Morbius was immersed in the laboratory, his emaciated body hunched over the test table as he lay there, relying on it to support his weakness. On both sides of the bed were blue liquids in needle tubes, and the bright needle tips were about to pierce his pale skin.
Morbius gritted his teeth and endured the pain of being pierced through his body.
"If you can't take it anymore, just say so. I'll stop in time." Renzo stood to the side, controlling the instrument in front of him.
"Uh-huh."
Seeing this, Renzo did not hesitate and pressed the button decisively. The blue liquid was quickly forced into the man's body by the incoming air.
These potions had not originally been developed by Morbius, and they were quite different from his previous research. After Morbius received Renzo's Avengers technology, which included some of Dr. Banner's gamma-radiation devices, as well as semi-finished products improved from the super-soldier serum injected by Steve, it gave the man a great deal of inspiration.
But these could not cure his blood disease. Although they would make him stronger, some diseases simply could not be cured—not even with gamma radiation or the super-soldier serum.
So Morbius found inspiration in the original movie and joined the research into extracting bat blood. How could a mammal that lived by sucking blood become immune to the large number of viruses hidden in blood? Morbius suddenly thought of this. With a little guidance from Renzo, the thin doctor quickly found the key to treatment.
So he combined the DNA extracted from bat blood with the super-soldier serum to create a brand-new bat potion! Renzo discovered that this was exactly the same principle as Dr. Connors's method of extracting DNA from lizards, but its side effects were too great. It was not like Morbius had turned into a monster that was neither human nor beast.
Eddie's state was actually the most ideal outcome for Morbius. He had superhuman strength and the ability to freely switch between human and monster, which almost made the man yearn for it. It was a pity that Eddie and Venom were unwilling to give him any symbiote for research in the end.
It wasn't because they were stingy, but because once a symbiote was separated from its original host, it was no longer the original symbiote—it became a completely new individual! Just like giving birth to a child, the offspring born from Venom might not necessarily be Venom. It could also be Carnage!
This was too dangerous! Venom was very aware of the seriousness of it, but his careless nature did not allow him to notice whether he had lost a small piece of the symbiote in his daily life. He preferred to eat popcorn and watch TV, making fun of Eddie along the way.
"Uh... uh... ah..." The moment the needle tip entered his body, Morbius felt an unimaginable, searing pain as the blue liquid continued to flow into him. The man began to tremble uncontrollably, his entire body shaking!
"Calm down! Morbius!" Renzo said. "Do you want to stop?"
"Continue!" Morbius gritted his teeth, but his mouth made a crunching sound unconsciously. He was practically going to crush his teeth!
Renzo said nothing. A golden flash of light shot out from his forehead and connected to Morbius's brain. The power of the Mind Stone could soothe Morbius's turbulent emotions. The man's tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed despite the severe pain, while his complex and chaotic thoughts were slowly smoothed into straight, orderly threads.
Everything happened very quickly. Morbius's severe pain lasted only two or three minutes before all the liquid in the needle had been injected into his body.
Morbius's expression relaxed, and his tense muscles began to loosen. Renzo quietly watched the changes. His originally dry skin gradually filled out, as if it were an inflated balloon.
The man's thin face visibly gained flesh, and his pale complexion gradually became rosy.
Done! Renzo thought to himself.
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
A series of explosions sounded. Renzo looked at Morbius, who was gradually losing control, and thought, Have I really failed to cure his madness? The bat blood made him emotionally unstable. It didn't cure the blood disease and had even worsened his condition!
However, the disease could be suppressed by drinking other people's blood.
Morbius's eyes were scarlet, and the teeth in his mouth gradually elongated, becoming sharp and strange. A hoarse whimper sounded as the man's powerful body broke through the chains binding him, and his hoarse roar shattered the glass. Renzo was a little surprised. This was bulletproof glass.
The ultrasonic attack from Morbius shattered the barrier between them. The man showed a cruel smile as his nose caught the scent of blood!
Renzo floated silently. He had no intention of suppressing the man's manic temperament and even wanted him to become more violent.
Boom!
The wall of the laboratory was suddenly shattered, and a huge black shadow roared out.
"Eddie! This is your special training today. If you defeat him... your training will be over!"
