It turned out to be purely the scent of flesh and blood that attracted them. This was likely due to Manuela's fusion with the T-Veronica Virus. Otherwise, Manuela should have been no different from an ordinary person. To be precise, it was the power of the virus that attracted these Werewolves.
Thinking of this, Javier decisively used his Dog Leg Knife to gently prick his finger, and a drop of crimson blood flowed out.
Slowly bending down, Javier brought the blood to the young Werewolf in front of him and asked indifferently, "..."
"My blood? Is there anything different from an ordinary person's?"
Because if it was Manuela's flesh and blood, fused with the T-Veronica Virus, that attracted the Werewolves' attention, then Javier, who had just fused with the T-Virus, should also have this effect.
"Uh... Ah...!!!"
As expected,
The moment Javier brought his blood to the young Werewolf's mouth, the Werewolf, whose limbs had been severed, immediately changed expression.
He instantly became ferocious and eager.
Even clumps of fur suddenly grew, and he directly entered a half-Werewolf state, baring his sharp teeth, intending to bite off Javier's hand.
"Clang—!"
But unfortunately,
Javier was faster, directly thrusting his Dog Leg Knife into the young werewolf's mouth. His teeth bit down on the harder blade, causing his expression to change instantly.
He immediately showed a painful expression. Gnawing on steel with his teeth, such a foolish act filled his mouth with blood.
And the pain quickly brought the young werewolf back to his senses from his frenzy. He had actually tried to attack this terrifying man again just now; he must have been crazy.
"Wait!"
"I didn't mean it, what I did just now, I really didn't mean it. Please don't kill me, your blood smells too tempting."
"The scent is similar to the girl in Manuela's clinic, but hers is even more delicious. Not just Werewolves, I'm afraid if a Vampire encountered it, they would also find it very hard to resist the urge to drink blood!"
Chattering away, The young Werewolf, with blood all over his mouth, quickly explained. Their Werewolf race was just like this: bloodthirsty and easily angered.
Once they encountered delicious prey, they couldn't help but act on impulse. Even if he wanted to resist just now, he couldn't; the DNA in his body would riot uncontrollably.
However, Javier had no intention of blaming him at all.
On the contrary, the young Werewolf's instinctive reaction just now further confirmed the power of the virus.
To be precise, It should be the seductive power of the Infected after fusing with the virus. People like Javier, Manuela, and Lisa, after fusing with the virus, their blood becomes different from ordinary people, thus attracting the attention of these monsters. This, in turn, becomes a reasonable explanation, which is truly surprising.
But, This kind of allure should only be produced by Infected individuals who have perfectly fused with the virus. For example, those Infected who have completely turned into Zombie monsters, their blood has long dried up, just like putrid blood. Not only is the infection level low, with side effects, but it also tastes very bad and should be nowhere near as good as ordinary human blood.
So this attraction should only be possessed by people like Javier.
"Wait..."
"You just mentioned Vampires. Besides Werewolves, are there Vampire communities here? Where are they!"
Javier, understanding all the reasons, gradually became clear-headed.
But the young Werewolf's casual remark just now also made Javier realize a key issue: besides Werewolves, it seemed there really were Vampires here? So he continued to question the young Werewolf in front of him.
"Yes..."
"But the slums are full of inferior Werewolves and Vampires, like us, who rely on the frequent deaths in the slums to come here and scavenge for corpses to eat."
"Some stronger, superior Werewolves have their own family tribes. They form gangs, and the leaders and cadres of some large gangs in the slums are Werewolves."
"They expand their power by drug trafficking, robbery, and taking over territories. We are just inferior Werewolves discarded by the pack, so we can only act alone and find food for ourselves."
"As for Vampires, there are indeed Vampires in the slums who act alone like us, but they are all vagrants."
"They survive by stealing blood bags from blood banks in hospitals and small clinics, and they can't go out during the day, so they live even worse than us Werewolves. The easiest people to bully in the slums are Vampires. This might be different from the Vampires you imagine."
"The true noble Vampires are entrenched in the city center. They have established many capital enterprises through their long lifespans. They are the truly wealthy ones."
"Many nightclubs and bars are their territory. They control a great many industries, and even privately established large private hospitals to legitimately collect various blood as reserve food. Their lives are much more comfortable than ours."
"So, if you're looking for that kind of Vampire, you've probably come to the wrong place. You should go to the nightclubs, bars, or even casinos in downtown New York to look."
The young Werewolf, desperate to live, held nothing back.
He immediately revealed to Javier the species that lived in the shadows of the human world.
The world not only had viral Zombies but also hid creatures like Vampires and Werewolves. It was truly amazing.
"Oh, and the specific location...?"
"Tell me, and I can help you retrieve your severed limbs."
To this, Javier was very interested.
He continued to press the young Werewolf, while pretending to have truly given up the idea of silencing him, actively picking up the severed limbs from the ground and reattaching one arm to the young Werewolf's mutilated body.
"Pfft...!"
The next second, something miraculous happened.
Accompanied by wisps of white smoke rising and the young Werewolf's violent screams,
the severed arm was actually reattached perfectly, almost like the powerful and special physique of Ethan, the Hand Sanitizer God of War.
"Ho ho ho..."
"Dawn Nightclub in downtown New York is currently the Vampires' favorite hunting ground. It's the territory managed by the Vampire nobles."
