But precisely because of this, our master of sweeping away evil, Barry has made his move!
"Click—!"
"Boom—boom—boom—!!!"
Several violent gunshots rang out.
The Colt.44 Revolver fired with full power, and several bullets instantly shot out. With precise marksmanship, the powerful Colt.44 Revolver bullets all struck the tentacle-like plants wrapped around Jill.
"Splish... splash..."
All the plant tentacles in mid-air were shot off by the bullets and splattered onto the ground.
Losing their main body and support points, the plant tentacles immediately lost their vitality and fell. Jill also instantly broke free from her restraints, tearing off the tentacles wrapped around her in a few swift movements, and quickly returned to Barry's side, retreating to a safe distance.
Feeling that Jill and Barry had withdrawn from its maximum attack range, the plant tentacles were instantly enraged, furiously slapping the ground with countless tentacles, as if venting some kind of emotion.
Seeing this, Jill's pretty face showed a scornful expression as she said:
"Bitch, now you can't do anything to me, can you?"
"Barry, now you believe me, right? This monstrous thing is alive and it attacks people. If we had rashly stepped into its territory just now, we would definitely have been eaten without a trace."
Listening to Jill's words, Barry, standing beside her, also showed an awkward expression, scratching his forehead, not knowing what to say.
No choice... who knew that Jill's female intuition would be so accurate, even knowing that the plant on the ground was alive? This was too outrageous, even more formidable than his wife. If Jill ever caught someone to be her boyfriend or husband in the future, if they ever cheated once, they'd be in deep trouble, wouldn't they? This was too terrifying!
"Heh heh..."
"Next, let's see what's around here that's a plant bane."
However,
Jill completely ignored Barry's expression and instead turned to search around the Plant Greenhouse. After all, this was a greenhouse for cultivating plants. To grow such lush and strange plants, there must be fertilizer. And if there's fertilizer, there must also be herbicides.
After all, the two are complementary...
Plants, though seemingly incredibly resilient and strong-willed, are actually difficult to deal with, but they have too many weaknesses. They are vulnerable to fire and afraid of chemical agents. Although wildfires can't burn them all and they grow back with the spring wind, if their roots are damaged by herbicide, there's absolutely nothing they can do.
After searching for a while,
Sure enough...
Jill quickly discovered an irrigation device next to the Plant Greenhouse. It was most likely equipment used by the researchers here for irrigating plants and conducting experiments. It had a few simple buttons: one for watering, one for fertilizing, and one for spraying herbicide.
Without any hesitation,
Looking at the red herbicide button on the device,
Jill quickly pressed it. That bitchy plant tentacle had humiliated her so much just now, so Jill couldn't let it go. It needed a good lesson, and herbicide was naturally the best tool for punishment.
Herbicide is the bane of plants.
Chemical power can make these plants quickly wither. There are no plants that cannot be dealt with, only insufficient doses of herbicide—!
"Buzz..."
The moment it was pressed,
The device began to emit a buzzing sound.
The irrigation hose connected to the ground suddenly began to spray a greenish, foul-smelling chemical liquid, pouring onto the plant tentacles like raindrops. Soon, the already writhing tentacles became even more frantic and violent, as if struggling.
But after a few tens of seconds,
The herbicide's potency was completely absorbed.
The frantically waving plant tentacles lost their vitality, falling limply to the ground. The originally thick and firm tentacles became completely shriveled and yellow, on the verge of death, as if they had already withered and died.
"Mission accomplished, mask obtained—!"
Seeing this,
Jill's face showed an excited expression as she murmured. This was her first time successfully defeating a strong enemy. Hmm... a strong enemy that tried to challenge the accuracy of her sixth sense.
Meanwhile, Barry, on the side, was rummaging through some documents and materials from the nearby equipment.
"Plant 42...?"
Looking at the document,
Barry then learned that the plant that had just come alive was named Plant 42. It was a plant-type Bio-weapon (BOW) accidentally discovered by Umbrella Corporation. It was a new species that emerged when Umbrella Corporation, while researching viruses, accidentally allowed wastewater from virus excretion to soak into plants for a long time, which the plants then absorbed.
This plant is carnivorous.
Although it also absorbs sunlight, water, and soil as nutrients, once it gained predatory abilities, it preferred to directly devour flesh and blood for sustenance. It possesses very strong aggressiveness and sensory perception. Any creature approaching its vicinity will trigger an attack.
And remaining still to wait for an opportunity is its most common hunting method, pretending to be an innocent and weak plant to deceive others. Once prey enters its attack range, even a top predator like a lion can be easily hunted down.
Fortunately, Jill's intuition was right just now.
If Barry had rashly gone in... he really might have been eaten—!
And this Plant Greenhouse,
It was also a simple Institute built by Umbrella Corporation after accidentally discovering Plant 42, specifically to observe the changes in Plant 42. This is also why a herbicide irrigation button was installed nearby, to allow Umbrella Corporation to prepare for any unforeseen mutations in Plant 42.
But this also indirectly proves one thing,
That is, the power of the T-Virus is immense.
It can not only infect and strengthen living animals, but even plants. In the future, there may very well be plant-based Bio-weapons (BOWs)...
...
After confirming success,
Jill slowly stepped into the Plant Greenhouse, and Plant 42 was indeed completely dead. Facing Jill, a living prey, it wanted to devour her, but it no longer had any strength. The herbicide's potency had penetrated to its roots, and its entire system was withered and shriveled, completely unable to move.
And Jill, looking at the mask hanging on the wall,
Without any surprise, she easily obtained the first Cursed Mask!
...
