Besides these models intentionally developed by Umbrella, there was another model whose origin was entirely accidental.
Due to Umbrella's neglect of worker safety at its Atlantic waste disposal facility in favor of accelerating research, a batch of creatures resembling Gamma Hunters somehow mutated and escaped into the island's flooded lower regions.
There, they successfully resisted all of Umbrella's attempts to expel them.
These new creatures were named "Gimmers" due to their glowing red eyes; they were far more sensitive to light than their predecessors and gained the ability to spit strong acid at opponents.
This model became extinct after the facility was destroyed in 2002.
Meanwhile, Umbrella Corporation's competitors developed the "Hunter II," a more intelligent version of the "Alpha" model that could track targets using automated surveillance equipment.
This company also created the "Scavenger," a toxic Hunter with reddish skin.
The Italian bioterrorist organization "Il Veltro" later acquired a mass-produced third-party Hunter model, whose design was similar to the Hunter II.
In 2005, a variant infected with the T-Abyss Virus was created and named the "Stinger."
This model was capable of turning its body transparent, making itself invisible, but it was more aggressive and harder to control…
The Hunter model in the Resident Evil 0 series is the Alpha, the original product, resembling an upright lizard-man with scaly skin and sharp claws on its fingers, capable of easily tearing through the flesh of any creature—
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Plague Crawler
An insectoid Bio-weapon developed by Umbrella Corporation in its early stages, it was uncontrollable.
It was as large as a small dog, but being an insect, its attack power was extremely strong.
It could perform flying pounce attacks over short distances, and its shell was hard, with steel-like mandibles and sharp barbs on its limbs.
Its weakness remained fire—
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Lurker
A frog-like creature infected by the T-Virus, it was enormous and could hide in unnoticed corners to launch surprise attacks.
Its tongue could instantly coil around prey and swallow it whole—
Giant Scorpion (Stinger)
A scorpion infected by the T-Virus, it was incredibly massive.
Its sturdy shell allowed it to withstand a large amount of firearm damage, its powerful pincers could snap steel, and the venomous stinger on its tail could instantly kill large beasts—
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Giant Centipede (Centurion)
A centipede infected by the T-Virus, also enormous in size, it preferred to hide in dark sewers.
Its shell was fiery red and sturdy, and its surprise attack speed was incredibly fast.
It was the "old gentleman" among Bio-weapons, fond of the "embrace and kill" move on various lolis.
The weakness of insectoid Bio-weapons remained fire, fearing Molotov cocktails—
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Giant Bat (Bat)
A bat infected by the T-Virus, the most troublesome boss in the Resident Evil 0 series.
It was enormous and could summon smaller bats to attack, which was very annoying.
A moment of carelessness could lead to being overwhelmed by swarms of bats—
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Proto Tyrant (T-001 Model)
The Tyrant is a humanoid Bio-weapon developed by Umbrella Corporation, created through T-Virus infection or cloned specimens, intended for use as a super soldier on the battlefield.
From 1988 to 1998, Umbrella Corporation pioneered research into human mutants in their Tyrant project.
Unlike ordinary zombies, Tyrants possessed a certain degree of intelligence.
Due to this intelligence, Tyrants were considered the "ultimate Bio-weapon" for military use.
Ultimately, research into Tyrant specimens and their development surpassed Umbrella Corporation itself.
In late spring 1998, when the ε-strain was completed, the Tyrant finally entered prototype production.
The T-Virus was able to mutate test subjects at a faster rate than ever before, greatly increasing their size and strength.
However, rapid physical changes were often fatal, and test subjects could die in the process.
The research team arranged for some prisoners to be transported to the Arklay Laboratory as test subjects.
The exact number of participants in this experiment is uncertain, but since the final three surviving Tyrants were designated T-001, T-002, and T-011, it is speculated that there were at least 11 participants.
Research on T-001 was abandoned due to mental degeneration.
The research team concluded that this was a result of injecting an excessive dose of the T-Virus, which also led to skin necrosis.
This outcome helped the research team refine the manufacturing techniques for T-002 and T-011.
When the Arklay Laboratory experienced a viral outbreak, cloned embryos of T-002 were developed and evacuated for further research.
The first-generation prototype Tyrant had many flaws: an exposed heart, exposed spine, and festering skin.
Aside from its immense size and strength, it was basically full of weaknesses.
As long as one wasn't scared by its terrifying appearance, it could be killed by hitting its heart weakness with an ordinary pistol—
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Leech Queen (Queen Leech I)
First form, created by Marcus by fusing Leech DNA with the Progenitor Virus, possessing strong adaptive stability.
