Peter opened the door gently. He was holding a stack of documents and saw a middle-aged man in a white research coat packing his things. He said, "Dr. Connors, are you leaving today?"
The middle-aged man had gray-white hair and looked a little haggard. More importantly, his right arm was empty under his research suit. Obviously, he only had one arm.
"Oh, is it Peter? Yes, the research cooperation has ended and I have to leave."
Peter gently put the documents on the table of Connors' desk, and then he whispered: "I'm sorry, if I were more powerful, maybe I would be able to produce results before the end of the research..."
"You are already very good." Dr. Connors said gently: "You are only a high school student, but you are even smarter and harder working than the graduate students I have met before. If I can, I am willing to help you."
Write a letter of recommendation.”
"Thank you, but I haven't decided which university I want to attend yet, and it's still some time before I go to university."
Peter moved his lips and said: "So where do you plan to go next? The research on serum potions has reached the final stage. As long as there is a similar laboratory, it should be completed."
Dr. Connors raised his head and looked around his office and said: "There will no longer be such good conditions as Stark Tower. When they came to me, I was interested in the hardware conditions of the laboratory here.
, that’s why I agreed.”
He used his only remaining hand to pack things and said: "But it doesn't matter. Just like you said, the experiment has reached the final moment. As long as I work harder, I can succeed."
"When the time comes, I may not be the only one who can regain his arms. I know that many of them lost their hands and feet in the war, and the security money provided by the military can only barely cover their living expenses. Those prostheses are too expensive. If
If there really is a regenerative serum, then they can return to normal people again."
Peter heard the excitement in Dr. Connors' tone. During his internship, this Dr. Connors left the deepest impression on him.
Originally, Peter was not an intern in this research group, but when he was running errands for the leader of their group, he met Dr. Connors, who had just been invited by the military to participate in Stark's medical research cooperation.
Peter was surprised when he first met him because Dr. Connors only had one arm, but this did not delay his scientific research at all. He had a genius brain and was excellent in the research of bionics technology and serum technology.
Called the best in the world.
Peter was greatly shocked, because even people with sound limbs may not be able to achieve such high achievements, so he applied to be transferred to Dr. Connors' research team.
After all, he was mutated after being bitten by a spider, and he also wanted to find out what caused this mutation.
Peter is very smart and diligent. Although he is a bit nerdy, he is the kind of child who likes the teacher the most. Dr. Connors soon fell in love with this young intern.
From Connors, Peter learned that he was originally a military doctor and a veteran. It was on the battlefield that he lost one of his arms, but this did not hinder his scientific research path.
On the contrary, he embarked on a unique medical path and began to study the role of serum in living organisms, and achieved quite good results.
While working as Dr. Connors's assistant, Peter also learned a lot about biology. After obtaining the spider mutation, Peter's genius brain turned faster. The two geniuses came together, and the research speed was of course
It rose slowly.
But just when the last step was about to be completed, the cooperation between Stark and the military was terminated, and these researchers had to leave Stark Tower.
Originally, even if this kind of invited research project was terminated halfway, the researchers could still get their own remuneration. They were eager to end it early and use the remaining time to go on vacation.
But Dr. Connors is different. He is not here to mess around. He really wants to develop a serum technology that can regenerate severed limbs to restore his own limbs and benefit those who lost limbs in the war like him.
disabled soldiers.
So it was inevitable that he felt a little disappointed, but looking at Peter's reluctant expression, Dr. Connors still said: "It doesn't matter. When you go to college, maybe I will teach at a university in the east. You can come to me."
Laboratory, we can continue research."
"Then it's settled!" Peter said happily.
In fact, Stark had tried to teach Peter about mechas and artificial intelligence before, but Peter was not very interested.
He is not an industrial fundamentalist like Stark. He prefers to explore unknown mysteries of mankind, such as those hidden in nature or the magical outer space.
While studying with Dr. Connors, he learned a lot about the mysteries of cold-blooded animals such as spiders and lizards, which interested him very much. He felt that he could become a biologist or entomologist in the future.
good.
It would be great if someone like Dr. Connors could actually invent some technology that could save lives.
