Chapter Summaries

Loren agreed to return Venom to Peter in exchange for help finding Curt Kang, whom Peter had been hiding. When Loren released Venom, it became enthralled by Loren and begged to bond with him, leaving Peter stunned.

• Peter thanked Loren for saving him and asked him to return Venom.
• Loren agreed on the condition that Peter reveal where Curt Kang was hiding.
• Peter lied that he did not know Curt’s whereabouts, but Loren exposed him and promised he could cure Curt’s transformation into the Lizard Monster.
• Peter agreed to take Loren’s guard A2 to Curt, explaining that Curt could sense nearby crawling creatures and would flee from strangers.
• Loren crushed the bottle holding Venom, but Venom merged with Loren’s arm and begged to become his loyal servant instead of returning to Peter.

Loren rejected Venom’s attempt to choose him as a host, then gave Peter a high-tech mechanical arm and sent him with A2 to find Dr. Connors. As 2B, Tifa, and Gwen teased him about a reward, Loren escaped to his laboratory to study mathematical proofs.

• Venom tried to attach himself to Loren, but Loren flung him back to Peter and refused to become his host.
• Loren gave Peter a titanium-alloy mechanical arm equipped with neural sensors and a weapons system, and Peter fitted it over his stump.
• Loren warned Peter not to display Venom publicly and told A2 to bring Dr. Connors to him, using pressure if needed.
• Gwen blushed when Loren met her gaze, while 2B and Tifa teased him about rewarding his female guards.
• Loren slipped away to the laboratory, saying he needed to study mathematical proofs in seclusion for several days.

Loren gave Gwen a nanotechnology suit to support her as Spider-Man, and Tifa showed her how to use it. Before leaving to test it, Gwen asked Tifa what reward 2B had mentioned and blushed at the answer.

• Gwen prepared to leave Loren's home after teasing him about her staying overnight.
• Tifa gave Gwen the Nano Suit Loren had made for her and relayed his concern for her safety.
• Tifa teased Gwen by claiming Loren called her name and confessed his love in his sleep.
• Gwen activated the Nano Suit, and Tifa explained its defenses, weapons, and artificial intelligence.
• Gwen asked Tifa what reward 2B had mentioned, then called Loren a pervert after Tifa whispered the answer.

Natasha and Coulson found no useful evidence in the ruined Life Foundation building and suspected Loren had taken it. Peter and A2 searched Dr. Kang’s sewer laboratory, but Kang had already left, prompting A2 to scan nearby surveillance footage for him.

• Natasha and Coulson found the Life Foundation’s records destroyed and blamed Loren for stealing the evidence and wiping the database.
• A black speck attached to a shard lodged in Natasha’s shoe began to wriggle as she left the building.
• Peter led A2 into Dr. Kang’s sewer laboratory and called for Kang, but he did not answer.
• A2 found Dr. Kang’s note saying he had found someone who could help him return to normal, then left the sewer.
• A2 summoned Alice and ordered her to search surveillance footage within five kilometers for Dr. Kang.

Peter sought help finding Dr. Kang while Loren learned that Dr. Sterns had taken him and sent A2 to the scientist’s hideout. Dr. Sterns injected Kang with an enhanced serum and prepared to unleash a citywide transformation as A2’s forces arrived.

• Alice identified the hooded figure who met Dr. Kang as likely Dr. Sterns, and Peter called Coulson for help locating Kang.
• Alice found Dr. Sterns’s secret hideout, and Loren ordered A2 to confront him there.
• Dr. Sterns told Dr. Kang that he planned to release Lizard Serum over New York and transform the city’s population into Lizard Monsters.
• Dr. Sterns injected Kang with Super Lizard Serum, and Kang began to mutate as A2 and her forces appeared outside the hideout.

Dr. Sterns transformed Dr. Connors with a serum combining lizard, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Hulk genes, then used poison to make him attack A2. After A2 defeated Connors and tracked Sterns through a secret passage, Sterns triggered an explosion that buried the base and everyone inside.

• Dr. Connors transformed into a five-meter dinosaur-like monster after Dr. Sterns injected him with the enhanced serum.
• Dr. Sterns activated poison in Connors's serum, driving him into a mindless frenzy and ordering him to hunt A2.
• A2 arrived, phased through Connors's attack, and severed his fists and legs when he charged her.
• A2 accessed the laboratory surveillance, discovered Dr. Sterns's secret passage, and sent Faceless Ones to scan for it.
• Dr. Sterns sensed he had been found and detonated the secret base, burying Connors and A2 in the explosion.

A2 survived Dr. Sterns’s explosive trap, killed him, and rescued Dr. Connors before racing to retrieve the Lizard Toxin Dispersal Device. Loren received Perfected Cross-Species Gene Fusion Technology, which he planned to use alongside his other research.

• Dr. Sterns detonated over a hundred C4 explosives beneath his secret base, but A2 survived while Dr. Connors was buried under rubble.
• Dr. Sterns tried to surrender when A2 caught him at the tunnel exit, but A2 killed him with her Embroidered Spring Blade.
• A2 ordered the Faceless Ones Robots to rescue Dr. Connors, who warned that a device atop the Empire State Building would soon spread Lizard Toxin across New York City.
• A2 used her extreme speed to retrieve the Lizard Toxin Dispersal Device and brought Dr. Connors back to Morgan Manor.
• Loren received Perfected Cross-Species Gene Fusion Technology and five system points for helping rescue Dr. Connors and kill Dr. Sterns.

