Chapter 883

In southeast New York, on the roof of a high-rise, several figures were standing on the top, and beyond one shadow after another, there were several cameras behind them.

At this moment, a chubby cameraman hoisted his camera, ran to the very front, and aimed the lens at one of the figures. He made a gesture, and that person immediately looked into the lens, cleared his throat, and began to speak:

"Good evening, citizens of New York! As you can see, the New Warriors team is striking again! This time, our target is a group of prison escapees hiding in the chemical plant! Ever since they escaped from the Raft, they have been wreaking havoc in the surrounding area!"

"According to the intelligence we gathered earlier, Coldheart, Nitro, Speedfreek, and others—extremely heinous criminals—are hiding right here!"

"And we, the new generation of the Warriors team, we will take down these criminals, and we will do it better than those well-known superheroes! Citizens and friends, please look forward to the performance of the New Warriors!"

"!"

After finishing, several figures leaped from the top of the building, leaving only their cool silhouettes in the camera lens.

But The Amazing Spider-Man, standing on a taller building further away, frowned deeply. He spoke into his communicator: "Come over quickly! Something big has happened!"

All the Spider-Men rushed toward this location, and in their earpieces, The Amazing Spider-Man's low voice rang out:

"I don't know if such a thing has happened in your universe, but in my universe, one night, a young superhero team called the New Warriors caused a massive explosion by a criminal named Nitro while fighting crime..."

"In that explosion, 612 people died. It was the most terrifying and tragic accident of the century... but that wasn't the end."

"The public no longer trusted superheroes; they felt we were terrifying ticking time bombs, and because of that, Congress proposed the Superhuman Registration Act."

Peter seemed to hear a tremor nearing a sob in The Amazing Spider-Man's tone. He wasn't sure if it was his own hallucination, but he heard The Amazing Spider-Man's voice in his earpiece:

"Because of this, Iron Man and Captain America broke apart, and the longest, most terrifying superhero war in history began."

"In this war, no one was spared. Everyone was forced to pick a side. It wasn't until later that I realized there were no winners in this war; everyone lost."

"It was in that very war that I cast aside those pointless fantasies and deeply understood the truth: if I can only be a saint, I will never be able to block those snipers..."

Although The Amazing Spider-Man didn't say it explicitly, many Spider-Men who hadn't experienced this understood some of his metaphors. Clearly, in his universe, the Civil War wasn't a simple event either; there must have been more forces pushing it from behind.

Peter pressed his earpiece and said to him: "In this universe, the Superhuman Registration Act has already been proposed, but unfortunately, it was not passed."

"It wasn't passed?? Why?!"

The Amazing Spider-Man's voice came through, filled with disbelief.

"As for what exactly happened, I'll tell you after this is over," Peter replied.

"As for that terrifying explosion you mentioned, we will definitely prevent such a tragic disaster from happening. New Warriors? I don't care what kind of warriors they are; they aren't going to cause trouble here," Peter continued.

After saying this, Peter swung down directly and arrived at the roof of the chemical plant. Soon, several figures landed behind him; the Spider-Men were all present.

Peter tapped the device on his wrist and said: "Jarvis has provided us with a detailed map of this place. We will go directly through the rooftop door and subdue those criminals before that bunch of hotheads breaks in."

Having said that, he took the lead toward the rooftop door. The Spider-Men followed behind him, went down through the rooftop door, and one after another stuck to the ceiling and walls, approaching the interior of the warehouse silently.

But just as the Spider-Men were lurking in the shadows, with a "bang," the warehouse door was kicked open. Peter's eyes widened; he saw a group of superheroes wearing all sorts of spandex uniforms walking in swaggeringly.

He covered his forehead and said: "They really are a bunch of complete novices. Change tactics, intercept them directly!"

Night Thrasher, the leader of the New Warriors, was walking forward when he heard a "snap"—a strand of webbing stuck to his feet, preventing him from taking another step forward.

Instantly, everyone assumed a defensive posture. Speedball, a member of the team, shouted: "Who's there?! You evil criminals! Come out!"

"I'm not a criminal; I'm Spider-Man."

Peter grabbed the web and, in the classic Spider-Man pose, hung down from the ceiling head-first. He glanced at the camera nearby and said: "New York Wonders? Didn't you interview me before?"

That chubby cameraman immediately ran up and said: "My god! Spider-Man! It's Spider-Man! Spider-Man, why are you here?"

"Hey, you're our cameraman now! You should be filming the heroic stature of the New Warriors team, not some has-been hero like Spider-Man!" Speedball immediately raised his voice and said.

"Listen, according to reliable information, there is a group of very dangerous criminals in this warehouse. If you just charge in like this, you might provoke them. There are ordinary people in the warehouse and the surrounding residential buildings," Spider-Man said, looking at the leader of the New Warriors team.

"Hey, is this the legendary Spider-Man? A timid coward! What 'very dangerous criminals'? In the eyes of the New Warriors, there are no dangerous criminals, only superheroes who aren't brave enough!" Speedball immediately rattled off like a machine gun: "Coward! Move aside! Watch us!"

"Back off."

Spider-Man's tone dropped. When he no longer spoke with that lighthearted tone and extremely fast speed, a presence mixed with many qualities emanated from him.

"Do you think I'll be scared by you?" Speedball paused for a moment and said: "What Spider-Man, you're just a coward who fears criminals. Move aside!"

