As Chris turned his head back to look at the pitch-black seabed, a thousand thoughts suddenly flooded his mind, and he couldn't help but start murmuring to himself with emotion.
After this mission was over,
He already had the idea of retiring and moving behind the scenes. In fact, Chris had already harbored this thought since returning from the Edonia Republic.
Besides feeling like his strength was failing him,
The most important thing was that Chris had to admit his ideals had failed; the bio-virus could never be completely eradicated.
It was exactly as Javier had said.
It had already developed into an indispensable part of the torrent of the times, an unstoppable craze of evolution.
Although it was a double-edged sword, it concerned the future of humanity, which would lead countless people to continue flocking to study it.
It was like things that had seriously impacted the wheels of history, such as the steam engine, steel, gunpowder, firearms, ships, and so on.
At the end of the nineteenth century,
When these things first appeared, they were also rejected and blocked by the majority of people.
But gradually, those voices of opposition were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, unable to prevent the wheels of the era from rolling forward.
Who would have thought,
That from another perspective, the current Chris and his comrades had also become the feudal remnants of those times? It was exceptionally ridiculous.
Therefore, Chris had an epiphany,
And at the same time, he felt relieved. He now had to admit one thing:
That viruses cannot be completely eliminated. So now, Chris's most important task was not to wipe out the bio-virus,
But to control the bio-virus.
As long as the research into the bio-virus could be controlled,
And no harm was caused to innocent civilians, that could be considered a form of peace in a sense. This was a kind of helpless compromise for Chris.
It was precisely because of this helpless compromise,
That Chris developed the idea of retiring. In fact, in the original game plot, Chris had also set this flag while riding the elevator in the Underwater Oil Field Base with his deputy, Piers.
Chris clearly stated that after he rescued Jake and Sherry,
He planned to retire and quit this line of work, intending to hand over his position to the young man Piers. Piers even expressed that he was too young to be up to the task!
But who would have expected,
Because of the HAOS, Piers had his arm severed,
And was injected with an enhanced C-Virus agent, eventually mutating into a Pikachu-like monster. To save his old captain Chris, Piers died along with the HAOS.
The brightest rising star of the BSAA had suddenly fallen.
This caused the surviving Chris to become completely depressed and taciturn. Ultimately, he did not choose to retire,
And remained on the front lines of the BSAA.
He was still active by the time of Resident Evil 7, though his graying temples were indeed a poignant sight.
A character who spanned the history of Resident Evil,
Still unable to give up his obsession and continuing to carry the heavy burden past the age of fifty.
No one knew what Chris's thoughts were at that time; he could only bury his head and choose to fight against the bio-hazards!
But now,
With Jake and Piers as these two successors,
Chris's mood had improved considerably. This was because Chris could see that the abilities of Jake and Piers would definitely allow them to perform better than himself in the future.
Because he had been too optimistic when he was young,
He hadn't taken Javier's words seriously. Even now, he was still just a grunt in the BSAA without much power.
At most, he only served as a squad leader.
Although he was one of the original founding eleven of the BSAA and a legendary hero with great seniority,
Aside from his fame,
Chris had nothing; his actions still had to follow the arrangements of his superiors.
This was actually one of the things Chris regretted most. If he could, he should have listened to Javier's advice,
Not to focus his gaze excessively on fighting bio-hazards,
But to raise his position as much as possible. If he were now the overall head of the BSAA, he could have changed all sorts of situations.
But unfortunately,
Because Chris himself couldn't help but personally handle bio-hazards and didn't trust the efficiency of other members in executing missions,
It had resulted in Chris's position being so low up to now.
He was afraid that the original members of the BSAA would be bribed by people from the Umbrella Corporation; after all, there were many spies when the BSAA was first established.
That was why Chris did everything himself for every mission.
But now... Chris truly regretted it.
It turned out that fighting bio-hazards didn't require doing everything personally. Standing in a high position to command everyone to fight bio-hazards,
That kind of efficiency would be higher. One cannot set their sights too narrow; Chris had only just realized this point.
However,
Now he didn't need to worry.
With Jake's temperament and Piers's ability,
If the two of them complemented each other, they would surely be able to secure a place in the high-level ranks of the BSAA in the future. At that time, the future would be left for them to change...!
Boom... Rumble!!!!
Roar, roar, roar————!!!!!
However,
Just as Chris was reflecting on the future, an anomaly suddenly occurred. A roar that shook the heavens and earth came once again from the depths of the deep sea.
