However, this was no longer up to Simmons.
Carla loathed this scumbag Simmons to the core. Since she had turned into an ugly monster, how could she possibly allow this bastard Simmons to remain unscathed?
Therefore, without any hesitation, upon seeing Simmons's indecision, an expression of rage appeared on Carla's face.
She immediately controlled a nearby spore clone to retrieve the black briefcase that had fallen on the floor.
Although there was a corrosive effect, because the briefcase was made of alloy, the spore clone's weak corrosion could not destroy the remaining two C-Virus injectors inside.
"Click—!"
Opening the briefcase once more, without a word, Carla snapped her fingers, and the spore clone of Simmons's beloved "Ada" beside her firmly restrained Simmons's body, making him unable to move.
Simultaneously, she used the corrosive spores to torture Simmons. Carla wasn't afraid of Simmons dying from the pain;
even if Simmons were tortured into a pile of rotten meat, as long as the C-Virus agent could be injected,
Simmons would still infect and mutate into a monster. So, before the mutation, Carla wanted to make Simmons feel as much pain as possible.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."
"Aaahhh... Carla, wait! I don't want to turn into a monster! I beg you, let me go! I know I was wrong, I shouldn't have treated you as Ada's substitute, please!"
"Don't inject me with the C-Virus! I'll support whatever you want to do with all my power! Destroy the world? Fine, fine, fine, I'll help you destroy the world! Just let me go...!!!"
As the saying goes, a dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water, and one doesn't shed tears until they see the coffin.
Now that he was truly facing death, Simmons finally began to panic, especially as he felt his limbs being seized and corroded by the spore clones.
The burning pain all over his body was unbearable for Simmons. It felt as if his entire body had been splashed with sulfuric acid, so Simmons began to plead for mercy.
Furthermore,
Simmons had personally participated in the research of the C-Virus.
As one of the researchers of the C-Virus, he knew how low the fusion probability was. If it were the ordinary T-Virus, Simmons might have reluctantly accepted it,
but the C-Virus...
Simmons did not want to become an ugly monster like a Beauty Beast. So now, Simmons only wanted to live. No matter what request Carla made, Simmons was willing to accept it.
But unfortunately,
Simmons's repentance at this moment was too late.
If Simmons had been willing to yield to Carla and admit his mistakes earlier in the hotel building's fire escape stairwell, Carla might not have sought revenge so heartlessly.
After all, for better or worse,
it was Simmons who had promoted Carla in the first place. Without Simmons's appreciation, Carla would never have reached her current status.
Otherwise, she would have just been an ordinary person disappearing into the crowd. But she rose because of Simmons, and she fell because of Simmons.
Carla's initial admiration for Simmons had completely transformed into hatred. After Simmons had insulted and mocked her,
the last bit of affection Carla had for Simmons had completely vanished. She was a complete substitute,
and a pirated, knock-off, low-quality imitation at that.
This was a fact Carla could not change. Since that was the case... she would just drag Simmons into hell with her.
"You will be just like me, Simmons. When you turn into a monster, you will lose everything—power, wealth, status—you will lose it all."
"You will no longer be a Senior Security Advisor to the US Government, nor will you be the leader of the Family Organization. You will go from being a superior elite to a completely ugly, stupid, and loathed monster."
"Hahahaha... this is hell! Fall into this bottomless abyss with me! After all... it was you who made me look like this!!!"
Looking at Simmons's humble posture as he begged for mercy,
Carla was not moved at all. Instead, she couldn't help but lower her head and curse Simmons with an excited, twisted expression.
Simmons's wretched state
was exactly the wish Carla had been desperately pursuing. She... had finally seen this man's miserable state, and her heart was filled with incomparable joy.
Having said that—
Carla didn't hesitate for a second.
Her white spore hand directly took out that red, Enhanced C-Virus injector.
This was the most violent Enhanced C-Virus agent she had specially prepared for Simmons, which could definitely turn him into the ugliest monster!
Because the injector was made of glass and iron, the corrosive spores could not erode it, so there was no risk of the C-Virus agent shattering upon contact.
But even if it were corroded, it wouldn't matter, because it only took a few short seconds to inject it into Simmons's body.
"Come..."
"Be loathed by the world along with me...!"
A low murmur, like that of a demon, slowly sounded in Simmons's ear. Simmons suddenly felt his entire body tremble uncontrollably.
Then, the sharp injector instantly pierced Simmons's already swollen neck. Along with the injection of the red Enhanced C-Virus agent,
intense pain struck instantly. Unable to bear it, Simmons immediately knelt on the ground. His body began to twitch and convulse rapidly, veins bulged, and his skin temperature rose quickly.
The immune system inside his body issued a warning.
The temperature to eliminate the virus was raised to the extreme, but a conventional immune system could not resolve the C-Virus, let alone the most violent enhanced version.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh... aaahhh..."
Simmons, kneeling on the ground, let out a series of painful wails from his throat. He was in extreme agony; this was the precursor to mutation. Carla, the instigator, watched her work before her with great satisfaction.
"Escape, quickly...!!!"
The thing they least wanted to see had happened.
Seeing Simmons being injected with the Enhanced C-Virus, Javier, who was nearby, did not hesitate to shout a warning to everyone around.
