Chapter Summaries

Loren learned that a Life Foundation spacecraft carrying Symbiotes had lost control, but he decided to preserve the timeline rather than seize them immediately. He prioritized resting before continuing work on the Perfected Hulk Serum, and returned to find 2B, Tifa, and A2 waiting in nightgowns.

• Alice hacked into the Life Foundation network and showed Loren footage of its command room after a Symbiote container leaked aboard a spacecraft and the ship lost control.
• Mr. Carlton ordered his staff to secure the Symbiotes at the estimated crash site, calling them the Life Foundation's greatest asset.
• Loren explained Symbiotes to 2B, Tifa, and A2, then stopped 2B from going to retrieve them because the time was not right.
• Loren explained that following the timeline could earn him greater system rewards and said he would focus on creating the Perfected Hulk Serum.
• 2B, Tifa, and A2 persuaded Loren to rest before resuming research, and he found them waiting on the bed in sexy nightgowns after his shower.

After a shuttle crash nearly killed Peter Parker, a Symbiote named Venom healed him and replaced his severed arm, offering him strength and urging him to take revenge. Venom took control of Peter and charged toward approaching footsteps, eager to feed.

• Peter Parker was gravely injured when a space shuttle crashed nearby, but a black substance crawled onto him as he lay dying.
• Venom introduced himself to Peter and healed his wounds, then offered to become his missing right arm.
• Venom transformed into a powerful black arm, and Peter discovered he could control it and wield tremendous strength.
• Peter said he wanted to become a superhero, but Venom urged him to kill those who had bullied him, and Peter agreed to take revenge.
• Venom heard footsteps approaching, took control of Peter, transformed into his full monster form, and charged toward them.

Peter Parker and Venom attacked the mercenaries and researchers at the crashed spaceship, but sonic noise and fire forced Venom to flee. As they escaped, Peter argued with Venom about killing people, determined to keep pursuing a heroic path despite Venom’s warnings.

• Venom ambushed the team approaching the crashed spaceship and revealed himself to the soldiers and researchers.
• The soldiers opened fire, but Venom caught and expelled their bullets before killing several people.
• A researcher used a sonic device while a soldier attacked with a flamethrower, forcing Venom to retreat into the woods.
• Peter reprimanded Venom for eating people and forbade him from killing or eating anyone without permission.
• Peter and Venom fled toward Peter’s home while arguing about the cost of being a hero.

Carlton Drake ordered a search for the missing Symbiotes and a hunt for the human who had bonded successfully, while the silver-gray Symbiote attacked him in his office. At S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury learned Loren would only trade Hulk for Vibranium, then discovered that cursing Loren triggered another hack of the base’s systems.

• Carlton Drake ordered his mercenaries to capture the successful Symbiote host alive and told his researchers to find more human test subjects.
• A silver-gray Symbiote emerged from a cleaning lady and lunged at Drake in his office.
• Natasha told Nick Fury that Loren would release Hulk in exchange for enough Vibranium, which S.H.I.E.L.D. no longer had.
• Nick Fury cursed Loren, and the base’s network system fell into paralysis.
• Nick Fury tested Coulson’s suspicion by cursing Loren again, and the base’s automated turrets locked onto the Apache helicopters on the apron.

Loren completed the Perfected Hulk Serum and injected it into himself despite 2B and A2’s concerns. After the experiment triggered a blackout across the district, Loren emerged from the shattered chamber, glowing red and excited by his newfound power.

• Loren finished creating the Perfected Hulk Serum, which promised immense strength without transforming its user into a monster.
• Loren entered the experimental chamber and ordered Alice to begin injecting the serum, despite warnings from 2B and A2.
• The injection caused Loren intense pain as his body endured rising gamma radiation and the serum took effect.
• The laboratory and surrounding district lost power when the serum injection and gamma radiation reached 100%.
• Loren punched open the chamber door and stepped out glowing red, thrilled by the serum’s power.

