2 Chapter 2: Xenomorph Embryo

During breakfast.

Aunt May stood at the table, looking worriedly at her nephew.

"Peter, are you really not going to eat anything? I just made beef patties for breakfast, you should try them."

Peter, also known as Linan, was packing his backpack and responded to Aunt May without looking up.

"I already ate something, Aunt May."

"When was that?"

"Just upstairs, I had some cheese bread."

Peter looked up, a faint smile appearing on his lips as he spoke to Aunt May.

With Uncle Ben already at work, only the two of them remained in the living room.

Aunt May wanted to say something else, but Peter picked up his backpack.

"I'm going to school, Aunt May."

After saying that, without waiting for Aunt May's response, Peter put on his backpack and walked out.

"Alright, be careful on the way, and remember to call me if you need anything."

Aunt May could tell that her nephew's spirits were a bit low, so she didn't ask further, just reminding him a few times.

Dealing with Aunt May, Peter, walking on the road, felt quite miserable.

Last night, he tried every known method to test his body.

In the end, he concluded that the xenomorph larva was still inside him.

No matter how absurd it was to deny the facts, what he needed to face was that the xenomorph larva had taken root in him, and breaking out of his body was only a matter of time.

Once the xenomorph embryo is implanted in a human body, its placenta will form objects similar to cancer cells, closely connected to the host.

Even if forcibly removed by surgery, the host is still unlikely to escape death.

Even surgeries in the 22nd century couldn't precisely remove it, let alone the current technology.

No!

This is the Marvel world, where magic and many magical powers exist.

In present-day New York, perhaps Tony Stark could help him with the surgery.

But Peter shook his head quickly.

Tony Stark hasn't become Iron Man yet, he's just a playboy who dislikes responsibility, why would he help himself?

Raising his head, squinting at the glaring sunlight, Peter narrowed his eyes.

The only feasible way is to follow the development of history and become Spider-Man himself.

Only by becoming Spider-Man can he possibly strangle the embryo in his body and stop its growth.

In addition, Spider-Man's powerful self-healing ability can ensure that he doesn't bleed to death even if the embryo breaks out of his body.

He must buy time for himself, become Spider-Man before the embryo fully matures.

Peter thought of the internal information he saw at the ViralTech company.

In the "First Xenomorph Incident," the victim Kane went from the detachment of the facehugger to death by chestbursting during dinner, a process that took 4-5 hours.

In the "Second Xenomorph Incident," Corporal Hicks found a barely alive female host in the xenomorph nest, who survived for over 17 days.

This indicates that besides the health of the host, nutrition intake is also crucial in affecting the time for embryo development.

The more the host eats, the more favorable it is for the embryo's development.

So at breakfast, Peter didn't eat anything.

The purpose is to prevent the embryo in his body from developing, even though he would be surrounded by hunger, but this level of harm is trivial to him.

"Become Spider-Man."

Murmuring to himself, Peter raised his head and looked at New York surrounded by the Stark Tower.

The rising sun completely covered the city.

Midtown High School.

Peter walked towards his classroom according to his memory after entering the teaching building.

Despite facing the threat of death at any moment, he still maintained his composure.

Unable to change the situation, temporarily embracing a bleak life has always been his life motto.

"Hey! Catch it, Peter!"

In the corridor, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

Accompanied by the malicious voice was the sound of whistling wind.

Peter turned his face and a large football came flying towards him.

Approaching continuously, the whistling football seemed to turn into the facehugger that was pouncing on him in his eyes.

With a horrifying mouth open, emitting a chilling and eerie sound.

"Bang!"

The next moment, Peter caught the football with one hand, making a muffled sound.

Steadily catching the football, he slowly moved it away from his face, revealing a cold expression.

With cold eyes, he looked at the one who reminded him of unpleasant memories.

The other party was Josh Roberts, a tall and strong member of the football team, and also one of the main culprits who used to bully Peter Parker.

Josh looked at Peter, who caught the football with one hand, with a surprised expression, his mouth wide open.

When did this bookworm become so agile?

"Cough, good catch, Peter, now give me the ball back, let's try again, maybe you have the talent to be a quarterback."

Thinking Peter just got lucky, Josh coughed and motioned for Peter to throw the ball back to him.

This time, he swore to smash the ball hard on Peter's face and shatter his damn glasses!

"You can come over and get it yourself."

Peter shook his head, indicating for him to come and get it.

Josh hesitated for a moment, then walked over to get the ball.

Peter casually tossed the football to the other hand.

"With your tall and sturdy body, why are you clumsier than a giant Panda?"

Peter sneered at him with a murderous intent in his eyes.

Josh, with a quick temper, was instantly filled with anger, wanting to unleash his "football charge" and knock this nerd who dared to mock him to the ground.

But the next moment, his throat was grabbed.

A suffocating pain instantly struck him, then he felt himself flying.

"Bang!"

His back hit the locker hard, and Josh let out a painful groan.

Feeling like his spine was about to break, he weakly slid down from the deformed locker.

The physical pain was secondary; what terrified him the most was that the guy he had always considered an easy target actually erupted with such terrifying strength.

The loud noise of the locker being hit startled the people in the corridor, causing a wave of exclamations.

"Oh my god! What happened!"

"Oh god! That's Josh!"

"And Peter Parker, he beat up Josh! What did I just see?"

Peter, being stared at by incredulous eyes, glanced at the terrified Josh, then turned around and left expressionlessly amidst the discussions of the crowd.

How is this possible?!

Walking through the corridor, Peter was filled with doubts and astonishment.

Even though he had mastered countless firearms and combat skills in the "Alien" world, after becoming Peter Parker, his weak body, which had not yet mutated, could not unleash his former strength.

Yet just now, he actually threw Josh several meters away with one hand!

This kind of explosive power...

Peter lowered his head and looked at his chest, his expression becoming solemn.

Is it the xenomorph embryo inside his body messing with him?

But from his known experience, the xenomorph embryo only absorbs the host's nutrients and genetic material to nurture itself, making the host stronger.

The host absorbing xenomorph genes has never been heard of.

Stopping in his tracks, Peter suddenly remembered Ripley, the famous heroine of the "Alien" world.

After her death, she was cloned by mad scientists, and due to having xenomorph genes in her body, she became incredibly strong, even able to tear apart xenomorphs with her bare hands.

Is his current body also infused with some xenomorph genes?

At the moment when he was teaching Josh a lesson, a ferocious and ruthless killing intent, as well as a primal desire when facing prey, surged from within him.

"I need to get a more sophisticated instrument to do a full-body checkup."

Entering the classroom, Peter thought to himself.

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