"Peter, over here!" Harry waved at Peter from his seat.
Peter had never been to such a luxurious place, and he looked around at the surroundings as he walked.
"Long time no see—how much does this place cost? Is it because it's too expensive that there's no one here?"
"Not too much, just small change." Harry waved his hand. The reason there was no one around was that he had booked the whole place; he didn't like having people nearby when discussing these matters. "How is Britain?"
"Not bad—it would be even better if there were no Aliens." Peter shrugged.
When the Aliens invaded a few days ago, he had left Gwen behind to go save people nearby, which made Gwen a bit angry—Gwen still didn't know he was Spider-Man.
"You were at the scene?" Harry said in surprise. He hadn't paid much attention to the outskirts of the battlefield that day.
"Just nearby. I was originally planning to go to the observatory to take a look."
Although the main battlefield that day was contained at the observatory, the massive ships still caused damage to the surrounding neighborhoods, and Peter had acted as a temporary firefighter.
"That's not bad," Harry thought. "Let's talk about this job. First, take a look at this video."
This was the footage recorded during the first exploration of Alfheim: giant plants, a cerulean sky, and soft light; everything was as beautiful as a fairyland constructed with CGI technology.
But this was clearly not made with CGI technology, because humans had never seen such a beautiful place.
"This is Alfheim. This is the footage from the first exploration by Osborn."
"So, this job is to explore an alien Planet?" Peter's expression was a bit dazed.
Harry nodded: "Yes, I hope you can be my assistant and participate in the next exploration—in the best-case scenario, I hope you can lead the exploration team there."
"Most of Osborn's exploration personnel are ordinary people, equipped with protective armor at best. I am worried that they might make wrong judgments in an unfamiliar environment and cause some 'diplomatic disputes'."
According to legend, Alfheim has many strange plants and animals. In an unfamiliar environment, humans are easily frightened by unknown things and then act irrationally.
There is a high possibility of giant plants and animals with a certain degree of intelligence there. Both sides might take actions out of a lack of understanding.
For example, giant vines might hang people up to study them closely, or a Beast might approach humans to observe them, and so on.
Theoretically, these plants and animals, including the Light Elves, would not attack humans without reason, but humans are different.
Being in an alien environment and having such contact with unknown creatures, the exploration personnel are likely to make misjudgments. Once the nervous security personnel open fire, the nature of the situation changes.
You have to know that the Light Elves value these plants and animals very much.
And Peter could solve this problem: Spider-Man's physical strength is not inferior to these Aliens, and with the magic-like ability of Spider-Sense, he can help them better assess risks.
Moreover, his personality is very suitable for friendly contact with these Light Elves.
Peter was a bit unconfident: "But I might not necessarily be able to make the right judgment."
Harry shook his head: "I know your abilities better than you do—from a scientific perspective, your attention is far beyond that of an ordinary person. Your brain unconsciously calculates and pays attention to surrounding dangers, which can help you make correct judgments."
Harry was talking about Spider-Sense. From a conventional scientific perspective, this ability relies on Peter's super senses.
This sensory ability allows his consciousness to attach to everything around him like Web Fluid, enough to deduce possible dangers.
In reality, however, Spider-Sense transcends conventional science. It comes from the Spider Totem, and the content it perceives is not limited to the state of objective things, but even includes the subjective consciousness of intelligent beings, just as Harry can feel others' emotions through his psychic abilities.
The predictions of Spider-Sense are based precisely on this perceived information, completing "cloud computing" on the Spider Totem to infer what is about to happen, and then telling the Spider-powered individual: There is danger.
Therefore, Spider-Sense can be simulated through technological means, but its complete version cannot be simulated—in the comics, Iron Man secretly built a set of this.
Theoretically, through training, Spider-Sense can even evolve into precognition. In short, it is very useful for exploring the unknown and is very suitable for a team leader.
"But how long will this trip take?" Peter said hesitantly—he had just come to Oxford for an exchange, and before his girlfriend was even warm, he had to run off to an alien Planet?
This actually took Harry by surprise. It turned out that Peter was worried about not having time to see his little girlfriend.
Harry explained: "It's hard to say. Currently, the portal can remain stable for 3-5 hours once opened. My plan is to open it once a day until the camp is established, then change it to once a week."
"Based on the information now, Alfheim shouldn't have any danger. You can even consider bringing Gwen along."
"Regarding your studies, I will also communicate with your school—actually, I haven't attended many classes myself, these are all minor matters."
Peter was still very hesitant. After all, in the eyes of an ordinary person, although exploring an alien Planet is very interesting, he had just started dating, was still in class, and the alien exploration was full of unknown risks.
Especially since he was right in the middle of a passionate relationship.
Harry had no choice but to bring out his trump card: "The compensation I'm offering you is $2000—seriously, Peter, this mission really needs you. Your abilities are very suitable for this job, and the exploration team needs you."
"Monthly salary?" Peter was stunned for a moment.
"Of course it's an hourly wage—that's just the base salary, bonuses are calculated separately."
Once these words were out, Peter wavered.
It was unclear which part moved Peter—it might have been the salary part, or it might have been the part about his ability being suitable for the job, or perhaps both.
He took a deep breath, looked up, and said:
"Alright, it does sound pretty good. You've convinced me."
In the teleportation operations room, Harry was checking the equipment and personnel situation, in a very good mood.
He really liked this feeling of exploring an unknown World.
The second exploration team was better equipped with exploration vehicles, personal protective armor, and labor robots.
According to Thor's account and the researchers' compilation, Osborn redesigned the paint and appearance of this equipment:
The Light Elves are gentle, enthusiastic, cheerful, love plants and light, are luminous, and have beautiful appearances. Therefore, most of the new equipment was changed to warm-colored paint, sharp parts on the shells were removed, and most building materials were painted green to blend well into the natural environment, printed with plant patterns.
In short, it looked very friendly.
Peter, wearing Osborn's uniform equipment, was taking deep breaths on the side.
On this exploration, they were going to leave a teleportation beacon on Alfheim. Without this thing, the other end of the wormhole would be random every time. Once this thing worked properly, it meant they had taken another milestone step.
Harry looked at the exploration team ready to go, then looked at his watch.
It was about time.
"August 14, 2013, Oscorp's second exploration of Alfheim. Mission: Establish a wormhole beacon and a simple exploration camp."
"If you encounter any Light Elves, remain friendly and prioritize friendly contact."
"Does anyone else have any questions?"
"Very well, Dr., open the wormhole."
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