"Ah…ugh…!!!"
Lisa's screams continued.
The special physiological features all over her body were almost completely replaced and covered by the T-Veronica Virus, but only Lisa's dark red eyes remained incredibly clear and bright, still full of powerful spiritual will.
Veins bulged on her forehead and cheeks, and purple vascular networks emerged. Perhaps only a genius like Alexia believed that Lisa was almost completely eroded by the T-Veronica Virus, but the true reality was only known to Lisa herself: her body was almost done adapting to the T-Veronica Virus…
Chapter 27: Pain is Already a Thing of the Past
1967—
Raccoon City Mansion Villa Institute.
Inside the dark prison Laboratory, several researchers in white coats and gas masks approached a thinly dressed young girl. The girl was tightly bound to an experimental bed with sturdy leather straps, unable to move even an inch, no matter how much she struggled.
These devils in white coats gradually drew closer to her, their ears filled with excited chatter. Large hands in white gloves caressed the girl's body, as if admiring a perfect work of art. Were these beasts planning something sinister against the girl?
Of course not.
Because what they were doing was far worse!
"Rustle, rustle, rustle…"
"Is it Virus A and Virus B? Hurry… I can't wait any longer. This will be the first step towards the success of our experiment. This is the charm of human experimentation. Oh, look at her fair arms, they're truly beautiful… I hope she can withstand this power from the Creator."
"Hey, stop talking nonsense, inject the Virus into her quickly! Can't you see she's struggling violently? Stop dawdling!"
"Don't rush me, I know. This is my first time conducting a human experiment, and I don't want to fail. Virus A has already been injected into another woman, and her condition is very bad; it's highly likely to fail. I don't want to waste a second experimental subject!"
The cacophony of the devils' whispers filled her ears. Before the girl could react, several hands firmly pinned down her limbs, and tape sealed her mouth, preventing her desperate screams for help.
When she opened her eyes, what met her gaze were several large faces wearing gas masks. In their hands, they held a green syringe, approaching her. The needle plunged fiercely into her neck.
"Pfft…!"
"Ugh…mmph…!!!"
The intense stinging pain made veins bulge on the girl's forehead, and she struggled even more violently, not caring if the sturdy leather straps chafed her skin until it bled. She just wanted to escape this hellish den and find her mother and father…
As she wished,
The girl, after being injected with the Virus, was returned to her mother's side. Mother and child wept with joy, not caring that they were confined in a sunless cave prison. Although they didn't know what those devils in white coats had injected into them, both mother and child still held hope for government rescue.
Unfortunately,
That very night, a nightmare occurred.
The girl's mother's skin began to rot, her hair fell out frantically, her gums bled, her eyes were bloodshot, her eye sockets began to sink, and her body continuously heated up and trembled. The girl, concerned, stepped forward to check on her mother's condition,
But she was almost grabbed by her mother's arm and bitten frantically. Fortunately, the mother regained her sanity at the last moment, stopping her mouth before her teeth could reach the girl's arm.
She curled up alone in the corner, frantically stopping her daughter from approaching, enduring the pain and unbearable hunger from within her body, constantly tearing at the surrounding stone wall with her fingernails, trying to regain her sanity through pain, not caring even if blood flowed from her festering nail beds.
And as night descended,
The girl, finally unable to resist drowsiness, fell into a deep sleep…
Until she woke up the next day,
The girl looked at her mother, who was curled up silently in the corner, and couldn't help but let out a piercing scream. No matter how she called out to her mother, her mother remained still.
The girl's cries also attracted the guards outside the stone cave prison. When they checked… the girl's mother had already lost signs of life.
Therefore,
Ignoring the girl's pleas, the body of this failed female experiment was carried away. And then… the girl, unable to accept her mother's death, began to fall into a daze. She, too, had been injected with the Virus but had not died.
Instead, she remained alive and well. Although she had some mental issues, this special physique also caught the attention of the devils.
In the days that followed,
The girl was tormented by the pain of the Virus almost day and night. All sorts of pain eroded her flesh; her skin was sometimes festering and red, sometimes cold and numb, sometimes bleeding, sometimes foaming at the mouth. Various symptoms appeared on her body. Her entire body was pricked with countless needle marks, almost riddled with holes. Every needle pricked her nerves, and her wrists had long become cold, numb, and Lost consciousness.
