Lisa, however, wasn't interested in the slightest. After all... she didn't like a pile of fried bean sauce noodles, especially the pitch-black kind; it was simply inedible.
Therefore, without hesitation,
Lisa slowly raised her palm and aimed it at the ouroboros virus monster that was about to touch her. She immediately activated the power within her body, causing the blood-based biological flame ability of the T-Veronica Virus to erupt!
Puchi...!
Boom, boom, boom——!!!
A single drop of blood fell from the palm of Lisa's hand.
It quickly ignited into flames through friction with the air, but these flames were an eerie deep purple, and now even carried a hint of blood-red. This was the result of the strengthening differences caused by the G-Virus and Vampire blood within Lisa's body.
The G-Virus manifests as purple; the blood vessels of infected targets turn purple, and flames generated from blood naturally carry a purple hue. That touch of blood-red was due to the Vampire blood.
After discovering the blood clan species last time, Lisa had also devoured the Vampire's abilities into her own body, gaining the ability to enslave thralls...
As for these richly colored flames,
Aside from the color, the biggest difference lay in their power and temperature. They were far stronger than those of Alexia, the first-generation perfect fusion infectee of the T-Veronica Virus. One could even call it the difference between a common fire and an extraordinary flame.
A light touch could instantly burn something to nothing; any living creature would immediately turn to ash and vanish.
Meanwhile, the other highly infected individual of the T-Veronica Virus, Manuela, released blood-based biological flames that were golden—a brilliant, dazzling gold, a fleeting gold.
Their power was also much greater than Alexia's blood-red crimson fire. It could be said that the biggest victim of the T-Veronica Virus ended up being Alexia herself.
As the first infectee, how could she endure having the weakest flame power...!
However, because Manuela was only highly fused with the virus rather than perfectly fused, using this skill required paying a price.
And that price was the loss of her fragile arm.
In the original timeline, to stop her father, Manuela directly burned her entire arm to ash to destroy her father after he turned into a giant monster.
Later, while on a helicopter heading to the United States, her body directly transformed into endless golden butterflies and dissipated...
It could be said that,
Although Alexia's flames were weaker, at least she avoided the danger of death, which was already quite good...
Puchi, puchi——!!!
When Lisa's deep purple flames touched the ouroboros virus monster, a violent chemical reaction occurred instantly. Bursts of painful wails and roars rang out immediately.
Like a clay ox entering the sea,
The ouroboros virus monster's massive body, including the twisted black snakes upon it, instantly turned into piles of ash scattered on the ground, without even the strength to struggle.
"Sorry. While you are indeed tempting, what I want to absorb is the liquid ouroboros virus, not a pile of pitch-black fried bean sauce noodles. Besides, I have no intention of blindly devouring the ouroboros virus at the moment,"
Looking at the ouroboros virus monster gradually turning to ash, Lisa spoke indifferently. The purple firelight reflected on her face, revealing another countenance.
This caused the expressions of Chris, Jill, and Sheva nearby to change. Although they had seen Lisa's power before,
Every time they saw it, it still felt somewhat inconceivable, making one wonder: is this really the real world?
Lisa, meanwhile, looked at the ouroboros virus with a slight sense of regret.
She was prepared to devour the ouroboros virus, but unfortunately, not now. To help Javier fulfill his wish for eternal life, devouring the ouroboros virus was a necessary step.
But Lisa hoped to devour it in a safer environment; otherwise, she had no confidence in such a rushed act of consumption—!
Quite easily...
Lisa finished off the ouroboros virus monster. When the deep purple flames finally died out, only a thin layer of ash remained on the ground.
The originally massive ouroboros virus monster had vanished without a trace, destroying in an instant what Chris and the others considered a major trouble.
"They..."
"Are they humans or monsters...?"
At this moment,
The Black girl, Sheva, stared blankly at the scene and couldn't help but murmur to herself.
She had now witnessed the abilities of Javier's trio.
Each ability displayed was stronger than the last, making it difficult for Sheva's worldview to accept, which was why she couldn't help but ask.
If they were humans,
Humans who had gained superpowers, then she would have to admit one thing: that the bio-virus was not entirely harmful; it could exist in this world and could not be completely eradicated.
But this contradicted the original intention of Sheva and the BSAA; it was the truth and fact that Sheva found hardest to accept.
But if they were monsters,
Yet Javier and the other virus-infected individuals possessed human-like reason. Not only did they not spread the virus to infect humans, but they also helped humans prevent the destruction of the world.
To be honest,
Sheva could no longer see through these relationships.
In the past, Sheva only needed to follow the arrangements of the BSAA headquarters; wherever a biohazard broke out, she would fight there.
Her ultimate goal was to wipe out all bio-viruses and bio-monsters.
But now...
It was as if someone was telling them that what they were doing wasn't necessarily right, which made Sheva suddenly unable to accept it.
"To be honest, I can't answer the question you're asking,"
"I also feel very confused and perplexed by this, and I doubt whether our BSAA can really eliminate all bio-viruses. But for now, I can only do one thing well, and that is to do what I believe is right, nothing more."
