The only regret Javier had was that he couldn't see Lisa's face, which was buried under her scattered hair, with only a pair of scarlet eyes constantly emitting dangerous red light. But one thing was certain: this girl hadn't sought death, and she had also resolved her obsession, regaining the freedom of a new life…
After all, if that wasn't the case, then Lisa wouldn't have peeled off all the human skin that was stuck to her upper body. She had completely accepted the fact that her mother had long been dead, and now… Lisa was living for her mother's last wish and for herself.
Therefore, now was the revenge of the scorned—!
Thirty-one years ago, her father helped Spencer and the Umbrella Corporation complete the construction of the Mansion Villa, but Spencer tricked their family of three into coming here under the pretense of a dinner party, throwing them into the numerous traps and mechanisms of the Mansion Villa, even using them as virus test subjects by injecting them with biological viruses.
Her father's death, her mother's death, including the thirty-one years of torment Lisa endured, at this moment, accompanied by her own release, the painful memories buried deep within slowly awakened. And now… Lisa's only purpose for still being alive was naturally to fulfill her mother's last wish and exact revenge!
She not only had to live, but also had to send the Umbrella Corporation completely into the abyss of hell…
And Wesker, who was before her, was Lisa's first target for revenge. Besides William, who was the mastermind, the other person who injected Lisa with the T-Virus and brutally tortured her was Wesker. Lisa would not let this devil off either.
"Heh heh heh…"
"Die…die…die die die…!!!"
Looking at the incredibly familiar Wesker before her, Lisa let out a low roar, then quickly pounced with a strange movement. She might have noticed the changes in Wesker's body, but it didn't matter… Lisa just needed to thoroughly kill Wesker. As for whether Wesker was controlled by the Progenitor Virus or was unconscious, it didn't matter.
"Thump thump thump—!!!"
Her posture was exceptionally strange. Lisa's charging method was like a beast, all four limbs on the ground, like a whip spider. After a few pushes for acceleration, she quickly launched herself into the air, pouncing towards Wesker's direction, her wrist chains flying, and the Plaga parasite tentacles on her back surged out wildly.
"Roar—!!!"
The Progenitor Virus on the other side was not to be outdone.
Controlling the unconscious Wesker, it let out a roar, and the muscles all over his body quickly swelled, hardened, and gradually turned black. The newly grown sharp claws also fiercely slashed out, attempting to strike down Lisa in mid-air with one blow.
But…the Progenitor Virus still greatly underestimated Lisa's strength.
Countless viruses lived within Lisa's body, even evolving to produce the stronger G Virus. Coupled with the intelligence boost from the Nemesis Plaga parasite, whether it was vitality, sustained combat, or even explosive power, it was inferior to Lisa.
Of course, it's not to say that the Progenitor Virus is inferior to the G Virus. As the original virus, the Progenitor Virus's potential is undoubtedly immensely powerful, even infinite. But Wesker, this host, might not be able to withstand the evolutionary power of the Progenitor Virus in a short period.
After all, the former Wesker also gradually strengthened his body to slowly accept the evolutionary power of the Progenitor Virus. Otherwise… if the container's hardness and capacity were insufficient, it couldn't hold a large amount of water, let alone highly corrosive liquids.
Therefore, Wesker, who was still in the first stage, could not fully acquire the power of the Progenitor Virus. His upper limit was too low, completely incomparable to the G Virus, which could grant full vitality from the start, and Lisa, with her special physique.
"Pfft…!"
With one claw slash, the sharp beast claw indeed tore a huge wound on Lisa's shoulder, but those wounds quickly healed in less than a few seconds. Lisa didn't even cry out in pain. The moment blood splattered, Lisa instantly pounced onto Wesker, violently throwing him to the ground.
"Bang!"
Her wrist shackles and chains flew. Lisa's hands, like iron clamps, firmly pressed down on Wesker's arms, pinning him violently to the ground. Due to her immense strength, Wesker's arms even sank deep into the ground. The muscles of his tightly grasped arms gradually shrunk and compressed, and his blood vessels couldn't help but burst open.
