The Lizardmen's Great Battle

Dr. Lizard didn't have Peter's scattered thoughts. Since Spider-Man had already foiled his plan, the key was to quickly implement his own.

At this moment, Dr. Lizard had already escaped Spider-Man and was heading to Osborn Tower with his latest research, the Lizard Gene Enhancement Serum, to carry out his plan.

Osborn Tower wasn't the tallest building in New York, but it was located on the most prosperous street for businesses.

A tall building, dozens of stories high, plus a giant antenna on the roof, made Osborn Tower one of New York's few iconic landmarks, with countless visitors daily.

Dr. Lizard brazenly charged into Osborn Industries Tower, found the atomizer with practiced ease, and headed straight for the roof of Osborn Tower.

As for Osborn Tower's access control and security facilities, they were as fragile as paper. Dr. Lizard just gave a slight shove and got in...

While Dr. Lizard was busy on the roof of Osborn Tower preparing to execute his plan, Osborn Industries welcomed a new day.

Osborn's employees were also busy coming and going from the building, starting their work for the new day.

Dr. Lizard's forceful seizure of the atomizer only caused some chaos on a few floors. In this skyscraper hundreds of meters tall, there were plenty of places unaffected, like Gwen...

As fate would have it, Gwen, Chen Changsheng's newly confirmed girlfriend, was also interning at Osborn Industries Group.

Even more coincidentally, Chen Changsheng's Umbrella Corporation was only a block away from Osborn Tower.

The most unfortunate thing was that Chen Changsheng was currently in the Umbrella Corporation building, holding a meeting with executives about the company's recent development direction.

During the meeting, the moment Chen Changsheng saw thick green smoke billowing from the roof of Osborn Tower, he felt a bad premonition. After all, Chen Changsheng had personally driven Gwen to Osborn Tower that morning.

And that green smoke didn't look like anything good. Chen Changsheng felt it was some kind of poison gas.

The green smoke flowed down from the roof of Osborn Tower like a waterfall, obscuring Chen Changsheng's view for a closer look.

Chen Changsheng didn't linger any longer. He immediately ended the meeting, ran to the room next to his office, and leaped out of the window of the cubicle.

Chen Changsheng made no attempt to conceal himself, gliding towards the nearby Osborn Tower. The distance of a few hundred meters was covered in a flash.

By the time Chen Changsheng reached Osborn Tower, the crowd had already descended into complete chaos. Through the thick glass, everyone inside the building could see the increasingly dense green smoke.

No one knew the purpose of the green smoke, but everyone could tell it was definitely not something good.

The timid had already started running around trying to find an escape route, while the brave were still standing in place, pointing and discussing what was happening outside.

Amidst the disorganized crowd, Chen Changsheng found Gwen, who was also among the brave, looking around and scanning for what was happening.

So many onlookers... Chen Changsheng couldn't help but roll his eyes at Gwen, who was standing on tiptoe, trying to peer out of the crowd.

Shaking his head, Chen Changsheng took Gwen's hand and led her out of Osborn Tower without any obstruction.

As they ran outside, Chen Changsheng could feel the gene enhancement serum contained within the green mist. Some unlucky individuals who inhaled the green mist had already started coughing and curling up, their bodies even beginning to be covered by a thin membrane – the prelude to mutation.

As a virus aggregate, Chen Changsheng was naturally unaffected by these Lizard Gene Enhancement Serums. In fact, as he ran out with Gwen, Chen Changsheng thoughtfully absorbed all the approaching green mist into his body, using his virus to create a safe space for Gwen.

NYPD police cars had arrived near Osborn Tower and were setting up a cordon to seal off the area.

Chen Changsheng, with Gwen, had already made his way far away from Osborn Tower and was watching from a distance like ordinary people.

Like a group of bystanders, Americans really loved to watch the commotion. Despite the obvious abnormality, a large number of people were still gathered near the police line, wanting to see what was going on.

Gazing, while providing temporary pleasure, could sometimes be deadly...