As soon as they heard the words "training is over," Venom and Eddie's eyes lit up at the same time. They had suffered so much at the hands of this devil that they wished they could escape Renzo's clutches as soon as possible.
But Eddie glanced at him, paused, and said in surprise, "Dr. Morbius?" Eddie was stunned. Why had his appearance changed so much?
In Eddie's impression, Morbius was a young scientist who was elegant but carried a hint of darkness. He was terminally ill but lived tenaciously. He occasionally had some questionable thoughts, but he was still far from being a mad scientist.
"What's happened to him?"
"It's nothing. Surgery has to have some side effects. He's just thirsty now and wants to drink blood."
Eddie's pure-white, narrow eyes twitched as he listened to the frivolous words. This eccentric hobby was almost a perfect match for him. One liked to chew heads, and the other liked to suck blood.
A perfect combination of werewolf and vampire.
"Doctor, you'd better fight harder." Eddie silently apologized in his heart for the sake of his future happy life.
"Come! Doctor, make me healthy!"
As soon as Eddie took a step forward, Morbius sent out a burst of piercing ultrasonic waves.
Too painful! Eddie quickly covered his ears, but unfortunately, it didn't work at all. The Venom symbiote was completely peeled away from Eddie's body with a roar. He flew out through the wall that had been smashed open. "What happened?" Eddie looked confused.
"Unfortunately, brother, the exam is over." Renzo lowered his head regretfully, and Eddie slumped to the ground. He took a moment to recover before heading outside to find his good brother.
"Ah!" How could a hungry vampire watch a piece of fat escape from his mouth?
Morbius disappeared from the spot with a splash. The next moment, his sharp claws instantly reached Eddie's eyes, striking with such force that they nearly blew the man's skull apart.
Snort!
Renzo punched Morbius in the face. The immense force left ripple-like marks across the skin of his face, followed by bulging eyeballs and flying fangs...
The vampire was smashed into the wall, causing cracks like a spiderweb. His head was buried in the wall, and he couldn't pull it out.
Renzo didn't hold back. The power behind this punch was astonishing. He did not hesitate to mobilize the energy of hundreds of millions of Power Gems. Fortunately, it seemed that the effect was quite good!
In the evening, Morbius leaned miserably against the sofa, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. He was still unsatisfied and even burped.
"I think going to the hospital to steal blood is much more serious than going to a chicken farm to steal chickens," Venom complained to Eddie. "This is obviously my home..." Eddie angrily held the Coke bottle. Renzo had occupied the bedroom, Morbius had occupied the sofa, and now he could only sit on the cold bench with Venom and live in the cold bathtub.
"I want to eat heads!"
"Eat your big-headed ghost!"
"What is a big-headed ghost? Does it have a big head? It must be delicious!"
"Roll!"
Ding-dong~ Ding-dong~
The doorbell rang, and Eddie felt a little strange. He was a man living alone who had only recently returned to work. He had no worries. His neighbors were so frightened of him that they didn't even dare to go outside. If Venom hadn't smelled the man's scent every day, Eddie would have thought he was dead.
His social life was extremely simple. After losing his girlfriend, his only phone calls were from Joe, who carried the camera for him at the newspaper office. Oh, by the way, Mrs. Chen had often called Eddie recently to ask when Renzo would visit the convenience store again. She had bought a new brand of chocolate.
"Dan?"
Eddie was surprised when he opened the door and saw an embarrassed man throwing himself into his arms.
"Didn't you go to Hawaii with Annie? Why..." Eddie frowned as he looked at Dan, Annie's current boyfriend. He was wearing tattered clothes and even had bloodstains on his neck. "Annie... Annie..." Dan, breathing roughly, grabbed the man's collar. "Something happened to Annie... save her!"
Dan held on with the last of his strength before passing out.
Eddie was confused by only two sentences, but he grasped the key point—something had happened to Annie!
"Bastard!" Eddie was furious in an instant, and the Venom symbiote consciously climbed over his body. He felt the same way Eddie did!
"Calm down, Eddie." Renzo stood in front of the angry monster and gently tapped his hand. A golden light appeared on his dark forehead. Eddie immediately calmed down and punched through the wall. In front of the woman he loved, even the power of the Soul Stone could not completely restore his composure.