She could resurrect those on the verge of death, and the Leech Queen would inherit the memories of the infected host, being reborn with a hermaphroditic appearance.
Because she inherited memories, she possessed high intelligence.
She could control a large number of Mutated Leeches to attack, and also possessed the abilities of a superhuman Rubber Fruit, able to extend her arms and limbs at will.
The Leech's mimicry could also imitate the appearance of the infected, and her recovery ability was extremely strong.
Ordinary firearms could not cause damage, and her weakness remained fire—
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Leech Queen (Queen Leech II)
Second form, the Leech Queen's temporary counterattack when near death.
Her body would become extremely massive, transforming into a huge tumor to protect her core, collapsing onto the ground.
However, according to the ancient Bio-weapon boss adage, generally, the larger the monster, the weaker it is.
A single Magnum shot could easily kill her—
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In the future, when new plotlines are opened, I will first list the data to facilitate analysis and identification.
That's all for today, finding information is too troublesome.
The story continues tomorrow, don't scold me…
Chapter 31: The Exterminator
"Hiss—!!!"
Just as Javier was still contemplating whether to create a superhero in the Resident Evil world, the two mutated spiders in front of him suddenly let out a hiss.
Their front fangs, like a cobra's, suddenly sprayed a viscous yellow liquid directly towards Javier and his two companions.
Seeing this,
Javier was startled.
He quickly lit the rag of the Molotov cocktail in his hand and threw it instantly!
"Poison Spray, are you Pokémon or something?"
"Then try my Flamethrower…!"
The dirty Molotov cocktail was thrown into the air.
Just as it was about to hit the two mutated spiders, Javier suddenly spun the Desert Eagle in his hand, gripping the silver gun body steadily, pulled the trigger, and a loud bang echoed!
"Click,"
"Boom… Boom—!!!"
The Magnum pistol had immense power.
The 0.50-inch caliber bullet created a huge sonic boom in the air.
Accompanied by the flickering orange-yellow flames, a thumb-sized bullet shot out, precisely hitting the Molotov cocktail's bottle.
In an instant… the bottle shattered, glass flying everywhere, and the powerful cavitation effect caused the gasoline inside to expand and erupt, then it touched the already lit flame on the rag.
"Hiss…"
The igniter, flame, air, gasoline, and even the cavitation effect from the Magnum bullet accelerating the combustion—several reactions combined, turning the originally unremarkable Molotov cocktail into a burning bomb.
Fierce flames suddenly exploded in front of the two mutated spiders, and the powerful heat generated instantly engulfed them!
A few seconds later,
Only two black, motionless bodies lay on the ground, completely lifeless.
This made Javier couldn't help but exclaim how powerful his flamethrower was.
What poison spray?
Don't you know bug-types are weak against fire?
Do you think you're really a master of reverse type advantage?
As for the yellow venom that was just sprayed,
It was forcibly diverted by the flame explosion, splattering on the ground.
However, when Javier saw the yellow venom corroding the sturdy concrete floor, creating several holes, he couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.
He felt that his previous words were… acceptable.
Let's not be superheroes.
The potency of this venom is basically no different from super strong sulfuric acid.
What's more absurd is… if this were injected into the body, let alone Spider-Man, even the body would probably be corroded to nothing—
"What was that just now?"
"Spiders? How could they be so big!"
Although Rebecca was startled by Javier's flamethrower, when she noticed the spider corpses on the ground, she couldn't help but murmur.
From the Plague Crawler earlier to the Giant Centipede, and now the giant spiders, this Institute was becoming increasingly bizarre.
She had no idea what even more terrifying monsters awaited them later…
"They are indeed spiders,"
"They should be Bio-weapons researched by Umbrella Corporation, but these creatures are completely uncontrollable.
I don't know what Umbrella's purpose in researching them is?"
Facing Rebecca's murmuring, Billy Coen behind her also shook his head and said.
He had seen many monsters along the way, but Billy Coen still couldn't understand Umbrella Corporation's goal.
If they really wanted to research Bio-weapons, why didn't they research intelligent ones, but rather this group of brainless creatures?
What good were they besides indiscriminately harming people?
"No good at all,"
"Don't ever try to guess the thoughts of these 'geniuses' with a normal person's mind.
After all, they always like to use moral excuses like 'helping all humanity evolve to immortality' to satisfy their own selfish desires."
