Javier and the other two, who had just finished, quickly followed Chris's footsteps and chased after him. Due to Alexia's firewall, the Majini monsters behind them couldn't catch up for a while, giving everyone time to catch their breath.
After a short while, Chris, following the map route on his PDA, led everyone through a corrugated iron shed passage and arrived at the warehouse behind the trading plaza. This was Black Merchant Elvin's true trading location.
However...
When Chris and the others truly arrived, they were utterly shocked by the scene inside the warehouse.
There was no sign of Black Merchant Elvin, only black bloodstains all over the floor, and West Africa BSAA members lying haphazardly, dead.
About six or seven people had all died here, covered in severe injuries. In a corner lay the dying Alpha Team Captain Dan Decant. This Alpha Team was almost completely wiped out.
"Captain Dan...?"
"What happened here? How are you feeling...? Are you alright?"
Seeing Alpha Team Captain Dan Decant lying dying in a pool of blood, Sheva, standing beside Chris, couldn't help herself. She rushed forward and helped Dan Decant up, asking with concern.
As a companion, Sheva couldn't accept such an outcome. As a fellow member and partner of the West Africa BSAA, she had lost so many friends in such a short time. Sheva's heart was in great pain at this moment.
"Cough, cough...!"
"Uh... it's you... that's great. Quick... transmit the data on my body to headquarters. Black Merchant Elvin escaped; we didn't catch him."
"He released a Bio-weapon monster that attacked Alpha Team. Everyone was defeated, which led to this situation."
"I can't last much longer, Sheva. Transmit the data to headquarters and have them send more reinforcements to apprehend Elvin. This is no longer a simple capture mission."
"There's a huge conspiracy hidden behind it. Remember my words, and quickly leave this town with Josh's Bravo Team!"
Alpha Team Captain Dan Decant, who was originally dying, slowly opened his tired eyelids after feeling his body being supported.
But upon realizing that it was Sheva and Chris, Dan Decant's face lit up slightly with joy. Heaven had not forsaken him. After coughing up mouthfuls of blood from his lungs, Dan Decant quickly took out his PDA from his pocket and handed it to Sheva, speaking seriously. These were his last words—!
After handing the PDA to Sheva, the severely wounded Alpha Team Captain Dan Decant completely closed his eyes and died.
He was already dying, but he didn't expect to be awakened by Chris and Sheva. Now that he could hand over the most important data to the surviving Chris and Sheva, Captain Dan Decant died without regrets.
The PDA stored a video recording.
It was recorded from a first-person perspective, starting when Alpha Team first broke into the trading area.
Black Merchant Elvin's appearance, the type of Bio-weapon virus being traded, and the Bio-weapon monster that attacked them were all recorded.
For the BSAA, this was extremely important and valuable intelligence. Knowing the capabilities of the enemy's Bio-weapon monster beforehand would allow them to prepare and prevent more BSAA members from sacrificing themselves...
"No, no, no..."
"Captain Dan, you can still be saved. Don't fall asleep, or you'll never wake up again."
Holding the blood-stained PDA in her hand, Sheva, a member of the West Africa BSAA, found it difficult to accept the death of Dan Decant in front of her. She quickly shouted to Captain Dan.
Unfortunately, death is unavoidable. The dead cannot be awakened no matter how much they are called. This was a predetermined outcome, and Chris, standing by, was also very upset about it.
He could only walk over and pat Sheva's shoulder with his large hand, telling the female BSAA member from the West Africa region not to be too sad and to mourn.
After all, comrade sacrifice... this is the most normal thing. Sacrifice is necessary to completely eliminate the Bio-weapon virus!
"Wait, Javier..."
"Something is approaching us. Be careful. The life signature energy is much higher than the Majini monsters we encountered before. It should be a different type of Bio-weapon BOW."
As Chris and Sheva mourned the wiped-out Alpha Team on the ground, Lisa, standing beside Javier, spoke up again to warn them.
Her crimson gaze was directed towards the corner of the trading area warehouse, where a special life form energy was approaching.
The intensity of the fluctuation was not small, only slightly weaker than a T-Virus's regular Tyrant. It was a Bio-weapon monster that could not be ignored.
Not just Lisa, but Alexia also noticed it. As perfect Infected of the virus, both of them had extremely keen senses for such monsters.
But due to her previous embarrassing display, the sulking Alexia had intended to keep quiet and not warn them. She wanted to see Javier, that scoundrel, in a pathetic state before stepping in to help, which would satisfy Alexia's petty desire for revenge.
"Life form...?"
Hearing Lisa's warning, Javier and Jill involuntarily looked towards the black shadow in the corner of the warehouse. Vaguely, it seemed as if some black object was slowly moving.
But due to the dim light, they couldn't see clearly. Even so, the cautious Javier and Jill instinctively gripped the weapons in their hands. These provided a certain sense of security.
"Gurgle..."
"Uh... hiss hiss hiss... uh uh..."
And at this moment, a strange and noisy sound suddenly came.
The sound was very peculiar, somewhat like a putrid tumor of flesh, but occasionally emitting sharp, piercing cries.
It was like the warning sound a snake makes to other animals when it flicks its tongue. As the thing in the black shadow in the corner of the warehouse slowly moved out, everyone finally saw its true appearance: it was a black, unspeakable mass.