Her spirit was even more listless,
Unable to distinguish between day and night, and having no concept of time whatsoever. Her hollow eyes stared blankly at the ceiling of the experimental prison, ignoring the coming and going researchers who used her body for all sorts of experiments.
And so…
Time slowly passed,
Night after night, day after day, year after year.
Thirty-one years of torment plunged the girl into an incredibly hollow and chaotic state. Except for the thoughts in her head, she couldn't feel the true existence of her physical body, as if her soul had floated away and her shell had withered, an odd sensation.
Until that day arrived…
A hideous, octopus-like dark red Plaga parasite and tangled tentacles pulsed before her eyes. Her shoulder blade and back were forcibly cut open, and this Plaga parasite was forcibly inserted inside. It was thought it would completely parasitize her, but little did they know her body acted up again and devoured this Plaga parasite, gaining the Plaga parasite's intelligence. The dazed girl barely regained a sliver of sanity.
And the spiritual pillar that sustained her through thirty-one years of hellish torment was her longing for her family, her mother and father. This powerful obsession made this hollow shell a living dead for nearly thirty-one years—
And now,
The clear sensation of pain surged, making the girl remember it vividly, trembling with fear all over. It was a fear that came from instinct.
"Hoo hoo hoo…"
"It's been thirty-one years, and I never thought I'd still have this nightmare. However… now it's time to awaken this damned nightmare that has entangled me for thirty-one years. I am no longer that helpless wretch, and I don't want to die in this place…"
Suddenly opening her eyes,
Lisa, kneeling on the ground, gasped and muttered to herself, her dark red eyes filled with resolute brilliance. The past scenes, accompanied by the pain she once endured, were tormenting her.
Lisa could even feel the stinging sensation of the needle piercing her skin back then, but now… waking from a long dream, the past pain was already a thing of the past. It was time to let go of everything and end all this!
At this very moment,
Both physically and mentally,
Lisa had undoubtedly completed her transformation. She had completed her evolution and her self-redemption. At this moment… she was not merely a powerful life form, but had returned to being a human being with spirit and emotion—
"…"
"Has the T-Veronica Virus finished its erosion and infection…?"
On the other side,
The lofty Alexia suddenly looked at the silent Lisa, subconsciously assuming that Lisa could no longer resist the erosion of the T-Veronica Virus and had completely assimilated into her Soldier Ant retainer. Thus, she couldn't help but murmur in confusion,
At the same time,
Alexia did not hesitate. After releasing the plant root tentacles that had entwined Lisa, she slowly closed her eyes, intending to use her inherent 'Emperor' privilege to exert bloodline suppression and control over Lisa, who was a lower-ranked 'Soldier Ant' retainer.
Because once the infection was complete,
Lisa would, like her brother Alfred, unconditionally obey her commands. There was even an invisible mental link connecting their minds, with Alexia as the dominant party. She could control everything about these infected individuals.
And so…
Alexia, without hesitation, attempted to mentally connect with Lisa's mind and exert bloodline suppression and control over her. But—
What Alexia, the dominator, never expected was that she did not sense any mental link. Besides her brother Alfred, who was clearly present in the distance, Alexia did not detect the presence of a second Soldier Ant retainer.
Could it be that…
Thinking of this,
Alexia's face suddenly registered shock. She quickly manipulated the massive, flower-bud-shaped plant root tentacles to shoot out, rapidly coiling around Lisa, not giving this cunning individual any chance to escape. If the T-Veronica Virus mist hadn't caused any infection, then she would condense the mist into liquid and pour it into Lisa's body!
Unfortunately,
Alexia's reaction was too slow.
She had underestimated the speed of Lisa's transformation at this moment. Just as the thick plant root tentacles were about to entwine Lisa's body, the next second… a scorching aura began to spread throughout the Laboratory.
"Buzz…"
"Pfft… Boom…!!!"
With a loud bang,
Lisa's wrist instantly burst open. As the wound tore, a large amount of crimson blood splattered out, and upon contact with the surrounding air, it immediately reacted. A large amount of air was compressed and scorched, instantly manifesting into a raging inferno, sweeping towards Alexia's four thick plant root tentacles with terrifying force.
And this was the power of the T-Veronica Virus,
And also the new ability Lisa gained after fusing with it.
Now, she could obtain such terrifying biological flames just by bleeding. Lisa had successfully usurped the identity of a fire elemental mage.