Gwen, feeling scared, was almost shrinking into Chen Changsheng's body. Gwen seemed to find Chen Changsheng's performance just now very trustworthy.

In the sky, Spider-Man swung on his webs from afar, eliciting cheers from the crowd along the way.

Finally, Spider-Man landed steadily on the wall of Osborn Tower and slowly climbed towards the roof without making a sound.

Watching Peter, who was acting quite quickly, Chen Changsheng dryly opened his mouth. This climbing posture really isn't as cool as just flying straight up and running, he thought.

"Dr. Connors, I know it's you. You shouldn't hurt people!" As soon as he reached the roof and saw Dr. Lizard, Peter shouted loudly.

Dr. Lizard turned around and, seeing Spider-Man, grinned with his ugly mouth, "Hahahaha, Peter, you're the best student I've ever had. Don't you want to see a better, stronger society without disease and disability?"

"Like you, turning into a green lizard? I don't think anyone would want to grow up like that..." Despite the critical situation, Peter unconsciously started his usual banter.

But Peter regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, because he clearly saw Dr. Lizard's face darken. Heaven knows how Peter could tell a lizard's expression, but Peter just felt the chilling killing intent emanating from Dr. Lizard.

"Do you know, Peter? Ever since I met you, I knew you would be my most outstanding disciple. But why would you say such a thing!" Dr. Lizard's voice grew lower and lower, finally erupting into a roar.

While Peter's attention was diverted by his own words, Dr. Lizard pressed the button in his hand. The calibrated atomizer immediately unleashed its maximum power, and the range of the green mist directly covered half a city block.

Countless screams and roars of monsters immediately echoed from the street.

Peter had intended to talk with Dr. Lizard, but the current situation made it impossible. With a leap, he charged forward, attempting to take down Dr. Lizard in one blow.

Connors easily dodged Spider-Man's attack, not getting angry, and said to Spider-Man, "Look, a new human is about to be born. This world will no longer have disabilities. The new humans will be more suited to this world."

After speaking, Dr. Lizard spread his arms, as if trying to embrace the whole world, and took deep breaths of the thick green Lizard Gene Enhancement Serum. Dr. Lizard felt refreshed and even more invincible.

Seeing Dr. Connors, who had transformed into a lizard-man, gradually descending into madness, Spider-Man completely gave up on trying to reason with him. With the entire city block in danger, it was time for Spider-Man to unleash his power!

Spider-Man's attacks intensified several times, hitting Dr. Lizard, who cried out in pain.

However, despite his pained cries, Dr. Lizard's actual injuries were limited. After all, with his scales, Dr. Lizard's defense was very strong.

After a fierce exchange, Peter realized he was no match for Dr. Lizard. Peter gradually fell silent.

His gaze swept over the atomizer spewing green mist, then back to the increasingly enthusiastic Dr. Lizard. Peter knew what he had to do.

Feigning an attack towards Dr. Lizard, Peter made a great leap and landed steadily on the atomizer. Without hesitation, Peter sprayed webs from both hands to wrap around the atomizer's frame and pulled hard. The atomizer immediately flew out.

This time, Peter had the advantage and had successfully destroyed the drug-spraying device created by Dr. Lizard. Seeing the device about to fall off the building, Dr. Lizard, unwilling to accept the failure of his plan, actually jumped off the building to try and save the drug-spraying device.

Seeing that Dr. Lizard had also jumped, Peter followed him. Peter wanted to save Dr. Lizard. At this moment, the ever-good Spider-Man was back online. Peter only wanted to save his beloved teacher; he really couldn't just watch his teacher fall to his death.

Clearly, Dr. Lizard didn't appreciate it. While falling from a great height, the two were still fighting.

Not far from the ground, Peter swung his webs to slow down. Dr. Lizard, on the other hand, directly inserted his limbs into the outer wall of the building to forcibly slow himself down.

When Dr. Lizard fell from the roof of Osborn Tower to the ground, the thick, green smoke from the Lizard Gene Enhancement Serum had already assimilated many nearby humans into Lizardmen.

