At this very moment,
Javier had just returned from outside.
Opening the door, he carried a basket of fruit and some packed lunch boxes in his hands. Upon seeing Rebecca already awake on the bed,
Javier felt a trace of surprise, but at the same time, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. It was good that this girl was awake; he had thought she would sleep for a long time.
"Rebecca, it's good that you're awake..."
"It's safe now, so don't worry. Regarding the a-virus matter, the BSAA Squad has already gone to handle it. As for Glenn, he is also dead."
"The doctor said you fainted because your head suffered a heavy blow, but it didn't cause any major injuries. You just need plenty of rest. I went out and bought some fruit and food. Are you hungry? You can eat first to replenish your strength so you'll recover faster."
Carrying the fruit and lunch boxes, he walked to Rebecca's bedside.
Looking at the now-awake Rebecca, Javier reached out and touched the back of her injured head, explaining with a rare tone of gentle affection.
After all, this girl was like a little sister to him. Javier then opened the lunch boxes, which were filled with high-calorie foods.
They were just right to fill their two hungry stomachs.
To be honest, after transforming into a giant earlier, Javier was quite hungry himself, so he had bought seven or eight boxes—not just for Rebecca, but for himself as well.
"Thank you..."
"Um... Javier, I have a question. Does this wedding dress I'm wearing look strange? Ahem... Of course, I didn't choose to wear this."
"That old man Glenn forced me to wear it. He said I looked like his wife and forced me to marry him. He even took a ring from his wife's severed hand and made me put it on. I've simply never seen such a crazy lunatic."
"Uh... what I mean is, do I look unsuitable in a wedding dress? After all, my figure isn't that great, and I'm childish and not sexy at all. No one should like it, right...!"
After giving her thanks,
Rebecca realized she was still wearing the wedding dress in front of Javier, and she suddenly began to ramble incoherently.
Even she didn't know what she was saying.
But after she finished... Rebecca blushed and stole a glance at Javier. Her intention was actually very simple.
She wanted Javier to evaluate and praise how she looked in the wedding dress. However, she hadn't expected to be so nervous in front of him.
As a result, she babbled incoherently, making herself feel quite ashamed. It was just so easy to get nervous in front of the person she liked.
Faced with Rebecca's nervous rambling,
Javier only felt a sense of amusement. He actually understood what the girl meant.
So he didn't tease her on purpose, but followed her lead and began to speak thoughtfully.
"Hmm... Rebecca, you look very beautiful in the wedding dress, but I feel like something is missing. I've got it! Wearing this should make it perfect."
The very next second,
to make Rebecca happy, Javier suddenly pretended to have a bright idea. Then, as if performing a magic trick, he pulled a cheap pink plastic box from his pocket.
He opened it to reveal
a very cheap and low-quality plastic ring lying inside. It had a pink band with a red Rose in the center that was already peeling paint.
This was a plastic ring Javier had just bought from the sundries section of a convenience store. It was about as cheap as a toy from KFC.
Thinking that a bride in a wedding dress needed a ring, Javier had bought it on a whim.
The moment she saw the ring,
Rebecca excitedly covered her mouth. She didn't despise the plastic ring; instead, she was overjoyed and immediately placed it on her ring finger.
Like a child holding a favorite toy, she couldn't bear to let it go.
Even if this conspicuous plastic ring didn't match the snow-white, diamond-studded wedding dress, Rebecca didn't care at all...
Volume 10: Resident Evil Village, Vendetta: Chapter 1: Setting Sail
Year 2021—
Several years had passed since the Lanshiang City incident. Time truly flies.
During this period, Ada Wong had come to visit Javier a few times.
Because she had been injected with the T-Virus, Ada's appearance remained beautiful and moving. She didn't show signs of wrinkles or aging as in the original records; her charm persisted.
Her appearance was temporarily frozen in her thirties.
This was a good thing for her. After all, all women love beauty, and no woman can stand to watch her looks gradually fade away.
At the same time,
during this meeting,
Javier asked Ada to help with another matter.
The research project for immortality was nearing its end. Javier planned for Ada to go to Greenland to build an Institute base.
Because of the final fusion process,
Javier needed a site more suitable for research and experimentation, and Greenland was the best place.
As the largest island in the world,
nearly eight-tenths of Greenland is uninhabitable. Only the edges of the island are barely suitable for survival, making it one of the least populated countries in the world.
Nuuk, the capital,
has only fifty thousand people. Because the population density is low and housing is close together, if you find a girlfriend in Greenland,
she might very well be your older or younger cousin. After all, the population is so small that the probability of inbreeding is high.
Of course,
that wasn't the point.
The point was Greenland's environment—a place of polar ice, and also a beacon of hope for humanity.
In the game Plague Inc., the thing many players controlling virus spreaders least want to hear is the phrase "Greenland's port has closed."
As a perennially cold country, the probability of virus invasion here is one in ten. It's difficult for a virus to survive in such a cold environment.
Therefore, this is also the island of hope most likely to provide refuge during an apocalypse. During the Viking period of the 8th to 10th centuries, fleeing Vikings discovered this place and named it Greenland, meaning "green land".
Because of the cold environment,
even during the turbulent Viking era, few pirates were willing to visit this godforsaken region.
