William's mouth stretched into a wide grin.
Without hesitation, he immediately clicked "Accept Application" on the system interface.
Ding! The claim application from client 'Peter Parker' has been accepted and is currently undergoing risk assessment and solution generation...
Assessment complete! This incident meets the claims standard for the "Scientific Research Exploration Safety Guarantee Insurance (Upgraded Version)."
Claim solution generating...
Solution One: Emergency Medical Assistance. A 'Special Medical Research Fund' has been anonymously injected into the client's guardian account, sufficient to cover all treatment costs at any private hospital.
Solution Two: Superpower Awakening Observation and Guidance. The client has been matched with an 'Anonymous Online Guidance Counselor' (served by host William Rodriguez) and provided with an electronic version of the "Superhuman Novice's Guide V1.0 (Spider-Type)." Simultaneously, the system will provide a 'High-Energy Nutritional Supplement' formula, recommending the client increase protein and sugar intake recently.
Solution Three: Genetic Mutation Risk Hedging. The client's insurance agreement has been supplemented with "Species Change Joint Liability Insurance" and "Identity Information Confidentiality Insurance" clauses, provided free of charge, with future upgrade options.
It even considered the risk of species change?
His golden finger's core was service.
By providing these superheroes with the help they truly needed but couldn't obtain through normal channels, he could establish an unbreakable trust relationship.
Money?
For most heroes, money was the least important thing.
What they needed was understanding, support, and someone to tell them, "Don't be afraid, I'm familiar with this, just follow the manual," when they were most lost and vulnerable.
Although Peter's family wasn't wealthy, William didn't think that was his most pressing need at the moment.
Solution Two!
William took a deep breath, and with the excitement of opening a rare blind box, he pressed the gleaming "Confirm Claim" button.
Claim confirmed! Random ability being extracted from client 'Peter Parker'...
Extracting...
Extraction successful! Congratulations, host, you have gained the ability: Bio-static Adhesion (Primary Level).
A strange sensation instantly surged through his entire body.
It wasn't a surge of strength, nor a sharpening of the senses. Instead, it was a subtle feeling, as if every pore on his body's surface had been endowed with a faint magnetism.
He felt an invisible, mind-controllable connection between himself and the surrounding material World.
Ability Name: Bio-static Adhesion (Primary Level).
Ability Description: By controlling the bio-static field on your body's surface, you can generate sufficient adhesion on smooth solid surfaces to support your own body weight. At the current ability level, the adhesion is weak, requires high mental concentration, and is susceptible to strong electromagnetic interference.
Note: Congratulations, you can now legally walk on ceilings. Friendly reminder, please be mindful of Newton's feelings.
This is it!
Wall-crawling!
One of Spider-Man's core abilities!
William was so excited he almost cried out.
He looked around; the empty underground garage was now the perfect testing ground.
His gaze fell upon the brand-new, money-glowing black Audi A8L.
He extended his right hand and concentrated.
Imagining some kind of suction forming between his palm and the smooth car door.
As expected, his palm adhered firmly to the car door, as if attracted by a powerful magnet.
He tried to pull, transferring the strength of his entire arm, but his palm didn't budge!
Success!
William was overjoyed, feeling like he had opened the door to a New World.
With this ability, his survivability and mobility would undergo a qualitative leap!
Things like tracking, infiltration, escape... it was practically a divine skill!
Playfully, he tried to attach his other hand to the car body, then lifted both feet off the ground, hanging like a gecko on the Audi A8L's car door.
"Cool!"
He couldn't help but exclaim.
However, joy turned to sorrow.
Perhaps his excitement caused his attention to waver.
He felt the suction on his palms suddenly weaken, and he lost his support, plummeting straight to the ground.
"Damn it!"
In the nick of time, he instinctively twisted his head, wanting to cushion the fall with his face... no, he wanted to use the skin on his face to adhere to the ground!
Splat!
A crisp sound.
His face... successfully stuck to the mirror-smooth car door of the Audi A8L.
William was plastered against the car door in an extremely embarrassing pose, his face pressed against it.
His body hung in the air, like a giant poster stuck askew.
The cold metallic touch and the strong car wax scent in his nostrils instantly sobered him up.
He could feel the muscles of his cheeks engaging in intimate "static electricity communication" with the car door.
Just then, his private phone in his pocket vibrated again, at an inconvenient moment.
William twisted his body with difficulty, using the hand that wasn't stuck to pull out his phone.
After clearing his mind, the highly concentrated intention he had used to maintain "Bio-static Adhesion" instantly dissipated.
Thud!
The suction disappeared.
William, like a plaster peeled off, fell to the smooth floor without dignity, his backside making intimate contact with the hard ground.
"Ow!"
He cried out in pain.
Anonymous Online Guidance Counselor (You) has a new message to process.
William, getting up from the ground, clicked on it.
A dialogue box popped up.
Client - Peter Parker:
Hello... are you the guidance counselor for 'Superhuman Novice's Guide'?
After I applied for the claim, your contact information appeared on my phone?
Are you familiar with Rodriguez?
Can you please not tell him yet?
I... I feel like I'm about to catch fire!
And I think I can hear the TV from the house across the street; they're still watching a boring soap opera.
The most terrifying thing is, my hand just stuck to the ceiling!
Am I... am I going to turn into some kind of monster? Help!
The words were filled with the boy's terror, confusion, and helplessness.
As William read the text, he imagined the high school student curled up in the corner of his room, terrified and at a loss due to the sudden changes.
He remembered his own foolishness of having his face stuck to the car door just now.
A sense of kinship, of sharing the same plight, naturally arose.
He thought for a moment, then his fingers flew across the virtual keyboard.
Anonymous Online Guidance Counselor:
Don't panic, kid. First, congratulations, you're not turning into a monster, you just won the lottery.
Secondly, about sticking to the ceiling, trust me, it's normal, just a common beginner's problem.
I have a friend who, the first time he tried, stuck his face to the door of his new Audi; now that was embarrassing.
Now, take a deep breath and follow page one of the manual I sent you.
Increase your protein and sugar intake; you need energy, lots of energy.
Think of this as a belated puberty, except your development is a bit more three-dimensional.
Message sent.
William leaned against the car, looking at the "guidance advice" he had sent, a smile involuntarily playing on his lips.
Becoming a "life mentor" for a superhero... it didn't feel bad at all.
At least, when it came to the question of "how to gracefully get down from a wall," he had just gained firsthand, valuable, albeit slightly painful, experience through personal practice.
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