"Researching viruses, besides giving them an overflowing sense of self-satisfaction, making them feel like they're on par with gods, and thinking they're superior to the Creator, basically has no meaning at all."
Seeing Rebecca and Billy Coen falling into a misconception, Javier quickly waved his hand to dissuade them, preventing them from getting into another dead end.
Saying that,
After thoroughly checking that there were truly no other mutated spiders in the underground tunnel, Javier and his two companions continued deeper into it.
"Thump, thump, thump…"
"Thump, thump, thump…"
"Thump, thump, thump…"
However,
To Javier and his two companions' surprise,
The end of this underground tunnel was not the high-tech, precise Laboratory they imagined, but a dusty, blood-stained dungeon!
Yes…
A dungeon.
The facilities inside were not filled with medical alcohol, with white walls, neatly arranged precision instruments, piles of data, and patient beds like a Laboratory.
Instead, the lighting was dim, the walls emitted a strong foul odor, resembling the design of a Middle Ages dungeon.
On a rotten wooden table lay a list of documents:
"Facility Containment Personnel List, Name: Matthews K. Status: Deceased, Disposed.
Name: Mickey D. Status: Deceased, Disposed.
Name: Keith W. Status: Preserved as Specimen.
Name: Savage C. Status: Transferred to Institute Facility…"
It was densely packed,
Mostly Marcus's experimental subjects.
These people were likely some of the Institute's personnel, and some were death row inmates.
During their lives, they undoubtedly suffered various inhumane tortures in this underground prison before being sent to more secure Laboratories.
"…"
"It's a list of experimental personnel.
This is an underground prison.
They must have been imprisoned here, subjected to inhumane torture, before being sent to more secure Laboratories.
It's just… the smell of blood here is too pungent.
It's hard to imagine how many people died here.
Umbrella Corporation… is no different from a demon."
Putting down the list in his hand,
Javier pushed open the wooden door next to him and entered the interrogation room from the guardroom.
Rebecca and Billy Coen, who followed closely behind, exchanged glances, their expressions grim, and followed him in.
Their emotions at this moment were not particularly good either.
"Creak—!"
"Squeak…"
Pushing open the rotten wooden door,
The interrogation room inside revealed rows of terrifying torture instruments.
Even through the thick walls, the rusty, blackened instruments still emitted a chilling aura.
The black stains, whether dried blood or something else, were unsettling.
Saws, guillotines, spikes, heavy iron chains, torture chairs for binding hands and feet, and even the legendary Iron Maiden in a corner.
A cage covered in spikes, where people were placed during execution, and the opening was slowly closed.
Under the pressure of gravity, the spikes would slowly pierce the skin, penetrate the muscles, and even pierce the bone marrow.
Coupled with the confined environment, it could easily drive people mad, making it one of Europe's more famous torture instruments.
And with this thing placed here,
It showed how terrifying Marcus's twisted psychology truly was—
"How many inhumane experiments have taken place here…"
Rebecca looked at the incredibly cruel torture instruments and the dried bloodstains on the ground, her heart trembling, and she murmured to herself.
She was scared, but even so… Rebecca still couldn't imagine how much pain the victims brought here for experiments had suffered.
And this also made Rebecca hate Umbrella Corporation and Dr. Marcus even more.
Such a person… was no different from a demon from hell!
Compared to Rebecca's pity,
Javier and Billy Coen were busy looking for a new exit.
There were several iron doors inside the dungeon, but without exception, they were all tightly locked and impossible to open.
Moreover, these iron doors seemed to require an electrical system to unlock them.
After searching for a long time,
Javier found that the electrical system was only set up on the other side of the iron cage, but now the iron cage was also locked.
Only the abandoned ventilation duct on the side could be entered, but the ventilation duct was very high, probably requiring two people to stack up and climb to get up.
"Billy, give me a hand."
"I need to climb in from here.
It seems there are no other exits here.
Only by opening the remaining iron doors can we continue forward."
After a moment of thought,
Javier immediately made up his mind, waved his hand, and called Billy Coen and Rebecca over.
At the same time, Javier also took off the tactical backpack behind him to avoid getting stuck in the ventilation duct opening.
The space of the entire ventilation duct opening was not large, only enough for one person to pass through.
With the help of Rebecca and Billy Coen, Javier was quickly pushed by his backside and climbed onto the opening of the ventilation duct.
He flailed his legs for a long time up there before barely squeezing in, and then with a "thud"!
He landed heavily on the ground, making Javier see stars.
But fortunately, he got in…
He patted his backside.