As soon as these words fell from Venom's mouth, the symbiote's body suddenly twitched violently, and another voice suddenly rang out from within.
"What do you mean by that? What do you mean by the most suitable person for you? The only one who is most suitable for you is me and me alone!"
Dr. Drake knew perfectly well that the voice that had just spoken was Angelo, Venom's current host and once his most trusted subordinate in the organization. However, after being parasitized by Venom, Angelo had gradually surpassed him in power and influence.
If Angelo and Venom had not relied so heavily on the Life Foundation's vast financial resources and scientific technology to cultivate the five split symbiotes successfully, Dr. Drake knew he would have wiped out everyone here long ago without any hesitation.
After studying them for so long and conducting countless experiments, Dr. Drake had developed a rough understanding of Venom's true characteristics. While Venom appeared to be extremely evil on the surface, in reality, Venom was essentially a blank slate, capable only of amplifying the emotions and personality of whatever host it inhabited. If Angelo had been a truly righteous person with noble intentions, then after Venom parasitized him, he would likely have become a superhero fighting for justice, not the dangerous supervillain he had become today.
Now that Venom had inhabited Angelo for so long, it had already learned and absorbed all his evil thoughts and intentions. Even if it were to inhabit someone else entirely, it would likely influence the new host with these corrupted values. In other words, Dr. Drake believed firmly that Venom would undoubtedly remain utterly evil and dangerous, regardless of whether or not it inhabited a new host with different moral values.
Venom's body squirmed and rippled unnaturally. Although Angelo's physique was well suited for Venom's parasitic nature and he possessed a profoundly evil nature that matched the symbiote, he lacked the necessary willpower to control Venom properly. Under Venom's coercive suppression and domination, Angelo had become merely a medium for Venom's activities in the world, completely unable to control his own body and utterly controlled by Venom like a mindless tool.
"Drake, I will personally find the most suitable human for me to bond with permanently. As for you, quickly restore the five symbiotes to their proper state and find suitable people they can inhabit successfully, or you will become their food when they grow hungry!"
Venom extended its long tongue, slick with dripping saliva, and licked Drake's face repeatedly in a threatening manner, its malicious intent evident in both its words and actions.
Dr. Drake swallowed stiffly with visible fear, nodding his head repeatedly to indicate his complete understanding of the situation.
Seeing this submission, Venom leaped up with tremendous force and swiftly fled along the walls and ceiling like a spider, heading directly for the location where his most suitable person was currently located.
Venom had partnered with Dr. Drake specifically to forge his own army of symbiotes, because only in this way could he rise higher in the ranks of the Shadow Council. He even had plans to devour the five symbiotes once they matured fully, thereby increasing his own power substantially.
Eddie and Dr. Dora secretly took the elevator to the floor containing the numerous experimental subjects being held. With Dr. Dora's help and access credentials, they tricked a security guard into granting them access to the restricted area.
Eddie's expression darkened considerably as he gazed at the symbiotes writhing within the bio-pods in front of him. He had been tracking the Life Foundation and Venom for so long that he naturally had developed some understanding of them. So, when he saw the five symbiotes wriggling and pulsing within the bio-pods, he immediately knew they were Venom-like creatures being cultivated.
"Damn it, these crazy people, what on earth have they created here? One Venom is already a massive headache for the Avengers, and they actually created five more of them!"
Click, click...
Click...
Eddie's hands did not stop moving at all. He kept raising his camera repeatedly to take pictures of everything here in the laboratory, preparing to go back and make a big news story that would expose everything.
But just as Eddie was filming more and more enthusiastically with growing excitement, Dr. Dora, who was standing behind Eddie keeping watch, suddenly screamed in terror and pulled Eddie inside desperately. Eddie subconsciously wanted to resist her pulling, but when he turned and saw the massive Venom quickly approaching along the wall behind him, he did not say a single word, immediately turned around and grabbed Dr. Dora's arm and rushed forward.
"How could Venom possibly be here right now!"
"I do not know either. He should be debugging and going through tests now. It is impossible for him to be here in this section!"
"Damn it! Where is the nearest exit from here?"
"Turn left in front and then go straight ahead!"
As soon as Dr. Dora finished speaking her directions, Venom's huge muscular body leaped over their heads and landed heavily in front of Eddie and Dr. Dora, blocking their escape route. His long tongue covered with thick mucus stretched out from his mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. Venom's distinctive white eyes narrowed slightly with interest, and he said directly to Eddie: "I finally found it, the body that suits me best!"
"Eddie, he is talking about you specifically, right?"
Eddie said nervously to Dr. Dora as he backed away slowly: "How do you know for certain it is not you he wants?"
"I have worked here for so long in this facility, if it was me he wanted, he would have found me a long time ago."
"Haha...what you said makes perfect sense."
Venom did not have much patience for this exchange. He looked at Eddie who continued to retreat, and immediately rushed towards him with frightening speed.
At that critical moment, Eddie pushed Dr. Dora away forcefully and growled urgently, "Run! Get out of here as fast as you can! He has already spotted you, and you will definitely be known to everyone here now. Protect yourself while I distract him and buy you time!"
Dr. Dora, a decisive person by nature, dashed off to the other side without hesitation or looking back. She wanted to leave as quickly as possible, alert the Avengers to what was happening, and perhaps even save Eddie's life if she could get help in time.
Venom paid absolutely no attention to Dr. Dora fleeing. He simply looked at Eddie with hunger and reached out to grab him with his massive clawed hand.
But at that precise moment, the ceiling above suddenly shattered with a tremendous crash, and a golden and red armored figure descended from it dramatically. Two orange repulsor beams shot out from its palms, instantly sending Venom flying backward. The symbiote smashed through the glass behind it and shattered the bio-chamber in the laboratory completely. The yellow and red symbiote inside scurried out quickly, squirming around desperately like a worm before scurrying along the wall at high speed, pouncing towards Dr. Dora who was still fleeing.
The chaotic situation prevented the escaped symbiote from being noticed by anyone.
At this moment, Venom climbed up from the ground where he had fallen. He looked at Tony walking towards him confidently and, without any hesitation, grabbed the heavy table next to him and threw it directly at Tony with tremendous force.
Tony raised his hand calmly and fired an arc pulse cannon from his palm, sending the table flying into pieces.
Tony was about to continue chasing Venom and pressing his advantage, but the symbiote had already moved with incredible speed and reached behind Tony.
Grabbing Tony's armored legs, Venom lifted the hero up and threw him upward before slamming him violently against the wall.
With a muffled groan of pain, the thrusters on Tony's feet erupted with bright fiery flames, forcing Venom to let go of Tony's legs and step back from the heat.
Standing on the ground again and recovering his balance, Tony said directly through the communication system, "Reed, it is time to start the plan!"
As Tony finished speaking his signal, a stretched elastic body immediately dropped from the hole in the broken ceiling above, took out a metal sphere device and threw it accurately at Venom's feet. The metal sphere instantly opened up four holes in its surface, and extremely harsh high-frequency sound waves rang out from it, immediately causing Venom's body to disintegrate like a vibrating liquid!