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Chapter 203: A Gathering of Heroes (1)

A little later in time, Eddie left the Life Foundation underground and saw purple Spider-Man beating up Silver Riot.

The raging Riot swung a fist at Spider-Man, who rolled away to avoid it. Just as he was about to charge forward to stop Riot, a huge black shadow roared and charged towards them.

Spider-Man jumped back to avoid Venom's flying attack. Venom, who had also become a huge monster, punched Riot in the face. Spider-Man asked in his mind, "What's going on? Do you symbiotes have a grudge against each other?"

"It's hard to explain," Phantom replied helplessly.

At this point, Venom and Riot had already started fighting. Phantom explained to Peter, "Venom and Riot do have a grudge, but that was when Venom was just born."

"I still don't understand what your race is all about. Why..."

Just as Peter was about to speak, he saw Riot's two arms turn into two huge blades and swing towards Venom. Venom fought back with his black slime, and countless tentacles struck Riot. The two of them fought fiercely, and started moving towards the base building.

As Peter chased after them, he listened to Phantom explain about symbiotes.

"In fact, we are not called symbiotes. Our race is called 'Klyntar'. We were born on the planet Klyntar in the Nebula constellation, and our creator is the god of symbiotes, Knull."

"He's an evil and ancient creature who created the symbiotes to invade the universe. Later, most symbiotes thought his behavior was evil, and we collectively overthrew him and imprisoned him on our home planet, Klyntar."

"It seems that Riot is not one of you guys? What about Venom? How did they become enemies?"

Phantom sighed, and Peter realized that her emotions were more humanized. He could even feel her complex emotions through the brainwaves transmitted by Phantom.

Moreover, her emotions were much more stable than Venom's, and her speech was very logical. Peter could hardly feel that she was an alien creature.

The hoarse female voice came again, "The reason why we betrayed our creator is because of the symbiotes' attributes. When we parasitize on other races, if they are just, we will also be infected with justice."

"In the eyes of most races, Knull's destructive behavior is evil. Many of our kind parasitized on just races and felt that we were helping the tyrant. Most of us began to awaken."

"After an accident, most symbiotes' connections with Knull were cut off, and we united to defeat and imprison him."

"But the damage caused by Knull was irreversible, and many of our kind felt guilty about it. So we formed an organization called 'Cosmic Agents'."

"The members of this organization will choose to parasitize on just and kind alien races, become their partners, and help their civilization develop, or go to rebuild the civilizations that Knull had enslaved and destroyed."

"You mentioned this organization just now. Are you also a member of this organization?"

"Yes, I am one of the current leaders of this organization."

"What about Riot? I just heard you call him a 'Cosmic Agent traitor'?"

"Yes, that's what it means. Riot used to be a member of the Cosmic Agents, but he betrayed us."

"As you saw earlier, our life forms are very special. In most cases, we need a host to move freely, but there are exceptions. On our home planet, Klyntar, even without a host, symbiotes can still move freely."

"So, even though our mother planet has become a prison for Knull, there are still many symbiotes living there."

"About...forget it, anyway, there was a split within the Cosmic Agents a long time ago. The reason was that some of the agents who stayed on Klyntar were called by Knull."

"Knull's evil and chaos infected them again, causing them to betray the Cosmic Agents and become Knull's minions again. The leader among them was Riot."

"Just like his name, he led a part of the Cosmic Agents to revolt. They joined Knull again and wanted to release him from prison."

"I understand this part." As Peter chased behind the two monsters who were fighting each other, he communicated with Phantom in his mind.

"What about Venom? How did he become involved?"

"Venom is crazy, and all symbiotes recognize this. He's totally abnormal."

Phantom seemed unsure how to express it to Peter. Peter felt her thinking for a moment, then heard her say, "I know you were once parasitized by Venom, but I want to tell you that his methods are not normal."

"You may not believe it, but symbiotes who participate in the Cosmic Agents have the same guidelines. We have a complete set of parasitic rules to help us achieve a good symbiotic relationship with our hosts."

"For example, at the moment when we parasitize on the host's body, we need to analyze all the data regarding their physical condition and according to that data, we can formulate our own parasitic plan. At the same time, our first priority is to ensure the safety of the host's life, which is why I stopped you from jumping off the building earlier," said the voice of the symbiote.

The voice of the symbiote known as Phantom sounded helpless as she continued, "When we first arrived on Earth, I had already parasitized several standard humans, so I know what the physical condition of an ordinary human should be like. I know how much impact we can withstand when we combine together."

"Based on your development, you can't even be considered an ordinary adult human, you can only be considered a baby," Phantom added.

"And I am not a power-type symbiote either. Even if we combine, we still have the possibility of getting injured if we jump off a thirty-story building. That's why I wanted to stop you," she said.

