She seemed even more afraid of death now; thus, not daring to disobey the orders of Javier and Lisa, she chose not to rebel and seek her own demise.
However,
although she lacked the ability to giantize, Alexia's current form was sufficient to face the giant sea monster before her. Looking as if possessed by a female demon,
she could not only command plants to attack but also utilize blood bio-flames, whose scorching temperatures could burn the giant sea monster to ashes.
While her performance wasn't as visually overwhelming as Manuela and Lisa—the other two T-Veronica Virus infectees—the actual power was comparable, enough to roast the giant sea monster thoroughly!
"Chris, what is that...?!"
"Damn it, are these people also infected with a bio-virus?!"
At this very moment,
Josh, Sheva, and the others nearby also noticed Alexia, who had suddenly ignited and transformed. After all, it was hard not to notice a transformation that involved burning off one's clothes.
But upon seeing Alexia turn into a female demon wrapped in tree bark, Josh and Sheva asked in utter shock.
They never imagined
that Javier and his group were all virus infectees. After all, there was no other explanation for such a form besides being infected by a virus.
Faced with their questioning,
Chris and Jill found it somewhat difficult to answer.
They had known this secret for a long time and had subconsciously accepted the fact that Javier and the others were virus infectees.
But whether genuine BSAA members like Josh and Sheva could accept it was uncertain.
After all, their original goal in joining BSAA was to eliminate all bio-viruses and bio-organic weapons in the world.
And now...
A group of virus infectees had appeared right before them and even stepped in to save them. It was unclear if Josh and Sheva could accept this.
Many of their family members had been killed by bio-viruses and bio-organic weapons, and they weren't sure how to define anomalies like these virus infectees.
Were they human?
Were they monsters?
Or something else...?
Or perhaps the 'New Humans' Wesker spoke of...? They didn't know, and they weren't sure.
"..."
"Yes, they are virus infectees, but they are also human. They don't eat people like zombies, and they possess reason just like us."
"They are here this time to help us stop Wesker's Ouroboros Virus Project to destroy the world, so I ask you not to look at them with your old prejudices. This is the truth of their identity."
After hesitating for a moment,
Chris finally answered Josh and Sheva's questioning helplessly. After all... relying solely on the strength of a few humans, how could they possibly kill Wesker easily?
They needed extra power, and that extra power came from virus infectees like Javier.
Otherwise...
Just like the giant sea monster transformed from the Black Market Dealer Ervin, they would be almost helpless against such a behemoth!
Hearing this answer,
Josh and Sheva fell silent.
Their eyes were fixed on Javier's trio nearby, their minds unknown. However, one thing was certain:
Their thoughts were definitely in a state of chaos. After all, these were virus infectees; they didn't know how to interact with or view them.
However,
while Chris, Josh, and the others were questioning and explaining, Alexia had already begun to grapple and fight with the giant sea monster Ervin had become.
Boom...!
With a loud crash,
Ervin's white bony head suddenly burst out of the water, sending huge splashes everywhere as his three-lobed jaws split open.
Surrounded by sharp bone spurs for teeth, Ervin's core sat in the center—a semi-naked human torso with pale skin, completely fused with the body of the sea monster.
Ervin's remaining human head saw Alexia below, and an expression of immense excitement appeared on his face. He hadn't expected Alexia to be a virus infectee as well; they were truly like-minded.
"Hahahahaha..."
"I didn't expect you to be bio-monsters just like me. It seems Wesker's approach was right. Perhaps humanity really needs to go through the screening of the ouroboros virus to complete its final evolution. Maybe it's not world destruction after all."
"Because I can see from you virus infectees that you've gained unparalleled transcendent power without your intelligence declining. If that's not evolution, what is?"
"Only in this way can humanity enter a new era. More and more humans will become virus infectees like you, because this is the correct path of evolution!"
Ervin, fused with the Type-3 Dominant Plaga, had not lost his human intelligence. Thus, looking down at the tiny Alexia, he couldn't help but voice his opinions.
Previously, Ervin thought Wesker's approach was wrong, but now... realizing that many people around him were virus infectees,
Ervin was instantly enlightened.
Viral evolution... was an unstoppable process. Even if Wesker's Ouroboros Virus Project failed,
more and more people would surely complete their evolution through viruses in the future. Just like the era when firearms gradually replaced cold weapons, this was an unstoppable tide of evolution!
"Shut up...!"
"You damned ant, who is the same kind of thing as you? Your hideous form doesn't deserve to be called evolution. Power gained by relying on a bunch of parasites is hideous and nauseating. My own perfect fusion is not as simple as you imagine."
Listening to Ervin's incessant babbling,
Alexia's face immediately darkened, and she snapped back, unable to endure it any longer. What a joke—was 'bio-monster' a term fit to describe her?
She was the most perfect ultimate lifeform.
Furthermore... the perfect fusion she spent nearly fourteen years to complete was not something a mere parasite monster before her could compare to. They were worlds apart!
Pfft...!
Boom—!!!
