Marvel's Venom, starting with a Hydra undercover agent.

His once empty sleeve now had a new arm growing out of it, and it was very flexible, though it was still a bit pale and had a faint hint of green.

After showing off his recovered arm, Dr. Connors began to explain his experimental ideas and process to the video recorder.

Finally, near the end of the video, Connors, beaming with joy and anticipation, said, "I need more test subjects and samples; this drug can be further improved and refined..."

The second video shows that Dr. Connors appeared to be normal at the time, but in reality, he had developed very dangerous thoughts and started to go crazy.

The third video then opened, and this time it no longer featured Dr. Connors in human form, but a tall, strong, terrifying lizard-man covered in green scales.

"I have evolved into a completely new species! My physique is stronger, my mind is smarter! I even have the ability to regenerate severed limbs!" Dr. Lizard said in a hoarse but excited voice.

"Hahaha! I finally understand! What I'm trying to accomplish isn't just a simple experiment, but the creation of a new species!"

"Weak humans will eventually disappear, and powerful lizardmen will take their place and rule this world! I will become the new God, the new creator!..."

Dr. Connors finally went mad. Starting from the third video, every time the Lizard appeared in a video, he became more cold-blooded, manic, and powerful.

His body grew larger and larger, his appearance became more and more ferocious, and his mind became more and more twisted.

In a later video, he even personally picked up a failed product that had succumbed to the effects of the drug and had only partially mutated into a lizard, and dissected and explained it to the camera using his sharp claws.

He has completely forgotten that he was once a person, with a beloved wife and a happy family. No... perhaps it's not that he forgot, he just doesn't care anymore.

The tragedy that once suffocated him and made him despair, and even contemplated suicide, has become insignificant to him. He feels that he has found a greater cause, a true goal.

The last video segment ended, and some time had passed since then.

It seems that because all their energy was put into the experiment, the videos became shorter and shorter as they progressed, and the recording times became irregular.

"He's no longer human," Holm said in a deep voice, staring at the black screen.

“Yes,” Gwen said, clenching her fists tightly. “Kurt Connors is dead. Now only Dr. Lizard is left.”

Just as the two were exchanging words in heavy voices, a nearby instrument suddenly came to a slow stop.

Upon hearing the sound, Gwen quickly stood up, walked to the instrument, and removed a sealed container.

There is a small section of transparent glass in the middle of the sealed jar, through which you can see what's inside.

Inside, a liquid emitting a pale blue glow was slowly flowing, shimmering as if a galaxy were hidden within it.

"Is this the serum?" Holm asked, looking at the sealed jar in Gwen's hand.

Gwen nodded, placed it on the control panel, and said, "It should have a purifying effect, but the effectiveness hasn't been tested yet."

"Logically speaking, the shorter the time and the less reagent ingested, the better the effect should be."

"What if the target is Dr. Lizard himself?" Holm asked, fiddling with the sealed jar in his hand.

Gwen paused for a moment after hearing this before continuing, "Then the effect is somewhat unknown."

"Judging from the video just now, he has used the reagent on himself countless times. This is no longer a simple accumulation of quantity, but a qualitative change."

Thinking of the mountain-like figure in the final video, Holm knew that what she said was true.

After a moment of silence, Gwen continued working on the computer.

"I'll continue producing some more serum, and while I'm at it, see if I can enhance its effects before you find the data."

Gwen's words just now made her somewhat unsure about the serum's effectiveness.

While Gwen continued her work, Holm didn't stop either. After searching for a while, he finally found Dr. Lizard's plan for this operation.

There weren't many words on it; most of them were sketches and drawings, which looked more like design drawings.

Chapter 38, The Plan

The drawing shows a uniquely shaped building, with its height, width, and other dimensions marked next to it.

Looking at the string of letters above, Holm knew that this was Stark Tower, one of New York City's landmarks.

Next to the panoramic view of the building, two lines extend from the top of the building, showing a detailed drawing of the top of the building.

From this drawing, you can see that Dr. Lizard added a large instrument that looks like laboratory equipment.

Next to the instrument is the word "Canary Islands".

Upon seeing this, Holm quickly searched for the name of the instrument, which was called Canary.

Finally, he found a detailed description of this thing in a report from who-knows-how-many years ago.

According to the introduction, the Canary Device is also a result of Kurt Connors' previous research. The main function of this device is to spray aerosols mixed with high concentrations of chemicals into the sky to form a rain cloud.

Then, by harnessing the power of nature, a rain shower containing the effects of the medicine is created. Simply coming into contact with this rain is equivalent to using the medicine. The methods of contact include direct contact and breathing, but the former is more direct.

As planned and anticipated, this device will primarily be used during times of epidemics or flu outbreaks, when its effectiveness will be maximized.

However, despite the initial discussion, the device quickly disappeared and was never put into use again.

"Isn't this the device that appeared in the movie?" Holm suddenly remembered.

Although the maker and other details were different from what he remembered, the specific effects were similar.

Damn! This lizard doctor is really going all out!

Holm abruptly stood up, then, while stuffing the prepared serum into a large bag he'd grabbed at random, said to the somewhat bewildered Spider-Woman, "Time is of the essence! That guy's plan is terrifying; we need to get going..."

Holm then told the other party about his discovery and immediately called Daisy to tell her the seriousness of the situation, and sent her all the sketches and data he had just taken.

Holm and Spider-Woman, each carrying a large bag, began moving rapidly through the underground space, heading towards the nearest exit.

Along the way, Venom was also angrily cursing Dr. Lizard.

"That damned giant lizard, if he turns all humans into lizard monsters, then I won't have any delicious snacks to eat."

"I haven't even tasted a bite yet. If I really never get to taste it again, I'll be so pitiful, boohoo."