Although Peter has become Spider-Man and is actively fighting crime every night, as a good student, his plan for life is not just to be a superhero.
He still wants to go to a good university in a step-by-step manner, and then choose a major and direction he likes to conduct research. It is best to obtain several doctorates, and then stay in school to teach or open his own research center.
Perhaps it was the influence of the spider mutation on him. During his research with Dr. Connors, Peter felt a special affinity for these cold-blooded creatures, so he gradually determined his future goals.
The motivation to have a clear goal largely eliminated the sadness of parting with his teacher. After leaving Stark Tower, Peter was full of energy and planned to continue his Spider-Man career.
He learned a lot from his last fight with Bullseye. Peter discovered that although he had a spider silk launcher and could swing back and forth on high-rise buildings, it was actually not that fast. At most, it could only run faster than a car.
He had to go a little faster, and more importantly, with such a swaggering action, as soon as he attacked, the whole of New York would know that he was out to fight crime again.
By the time he got there, the more experienced robbers had already disappeared.
In the last battle, Peter's only plan that received collective praise was his use of the underground sewers in New York.
This is a very good tactic. The sewer environment in New York is not very good. The walls and floors are greasy, dark and damp. Ordinary people cannot move easily there.
But Peter is different. He is Spider-Man. He can stick to various walls. When he runs, he doesn't have to worry about whether the ground under his feet will make him slip.
Moreover, the straight and wide ground of the underground waterway is like a runway tailor-made for Spider-Man. There will be no traffic jams and no pedestrians. When he sprints with all his strength, he can go much faster than drag racing.
The most important thing is that it is concealed enough. He moves underground and then comes out from the nearest sewer mouth. No one will find out where he went.
This is best used against experienced robbers.
There had been a group of bank robbers before. They were all veterans. There were three or four people they were following. Peter had fought with them, but as soon as his figure appeared on the horizon, the group of people disappeared in an instant.
.
Later, Peter caught them off guard with sewer tactics. Before they could transfer the packages of banknotes to the car, Spider-Man emerged from the nearest sewer manhole cover at the street entrance and punched them to escape.
The engine of his car was damaged, and the robber was naturally arrested by him.
At this time, Spider-Man discovered the convenience of the sewer. For him, it was simply a quick elevator that could reach any place in New York at any time.
In this way, Peter began to care about the structure of sewers.
New York's sewers were built very early and have been renovated countless times. There is almost no map that can completely draw the routes of all sewers.
So Peter planned to go through all the sewers himself and draw a route map.
Anyway, he is not busy with studies, has a lot of time, and is fast. He is not afraid of spending any physical energy. He can cover half of the city in one day.
On this day, Peter was wandering around the sewer again. He was holding a map in his hand and was using a marker to mark the structure of the sewer.
He was so focused on painting that he didn't pay attention to his feet. His spider sense activated and he found that a brick beneath his feet was tilted up. If he continued not to look at the road, he might trip.
So Peter put down the map in his hand and planned to finish this section before looking at it again.
But at this moment, he discovered a little difference in details.
Generally speaking, no one comes to most sewers in New York. The ground is covered with all kinds of greasy moss and scale, but the moss here seems to have been cleaned by something.
Peter walked to the junction of the wall and floor tiles and found a little bit of white powder. He leaned over and smelled it, and found that it was an acidic substance that seemed to be specially used to clean moss.
Who would come here to sweep the floor with nothing to do? Peter thought, even he would not want to stay in this dark and damp place if it weren't for fighting crime.
He continued walking along these traces, and then found traces of human activity in a sewer maintenance area that had been abandoned for a long time.
This was easy to judge. There was a smell of burning fuel here, and someone had obviously lit a fire here. Peter glanced into the iron door of the maintenance area, and his good eyesight allowed him to find that there seemed to be traces of human life inside.
Peter did not use violence to break into the door, because he knew that he would probably be discovered, and he did not have any lock-picking tools at hand, so Peter took out a map and drew a dot on the map to mark this place, planning to do it every few days.
I'll get some tools tomorrow and come back to have a look.
No matter who he is, it is really weird to live in the sewers. If he is a good person and is forced to hide in the sewers, then Peter is willing to help him. If he is a bad person, then Peter can just get him.
