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On the other side, in the conference room of the Spider Alliance headquarters.
"...Generally speaking, this so-called Inheritor Family is a group of savages who rely on their bloodline advantage to be immune to Spider-Sense and can absorb totem power.
Their home is in Universe 001, where they have a Clone Factory that allows them to be resurrected infinitely. In addition, they kidnapped a poor guy named the Master Weaver. It's by relying on that guy's power that they can travel freely across various Universes and hunt you all down with precision.
According to them, to defeat them, one must find the three Children of Prophecy: the bride, the other, and the descendant."
After Peter finished speaking, there was dead silence.
All the Little Spiders felt their scalps go numb at this moment.
That kind of God-defyingly powerful opponent actually has a whole family of eight!
Even excluding the technician staying at home, there are seven!
Their father's strength is even more unfathomable.
Facing such opponents, how should this group of Little Spiders, who are naturally countered, deal with them?
"How about this!" The young and impulsive Number Three Good Neighbor slapped his thigh. "Let's just go all out against them!"
"Didn't you say their home is in Universe 001? Let's form a group and sneak over. First, drop a dozen missiles on them, then swarm them..."
"Idiot!" Otto Parker decisively rejected the proposal. "They've occupied that Universe for so many years; how could they be so easy to deal with?"
"Besides, don't forget, they can absorb our power to keep getting stronger!"
"If you go and get yourselves killed, it will only be harder for others to deal with these monsters in the future!"
"I think the key point lies in that prophecy," Miguel OHara spoke up weakly.
"They need to gather the 'descendant', the 'bride', and 'the other' to break the prophecy. 'the other' is you, Boss, so who are the 'bride' and the 'descendant'? We must find and protect them before they do!"
Miguel's suggestion was met with approval from many.
But Otto Parker once again offered a contrary opinion:
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket. What if the boss isn't a match for Solus either, and we've brought the descendant and the bride along? Wouldn't that be a total disaster?"
"Then what do you suggest!" Number One Good Neighbor, who had always found him disagreeable, couldn't help but ask.
Otto Parker pushed his glasses up and spoke calmly:
"I think we should first develop weapons that can severely damage them."
"The Boss's account reminded me of something. The original owner of this body once dealt with that Morlun!"
"He once used nuclear Radiation to severely injure Morlun!"
"Fuck!" Before he could finish, Number One shouted:
"You want to build a nuclear bomb? That's absolutely out of the question!"
"Not to mention whether your nuclear bomb will be used by people with ulterior motives in the future, where would you even drop it after it's built?"
"Even if they really fear nuclear Radiation, their tolerance for Radiation is definitely much stronger than an average person's!"
"By then, before they even die, millions of innocent people will have lost their lives first!"
For a moment, the entire headquarters was in a state of chaos.
The Little Spiders each expressed their own views, and no one could convince anyone else.
"Everyone, be quiet."
In the midst of the chaos, Peter's voice rang out again.
His voice wasn't loud, but it instantly silenced the restless scene.
Everyone stopped arguing and just quietly looked at Peter, waiting for him to make the final decision.
"If you ask me, we might as well take a two-pronged approach."
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"A two-pronged approach?"
Otto Parker was stunned; even his high IQ couldn't quite keep up with Peter's train of thought.
The other Spider-Men also had question marks all over their faces, looking at each other, completely failing to understand what Peter meant.
Peter shook his head helplessly and then explained:
"The logic is simple. Right now, who is the person the Inheritor Family wants to find the most?"
"It's you!" Punk Spider-Man answered quickly, like a student actively answering questions in class.
"Exactly." Peter snapped his fingers. "It's me, the most crucial 'the other' in their prophecy. So, it's foreseeable that their primary goal next will be to concentrate all their main forces to capture me."
He paused, leaving time for everyone to think.
"This gives us a golden opportunity," Peter continued. "What does it mean if they come out in full force?"
"Their home... will be empty!" Number One Good Neighbor's eyes lit up, instantly understanding.
"Exactly." Peter nodded approvingly. "So, my plan is to split into two groups."
"One group, led by me, will return to my Universe to engage in a decisive battle with them."
"the other group will take advantage of their empty rear to charge directly into Universe 001, destroy their Clone Factory, and completely cut off their hope of resurrection."
After hearing Peter's plan, all the Little Spiders present couldn't help but have their mouths twitch wildly.
It wasn't because they were deeply shocked by the brilliance of the plan.
But because they were stunned by the sheer crudeness of the plan.
Big brother, is there a possibility that even if all of us tied together, we'd struggle to face them head-on? And now, you actually want us to split into two groups?
"Can this really work?"
After a long silence, it was Otto Parker who spoke first.
"Boss, I'm not doubting your strength, I'm just worried..."
"Worried that the other team won't be able to handle their Clone Factory, right?"
To this, Peter just smiled slightly, and then, a strange white light emerged from his body.
In this white light, his figure suddenly split into two. The two Peters looked at everyone together with very different smiles:
"Doesn't that solve the problem?"
Otto Parker:...
A group of Little Spiders:...
Report him, this guy is a cheater!
Oh, wait, this cheater is my teammate.
Then it's fine!
Coming back to their senses, the tension and anxiety on the Little Spiders' faces instantly vanished.
The boss just split into two to lead them in a two-front war. What else was there to say?
Just be a Lackey for the big boss and it's all good!
While the Little Spiders were cheering one by one because of Peter's simple and crude plan, Gwen's brow was unconsciously knitted into a deep frown.
She looked up at Peter, a hint of suspicion and wariness faintly appearing in her eyes:
"Peter, do you really... want our Universe to become the main battlefield?"
In Gwen's mind, the scene of Deimos's self-destruction involuntarily surfaced.
That world-destroying energy storm, a terrifying shockwave enough to turn half the city into ruins.
Just one Deimos had that kind of power.
If the entire Inheritor Family self-destructed in New York...
She didn't dare to think about how terrifying the outcome would be.
New York is her home, Peter's home. Their family, friends, and countless innocent citizens are there.
Bringing such a dangerous war to their own home seemed, to Gwen, far too risky no matter how you looked at it.
Precisely because the potential cost was so great, she couldn't understand it at all.
How could Peter, who valued family and friends even more than she did, make such a risky decision?
Could it be... that the Peter in front of her was no longer the Peter she knew?