On the other side,
While Jill and Barry had an initial victory, being the first to open a door and obtain an item, Javier and Rebecca were still searching for clues to the mask. After obtaining a key from the narrow tunnel last time, Javier and Rebecca had been busy looking for a room door that fit the key.
Finally,
After wasting a lot of time,
Javier and Rebecca finally found the correct door.
"Phew..."
"Finally found the door for this damn key, it really wasn't easy... This Mansion Villa, though small, is no less of a confusing maze than the Executive Institute."
Breathing heavily,
Looking at the door in front of him, Javier couldn't help but sigh, but his hands didn't stop moving. He was slowly unlocking it with the key. He wanted to see what was hidden behind this door.
As for Rebecca,
She was still holding her shotgun, on guard, in case of a surprise attack upon opening the door. After all, zombies hiding behind doors wasn't a new trick, and Rebecca was already familiar with it. If a zombie lunged out the moment the door opened, Rebecca would not hesitate to shove the shotgun barrel into its mouth and then pull the trigger, creating a fresh watermelon headshot.
However...
Things did not go as planned.
"Click—!!!"
The iron door slowly opened.
There was no zombie attack rushing out from behind the door; the space ahead was empty. But what was lying on the ground instantly sent shivers down Rebecca's spine, triggering her trypophobia, and she couldn't help but let out a loud scream:
"Ah—!"
"Snakes! Snakes... Javier, there are snakes! So many, many snakes—!!!"
The shotgun in her hand offered no sense of security.
Rebecca was so scared that she immediately retreated several steps, pointing at the countless densely packed'spicy strips' on the ground and screaming. There was no helping it... snakes, cockroaches, rats, caterpillars—these things, the moment anyone sees them, they feel an inexplicable horror. This is a terrifying imprint etched in the brain over a long period of time, and after a while, it still triggers a conditioned reflex!
Chapter Twelve: Poisonous Snakes
Yes,
Snakes—!
There were many snakes coiled on the ground, of various colors. Javier scanned them at a glance and estimated at least 40 or more snakes coiled in the passage inside. And the moment Javier and Rebecca opened the door,
These snakes were startled awake.
They all raised their necks, flicking their tongues, and emitted a hissing sound to warn Javier and Rebecca. And Javier could guarantee... almost all the snakes inside were highly venomous.
In this situation,
If someone with ophidiophobia saw this, they would probably faint on the spot, as it was truly terrifying. Even Javier, who wasn't particularly sensitive to snakes, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, feeling a chill down his spine, his hairs standing on end, and goosebumps all over!
It seems humans truly have no initial fondness for these legless, wriggling'spicy strip' creatures—
"Hiss—!!!"
Of course,
Just as Javier had no fondness for snakes, the snakes naturally felt the same way about Javier and Rebecca.
Furthermore, these were not ordinary snakes, but snakes infected with a weak T-Virus. One could tell by the festering skin on their scales, and they had also grown horns to varying degrees on their heads, just like the horns of a horned viper. There were faint signs of what legends called 'dragon transformation.'
Facing the intruders, Javier and Rebecca,
The countless snakes on the ground did not hesitate. They instantly opened their foul-smelling mouths, revealing two venomous fangs. At the same time, their necks tilted slightly back, muscles tensed, poised to strike at any moment.
Seeing this,
Javier's face changed,
And he quickly pulled Rebecca back!
"Hiss... whoosh—!!!"
The next second,
From the fangs of these snakes, venom was sprayed out like water guns. Although the quantity wasn't large, the distance was sufficient, with an attack range of three to four meters. And the venom spray was thin, so if it hit a wound or the eyes, it would indeed cause very serious damage.
Not to mention there were over 40 venomous snakes in front of them. The scene of them all spraying venom simultaneously was quite shocking.
How does that saying go...? Thousands or tens of thousands of people, even if they just spit, can drown you. The situation before them was probably similar. Over 40 venomous snakes, the venom of one snake might not be very potent, but with over 40, even if they just poured their venom, Javier and Rebecca would be completely drenched.
Moreover, it seemed that due to the T-Virus infection,
The venom of these poisonous snakes also contained some corrosive properties. Previously, snake venoms were typically neurotoxins, hemotoxins, or hemolytic toxins. However, these toxins only took effect if they entered the bloodstream, because only then could they circulate and cause death. Otherwise, their lethality was not high.
And now,
They had even awakened corrosive abilities, mixing acid into their venom. With a large amount of venom sprayed, if it truly corroded through the skin, or if it hit the eyes, it could indeed dissolve and enter the bloodstream.
What surprised Javier even more was that,
The snakes in front of him, despite being of different species, all possessed the unique spitting ability of cobras. Could it be that these poisonous snakes had learned to evolve and acquire new functions?
These questions,
Kept echoing in Javier's mind.
Of course,
Javier was busy thinking, but Rebecca on the side almost shook off all the goosebumps on her body. Being chased by over 40 poisonous snakes, it was too terrifying to even imagine. And looking at the group of colorful poisonous snakes behind her, Rebecca felt an inexplicable dread, her heart pounding non-stop.
She was truly afraid.
As a pharmaceutical expert, she often came into contact with snake venom. After all, while snake venom can be severely harmful, if used properly, it also has miraculous effects for pain relief, hemostasis, and lowering blood pressure. But the snake venom she usually received was delivered in bottles. It was nothing like the current situation... being chased by a group of truly ferocious poisonous snakes!
This was too terrifying...
More terrifying than the Hunters and the so-called Tyrants.
Therefore—
Rebecca, feeling quite tense, immediately launched a counterattack.
"Click—!!!"