In the pitch-black depths where one couldn't see their hand in front of their face, an even larger dark shadow suddenly seemed to lunge out,
And quickly swam toward their direction.
Its speed was very fast. Guided by the lights of the Emergency Survival Pod,
As that dark shadow rapidly approached, Chris finally caught a glimpse of those grayish-white, soft, giant tentacles. Those were undoubtedly the limbs and tentacles of the HAOS!
"This... how can this be?"
"Damn it, how is it possible for this beast to continue chasing us!"
Undoubtedly,
The moment he saw the HAOS's tentacles, Chris was shocked.
He didn't expect the HAOS to be so persistent. Even at this stage, it was still following closely, like a ghost that refused to leave, determined to crush them all.
And the most helpless part was,
They were currently deep inside the sphere of the Emergency Survival Pod, and this pod had no power control system at all.
It relied entirely on the pressure of the deep sea to squeeze it upward.
This meant that Chris and the others had no ability to resist and could only watch helplessly as the HAOS approached. They were almost powerless!
"Roar, roar, roar——!!!!!"
That deafening roar drew closer and closer.
Chris could even vaguely see the giant, terrifying, and hideous face of the HAOS on the seabed.
Those giant grayish-white tentacles had already touched the survival pod sphere they were in. A terrifying force slammed into it, as the giant tentacles attempted to squeeze and shatter the entire survival pod.
Crack...!
To Chris's surprise,
The glass of the survival pod actually developed a few cracks this time.
Clearly, this hadn't happened back at the Underwater Oil Field Base, but now... this was actually due to the deep-sea pressure.
The deep-sea pressure plus the squeezing force of the HAOS,
The combination of the two had led to the damage of the survival pod's glass. If this continued, it was very likely the glass would not be able to withstand it and would shatter.
Buzz, buzz, buzz...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
However,
In a corner invisible to both Chris and the HAOS, an overlord of the deep sea arrived quietly.
It possessed a black, deep-sea stealth skin. Its massive body was even larger than a humpback whale, and its entire being was incredibly silent.
Only the propellers at the rear were working.
By the time you discovered this deep-sea overlord quietly approaching, you would realize it was already too late, because it had already entered its attack range.
Undoubtedly,
This deep-sea overlord was a Nuclear Submarine, an attack Nuclear Submarine.
Its entire body was pitch black, floating in the sea like a giant deep-sea whale, existing only to guard the safety of the waters and prevent the intervention of other countries' submarines.
The danger of the HAOS was too severe, and coupled with the bio-hazard outbreak in Lanshiang City, it led the HK Government to treat the bio-virus with extreme seriousness.
Consequently,
After discovering that a terrifying biological B.O.W. like the HAOS truly existed at the Underwater Oil Field Base, the aircraft carrier generals and the HK Government one after another sought help from their motherland.
They called in the type of attack Nuclear Submarine patrolling the sea area for support. Fortunately, this Nuclear Submarine was not far from the HK Sea Area.
After all, HK also belonged to the motherland, and this sea area was their own, so it was not unusual for a Nuclear Submarine to be roaming here.
After sailing for a period of time,
The Nuclear Submarine quickly arrived in the vicinity of the Underwater Oil Field Base.
Through Bio-radar perception, it instantly discovered the monster that had escaped its cage, the HAOS, as well as the survival pod sphere that Chris and the others were in.
The glowing sphere was very conspicuous in the pitch-black deep sea.
Therefore, without any hesitation and following instructions, the Nuclear Submarine immediately launched a Torpedo at the HAOS in front of it.
Clack...!
Whoosh...
Boom, boom, boom——!!!
The black underwater Torpedo instantly roared, its rear propeller spinning as it swam straight toward the HAOS's massive body.
The Torpedo, as thick as a bucket, appeared almost tiny in front of the HAOS's massive body, but the moment the two collided,
A massive explosion instantly occurred. The terrifying shockwave directly pulverized half of the HAOS's body.
One must know,
There is a significant difference in power between an underwater explosion and an explosion above water. Above water, because of the transmission through air,
The energy of the explosion will quickly dissipate. This makes the explosion sound loud, but its destructive power is not very great.
In contrast, underwater,
Water is a liquid substance that presents a certain amount of resistance, and the deeper the sea, the stronger the resistance.
This prevents the energy of the explosion from being easily dispersed and diluted. This is the real reason why firecrackers thrown into water are much more powerful.
During World War II, There were countless examples of warships being destroyed by torpedoes.
Just a single underwater Torpedo, Without needing to carry too many explosives, could blow a warship in half and render it completely scrapped if it hit the right spot.