"Of course, we welcome anyone willing to provide assistance."

Mason punched the weapon slot at the back of the Fennel War Armor, and the modified rear armor by Judy opened in a very cool way, forming a V shape upwards on both sides.

While connecting the mechanical tentacle's retractable connector, which was as thick as a forearm, to the reserved weapon slot of the war armor, Mason turned his head to look at Peter Parker, who had come over on his own initiative.

Mason was not surprised that Peter actively requested to join the operation.

If the success rate of the previous plan with Mary Jane was only 60%, then after Dr. Otto Octavius revealed the gravity hammer incident, Mason was now one hundred percent certain of the current result.

Previously, it was just a "personal grudge," but now it had escalated to the level of "world survival."

While continuously connecting the mechanical tentacle to the war armor and replacing the set of military mechanical control modules from the City of Night, Mason looked at the data screen in front of him, where the program automatically decrypted and connected the weapon plugins.

He couldn't help but admire Judy for being a technical genius. She even took into account that he wasn't very proficient in high-precision technology, so she made a "dummy version" of the operating interface for him.

Although this silver-gray majestic war armor still lacked a sufficiently powerful power source, its mechanical brain was ready, and it had already bound Mason Cooper as the first priority pilot.

The captain of Team K leaned against his own four-meter-tall war armor and looked at Peter Parker, who was silent beside him. He said softly:

"Is it because of the gravity hammer incident that you made up your mind?"

"More or less."

Peter looked at the spider mask rolled up in his hand. He remained silent for a few seconds before speaking:

"When I heard Dr. Octavius talk about the catastrophic consequences of the world's gravity changes, I had a feeling of going back in time.

It was like standing in the mission hall of S.H.I.E.L.D., listening to the captain explain the mission to us.

Although I didn't have many missions with them, I really didn't expect to be able to recall those things that I thought I had already forgotten.

The only difference is that back then, I could trust the people around me. They were all righteous heroes.

But now, I can only be forced to cooperate with a group of outsiders whose backgrounds I don't know."

In response to this answer, Mason shrugged and glanced at the nearby Er Tong. He raised his voice and said:

"I once had a former psychotherapist and psychiatrist living in my house. During a chat, she told me that the more stubborn a person is about certain grand goals, the more likely they are to swing to the other extreme when encountering major setbacks.

Peter, when you were still in your world, I regret not being able to be friends with you.

But I guess back then, you were definitely much friendlier than you are now.

Look at you.

You almost write 'distrust' all over your face and reiterate it in every sentence. Do you think all the troubles in your life now are caused by us?"

Mason pursed his lips and glanced at the weapon plugin connection program that had reached 80% progress and got stuck. He frowned and tried to restart it.

It was said that this could solve 80% of program freezes.

Then he continued:

"But as far as I know, even a few years before the Star Alliance's Hound entered this world, your life had already started to go downhill. Can you blame us for Aunt May's death and your divorce from Mary Jane?"

"A lost person needs a direction."

While Mason turned around to deal with the stuck program, Er Tong, who rarely spoke, said softly:

"And compared to positive emotions that come and go quickly and are difficult to capture, hatred obviously helps a confused person find a 'direction.'

I have seen a lot of this in my training and reshaping place. As long as you hate something intensely enough, it seems like you have an excuse to vent all the losses and frustrations in your life.

But it wasn't us who made you lose the identity of Spider-Man."

Er Tong grinned and said:

"Mrs. Mary Jane told us that you gave up being Spider-Man yourself. You did it before the disaster arrived. You got tired of the life you once loved.

Moreover, our appearance after the apocalypse gave you a reason to start over."

Peter fell silent.

The words of these two outsiders were not polite, but he had to admit that they were right.

After Aunt May's death, his life suddenly lost its focus. The Spider-Man, who he thought would never stop, eventually got tired.

As he grew older, the conflict between ideals and reality became more intense. It ended with the divorce from his beloved, and the Spider-Man who used to soar through the streets of New York was completely dead.

He killed himself.

He had always told others that it was because his Spider-Sense, which he relied on for a living, disappeared as he got older.

But that wasn't the case.

"Why did you try to connect my mechanical tentacle with an automatic decryption program?"

When Peter came back to his senses, Dr. Otto Octavius, who was wearing an interstellar gangster coat, had already appeared next to the Fennel War Armor. This coat should belong to Star-Lord, and it even had his signature on it.

Dr. Octopus was looking at the powerful war machine in front of him with a very interested expression.