By strength alone, Lisa was enough to crush Wesker's arms, which were controlled by the Progenitor Virus. Feeling pain and danger, the Progenitor Virus immediately controlled Wesker to struggle fiercely, but the disparity in strength was too great, like a rabbit that had been pounced on trying to struggle and escape from a lion, which was laughable.
"Heh heh heh…"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!"
And the next second, the Plaga parasite tentacles on Lisa's back instantly launched an attack. Under their frantic twisting and waving, these Plaga parasite tentacles immediately shot out! Like bullets, twenty tentacle-bullets whistled and pierced through Wesker's body. This time it was even more brutal than Javier's Desert Eagle shots.
Five bullets only blew apart Wesker's chest. This time, Lisa fired twenty tentacle shots. Arms, legs, abdomen, head, chest—every place with flesh and blood was completely pierced through by Lisa's Plaga parasite tentacles. Even the dark, hard shell evolved by the Progenitor Virus couldn't withstand it.
After all, Javier had personally witnessed Lisa's Plaga parasite tentacles instantly kill the Hunter's defensive scales.
The penetrating power of those Plaga parasite tentacles was no weaker than a sniper rifle bullet.
Therefore, the dark, hard muscle shell evolved by the Progenitor Virus was like paper, completely penetrated. Blood gushed out like a spring, and soon a crimson, foul-smelling pool of blood formed on the ground.
And Wesker's entire corpse was a gruesome sight.
It could almost be described as riddled with holes. His head, mouth, neck, heart, abdomen, shoulders, arms, lower body, thighs—every part was covered in hideous blood holes. His entire body was mutilated, as if he had been dismembered, with only some muscles clinging together, easily tearing off with a slight pull.
As for the yellow eyeball of the Progenitor Virus, Lisa dug it out with her hand and crushed it forcefully. Sticky liquid stained her hand, and Lisa flicked it away with a hint of disdain…
Wesker, was he completely, utterly dead…?!
No, Javier didn't know the answer to that question.
But for now, he was indeed as dead as can be…
"Heh heh heh…"
After dealing with Wesker, the monster girl Lisa turned her scarlet eyes towards Javier. Seeing those terrifying eyes, Javier's body involuntarily trembled. It wasn't that he was afraid, but the oppressive aura emanating from Lisa was substantial. This gaze made Javier feel a clear sense of danger!
And Lisa herself was curiously observing Javier's appearance.
After all, this was the first time she had used her eyes to see a person since peeling off the thick layers of human skin. Before, she had only used her sense of smell to distinguish living beings. But now… Lisa had regained her sight. Although the surrounding underground Laboratory tunnels were still as disgusting as Lisa remembered, the reappearance of Javier and the S.T.A.R.S still made Lisa feel some beauty. The world was indeed not entirely made up of bad people.
"Heh heh heh…"
"Go…go…I'll take you…away…"
After carefully observing Javier's appearance, the monster girl Lisa let out a low, murmuring hiss, then controlled countless Plaga parasite tentacles to wrap around Javier, forcefully lifting him into the air, and walked towards another direction of the tunnel.
Javier's weight as an adult was heavy, but for Lisa, who possessed Plaga parasite tentacles, it was a piece of cake; she dragged him away with little effort.
And after realizing that Lisa had no ill intentions towards him, Javier let out a heavy sigh of relief. Soon, an intense wave of drowsiness swept over Javier's entire body. He felt his whole body was incredibly heavy and he couldn't hold on any longer. His eyelids drooped, and Javier directly fell into a deep sleep and unconsciousness…
…
On the other side,
"Gurgle gurgle…"
"Gurgle…gurgle gurgle…"
A series of strange sounds slowly began to emerge. Just minutes after the monster girl Lisa left with Javier, Wesker's corpse, lying on the ground, was repairing itself at a miraculous speed. The twenty fist-sized blood holes that had been pierced through began to grow new flesh and stick together. The pool of blood on the ground stopped flowing, and there were even signs of it flowing back and being absorbed.
