Just as Mei pushed open the door and was about to walk into the room, a strong green light flashed, causing her to instinctively close her eyes.
The light came and went quickly, and Mei opened her eyes uncomfortably, seeing Ben lying on the bed, the quilt bulging high as if hiding an elephant, with only his head exposed.
"Hi, Mei," Ben greeted, pretending to be natural.
"Are You okay?" Mei originally had many questions she wanted to ask.
For example, what was the strong light that just flashed? What was that sound coming from inside the room? And did he stuff a two-hundred-pound fat pig under his quilt...
But she ultimately didn't speak; children always need a little privacy of their own.
Mei just walked to Ben's bedside with a slight worry, extended her hand, weathered by time, and placed it on Ben's forehead.
"It doesn't look like You have a fever, but I'd better take You to the hospital to get checked out." Aunt May seemed ready to pack up immediately and drag Ben out.
But Ben clutched the quilt tightly and shook his head vigorously: "Wait, Aunt May, I'm fine, there's no need to go to the hospital."
Go to the hospital?
In this free country, seeing a doctor is not a cheap matter.
Ben didn't want to add any more unnecessary burden to Aunt May and Uncle Ben because of himself.
"You've been absent for several days, Ben," Mei said seriously and worriedly, "Ever since You and Peter came back from Osborn, both of You have been a bit off, but at least Peter got better quickly, but You... Ben and I are both very worried about You."
"I just... don't want to go to school, so..." Ben clutched the quilt even tighter.
"Don't want to go to school?" Aunt May couldn't help but raise her voice; she was both surprised and angry, wanting to lecture him properly, but at this moment, Uncle Ben's car sound came from downstairs.
It was an old clunker, and whenever it started or stopped, it would inevitably make some noises that didn't belong in this era.
"Uncle Ben is back? I remember he had to work today." Ben quickly changed the subject.
"Peter got into a fight at school," Aunt May said with a sad face.
Then she sighed, walked to the door, turned her head, and looked seriously at Ben: "Now I have to go see Peter. Later, Ben and I will talk to You again, okay?"
Ben nodded obediently, and only then did Aunt May close the door and leave.
Ben waited until he heard her footsteps fade away before letting out a sigh of relief and pulling back the quilt.
His body still retained some characteristics of a spider creature; the Omnitrix had not immediately fully repaired his genes, which was why Ben had covered himself with the quilt.
[Omnitrix energy insufficient, energy replenishing... Gene therapy is estimated to require another 1:37 seconds.]
"Incredible, it only takes a few days of charging to destroy the Universe through a self-destruct program, yet it's low on energy?" Ben looked at the still spinning watch in disbelief, and at the same time, he felt the mutations on his body gradually disappearing.
After the gene repair, he probably wouldn't get Spider-Man's abilities either.
But Ben didn't care: "As long as the Omnitrix can start, Spider-Man's superpowers are nothing."
Among the Omnitrix's one million alien genes, there are countless alien heroes with abilities similar to Spider-Man's, the most typical being the Arachnid aliens, or Spider-Monkey.
A minute and a half passed quickly.
Ben could no longer feel any abnormality in his body, but before he could examine it carefully, the Omnitrix on his wrist automatically switched from green to blue, and on its surface, countless bizarre black Shadows were rapidly jumping.
[Entering calibration mode]
"Calibration mode? Did the Omnitrix and Plymouth successfully establish a link again?" Ben immediately became excited!
The original Omnitrix didn't directly store over a million alien genes; instead, it needed to download them from Plymouth, similar to a cloud, to transform. After entering calibration mode, the watch randomly acquires ten alien genes.
"I wonder which alien genes I'll get."
Among the more than one million alien genes, the most powerful is naturally the omnipotent celestial race—X Superman!
However, Ben didn't really want to get the genes of this race; X Superman's limitations are too great, and if not careful, he can easily get trapped in the consciousness Universe by the two personalities.
In the instant Ben was thinking, the Omnitrix had already completed the calibration.
The initial calibration didn't seem to change its appearance, but there were indeed many more icons inside the watch.
Ben pressed the two buttons on the outside of the watch, the dial popped up, two hourglass-like triangular blocks overlapped, forming a square frame, and inside the frame was a humanoid black Shadow.
"Fireman?"
Ben recognized the icon of the Pyronite alien at a glance. After twisting the dial, familiar Shadows like Super Beast, Diamond War God, and others were all displayed before his eyes.
"It's the original ten heroes."
The superpowers of the initial ten alien heroes are mostly very strong, and the combination of the ten can handle a wide range of situations, not to mention that among these ten heroes is Little Commando!
Little Commando's genes come from the Gavan.
The same race as Azmuth, the creator of the Omnitrix and the wisest being in five Milky Way Galaxies.
Theoretically, Little Commando's intelligence can crack all of the Omnitrix's restriction programs. However, this also requires a certain amount of knowledge as a foundation; in the cartoon, Ben even had trouble fixing the air conditioner of an old clunker at first.
Ben didn't immediately try to transform but pulled down his sleeve to cover the watch, because he heard the sound of someone coming upstairs again.
"It sounds like Peter." Peter walking up the stairs immediately appeared in Ben's mind.
Then he was startled: "Strange, when did my hearing get so good?"
Before he could wonder, the room door was opened again.
"Hi, Ban, are You feeling better..." Peter walked in and greeted him, but he stopped before he finished speaking. The moment their eyes met, a strange feeling welled up from the depths of their souls.
It was as if there was a circle of radiating lines around both of their heads, like hairs standing on end.
"Wait, You too!" Peter's eyes widened!
"Don't tell me You got bitten by a spider too!"
A few days ago, Peter was bitten by a spider at Osborn, and after one night, he found himself becoming extraordinary. And now, some instinct told him that his good cousin seemed to have the same ability.
In fact, Ben was also a little surprised; he thought the Omnitrix had completely removed the spider genes, but unexpectedly, they were retained. Now, even without the Omnitrix, he had a certain ability to protect himself.
However, regarding Peter's question, Ben thought for a moment and replied:
"To be precise, I bit the spider."
Peter:???