Chapter 181

A burly man appeared at the palace gate.

He stood at a towering three meters, his face full of pale sideburns. Daemos and Jennix, in comparison, seemed like mere characters from a tale before him.

He was the mightiest Totem Hunter, the head of the Inheritor family - Solus!

"Father!" Morlun and Jennix hurriedly went to greet Solus.

The sudden turn of events left them a bit disoriented, and Father Solus had always been their pillar of strength.

Seeing his presence somewhat eased their minds.

"Solus, my lord," greeted the Weaver.

In fact, the Weaver had some knowledge of the actions undertaken by Mark and the others.

The reason why Solus had been in slumber until now and why Karn had not clashed with Mark was due to the Weaver's manipulations behind the scenes.

Everything he did was to aid Mark, enabling him to lead the Spider Totems to win this war at a lesser cost, unlike the "future" he had experienced where so many Totems died - something the Weaver vehemently wished to avoid.

However, he hadn't anticipated that the spider he released would encounter a "death star"!

Instead of sparing the inheritors as the Weaver had anticipated, Mark decisively exterminated them all!

If the Weaver hadn't intervened in time, even Morlun would have perished in the Earth-31411 universe.

But what's done was done, and he couldn't retrieve what he had set in motion.

He hoped that after everything was over, he could communicate with his successor properly, trying to bring things back on track.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Solus had listened to Jennix and Morlun's account of what had happened.

When he heard that the cloning company was destroyed and Daemos and the others were all killed, Sorus's eyes reddened in an instant.

He fiercely punched a nearby pillar, shattering it into pieces.

A dreadful aura began to spread from the temple, enveloping the entire planet and even the entire star system with every breath.

On Earth-001, all living beings were prostrated, trembling.

"Weaver, find the mastermind. I'm going to kill him!"

"Yes, Lord Solus," the Weaver calmly responded, "He possesses unique abilities and isn't on the Great Web, locating him might take some time."

"I don't care! I give you only one day. If you can't find him, I will kill you first, then traverse every universe, destroying them all!" Solus' gaze turned ice-cold, fixed on the Weaver.

The Weaver couldn't help but shiver. He had no doubt that if he dared to refuse or hesitate a second longer, Solus would undoubtedly eliminate him without hesitation and proceed to annihilate all of the multiverse!

That was the kind of person he was!

'Fortunately, there's still a day.' the Weaver sighed silently. The situation had reached this point, and he wasn't sure if it was good or bad.

He regretted his earlier actions now but recalling the "threads of fate" within the Great Web and the obscure glimpses of a dark future, the Weaver's resolve gradually solidified.

"I understand, Lord Solus." he replied before falling silent, entirely engrossed in his work on the Great Web, as if genuinely scouring for Mark and the others' traces.

Though Solus was furious and wanted to take lives, he realized he still needed the Weaver to locate people, so he refrained from further conflict.

He left with Morlun and Jennix.

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In Universe-616, perhaps due to years of wrongdoing, "Doctor Octopus" Otto Octavius faced retribution—his body was gradually failing.

After numerous battles with the main-universe Spider-Man, he gathered crucial data and invented a Golden Octobot - a consciousness-switching device.

Unexpectedly, the main-universe Spider-Man fell into the trap, and his body was seized by Doctor Octopus, landing in that dying body.

Refusing to perish, the main-universe Spider-Man, leveraging a plan from Doctor Octopus's memories, contacted several supervillains, escaping from the prison, aiming to apprehend "Spider-Man".

However, "Spider-Man" had already prepared himself; he used a carbon-plated fiber layer, nullifying the effects of the consciousness-switching device, and defeated the main-universe Spider-Man, who arrived dragging his ruined body.

At the brink of death, the main-universe Spider-Man made Otto who's inside the former's body experience his life, making him understand the phrase "With great power comes great responsibility."

Thus, after the real Peter Parker of the main universe passed away as Doctor Octopus, Otto replaced him, becoming the Superior Spider-Man who aimed to "do better"! He defeated the new Sinister Six, parted ways with Mary Jane, blinded Vulture, severely injured Boomerang, and executed Massacre, and more.

He even created mechanical spiders to monitor his activities throughout, ensuring he could "fulfill his responsibility" better.

Though quite far-fetched, under Otto's meticulous management, the chaotic life of the original Spider-Man, Peter, strangely began to improve.

However, recently, there was an unexpected spacetime displacement accident.

In the year 2099, due to a life-threatening situation involving Alchemax's CEO, Tyler Stone, Spider-Man 2099 traversed through time back to this era, hoping to do something before Alchemax transformed into a dire company, attempting to save Tyler Stone's life.

Otto Parker(lol) and Spider-Man 2099 subsequently engaged in a fierce fight.

Later, the Horizon Labs was destroyed due to an internal explosion, and the Superior Spider-Man; Zhan Parker, disappeared.

"Hold on, Otto, think!"

In a chaotic and bizarre tunnel, Superior Spider-Man continuously encouraged himself.

However, in reality, he couldn't even move his body; he could only observe as his body drifted aimlessly within the tunnel.

"It must be like this; I'm caught in some sort of reversed time! These constantly floating scenes ahead are strange images from other worlds; this is evidence!"

"But these worlds are not entirely similar, some are even contradictory, as if the timeline has been split into countless scattered fragments. This means I might land... anywhere!"

Plop—

A strange sound echoed, and Otto Parker felt like he was "spit" out from that strange temporal tunnel, akin to water being expelled from a whale's belly.

However, regardless of the situation, he indeed felt more comfortable now.

At least, he had regained control of his body.

"Ah, I should have realized it earlier! Nature abhors a vacuum; 2099 lost its Spider-Man, so the universe allowed me to take his place."