Adding Fuel to the Flames

Seeing that the situation at the entrance had been handled, Spider-Man turned and looked toward the bigger problem. "Doctor Octavius, you need to shut down the Artificial Sun."

"No! I can stabilize it. Just give me a little more time." Otto—Doctor Octavius still refused to give up. An experiment being interrupted and failing was very different from encountering some setbacks but ultimately succeeding. The treatment and evaluation would not be the same.

Not everyone in the laboratory was scrambling to escape.

Otto—Doctor Octopus was still indulging in his dream of a successful experiment, making one last effort. Even when Spider-Man looked ready to simply pull the plug, Doctor Octopus used his mechanical tentacles to swat him away.

Rose—Mrs. Octavius had stayed behind as well. She had faith in her husband. Or rather, she had always acted as though she did, supporting the genius in her eyes.

Henry was also standing before a computer, constantly hammering at the keyboard as if he were trying his best to prevent the tragedy.

Because of that, Doctor Octopus did not interfere with him. Otherwise, this man would also have been within the attack range of the mechanical tentacles. Stopping him would have taken no more than a thought.

In truth, Henry could no longer do anything on the programming side. He was secretly grabbing some benefits for himself, reviewing the recorded data from after the Artificial Sun went out of control. He had no desire whatsoever to get involved in the love-hate drama between Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man.

In scientific experiments, failed data was more valuable than successful data. Knowing why something failed and where the pitfalls lay was more important than calmly following the planned steps to complete an experiment.

As for the Artificial Sun going out of control, judging by the consumption