Although his physique was far from Dr. Lizard's strong and tall frame, his physical condition was still much stronger than that of ordinary people.

Injected with the enhanced serum, Dr. Lizard possessed the ability to control lizards. For these ordinary people who had just been transformed into Lizardmen, Dr. Lizard could also influence their behavior.

A command to attack Spider-Man came from Dr. Lizard's mouth. Dozens of recently infected Lizardmen nearby rushed towards Spider-Man and began a group assault.

One Dr. Lizard was already enough to give Spider-Man a hard time. Moreover, there were dozens of shrunken versions of Dr. Lizard on the street at this moment.

With one punch after another, Spider-Man found it difficult to cope. Although he could still dodge attacks with his agile movement, it was clear he couldn't hold on for long.

Fortunately, the police onlookers weren't just watching. Seeing the streets filled with aggressive Lizardmen, they couldn't stand it any longer and drew their guns, firing at the Lizardmen.

The intermittent gunfire disrupted the Lizardmen's attack rhythm and gave Spider-Man a chance to breathe.

However, the NYPD's handguns were naturally no threat to Dr. Lizard and his army.

Handgun bullets could only graze the Lizardmen's skin. With their scales for protection, the damage was at most a scratch.

The Mayor of New York City had already requested help from the Coast Guard. Military aircraft had taken off, but distant water couldn't quench a nearby fire.

Thanks to Chen Changsheng's Umbrella Corporation having cooperated with the military, General Ross, who had attended a secret weapons exhibition, provided Colonel Rhodes of the military, who was also in New York City, with Chen Changsheng's contact information.

While Chen Changsheng was watching the show, his phone rang. It was Colonel Rhodes calling.

The New York City officials hoped that Umbrella Corporation would help control the unexpected incident in New York City.

After receiving Colonel Rhodes' assurance that the military would bear the consequences of whatever Umbrella Corporation did as long as they quelled the incident, Chen Changsheng immediately released hundreds of fully armed Tyrants from the Umbrella building.

These Tyrants were custom-made for the military. Chen Changsheng intended to properly showcase the power of his company's biological weapons to the military during this operation.

Chen Changsheng had clearly considered the acceptance capacity of ordinary New York citizens. Each Tyrant sent into battle wore a custom Umbrella armored coat. Externally, they looked absolutely well-trained and professional.

Umbrella's custom-made outer armor paid great attention to aesthetics, completely concealing the Tyrants' ugly appearance. The red and white Umbrella logo was printed on the armor, marking Umbrella's first public appearance and a silent form of advertisement.

While waiting for the Tyrants to arrive, Chen Changsheng noticed a group of men in black suits joining the effort to intercept the Lizardmen.

These men in black also shot at the Lizardmen with handguns, but their accuracy and the power of their weapons were far superior to those of the NYPD.

Every shot from the men in black could make blood spurt from the Lizardmen. Compared to the NYPD's "scratching" damage, their power was truly astonishing.

One person in particular, wearing a tactical vest and wielding a bow and arrow, drew attention.

He was almost unerring, and each arrow could pierce a Lizardman's thigh. Such powerful attacks could temporarily incapacitate the Lizardmen.

However, although the men in black's combat effectiveness far surpassed that of the police, there were simply too many Lizardmen.

Moreover, the Lizardmen had better regenerative abilities. After being hit by bullets, they could expel the bullets after a short rest and rejoin the fight.

Therefore, the battle was developing in favor of the Lizardmen, but this was only temporary.

Within the distance of just two city blocks, the Tyrants had already arrived while this small interlude was happening.

To put it simply, heavily armed Bio-Tyrants facing hundreds of Lizardmen who had just been genetically enhanced by drugs were like a British army equipped with Maxim machine guns facing prairie cavalry still armed with sabers and bows.

The description could be simplified to two words: a slaughter...

Dr. Lizard's regenerative ability was strong, but it was clearly not strong enough to match the firing rate of a Gatling gun.

