Chapter 46: Chapter 46
Peter gains:
Virtual Insanity 3!: Through further experience, Venom has now become unhackable and virus-free. Of course, sufficiently smart people can still detect her and might wonder what the heck is going on and shut down the hacking target. So remember to be careful.
UNLIMITED POWER!: Your friendly neighborhood symbiote recently figured out that data and internet signals were actually made out of electromagnetic signals and frequencies; now Venom, like her cousin symbiote species, can manipulate electromagnetic waves or electricity. (While doing this, Venom becomes weak against water.)
Spider Totem Alignment 3: Venom has integrated herself into the Web of Destiny to such a degree that she is now capable of reversing the influence back onto the goddess to do things like make her lust for Peter and long to submit to him, with the effect even reaching others in the Web. With this level of alignment, the spider powers themselves start to be tainted with Venom, at this stage Venom will be still with her King even if she is completely removed from him as the Web itself now binds them. Also, Peter gets a +20 on Charisma roll against people who get their power from the Web of Destiny and +10 Virility when having sex with them.
Spider Adam and Venom Eve: Venom has bonded herself with Peter so strongly that even her very own DNA has changed to become a perfect match for his own. What this means is that Venom has gained the ability to create her own human body and separate herself from Peter at will without problems while still keeping their connection perfectly intact through the Web of Destiny. This will not only allow Venom to experience life as one of Peter's human lovers but will also allow her to give birth to "human" children and help her develop interests beyond just Peter and the Hive. Practically, it will grant Venom the ability to become and experience life as a human being. Add +30 Charisma to the base stat plus another +30 on Charisma rolls and +20 on Virility rolls when Venom helps Peter "personally".
After having tamed a new pet, Peter and Venom had other things in hand. Mostly they wanted to become stronger to prevent more situations like that, so they worked on multiple projects. First was to take Venom's power to integrate with technology to a new level, to really become one with machines and, more importantly, with the lab machines. She became an unhackable and perfect flesh and machine interface, able to even get into the government systems if she wanted. This created a strange view of the labs, where Peter and Gwen were working; the boy's hand, with hundreds of black tendrils spreading all over the machines and lab equipment, fused to them as if some strange alien growth had infected the place. However, after a long lesson in cable management, they managed to tone it down to a more discrete way to interface.
The labs looked normal again in just a few days since Venom was now in the walls. She had been infused with the electricity wiring and connected with each machine of the building as just a simple and innocent black wire was in reality a tentacle of her. Peter needed to sit on a chair to activate a connection with the network, but it was incredibly helpful and saved a lot of time. Maybe this was why she managed to learn how to also control electricity and electromagnetic waves. Officially, Venom could electrocute people as a stun gun or work like a magnet to attract nearby metals.
Those were not only upgrades to Venom. She knew that Hornet was an agent of the Web of Destiny sent to deal with her, so the alien began to focus on increasing her knowledge and power over the cosmic entity. She would not let her win again. So in the same way that the Web of Destiny influenced her life, she began to influence the Web of Destiny. Infecting it using Peter as the open wound that the alien would use to spread her corruption.
She had become so used to Peter, so connected with him, that Venom was able to create her own proxy body to hand around him. The alien could just get out for a ride and be basically independent of him if the situation needed. Well, she was always connected to her, but that big and muscular proxy body that now could even turn into a human girl. However, for a direct order of Peter, she would only wear clothes in this form; after all, she was an alien, but just that . . . nothing really that special since the world merged. There was nothing to be ashamed of.
It was kind of lovely having that massive woman hanging around him not just to fuck around but also as a proper partner. He loved just treating her like a normal girl instead of the alien overlord she was, and Venom could not be happier from those small moments of happiness. Sometimes she stressed too much by following the plan, especially with so many new variations thrown into the mix.
The investigation of Hornet's origin and motives was not as useful as Peter expected. The girl didn't know anything about her origin. Basically, she woke up one day with the impulse or instinct to hunt Venom and Gwen. So she was a dead end, but the idea that someone was working against them really made Peter take the concept of getting more powerful seriously. He almost lost MJ, so he needed to become stronger no matter what to protect the rest of his family.
So with a fully funded lab, money, and a lot of ideas, the man began to think about what to do next. He could go deeper in robotics or try to take the goblin serum to achieve a new level of power. . . maybe even make it more potent. Chemical stimulation of the body by powerful drugs was always a good idea with Venom being around to help.
Peter and Gwen began to study and improve the serum given to them by Norman. The drug in question was extremely interesting, but it could use some more work. Basically, they needed to increase the potency so that instead of simply enhancing what was already there, it could just make new stuff.
The new serum would just break the user's body, giving unpredictable results; they had to run some simulations on the computer, and the results could range from normal muscle expansion to turning the person into an abomination. The power could go out of control as it constantly triggers cell division and forces evolution on the person having to withstand these drugs. It was almost miraculous how it stopped the telomeres on the cells from shortening after so much regeneration, giving the user unknown vitality and making them not age. It was all theoretical, and the results even escaped Venom's grip on what they could make, but at the end of the day, the new and unstable serum was done. They just needed to test it with someone.
"Are you sure that you want to give Norman this stuff? The damage it could make if it gets mass produced . . . and used in war . . . " Gwen muttered as she sat in front of Peter and the vial with the green liquid standing on a fancy machine covered in glass that kept it at perfect cold temperature.
Peter let out a deep sigh, his gaze lost on that emerald drug as he sat beside Gwen. He let his curiosity guide him, and he didn't think about the consequences of crafting such a powerful weapon. "You have a good point; let's first test it and see what it does," he answered, ready to test in his first mammal subject.
Using a monkey was just a waste, this thing was just too hard to craft and even with Venom help it took a month to create another dose. If he could just spam this serum, all his hive would have it but for now the main targets were him and another girl. Then he could think about what to do.
"Are you going to use it on you or MJ?" The blonde girl asked in a curious tone. Both were great candidates, and possibly all the hives would end up using it, but they needed to test it on someone first.
Peter obtains:
Ultimate goblin serum: An extremely powerful and expensive serum that turns the user into a massive monster at least three meters tall at will. This does not only give them horns, scaly skin, and arms the width of a trash can, but also the rapid cellular regeneration that it gives allows them to create fire and explosions. This is done by creating an exothermic reaction by bursting the cells in splashes of blood or cutaneous cells on impact. When taken, one needed to roll a boe3 1d100 to see secondary effects related to reproductive organs. +80 power.