Bant sat in front of a messy desk.

On the open physics textbook lay a brightly colored spider, clearly deadly.

—But it was already dead, its stiff legs curled up like a blossoming flower.

“A mutated spider that bit Spider-Man.”

A few days ago, Bant received it from Osborn.

Fifteen years ago, Bant crossed into this world and became part of the Parker family—Bant Parker.

At the same time, he was also the infamous Spider-Man's cousin, Peter Parker. However, he was not the son of Ben and May; he was adopted by them.

At the age of ten, Bant accidentally acquired the Omnitrix, a device commonly known as the "little broken watch," during a school trip.

Originally, the little broken watch could connect with the genetic code river of the artificial organic planet Primus to transform into over a million alien intelligent species. In this way, it allowed the user to break through the barriers between races.

Azmuth invented it, hoping to make the Omnitrix a Noah's Ark that could save endangered species in the universe.

Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, Bant's watch seemed to have lost its connection with Primus, and the built-in system remained blank, unable to do anything.

If this were just an ordinary world, it would be one thing, but it just so happens to be one of the countless universes in Marvel.

Now, Tony Stark has officially revealed his identity to the world, and the era of superheroes has begun.

Bant wasn't very interested in becoming a superhero, but living in the dangerous city of New York naturally required some self-defense abilities. Thus, he set his sights on the mutated spider.

He didn't want to steal his cousin Peter's Spider-Man identity and superpowers; he simply hoped that the spider could bite him after biting Peter so that he could also gain power.

However, that thing immediately died after biting Peter, as if its living mission was solely to pass Spider-Man's abilities to Peter Parker.

“Perhaps this is the power of the spider totem, unshakeable like the web of fate,” Bant thought.

Unfortunately, he had neither the special genes that matched this mutated spider nor had he been chosen by the spider totem.

Even the little broken watch seemed to have no reaction because the spider was not an intelligent being. He had also tried using Peter's hair to activate the little broken watch, but it didn't work either.

The watch would not extract genes from non-intelligent beings, nor could it transform the user into a member of the same species.

Bant helplessly pinched one of its legs and held this hideous little thing up to his face.

“It looks like I have no choice but to take a desperate risk.”

Yes, he now had a crazy idea—to eat the corpse of this mutated spider!

This was a dangerous decision!

He remembered that in a Spider-Man comic, someone ate a spider's corpse and ended up becoming a monster that was just a shell, with spiders inside!

But he had no other choice.

“If I were just an ordinary citizen living in New York City, maybe I wouldn't take the risk, but I happen to be Spider-Man's cousin.” Bant sighed helplessly as he looked at the dead spider's body.

As everyone knows, Spider-Man always has enemies.

Choosing to become Spider-Man means continuous loss; those close to him never end up well, just like Uncle Ben and Gwen.

Bant didn’t want to be the one who was “lost,” nor could he watch Uncle Ben fall into danger—now that Peter had already gained spider abilities, the moment that would turn him into Spider-Man was imminent!

Bant needed strength to prevent all this from happening!

Of course, he wasn't trying to seek death, knowing he might become a monster yet proceeding recklessly.

“The Omnitrix has the function of repairing genes, and the protection for the bearer should be written in the program; through this method, it should be forcibly activated.”

In the animation, Little Bant healed Earthlings who were genetically contaminated by the half-beast insect with the little broken watch, also resolving the genetic defects of evolutionaries across the universe.

If the plan succeeds, then he wouldn’t turn into a spider monster.

Bant looked down at the watch on his wrist and decided to take the plunge.

He took a deep breath, then closed his eyes and stuffed the corpse of the mutated spider into his mouth!

The eight sharp, curled legs pricked every corner of Bant's mouth like a hedgehog's spines; it seemed to come alive again, crawling around in his mouth, tearing at his cavity walls, trying to escape from his mouth.

“Ugh—”

Bant hurriedly covered his mouth to prevent himself from vomiting due to the nausea.

Then, Bant bit into it—he could feel the spider's body bursting with juice in his mouth, and the bitter taste immediately spread across his palate.

“Disgusting…”

Bant was almost choking, not only from the nausea and bitterness but more importantly, the mutated spider was poisonous; his tongue was being corroded by that liquid, and the pain almost made him want to vomit it all out.

But that would mean all his efforts were in vain.

He not only didn’t vomit but gritted his teeth and swallowed it whole.

It felt like drinking a huge cup of scalding molten iron mixed with spiny sea urchin shells, the spider's body wriggling in his esophagus—

Then came the intense pain!

“Ah!”

Bant curled up suddenly, clutching his stomach and convulsing.

The watch showed no reaction, but the mutation began!

It felt as if his internal organs were being sliced open by spider spears, as if countless spiders were crowding into his small stomach, tearing at Bant's flesh with saw-like mandibles!

This pain was almost unbearable, as if someone wanted to tear off a hangnail but ended up brutally ripping off a whole layer of skin!

Now, the pain spread throughout his body!

“Bang!”

He fell to the ground along with the chair, the loud noise startling May, who was washing dishes downstairs.

“They're invading my brain!”

Bant gritted his teeth tightly; his head throbbed as if hundreds of spiders were squeezing into his brain, countless segments crawling darkly in his small and fragile mind, helpless, only able to painfully grasp his hair and bang his head against the ground.

He struggled to open a slit in his eyes; through the gap, he could see that both of his eyes were bloodshot, the veins in his eyeballs like webs, densely packed!

Bant looked desperately at the watch on his wrist, which still showed no reaction.

He lost the bet.

He felt his senses sharpening, his vision becoming clearer, and even his field of vision expanding—this was natural because he now had countless spider-like eyes!

“Thud—”

He heard footsteps on the old stairs outside.

Bant became tense.

“Knock knock knock—”

The door was knocked on.

“Little Bant, are you okay?” Aunt May’s worried voice came from outside.

Bant's body trembled, his mouth torn, and his teeth began to protrude outward, turning into terrifying fangs!

That pitiful creature in the comic who turned into a monster, who literally devoured his mother's innards, leaving only a shell… now, his bloodthirsty desire was going wild!

He wanted to eat, he wanted to feed!

Under his skin, thousands of mouths awaited him to fill!

“Run, May…”

Bant wanted to warn Aunt May to run quickly, but when he opened his mouth, he found his voice evil and hoarse, already resembling a monster. But before he could feel sad about it, four slender spider spears pushed through his eyeballs, drilling out from behind his eyelids!

“What did you say?” Aunt May asked worriedly, “You sound like you have a cold.”

Bant was already unable to respond; he tightly grabbed his arms, desperately suppressing the bloody desire.

How could he hurt Aunt May?

Those six blood-red eyes that tore from his skin glanced at the tightly shut window—he knew he couldn’t remain here any longer; he had to leave!

But he hadn’t taken more than half a step before he painfully collapsed to the ground.

Aunt May heard a muffled sound from inside and immediately became anxious, urging, “Little Bant, are you okay?”

She grabbed the doorknob.

Bant heard a creaking sound, and then the door was opened, a beam of light piercing in—

“No!”

His heart roared in despair—but just at that moment, the watch on his wrist also emitted a flash of light!

【Detecting that the holder's genes have been contaminated, Omnitrix forcibly activated.】