However,
Unlike the blood biological flames of Alexia and others, Lisa's flames were not crimson, but purplish-red, like a dazzling violet in full bloom. Perhaps it was due to the fusion of the T-Veronica Virus and the G Virus that caused the color difference, as the G Virus predominantly caused the blood in Lisa's body to be dark purple.
And this terrifying flame seemed to differ not only in color, but also in temperature. Lisa's purple flames were clearly hotter than ordinary T-Veronica Virus biological flames.
Because as soon as it appeared, the air in the Laboratory was rapidly consumed by combustion, and the temperature continuously climbed, creating a state of oxygen deprivation that caused a slight feeling of suffocation.
"Boom…!!!"
A rolling, sky-filling purple sea of fire directly swept towards Alexia's four thick plant root tentacles.
And looking at this scene before her,
Alexia's face was undoubtedly filled with shock and disbelief. She had only considered that Lisa might be eroded and infected by the T-Veronica Virus, but she had absolutely never imagined that Lisa could achieve fusion with the T-Veronica Virus. This was something Alexia would never have conceived of.
Furthermore,
This was not about arrogant genius,
But simply that Alexia believed it to be impossible. Because she recalled that in order to fuse with the T-Veronica Virus, she had spent a full year on research to discover the low-temperature freezing method. Additionally, she then spent another fourteen years undergoing low-temperature freezing to achieve perfect fusion. The energy and time expended during this period were incredibly vast.
Therefore,
Alexia would not believe that Lisa could defeat her fourteen years of effort in a mere few tens of minutes. This was absolutely impossible.
Perhaps this was also Alexia's confidence; she didn't believe that anyone else could quickly gain the power of the T-Veronica Virus through other methods. At most, erosion and infection would be the best outcome.
However,
When the truth was truly laid bare before her eyes…
Alexia, the genius, indeed felt a deep sense of defeat. So… was she not a true genius? She had spent decades to successfully achieve perfect Virus fusion, yet this anomaly before her had managed to withstand the T-Veronica Virus's erosion and successfully become its master in just a few tens of minutes?
Such an outcome,
Was unacceptable to Alexia…!
At the same time, this was also the first time she truly tasted the bitterness of defeat.
"Pfft… pfft…"
The raging purple flames engulfed Alexia's four thick plant root tentacles. The thick tentacles instantly turned to ash and scattered into the air, offering no resistance whatsoever.
Feeling the pain, Alexia finally reacted, her face twisted and ferocious. She, too, voluntarily burst open her own tentacles, spraying a large amount of blood. A crimson flame also shot out, colliding fiercely with Lisa's purple flames!
"Boom—!!!"
The two streams of flame collided,
Neither giving way to the other. The scorching high temperature continued to rise. In a short while, the entire Institute turned into a fiery hell. The two masses of flames frantically eroded and entwined, trying to engulf each other completely. Alexia's face was filled with ferocity; she now only wanted to quickly crush and trample this disgusting fellow, Lisa.
The opponent's appearance,
Had completely stripped away Alexia's research achievements and her inherent arrogance, then brutally smashed them to the ground and stomped on them. This was an unbearable humiliation for Alexia. She now deeply resented this ignorant country bumpkin, Lisa!
Vast amounts of blood continuously sprayed out from her body. Even if she was utterly exhausted, Alexia was determined to kill this country bumpkin, Lisa. But undoubtedly… Alexia had forgotten one thing again, and that was regarding endurance, no Virus could contend with the G Virus. This was its unique advantage—!
Chapter 28: Electromagnetic Railgun
On the other side—
"Da da da…"
"Da da da…"
Claire and Steve, having escaped from the cryo-chamber Laboratory, stumbled into a genetic research Laboratory. This was completely different from the previous cryo-chamber Laboratory; there were no large transparent glass nutrient tanks, nor any low-temperature freezing devices, only various stacks of data and documents.
However, there were no T-Veronica Virus research materials inside. Instead, there were genetic knowledge concepts and a large amount of data.
This was Alexander Ashford's Laboratory during his lifetime. Before he was turned into a T-Veronica Virus experimental subject by his rebellious children, Alexia and Alfred, Alexander was conducting his own research here.
Although he couldn't compare to Marcus and William in Virus research, Alexander had a deep understanding of genetics. Therefore… he decided to abandon Virus research,
And specialize in genetics, intending to use the genes of the first family head, Lady Veronica, to create a powerful new offspring to contend with Marcus and Spencer, the two founders of Umbrella Corporation.