"So there's no need to think too much. Instead of obsessing over whether they are good or bad, it's better to think about how to stop the disaster in front of us. Besides... they are helping us right now, aren't they?"
Hearing Sheva's words of self-doubt,
Chris suddenly walked up, placed his large hand on Sheva's shoulder, and offered a faint smile of comfort.
Yes,
Chris had already figured it out.
He felt that the existence of Lisa and Alexia might emphasize the coexistence of species—the possibility of the virus and humans living together.
Just as the Black Market Dealer Ervin had said before, the craze for viral evolution was an unstoppable trend, a wheel of history that could not be stopped. It would surely overturn the future trajectory of human development.
In that case,
Chris wouldn't try to stop the tide like a mantis trying to stop a carriage. The wheel of history was not something he or the BSAA could stop, but he would do his best to do what he had to do.
Wherever a biohazard broke out, he would go to stop it. No matter what the virus developed into, it was enough for him to just be himself. This was Chris's current thought and philosophy.
"Hmph..."
"Mere humans."
On the other side,
Alexia, who had overheard this nearby, gave a dismissive snort. Human greed was endless.
Knowing that the virus could extend life and change the laws of nature, even if there was only a one-in-a-thousand chance, people would flock to research it. This was human nature.
For tens of thousands of years, humans had developed step by step relying on such ambition. Therefore, Alexia did not believe humans could give up the virus.
She was also certain that Chris would never be able to completely eliminate the bio-viruses in the world, not even by the time he died of old age.
"It's over..."
"The scent is this way. Everyone, follow me."
After completely burning the ouroboros virus monster to ash, Lisa once again activated her biological radar perception.
She picked up the scent of the woman Excella in the air.
Much like a snake's tongue, Lisa could capture and collect various information in the air. As long as a creature had passed by, Lisa could perform precise locking and tracking.
And now,
Lisa had directly caught the scent of Excella, that Italian mixed-race tall woman. Wesker was no longer in the category of human, making him hard to find.
But Excella was still an ordinary human female, which made it very simple for Lisa.
"Good. Jill, Sheva, let's follow!"
Hearing that Lisa had locked onto the target's trail,
Chris and the others looked delighted. This was the advantage of these bio-virus infectees; they could easily use various abilities to search for targets.
If they, as ordinary people, were to look for her themselves, they would likely waste a lot of time. Now, it was much easier and simpler.
Step, step, step——!!!
Step, step, step——!!!
Without hesitation,
Following Lisa's footsteps,
The group continued deeper into the Institute base.
In another laboratory, Excella, the person in charge, was packing the last of the experimental serums. Several briefcases were placed on the table, containing the serum Wesker required: PG67——!
This serum was specifically created by Wesker to neutralize the progenitor virus in his body. As his body grew stronger day by day,
Wesker was gradually losing control over the power within him, thus requiring this drug called PG67 for suppression to achieve a stable balance between the virus and his body.
If an overdose was injected,
It would cause the progenitor virus to go into chaos, and Wesker would fall into a weakened state, with his superhuman abilities becoming intermittent.
In the original timeline,
Chris and the others used the PG67 serum they obtained from Excella to launch a sneak attack and inject it into Wesker.
This weakened his strength and ultimately led to him falling into the volcanic magma. Without a doubt... this was one of the most critical items.
Beep, beep, beep...
"Excella, have you brought all the serums? Hurry up... I'm waiting for you on the deck of the ship."
Just then,
Wesker's message arrived. Seeing this, Excella did not dare to delay. She hurriedly replied that she was ready and intended to close the briefcase and leave the Institute base, heading for the deck of the large ocean liner at the rear.
But very unfortunately,
At this moment, Javier, Chris, and the others also arrived quickly. With a "click," the laboratory door opened, and Javier's group ran straight into Excella.
They also saw Excella hurriedly packing things; that white briefcase was clearly something very important.
Therefore, with almost no hesitation,
Jill immediately raised the Beretta pistol in her hand and pulled the trigger at the briefcase in Excella's hand!
Bang, bang, bang——!!!
With several gunshots,
The panicked Excella quickly used the briefcase to shield her body to avoid being hit. But in the process of shielding, the powerful impact of the bullets still knocked the briefcase open.
The closed briefcase flew open, and one of the serums stored inside fell out. A white syringe with red numbers—it was the critical item, PG67.
Clatter...!
The PG67 serum fell to the floor.
Excella took the opportunity to escape, diving into the escape passage that had already opened behind her.
In the blink of an eye, the escape passage quickly closed, and Excella vanished from everyone's sight, leaving only a single white syringe serum on the floor.
"Damn it, she got away!"
"If we could have caught her just now, we could have used that woman to threaten Wesker. At least we would have had some bargaining chips."
Seeing Excella escape right under her nose, Jill, who had just fired the shots, appeared very dissatisfied. She shook her arm and muttered indignantly.
If she had known, she would have aimed the gun at Excella's leg instead of the briefcase. She had also been afraid of injuring the hostage, which was why she hadn't blown her head off with one shot.
Otherwise, At such close range, Jill could have easily shot Excella dead on the spot.