Listening to Venom's affected words, Holm knew perfectly well that he was being given a message.

"Alright, alright, stop sobbing. It's giving me goosebumps. I'll give you a chance to eat the snacks you want," Holm said helplessly.

"Really!" Venom's voice perked up upon hearing this. "You can't lie to me. Lying is wrong. Although I'm not human either, but..."

"I won't lie to you." Holm interrupted Venom's next words directly, and said decisively, "I broke my promise to you about chocolate before, so I will definitely keep my promise this time."

"But before that, you need to be reliable. We'll inevitably have to fight Dr. Lizard later, so don't let me down like last time."

"I know, I know! That was just an accident, and it will never happen again." Venom quickly patted its chest to assure them, knowing that Holm was referring to the time it was hit by the manhole cover.

It was just a momentary lapse in attention, but Holm seemed to remember it vividly, bringing it up every time, leaving Venom both embarrassed and furious.

It will never make such a small mistake again, and it will never give Holm the opportunity to embarrass it with such a trivial matter again, absolutely not!

"Bang!" With a loud noise, a manhole cover was pushed open, and then Holm and Spider-Woman jumped out from underneath.

The night seemed to grow even darker. Some time had passed since Holm discovered the lizardmen in the middle of the night, and it was now the darkest period before dawn.

In the deep darkness of the night, a series of noisy and rhythmic cracking sounds carried by the night breeze reached Holm and Spider-Woman's ears.

They turned to look behind them, towards the city center, where Stark Tower was located.

Several beams of light shone down from the sky, illuminating the area as brightly as day.

With his superhuman eyesight, Holm could see that it was being dropped from a helicopter that was constantly circling in the sky, and at the same time, a barrage of bullets was pouring down from above.

"That should be the outer perimeter of the Lizardmen's encirclement. Two kilometers further in is where Stark Tower is located," Spider-Woman said, observing the commotion.

As they were talking, several burly lizardmen suddenly appeared on the tall building over there.

They aimed at the circling helicopter from the rooftop, jumped directly towards it, and used their immense strength to drag the helicopter into a nearby building, or rushed into the cabin and killed everyone on board.

Some unlucky lizardmen neither managed to grab the helicopter nor jump into the cabin, but instead landed on the rapidly spinning propellers and were rolled into chunks of flesh.

However, their bones are very tough, and they can even break the propeller. Several helicopters have lost control and crashed into nearby buildings because of this.

The intense battle was unfolding continuously within the encirclement. Watching this scene, Holm suddenly understood why the higher-ups had the idea of ​​using missiles to bombard the area. It wasn't because they were a little dazed from being woken up in the middle of the night, but because these lizardmen were truly insane.

"Phew~ We need to speed things up and rush in, otherwise we'll be in trouble if we get entangled with these lizardmen," Gwen said, letting out a slow breath.

Holm nodded in agreement, stretching his limbs while observing the route he could take later.

Just as he was wondering whether he should ask Daisy to arrange a plane to drop him there, Gwen walked up to him, naturally and skillfully put her arm around him, and then shot a spider web towards the tall building next to them.

Holm only felt a softness and fragrance, and then he was suddenly lifted into the air.

This scene looks so familiar, just like the one before.

It was somewhat odd that his tall frame of over 1.8 meters was being embraced by Spider-Woman, who was almost a head shorter than him.

"Hold on tight, I'll go faster to save time, so I might not be very steady."

Along with the whistling wind, Spider-Woman's voice reached his ears.

Upon hearing this, Holm quickly banished the thoughts of how fragrant and soft the other person was from his mind, then tightened his embrace around the other person's slender waist, watching the Stark Tower getting closer and closer.

Even as the soft touch and faint fragrance continued to waft over him, his gaze remained unwavering.

"It smells so good again, but I can only smell it and not eat it." Inside Holm's body, Venom smelled the fragrance emanating from Holm's brain and hung its head in frustration.

Chapter 39, The Lizard Siege

"Bang!" A bright yellow bullet pierced the neck of a lizardman from above. The huge impact, along with the explosion, blew a large hole in his neck. Only a few bits of skin and flesh remained attached, preventing his head from falling directly to the ground.

"Click-clack! Bang!" Holm used both his hands and mouth to quickly reload the magazine, and then fired a special bullet the instant it was finished, breaking the neck of a lizardman.

This was the ninth lizardman he had killed. Because he also had to hold Spider-Woman's waist with one hand to keep himself from falling, Holm could only fire with one hand to take down the lizardmen who pounced on them as they slid down.

Fortunately, he had been carrying all his equipment these past few days; otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to deal with these lizardmen using ordinary pistol bullets.

After bringing back the lizardman who suddenly appeared on the road last time, S.H.I.E.L.D. began a comprehensive study of him.

Both their thick skin and their abnormal healing ability make killing a lizardman increasingly difficult.

After repeated experiments, the weaknesses of the lizardmen and the weapons specifically designed to target them were finally identified.

Because lizardmen possess superhuman healing abilities and the limb regeneration capabilities of lizard creatures, small wounds, especially those on their torso, do not have a significant impact on them.

Furthermore, the skulls of lizardmen are exceptionally hard, so even bullets cannot penetrate them. Therefore, the lizardmen's characteristics compensate for the weakness of most creatures in the head.

Considering all these characteristics, the only areas that can truly produce an effect are the eyes and neck, which have few bones and are relatively more vulnerable.

Special bullets are also used in conjunction with these tools. Because they have explosive properties that ordinary bullets do not have, they can cause maximum damage to the lizardman's neck and brain, blowing him away.

Otherwise, if it's a regular bullet, unless it hits the eye directly, even if it hits the neck, as long as it doesn't sever the entire neck, leaving only half, it can heal.