"I swear on my professional expertise, this is definitely not a biological virus." Pym's voice came intermittently through the communicator. "I'm recording data on this virus with the equipment. You'll soon understand what I mean."
About ten minutes later, Pym returned to normal size. He adjusted the equipment on his armor, then waved to the two Spider-Men. "Come back to my universe. I'll explain exactly what this virus is in the lab."
Just as the two Spider-Men were about to leave, this universe's local Spider-Man caught up with them. In the end, they decided that this universe would also send Spider-Man as a representative to other universes to find out what was going on with the virus.
The three Spider-Men left with Dr. Pym and returned to the laboratory in Pym's old home. It was in this lab that Dr. Pym had developed Pym Particles and completed the armor that had originally been intended for assassinating superheroes.
Pym transferred the collected data into the computer for analysis, testing, and mapping. To display the virus's appearance and functions more intuitively, Pym created a holographic X-ray view.
When the three-dimensional hologram rose from the center of the lab table, all three Spider-Men gasped at once.
It was a standard regular dodecahedron. Its edges were formed from faintly glowing mechanical tubes. Binary algorithms filled with zeroes and ones continuously flashed through its center, occasionally interspersed with scattered images resembling what human eyes saw.
Even without much professional knowledge, anyone could tell that this thing had to be artificial. It was not a virus in the biological or chemical sense, but something closer to Mechanical Engineering and microscopic structural science, full of the aesthetic beauty of mechanical design.
Pym cleared his throat and turned to the group waiting by the lab table. Besides the