Life Foundation in Awe

Su Yao headed in the direction Venom had indicated.

Along the way, he tried to stick to concealed routes. He had not forgotten that he was still wanted and being hunted.

On the road, he could not help marveling at how many thugs America really had. He collected several hundred dollars in American welfare money, along with a black hooded outfit.

With the black hood pulled over his head as he walked through remote streets, he unknowingly gave off an air of mystery.

"Su, why are you being so careful? I think we should make a big move instead of sneaking around like this..."

Venom communicated with Su Yao telepathically, confusion evident in its deep, raspy voice.

Su Yao shook his head. "Once we get there, things may go as you wish. But while we're on the way, we still need to stay hidden..."

"Some people are hunting me..."

After saying that, he did not answer Venom's puzzled questions anymore and focused on traveling.

Along the way, sunlight occasionally fell on him, and his Energy Points slowly rose.

Light Energy +1

Light Energy +1

Light Energy +1...

While he was making his way toward the Life Foundation, Eddie Brock was arguing with Venom.

"Eddie, this is a hallucination. It isn't real!"

"You're just feeling a little unwell..."

As Eddie walked down the street, he tried hard to ignore the voice in his head, desperately treating it as an auditory hallucination.

Then the inexplicable voice sounded in his mind again.

"Eddie Brock, stop playing dumb. You know it's all real..."

Ignoring Eddie's self-deception, Venom continued, "Human, listen to me. You need to stay away from that Life Foundation. Don't keep going there!"

Unable to ignore the voice in his head, Eddie cursed, "Shit, it's my job!"

As he spoke, Eddie suddenly felt hungry. As he swallowed, he looked at the pedestrians walking down the street, and waves of craving rose within him.

He had the urge to bite into their heads...

Eddie felt like he was going insane. He tried hard to ignore the thought, telling himself it was merely an illusion caused by a parasite.

But the more he ignored the hunger, the stronger it became...

Then the voice in his mind sounded again.

"Human, stop. It's time to eat. Do you see all those delicious heads? Go over there and bite one!"

Eddie Brock clutched his head, trying desperately to ignore the hunger, but he failed.

To escape the urge to eat people's heads and the gnawing hunger, he dashed into a steakhouse and swiftly ordered food.

Unable to hold himself back while waiting, he grabbed food the waiter had brought for other people and started devouring it, causing a huge commotion.

People cried out in alarm.

While Eddie was adapting to the symbiote, the people at the Life Foundation had already realized that the symbiote had tricked them.

They were urgently investigating every anomaly along the route, trying to find the escaped symbiote.

Security guards holding communicators searched the streets.

Very quickly, the abnormal situation involving Eddie Brock drew their attention.

"An anomaly has been found. Investigating..."

A Black security guard shouted into his communicator, then entered the restaurant and walked toward Eddie, who was gnawing on a lobster straight out of the tank.

"Sir, please come with me."

Black security guard Thomas spoke politely.

But Ai Li, consumed by his appetite, paid him no attention and continued eating raw lobster on his own.

Thomas's expression darkened slightly. He reached out with his thick black hand, intending to grab Eddie and take him away.

Before he could catch Eddie, Eddie's right hand shoved him back several steps.

Thomas's face darkened further. Instinctively, he grabbed the electric baton at his waist, ready to teach this disrespectful and suspicious man a lesson.

Just as he raised the electric baton to teach Eddie a lesson, Eddie's right hand was covered in black liquid and slammed viciously into his chest.

Bang! Amid the cries of the surrounding diners, Thomas was sent flying several meters away.

With a series of crashes, he knocked over a row of tables and chairs.

Still somewhat conscious, Eddie hurriedly explained, "Oh, I didn't mean to. This hand won't listen to me..."

As the waiter shouted, he fled the restaurant in a panic.

Thomas struggled to his feet, grabbed his walkie-talkie, and urgently reported, "Target found..."

While he made his report, Eddie, who had escaped the restaurant, was completely panicked.

"Coward, you should have eaten that guy!"

Venom's dissatisfied voice appeared in his mind.

In a panic, Eddie asked, "What are you, some kind of parasite?"

He could no longer keep deceiving himself.

"Parasite?" Venom repeated loudly, sounding furious. "You're the parasite!"

"I am Venom, the great Symbiote Venom!"

"And you need to get out of here quickly. Those people will drag you into a laboratory and perform inhumane experiments on you!"

"Run?" Eddie had not yet accepted reality.

Just as he was about to argue, four security guards in black appeared ahead of him.

"Stop! Put your hands up!" All four pointed their guns at him.

"Shit!" Eddie instinctively turned and ran.

Seeing him flee, the four black-clad security guards immediately pulled the triggers of their Tranquilizer Guns.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Black Tentacles shot out from Eddie's back, blocking the tranquilizer darts. Then they lashed out with a swift motion, knocking the Tranquilizer Guns from the men's hands amid a crackling flurry of blows.

The four black-clad security guards froze at the sight.

More and more guards closed in. During this time, Eddie, possessed by Venom, displayed a series of astonishing powers.

He made many inhuman movements, and his sense of danger allowed him to evade numerous attacks.

The Black Tentacles easily sent enemies flying. As black liquid wriggled over him, a layer of Venom Suit covered his body.

As he charged wildly through them, security guards screamed as they were knocked away. Some unlucky ones were grabbed by Venom, which opened its bloody maw and swallowed their heads in a single bite.

"Stop him! Don't let him escape!"

While the black-clad security guards surrounded Eddie and Venom, a group of people far away in the Life Foundation Building stared in shock at the footage being transmitted to them.

In the conference monitoring room, Drake spread his hands and pointed at the images on the screen. "He's merged with the symbiote! Do you see that?!"

He turned and looked around, praising the staff and researchers. "Did you all see it? They've fused!"

"Tris!" He walked over to the communicator and urgently said to the leading black-clad security guard on the video feed, "Bring my new life-form back!"