And sure enough, as Javier's thoughts had just settled, a sudden roar of motorcycle engines came from behind the vehicle, which had already shaken off the Majini monsters.
"Vroom... Roar, roar, roar!!!"
The throttle was twisted to the max.
Four or five motorcycles suddenly burst out from various streets and corners of the town, moving incredibly fast, even displaying superb riding skills. Several motorcycles popped wheelies as they chased, kicking up dirt behind them.
It was several Majini civilians driving motorcycles, chasing Chris and Javier and the others who were trying to escape. Their eyes were bloodshot, like wild beasts.
They held a long iron chain, constantly spinning and waving it, creating whooshing sounds. Was this a prop race for a violent motorcycle game?!
"…"
"What a joke—!"
"Are these things humans or monsters? They actually know how to drive and operate vehicles? This is simply too outrageous…"
Chris, frantically controlling the armored off-road vehicle, inadvertently glanced in the rearview mirror and saw the Majini monsters chasing them on motorcycles.
Even the normally composed Chris couldn't help but curse, because the scene before him was too absurd. A group of monsters… actually possessed human intelligence. Didn't this mean that these monsters might one day replace humans? How could this be possible!
The most concerning thing about a species is not its powerful strength or ferocious nature. The reason why humans didn't take zombies and various Resident Evil monsters seriously was because these monsters had no intelligence; they were merely driven by instinct like wild beasts, posing no threat.
But if such monsters suddenly gained intelligence now, then things would be different. When a species appears that can threaten humans in both strength and intelligence, it will undoubtedly immediately face a devastating blow from all of humanity!
Unless higher intelligence technology can be extracted from their brains, like the legendary aliens, otherwise, this species is very likely to be humanity's future enemy and must be eliminated with full force.
And now…
The Majini monsters before Chris indeed gave him such a feeling, making him suddenly feel the magical nature of the world.
After all… can you imagine a zombie driving a motorcycle chasing you, who can only run? It's too outrageous and abstract!
But in reality, it's not like that.
For the Plaga parasite to possess human-like intelligence, it would take at least a thousand years.
After all, Javier knew that although the Plaga parasite's intelligence evolved rapidly, it was only imitation. For example, the current motorcycle manipulation.
It was the Plaga parasite inside the Majini monster's head causing trouble. They extracted and replicated this behavior through memory.
In the Spain village, the villagers infected by the Plaga parasite would repeat their daily work, which was also a replication behavior of the Plaga parasite.
And now, driving a motorcycle is just a slightly more complex behavioral replication; it's imitation, not intelligence. For them to autonomously generate human-like intelligence, it would still take a very long time. So there's no need to worry about the Plaga parasite replacing humans; that's a very difficult thing!
"Bang!"
"Clang—!!!!"
And just as Chris was cursing, a loud noise suddenly came from the armored off-road vehicle's exterior. The group of Majini monsters driving motorcycles outside had begun to attack.
They gradually approached the armored off-road vehicle, and furiously whipped it with the iron chains in their hands, creating sparks on the armored off-road vehicle's exterior. Jill, afraid of being hit by the chain, immediately retreated from the roof of the vehicle.
Although the iron chain whips couldn't penetrate the armored off-road vehicle's defense, this wasn't a solution.
After all, if they continued to gain intelligence and sent the chains into the tires, the chains could immediately entangle the tires and bearings, directly causing the entire vehicle to overturn.
That would make things very troublesome, so Chris felt that they also had to counterattack quickly!
"Wait…"
"I've found heavy weapons that can help us escape their pursuit, Chris, Jill, look at this. Alpha Team still left us good stuff."
And just then, Sheva, who was busy searching for weapons inside the armored off-road vehicle, finally discovered a powerful heavy weapon: an RPG.
It also thoughtfully came with four rockets. The RPG's huge explosive power could perfectly blow away these motorcycle-riding Majini monsters!
"Click—!"
Shouldering the RPG, Sheva didn't hesitate. She reopened the armored off-road vehicle's roof hatch and loaded a rocket onto the RPG.
Sheva quickly squinted her eyes and began to aim, locking her sight on the four or five motorcycle-riding Majini civilians relentlessly pursuing them from behind. These guys didn't recognize what weapon Sheva held. They even tried to continue whipping Sheva with their iron chains, but Sheva immediately pulled the trigger!
"Bang—!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh… Swoosh… Roar, roar, roar—!!!!"
The next second, a deafening explosion suddenly erupted.
Accompanied by the rocket's violent launch, after tracing a graceful arc in mid-air, the rocket instantly hit the center of the four or five Majini motorcyclists.
The terrifying fire and explosion shockwave of the rocket instantly engulfed these Majini monsters, and even the armored off-road vehicle was violently jolted forward a great distance.
And when the billowing black smoke and fire dissipated, only a large pool of blood, scattered flesh, and shattered motorcycle parts were left on the ground. The damned Majini motorcyclists had been dealt with. All that remained were the stalkers above their heads!
If they couldn't deal with the Batwing Insects constantly circling and tracking them overhead, Sheva knew they would never escape the encirclement of these Majini monsters.
