Chapter 029: Weakened Serum

New York recently was, without a doubt, chaotic.

Excited journalists, busy police, and the frenzied White Witch and Kingpin's men—bloody firefights seemed to drag this civilized city back decades in an instant.

New York in that era was definitely a city with a high crime rate in the United States.

Now, through the efforts of generation after generation, New York's crime rate had dropped time and again, and public safety improved year by year. But because of this incident, the crime rate rose once more.

This nearly shattered the hard work of countless people.

The police commissioner roared every day, and many were so busy they couldn't even go home.

New York now felt almost insane.

The mayor naturally wouldn't let this situation continue. He urgently convened a meeting and ordered all police to suppress the chaos in the shortest possible time.

Otherwise, he would have to invite outside help.

This made many police curse inwardly, because they had already done their best recently, but the situation remained unresolved. They were desperate too.

After ordering the police, the mayor also called Kingpin.

Others might not know who Kingpin was, but how could he not?

The mayor wasn't too gentle with Kingpin; instead, he adopted a high-pressure policy, demanding that Kingpin restore peace to New York in the shortest time.

Otherwise, he would definitely use his authority to shut down all of Kingpin's businesses.

This call made Kingpin smash all the tables and liquor in his hideout in rage. He had experienced countless ups and downs in his life, but never had he felt so humiliated as today.

Even this awe-inspiring boss couldn't help but go mad.

But after weighing the pros and cons, Kingpin decided to tighten his defenses again, giving up large territories and personnel.

The White Witch's men suddenly achieved unprecedented victories.

Many of Kingpin's men, abandoned, switched sides and joined the White Witch, greatly increasing her strength.

Nearly fifty percent of New York's territory had fallen into the White Witch's hands.

More and more people pledged loyalty to her, but precisely because of this, these people were a mixed bag.

But did the White Witch care?

She didn't care at all who joined her. Her only goal was to rule the world; New York, even the United States, was just a stepping stone.

So she didn't care who her subordinates were, as long as they strictly followed her orders, they were her people.

Anyone who defied her would be turned to stone or ice.

That was how domineering she was.

But this gave Wang Bo an opportunity. Taking advantage of the White Witch's frenzied expansion, Wang Bo placed a large number of mechanical soldiers among her ranks.

However, these were all at the lowest levels, never even getting a chance to see the White Witch.

But that was exactly what Wang Bo needed.

Mechanical soldiers were still mechanical soldiers, not human. With the White Witch's power, she could probably spot flaws at a glance when seeing them.

So Wang Bo ordered his mechanical soldiers never to meet the White Witch.

At the same time, he had them lurk at the very bottom, ready to turn against her forces the moment they received his command.

Of course, Wang Bo also knew that merely taking out the White Witch's men was useless.

As long as the White Witch remained, she could raise an army at any time.

So to solve the problem, he had to eliminate the White Witch or send her back to her original world. However, Wang Bo was no match for her now.

So he could only lie low, arranging for his soldiers to infiltrate her camp and wait for the right moment.

A few days later, the moment finally came.

The super spider Wang Bo had given to the Conqueror and Peter Parker's blood finally achieved a breakthrough. Under the Conqueror's research, the spider serum was developed.

This serum could cause earth-shattering changes in a person overnight.

Frankly, anyone injected with this serum could gain one-third of Spider-Man's abilities.

Yes, although the serum was developed, it was only a weakened version.

The spider serum could grant all of Spider-Man's abilities, but at only one-third the intensity of the original. Wang Bo wasn't sure why it turned out this way.

For now, the Conqueror had only produced a weakened version of the spider serum.

"Master, given enough time, I can definitely develop the genuine spider serum, or even a super spider serum stronger than the original."

The Conqueror explained that the reason for the weakened version was the tight deadline; with enough time, it could give the master a satisfactory result.

But the problem was, Wang Bo was running out of time.

In recent years, the White Witch's power had grown daily. After Kingpin retreated, other gangs were no match for her and were eliminated one after another.

If this continued, New York would fall into the White Witch's hands.

By then, she would be even harder to deal with.

So Wang Bo planned to use a human wave tactic. He ordered the Conqueror to produce a hundred doses of the weakened spider serum and began selecting suitable candidates.

Gwen Stacy went without saying—she was Wang Bo's chosen one.

Especially in recent days, the White Witch's men's revelry kept the police busy. George Stacy, as commissioner, naturally bore the brunt.

Whenever a battle broke out, he was always on the front lines.

This worried Gwen Stacy immensely, and she longed to help her father.

So when Wang Bo's mechanical soldier, which had once saved her life, delivered the spider serum and explained the stakes, Gwen Stacy injected it without hesitation, right in front of the soldier.

Besides her, Wang Bo also identified several other candidates.

One of them was Miles Morales!

In the Ultimate Spider-Man world, Peter Parker died in an accident, and the one who took over as Spider-Man was Miles Morales.

On a whim, Wang Bo had Friday search, and found that Miles existed in this world.

His father was African American, and his mother was Puerto Rican.

More importantly, in this world, Miles was about the same age as Peter Parker—both high school students.

And his father was a police officer.

A hero who had died under the White Witch's hand, giving his life for justice.

Because of his father's death, Miles's family was shrouded in gloom. Wang Bo was fully confident in recruiting this parallel world's Spider-Man.