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Chapter 299 Octopus Invasion
Rewinding to a few minutes earlier, after Dr. Kurt Connors had dismissed all the overtime staff, he personally conducted a final check of all the facilities, including the incubator. This was a testament to his consistent dedication; as the head of the laboratory, he had to ensure the laboratory was foolproof and that there could be no leaks.

It's one thing for Electro to suddenly appear, but if something like the radioactive spider bit Peter Parker, that would be a huge problem. Not everyone can become Spider-Man. If the DNA doesn't match perfectly, it can lead to serious accidents or even create a monster.

"Okay, today's experiment has made some progress. We successfully downregulated the influence of the lizard DNA by 0.03%..." Connors said, giving the incubator containing the lizard monkey one last check. Then, as if remembering something, he glanced at the time. It was almost 11 p.m. If he went back now, his son Billy would definitely be asleep, and his wife Martha would scold him for not taking care of the family.

After finishing his final checks, Connors walked out of the lab and was about to close the door with his access card when something grabbed him and threw him inside, slamming him against the lab door.

Who is this guy who came to steal things?
“Mr. Kurt Connors, Richard’s student, I have long admired you.”

Connors propped himself up and looked at the uninvited guest who had violently attacked him. It was a short, fat man wearing sunglasses, holding a cup of coffee in his right hand and a tray in his left.

Four bionic mechanical arms extended from behind him, covered with a layer of red, viscous biomass. Connors looked at the other person's appearance and immediately understood his identity.

"Dr. Otto Octavia?!"

“Doctor, ah, I didn’t expect the researchers at Osborn Technologies to still respect me so much.” Otto looked at Connors with considerable surprise, then his gaze fell on his severed arm, and he couldn’t help but laugh: “Aren’t you surprised that a patient with ALS can actually walk around here so nimbly?”

Connors was indeed somewhat surprised to see the fully-fledged Doctor Octopus, but he quickly recovered and scrambled to his feet, preparing to say something. However, Doctor Octopus covered his mouth with one mechanical tentacle while grabbing his foot with the other, pulling him towards him.

At the same time, the third mechanical tentacle entered the incubator and unlocked the electronic lock of the incubator with almost no effort. Meanwhile, the fourth mechanical tentacle began to skillfully tap the keyboard on the control panel, preparing for the experiment.

"It's really funny, Norman Osborn was an incredibly arrogant and incredibly... stingy guy. He plagiarized my achievements and claimed them as his own. He clearly had the ability to delve into science, but in order to save money, he didn't even change the underlying code of the security system. He was still using my old underlying code. How stupid."

As Otto spoke, he watched as the machine automatically pulled the mutant lizard onto the lab table to draw blood, conduct tests, add chemicals, neutralize and correct various DNA sequences incompatible with human genes, and finally complete a vial of serum.

His tentacles finally released Connors' mouth.

"That serum... it's not working yet, Otto. You can't create super soldiers with it, you can only create monsters...?!"

"Yes, a monster."

Otto laughed. Connors had finally guessed Otto's plan. He swallowed hard, listening incredulously as Otto explained, "I've been here several times. Of course, not necessarily in person, but my memory is enough to create a lab that looks exactly like this." "Next, people will see that, in response to the Pentagon's acquisition, Norman Osborn will choose to pressure his own super-soldier program director, Dr. Chris Connors. Due to his boss's pressure, he was forced to choose himself as the human test subject, ultimately turning himself into a terrifying lizard monster. Don't worry, a flawless, unfaked video will prove it all."

A lizard serum, undoubtedly a failed creation, was lifted up by mechanical tentacles. Doctor Octopus looked at the transparent serum in the test tube and uttered a heartfelt praise: "Look, my first step in taking revenge on Norman, a small but perfect gift."

Realizing things were going terribly wrong, Dr. Connors, unable to stop Doctor Octopus's evil deeds, had no choice but to defeat him logically.

"Do you believe people will believe such a flawed argument?!"

"I believe the Pentagon will."

Two mechanical tentacles lifted Dr. Connors up and put a mask on him to prevent him from making a sound. One tentacle injected lizard serum into Connors' body, while the last tentacle ejected another vial of serum from its palm and injected it into Dr. Connors' body.

"It's quite interesting, Dr. Connors. The Erkins serum we replicated can't effectively induce mutations; it can only adapt to the past based on the user's willpower and physical condition. Failure means death. But we discovered from Max Dillon, oh, the guy who stole your electric eel, that if we use it in combination with serums from other animals, we can guide this enhancement. One plus one is greater than two."

As Otto spoke, he walked to the computer at the control panel and easily hacked into Osborn Technologies' central computer using a USB drive, gaining access to the system. Not forgetting to glance back at Connors, he used the empty palms of his two tentacles, which had been injected with serum, to release Vita Rays, which could induce and accelerate the speed of cell mutation.

"After all, ordinary monsters are no match for Spider-Man. Let's see what Osborn has been plagiarizing all these years... military equipment, genetic science, environmental protection, Spider-Man... Hmm, as expected, there's no Spider-Man identity information..."

He suddenly froze, because he saw something.

"A genetically modified spider used to treat ALS?! Jonathan Drew?! His spider isn't here!"

Realizing this, Otto turned and roared, "Where are Jonathan Drew's spiders!..."

His roar was interrupted as, under the blinding light of the Vita Rays hidden behind his sunglasses, a gigantic crawling monster, whose head was already over four meters long even with its body leaning forward, stared at Otto with its golden eyes.

　Curry is Connors' real name, and Curt is an abbreviation, just like Tony's real name is Anthony.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)