"I'm going to save Annie," Eddie said without hesitation. "How do you save her? Where do you go to save her?" Eddie was silenced by the two rhetorical questions, but he stubbornly said, "I can find her."
"You can't." Morbius stretched a finger out from behind the sofa. "But I can."
Eddie stared at him suspiciously.
"I smelled two different blood scents from this man. One was very strong, the same as his own, and the other was very faint, almost completely covered by the man's scent."
"You can find Annie!" Eddie excitedly grabbed Morbius's hand, no longer caring about his crime of forcibly occupying his sofa.
"Follow me!" Morbius said nothing more and broke through the window, like a giant bat moving through the dark night.
"Why doesn't he just walk through the door?"
...
Lightning Thompson looked at the room with the light on upstairs. According to the officer, this was where the "hero" who had killed the rioters lived six months ago. Thompson was a little surprised. He had thought that such a monster would be rich and live on the thirtieth floor of a high-rise building, becoming a "successful person" surrounded by admirers.
But Eddie's residence gave Lightning a feeling of sympathy for him: a seriously injured and disabled soldier, a poor man living in the most chaotic area.
He couldn't help but feel a little more respect for Eddie. It seemed that he hadn't used the symbiote's abilities to plunder money. At least he was honest.
Lightning slowly went upstairs and knocked politely on the door. He was an upright soldier. School-bully Lightning was a thing of the past! The Lightning Thompson standing here now had been reborn from the ashes!
Three minutes later~~
Boom boom boom!!!
Thompson's face darkened. The lights in the room were obviously still on, and according to Chaos's super-strong perception, there was indeed someone inside.
As for why the door wasn't opening... you could imagine!
Thompson was angry. This was the first time he had been left waiting alone for so long. It seemed that the old school bully was coming back!
"What are you knocking for! We're rushing to the funeral!" The man next door suddenly opened the door and yelled at Thompson. When he saw that he was a young man, he became even more impudent. This blond guy clearly didn't belong here. He looked like someone who would be easy to bully, and maybe he could even be extorted for some money.
The man roared loudly, as if he wanted to use his volume to force Lightning to back down and establish his dominance.
"Get out." Thompson squeezed the words through his teeth.
"Who do you think you are..." The man wanted to make a few more threats, but Thompson grabbed him by the shoulders and pressed him down. A blue, monster-like expression appeared on his face. The man next door immediately remembered the fear of being dominated by Eddie half a year ago.
"What!"
Thompson was in no mood to pay attention to this idiot anymore. He stared at the door frame and punched the door angrily. "I challenge you to a fight! Port of Mexico on Saturday night. With your speed, it shouldn't take long."
Thompson said this and left, unaware that the person inside the room wasn't Eddie at all.
...
"This is it." Morbius's figure suddenly appeared in midair. This place was about three kilometers from San Francisco Airport. He could smell the strongest scent of blood here.
Eddie also transformed into Venom and followed closely behind. He looked at the cleanup site, and Annie's scent was engraved in his mind... or, to be precise, engraved in Venom's mind.
"Where is she?" Eddie asked anxiously.
"I don't know!" Morbius replied. The scent of blood ended here, or, to be precise, it was covered up here.
"Eddie!" Venom suddenly said in a deep voice, "I smell the presence of one of my kind, a strange one. I've never smelled anything like it on the symbiote planet. His level is beyond my reach." Venom sounded helpless as he admitted this embarrassing fact. He really had no status in his hometown. He was also the weakest of the four symbiotes that had come to Earth.
"I think we should go back and discuss this with Renzo. Maybe he can figure something out."
When they rushed out to look for Annie, Renzo helplessly looked at Dan, who was injured and covered in blood. He would die if he was left alone.
Renzo decided to heal the man first, so...
"Lightning Thompson? This guy is actually here!" Renzo did not expect this unexpected situation, and what shocked him was that he could sense the symbiote within Lightning's body. Aren't all the invading symbiotes dead?
Renzo suddenly thought that Lightning seemed to be a soldier, so had he obtained his symbiote from the military? Drake's laboratory and foundation were blocked by the United States. They were very likely to have found some clues and even captured living symbiotes!
"A bunch of greedy guys!"
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