Marvel: Hacker Spider-Man
Chapter 391

The Situation Is Urgent-Let's Blow Up Earth!

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The three of them looked warily at the newly opened spacetime portal.

The next moment, a tall, slender figure emerged. He wore a long trench coat, and his head was topped with long, M-shaped hair, each strand meticulously combed back. His face was gloomy.

"Is this the universe that the big iron block was talking about?"

"It doesn't seem like a big deal."

Morlun first scanned his surroundings with his eyes, then fixed his cold and cruel gaze on Peter.

Let's rewind to a short time ago.

In the Multiverse 001, members of the Inheritor Family gathered together, dressed in suits, around a table, their gazes fixed on a black projection before them—the very same Maltruant had recently frozen the Time Administration Bureau's departure.

At this moment, as the head of the Inheritor Family and the father of all the Inheritors, Solus put down his knife and fork, picked up a clean white napkin to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then pushed aside the plate in front of him containing the remains of an unknown Spider-Man from some Multiverse.

Generally speaking, they only need to come into contact with people who possess Animal Totem to absorb the life energy of the Totem holders.

However, eating the flesh and blood of those beasts is also a form of entertainment.

Just like humans enjoy food, rather than directly ingesting nutrient solutions.

You said you want to cooperate with us? What can you offer us?

Solus gave Maltruant a cold look.

The other family members of the Inheritors also wore cold expressions, ready to put down their cutlery and attack Maltruant at any moment.

Prior to this conversation, they had already fought a battle, the result of which was obvious: all members of the Inheritor Family were helpless against Maltruant, who possessed the power of time concealment.

Maltruant has only two weaknesses: first, he is slow-moving, but the Power of Time makes up for this deficiency; second, he is easily exhausted, and originally he could not freeze time for too long, but this has been improved after arriving in this unknown world.

At the Time Administration Bureau, Maltruant came into contact with deeper levels of time power, which greatly enhanced his strength.

In fact, even now, he is secretly drawing power from the timelines of the Multiverse, moving towards the throne of the King of Time.

Maltruant's strength is the basis for their current ability to have a calm conversation.

"I know your names," Maltruant said, knowing the power of flattery, and immediately began with something pleasant to say, "The Inheritors of all things, the great hunters, the assassins of the Spider-Man of the Multiverse..."

Before he could finish speaking, the expressions of several members of the Inheritor Family relaxed, especially the tall Daemos.

However, Solus and Morlun remained frowning, watching coldly to see what Maltruant would say.

As the head of the Inheritor Family and the eldest son, Solus and Morlun were not as naive as the others. Anyone could say nice things; what mattered was the purpose of this large iron block, what its bargaining chips were, and what they would have to give up.

"I know you're hunting Spider-Man in the Multiverse..."

"Obviously," Daemos interrupted smugly. He stood up from his seat and waved his hand toward the wall behind him, revealing a dense array of Spider-Man heads, dried and used as decorations.

His sister, Bora, gave him a slightly disdainful look but said nothing. Most of the other family members also remained silent until Morlun spoke up.

"Hunting Spider-Man? We can do much more!"

Daemos glared at him unhappily. He had long disliked his older brother. Every time something happened, their father would only mention "Morlun," as if the others weren't his children.

Maltruant didn't seem too upset about being interrupted. Instead, he followed Morlun's instructions and threw out a black object.

Nemetrix slid around the blood-soaked table and came to rest in front of Solus.

Everyone couldn't help but look at the hexagonal object, where a bright red, tooth-like pattern was engraved on the top of the black stone, like a hunter's Totem.

"This is... the Totem Power!"

At this moment, all the members of the Inheritor Family were unable to remain calm. They all stood up from their seats and stared wide-eyed at Nemetrix.

This tiny device contains countless Animal Totem!

It's important to understand that these Inheritors are actually Totem holders themselves, but they are the lowest level of all Totem in the Multiverse. They can only live off the power of others and must feed on the life force of other Totem holders to survive.

However, the emergence of Nemetrix completely reversed this.

It contains the Totem Power, which allows them to survive and even grow stronger without absorbing the life force of other Totem!

In the Ben 10 universe, Nmetirix is unusable by intelligent beings, but in the hands of its Inheritors, it is a priceless treasure.

At that moment, everyone, including Solus, began to breathe more heavily.

But no one is foolish enough to reach out and take it.

Solus withdrew his previously disdainful gaze, sat down again, glared at his good-for-nothing son Daemos, and then asked with a straight posture, "So what price will we have to pay?"

If Maltruant were just an unknown nobody, things would be simple; they could just dismantle the pile of scrap metal and take it. But Maltruant's strength was beyond their comprehension.

With a wave of his hand, Maltruant revealed to them the universe and timeline in which Ben resided.

Along with this universe, several parts from his body also appeared.

"What you need to do is simple: take the Nemetrix, travel to this universe, and help me find a few things. I don't expect you to find them all, but at least help me gather information about this universe and see what makes it different."

"Apart from that, you can do whatever you want."

He spoke calmly.

In reality, what Maltruant was most worried about was the invisible force secretly protecting that Ben Universe, which made it difficult for the Time Administration Bureau to take action against that timeline. As for finding the parts, he didn't think that the members of the Inheritor Family could achieve anything with that.

"That's all?" Daemos asked in surprise.

In his view, Maltruant's so-called demands were nothing at all; this thing, which contained the Totem Power, was practically a free gift to them.

Their daily lives consist of opening portals to the Multiverse, traveling to new universes, hunting, and repeating the cycle endlessly.

As for danger, there's even less to worry about.

With Cloning Machine, no matter how many times they are killed, they can be resurrected directly in their own universe.