As she spoke,
Alexia did not hesitate.
Her petal-like arm rose quickly, and a streak of crimson, scorching fire ignited. Drops of blood fell onto the oil tanker's deck,
immediately bursting into flames. Looking at the giant sea monster, Alexia manipulated the fire and swung a fierce slash.
Rumble...!!!
A mass of fierce fire suddenly and violently surged toward the monster's face.
The color of the fire was blood-red; this was the blood bio-flame, a special fire formed by the friction between the T-Veronica Virus blood and the air.
It was extremely destructive to biological structures. Once it touched something, it was hard to extinguish, and it would even burn deep into the marrow.
This flaming fist soared into the sky,
striking the sea monster squarely in the face with a heavy blow. With a loud 'bang,' Ervin, hit by the flaming fist, let out a painful shriek.
He manipulated the sea monster to dive rapidly toward the bottom of the lake. The fire had already spread to its massive body, and it had to use the lake water to douse it.
However,
Ervin, in his sea monster form, seemed to have underestimated Alexia's blood flames. This fire was difficult to extinguish. Even though the monster's entire body was submerged in the lake,
some small flames of the blood-red fire spreading across its body continued to burn, causing Ervin immense agony.
Roar roar roar roar...!!!!
This drove Ervin to lash out with a multitude of tentacles toward Alexia on the tanker's deck. There was even one massive parasite tentacle,
raised high like a pillar supporting the heavens, reaching over thirty meters in height. It swung down like a falling building, intending to split the tanker's deck in two with a single whip—!!!
"Quick, grab the railing!"
"Don't get thrown into the water..."
When gods fight,
mortals suffer.
Chris, having regained his senses, saw the giant tentacle raised by the sea monster Ervin. He saw at a glance that Ervin wanted to smash the tanker's deck in half,
much like ships crushed by giant squid tentacles in ancient myths. So, Chris hurriedly shouted a warning.
Seeing this,
Jill, Sheva, Josh, and the others quickly found railings on the deck and held on tight to avoid being thrown off.
Watching the battle between a giant sea monster and a bark-skinned female demon who kept manipulating fire, novices like Sheva and Josh didn't know what words to use to describe it. This was too ridiculous; was this really the real world?
The sea monster was one thing,
but what was with this fire-manipulating bark demon? Superpowers? A legendary superhero? As BSAA members,
they had never seen a bio-monster that could breathe fire. They were now beginning to question their reality. If such monsters were everywhere in the world, could humanity really stand against them?
However,
Alexia wasn't sure if humanity could resist,
but she knew that as a bark demon, she could not only control fire but also vegetation. Parasite tentacles? She had vine tentacles too!
"Rise...!!!"
With a soft cry,
Alexia quickly stopped the blood fire output from her arm and slammed her other hand onto the ground as if casting some sort of magic.
The bottom of the lake suddenly began to surge. Massive plant vines buried at the bottom twisted and burst out of the water,
instantly entangling Ervin's sea monster body. At the same time, they stopped Ervin's plan to smash the tanker's deck with his high-raised parasite tentacle.
Thick and tough plant vines continued to spread and twist, coiling around Ervin's sea monster body, almost binding it and the tanker together tightly.
"Good..."
"Now that there's a stationary target, try these four powerful 'big cigars' first...!"
At this moment,
Javier, who had been watching from the side for a long time, did not hesitate when he saw Alexia restrain the sea monster Ervin.
He immediately hoisted the four-barreled rocket launcher onto his shoulder, flipped open the sight, and locked the crosshairs onto the sea monster Ervin's hard white skull. The next second, he pulled the trigger, and four rockets roared out simultaneously!
Pfft...
Shoo shoo shoo shoo—!!!!
Trailing white gas and rolling flames,
the four rockets quickly streaked toward the sea monster Ervin. The first one hit its hard white bone, making it cry out in pain.
It opened its massive mouth to howl,
but what the sea monster Ervin never expected was that these were quad-fired rockets. The remaining three rockets were all swallowed directly into its huge mouth, and a series of deafening explosions instantly swept through.
Rumble rumble rumble...!!!
Scorching fireballs exploded repeatedly inside the sea monster Ervin's mouth, sending massive amounts of blood splashing into the lake.
The fire and explosions crazily burned and destroyed Ervin's body. Within a radius of dozens of meters, the lake was a sheet of deep red blood, and the massive monster's body was nearly collapsing.
The kickback of the four-barreled rocket launcher was too great,
causing Ervin's head to become dazed. His heavy head smashed directly onto the tanker's bow deck, the immense weight causing the ship to tilt forward,
nearly flipping it into the lake.
As for Ervin, he was now twitching on the deck in his sea monster form. Thick, dark red blood transferred from the lake to the tanker's deck, and a pungent, bloody stench began to spread wildly...
This big guy was almost dead.
After all, taking four rockets to the face, and having his fatal core weakness attacked, it was hard not to die. Among the bosses in Resident Evil history, not many could survive four consecutive rockets...