Got It!

"Click."

After writing the final character, Peter casually tossed the marker back into the pen holder.

Almost the instant he stopped, Doctor Connors charged forward like a madman.

He stared at the formula on the whiteboard as if entranced, trembling all over with excitement.

He verified it three times in a row before finally confirming beyond doubt that the formula was correct.

There was not even the slightest flaw! Every parameter and every derivation was absolutely correct!

He suddenly turned around, his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at Peter.

"Y-you... who exactly are you?"

Facing Doctor Connors's worshipful gaze, Peter merely smiled faintly.

"My name is Peter Parker. And my father's name was Richard Parker."

"Richard..."

Doctor Connors murmured the name he had not mentioned in many years. Confusion briefly flashed through his eyes, only to be replaced by intense shock.

"Richard?! You're Richard's son?!"

"No wonder you're so outstanding. Then it all makes sense..."

"Peter, thank you so much. I don't even know what to say!"

"If I'd met you sooner, perhaps the Lizard Serum could have been developed long ago!"

Looking at Doctor Connors, who was practically delirious, then at Peter, who seemed to have been draped in a veil of mystery...

Gwen stood frozen beside them, feeling as though her brain had completely stopped working.

Peter's parents? The Decay-Rate Algorithm? What was all this supposed to mean?!

"Peter, what you said..."

Instinctively, she wanted Peter to explain the whole story in greater detail.

But before she could speak, Connors said,

"Gwen, please prepare three cups of coffee, then go downstairs and buy a pizza... Today, no matter what, Peter and I are going to completely crack the Decay-Rate Algorithm's specific application to lizard genes!"

"Um... perhaps you should also let George and Uncle Ben know."

Peter added with a mischievous wink at Gwen.

"You know, we probably won't be getting home early tonight. We can't let them worry."

Gwen opened her mouth blankly. After a moment, she could only turn and leave helplessly, faithfully taking on the role of their errand girl...

For the time that followed, the laboratory completely became Peter and Connors's stage.

One was a one-armed mad scientist, the other a teenage genius in a lab coat. Together, they launched into heated discussions and calculations over data and formulas that ordinary people could not even understand.

Doctor Connors took charge and provided the theoretical framework, while Peter relied on the advantage of being a "prophet" and his enhanced brain to constantly offer crucial optimization suggestions, clearing one dead end after another.

From theory to practice...

By the time Gwen returned to the laboratory carrying coffee and pizza, Peter and Doctor Connors had already skipped past the theoretical stage.

They were gathered around a gene extraction device, carrying out incomparably precise operations.

Gwen stood helplessly to one side, going from restless unease to stunned disbelief, then finally to complete numbness.

"It worked!"

After who knew how long, Doctor Connors slammed a hand onto the table and let out an excited shout.

Looking at the emerald-green Lizard Gene Extract in his hand, he felt as if he had grasped the key to opening the door to a new world.

It was as though he could already see the day when his severed limb regrew and he led humanity into a new era of biology!

"Next! Let us witness a miracle together!"

After a series of operations, Doctor Connors injected the serum in the test tube into a white mouse, then placed it in a specially designed observation chamber.

Under the tense gazes of the three of them, the mouse convulsed for a while before gradually calming down.

Once it stopped convulsing, the mouse began eating and drinking as usual. Not only did it look energetic, but all the data displayed on the monitoring instruments appeared completely normal!

The three of them stared unblinkingly at the mouse inside the chamber.

About three to five minutes later, the monitoring instruments began sounding a rapid "beep, beep, beep" alarm.

Doctor Connors rushed over anxiously to examine them.

A moment later, he could not help letting out a long breath of relief, and even broke into an excited smile.

The instruments showed that abnormal cellular reactions had appeared at the mouse's severed limb!

Its cellular activity was more than a hundred times greater than before!

About half an hour later, a brand-new hind leg with completely normal function grew from the severed stump.

The mouse ran freely back and forth inside the observation chamber. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, no one would have believed that half an hour earlier, this mouse had been nothing more than a pitiful little cripple...

"It worked... I really did it..."

Doctor Connors looked at the scene before him, tears of excitement filling his eyes.

Gwen was likewise so shocked by the surreal sight that she could not speak.

As for Peter, he appeared to be watching the mouse in the observation chamber as intently as Gwen and Connors were.

But in truth, he had quietly slipped a vial of Lizard Gene Extract into his pocket without anyone noticing.

At the same time, he "accidentally" knocked over another test tube, creating the impression that he had shattered a vial of extract in his excitement.

Under normal circumstances, such a small move would definitely have drawn Gwen and Connors's attention.

But at the moment, both of them were so focused on the mouse that they overlooked everything.

The Lizard Gene Extract was in hand!

Next, he only needed to add the other catalysts to synthesize the complete Lizard Serum!

And Peter had long since memorized the ratios of those catalysts perfectly with his photographic memory!

The ratios for these catalysts did not require any complex or precision instruments.

The equipment in Midtown High School's laboratory was enough to prepare them!

Although the inability to precisely control the proportions might affect the purity of the Lizard Serum, greatly increasing its danger.

But so what?

A noble steed feared nothing!

"Doctor, it's getting late. I think Gwen and I should be going!"

"If we stay any longer, the adults at home will start worrying."

Seeing that his objective had been achieved, Peter took the opportunity to say goodbye.

Since his reason was more than sufficient, Doctor Connors did not suspect a thing and immediately let Peter and Gwen leave.

As for himself... of course, he was going to spend the night with his precious little white mouse.

The experiment he had prepared for more than a decade had finally made a crucial breakthrough. Right now, he wanted to carry that observation chamber with him even when he went to the bathroom!

Even after they walked out of Osborn Tower, Gwen still felt as if she were in a dream.

"Peter..."

Instinctively, she wanted to talk with Peter beside her.

But the sound of a car horn beeping came from behind them.

Gwen turned around instinctively and discovered that it was none other than her father, George Stacy, waiting for her in a police car!

The moment Peter saw George in the police car, he could not help feeling the urge to whistle.

Perfect. Now there was nothing stopping him from going to Midtown High School's laboratory!