"Some Vampires who have paid money will take their chosen prey into the nightclub to 'discuss life,' but those humans won't die, because if someone dies, things will become troublesome. They have their own rules."
"They are only allowed to drink blood and will not perform the so-called 'first embrace.' Increasing new Vampire populations is a very strict matter and cannot be done casually."
"Otherwise, Vampires who violate the rules will be thrown out of the circle and cast into the slums to live as vagrants. The Vampires in the slums came about this way."
"Because the expansion of the population can easily alert the human world, Vampires strictly control their numbers, focusing on quality, not quantity. Those who can be assimilated are basically elites, whose connections can help expand the Vampires' power, rather than simply adding more mouths to feed. Some upper-class individuals consider the opportunity to integrate into Vampire society a blessing. The power of eternal life fascinates them, and they even desperately want to squeeze in..."
"But in reality, there is no such thing as eternal life. It's just living a few decades longer than ordinary people. Our Werewolf race still ages and dies around one hundred and fifty years old, and Vampires are the same."
"Becoming a Vampire only makes their appearance eternally youthful, not their lifespan. When their time comes, around a hundred years old, they will still die."
"If they could truly live forever, countless people in the world would have become Vampires long ago. A mere side effect of blood-drinking, why would there be so much hesitation?"
Breathing heavily, the young Werewolf looked at his reattached arm and slightly relaxed. It seemed Javier truly didn't intend to kill them all, so he revealed everything he knew.
These were not secrets.
Anyone living in the hidden circles of the human world was well aware of this. Dawn Nightclub was a very blatant hunting ground for Vampires.
But due to their relationship with human society, they set rules, which is why they haven't been discovered for so long.
Of course, that was just a hunting ground for ordinary Vampires. The true Vampire nobles were much more luxurious.
They would personally host banquets in lavish castles, inviting elites and beautiful young ladies from various upper-class social strata to attend.
Even various dignitaries, including some screen actresses, would embrace each other in the grand and magnificent banquet hall to complete their 'first embrace.'
To expand their race, while some who were not chosen would be completely drained of blood on the spot, much like a chaotic, public orgy—
As for the Vampires' lifespan, it wasn't as long as in movies or stories, let alone eternal life. It wasn't that they could survive simply by drinking blood.
Blood could only maintain youth, not grant eternal life. One of the Vampire archetypes, Countess Elizabeth Bathory, only heard that human blood had beautifying and anti-aging effects, allowing for eternal youth, which is why she bathed in pools of blood.
There was never any so-called 'blood-drinking for eternal life' effect. Blood could only help Vampires satiate their hunger and maintain youth; their lifespan was only slightly longer than ordinary people's.
Therefore, Vampires also had flaws; they were not a perfect race—
Javier found this normal.
After all, if Vampires could truly live forever, with Spencer's status and power, how could he not know of such a thing's existence?
Now that he was old and decaying,
if Vampires could truly extend his life, perhaps Spencer wouldn't have bothered with viruses, which were expensive, time-consuming, and laborious. Wouldn't it be better for him to simply become a Vampire?
What about being afraid of the sun,
afraid of silver, afraid of crosses, and needing to drink blood to live? Are these disadvantages? With the Umbrella Corporation's immense wealth, if eternal life were truly possible,
Spencer wouldn't care about these minor flaws. He could completely build a night city for himself.
And then gather a large blood bank. But because eternal life is not possible, Spencer probably wouldn't bother with Vampires at all!
And Vampires, Werewolves are not extra elements in Resident Evil.
In fact, Lady Alcina Dimitrescu and her three daughters in Resident Evil 8,
are among the monsters with Vampire elements, modified by the Megamycete's fungus, gaining abilities similar to Vampires, and needing to regularly consume blood.
And the villagers in the village injected with the fungus by Mother Miranda, after mutating, would also produce thick cocoons, and what broke out from within were Werewolves. T
herefore, the themes of Vampires and Werewolves are not new or out of place in Resident Evil.
The only question is, Javier is very curious: are the Vampires and Werewolves existing in New York, USA, the same as the Vampires and Werewolves modified by the fungus in the Eastern European village in Resident Evil 8? This is a question worth pondering.
And facing this question, Javier, having nothing else to do, decided to explore it. Additionally, Javier wanted to conduct an interesting experiment.
What if... human flesh and blood fused with the virus were very tempting to Vampires and Werewolves? What if T-Virus samples were injected into Vampires or Werewolves?
Would this give birth to a stronger species?
After all, these Werewolves and Vampires themselves have very strong physical qualities, so they might be able to more easily withstand the power of the T-Virus.
Would the combination of their powers give birth to a new species, or even, would the T-Virus modify the Vampires' fear of light and need to drink blood to live, truly turning them into a perfect race?
This idea is very interesting, and it's another obscure key to the path of eternal life, so Javier cannot let it go. He has to experiment and try it out!
"..."
"Thank you very much for clarifying, for letting me know about so many different species living in the hidden circles of humanity. But now you can go join your good brother; after all, I'm never one to keep my word."
"Pfft—!!!"
Having obtained ample intelligence information,
Javier was very satisfied, but the next second, the Dog Leg Knife in his hand swung swiftly, and the young Werewolf's head was quickly severed.