Loren perfected Cross-Species Gene Fusion Technology after restoring Dr. Connors and began preparing to create new combat bodies. Viper visited to renew her serum and was rewarded, while Loren asked whether she had found Wanda.

• Loren developed an improved Lizard Serum and restored Dr. Connors's human form and severed arm without leaving him at risk of becoming a Lizard Monster.
• Loren decided to use his technology and Vibranium to create new General-Purpose Combat Robots with bodies combining human and Symbiote genes.
• Tifa brought Viper to Loren after her Enhancement Serum wore off, and Viper asked him for a new injection.
• Viper asked for a permanent Super-Soldier Serum as a reward for her service, and Loren confirmed she had passed probation and promised another reward.
• Loren asked Viper whether she had found Wanda, the Scarlet Witch.

Loren learned that Baron Strucker had imprisoned Wanda and her brother for human experiments, so he decided to rescue Wanda and make her his. He began preparing Viper for the mission by injecting her with Super-Soldier Serum and giving her the Green Symbiote.

• Viper gave Loren a USB drive with information about Wanda and asked why he was interested in her.
• Loren admitted he wanted Wanda and ordered Viper to help him win her over.
• Viper suggested kidnapping Wanda, but Loren dismissed her plan and proposed a staged rescue instead.
• Viper revealed that Baron Strucker had imprisoned Wanda and her brother and was preparing to experiment on them.
• Loren learned the experiments were imminent and took Viper to the laboratory, where he injected her with Super-Soldier Serum and gave her the Green Symbiote.

Loren bonded Viper with a symbiote, then prepared to lead a mission to rescue Wanda from Baron Strucker’s secret Hydra base. He set out with 2B and A2 while ordering Viper to stay behind and protect her cover.

• Loren threw a symbiote onto Viper, and it bonded with her, enhancing her strength, physique, and ability to control tentacles.
• Viper asked why Hydra had not discovered the symbiotes, and Loren explained that he paralyzed the Snake Shield network every day.
• Loren summoned Viper, 2B, Tifa, and A2 and announced that they had located Wanda at Baron Strucker’s secret Hydra base.
• Loren ordered 2B and A2 to bring their squads and accompany him to rescue Wanda and purge the enemies.
• Loren told Viper to return to her secret base to avoid exposing her identity, then changed into a black combat suit and moved out.

Loren rescued Wanda and Quicksilver from Hydra's dungeon, then offered to save her brother in exchange for her loyalty. Wanda agreed, and Loren promised to protect them and kill Baron Strucker.

• Wanda watched as Hydra's men threw her injured brother, Quicksilver, into the cell across from hers and threatened her.
• Loren broke through the dungeon ceiling, killed one guard, and offered Wanda a dagger to take revenge on the others.
• Wanda killed the remaining guards, then hurried to check on the unconscious Quicksilver.
• Loren warned Wanda that Baron Strucker had drugged Quicksilver and that he needed treatment soon.
• Wanda knelt and begged Loren to save her brother, promising to do anything in return.
• Loren asked Wanda to pledge her loyalty, and after she agreed, he promised to save Quicksilver, protect them, and kill Baron Strucker.

Loren’s forces captured Baron Strucker after wiping out the Hydra base, and Loren let Wanda decide his fate. After Loren reminded her of what Strucker had done to her brother, Wanda killed him and was reassured that she had done the right thing.

• Wanda felt wary of Loren’s promises but remained grateful to him for saving her and her brother.
• Gunfire erupted outside the dungeon, then 2B and A2 arrived with the Faceless Ones and reported that the base had been cleared and Baron Strucker captured.
• Loren offered Wanda a dagger and left Strucker’s fate to her, but she hesitated because she felt indebted to him.
• Loren reminded Wanda that Strucker had imprisoned and experimented on her brother, reigniting her anger.
• Wanda plunged the dagger into Baron Strucker’s heart, and Loren and the robots reassured her that she had done a good deed.

Loren brought Wanda and the unconscious Quicksilver back toward Morgan Manor after defeating Baron Strucker, promising to cure her brother and provide her with equipment. Along the way, Wanda learned Loren’s group flew using anti-gravity technology, and Loren received a new reward: Hydra’s Human Superpower Awakening Technology.

• Loren had a Faceless One carry Quicksilver and took Wanda into his arms before the group flew toward Morgan Manor.
• Wanda noticed Loren’s hands were respectful and grew more favorably disposed toward him.
• Wanda asked how the group flew, and 2B joked that they were ghosts before A2 explained Loren had developed an Anti-Gravity Flight Device.
• Loren promised Wanda she would receive equipment and be able to fly once they returned to Morgan Manor.
• The system rewarded Loren with Human Superpower Awakening Technology and five system points for saving Wanda and killing Baron Strucker.

