Riley said hesitantly: "I'm actually... sorry, but I'm really not Peter Parker. Although I have his memory and abilities, I am really just a clone. I really..."
Spider-Man Gwen saw Riley's panic, she blinked slightly and said: "Actually, you don't have to worry about this at all. There are about 80 Peter Parkers in New York, and there is not one more Peter Parker than you.
You can be whoever you want."
"How many?????"
"Wait a minute, let me take a look." Gwen Spider-Man opened his Spider APP again and started looking around, and then said: "Well, the number of people online now is 72, but some people reported being offline because they
I don’t want to be disturbed, please wait a moment and I’ll ask in the group.”
After saying that, Gwen Spider started typing on her phone. After a while, she heard the phone beeping "ding ding ding ding ding". Gwen slid down the phone screen and said, "Look,
In just over 20 seconds, more than 30 Spider-Men responded to me, and they were all Peter Parker."
Gwen Spider-Man looked at Riley and said: "Peter Parker is not fashionable here, because everyone is Peter Parker, so Spider-Man who is not Peter Parker is very popular, such as me, of course, female Spider-Man
There are not many in the first place, but because they are rare, they are precious.”
Gwen Spider-Man changed his posture and looked at Ben Reilly and said: "The difference from Peter Parker is not a disadvantage but an advantage. You see, because there are too many Peter Parkers and most Parkers are similar,
So they entered ordinary laboratories."
"But I am different, because I am a woman, so I can participate in the research on in vitro reproduction and artificial uterus. This research group only accepts women, because so far only women have the ability to give birth, and female researchers can avoid certain clinical experiments.
Privacy and ethical issues.”
"Of course, there are also research groups studying male fertility and multiple gender transitions, and more importantly, eugenics and genetic selection. If you are interested, you can contact Miles Warren, who is an expert in this field.
.”
"Your arrival is very likely to attract attention to another subject, that is cloning. Because there are too many subjects and too complex, many similar projects have not been taken seriously. If you can produce some research results, your
The service period will be greatly shortened and you will directly enter the free research stage. Believe me, this will be good for you."
"You mean, let me study myself?" Riley's facial features were already wrinkled. Gwen's words really subverted his cognition.
He has always felt that he was a wrong product. In fact, every victim of the Jackal cloning experiment thought so. They should not have existed in this world in the first place. Riley even felt that his existence was to steal Peter Parker.
life.
Those heroic deeds were not done by him at all, but by Peter Parker, but he just enjoyed the fruits of other people's labor for nothing, and even because of his appearance and ability, others mistakenly thought that he was Peter, and obtained
The love and respect others have for Peter is a complete act of stealing.
Although he cannot decide the way he was born, he has always tried to avoid being similar to Peter. Spider-Man's moral sense prevents him from being a thief.
But now, Gwen Spider-Man actually told him that this was not a disadvantage at all, but an advantage, because he could use his special situation to study cloning, shorten his working time, and go out alone as soon as possible.
Gwen still felt that it was not enough. She supported her chin with her hand and said seriously: "The Scarlet Spider-Man of the Spider Legion before, his name should be Kane, right? He has also been here and wanted to enter the laboratory, but he
The clone is not very stable, has a serious mental disorder, and sometimes cannot even control himself, so he must first receive more than half a year of mental treatment and a two-month observation period before he can return to work."
"It sounds a bit ridiculous, but in fact, no one loves Spider-Man more than Nick Fury in this universe. This director regards us as his little lambs. In order to extract the most value from us, he will never let us
Sick and injured.”
"Even when we returned to our own universe to fight those villains, he would specially let SHIELD agents be our training partners, and before leaving, he would also give us a lot of equipment, even for only a few points.
He can rent a lot of powerful equipment, the purpose is to ensure that we can come back alive to work for him."
"I heard that there is a Spider-Man in the universe who is fighting that purple man named Thanos. That damn purple head snapped his fingers, and Spider-Man almost died."
"But the life monitoring device Nick hung on him alarmed, and the emergency signal was sent to the Holy of Holies. A hell lord named Mephisto... or something came to the scene and fished Spider-Man back. Now
That unfortunate guy is still recovering in a sanatorium."
Riley didn't know what expression he should make. Although it sounded like his life was guaranteed, when he thought that the people who saved them were actually trying to make them work better, it inevitably sounded more evil than those villains.
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Gwen wanted to open her mouth to introduce, but at this time, her cell phone suddenly rang. She stretched out a hand to signal Riley to be silent, picked up the phone and said to the other side: "Hello? Peter, what's wrong?... Oh
, Really?... Yes, I am telling him the basic situation of this universe... No, it has been clarified, it has nothing to do with him. If you are worried, just come over by yourself."
After hanging up the phone, Gwen said: "Well, Peter Parker in this universe is a little worried. He is worried that you may be involved in something you shouldn't be involved in due to the misguidance of some people. You know, every Peter looks different.
Likewise, if you do anything inappropriate, all Peters will be in trouble."
"I was just about to ask." Riley looked seriously into Gwen's eyes and said, "I heard that the Spider-Man in this universe is dead and died in a big explosion, and the current Spider-Man is the third generation.
Spider-Man, what's going on?"
Gwen showed a very embarrassed expression. The baby-faced female Spider-Man touched her chin with a finger, opened her mouth, but closed it again. The expression on her face was so wonderful that Riley couldn't understand it at all.
.
"It's really hard for me to explain to you." Gwen looked embarrassed and said: "If there is anything bad about this universe, it is... well, it's a little crazy here, and every superhero here dies.
