Peter was utterly bewildered.
Recently, both the technology and magic sides had successively made significant technological advancements. The technological progress was mainly manifested in material science, with Stark making revolutionary progress in the fusion material of vibranium and molten steel, and also achieving breakthroughs in coatings.
The magical side mainly saw advances in wand and magic core technology, which, in simple terms, means progress in magicians' personal equipment and energy studies.
The first batch of magical plants had been cultivated, and many of the materials they produced had been incorporated into the wand production process, resulting in a batch of wands that, although not perfect, showed preliminary effectiveness.
Strange proposed the concept of the "Ark Reactor of the Magic World", igniting the first spark in the magic energy core by continually compressing magic energy until it underwent a significant change.
While technological advancements were good, they led to an arms race between the technological and magical sides.
Stark, the leading figure on the technological side, and Supreme Sorcerer Strange, the leading figure on the magical side, had both ventured into a dead end of outdoing each other on who was faster, better, and stronger. They wished they could loudly proclaim to all universes that they were the ones who held the truth.
Spider-man Peter Parker, in particular, had ended up becoming the meat in the sandwich, stuck in the middle and left in a difficult position.
The scientific research level of genius researcher Peter Parker is already well known. However, the symbiotic red bee within him gained many benefits from the Morlun family's calamity, namely the faith power of these vampires, which is a form of magic. So, now Peter can also use magic.
Add to that, Peter had been going to Shiller's Tower of Thought to experience Hogwarts classes and had developed a keen interest in magic medicine. Therefore, he had also been heavily involved in the cultivation of magical plants, leading Strange to consider him a once-in-a-millennium genius in magical research.
In general, the level of education and research in the magical world lagged behind the scientific world. They started late, and the majority of knowledge had not formed systemic concepts.
They could only borrow from Demon Gods in the past, so no matter what research they conducted, it was exhaustive and scraping together what they could. The consequences of sudden wealth were that many magicians could not adapt to systematic research and were still following the old master-apprentice method.
But Peter had no such worries. He was a scientific researcher, and his strict scientific experimentation thinking was precisely what the magical world currently lacked.
The supreme sorcerer Strange, who has long secured his status, once said to all the magicians in Kamar-Taj - "When Peter Parker comes to the magic realm, another temple will rise from the ground."
Thus, Stark and Strange had a prolonged tug-of-war over where Peter Parker belonged. Both were desperate to prove that Peter was born for their respective fields.
But as the saying goes, 'the praying mantis catches the cicada, while the oriole is behind', the confrontation of these two righteous characters was apparently naive.
Another sinister alliance formed by Shiller and Nick had long seen another value in Peter Parker - he would be the core of the future Spider Legion.
Peter Parker indeed has advantages that other universe Spider-men do not have. The history of his universe has unprecedentedly achieved global unity, and S.H.I.E.L.D., SWORD, Sky Sword Bureau, human governments, and even mutants, are all his strong backing. Everyone loves Spider-Man.
This will provide crucial support for Peter Parker in vying for the position of the Spider Legion's leader.
Of course, Peter doesn't have any ambition to become a leader. He is a typical scholar-type personality, but all mature people know how crucial it is to hold a core position in an organization of the multiverse.
Things also developed as they imagined. All the Spider-Men in the Spider Legion know that this lucky guy has many weird but exactly problem-solving technologies. If he doesn't have it himself, the Avengers from his world would provide him with it.
With such a convenient solution in front of them, who would want to go the long way around? Moreover, many Spider-Men are currently troubled by some difficulties in their own worlds, such as Spider-Man 2099.
As explained before, in his universe, the entire Earth was disintegrated. Capitalists and financial groups controlled everything. Big companies monopolized all technology, allowing the wealthy to enjoy good life in space stations, while common people were left on sky islands to die.
The Spider Legion destroyed the power system of the space station, causing it to land again. But this was just the beginning, they still had many problems to solve, and at this time, the technology that Peter Parker brought was crucial.
While the Spider-Men can't slaughter all the rich people, they also have to help the poor, and the way to do that is to provide the poor with the technology they need to produce their own survival materials. Energy is key.
Although they know they can't idealize to artificial suns, the energy-extraction technology targeting the sun is clean, controllable, and pollution-free, and everyone wants it.
Peter had struggled with this problem several times. He wanted to help his counterparts from different worlds, but he didn't know how to approach Stark for help. This sounded too much like selling out the country, or rather, the universe.
Peter Parker was deeply aware that his world was far from affluent enough to "help others while thriving". But he couldn't let go of his desire to help his friends. When he was troubled by this, he naturally went to see a psychiatrist.
Shiller was a good companion for Peter to confide his inner troubles, but if Shiller was joined by a Nick, don't expect them to do anything good.
Of course, Shiller did not deceive Peter. What he said made a lot of sense. Sympathy couldn't be eaten as a meal. Helping a friend temporarily was possible, but it couldn't last forever. Establishing a long-term, stable alliance of interests was the best choice for both parties.
Taking advantage of the situation, Shiller and Nick then proposed to Peter a multiverse labor dispatch plan. Simply put, it was to exchange technology with technology, or to exchange wealth with technology.
Peter Parker would act as a technician or information communicator to their universe, assessing whether they have any special technology that is worthy of being absorbed by his own universe. If they do, they could use this technology to exchange for the technology of Peter's universe.
Obviously, the future world of Spider-Man 2099 has such technology. Their near-Earth space station technology has reached the pinnacle, especially in technological fields of space station ecology and comfort, achieving unprecedented significant breakthroughs.
And these technologies could not only be applied to space stations, but could also improve the ecological system in hostile environments on Earth. Some countries in the Middle East, for instance, are very interested and willing to pay a high price for these technologies.