Chapter 670

Although it was to study the problem of Peter and Venom, the two of them were not present because they were too excited and had already physically fought into one. For this reason, the several symbiotes didn't come over either, staring at their movements in the space battlefield.

The only ones who arrived were Shiler, Stark, Steve, Strange, as well as Seeing Natasha representing S. H. I. E. L. D. and Connors, who was proficient in biology.

Strange created a magic circle with a strange shape in the air, composed entirely of various polygons, with a circle on the periphery and quite a few sharp arrows. The other people at the scene couldn't understand this pattern. Strange explained:

"Earth is special, therefore, the humans on Earth are also special. Human faith is a very useful supplement for demon gods, so even those demon gods who don't really need to improve their own power wouldn't mind an extra supplement, such as the Lord of the Crimson Dimension."

"However, in order to prevent these demon gods from preaching randomly and disrupting Earth's ecology, the Sanctum also has a part of the responsibility to control human faith from flowing out. If human faith could be transmitted out casually, those demon gods would definitely attack Earth even more crazily after getting a taste of it."

Strange waved his hand, and the magic circle slowly dispersed, turning into a full sphere. The remaining few people then realized that this was a model of Earth, only that the sky above Earth was surrounded by starry golden traces.

"Is this Earth's magic defense network?" Stark asked with some confusion. When he was clearing out the demon gods of Earth, he had seen it once in the sky.

"That's right. This thing can not only guard against the invasion of foreign demon gods but also prevent the outflow of human faith. Of course, it won't be completely cut off, it will just filter out most of it."

"And, it also plays a monitoring role. Once the faith flow of a certain demon god suddenly becomes active, it means that he may have some actions on Earth. This is also why Master Ancient One was able to quickly ferret out the demon gods causing trouble on Earth."

"Oh, I understand..." Seeing Natasha said, hugging her arms: "This is actually a trap? The purpose of demon gods coming to Earth is for faith, but once it develops believers and faith increases, the Sorcerer Supreme will immediately discover it, and then follow the channel through which he spreads faith and go over to chop him."

Strange nodded, gave Seeing Natasha a thumbs up, and said: "That's right, very incisive. In general, that's how it is."

"No wonder, when I heard the story of the Sorcerer Supreme before, I was wondering how she ferreted out the demon gods." Connors said with some emotion: "Sure enough, as long as it's a human, everyone understands that relying on force alone won't work; one must have wisdom."

"From this defense network, I can check the faith flow inside Earth. I extracted the kind of faith power on Peter's body and then compared it with the faith once recorded in the network."

"And the result?" Shiler asked.

"I didn't find any identical faith. That is to say, this kind of faith has never appeared before; it is not that some demon god we know projected faith power onto them."

"Then what's going on?" Stark said very confusedly: "Could it be that Peter is a new demon god?"

"I also feel it's very strange, so I investigated carefully again. I found that there were no traces of this kind of faith passing through the defense network, which is actually very strange." Strange looked at the sphere and said while thinking: "Whether it is launched from Earth or projected from the outside, this layer of network should leave traces, but the strange thing is that this kind of faith on Peter's body is different; it seems to come from another level..."

After hearing these words, Shiler gradually had an answer in his heart, so he began to tell the story: "Do you still remember the bat invasion incident back then?"

"Perhaps neither Nick nor I have told you the truth, but the fact is, this was a setup we made together, and its purpose was to..."

Shiler briefly narrated the cause and effect of the whole thing, and then he reached the point: "In order to make that group of vampires believe that there really was such a bat god, and thus attack New York without being prepared, I let Venom symbiote with Peter and created that Venom Bat, which is that huge bat monster you saw over New York before."

"Wait a minute, so, that was created by you?" Steve stared at Shiler and said: "But... do you know how many people died because of that?"

"If I didn't do that, when the vampires really invaded New York, more people would have died." Shiler said very calmly: "I said before that the vampires had a plan for this long ago. Once they were fully prepared and sneaked in, the consequences would be even more serious. Luring them out in advance and catching them off guard was also part of the plan."

Steve opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to refute, but Stark touched him with his arm, and Steve had to sigh, which counted as acknowledging Shiler's statement.

After all, reason was telling him that if that group of big bats had made full preparations and then launched a full-scale attack on New York, it wouldn't just be a matter of a bridge; I'm afraid the entire city would have fallen into a bitter battle.

"Let's not mention this for now. The key is that this was the only time point when Venom and Peter had a connection, and the way the connection was generated was through a so-called god, which just happens to coincide with the power of faith."

"But the problem is, the bat god was fabricated by you, so who would really believe in it?" Strange said very confusedly: "Humans all treat this monster as an enemy. Even if some mavericks who want to destroy the world believe in him, the faith of one or two humans is useless at all and absolutely cannot constitute such dense power of faith."

"I think we still have to call Peter and Venom over and ask what exactly is going on." Shiler suggested. He said: "What exactly happened at the end of the matter, I'm afraid only the two of them know."

When the two were called over, Peter could still barely communicate, but Venom could only howl. Eddie couldn't control him at all and kept banging his head against the wall nearby.

Fortunately, the mindless Venom was relatively easier to deal with. Several symbiotes plus Steve pressed him down. Peter tried hard to recall and then said:

"I remember, a bald mage wearing a yellow robe descended. Venom said something to her about three times, five times..."

"Peter, concentrate and recall. We want all the details, the kind that is word for word. You can remember it; this is not difficult for you..." Shiler guided Peter to recall. Very quickly, Peter remembered the scene at that time.

At that time, when the Ancient One descended, her attitude was not friendly. She froze time as soon as they met. Afterward, she seemed somewhat confused, and then sat in meditation on the spot to communicate with the existence behind her.

"She sat cross-legged and talked to herself for a long time, saying something about totems... the power of beast totems... something about a newborn totem. I couldn't understand it at all." Peter shook his head, looking somewhat confused, and then continued: "Afterward, she started bargaining with Venom. She said 'Newborn totem, I can help you, but you must return it tenfold' or something."

Strange and Shiler looked at each other. Strange repeated it again and said: "Are you sure she said 'newborn totem'?"

Peter nodded and said: "That's right, she repeated it several times, so I remember it very clearly. It must be these words."

Strange showed a knowing expression. After Peter left, he began to popularize to the few people what exactly a beast totem is.

"Simply put, this is a kind of mysterious power that exists in the universe, but it does not exist within a single universe, but above the universe..." When Strange said this, he glanced at Stark. Stark nodded slightly at him, signaling that he had indeed seen it.

"No one knows how totems were born, but totems will choose different people to grant them power, while at the same time obtaining faith from their activities..."

"Peter is the person chosen by the Spider Totem." Stark spoke first, and Shiler added: "He is destined to become Spider-Man. Even if he hadn't been bitten in the laboratory, he might have been bitten at home, or bitten while walking on the road. It is precisely because the Spider Totem chose him."

"But, I didn't see any newborn totem." Stark said in a confused tone: "The Spider Totem is not a newborn totem either, is it? Didn't it choose Peter Parker long ago?"