"It's that simple." Maltruant nodded. "However, I must warn you, this universe is a little different. If you want to travel to this universe, it's best to wear the Nemetrix."

"Then what are we waiting for?!" Daemos slammed his hands on the table, his gaze sweeping over everyone before lingering briefly on Morlun before speaking to Solus, "Father, I'll act immediately, and just in time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Solus abruptly interrupted him.

"Morlun, go and bring back that Spider-Man from that universe while you're at it."

Daemos immediately felt as if he had been doused with cold water, and glared at Morlun with resentment.

Clearly, Solus intended to hand over the right to use Nemetrix to Morlun.

Morlun, Morlun, it's Morlun again!

Morlun is your father!

"Don't worry." Morlun reached out and picked up the Nemetrix, but what he was thinking about was where the Animal Totem on it came from, and whether he could make multiple copies of the Nemetrix.

After all, they have Cloning Machine at their disposal.

However, Maltruant clearly saw through his thoughts and immediately said, "I've placed some restrictions on the Nemetrix; it doesn't truly belong to you until my mission is completed."

"Hmph, I don't need you to remind me."

Morlun snorted coldly, left his seat, and walked straight towards where the weaver was.

It was a giant cocoon made of spider webs. At the center of the cocoon was the bound Master Weaver, and every Silk extending from the center of the cocoon connected to an Infinity Spider-Verse.

"I never imagined you had imprisoned a god."

Maltruant looked slightly surprised, but his tone carried a hint of disdain.

In his opinion, the so-called Spider God was not even worth mentioning, and was even captured and used as a means of transportation by the Inheritor Family.

It's truly laughable that a god has fallen to such a state.

Morlun didn't say anything, but he tried to open a portal to Ben's universe by using the chains that Jennix had created to control the Weaver Master's abilities.

The time-space portal was opened without any difficulty.

This made Maltruant frown slightly.

While at the Time Administration Bureau, he and Kang both sensed that the timeline was protected by some kind of divine power, preventing the Time Administration Bureau personnel from entering it. That's why he wanted to find another way to enter that universe.

He had considered that members of the Inheritor Family could enter, but he hadn't expected it to be this easy.

This gave him the feeling that someone was deliberately targeting the Time Administration Bureau.

That is indeed the case.

The existence of the Time Administration Bureau is precisely what Alien X is referring to.

However, even Ben was unaware of this matter. In fact, on the day Ben obtained the Little Broken Watch, Oyana and Enara reached a rare agreement to nullify the power of the Time Administration Bureau, which at that time wanted to adjudicate Ben's universe, and refused to allow the Time Administration Bureau to enter their timeline.

Of course, Enara originally intended to eliminate the Time Administration Bureau and even all members of the entire Kang Dynasty.

However, Oyana obviously couldn't agree to such a condition, so she had to settle for second best and, with the protection of Ben's existence as the bottom line, activated the "Deny Access" ability against the Time Administration Bureau.

As for other methods, they did not set any specific options.

They still have many issues to discuss, and less urgent proposals will naturally be postponed in order.

Let's return to the present.

"Then I hope to hear good news from you."

Maltruant was clearly interested in the Weaver Master, but he didn't show it. He was preparing to leave, as being away from the Time Administration Bureau for an extended period was not a good thing. He didn't dare underestimate Kang and was also worried about Kang discovering something amiss.

However, he also needs to keep a spy among the Inheritors.

His gaze fell on Daemos, and before his body disappeared, a cold smile inadvertently appeared on his face.

Let's go back to the present.

Inside the lab, Ben is attempting to replicate the Little Broken Watch watch.

"There's no need to worry about Omnitrix's data network. Eunice has already integrated all the genetic codes I've collected into the Primus Planet's Code Stream. As long as it's received from the cloud, it can be downloaded directly."

In fact, Ben now has a lot of genetic data in his watch, although not as many as the original million or so, but still several hundred thousand.

Some of these contributions came from the races of the planet to which the Galactic Plumbers belonged, while others came from Collector.

Back in the Knowhere, he made a "deal" with the Collector. Later, after Thanos was defeated, Eunice returned to the Knowhere and copied the genes collected by the Collector.

However, there were too many types, and most of the extinct races were not necessarily very powerful, so Ben rarely considered using their abilities.

"We also need to consider the possibility of not being able to connect to Primus."

He stored the genes of all the Alien Hero who had appeared in The Ben 10 locally, including Alien X.

"I just don't know if this watch can withstand the power of Alien X."

Ben wasn't quite sure.

This was his first attempt to replicate the Little Broken Watch, and it was bound to be very different from the original.

Azmuth's intelligence was exceptional even among all the Galvan, far surpassing that of the Grey Matter. Ben even suspected that he was a mutant, exceeding the theoretically optimal level of his kind.

"We also need to add the Ultimate Form plugin..."

The project was so demanding that Ben was even considering calling Eunice back to help him.

However, Eunice is currently in Wakanda with Stark and the others, researching Antimatter Annihilation Weapon and the potential Collision Crisis.

Wakanda.

Some of the world's smartest people gathered together. Eunice and Shuri stepped forward and showed T'Challa a set of data. Shuri was about to speak when T'Challa raised his hand to signal her to be quiet.

"Stop with all that nonsense I don't understand, just tell me how much more money you want!"

T'Challa is a smart guy, but he's obviously far inferior to Shuri. He finds Shuri's research overwhelming and, since he can't understand it anyway, he might as well just send him money.

"It's not about the money!"

Shuri glared at him and said irritably, "One good news, one bad news, which do you want to hear?"

Good news.

"The good news is that, after calculations by Eunice and me, we've come up with a way to preserve both universes and avert Collision Crisis."

T'Challa.

"What method?!"

"And here's the bad news," Eunice began, "Blowing up another Earth."

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