He took a special programming keyboard from Barbara's hand and connected it to the military control module of the Fennel War Armor. With skilled movements, he reset the parameters, giving up automatic decoding and instead manually writing connection programs for the two machines from different worlds.

Look! A real expert even writes the driver framework on the spot.

Although he was slightly uncomfortable with the technology from the future at first, Dr. Octopus found the data interface left by Judy and started to work after just a few minutes of analysis.

"Barbara, change the third tentacle connector to Alpha's radio frequency mode, and restart the physical hardware of the second tentacle. It seems that the driver software for the fourth tentacle has been offline for a long time due to inactivity.

Can you find a way to activate... no, rewrite a better one?"

"With the technical skills I just saw from you, you can definitely do it using the encryption coding mode I taught you a few minutes ago."

"Okay, Dr. Otto!"

Barbara connected her mini computer to the segmented database of the mechanical octopus tentacles. There was a satisfied smile on her face, as if she had learned something incredible today.

Although Dr. Otto looked ordinary and even a bit outdated, Barbara realized during their brief interaction that he was the real genius.

Just sharing a bit of his knowledge made Batgirl feel that the trip was worthwhile.

She had secretly tried to crack the deep data architecture on her computer given by Judy, but the encryption mode of the "cyber space" made it impossible for her to even start. It was like trying to dismantle an airplane with a small wrench.

It wasn't that she couldn't do it, but the workload was so daunting that it made her feel overwhelmed.

But just now, Dr. Otto demonstrated in just ten minutes how to use low-level technology to cleverly infiltrate the underlying data architecture of advanced technological products.

It was simply a stroke of genius!

"Did you complete the rearrangement of the internal weapon system of this battle armor, Mason?"

Dr. Otto asked curiously while his fingers flew to connect the new weapon system to the Fennel battle armor. Mason pushed his glasses up his nose and humbly replied, "It took me a few days to design it with two friends. It's my first attempt at such a large project."

"Well, I can tell that you wanted to create something 'new,' but your actions clearly couldn't keep up with your ideas. From what I see, the layout of the weapons and even the reserved energy system are full of poor imitations and small-scale improvements to the original design. Young man, do you know what this means?"

Dr. Octopus gave a fair and somewhat harsh evaluation.

He pushed his brown glasses and glanced at Mason.

The young man showed no signs of being upset or annoyed by the criticism. He even humbly replied, "It means that my knowledge reserves are severely lacking, which prevents all the great ideas from going beyond the macro design level and delving into the specific architecture."

"Very good, very clear about your own problems. You will definitely achieve great things in the future, just like Peter once did."

Dr. Octopus grinned and pressed a key on the keyboard.

In the next instant, in Mason's gaze, the mechanical tentacles that were previously stuck in the analysis section suddenly vibrated strangely. Then, a pleasant electronic sound rang out from the Fennel battle armor without an energy system:

"Detected foreign weapon plugin integrated into the fire control system, temporarily named 'Octopus.' Weapon debugging program initiated... Missing energy module, command system activation failed. Please have the first passenger, Mason Cooper, check the energy module of the codenamed 'Fennel' battle armor."

"It lacks a mechanical heart."

Dr. Otto took off his glasses and reached out to feel the powerful Fennel battle armor. Relying on his sensitivity to mechanical creations, he quickly found the second external armor opening slot without Mason's prompt.

As the thick armor bounced open on both sides, what came into view was an empty space where the energy battery should be placed.

"A combat mech with such a high level of completion requires at least a nuclear battery, or even a cold fusion type super battery, to unleash its full combat power."

Dr. Octopus turned around and looked at Mason, saying, "What are you planning to use as a substitute? I don't have any plans for the rest of the day. If you're willing, Mason, I can help you as a consultant."

"That would be great!"

Captain Mason was overjoyed.

He didn't expect to encounter such a good opportunity on this trip. To be able to get free guidance from a technological guru like Dr. Octopus was like winning the lottery.

Mason immediately took out the alchemy engine he had just half-finished.

When Dr. Otto saw this, his eyes widened. He wasn't surprised when he saw the Fennel battle armor because although it was extraordinary, he had seen similar products before.

Although the design style and internal structure were different, Dr. Octopus' mechanical knowledge was enough for him to "know at a glance."

But what Mason took out was different.

Even though it was only a semi-finished product.

It still challenged Dr. Octopus' understanding of mechanical engineering and physics.

"Come, young man, this thing is very interesting. Tell me about its operating principles."

