Peter quietly completed his seizure of power within the Spider Alliance.
He replaced 2099 in minutes, becoming the self-proclaimed big boss of the Spider Alliance.
Yet, the vast majority of the naive Little Spiders remained completely unaware.
A small number did realize Peter's power grab, but they had no intention of stopping him.
After all, having someone as powerful and firm in their convictions as Peter as a leader was far better than continuing to support 2099—that fool who would help count the money after being sold out, right?
After signaling all the Spider-Men to return to the Spider Alliance and stand by, Peter did not immediately head there with them.
He wasn't like those Little Spiders who would act recklessly once their blood started pumping.
He knew one thing very clearly.
No matter what changes occurred in the outside world, only his own Universe was the most important home base!
Therefore, without setting up the defensive forces of his own Universe, he wouldn't go anywhere!
After sending off the Little Spiders, Peter turned back to look at Gwen and Felicia.
After a moment of thought, he tossed the bracelet he had snatched from 2099's wrist to Felicia:
"Felicia, I'm counting on you to watch the house this time."
"If there's anything you can't decide on, go ask Tony or the Captain. Additionally, the Fist of Shadow will take orders from you at necessary moments."
"In case something happens that even the Captain and Tony can't handle, use the bracelet to contact me immediately, and I will teleport back at once."
Hearing this, Felicia looked a bit disappointed. She had thought she could follow Peter through various miraculous parallel Universes this time.
However, she quickly adjusted her mood.
On one hand, she knew this trip across Universes was the key to getting Gwen to fully accept their triangular relationship.
Her staying by their side might actually be counterproductive.
On the other hand, with this bracelet, she could travel through parallel Universes at any time in the future, so there was no need to rush.
On the contrary, Peter's act of leaving her to guard the home fully demonstrated his trust in her.
In Peter's heart, she was indeed the one whose importance was second only to Gwen, someone he could entrust with everything.
Realizing this, Felicia's heart felt warm, and that bit of jealousy quickly vanished.
She then smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Peter, I'll keep a good eye on the house. Also, I wish you both the best of luck in the parallel Universe~!"
Her calm acceptance made Gwen feel somewhat uneasy.
Gwen, who was always strict with herself and kind to others, couldn't help but wonder if she had been too petty previously compared to Felicia.
While she was still lost in thought, Peter quietly took her hand:
"Let's go. We don't know how long we'll be gone this time. We should go back and explain things to George, Uncle Ben, and Aunt May first, so they don't worry."
Feeling Peter's consistently gentle attitude, Gwen, who had subconsciously wanted to struggle, inexplicably settled down.
In the end, she only let out a barely audible "Mhm," showing her compliance with Peter.
Before leaving, Peter suddenly remembered something and spoke to Dr. Otto, who had been quite inconspicuous on the side:
"Dr., don't forget to report to Parker Tech tomorrow morning. Also..."
He looked at the now completely cooled "artificial sun" and suddenly remembered something.
"To prevent this thing from being exploited by people with ill intentions in the future, I'll go ahead and destroy it for you."
As he spoke, Peter placed his hand on the artificial sun, and a system prompt immediately appeared in his mind:
[Sacrificeable Dark Blue Item Detected: Tritium Artificial Sun]
[Item Description: A large-scale controllable nuclear fusion reactor that Dr. Otto spent immense effort to invent. It was also the key to the birth of Doctor Octopus. Although major technical flaws still exist, they are not impossible to perfect. Additionally, it might play a more powerful role if applied to the field of interstellar warfare.]
[Sacrifice to obtain 1,200 points. Sacrifice now?]
Good grief, so even the system thinks this thing is more suitable to be developed into a "Big Pineapple," right?
Complaining internally, Peter completed the sacrifice without hesitation... After spending an hour or two finishing all the backup arrangements.
Peter finally activated the Spider Bracelet. As the high-tech hexagonal portal opened!
He and Gwen, hand in hand, stepped into the Spider Alliance, which was entirely new to them.
After a strange sensation of weightlessness, the two appeared in the miniature city of the Spider Alliance, where only Spider-Men existed.
Peter actually quite wanted to study which Universe this thing was based on and why it could serve as a hub for all Universes.
But clearly, this sort of thing was purely a Marvel specialty and couldn't withstand close scrutiny, so he didn't bother wasting his brain cells on it.
As soon as the two landed, Number One Good Neighbor, who had always been in charge of reception, greeted them warmly:
"Old Self, we've finally been waiting for you. Everyone is waiting for you, the leader, to make the call!"
"What's wrong?" Peter asked curiously.
"To put it simply... we cannot search for the Universe where that Superior Spider-Man is located using the artificial intelligence 'Lyla'," Number One said somewhat dejectedly.
"Isn't that obvious!" Peter couldn't help but complain:
"Do you really think that with 2099's brain, he could develop such a high-tech spatial travel system?"
"Presumably, this entire system was developed by that Superior Spider-Man based on the future technology of 2099's Universe."
"As the developer, wouldn't it be easy for him to leave a backdoor and design the encoding of his Universe with high-level permissions?"
The reason the other Spider-Men hadn't thought this through was mainly due to their inertia in thinking.
They were used to the mode of directly using 'Lyla' as an assistant for universal travel, which was equivalent to being bound in an information cocoon, so it was naturally hard to think of this possibility.
But once Peter provided a way to solve the problem, the following steps became very simple.
Among the Spider-Men in the Spider Alliance, many came from future Universes with highly advanced technology.
With their intelligence and experience, reverse-engineering this travel system and generating a new AI assistant to replace 'Lyla' was a piece of cake.
Before long, a new AI assistant was born and was simply and crudely named "Xiao Zhu" by Peter, who was terrible at naming things.
With the help of "Xiao Zhu," everyone quickly locked onto the Universe where the Superior Spider-Man, or rather, Otto Parker, was located.
In the rapid weaving of high-tech virtual spiders, the portal to the target Universe was swiftly opened.
Everyone subconsciously looked at each other and then simultaneously fixed their gazes on Peter and Gwen.
To this, Peter was not polite. Holding Gwen's hand, he was the first to enter the portal.
After a bout of dizziness, the familiar scenery of New York once again appeared before everyone.
However, within this familiar scenery, there were a large number of not-so-familiar presences.
Those were... hundreds of Spider Police driving Spider-Armored Vehicles!
Clearly, their previous act of destroying "Lyla" had already alerted that incredibly shrewd Otto Parker...