Yes, sometimes more than once."
"Forget it, let Peter come over and explain it to you in person. He happens to want to meet you too."
After saying that, Gwen stepped aside, but Riley looked at her movements with some confusion. He said, "Does he work near here?"
"Of course not, he's on the other side of New York, but he should be here soon."
As soon as Gwen finished speaking, there was a "Zila" sound, and another portal opened in mid-air. Peter, with short hair, black-rimmed glasses, and a laboratory uniform, walked out of it. He took off his gloves and walked out.
He stepped forward and shook Riley's hand and said, "Hello, I'm Peter Parker 6302. You should have gotten your number, right?"
Riley was stunned for a moment, but then Gwen stepped forward and explained: "No, he is not Peter Parker, so he does not have your special number. His name is Ben Riley, and he is a clone of Peter Parker."
Riley's mouth dropped open as he said, "What's the number?"
"Because there are too many Peter Parkers and we all look the same. To make it easier to distinguish them, each of us has a number. In fact, Peter Parker is not important, the number is the identity."
Then Peter said with some surprise: "Oh, you are a clone, so I think you and Kane should have some common language, and I also have something in common."
Riley's shocked expression was such that his jaw was a little stiff. He asked in confusion: "What do you mean, I'm with you?"
Under Riley's even more shocked gaze, the skin of the Peter Parker in front of him began to gradually turn blue, and he directly turned into an alien appearance, but soon changed back again.
"I am a Skrull. Of course, I am also Peter Parker. I am also the second Spider-Man reported in the media. I am currently taking Peter's place on Earth."
Riley was completely frozen in place. Gwen pushed him and asked him to sit back on the sofa. She sat next to him and said, "Don't make such a fuss."
"But how could you, you, I mean... you don't think, huh?" Riley stammered, pointing his fingers at himself and at Peter opposite him.
Peter seemed to understand what he meant. He showed a wry smile and said, "You are not entangled in your identity as an impostor, are you? Well, I will arrange for you to go to SHIELD to be Director Nick's assistant for a few days."
"At that time, you will know that no matter who you are, as long as you can grow up like Peter Parker and have his genius brain, then Nick will not care who you are, he will only care about you.
Roar, 'I don't care if you are a Spider-Man or an alien, now go and get the genius idea from your mind, and then contribute to the cause of mankind until you die!!!'"
Peter shrugged and said: "Originally, I had already gone to the empty new area of the Dark Quadrant with my people, planning to rebuild the old Skrull Empire. But Nick called me through my people who stayed on the earth.
He said that Stark and Strange were going crazy over Spider-Man and had three fights in one week. I should go back to being Spider-Man immediately so that each of them can have one."
"So, you are in charge of the magic side now?" Gwen asked, tucking her hair behind her ears.
"On the contrary, I'm in charge of the technology side." Peter spread his hands and said, "The Skrulls' ability to imitate can only imitate the opponent's original abilities. Abilities like external armor like symbiote cannot be imitated."
"And the magic ability that the real Peter in this universe has is actually the ability of his symbiote. Since I don't have a symbiote, I naturally can't use magic, so Peter went to be in charge of the magic side, while I stayed in Stark Tower.
Do experiments."
Peter nodded to Riley and said: "You should be wondering how they can trust me, but in fact, this was originally a shortcoming of the Skrulls' ability to imitate others, but now it is considered an advantage by them."
"Because we inherit all the abilities and memories, we often forget who we are. Most of the time, I feel like I am Peter Parker. If it weren't for the psychiatrist who helped me maintain the Skrull possessions
With the memory of my life experience, I probably really thought I was Spider-Man."
"As for the guilt you may feel for stealing other people's lives, I can only say that if the world only needs one Spider-Man, you may indeed be redundant, but this universe is lacking Spider-Man, very much, and we may need
There are more than 20,000 Spider-Man, if you want to be Spider-Man, it would be our honor."
Riley was completely frozen in place. The information he had received in the past two hours was like some crazy factor infecting his brain.
At this time, Spider-Man Gwen lowered his head and gently stroked his long hair and said: "I envy this universe and love it here. This is like a beautiful thing I made hiding in bed at home on a warm night."
dream."
"But no matter how barren or chaotic my world is, it is still my hometown. I will use the knowledge I learned here and the abilities I gained to build it and make it as beautiful as here."
"I don't care who I am, or whether there is another person in this world who is better off than me. I only know that the meaning of my life and the source of happiness should only be that I use my own abilities to change the world and make it
become better."
“When the time comes, the happiness that everyone feels when their lives get better is my happiness, their happiness and satisfaction is my happiness and satisfaction, their laughter is my laughter, and the hope they see is my happiness.
my hope."
Gwen's eyes sparkled with unparalleled brilliance, a light like the surface of grass washed by spring rain, with the gentleness and quiet power unique to women.
This made Riley understand that the reason why Spider-Man is Spider-Man is not because of his appearance and abilities, but because each of them is a kind of light.
"This is the highest value pursued by every Spider-Man who comes and stays here. We will no longer be us, but our universe, our civilization, and our race heading towards the stars and the sea to obtain the ultimate happiness.
Possibly."
Peter looked into the visitor's eyes and said: "So, stop being afraid that you are not you. If you become Spider-Man, you will be Spider-Man. I am not Spider-Man, but I am also a grain of sand in the same great ideal."
"It doesn't have to be me, and success doesn't have to be mine."