Now that the Republic of Edonia had delivered itself to their doorstep and provided an excuse for invasion, how could a military powerhouse like Russia not intervene? In time, the Republic of Edonia would become one of Russia's vassal states.
The East Slavic Republic in Eastern Europe had been handled the same way in the past. The internal strife between the two factions there was extremely severe, and they used almost any means necessary to defeat one another.
The Revolutionary Rebel Army bred Lickers, while the Government Forces and the President created Tyrants. The two sides fought each other, and it was thought that the Government Forces, possessing Tyrants, would completely suppress the domestic rebellion.
But who would have expected a third party to intervene?
Russia, as a major power, used the pretext of the East Slavic Republic using bio-weapons in the war to forcibly intervene with its military, eventually completely quelling the domestic turmoil.
The Revolutionary Rebel Army and the Government Forces both vanished.
The one who profited was the great power, Russia. However, the intervention of a major power was also a good thing; after all, this is the era of democracy.
Although the country became a vassal state,
it was not treated cruelly. Instead, it was allowed autonomous rule,
as long as it regularly provided tribute to the suzerain power. The people within the country actually gained a long-awaited peace.
They were no longer caught in the crossfire of the false banner of democracy held by the rebel and Government Forces. And now, the Republic of Edonia was facing the same situation.
At the same time,
by saying this,
Chris also wanted to give the members of the BSAA Squad some hope. As long as they could find enough data,
they could leave this godforsaken place and finish the mission. This would boost the team's morale to some extent—a common tactic used by those in positions of authority.
"Oh—!!!"
"Hooray! In that case, let's hurry up. I want to get back quickly to spend time with my girlfriend. I just started dating her last month and almost made it to home base. I can't miss out this time when I go back."
Sure enough,
after hearing Chris's words, a burst of excited cheering erupted from the BSAA Squad. Some 'genius' in the team even suddenly raised a death flag on the spot.
It was like an old man eating arsenic—simply tired of living.
As a newcomer, Finn also quickly blended into the team's atmosphere,
chuckling foolishly to himself, unaware that Carla behind him was already secretly making small moves.
It was a great pity,
Chris underestimated his own passive skill.
Whenever he reached a key plot point, he was destined to randomly bring death to one or a group of teammates.
And now... it was time for this debuff to trigger. As a protagonist, this was an unavoidable effect.
Tap, tap, tap...
Tap, tap, tap...
With Chris leading the way,
the group did not hesitate and continued to explore the building's environment and various room corners ahead, attempting to find more evidence.
Along the way, Carla pretended to be very well-behaved,
still maintaining a harmless appearance. This gradually caused the BSAA Squad and Chris to lower their guard, until a strange change occurred as they were passing through a dark and narrow corridor.
The passage was very dark and narrow,
with only faint lighting.
Almost everyone's footsteps could be heard. Chris, who was at the very front leading the way, quickly noticed something was wrong after walking for a while.
Because he realized that the crisp sound of high-heeled leather boots had disappeared.
Those were the footsteps of that woman, Carla, but they had been gone for a while now. This caused Chris to react instantly, and he hurriedly turned his head back.
"..."
But at this moment,
Chris discovered that Carla had already vanished. She had disappeared without a trace, with no indication of where she had gone.
"Piers, Finn, where is that woman...?!"
With a look of extreme panic on his face,
Chris hurriedly asked. He already had a premonition that something was wrong—the uneasy feeling of falling into a trap.
"Wait... she was just here!"
At this time,
the members of the BSAA Squad hurriedly turned around to search for Carla's silhouette, while Finn, who was responsible for watching her, hurriedly explained with an expression of having done something wrong.
But it was of no use now.
Chris quickly raised his hand to signal everyone to retreat rapidly. They couldn't stay here any longer; continuing to investigate further inside was pure suicide. The primary task now was to catch the escaped Carla.
Clang—!!!
Boom—!!!!
And at this very moment,
a sudden anomaly occurred. Chris's bad premonition finally came true as two sharp portcullis gates suddenly dropped from the ceiling.
The BSAA members couldn't react in time.
They were directly separated by the iron gates like a pack of rats in a cage. Chris, Piers, and Jake were blocked at the very front,
while the rest of the BSAA Squad members were trapped in the middle. As for the woman, Carla, she slowly stepped out from the shadows at the very back, looking at the people inside the cage gates with a mocking gaze, as if she were looking at lab rats.
"Ada Wong...!!!"
"What do you want to do? Let us out, now!"
Seeing this,
Chris looked at Carla, who was dressed in a blue deep-V evening gown, and hurriedly shouted a stern reprimand.
At the same time, he raised his firearm to threaten her, and even the rest of the BSAA Squad members raised their muzzles toward Carla, ready to pull the trigger at any moment.
"Enjoy yourselves...!"
