[Comprehensive British and American] SpiderGirl

"No no no!"

Petra really didn't know how this simple and rude "Stark" passport came about. She subconsciously wanted to take it off, but when she reached out to grab the plastic rope, she realized that it was wrapped around her collar, and she couldn't pull it off for a long time. , the more urgent the more inseparable.

A little embarrassed, she resentfully gave up this plan, slowly let go of her hand and tried to break her fingers from the lanyard, while continuing to explain to the other party: "I'm just Mr. Stark's... er, temporary... assistant."

Gwen seemed to be amused by her actions, and the light in her eyes shone extraordinarily: "Are you an intern too?"

"Well, yes...he is busy, so let me come over and take a look." Petra said not so confidently, and paused for a while before remembering that she hadn't introduced herself, and quickly added: "My name is Petra Parker , you can also call me Patty."

They are all interns in name, but most of the person in charge named Gwen is a graduate who has a formal dispatch contract with Osborn, and he has enough strength to become an important member of the technical department at a young age, and he can also be accepted Called to receive investors... And she, in comparison, is simply a cleaning girl that can be seen everywhere!

She was the one who asked for help, but the one who made this decision was Tony himself!What are you doing, he is serious!

And she also agreed in a moment of excitement, and didn't regret it until then.

but--

Petra thought about it, maybe Osborne's people have been used to it for a long time. I heard that Tony was absent from the military award ceremony. Is it really busy or fake busy?Anyway, the rich are uncles, and the rich and skilled are even more troublesome.

After comforting herself in this way, Petra felt a little more at ease. Seeing Gwen looking at herself thoughtfully, she simply confessed: "I was very interested in biological sciences when I was in school, but I was still interested I thought I had no chance to visit Osborne... I hope there is no joke."

"Hello, Petty. Don't be so nervous." Gwen responded briskly, "If there is a big guy on the board of directors, I will feel very troublesome."

As he was speaking, he turned his gaze to the glass box in front of him, put one hand on it, and tapped lightly through the glass, as if trying to attract the golden python's attention.He couldn't help smiling slightly: "Don't you think it's beautiful?"

"It's kind of scary, too," Petra said.

"Yeah." Gwen also admitted, "The aesthetics of scientists is always a bit shocking."

After hearing what he said, Petra looked at the golden python again.

The boa constrictor, who was watched by the two at the same time, was faintly aware of it. A pair of big yellow eyes slowly approached the inner side of the glass, facing them.

"Is this an adult body?" Petra couldn't help asking, "It seems to be more than ten meters..."

"That's it."

"Is it?"

Gwen looked at her, still very calm: "Originally, the growth period of the golden python was about five years, but this one was bred from the laboratory... it only took more than five months."

"More than five months!" She was taken aback.

"Surprised, isn't it? I was too." Gwen continued, "Moreover, it has far exceeded its normal size, its food intake has also increased, and more importantly-its personality has also been affected. Some people I will keep it as a pet snake because of the unique appearance and gentle temper of this rare species, which is easy to tame and safe even in the house. This one has been kept in a glass box and has never been in direct contact with people, but I I have observed the scene where the breeder is feeding. Guess how it eats?"

"Didn't it be swallowed directly?"

"It should be like this." He knocked on the glass twice again, and the python's head vaguely moved a few centimeters following his shaking fingers, "Use the body to crush the prey first, and then swallow it in one gulp..."

Gwen's tone was normal, but with the cool light and gloomy background in the laboratory, saying this still made people feel eerie.He looked at the glass box worriedly: "We fed it a white mouse, two weeks ago, it started not busy eating, but drove the white mouse to a corner, watched it escape, then bit it, and threw it back, and so on. "

Petra was staring at Gwen's hand in a daze at first, her thoughts scattered, she felt that his fingers were slender and beautiful for a while, and a little worried for a while, fearing that the snake would suddenly break through the glass and bite.

She was startled, and suddenly realized: "Like a cat? Could it be that you have added..."

"It's not 'us'." Gwen corrected, "If it were me, I would never do such a thing. Doesn't it sound scary to you?"

Petra nodded honestly: "Everyone would think so."

"But some people don't." Gwen couldn't help sighing, "However, this is not something we can decide, and we don't have the authority to know what has been added to its genes. Maybe it's just an attempt to improve , rather than the final product."

"Try." Petra chewed the word and asked curiously, "What are they trying to do?"

"I don't know either." Gwen replied, "Maybe it's to improve the survival rate? Golden pythons basically can't survive in the wild, and cats—"

"However, if you want to improve the survival rate of this breed, I think you should start with the skin? The fundamental problem is that albinism makes it impossible for them to hide themselves." Petra said hesitantly, "No, if you change the appearance, you can't talk about it. What is it called 'Golden Python'? So they want to change its predation ability?"

