Peter's routine became militaristic in its precision and intensity.
Every night, he entered the dimension. Twenty-four hours of training compressed into one second of real time. No fatigue carried over. No injuries persisted. Just pure skill development and muscle memory formation.
*Physical Training: 8 Hours Per Dimensional Day*
Martial arts came first. Peter had been training in multiple disciplines for years through instructional videos and manuals. Now he intensified.
Karate. Taekwondo. Judo. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Muay Thai. Boxing. Kickboxing. Wrestling. Sambo. Krav Maga.
Then the more obscure styles. Aikido. Hapkido. Wing Chun. Capoeira. Savate. Eskrima. Pencak Silat. Systema.
He didn't just learn them. He mastered them. The system tracked everything with perfect precision.
[Martial Arts Proficiency System Active]
[No bottlenecks in understanding or technique]
[Clear progress with every movement]
[Muscle memory formation enhanced]
Every punch thrown added experience.
Every kick practiced improved form. Every grappling session refined technique. The system removed all barriers to learning. No plateaus. No confusion. Just steady, measurable improvement.
By the end of June, Peter had achieved mastery in 50 martial arts styles. By the end of July, 150 styles. By the end of August, over 300 distinct martial arts systems were cataloged in his mind and body.
Not surface-level knowledge. Complete mastery. He could teach any of them. Could spot flaws in technique. Could adapt and improvise based on principles from dozens of different fighting philosophies.
He trained with imagined opponents. Sparring simulations run through his enhanced mind. Shadow boxing against versions of himself. Grappling with phantom enemies.
Thwack!
His fist struck the heavy bag. Perfect form. Optimal power transfer. Zero wasted motion.
Thud!
A kick snapped out. Precise. Controlled. Devastating force contained in fluid movement.
Eight hours every night dedicated to becoming the most dangerous hand-to-hand combatant humanly possible.
*Mental Training: 8 Hours Per Dimensional Day*
While his body recovered between physical sessions, Peter studied.
Genetics became his primary focus. He'd always been interested, but now it became an obsession. He consumed every genetics textbook. Every research paper. Every study on human DNA and genetic expression.
PhD-level knowledge in genetics. Then beyond PhD. Into cutting-edge theoretical genetics that most researchers only dreamed about.
He studied his own blood samples. Ran analysis after analysis. Sequenced his own genome completely.
And discovered something impossible.
His genes were unique. Not mutant exactly.
But different.
Optimized in ways that shouldn't occur naturally.
[Genetic Analysis Complete]
[Subject: Peter Parker]
[Abnormalities Detected]
His DNA had properties he'd never seen documented. Enhanced adaptability. Accelerated learning capability at the cellular level. Genetic plasticity that allowed rapid integration of new traits.
'My body can absorb genetic material,' Peter realized. 'Not just accept it. Actually integrate it. Refine it. Make it better.'
He tested the hypothesis. Introduced controlled amounts of animal DNA into cell cultures of his own tissue. Watched as his cells didn't reject the foreign DNA but instead analyzed it. Broke it down. Took useful components and incorporated them.
'This is why I learn so fast,' Peter thought.
'Why the system works so well with me. My genetics are fundamentally designed for improvement. For evolution.'
He wondered about the cause. Was this a mutant ability so subtle it never manifested obviously? A quirk of his reincarnation? A side effect of the system itself?
The answer didn't matter as much as the implications.
'The spider bite won't just give me powers,' Peter realized. 'It'll give me a foundation that I can build on. Improve. Evolve beyond what Peter Parker originally became.'
But only if he was careful. Only if he studied it first. Understood it. Controlled the process.
He continued his research. Genetics. Bioengineering. Cellular biology. Neuroscience. Biochemistry.
Every scientific discipline related to understanding and modifying the human body. PhD-level expertise achieved in each field through thousands of hours of focused study.
Then mechanical engineering. Electrical engineering. Materials science. Robotics. Computer science.
Peter didn't just study. He practiced. Built prototypes in his dimensional laboratory. Tested theories. Failed. Learned. Improved.
His Mind stat climbed steadily.
[Mind: 8.8 → 9.2 → 9.6 → 10.0]
Peak human mental capability achieved in late July. But Peter didn't stop. The system had no bottleneck. No ceiling. He kept pushing.
The mainstream peak human is 5.0 but for Peter, his potential is twice as normal humans.
Peter believes this must be a function of the system giving him the best potential for all non-super powered humans.
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