Seeing this situation,
Carla, the perpetrator, showed no panic at all.
Instead, she said a single sentence calmly to everyone, then quickly took out a small metal sphere from her pocket, pressed a button, and threw it into the gated cage.
In the next second—!
Bang...!!!
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—!!!!!
The small metal ball suddenly exploded,
like a fragmentation grenade. Needles hidden inside the metal ball suddenly shot out in a dense swarm, covering all directions with almost no blind spots.
The tiny needles inside were all filled with the c-virus agent. At this moment, Chris finally understood what the needles left behind in the hall were all about.
They were probably all shot out by this thing.
Almost no one in the BSAA Squad could dodge the needles, which were comparable to Pear Blossom Needles, and they were hit one after another. Meanwhile, Carla vanished completely into the shadows once again.
"Ugh... Aaaah...!!!!"
"It hurts... Captain Chris..."
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—!!!!!
In an instant,
a commotion broke out.
The BSAA Squad members hit by the needles all clutched their injection wounds in agony. Some rolled frantically on the ground, and some newcomers even accidentally discharged their weapons, directly wounding the companions beside them.
Dense, noisy screams rang out. It was extremely chaotic now. Even with Chris, the captain, desperately shouting orders from the other side of the gate, it was of no use.
Gurgle...
Heh, heh, heh...!!!!
And very quickly,
the BSAA Squad members injected with the c-virus needles immediately began to mutate. The flesh all over their bodies began to churn, and they were enveloped in a layer of deep green slime.
This slime gradually became rigid, forming thick cocoons, looking exactly like the humanoid cocoons seen in the hall earlier. Witnessing this scene,
an even deeper sense of unease welled up within Chris.
He looked at his subordinates with extreme pain in his eyes, his heart filled with towering rage. If nothing unexpected happened, Chris probably knew the fate of these subordinates of his.
Crack, crack...
In less than a minute,
the originally thick humanoid cocoons immediately split open under the gaze of Chris and the others. What burst out from the cocoons were, naturally, the members of the BSAA Squad who had already transformed into monsters.
Every one of them was hideous beyond measure, with bodies covered in massive tumors. These were monsters infected by the c-virus. Some had arms that became incredibly thick,
while others had heads that split open to reveal sharp teeth, and some had bodies that mutated into hard armor.
But without exception, all of them had turned into humanoid monsters, losing all reason, and they launched a frantic attack toward Chris and the others outside the cage.
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
Roar, roar, roar—!!!!
A terrifying roar sounded,
as they raised their massive arms and sharp teeth to frantically attack the iron gate. Before long, the originally sturdy iron gate was instantly broken through.
Boom—!!!
Several c-virus monster Mutants rushed toward Chris rapidly. Seeing the scene before him,
Chris didn't react for a moment and was immediately swatted away by a c-virus monster's palm, his head slamming heavily against the wall.
A smear of blood flowed down from his forehead, the crimson blood filling his eye sockets. His vision became blurred, and his head began to sway as he grew dizzy.
Chris looked at the c-virus monsters gradually approaching him, his face full of resentment and heartache. These were his subordinates; he had clearly promised to bring them home safely before, but now...
Unsurprisingly,
Chris, whose head and spirit had suffered a heavy blow, immediately fell into a coma and fainted—!!!
As more and more monsters continuously gathered toward them, Piers, acting as the second-in-command, did not hesitate.
Facing his former colleagues,
he immediately raised his assault rifle and fired frantically. Although he was very unwilling, the members of the BSAA Squad had completely turned into monsters, so there was no need for mercy.
After all, as the only survivors,
they had to stay alive. Moreover... the legendary hero of the BSAA, Chris, could not die here.
Otherwise, as the spiritual leader of the BSAA, if Chris were to die, it would inevitably cause the BSAA anti-biochemical organization to suffer a severe blow.
"Hey, you take him and go first. I'll hold off these monsters, do you hear me—?!"
And at this moment,
Jake, who possessed the power of the progenitor virus, still stepped forward. Even though he valued his own life, for some reason, he just didn't want Chris to die here.
So Jake planned to reveal his power of infinite recovery to help Piers take Chris and leave first, while he stayed behind to cover their retreat and specifically deal with these damn c-virus monsters!
Volume 9 Resident Evil 6: Chapter 12 Tall Oaks City, Lanxiang City
Massachusetts, USA—
Today, the American CNN News broadcast specially reported an important news item: the current President of the United States, Adam Benford, was attacked at 4:00 PM today at the University of Massachusetts.
Adam Benford was originally giving a speech at the University of Massachusetts but encountered a sudden bioterrorist attack.
A large number of armed personnel entered the university and opened fire in an indiscriminate massacre. The President was assassinated in the principal's office and was shot dead after becoming a zombie due to infection with a bio-virus.
However, there were other hidden details behind the true cause of this major assassination event.