion for Thor and the others later. I remember he especially likes to eat it too."

Peter took Barry to buy barbecue, while Schiller wandered around the new base and picked up yesterday's newspaper.

The Little People Newspaper is a semi-weekly, publishing two issues a week, but occasionally there is an extra issue to publish urgent events that have happened recently.

This isn't a breaking news newspaper, but a publication leaning towards daily life, mostly teaching ordinary people how to use the latest gadgets, such as flight shuttles and inter-space trains, and explaining the origins of some fresh things to them.

At the same time, what makes this newspaper most sought after by most ordinary people is that it publishes many of the latest job recruitment information. These are positions with no threshold in new companies and new units that might have been built just a few days ago. Basically, anyone can apply, and the work is relatively stable.

This greatly smoothed out the information gap that ordinary people were pulled into, allowing them to enjoy the benefits of the era's rapid development to the greatest extent, and it could even be said that it bravely broke the class barriers.

So this newspaper caused a huge sensation as soon as it hit the market.

The infinite subdivision of class barriers could be said to be the foundation of the United States. Eddie doing this was simply poking the lungs of the United States, so major newspapers were desperately sanctioning and blocking it.

But as the saying goes, the power of the masses is unstoppable, and at the very top, there were spontaneous awakened leaders like Captain America and Nick. This newspaper not only survived but also became the most popular daily newspaper in New York in a very short time.

At the same time, Eddie would publish some stories of little people in this newspaper for positive social guidance, which also greatly comforted the panicked public and reduced the occurrence of extreme criminal events.

Although it doesn't report on current political news, some street situations still have to be written. Schiller turned the page of the newspaper and saw, "Signs of gang activity on Witt Street, please citizens take care to detour."

"Gangs." Schiller read out loud with some confusion and said, "Hasn't Kingpin washed his hands of it? Why are there still gangs?"

"Kingpin is a gang, these are at most hoodlums." Eddie said, "They spend all day doing petty theft and midnight robbery. If they had even one-tenth of Kingpin's ability, they wouldn't be reduced to only doing these things in this day and age."

Schiller nodded and didn't take it to heart. Such hoodlums are indeed a threat to ordinary people, but as long as they are vigilant, there won't be any major incidents, let alone for superheroes.

But just at this moment, Barry's figure suddenly appeared.

"Something happened, Doctor. We ran into a freak on the way to buy barbecue, and Peter got into a fight with them."

Schiller and Eddie both stood up.