Augmentation Surgery

[Green Goblin Human Augmentation Serum: Enhances the injectee's strength and IQ, but has a high probability of causing mental issues.]

[Lizard Man Serum: Grants the user superhuman strength and regenerative abilities. Warning: The user will inevitably transform into a lizard man.]

Inside the biology lab, Harry examined the two serums before him. Both were property of the Osborn Group.

The former was a project Norman Osborn had previously collaborated on with the military. As everyone knew, Norman Osborn was obsessed with flight vehicle design his entire life, especially personal flight vehicles. However, after developing the Green Goblin Glider, they were "astonished" to discover that the human body couldn't withstand such extreme loads. So the company developed the Green Goblin Enhancer. Due to its severe side effects that couldn't be resolved, the military ultimately decided to stop funding the project.

The second bottle was Doctor Connors' masterpiece. In terms of enhancement effects, this stuff might not even match the Green Goblin Enhancer, but the key was that the process Doctor Connors used to create the serum could be applied to other materials. This allowed Harry to attempt creating various types of serums.

"Serum creation complete." The serum production device ejected two new serums. Time for verification.

[Genetically Modified Spider Serum: Grants the injectee superhuman strength, agility, and reflexes. The user will grow new glands to produce spider silk. Warning: The injectee will transform into a giant spider within 24 hours!]

[Spider-Man Serum: A serum created using Peter Parker's blood. Grants the user abilities similar to Spider-Man, but will cause the user to grow four extra arms, with a possibility of transforming into a spider-faced monster.]

Looking at the system prompts, Harry wasn't surprised that the two serums had vastly different effects.

After all, the birth of Spider-Man was actually a very... magical process, not something that could be fully explained by a single genetically modified spider from Osborn Group.

[Human Augmentation Technology Collected (4/3)]

[Complete task?]

What surprised Harry was that the system even counted the Genetically Modified Spider Serum under Human Augmentation Technology. It seemed there was some misunderstanding between Harry and the system about the concept of "human"...

"Complete task."

[Host has exceeded task requirements. May select one additional reward.]

[Superb Mind: Enhances host's intelligence and computational ability.]

[Super Regeneration: Grants the host extremely powerful regenerative abilities.]

[High-Strength Spider Silk: Host can produce spider silk.]

[Sixth Sense: Perceive danger, precognition.]

There were rewards like this?

Clearly, the reward for exceeding the task seemed to be generated based on what had been accomplished.

The first option was an immediate skip—not because Harry didn't want to become smarter, but because too many things in this world couldn't be explained by science. Without protagonist luck, thinking about it was pointless. Besides, wasn't there the system?

The third option could also be dismissed without a second thought. The real dilemma lay between the second and fourth options. After a brief deliberation, Harry chose the fourth.

Rather than getting beaten to a pulp and waiting to regenerate, it was more practical to avoid danger altogether.

[Host has unlocked Sixth Sense.]

[Reward has been distributed.]

A vast amount of knowledge was instantly imprinted into Harry's mind. He felt as if the system had created a partition in his brain. Though there were things he still couldn't understand, that didn't stop him from storing the system's technology and exporting it to real-world devices.

[As this is the host's first time exceeding task requirements, an additional reward is granted.]

[The host's first human augmentation will have a 100% success rate. Please use wisely.]

"It seems I have to be the first test subject."

Harry stroked his chin. But before that, there were still some preparations to make. And for performing human augmentation on himself, he needed a reliable person to act as his assistant.

After thinking it over, there was only one person—his own father, Norman Osborn.

One month later.

Inside the secret lab at Harry's home.

"Son, are you... sure you want to do this?" Norman asked with some concern. "Are you really sure you don't want to run some tests first?"

After a month of preparation, Harry had everything he needed ready. The augmentation process was fully automated, and the program was written by Harry himself. He couldn't guarantee the program would run perfectly, but since the system said it was 100% successful, he probably didn't need to worry too much.

"Don't worry, Father. I'm absolutely certain." Harry stripped off his clothes and lay down on the operating table. "Besides, you know what this technology represents. A lot of people are watching."

Until he developed his own power base, Harry didn't dare put all his technology out in the open.

"Alright... You're my pride. Your mother would be proud of you too, Harry."

"Hey, Dad, don't say things like that right now, okay? It doesn't sound very auspicious."

Harry's joke lightened the mood a bit. Father and son began operating the instruments.

"Computer, initiate the 'Spartan Project'." Both father and son called out simultaneously.

"Command confirmed. Authorized personnel: Harry Osborn, Norman Osborn. Related experiment records will be deleted in three days. Please process in a timely manner."

Lying on the medical bed, the mechanical arms closing in around him looked like demonic hands, making Harry's heart pound violently.

Having lived two lives, even though he had come to this not-so-ordinary world, up until now he was at best a millionaire. To his shame, before awakening the system, he had always been afraid.

Afraid of Norman Osborn becoming the Green Goblin, afraid of Doctor Lizard Connors showing up to turn him into a lizard man, afraid of Doctor Octopus breaking into his house to steal things, afraid of Electro, even afraid of Kingpin...

After all, this was a world centered on superheroes.

But starting today... no, this had already begun long ago—he, Harry Osborn, would become the protagonist.

"Bone Enhancement Surgery initiated. Reinforcement materials: Vibranium, Carbonized Ceramic."

In the original surgery, the only material for bone reinforcement was Carbonized Ceramic. But this world had a better material—Vibranium. Aside from its superior performance, the biological rejection response to this metal was minimal, almost nonexistent, effectively preventing the white blood cell necrosis that enhancement surgery might cause.

In the month before the surgery, Harry mainly prepared for this procedure. Relying on some memories, Harry instructed Norman to go to Africa and procure these high-performance metals at a high price. Fortunately, the required quantity was small, so Norman easily obtained them.

"Bone Enhancement Surgery completed. Beginning nerve fiber modification. Reinforcement material: Superconducting Fiber."

"Nerve fiber modification completed. Beginning gland modification and enhancement. Reinforcement material: Artificial Gland."

"Gland modification and enhancement completed. Beginning modification of suboccipital capillary return pathway..."

"Modification completed. Beginning..."

The Spartan warrior's enhancement was bloody and comprehensive. During this enhancement process, a special anesthetic drug was used, one that did not completely put Harry into a deep sleep.

In this semi-chaotic state, Harry felt as if his body was being cut apart piece by piece, then reassembled...

And finally reborn.