Countless hideous wounds began to scab, then instantly fell off, and his limbs, without any scars, were restored. This situation was almost impossible to explain within the realm of science, because it violated the law of conservation of energy. The injured area was too large; even if the cells in the human body could repair injuries, excessively large injuries could not be restored.
It had to be reattached by transplanting other flesh and blood, because the energy and flesh stored within the human body alone were completely insufficient to replenish a large portion of missing flesh. It was like a pig that had half its body chopped off. It could repair its injuries, yes, but the energy and cells stored in the remaining half of its body simply couldn't support it in restoring the other half of its body, because the amount required for that was too immense.
This is also why it is said not to conform to the law of conservation of energy—!
But now, the fact was laid bare before them, and almost no one could deny it. Perhaps this was the 'miracle' that the mad scientists obsessed with viruses had murmured about!
But scientists believing in miracles… I don't know why that sounds a bit like a cold joke…
Soon, the terrifying penetrating injuries Wesker had suffered all over his body were repaired. But this time, what was different was… his body did not grow sharp beast claws and fangs, and his skin was not a hard, dark red shell, but normal human skin.
And his blind eye was not the orange-yellow eyeball born of the Progenitor Virus consciousness, but Wesker's original eye.
This meant… Wesker had returned to normal. From a puppet zombie controlled by the Progenitor Virus, he had completely transformed into a human evolver. After all, now he was controlling the Progenitor Virus, not the Progenitor Virus controlling him.
"Buzz…!"
"Uh…"
The next second, the previously dormant Wesker suddenly opened his eyes.
A pair of scarlet beast eyes appeared in his eye sockets. Although the main body of his sunglasses had long been shattered, Wesker's lips curled into a slight smile, his face filled with irrepressible joy and excitement. Lying on the ground, Wesker clenched his fists, feeling the advanced changes within his body, and couldn't help but exclaim:
"How does that saying go? Great calamities lead to great blessings…?
"Heh heh, speaking of which, I really have to thank you very much, Miss Lisa Trevor, the monster girl. My and William's decades of torment were not in vain. Of course, I won't forget Javier Li, that clown. One day I will ruthlessly strangle him in the palm of my hand!"
Yes, Wesker had to thank Lisa, the monster girl.
Because he had been suddenly shot dead by Javier's Desert Eagle earlier, Wesker instantly lost consciousness and was unable to control the Progenitor Virus. Instead, he was controlled by the Progenitor Virus and turned into a puppet, even evolving into that foolish appearance, which was something Wesker could not accept.
But Lisa's appearance changed everything. She instantly killed the puppet-like Wesker zombie, which also caused the Progenitor Virus to enter a repair state once again. And during this repair state, Wesker himself regained consciousness and regained control of his body.
Having gained the upper hand, Wesker restored his body and posture according to his own will, thus transforming back into a human appearance instead of completely becoming a zombie monster. At the same time… he also gained stronger evolutionary abilities, because now he was truly perfectly fused with the Progenitor Virus—
This was also why Wesker wanted to thank Lisa.
If Lisa, the monster girl, hadn't killed his puppet self controlled by the Progenitor Virus, Wesker would probably have completely turned into a monster by now, and that was not the result Wesker wanted…
Chapter Thirty-nine: Power Limiter
On the other side—
Just when the monster girl Lisa and Javier thought they had dealt with the big boss Wesker, the decisive battle between Jill, Rebecca, and the T-002 Tyrant also reached its final conclusion…
"Bang bang bang—!!!"
A series of scattered gunshots rang out continuously, pistols and shotguns, their combined firepower suppressing the T-002 Tyrant before them, forcing it to retreat steadily. They had expected this ugly monster to be very difficult to deal with, but in actual combat… it made things much easier for the S.T.A.R.S.
Of course, this was also thanks to that naughty girl Rebecca.
Because the other members of the S.T.A.R.S had no experience dealing with Tyrants, but Rebecca was an exception. In the underground Laboratory of the Cadre Training Institute, Rebecca, Javier, and Billy Coen had jointly dealt with the T-001 Prototype Tyrant. Therefore, Rebecca understood Tyrants better than the others.