He squatted in front of this silver-gray semi-finished product and beckoned Mason to come over. Then, the positions of the two seemed to have exchanged. Mason became the mentor explaining the alchemy engine, while Dr. Octopus became the attentive student.

"Um, it's done."

A few minutes later, Barbara unplugged the data cable from the mechanical tentacles of the octopus on her arm. She felt a sense of accomplishment.

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In the past, it would have taken her several days to write a driver program for such a foreign weapon. But with Dr. Octopus' guidance, she used a completely new way of thinking and finished it in just twenty minutes.

Even Bruce's Bat Network!

Barbara now had the confidence to finish it within ten minutes without a secure access code!

"Is that guy amazing?"

Jason kicked the iron lump under his feet, feeling a bit frustrated.

He didn't think he was dumb.

But Mason and Dr. Octopus were getting more and more excited in their conversation, and he couldn't understand a single word.

It was the first time he had seen Mason so excited, completely different from his usual calm demeanor.

"Dr. Octopus is not just amazing, Jason."

Barbara wiped the sweat off her forehead and said seriously to Jason."He is extremely talented. If he comes to our side, Mr. Lucius will definitely resign as the chief designer of Wayne Industries and invite Dr. Otto to take on the new design director position.

The technology in Judy's era is at least three generations behind what we use now, but Dr. Otto has no difficulty understanding that future technology.

Do you know what this means?"

Batgirl shook her head and sighed, saying:

"It means that Dr. Otto is still an incredible technological genius even in the year 2077, someone that Judy would worship.

Oh my, his thinking is at least 100 years ahead of this era! I doubt Lex Luthor is as smart as him... Both of them are at least on the same level of genius!"

At this point, Barbara's eyes sparkled as she said to Jason:

"Jason, let's find a way to kidnap Dr. Otto! Bring him to our side. A genius like him deserves a better world!"

Facing this wild idea, Jason Todd immediately shook his head and said:

"If we do that, what would be the difference between us and the villains? We can invite him, but whether he wants to come with us is his own decision.

And if he really is as talented as you say, then I believe he can still thrive even in this apocalypse."

On the other side, Mason looked at the new armor's internal structure and weapon system design that he and Dr. Otto had completed together, a sense of accomplishment welling up within him.

Like Barbara, he felt that he had learned something amazing.

"Perhaps this request is a bit excessive, but please take a look at this armor for me."

Mason took out the repaired anti-Superman armor and said to Dr. Otto:

"Compared to the Fennel armor, which I currently have no ability to modify its main design, I am more interested in this anti-Superman armor.

As you can see, the Fennel armor was specifically developed for special occasions, and I can't just walk around the streets with it.

In comparison, this personal multi-purpose armor is more important to me.

But there are still many immature aspects in my design, so..."

"I'm willing to spend some time helping you improve it, Mason. After all, I've been quite idle."

Dr. Octopus put on his brown glasses again and with a gentle smile that shouldn't have appeared on his face, he interrupted Mason's words. He took a deep breath and said:

"But this time, I have a small request. Outsiders, I hope that the K Team can help us a little. Osborne Tower stores a large number of gravity hammers excavated from around the world.

The loss of those things has made this world unstable.

When I designed the excavation device for them, I left behind a hidden door for re-injection. I need you to take back what they have stolen from this world!

Just inject those gravity hammers back into the Earth's core, and the unstable earthquakes throughout the world will gradually calm down in the next few months."

Dr. Otto said solemnly:

"This world may be doomed to an apocalypse in the future, and perhaps we cannot stop that outcome. But we also have things we can do, and I don't want to see it destroyed in the hands of a bunch of bastards.

Although I used to be one of those bastards."

"If possible, I will do my best."

Mason nodded and said:

"This doesn't contradict my main goal."

"Be careful of the Green Goblin."

Dr. Octopus carefully observed Mason's expression and, after confirming that he was not evading, reminded him:

"I used to work with Norman. I know many people say he's crazy, but he's not! He knows exactly what he's been doing and why he's been doing it.

He is more determined than anyone else in this post-apocalyptic world.

Therefore, he is more dangerous than before."

"It doesn't matter! I will take action."

A voice sounded from behind, and Mason and Dr. Otto turned around to see the middle-aged version of Spider-Man standing up, putting on his mask. He said:

"Just like in the past, let me deal with the Green Goblin. I know why he hates this world, and I will find a way to solve it. It's the responsibility of Spider-Man!"