"ouroboros virus...?"
The moment he saw the thing in front of him, Javier immediately blurted out. If there was anyone among them who had seen an ouroboros virus Infected, it was undoubtedly Javier himself.
His memory of the ouroboros virus was deeply imprinted in his mind, as he had seen this monster in the game, so he was naturally very familiar with it.
The ouroboros virus Infected is a black, unspeakable mass. Its interior is composed of Infected corpses as a medium, and black tentacles constantly entwine its body.
They are like black mamba snakes, twisting and coiling. It has no eyes or mouth, only a few core yellow pus sacs.
These black snakes will continuously approach and absorb any surrounding living organisms through biological sensation until they successfully find a host that can withstand the power of the ouroboros virus.
This is the ouroboros virus.
And the black, unspeakable mass in front of them, in the true sense, is not a virus Infected. At most, it's just a failed product, already a product of failed fusion.
Currently, throughout the history of Resident Evil, no one has perfectly fused with the ouroboros virus, which shows how difficult its compatibility is.
If the progenitor virus, G-Virus, T-Veronica Virus, and c-virus are considered SSR gold cards, then the ouroboros virus is a UR rainbow gold card.
After all, even a powerful BOSS like Wesker didn't successfully fuse with the ouroboros virus in the later stages.
In the original timeline's ending, Wesker was forced to directly contact the ouroboros virus; it wasn't a true fusion. The ouroboros virus didn't completely integrate into Wesker's body.
Instead, it was fiercely resisted by the progenitor virus, only partially infecting Wesker's body in an attached manner, rather than truly fusing.
For a perfect fusion, it would have to be like Alexia's fusion with the T-Veronica Virus back then...
And not just a simple partial mutation. If the ouroboros virus only added a few tentacle weapons to Wesker without enhancing any of his abilities, then its usefulness would be even less than the Nemesis-α Parasite parasite once researched by Umbrella Corporation.
Lisa's Nemesis-α Parasite parasite is still in use today, one parasitic on her back, capable of bursting out dozens of parasitic tentacles for long-range attacks at any time. This also provides Lisa with a cooling effect for her intelligence.
It's like an overloaded CPU and graphics card getting a very comfortable 360 liquid cooling system, greatly increasing Lisa's fault tolerance for resisting the virus's power.
Therefore, currently, no one has perfectly fused with the ouroboros virus. If a true example of perfect fusion with the ouroboros virus were to appear, then that person's power might instantly surpass this dungeon's biggest BOSS, Lisa Trevor, and become a new BOSS in the Resident Evil world.
After all, the ouroboros virus is the absolute king of viruses born from the four powers: T-Virus, G-Virus, T-Veronica Virus, and Plaga parasite.
It is much stronger than Simmons' c-virus from Resident Evil 6, as the c-virus is merely a compound virus; a two-in-one is definitely much weaker than a four-in-one.
So far, no human has been able to perfectly fuse with it.
The only example of fusion is with cockroaches. When Wesker and Tricell were jointly developing the ouroboros virus, an accident occurred by chance.
A fire broke out in the Laboratory storing the virus, causing the virus to leak out and infect a group of cockroaches. These cockroaches then underwent mutation and evolution.
From thumb-sized cockroaches, they completely mutated into giant insect monsters comparable to rhinos. And what it means for insects to become larger... doesn't need much explanation.
Flexible joints, hard exoskeletons, immense strength—insects are the most ferocious predators on Earth. With their special body structure scaled up proportionally, predators like lions and tigers would be like walking food to them, easily captured. After all, insects can easily lift weights many times their own size.
Their upper limit is much higher than that of mammals, only their endurance is slightly inferior. The only advantage mammals have over other creatures is endurance.
And this insect-like monster is an enlarged version of a cockroach, possessing three pairs of sharp scythe-like forelimbs and a pair of strong standing hind legs.
Although it cannot fly, its aggressiveness is terrifying. It can even spray neurochemical substances from its mouth to blur the prey's vision, making hunting easier. This monster is called the Reaper.
It is one of the new and very popular Bio-weapon BOWs after Umbrella Corporation's widely successful Hunter series Bio-weapon BOWs.
Therefore, this setting made Javier sigh. Sometimes, Wesker truly doesn't consider the consequences. What if no human on Earth can withstand the power of the ouroboros virus?
Instead, tiny insects can withstand the power of the ouroboros virus and complete a secondary mutation and evolution. Then, the Starship Troopers dungeon would arrive, or even the Terra Formars dungeon next door.
Earth would directly become the territory of cockroach-men. Cockroaches are very resilient survivors; they can indeed withstand the power of the ouroboros virus better than humans.
So, if Earth turns into a cockroach-man planet, is Wesker planning to be the new world's god for the cockroach monsters?
Truly foolish...! He never considered that many species on Earth are more suitable than humans for the virus's power to undergo secondary mutation and evolution. So, never casually try to change the world with viruses; it's a very stupid thing to do!
Aside from insects, human Infected ouroboros virus failures will continuously grow pus sacs and black snakes from their bodies.
These black snakes will endlessly erode all surrounding life forms until they find a suitable host.