Perhaps even…
A large number of Majini monsters might already be blocking their path forward, so all the helicopters overhead also had to be eliminated.
"Da da da da da da da —!!!!"
"Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta —!!!!"
However, just as Sheva was thinking about how to eliminate the helicopter-like Batwing Insects overhead, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly came from a distance.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss…"
By the time Sheva reacted, the four or five Batwing Insects circling overhead were suddenly hit by the dense machine gun fire, letting out painful hissing sounds in the sky, with blood mist constantly appearing on their bodies.
Before long, these Batwing Insects, like birds with broken wings, plummeted violently from mid-air, smashing to the ground and becoming a bloody mess.
Sheva incredulously looked towards the source of the gunshots, only to suddenly discover that two armored off-road vehicles had appeared in front of them at some point.
And at the machine gun position on the roof was none other than her Black Captain Josh Stone. Delta Squad's support had arrived; they could relax a little…
Josh's Delta Squad successfully arrived and provided support. They had just been obstructed by the Majini civilians when they infiltrated the town.
Therefore, a lot of time was delayed, so the task of apprehending Black Merchant Elvin was carried out by Alpha Team. But unfortunately… Alpha Team underestimated Black Merchant Elvin and the number of Resident Evil monsters in the town, leading to their complete annihilation.
However, fortunately, although Alpha Team was wiped out, Chris and Sheva and others survived, and they also obtained important data and intelligence.
This was a blessing in disguise.
Therefore, without any hesitation, Josh's Delta Squad, after helping Chris and Javier and the others clear their tails, led everyone to quickly retreat from the town. To avoid any accidents, they couldn't stay there for too long.
After all, their mission was to apprehend Black Merchant Elvin, not to clear the Majini monsters in the town. The two could not be accomplished simultaneously.
Therefore, Josh marked the location of this town and sent it to BSAA Headquarters in West Africa, listing it as an exceptional Resident Evil outbreak area.
Subsequently, BSAA Headquarters would successively dispatch a large number of BSAA teams to deal with this place. After confirming there were no survivors, they would likely choose to use helicopter bombing to cover the area.
After all, there was no other way.
Urban street fighting is the most troublesome combat environment, especially with Resident Evil monsters. No one knows where these monsters will pop out and bite people.
Therefore, to avoid too many BSAA teams being wiped out, the most reliable method is saturation bombing.
You know, even during wartime, when facing enemy urban areas, smart commanders would first send a squadron of bombers to bomb the area before sending in tank and armored units to occupy it.
To say it's cruel is also a matter of no choice.
After all, in this era… people are always the most precious. So-called buildings and facilities are not as valuable as human hands.
Therefore, in a sense, the BSAA's handling method is actually no different from that of a regular military. When it's time to bomb, they bomb.
They wouldn't be naive enough to send a large number of personnel to infiltrate a complex urban environment and search for survivors one by one.
In that case…
They might gain a good reputation, but BSAA's personnel would suffer heavy losses, as infiltrating such dangerous places is mostly a matter of life and death—!
"…"
"Chris, Sheva, next we are going to the mine location behind the Kijuju Autonomous Region town. The location is on the PDA handheld computer. I will send it to you later."
"Black Merchant Elvin is likely hiding there. We must catch him before dark, otherwise, once night falls, it will be very troublesome to find him again, so we cannot miss this good opportunity."
"Also, you don't need to worry about the monsters in the town for now. I have already reported it to Headquarters, and Headquarters will send people to deal with them later. So our primary mission is to apprehend Black Merchant Elvin, understood—?!"
Josh, the Black Captain, also driving an armored off-road vehicle, slowly approached Chris. After rolling down the bulletproof window, Josh spoke loudly to Chris and the others, explaining.
As for Javier and his two companions, who were driving the off-road jeep behind them, they were directly ignored. If it weren't for these three acting on their own and disappearing, then their BSAA team in West Africa wouldn't have hastily entered the town to stop the transaction, and even sacrificed the entire Alpha Team.
Therefore, Josh not blaming Javier and the others was already a sign of his good temper.
But since things had come to this, Josh also knew that complaining wouldn't change anything, so it was better to plan things out first.
Then, he would imprison Javier and his two companions to prevent them from disrupting the mission's execution again, or he could simply ignore Javier and his two companions' fate, which would also avoid trouble…
However, what Josh didn't know was that Alpha Team's annihilation was destined and had nothing to do with Javier and his two companions. Moreover, their remaining Delta Squad was also in grave danger.
Instead of worrying about Javier and his two companions affecting the mission's execution, Josh, the Black Captain, should worry about his own safety. Perhaps due to the butterfly effect of the world line, he, one of the survivors, might also kick the bucket!
"Vroom…"
"Roar, roar, roar—!!!!"
The engine continued to roar.
Chris, having received the order, didn't hesitate. He nodded and took out his PDA handheld computer from his pocket. According to the network map provided on it, the three armored off-road vehicles quickly sped towards the mine, kicking up dust along the way.