Loren completed his Perfected Hulk Serum enhancement, gaining immense strength and testing it against 2B and A2 before trying on his Nano Vibranium suit. The chapter ended with Tifa reporting that General Ross had arrived with a large supply of Vibranium.

• Loren finished his enhancement, and 2B and A2 noticed his denser build and slightly shorter height.
• Loren explained that the serum had refined his body and given him over 90 tons of strength in an ordinary state, with even greater power when enraged.
• 2B and A2 challenged Loren to a combat test, and he defeated them both.
• Loren put on his newly crafted Nano Vibranium suit, which could shift between clothing and armor.
• Tifa entered and told Loren that General Ross had arrived with a lot of Vibranium.

General Ross brought 200 kilograms of Vibranium to Loren in exchange for Hulk and neurotoxin, becoming a military fugitive in the process. After Loren accepted the deal and had Bruce Banner brought out, Ross transformed into Red Hulk.

• Tifa told Loren that Ross had stolen the military’s 440 pounds of Vibranium and was now its most wanted criminal.
• Loren welcomed Ross to Morgan Manor, where Ross was unnerved by the flying Faceless Ones and their armed guards.
• Loren refused to sell Ross the Super Neurotoxin formula but offered five vials of the finished toxin in exchange for half the Vibranium.
• Ross accepted the deal, and Loren had Bruce Banner brought to the reception hall in a cage.
• Ross saw Banner and transformed into Red Hulk, while Loren watched with interest.

Bruce Banner transformed into the Hulk and fought General Ross, who had become the Red Hulk, in Loren’s underground arena. After defeating Ross, the Hulk turned his fury toward Loren, who prepared to face him himself.

• Seeing General Ross transform into the Red Hulk, Bruce Banner became enraged and turned into the Hulk.
• Loren had Alice activate Arena Mode, dropping Ross and the Hulk into his reinforced underground arena, where they began a brutal fight.
• While watching, Loren asked Alice to find Mr. Blue and ordered her to investigate General Ross’s recent movements.
• Alice found footage linking Ross to a hooded person who was 99% likely to be Dr. Sterns, and Loren ordered her to keep tracking him.
• The Hulk pinned Ross underfoot, crushing the Super Neurotoxin, then leaped at Loren and cracked the bulletproof glass.
• Loren stopped 2B and A2 from attacking and declared that he would show off.

Loren fought Hulk in the arena, using his strength, flight armor, and combat skill to overwhelm him and knock him unconscious. Hulk reverted to Banner, and Loren received Nier flight armor technology and five system points.

• Loren shattered the bulletproof glass, caught Hulk’s punch, and hurled him into the arena.
• Loren activated his Nano Armor’s Anti-Gravity Mode and repeatedly struck Hulk, taunting him to grow angrier.
• Loren dodged Hulk’s attacks with ease, while Tifa, A2, and 2B jokingly competed over how long they could endure his speed.
• Loren uppercut Hulk, seized him in midair, and slammed him into the ground, knocking him unconscious and turning him back into Banner.
• The system rewarded Loren with Nier flight armor technology and five system points for participating in the battle between Hulk and Red Hulk.

Loren threw Bruce Banner and General Ross out of Morgan Manor, leaving Nick Fury to take Hulk while Tifa claimed a hidden item from him. Fury left with Banner, but Tifa stopped him and took his unusual pager.

• After reviewing his Flight Armor spoils, Loren ordered Tifa to throw Bruce Banner and General Ross out of the manor.
• Nick Fury waited outside, anxious that General Ross might kill Hulk, and asked to see Loren.
• Tifa brought the unconscious Banner and Ross to the gate and handed them over, prompting Fury to take Banner and kick Ross unconscious again.
• Tifa whipped Fury and told him to hurry up and go work, while Coulson and Natasha looked away.
• As Fury tried to leave with Banner, Tifa said Loren wanted an item hidden on him, then pulled a strangely shaped pager from his pocket.

Tifa took Nick Fury’s pager, the only way he could contact Captain Marvel, and returned it to Loren at Morgan Manor. Loren explained that Captain Marvel could threaten him before he grew stronger, leaving A2, 2B, and Tifa determined to improve while he considered seeking Dragon Ball Universe android technology.