"You're pretty much what I thought." Gwen said, "The test results show that its instantaneous movement speed is very fast, and its endurance is far better than that of ordinary pythons. However, as far as I know, cats are not long-distance running creatures. A skilled hand, I thought, and maybe I wasn't quite right."

Petra thought for a while, but she had no direction, and seeing Gwen's appearance, she had no more information to disclose.Finally, she sighed: "Scientists really have enough time to do research on a snake."

Gwen was noncommittal.

"Is it okay for you to tell me this...?" Petra asked tentatively again, "Isn't it for selling products?"

"Of course not. Seeing that you are very interested, I couldn't help talking a little more." Gwen smiled, "I think normal academic discussions won't affect anything? By the way, this is just a viewing area, we want to show The technology is still behind. Let’s go this way.”

When Petra looked up, she found that the others had already left. Only three or two laboratory technicians were left observing the chameleon on the other side and recording data.

She nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, otherwise I don't think Mr. Stark would be interested in buying a mutant snake back."

It's another matter if the snake turns into a beautiful woman.She added in her heart.

The two looked at each other, and Gwen took it seriously.

Petra followed him a few steps, turning her head for one last look.

"Actually, I'm not particularly interested in snakes." She whispered, as if to defend herself.

"I know." Gwen looked at her with a smile, "It's because of the 'vision' of future scientists."

Petra was a little embarrassed by what he said, and opened her mouth slowly, but didn't say a complete sentence.

Objectively speaking, snakes, chameleons, and other genetically modified creatures are not scary. After seeing the spiders in the room, Petra thought belatedly, luckily Ron didn't come in, otherwise he would probably be scared to death...

Alas, obviously spiders can be cute too.Don't wizards themselves always like to keep some "weird looking" pets like toads and lizards?I really don't understand appreciation.

"What are you thinking?" Gwen asked.

Petra returned to her senses and shook her head: "It's just a little surprised."

"That's good, I was worried that you would be frightened."

"No, I think it's cute." She blurted out.

In front of them, a fluffy Mexican firefoot spider crawled slowly past.

"..."

Gwen couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing: "You're cute too."

It's not the first time Petra has been called cute.People who are much older than her will say that, but most of them are wearing a kindness filter, they will say that to everyone, it is not worth mentioning.And genuine compliments from peers out of appreciation...none.

She was at a loss for a while, but Gwen didn't seem to care.He turned and walked towards the display cabinet on the left, and entered the instruction and authentication code on the electronic screen.I saw a flash in front of my eyes, a bright white three-dimensional projection descended from the sky, and a soft female voice sounded, reading popular science articles in a flat and mechanical way.

"...encoded by 23 genes, we have this clam bridal..."

Petra half understood what she heard, and looked up.

These remodeled spiders are all locked in crystal clear glass tubes, illuminated by lights, and look like magnificent pipe organ columns from a distance, or transparent crystal towers. Echoing air currents can be heard.

She admired it, and caught some key words with her ears: "A total of seven of this breed have been bred? Are there... seven here?"

"There were originally seven." Gwen was a little embarrassed when he mentioned this, and coughed lightly, but did not hide it, "Three months ago, not long after the birth, there was something wrong with the control of the central system. A power outage in one area prevented the incubators that were being bred at the time from continuing to provide sufficient temperatures. The personnel in charge at the time moved them to an alternate lab, and in the process, a spider crawled out..."

He paused, and Petra asked, "Didn't you find it?"

"The company was in chaos at the time. Everyone was busy rescuing another big project. They didn't notice the change in the number. They didn't find out until later. When I tried to find it again, it was already gone."

"Is that so..."

"However, every product cultivated by Osborne has a positioning system installed. After the system was repaired, they tracked its footprints to the outskirts, and when they found it, it was dead." Gwen shook her head, recalling the contents of the work manual .He had just entered Osbourne not long ago, and he didn't know much about it. After he took over the project, he looked through the records and found out that there was such a thing. "It was snowing during that time, and the outdoor temperature was very low. The supervisor also said that he had expected that it would not be able to survive. Don't worry. Later, Osborne strengthened various managements to ensure that similar accidents would not happen again. "

Suburbs...

Petra didn't think much about it at first, took a few photos of the glass tubes one by one with her mobile phone, and decided to take them back to show Tony.She lowered her head, and while following Gwen, while checking the clarity of the photos in the album, her fingers slid quickly, stopped suddenly, turned back, found a photo with a suitable angle, zoomed in, and zoomed in again.

She carefully looked at the details of the spider, and suddenly she was shocked.Doesn't this look familiar...

To the uninitiated, many spiders looked alike, and she wasn't sure she'd ever seen one that looked exactly like it.

But if you heard it right, what Gwen said just now was, three months ago?