Although Matt is rescued, he is still in critical condition and remains in the ICU.
Schiller says to Strange, "Doctor Strange, consider me in your debt. If there's anything I can help you with in the future, feel free to come to me."
Strange's look isn't good; he is brought in from the afternoon and performs surgery for nearly ten hours straight. He says impatiently, "God helps me not to see you again, freak."
Schiller doesn't get mad, "I believe you've already witnessed my abilities. So, here my one more piece of advice: be extra careful when you drive."
Strange replies, "Stop playing these weird tricks on me; I'm going back to sleep."
With that, he leaves. Schiller shrugs his shoulders, knowing there is no way to change Doctor Strange's fate. Given Strange's current character, it is unlikely he listens to any advice.
But that doesn't matter. When the time comes, and he seeks help everywhere to heal his arm and fruitless, he eventually thinks of Schiller.
After a good sleep back at the clinic, Schiller wakes up to find he has two more chances for random chats, indicating that he makes a significant impact on two important characters in the storyline. One should be Daredevil, Matt; the other is Spider-Man.
Schiller plans to use one chance first. His powers indeed need strengthening. Witnessing Daredevil Matt's accident, he feels his defense and evasion abilities, especially his reaction speed, are still not strong enough. Even if he can teleport, within a mere fraction of a second, no one can ensure they will be able to react in time. Relying solely on the sometimes-faulty Spider-Sense is not enough.
So Schiller opens the chat system and uses one random chat chance.
Quickly, his chat partner arrives, but strangely, the avatar is pitch black, with only two eyes shining brightly.
As soon as the communication starts, Schiller hears a string of language he can't understand.
All his previous chat partners speak English, and even the Ancient One communicates directly with mind waves, which are easy to understand.
But this time, he encounters a partner who speaks gibberish that Schiller can't comprehend at all.
He taps the system and asks, "Can't the chat system translate it? What language is the other side speaking?"
Due to Schiller's past life experiences, he visits various universities for sightseeing and exchanges. Besides English and Chinese, he also knows some European languages. But the language the partner speaks is none of these, and Schiller has never heard it before.
The system replies with a line, "The chat system will automatically translate any language of the chat partner. If there are still contents that cannot be understood, it indicates a difference in life form between the host and the partner. To understand the partner's language, a special brain organ is required."
Schiller understands, the other party is definitely not human. The long string of unidentifiable sounds he emits might require a specific brain organ to receive and are not a language but more like a signal. As a human, Schiller might not have the unique organ of their species, so naturally, he cannot understand what is said.
Schiller clicks on the avatar and sure enough, a few words are clearly written—God of Symbiotes Knull.
He does not expect this random connection to be able to reach Knull.
The God of Symbiote is extensively described in the Venom comics. To put it simply, he is an ancient creature that exists since the birth of the universe, the Lord of the Abyss. He forges a weapon called the All-Black The Necrosword, chops off the head of a Celestial, and begins to afflict other civilizations in the universe.
He discovers how to create dark creatures, namely symbiotes, and along with his symbiote army and the dragon army he creates, he ranges throughout the universe without restraint.
Until one day, he directs his symbiote army to attack Earth and is then struck half dead by a bolt of lightning from the All-Father, severing his connection with most of the symbiotes he creates.
Most symbiotes scatter throughout the universe, attaching to various forms of life. Many are kind and rational aliens, which make the symbiotes realize their creator's acts of destroying civilizations are evil; hence they rebel.
After the rebellion, the symbiotes imprison their creator, the God of Symbiotes Knull, on a desolate remote planet, which is known as the Planet of the Symbiotes.
Schiller does not rush to use the next chat opportunity. Instead, he begins to research what Knull is actually saying with enthusiasm.
From the start of the connection, Knull continuously speaks in a rapid succession of incomprehensible sounds.
The setting here is more rational than in the comics where the entire universe speaks English. Schiller cannot understand a single word the God of Symbiotes says. But, as he keeps sending messages, Schiller manages to discern some patterns.
After repeated confirmation, Schiller finally understands the message the God of Symbiotes intends to convey—he is cursing.
Indeed, although not the entire universe speaks English, the tone of all beings when cursing is basically similar, and certain words frequently appear. The God of Symbiotes is doing just that.
Schiller hears a syllable "Nataru" repeatedly in the angry tone of the God of Symbiotes and guesses it is probably a swear word in the symbiote language equivalent to "Fuck".
So, when the God of Symbiotes finishes a long rant, Schiller casually utters the word ,"Nataru."
The other side falls eerily silent.
The God of Symbiotes has been cursing for years, and this is the first time he is cursed at.
Schiller's supposition is very accurate. That word indeed is a swear word in the language of Symbiotes. The God of Symbiotes sends back an even more angered string of words at Schiller. But Schiller still responds lightly with "Nataru."