• Tifa took Nick Fury’s pager and told him Loren would return it only in exchange for something more valuable, such as the Tesseract.
• Nick Fury tried to force his way into Morgan Manor, but Coulson and Natasha stopped him before he drove away in anger.
• Natasha praised Loren’s foresight, and Coulson teased her before leaving with Bruce and General Ross.
• Loren told 2B that the pager was Nick Fury’s only way to contact Captain Marvel and described her strength and threat to him.
• A2, 2B, and Tifa resolved to become stronger, while Loren thought about obtaining Android 18’s technology.

Loren arranged for Alice to search for Peter Parker after Gwen and Harry reported that he had been missing for two days. Alice found surveillance footage of a man in a black Spider-Man suit swinging through Queens, leaving Loren wondering when another Spider-Man had appeared.

• Loren explained that he controlled the pager for contacting Auntie Marvel and hoped to obtain the Light-Speed Engine to develop a stronger serum.
• Alice told Loren that Gwen and Harry had arrived to discuss an urgent matter, and Loren suspected it concerned Peter Parker.
• Gwen and Harry told Loren that Peter had been missing for two days and that their efforts to find him had failed.
• Loren asked Alice to search for Peter, and she quickly traced footage of a black-suited figure swinging through Queens.
• Loren saw the footage and wondered when the world had gained a second Spider-Man.

Loren learned that Peter Parker had been captured by the Life Foundation after bonding with the Symbiote Venom, and sent 2B to rescue him and retrieve a Symbiote. As Peter was held and tortured in the foundation’s secret base, a black figure smashed through the building and landed before his cage.

• Loren confirmed that Peter’s black suit was an organic life-form and identified his attackers as Life Foundation members, then told Gwen and Harry he would handle the rescue.
• Loren ordered 2B to bring Peter out of the Life Foundation and return with a Symbiote.
• Gwen changed into her Spider-Man suit and headed for the Life Foundation’s base.
• Peter recalled how the Life Foundation’s soldiers had exploited the Symbiote’s weaknesses to capture him, strip Venom from him, and torture him.
• Carlton taunted Peter in front of his cage, and a black figure crashed through the foundation building and landed before him.

2B broke into the Life Foundation's secret laboratory and confronted Riot, who had possessed Carlton and planned to bring more Symbiotes to Earth. She overwhelmed Riot in seconds and left him screaming in pain after striking him with her Miao Saber.

• Riot transformed Carlton and prepared to capture Peter as a research subject for the Symbiotes' planned arrival and merger with humans.
• 2B crashed through the laboratory ceiling, insulted Riot, and dodged his scythe attack while offering him a chance to surrender.
• Riot attacked with a blade, but it could not pierce 2B's skin, and she snapped it before hurling a fragment into his body.
• 2B pinned Riot to the wall with a thrown blade fragment, then pierced him with her Miao Saber and made his body boil as he screamed in pain.

Riot freed four Symbiotes to help him fight 2B, while Venom reunited with Peter and they attacked Riot. As 2B faced the four Symbiotes, Gwen arrived to fight beside her, and their banter continued.

• Riot escaped 2B’s Miao Saber, failed to damage her, and released four Symbiotes by smashing their jars.
• Venom tried to reach Peter, but Riot cut off Peter’s remaining arm and grabbed Venom before 2B severed Riot’s arm, allowing Venom to reconnect Peter’s arm.
• Peter merged with Venom in his original form and charged at Riot, while four other Symbiotes possessed staff members and attacked 2B.
• The four Symbiotes’ varied abilities kept 2B from defeating them quickly, so Gwen arrived and stood back-to-back with her.
• Gwen teased 2B for being surrounded, and 2B retorted that her boss liked her soft, tender, moist lips.

2B and Gwen fought a Symbiote squad until A2 arrived with the Faceless Ones and drove most of the Symbiotes into submission. A2 pursued the escaping purple Symbiote, which fused with her nanotechnology and gave her a new organic-like skin.