After saying this, he started to walk forward, but soon he heard the soft sound of "swish-swish-swish." He saw layers upon layers of black shadows falling from the ceiling. When pair after pair of compound spider-eyes lit up in the dark night, everyone collectively took a few steps back.

The fear of spiders as insects is etched into human genes. What is more terrifying than dozens of spiders is dozens of Spider-Men.

"I said, back off. You shouldn't be here," Peter narrowed his eyes and stared at them, saying: "The superhero business isn't a show. If you act without considering the consequences, you will regret it."

"What right do you have to lecture us?!" Another female hero stood out and said: "Aren't you just a little sidekick for the Avengers? If it weren't for Captain America and Iron Man, no one would even know who you are!"

"I don't need others to know who I am," Peter said. "Iron Man is Iron Man, Captain America is Captain America, and me—I'm just Spider-Man. I'll say this one last time: leave here. I don't want to fight you."

The leader standing at the very front, wearing a black spandex suit with red stripes, was Night Thrasher, the leader and organizer of the New Warriors. He said: "You are a superhero, and so are we. This is our mission. Move aside."

Spider-Man landed on the ground, and the New Warriors refused to yield. Just as the two sides were at daggers drawn, several figures rushed out from inside the warehouse. They were the target of the New Warriors today—that group of criminals who had escaped from prison.

"They've appeared! Catch them!" Speedball shouted first.

Subsequently, the members of the New Warriors team ignored the Spider-Men blocking them and lunged toward the criminals. The female hero leading them shouted: "Damn, filthy criminals! You're dead!"

"!"

Peter narrowed his eyes and said: "I'll lead the team to surround them from the flanks and adjust their pursuit direction. The Amazing Spider-Man, lead the team to evacuate the civilians..."

The Spider-Men didn't say much and immediately split into two teams. Peter led a few people to pursue the New Warriors team.

When they swung, their field of vision was better than the New Warriors team and the criminals running on the ground, so they could adjust their positions at any time to force the people below to flee in the direction they wanted.

Spider-Gwen, who was swinging the highest, shouted: "Run east! There's a wasteland there that hasn't been developed yet; there's no one around!"

Peter immediately lowered his altitude and kicked the running criminal, forcing him to run in another direction.

"Damn Spider-Man! Don't interfere with our pursuit of the criminals!" Speedball cursed at Spider-Man while running.

When Spider-Gwen and Peter brushed past each other again, she frowned and said: "Is that bunch called the New Warriors really superheroes? Why is their language so foul? Everyone is cursing; are they crazy?"

Peter, holding the web, listened to the profanity below and said: "We have to stop them from doing this. Super-criminals will lose control of their powers once provoked. I made that mistake before..."

Spider-Man 2099 swung past Peter's side and said: "It's very obvious they are imitating you, or rather, imitating us."

Peter looked at the situation below. He knew Spider-Man 2099 was right. The people below were all using his old style of trash-talking, constantly using all kinds of words to interfere with the opponent's actions.

And every one of them had this style; it was clearly specifically trained. As for whose videos they trained against, Peter didn't want to know right now.

But now, he already knew that this tactic wasn't suitable for every situation, especially when facing super-criminals who didn't have good control over their own abilities. Once they were provoked and lost control, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just as he thought of this, Peter's spider-sense twitched. He looked at a red-skinned person at the very front of the running group and discovered that strange light was flickering on his body, while on a rooftop in the distance, two blonde figures flashed by.

Seeing the sports camera hanging around Speedball's neck, Peter suddenly thought that this was likely a plan to kill two birds with one stone: it could frame mutants and also smear superheroes.

Looking up into the distance again, there was still some distance to the wasteland Spider-Gwen mentioned. There were still sparse residential buildings nearby, and at this moment, they were all lit up; there were ordinary people inside.

"He looks like he's about to explode!

... No! No! Peter!

! Don't go over there!

" Spider-Gwen screamed.

In Spider-Gwen's field of vision, Peter let go of the web and fell straight toward that group of criminals.

The spider-sense was more deafening than thunder, but Peter knew that at this very moment, he could not follow his instincts.

Fear, panic, collapse—within a few short seconds, all these emotions filled his brain.

The spider-sense emitted a sharp, death-like shriek, but Peter's next action was to hold the about-to-explode Nitro tightly in his arms.

Utilizing his immense strength, Peter pressed Nitro to the ground and punched him hard in the head, but the power that had already erupted was beyond redemption.

With a "boom," a violent explosion sent a mushroom cloud rising into the New York skyline. Everything within several hundred meters was blown away.

And at the very moment the explosion occurred, the spider-sense alarm in Peter's brain stopped, because the intense pain left his nerves with no time to attend to the alarm.

Before death, Peter's last thought was that death actually didn't hurt, or rather, this kind of pain was extremely short-lived. Once the nerves died, there was only the nothingness of having no sensation at all.

It seemed like a long time had passed, and it also seemed like it was just an instant.

After regaining consciousness, Peter saw a hazy white light. He opened his eyes in a daze.

Then, he saw three people with halos above their heads: Nick Fury, Coulson, and Dr. Dora.

Then, he heard a familiar voice, coming from Dr. Schiller, whom he hadn't seen in a long time:

"You're awake? Welcome to Heaven."