"Beep—! Beep—!"
Hearing the piercing alarm, Jame immediately stopped walking, turned his head, and said calmly to Rebecca, who looked confused behind him:
"You should also change into the company's equipment and deal with the anomaly with me."
"Huh?" Rebecca, hearing the order, was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded and said: "Yes!"
"Stay calm."
After reminding Rebecca once more, Jame left to go to his quarters, preparing to change into his Umbrella Agent weapons and equipment.
For Jame, this was just another 'routine' containment situation.
But for Rebecca, this was her first time encountering an anomaly.
Given her talent in biology and chemistry, she could have completely become a Researcher at the Hive, or even an assistant to Dr. Halsey.
However, born into a military family, she chose to become an Agent, preparing to gain some experience before heading to the phantom to assist Dr. Halsey with various research.
The calmness she showed before was truly just an act.
Fortunately, Jame was an elite Agent about to step into the A-level tier, possessing experience in dealing with various types of anomalies; otherwise, she really wouldn't know what to do.
Several minutes later.
In the corridor outside the freezer on the first floor of the experimental building, several Security Personnel equipped with pistols and a considerable number of Researchers had gathered.
"Everyone, make way, make way."
Sand, the supervisor of the research station, pushed through the crowd and came to the Security Personnel who had pulled the alarm earlier, asking: "What happened?"
"Supervisor, you'd better see for yourself."
The Security Personnel didn't offer much explanation and directly pressed the sliding door switch on the wall.
"Swish—"
"Whoosh—!"
As soon as the sliding door opened, everyone heard the howling of the blizzard, and the temperature in the corridor began to drop sharply.
They saw that the wall opposite the door inside the freezer had been smashed open by brute force from the inside out, which was the direct reason the blizzard could sweep through the surrounding area.
Of course...
The rectangular block of ice that had been placed in the center was now shattered into ice shards all over the floor, and the creature that had been frozen was nowhere to be seen.
The culprit behind the destruction of the wall was obvious.
"Swish—" The sliding door was closed again by the Security Personnel.
"—" The noise caused by the blizzard also came to an abrupt stop.
Upon seeing that scene, the Security Personnel all wore expressions of disbelief, and the Researchers looked grim.
And Sand, as the supervisor, was no longer his usual calm self, and he was thinking about how to handle this incident.
"Step—step—!" (x2)
Just then, heavy footsteps came from behind the crowd.
Turning around, they saw Jame and Rebecca, both wearing Umbrella Agent equipment.
One White, one black.
Jame was in the white uniform of a senior Agent, while Rebecca was still in the black attire of a regular Agent.
However, both were wearing helmets and masks, so their true faces could not be seen.
This made the Security Personnel place their hands on the holsters at their thighs, preparing to draw their weapons in defense.
"Everyone." Jame opened his helmet visor and spoke first: "We are Agents belonging to Umbrella, and we will take full command from now on."
Upon realizing they were colleagues, and that it was Jame, the Captain of the Second Team, the Security Personnel relaxed their vigilance slightly.
"Umbrella?"
Sand pushed through the crowd to reach Jame and questioned: "What do you want? Why would Umbrella send people to hide in a multinational joint research station?"
"Dr." Rebecca also opened her visor and advised kindly:
"Our primary goal right now is to find that missing creature, locate, isolate, and control it. It may be hostile toward us humans, and the microorganisms it carries may also pose a fatal threat to us."
"Hmm..." Sand finally changed his previous mindset, nodded, and agreed: "You are right."
After all, wanting to research and explore the truth was a scientist's instinct, and the research station had the most complete equipment.
But now it had shown extremely strong destructive power, so they could no longer act according to previous thinking.
"Very good." Jame nodded slightly, looked at the group of Security Personnel, and said calmly: "Everyone, from now on, I need you to follow my commands. After this incident is resolved, I guarantee that Umbrella will provide you with generous compensation."
The Security Personnel first looked at each other, but soon gave an answer—they agreed.
Umbrella was now an entity that 'rode' above all nations; its financial, material, and human resources were top-notch, and its reputation was flawless.
Furthermore, there was a 'creature' lurking outside, and combined with the high-tech equipment worn by Jame and Rebecca, it was convincing enough.
"Boom—!"
"Ah!"
Just as Jame naturally obtained command, a loud noise came from a nearby room, along with a woman's scream.
Hearing this.
Jame immediately ordered Rebecca beside him: "Take these people and leave here, and have those Researchers put on their sealed suits and prepare for the cleanup."
"Yes... but what about you?" Rebecca asked.
"Click!"
Jame chambered a round in his rifle, adjusted his mask, and walked toward the source of the sound.
"I'm going to eliminate that anomaly. If I am not a match for it, I will use the black tyrant to execute it."
"This..." Rebecca looked at Jame's back, feeling an inexplicable emotion in her heart.
Then she nodded and encouraged him: "Yes, then Good Luck, Jame!"
"Yeah."
Ten-plus minutes later.
"Whoosh—!"
"Ah—"
"Help!"
Jame walked alone in the corridor of the research area, which was filled with the noise of the blizzard and faint cries for help.
He quickly found the source of the loud noise.
A research lab.
Snowflakes blew from the open door into the corridor, carrying the cold wind to every corner, and another research lab at the end of the corridor had also been destroyed by brute force.
He passed by that research lab.
Looking inside.
He saw the wall had been destroyed by brute force again.
Most importantly, a female Researcher had already collapsed in a pool of blood; her abdomen looked as if it had been slashed open by a sharp blade, with her internal organs and intestines spilled on the ground.
There was no saving her.
Jame shook his head slightly, then continued running toward the end of the corridor.
Rushing through the damaged door, he went straight into the more spacious research lab.
"Help... help me... I don't want to die..."
"Oh my god... oh my god..."
The creature from the ice block was right in the center of the research lab.
(Image)
Dense tentacles extended from its abdomen, piercing a Researcher who had already died beneath it.
In the corner of the research lab were two survivors who had been scared out of their wits, disheveled, and at a loss for what to do.
Seeing this.
"Bang bang! Bang!" Jame immediately fired a burst at the creature.
But after the bullets pierced the creature's body, it seemed to have no reaction, still using its tentacles to perform a'sucking' motion.
Encountering this situation.
Jame immediately put away his gun and took out a grenade with a red mark.
"Click~!" He pulled the pin and threw the incendiary sensor grenade at the creature.
"Boom—! Whoosh—!"
"Roar—!" Accompanied by a slight explosion and the burning of Fire, the creature finally struggled and roared loudly.
It seemed.
It was also an anomaly that feared Fire.
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