48: Chapter 48 The Symbiote "Venom"

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Was this gift really meant for him?

Watching the fireball grow larger in his field of view, Lin Fang nimbly scrambled down the ironwood tree and sprinted in the opposite direction.

Boom—

The power of the crashing spaceship was undeniable; even though Lin Fang had run over a hundred meters away, he was still sent stumbling by the rolling heatwave from behind. Thick smoke billowed up from the crash site, accompanied by the howls of various Beasts.

Lin Fang steadied himself, flicked away a flying lizard that had landed on his head, and immediately turned back to return the way he came. There was no need to hesitate; he needed to hurry and unwrap this gift.

The Malaysian rainforest is humid year-round. The heatwave from the spaceship explosion seemed to have stirred up long-buried rot, or perhaps triggered some kind of chemical reaction, making the air smell exceptionally pungent—one breath felt like it could make your soul ascend.

Lin Fang put on the 3M series gas mask he had prepared.

Under the light of his tactical flashlight, the scattered wreckage of the spaceship was everywhere; the massive impact had broken its main body into two pieces.

Continuing forward and leaping over a burning tubular object, Lin Fang saw his target.

The spaceship's cockpit.

The circular hatch was scorched black and was currently open, with several corpses lying on the ground.

"One,"

"Two,"

"Three,"

Lin Fang searched, feeling a sense of unease rise as he looked at the name tags on their spacesuits. None of them were the person he was looking for. Where had Jameson, the astronaut parasitized by the Symbiote "Riot," gone?

"Ugh—"

Suddenly, a slight movement came from beneath the cockpit, like the delirious muttering of someone severely injured.

There! Lin Fang's heart stirred, and he walked over quickly.

"Riot" sensed this human being drawn to it and couldn't help but lick its lips. It was too hungry; the best thing now would be to eat a fresh brain. With so much delicious food on this Planet, it was practically tailor-made for their race, and it couldn't wait to conquer this Planet.

In just this short moment, the scent of the food's flesh had already flooded into "Riot's" nostrils.

Now is the time.

"Jameson" opened its eyes, its arm transforming into a tentacle; it wanted to savor the final struggle of this human bug!

【Spacetime Package Status: Full】

Watching "Jameson" disappear before him, Lin Fang was a bit puzzled. Did it just blink a moment ago?

But it didn't matter. With the biggest known threat resolved, Lin Fang could rest easy and collect the remaining three Symbiotes before the rescue team arrived. According to the movie's setting, although only "Riot" had escaped its containment vessel among the Symbiotes that reached the surface, one could not let their guard down.

With a running start, Lin Fang jumped up, grabbed the edge of the hatch, and vaulted into the cockpit.

Before long, Lin Fang retrieved three cylindrical containers, each 50cm long and 20cm wide. The middle of the containers consisted of a layer of high-strength transparent isolation material, with a mass of black, viscous substance squirming restlessly inside. Lin Fang compared the color with the two on the ground and confirmed that the one in his hand was the protagonist from the "Venom" movie series.

The Symbiote Venom.

As an old friend who had watched its heroic exploits countless times, Lin Fang felt he should express something to it.

So, the old man lifted the containment vessel and shook it:

"Venom, welcome to Earth."

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Early morning. Dragging the heavy boxes back to the Villa he had bought in Malaysia, Lin Fang collapsed onto the sofa. Once he lay down, he felt he had reached the limit of his physical strength, and the extraction time was almost up.

【Extraction Countdown: 00:05:36】

Opening a drawer, Lin Fang took out a syringe and Propofol, which he had prepared beforehand; it was a type of medical anesthetic.

Sorry for the trouble, Mr. Orson. To avoid scaring you, get some good sleep first.

Lin Fang opened the ampoule. As the Propofol was injected into his left vein, the old man's head tilted to the side, and he fell into a deep sleep.

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【Extraction from Venom Dimension successful. Acquired material: Symbiote Fusion: Riot】

【Venom Dimension weight increased. Current weight: 62%】

In the room, Lin Fang drew an ugly sickle monster on paper. He thought of a question he had seen online before: if a person possessed the Symbiote Venom, what would they do?

One answer had the most likes: Protect my World.

Admittedly, this answer was a bit exaggerated, but it was enough to illustrate the prowess of the Symbiote. Immense power and super-strong self-healing abilities were the most basic things this symbiont provided; in the movie, the host could even return from the dead.

What Lin Fang brought back this time was not "Venom," but the more powerful "Riot," known as the Weapon Master. They represented a power that transcended the mundane; obtain it, and you could possess it too.

The prerequisite was that it wouldn't eat your brain and internal organs. Lin Fang was very clear that he did not need these Symbiotes with their own consciousness, not even the most popular one, Venom.

Without sufficient safety measures, Lin Fang would not let these uncontrollable things come into the real World.

It was they that were powerful, not him.

Then what was their purpose... Lin Fang paused at this thought:

"They're pretty good as test subjects or collectibles."

【Black Star at your service】

【Please confirm the transaction. Selling Symbiote Fusion: Riot will grant 1288 plunder points】

"Confirm." This number made Lin Fang perk up.

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When Lin Fang arrived at the Venom Dimension again, it was already noon. The Villa he had bought was over a hundred kilometers away from the spaceship crash site, so he didn't worry about people from the Drake Life Foundation coming to his door.

If they were going to look for anyone, it should be the missing Jameson.

Malaysia's midday news was reporting on the accident. On the screen showing the accident site, Lin Fang saw someone familiar.

Carlton Drake. He had also come to the accident site and was saying something; the reporter was too far away, and Lin Fang couldn't hear clearly.

He looked to be in good spirits.

In the original plot, he and the Symbiote "Riot" formed the villain of the Venom story. Now that "Riot" had become his plunder points, the subsequent plot was unpredictable.

Then what should he do with the protagonist of the story, "Venom"? Lin Fang looked at the three squirming, viscous masses watching TV in their containment vessels on the table and pondered.

Keep it? Or not?

A day later, the number of containment vessels on the table had gone from three to one; Lin Fang's warehouse collection had two more blobs of alien life.

Now, only Venom was left.

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