• Gwen and 2B traded blows with four Symbiotes while bickering about Loren.
• A2 arrived with the Faceless Ones and used high-frequency sound waves to incapacitate the surrounded Symbiotes.
• The purple Symbiote escaped the sound waves, but A2 chased it through the air and pinned it to the ground with a Proto-Adamantium spear.
• The purple Symbiote detached from its host and covered A2, then discovered she was a machine and tried to escape.
• A2's nano-particles invaded and fused with the Symbiote's cells, destroying its consciousness and giving her a new organic-like battle suit.

Alice fused A2’s nanorarticles with Symbiote cells, giving her a conscious, controllable body with greatly enhanced speed and strength. Loren realized the breakthrough could lead to flesh-and-blood bodies for 2B and Tifa, and planned to obtain Curt Connors’s gene-fusion research; he left Tifa waiting to learn who the new sisters would be.

• Alice explained that A2’s nanorarticles had fused with the Symbiote cells, which had discarded their original consciousness and come under A2’s control.
• Alice told A2 that her Symbiote-enhanced speed could reach at least Mach 4, and A2 marveled at her new abilities.
• Loren recognized the fusion as a promising research direction and considered ways to overcome Symbiotes’ weaknesses and create flesh-and-blood bodies.
• Loren realized Curt Connors’s cross-species gene-fusion research could help develop the technology and planned to have Peter bring Connors an offer to restore his appearance.
• Tifa asked when she and 2B could have flesh-and-blood bodies, and Loren said the available vibranium could make new bodies and hinted at additional sisters.

A2 revealed that her Symbiote-nanobot body let her experience the world like an organic being, and 2B eagerly captured three displaced Symbiotes to bring back to their Boss. Riot nearly killed Peter after overpowering Venom, but A2 intervened and declared that both Riot and Venom were their Boss’s specified loot.

• A2 demonstrated her super speed and Symbiote skin to 2B and Gwen, explaining that her fused body gave her nanobot abilities and organic sensations.
• 2B learned that she and Tifa could receive similar bodies and captured the blue, gold, and green Symbiotes after sonic attacks separated them from their hosts.
• Peter attacked Riot in a furious bid for revenge, but Riot beat him back and pinned Venom against the Life Foundation Building above a fire.
• Peter dragged Riot into the flames, and Venom retreated into Peter’s body after carrying him out, while the injured Riot prepared to kill Peter.
• A2 arrived, lifted Riot away from Peter, and said that Riot and Venom were both loot their Boss had specifically named.

A2 forced Riot to surrender and return to its glass jar, while Venom killed Carlton Drake. A2 then ordered Venom taken from Peter, and Peter accepted the decision after Venom warned him not to resist.

• A2 used her intangibility and overwhelming speed to threaten Riot until it surrendered and crawled into a glass jar.
• Carlton Drake tried to reclaim Riot, but Venom emerged from Peter and bit off Drake's head.
• Gwen watched Venom kill Drake and felt she barely recognized Peter.
• A2 confronted Venom and ordered it removed from Peter, sparing Venom because it was the boss's friend.
• Venom warned Peter not to resist, and Peter silently accepted as Venom crawled into the glass jar.

After A2, 2B, and Gwen captured the symbiotes and killed Carlton Drake, Loren received technology for customizing symbiotes’ powers and planned to acquire Curt Connors’s gene-fusion research. Gwen accepted 2B’s challenge to stay the night at Loren’s manor, leaving him worried that the evening’s private reward would become a disaster.

• A2 and 2B returned to Morgan Manor with five captured symbiotes while Peter went to the medical room to treat his injuries.
• Loren received Symbiote-Directed Cultivation Technology, which could genetically guide symbiote development with up to an 80 percent success rate.
• Loren considered using the technology with Curt Connors’s Cross-Species Gene Fusion Technology and decided to find Curt and take his research.
• A2 and 2B reported their success, and Loren promised them a reward after dark.
• 2B teased Gwen about the private reward and challenged her to stay overnight; Gwen accepted despite Loren’s warnings about her father.