Chapter 187

The first method involves traveling to Earth-001 universe, locating the Infinity Stones from that universe, and using these six stones to obliterate individuals like Solus and his group!

It's the most direct and effective method.

Disregard any claims about Solus being at the level of a universal; his universal status stems from his high authority in hunting totems, yet in reality, as long as he remains in a certain universe, he's still influenced by that universe's basic laws.

Mark has already verified this.

In Earth-31411, under Armored Spider-Man's jurisdiction, he temporarily blocked the connection between that universe and the multiverse using the Infinity Stones. This maneuver even managed to shield it from the Master Weaver's perception!

As for the connections between the Inheritors themselves, evidence indicates those have also been severed.

So, Mark has no doubt that the Infinity Stones can counteract the Inheritors!

However, there's an issue: locating the Infinity Stones in the vast expanse of the universe isn't easy. And finding six of them in a world controlled by enemies is even more challenging.

The second method naturally involves nuclear radiation.

The Inheritors fear nuclear radiation, that's been substantiated.

Although it can't weaken their authority—even in a weakened state, they can still consume Spider-Totems—it can significantly diminish their strength.

The higher the radiation intensity, the more strength it can reduce!

When Mark took the initiative and eliminated Daemos, Verna, Brix, and Bora among the Inheritors, the remaining ones, unsurprisingly, all retreated to Earth-001.

Mark took advantage of this opportunity to bring the lab that was originally in the Ultimate Universe.

With the combined efforts of over a dozen Spider-Men, the research, which had already made some initial progress, suddenly leaped forward by several strides.

It has to be said that the Spider-Men are indeed a talented group. Among the many Spider-Men present, there's a comprehensive mastery of mechanics, biology, nuclear physics, and various other fields.

Any of them randomly chosen represents the elite of their respective worlds.

And when so many elite individuals direct their efforts toward the same goal, the efficiency is self-evident.

Firstly, the equipment.

Each Spider-Man received an entirely new version of the Spider Battle Suit—actually a modification based on their original suits. After all, different battle suits represent different Spider-Men's ideals, life experiences, and so on, and won't be altered easily.

Within the battle suits, a radiation-resistant layer has been installed, effectively warding off attacks of up to level 5 nuclear radiation. If a special mode is activated, this efficacy can increase to nearly level 7!

This so-called classification is based on the severity of nuclear safety and radiation incident levels regarding nuclear leakage events.

Levels 1 to 3 are considered "incidents," specifically categorized as: singular anomalies (Level 1), incidents (Level 2), and severe incidents (Level 3).

From Level 4 onwards to Level 7, these are referred to as "accidents," delineated as: regional accidents (Level 4), extensive regional accidents (Level 5), severe accidents (Level 6), and major accidents (Level 7).

Most nuclear leakage events are categorized as Level 2 incidents, but of course, there are a few exceptions.

For example, the leakage at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station was exceptionally severe.

What's even more shameless is that they classified it as Level 4 themselves.

However, later, after serious international scrutiny, it was reclassified as Level 7.

Of course, event classification only indicates the impact of nuclear leakage on the larger environment. The specific impact on the biota within the environment requires a different method of description.

Let's consider a simple example.

In our daily lives, radiation is ubiquitous. The unit for absorbed radiation doses by humans is sieverts (Sv), millisieverts (mSv), and microsieverts (μSv). The conversion between these units is a factor of one thousand: 1 Sv = 1000 mSv, and 1 mSv = 1000 μSv.

When sleeping beside someone, you'd likely receive a radiation dose of about 0.05 μSv;

Eating a banana equates to approximately 0.1 μSv;

Having a dental or hand X-ray results in roughly 5 μSv.

As for the average daily external radiation dose received by a normal person, it's around 10 μSv.

However, after the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station leakage incident, the radiation received by two monitoring stations 50 kilometers northwest was approximately 3.6 mSv per day!

A chest CT scan exposes one to around 5.8 mSv. In other words, being in that vicinity is akin to undergoing two chest CT scans every three days.

The benchmark for increasing the cancer incidence rate is an annual radiation dose of 100 mSv.

This implies that if you stayed there for a month,

Congratulations, you'd be inching closer to becoming bald—unfortunately, it won't make you stronger.

And that's just staying 50 kilometers away; venturing further inward, well...

Short-term radiation poisoning symptoms manifest at around 400 mSv, while doses reaching 2 Sv are lethal. Severe, almost certain to be fatal doses, begin at 4 Sv.

If you reach 8 Sv, congratulations, that's a lethal dose beyond the capacity of modern medicine to salvage.

It's said that after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station leaked and exploded, being by the reactor core for ten minutes would expose one to 50 Sv of radiation, enough to kill anyone!

Clearly, in this regard, the inheritors are not exempt.

Ultimate Spider and a few others, based on the body of Daemos brought back by Mark, conducted in-depth research. They concluded that the inheritors' resistance to nuclear radiation isn't stronger than that of ordinary humans.

Injecting a radiation dose of 2 sieverts into the inheritors in a short time significantly weakens their combat ability—cells severely deteriorate and shrink, resulting in roughly a fifty percent reduction in their strength!

Raising the radiation dose to 4 sieverts can instantly weaken the inheritors to the level of ordinary people!

If a nuclear bomb were to be dropped into the inheritors' lair, congratulations, the battle would be over without a fight. Even if the inheritors could withstand the shockwave of the explosion, they'd instantly be weakened to ordinary people by the subsequent nuclear radiation, then destroyed by the lingering shockwave and high temperatures, and so on!

Deploying a nuclear bomb is a bit difficult. This thing is top-secret no matter the world; even some black markets, who claims to sell everything, couldn't possibly bring this out for sale.

However, coincidentally, Mark happens to have a nuclear expert.

Doctor Octopus!

He delves into nuclear fusion more advanced than fission!

Of course, getting him to make a nuclear bomb is impossible, and the inheritors won't just sit back and watch Mark use this thing against them.

But Mark can turn himself into a nuclear bomb!

Yes, it's his "quantum mimicry spell"! Previously, he could already quantumize himself to simulate the effects of ions, forming electric current attacks.

If the weather was favorable, he could even manipulate the ions in nature, briefly harnessing the power of the storm, wielding Thor's authority, unleashing a vast thunderstorm attack.

And nuclear radiation actually has another name: ionizing radiation!

It's the process where atomic nuclei transition from one structure or energy state to another, releasing a stream of microscopic particles!

Previously, limited by knowledge and mismatched specialties, Mark was unaware of this.

But now, with the help of Doctor Octopus and many Spider-Men, he finally understands.

In this universe, he is omnipotent and won't die—because this flawed universe now represents him, providing him with an endless supply of energy.

So, at a far distance from where the Spider-Men gathered, many Spider-Men donned radiation-resistant Spider Armors, while irrelevant individuals took shelter in radiation-proof buildings.

And Mark appeared in the distant sky, commencing his "self-detonation" technique practice.