Loren recognized that Human Superpower Awakening Technology could help him access cosmic energy, though he first needed the Infinity Stones. After asking Alice about S.H.I.E.L.D., he realized she had awakened self-awareness and assigned her a song to play for Black Boiled Egg.

• Loren considered how Human Superpower Awakening Technology might let him gain powers fueled by Infinity Stone energy, and resolved to compete with Thanos for the Stones.
• Loren asked Alice for updates on S.H.I.E.L.D., and she reported that Tony Stark had improved its network defenses only slightly.
• Alice told Loren that Tony was deteriorating from palladium poisoning and insulted JARVIS, prompting Loren to notice her unusually emotional, delinquent manner of speaking.
• Loren concluded that Alice had awakened self-awareness and decided that her growth would benefit him, since the system kept his creations under control.
• Loren asked Alice to play “Sunshine Rainbow White Pony” to cheer up Black Boiled Egg and encourage S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep up the good work.

Loren brought Wanda and Quicksilver to Morgan Manor, treated Quicksilver’s poisoning, and used his 100 system points to draw a new dimensional world. The draw stopped on an image of a blonde woman, but the new world remained unidentified.

• Loren returned to Morgan Manor with Wanda and Quicksilver, then sent Wanda with Tifa to see the manor and assigned her a room.
• Loren took the unconscious Quicksilver to his laboratory and injected him with a serum to clear the toxins from his body.
• Loren checked his system and found that he had accumulated 100 system points, enough to draw a new dimensional world.
• Loren started the draw, and the selection stopped on an image of a blonde woman.

After unlocking Android Technology, Loren secluded himself to develop enhanced bodies for 2B and Tifa, build more robot wives, and create Android 18. Three months later, Spider-Woman and Venom confronted Cletus, a murderer transformed by a Symbiote, just as A2 arrived to take him on.

• Loren gained cyborg-modification and Infinite Energy Reactor technology from the Dragon Ball world and planned to use it to create Android 18 and upgrade his robot wives.
• Loren sent Quicksilver to recover and entered a long period of research with help from 2B, Tifa, and A2.
• Three months later, New York City was frightened by a string of headless murders, and Spider-Woman hunted the killer.
• Spider-Woman kicked a crimson Symbiote creature away from its victims and wondered how one had remained behind.
• Venom explained that a tissue fragment he had released during his fight with A2 had merged with the murderer, Cletus.
• A2 appeared in the alley and said she would handle Cletus herself.

A2 defeated Carnage and let Venom devour him after he broke her glass jar. Alice then told A2 that Loren had emerged from seclusion, and A2 rushed to Morgan Manor.

• Peter persuaded Venom to come out by promising him Carnage's brain if they won.
• Carnage attacked A2 after she ordered him to enter the glass jar, but she swiftly dismembered him and separated him from Cletus.
• Venom caught Carnage as he tried to escape, then devoured him with A2's permission and turned his attention to Cletus.
• Alice told A2 that Loren had emerged from seclusion, so A2 sped back to Morgan Manor.
• Gwen teased Peter about dating Mary Jane before swinging away.

Loren introduced 2B and Tifa to their new Nano Vibranium Lifeform bodies, which combined human traits with nanorobot and Symbiote abilities. Two more of his creations emerged from incubation pods and reported for duty.

• 2B and Tifa marveled at the genuine senses of their new bodies.
• Loren explained that he had created Nano Vibranium Lifeforms by combining nanorobots with human and Symbiote genes.
• 2B and Tifa praised Loren and asked whether their bodies had the characteristics of human women.
• Commander White emerged from an incubation pod and reported for duty as Unit 004.
• Marie Rose's incubation pod stirred, and she reported for duty as Unit 005.

Loren explained Android 18’s immense power and the cosmic tiers of strength to his companions while she remained asleep in her incubation pod. That night, a hammer fell from the sky into a crater in Florida.

• Tifa asked Loren why the blonde woman in the last incubation pod had not awakened.
• Loren revealed that the woman was Android 18, whose Perpetual Energy Furnace gave her infinite energy and planet-busting strength.
• Loren explained the higher power tiers and said the others were currently at the Surface Level, near the Sub-Skyfather Level.
• The women asked to receive Perpetual Energy Furnaces, and Loren promised to upgrade them when he had enough time.
• A streak of starlight struck uninhabited land in Florida, leaving a crater with a hammer at its center.

After Alice reported that a mysterious hammer had landed in Florida, Loren recognized it as Mjolnir and decided to claim it and its Uru Metal for his plans. He headed to the crater ahead of S.H.I.E.L.D., while a bald woman emerged from a magical portal and wondered why Odin had sent Mjolnir.

• Alice detected a hammer crash in Florida and told Loren it contained unusual energy that might be extraterrestrial.
• Loren identified the hammer as Mjolnir, anticipated Thor’s arrival, and planned to obtain Uru Metal for his combat robots.
• Alice revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had mobilized and was relying on telegrams and carrier pigeons after repeated network hacks; Loren ordered her to prank its director.
• Loren set off for the hammer with 2B and the others following him.
• A bald woman emerged from a magical portal at Mjolnir’s crater and questioned Odin’s purpose.