After listening for a while, Schiller even learns several other curses, even mimicking the tongue-clicking and pronunciation perfectly.
The God of Symbiotes keeps sending long messages. Schiller often picks a few words to curse back.
Anyway, the God of Symbiotes cannot come through the internet cable to hit him, no matter how strong he is or that he has killed a Celestial.
While cursing back at the God of Symbiotes, Schiller reflects on the origins of this ancient creature.
The God of Symbiotes is quite unfortunate. Putting aside whether he is good or not, the descendants he creates imprison him and isolate their creator on a planet, and it seems they have been imprisoned for a very long time.
It's not hard to understand why he rages. If Schiller encounters the same situation, he would also bluster.
Then Schiller begins to study the ability to replicate the power of the God of Symbiotes. Honestly, he hesitates a while. He estimates the power of the God of Symbiotes is to create symbiotes, and Schiller doesn't want such an ability.
He clicks on the avatar and notices the line about copying powers turns red, with a bracket saying, "The subject's ability is mutating; please copy with caution."
It is the first time Schiller encounters such a phenomenon.
Let's goes back to the origins story of the God of Symbiotes.
After being imprisoned, the God of Symbiotes does not just sit back and wait to die; of course, he tries to escape. Schiller's timing is very coincidental, connecting with him shortly after the God of Symbiotes thinks of this method.
The God of Symbiotes is a very ancient creature, and although he cannot be confirmed whether he is the first life form in the seventh universe, he is certainly one of the first.
His strength comes more from his inherent talent than his intelligence. The method he conceives for escape is not based on wisdom, but also a utilization of his special gift. Schiller's understanding of this part of the comics is not much in his former life, but he knows that the offspring created by the God of Symbiotes are not fair in ability—some are strong, and some are weak.
Some symbiote offspring possess unique abilities. And the God of Symbiotes plans to use this characteristic to create a special symbiote. He wants his next split to be incorporeal, a sentient cloud of smoke. By transferring his consciousness into this offspring's body, he can escape the confines of the planetary prison.
Honestly, this isn't a particularly clever solution, nor is it certain to work. But what else can the God of Symbiotes do, imprisoned on a lonely planet, if not find something to occupy his time? So his daily routine consists of only two things: cursing and procreating.
Just as he is about to transfer his consciousness into this new creation, Schiller connects with him. That's why the God of Symbiotes' abilities are mutating—because he is transferring his consciousness into a new body, and his abilities are becoming those of the new form.
Generally speaking, if the connection is with an entity like the God of Symbiotes, it is almost impossible for Schiller to replicate his powers, much like an un-bitten Spider-Man. Originally, the God of Symbiotes relied on the powerful All-Black The Necrosword to fight in the cosmos. His ability to split and create dark creatures stems from his essence and emerges spontaneously after his defeat, without any known source.
These are powers that Schiller can't replicate, and even if he could, he wouldn't copy them. Why would he want to slice himself into pieces? Besides, the fragments might join forces to betray him. It's just too unreliable.
So without hesitation, Schiller chooses to replicate the mutating ability. If it's an invisibility or damage avoidance type of ability, it would be very profitable for Schiller. Even if it's like Venom, able to exert considerable strength or become something like a battle suit, that would be good too.
"Symbiote Mist (Special Ability) is equipped."
The moment Schiller feels another point of view. He still has his eyes, but the one using them is no longer him. The signals he receives through his eyes are still processed by his brain.
It's as if he has directly copied over a symbiote.
No, it's somewhat different. System-copied abilities don't bring any external objects to Schiller, nor can it replicate the equipment or other physical objects.
For example, if Schiller replicates Iron Man's abilities, he might obtain Stark's genius intellect or his capacity to develop equipment, but he wouldn't be able to obtain a finished suit like the Mark 5.
The system can only replicate the innate abilities of the chat partner, unable to copy anything external to them.
Schiller feels as though a naive soul has been stuffed into his body. But it isn't an external object; it's still himself. The symbiote doesn't become something like Venom, which can detach from the host at any time. It has become a part of Schiller.
Simply put, it becomes an ability loaded into Schiller by the system, becoming a part of him. Like other abilities he obtains from the system, it can't separate from Schiller. If Schiller dies, it will perish as well and can't escape nor seek another host.
But it still has some characteristics of a symbiote, such as the ability to think. Schiller can feel a part of his brain has been altered, the symbiote has become an organ of his brain. Their communication resembles a dialogue between one personality and another.
This symbiote is indeed special. Schiller will realize later that the God of Symbiotes has imbued it with more of his ambitions.
After being copied by the system, to integrate the characteristics of the symbiote with the loaded abilities, the system further modifies the symbiote, making it a possibly unique life form in the entire universe, an immensely powerful one.