"But don't you have the ability to see my memories? Then you should be able to see that I often swing around on high-rise buildings," Peter interrupted.

"No, that is also a violation of the rules of parasitic agents in the universe. Without the consent of the host, we can only access the surface-level memories," Phantom responded.

"Because most intelligent races are very averse to the idea of ​​having their memories peered into, we generally do not actively probe the memories of the host."

"Well, you guys are pretty polite, but Venom..." Peter paused for a moment before continuing, "He always wants me to do bad things. I thought all symbiotes were like him."

"His situation is different," Phantom's voice had a unique rhythm as she spoke. "Venom was born during the war period after the division of parasitic agents in the universe. At that time, he was born in a rebellious area."

"Most of the symbiotes led by the rebellion were chaotic and evil, which led to Venom having no concept of rules."

"Their feud was also formed at that time."

"During the rebellion, Venom was only a newborn and he didn't have any power to participate in the battle, so he could hardly get any food and was often bullied," Phantom explained.

Peter glanced at the two monsters wrestling with each other and said, "But it seems that the situation has turned around now."

"Because Venom is a lunatic. This is not an adjective, nor am I speaking ill of him. I'm stating a fact," Phantom sounded very helpless.

"Maybe it's because of his childhood shadow or maybe he was born abnormal, but Venom is a crazy symbiote."

"Generally speaking, symbiotes will indeed be influenced by the host, but this influence is limited because we are also independent and intelligent beings. We can selectively absorb certain traits of the host to strengthen ourselves."

"The more hosts a symbiote parasitizes, the stronger their self-control becomes. This is the case for the leaders of the parasitic agents in the universe."

"But Venom is not like that. He accepts all the traits of the host indiscriminately and engraves all sorts of chaos into their genes."

"His first host was a madman wearing a red and black uniform. Venom that parasitized on him became even more crazy," Phantom continued.

"They caused a lot of trouble in the universe. The most famous incident was when this guy ran to the starport in the constellation of the fairy and insulted a group of dwarves."

"The dwarves recognized the symbiote parasitizing on that person and blamed everything on the parasitic agents, which caused us a lot of trouble."

"And Venom is also naturally gifted."

"As a parasitic race, symbiotes also have limited influence on the host, especially for some resolute intelligent races. They can even use their willpower to get rid of any influence we bring."

"But Venom's influence on the host is unlimited. He can completely change the behavior patterns of the host, even when the host is not aware of it."

"So, all the symbiotes on the side of order know that they must stay away from Venom and the hosts that Venom parasitized on. That's why I didn't want to parasitize you earlier," Phantom explained.

"But I don't feel like I'm that crazy?" Peter asked.

"I find it strange too," Phantom's voice sounded puzzled, "Earlier, when you wanted to jump off the building, I thought you were crazy. But since you have other special powers, it means that your thinking is normal and you have not been affected by Venom. Could it be that Venom has really changed for the better?"

Peter continued to ask, "So why did you come to Earth?"

"Well, it all started with Knull. Not too long ago, the cosmic agent discovered that Knull was creating a new symbiote," they replied.

"During his imprisonment, there were no signs of activity, but suddenly he began creating offspring. We suspect that he was planning to escape."

"Besides the cosmic agent, the rebels led by Riot also found out about this. They were very excited and hoped that the new symbiote would bring back their creator and lead them to invade the universe again."

"Both sides were tense, watching the mother planet Klyntar, waiting for the birth of the new special symbiote."

"But just when we thought it was going to be born, it disappeared."

"Disappeared?"

"Yes, it vanished. The special symbiote that was supposed to be born suddenly disappeared."

"The cosmic agent and the rebels were confused, but for us it was a good thing. Once the special symbiote was born, we might have to start a war to surround Knull again."

"We thought that Knull had made a mistake in creating this symbiote, but it turned out that Riot, Knull's confidant, received orders from Knull to retrieve the new symbiote."

"In other words, someone had taken the symbiote and Riot was ordered to retrieve it."

"Riot received the order and came directly to the Nine Realms. The cosmic agent had to stop him and not give Knull a chance to escape."

"Riot could sneak in without following the rules, but the cosmic agent couldn't. We first informed Asgard and obtained the consent of King Odin, then I came to the central courtyard of the Nine Realms through Asgard's passage."

"How did you get caught?"

"Riot came here first and found a human to cooperate with, his current host. He sensed that the cosmic agent was tracking him, so he set a trap."

"Venom was angry and said, 'He used to be a member of the cosmic agent and fought with us for a long time. He knows everyone's weaknesses.'"

"They designed a trap specifically for my host. At that time, my host was just an ordinary person. To ensure his safety, I had to leave him voluntarily."

"It's difficult for a symbiote to move freely without a host, so I was caught by Riot and locked up."

[ShaneFreak: I am quite unclear, if it is really Phantom from the description.]