If two Enhanced C-Virus monsters appeared at the same time, the situation would be extremely dangerous. Therefore, they absolutely could not stay here for long.
"..."
"Pfft...!!!"
At this time,
Simmons's immune system had reached its limit. His skin turned bright red all over, and his temperature climbed rapidly, as if it were going to burn Simmons to a crisp.
In the next second, actual flames began to burn all over Simmons's body. Deep muscle fissures began to crack open on the surface of his skin,
as if pieces of corpses were being pieced and sewn together. At the same time, the clothes on his body were completely burned away.
As the flames burned out,
a Simmons who looked like a stitched zombie suddenly appeared before everyone. This was his mutated form; he had completed the fusion with the C-Virus, but unfortunately... it was only a partial fusion.
"Heh, heh, heh..."
"Damn you, Carla! I want you to die right here. You actually dared to scheme against me. Because of you... I've become this ugly thing!"
Panting heavily, the partially fused Simmons stared fixedly at Carla beside him and spoke with a very unfriendly, cursing tone.
Although his reason remained, Simmons could feel the violent power within him gradually expanding. He could not completely control it.
Therefore, Simmons concluded that he had not truly achieved a perfect fusion with the C-Virus. When he saw the muscle fissures covering his arms,
Simmons became even more certain of this. Consequently, there was no joy in Simmons's heart, only deep resentment toward Carla.
"Roar roar roar—!!!"
In the next second,
Simmons, consumed by rage, was momentarily unable to control his body. The violent C-Virus power within him, along with his agitated emotions,
underwent a change. Simmons let out a roar, and that body covered in stitched lines suddenly split apart like various parts.
His head split open, revealing the viscous, wrinkled brain and pale bones inside. Even his skeletal frame and limbs began to split and regenerate.
Under the repeated splitting and regeneration,
the original human-form Simmons completely disappeared, replaced by a giant ancient saber-toothed tiger composed of red flesh and white bone.
It had sharp teeth and claws, and a massive body, about two meters high and five meters long. Billowing steam rose from the red and white flesh, and heat dissipated in all directions,
just like the steam emitted by a Colossal Titan. Because of the high temperature unique to the C-Virus, it also continuously spread a large amount of heat to the surroundings.
And this was Simmons's true mutated state,
the infinitely regenerating C-Virus transformer—!!!
Simmons, having been injected with the Enhanced C-Virus, also possessed the powerful ability of infinite splitting and regeneration. However, what Simmons possessed was not Carla's spore splitting,
but the splitting of flesh and blood.
His body was like a transformer, capable of changing into various forms through high-speed regeneration of flesh to adapt to the situation.
For example, the fierce saber-toothed tiger before them. In the original plot, besides the saber-toothed tiger, Simmons could also transform into a fast-running centaur,
as well as a massive and highly aggressive Tyrannosaurus Rex, an Emperor Scorpion, and even a giant fly the size of a house. These were all forms that gradually changed according to what Simmons's consciousness needed to deal with the situation.
And such complex splitting and regeneration
was also one of the important puzzle pieces for Javier's Key to Eternal Life. The C-Virus had a faster splitting speed than the G-Virus and could also perform more complex splitting and regeneration.
For instance, Simmons's transformer ability
was one of the most important abilities that Lisa lacked. As long as she had the C-Virus, Lisa could complete the regeneration aspect of her makeup.
The previous G-Virus regeneration was merely a super-strong recovery ability. Now, with the addition of the C-Virus,
Lisa would completely become an unkillable virus-infected individual. At that time, even if she truly took a direct hit from a nuclear bomb, Lisa could confidently survive.
And if he could finally obtain the fungal ability of the Super Mold Lord—the kind of ability that could restore even if turned into fragments—
Javier thought...
even if that hadn't yet reached the threshold of eternal life,
it could actually be considered another form of eternal life. And this was the true reason why Javier wanted to obtain various virus samples—!
"Roar roar roar...!!!!"
Pulling the camera back,
Simmons, having transformed into a saber-toothed tiger, did not hesitate. He raised his giant claws and directly launched an attack on the spore queen Carla in front of him.
With a roar and a bellow,
the giant claws struck Carla's body. Even though she was covered in spore liquid, the terrifying force still directly sent Carla flying several meters away.
Simmons's offensive was not over yet.
With billowing waves of heat and steam, the saber-toothed tiger that Simmons had become once again charged headlong and slammed into Carla's body.
His head pressed against Carla's body, and the two of them quickly rushed toward the floor-to-ceiling window of the room, looking very much like they were going to die together.
"Bang—!!!"
"Crack, crack...!!!"
In the next second,
the saber-toothed tiger Simmons exerted his strength, and with a push of his ferocious tiger head, his massive body, along with Carla, slammed through the glass of the floor-to-ceiling window.
The two bodies quickly fell toward the high floors of the hotel building. From a height of a full 16 floors, any creature would turn into a pile of mangled meat under the acceleration of gravity.
Because of the pull from the main body,
the twenty-odd spore clones that were still in the room also, upon Carla's fall,
quickly exploded and turned into a pool of white liquid, flowing down together.
Like inseparable regenerative matter, these spore clones would actively disappear to protect the main body when it encountered danger.
"Let's go, quickly...!!!"