After Christmas, thick snow drifted down from the skies above New York, wrapping the city in silver. Schiller sat in his office chair, blew away the steam floating above his cup, and watched the computer screen's glow reflect in his eyes.
Although his screen was currently displaying work software, Schiller gave the mouse a slight shake, revealing the news website beneath it. It was Global Times' newly launched science news section.
Originally, Global Times did not report on scientific research breakthroughs. Or rather, no newspaper carefully covered such things. Even when they did, it was usually just some exaggerated gimmick meant to catch the attention of black-tech enthusiasts or promote certain companies.
But times had changed. With the Solar System construction plan advancing at full speed, officials had begun using news channels to leak certain information to ordinary people, preparing them in advance.
Otherwise, people would still be living in an era when even landing on the moon was difficult, only to suddenly find a space battleship hanging over their heads. That would scare quite a few people out of their wits.
Thus, newspapers and media outlets with official channels, such as Global Times, began placing special emphasis on humanity's scientific and technological progress, as though humanity's fundamental sciences had undergone tremendous advancement in just a few days.
In truth, many of these technologies had been developed long ago, but they had remained classified. Now that a technological leap was about to begin, there was little need to keep them secret any longer. As a result, ordinary people discovered that reports of scientific progress had flooded every news site and browser homepage.
Eddie Brock was a frontline cosmic reporter—meaning he charged into the front lines of every major cosmic event. With the Venom Symbiote's utterly unreasonable physical strength, he could