After a burst of Gatling fire, all the Lizardmen had their limbs broken and were half-dead, being subdued by the Tyrants.

The Tyrants' precise gun control shocked everyone. Even the rather professional men in black were astonished. They truly hadn't expected any team to be more professional than them.

Uniquely, Dr. Lizard received special treatment. While other Lizardmen had their limbs broken and recovered slowly, thus drawing no attention, Dr. Lizard grew new limbs in a short time. Although he still posed no visible threat, the Tyrants, following their predetermined procedure, began shooting, breaking Dr. Lizard's limbs again and again...

Dr. Lizard's most pride-worthy ability was his super-strong regeneration, but it now became the cause of his suffering. Dr. Lizard swore he had never regretted having this ability as much as he did at this moment!

The tragic fate of Dr. Lizard made everyone's hearts tremble. This seemed too cruel...

Peter wanted to save his teacher, but the deterrence of the Gatling gun was too powerful. Even Spider-Man could only temporarily avoid its edge.

After all, a saturation attack, a Gatling matrix, was not something any ordinary person could withstand.

The gunfire gradually subsided, and the battle entered its final stage. All the infected Lizardmen were dragged like dead dogs by the Tyrant army and thrown onto the plaza.

Looking at the ground full of Lizardmen with broken limbs and scattered scaly limbs everywhere was enough to make the listeners weep and the viewers shed tears...

Before the military and a certain powerful law enforcement agency arrived, Chen Changsheng had his Umbrella Corporation mercenaries enter the scene and take all the Lizardmen to his company's laboratory.

Dr. Lizard, on the other hand, was taken back to Umbrella Corporation headquarters by Chen Changsheng. Chen Changsheng felt that Dr. Lizard still had some potential and was worth investing in.

Dr. Lizard was already on the verge of death. After being shot by a Gatling gun for tens of minutes, even Dr. Lizard was exhausted and half-dead.

At this moment, Dr. Lizard's regenerative ability had greatly diminished. Although his limbs were slowly healing, Dr. Lizard now wished for his recovery to be slower and slower, preferably never to be restored...

Perhaps no one feared the Gatling gun more than Dr. Lizard. On the transport vehicle, Dr. Lizard had no intention of resisting, completely adopting the attitude of a dead pig.

As soon as the Tyrants raised their Gatling guns and began firing wildly, Peter, fearing being hit by stray bullets, had already quickly run to a distant tall building to watch from afar.

Peter was utterly bewildered, watching as the Lizard Men were being beaten to a pulp instead of captured. He had no idea what his contribution to this whole event had been, and he was deeply questioning his own abilities.

The men in black had originally intended to use the chaos to abduct a Lizard Man, but the blue light from the Gatling gun kept them at bay. When one of the men in black presented his CIA agent ID, only to have it blasted away by the Gatling gun, the group quickly and systematically vanished into the crowd as if they had never been there.

Although Dr. Lizard was somewhat frightened by his capture, he also felt a sense of relief. More than anything, though, he was utterly confused. Just a few hours ago, he had been boasting about creating a new humanity, and now here he was, a prisoner?

Looking at his limbs shattered by the Gatling gun, Dr. Lizard fell into a long silence, realizing that flesh and blood truly couldn't withstand bullets.

The military and certain special agencies, having witnessed the Tyrant's formidable combat power, were ecstatic. They thought to themselves that it was indeed worth every penny and that they absolutely had to increase their orders.

The only ones truly saddened by this incident were likely the innocent Osborn Industries, who had been caught in the crossfire, and the New York City government, which would have to spend a fortune repairing the downtown area.

Inside Osborn Tower, Norman Osborn was utterly exhausted and on the verge of tears. He had no idea how he would explain the losses from this unexpected disaster to the board of directors.

Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng had left with Gwen before the Tyrant even arrived. Having gone through a thrilling ordeal together, their relationship had grown even closer.

Now, Chen Changsheng was driving Gwen home, planning to freeload another meal at her place.