Thus, whether in the past or now, Greenland is an island very suitable for refuge. Coupled with its environmental temperature, it shares similarities with the Antarctic, which can lower the activity of viruses.
It is very suitable for virus fusion.
Therefore, Javier selected this place for the final Institute.
It was also a precaution in case a real doomsday occurred in the future. Of course... Javier had actually thought about buying an island in American waters to renovate, but that would be too conspicuous.
Once a patrol fleet found someone on a deserted island far from the United States, they would certainly inspect it frequently.
So, to avoid trouble,
a populated yet isolated island like Greenland was most suitable. Javier entrusted Ada with building an Institute there.
The specifications were all top-tier, and funding was ample. Once he returned, they would carry out the second migration.
Only after truly completing the immortality plan
would Javier return to live in the bay villa in America; otherwise, he would stay on Greenland for a long time.
Besides Ada,
many things had happened over the four years...
Among them was Lisa, who hadn't been mentioned for a long time. She was the strongest female boss Javier had created in the Resident Evil series to date.
In the span of four years, she had completely fused with the C-Virus. Yes... although the risk of the ouroboros virus was too high for Lisa to be confident in fusing with it,
the C-Virus was completely different.
The C-Virus itself was a new type of virus formed by the fusion of the G-Virus and the T-Veronica Virus, and Lisa herself was the original host of the G-Virus.
She had also previously absorbed the T-Veronica Virus for fusion.
Therefore, she already had adaptability. Over these four years, by slowly diluting the C-Virus, Lisa finally completed a second fusion with it.
As of now,
Lisa possessed the G-Virus original strain, the ordinary T-Virus, the Nemesis-α Parasite, the T-Veronica Virus, the Vampire Blood Virus, and the C-Virus. With multiple abilities at her disposal, she had completely reached the very top of the food chain.
If she obtained the final power of the Mold Lord,
then Lisa could achieve true immortality on Javier's behalf. Of course... even without the power of the Mold Lord, in a sense, Lisa already existed as a pseudo-immortal being.
With the dual ultra-high recovery capabilities of the G-Virus and C-Virus, even if she were truly subjected to nuclear bombardment radiation and high-temperature melting,
it would still be impossible to kill Lisa.
Furthermore, through her devouring ability, as long as there were continuous living organisms for Lisa to absorb,
she would possess an infinite lifespan. This was immortality in the truest sense, and it was the decision Javier regretted the least.
Because even Javier himself hadn't expected
that a once miserable and suffering little girl could grow to such heights. If Jake and Rose were the chosen son and daughter of heaven,
one inherited the progenitor virus from his father Wesker, naturally skipping the fusion process and becoming a chosen one who perfectly fused with the progenitor virus,
his future only required steadily awakening the progenitor virus to gain extraordinary power without any side effects, possessing a true body of a superman,
the other had also achieved congenital symbiosis with the mold during the embryonic stage, and after later receiving power enhancement from Mother Miranda,
she became the perfect spokesperson for the Mold Lord.
Both, throughout the history of Resident Evil, possessed extraordinary talent and a starting point that was hard for others to look up to. But even so, in front of Lisa, they weren't enough.
After all, if those two were the chosen son and daughter of heaven,
then Lisa was the Empress of Ruthlessness who swept through the ages—the most brilliant and talented person from ancient times to the present, who created the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, the number one ruthless person of all time...
Indeed,
born into a commoner family, her father was an excellent architect, but because he accepted Spencer's commission to help build an Institute base,
the family of three was eventually used by Spencer as experimental subjects for bio-viruses. Her mother turned into a pile of weathered white bones, and her father became a blood-red zombie.
She herself suffered the torment of thousands of viruses, eventually becoming a monster with human faces pasted onto her head. Because she held onto the memory of her mother and father,
even after suffering inhuman torture,
she still survived. After being injected with the Nemesis-α Parasite,
she regained a tiny bit of consciousness, and finally, by a stroke of luck, she fused into the G-Virus, which possessed the greatest devouring and recovery abilities.
In the original story, Lisa, having awakened the G-Virus, would have found her mother's remains in a grotto with the help of the protagonists and then leapt off a cliff to end her tragic life.
But because of Javier,
who helped collect and bury her mother's remains, the Lisa with faint intelligence chose to follow Javier to repay his kindness.
Later, during the battle with Wesker,
Lisa successfully broke free from her shackles. After fulfilling her wish of finding her mother,
Lisa no longer needed the various female faces stuck to her body. She tore them all off and restored her original appearance.
In the subsequent Raccoon City crisis, the Antarctic Research Institute, and the Africa Ouroboros Virus Project, Lisa participated in each one.
With Javier's help, she obtained and devoured many viruses, and now she stands at the top of the food chain.
Therefore, in a sense,
it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call Lisa the Empress of Ruthlessness who swept through the ages. After all, her experience was far more tragic and difficult than those of Jake and Rose.
Even Javier hadn't expected Lisa to reach this day, but perhaps from the moment she could endure the torment of over a hundred viruses, she was destined to be extraordinary...!
Of course,
it wasn't just Lisa;
Javier himself had also made progress.
After the New York epidemic and the Rebecca incident ended, Javier also tirelessly entered the virus fusion mode.
With Alexia's help,