"Their blood and the tissue samples from the first alien entity must be destroyed," Jame said calmly, looking at the remains of the two'survivors'.
"But..." Rebecca, her face showing conflict behind her helmet.
After all, such a thing possessed extremely high research value, and as a future researcher for Umbrella, she certainly hoped to have the opportunity to analyze it using the company's various technologies.
But the threat was also extremely high.
Unlike viruses, there was no vaccine for it at all.
Then she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and destroy all the blood and tissue samples later."
"Mm." Hearing Rebecca's answer, Jame seemed to nod with satisfaction.
His tone was no longer as cold as he instructed, "Always considering the safety of humanity is the quality an Umbrella employee should possess."
"Yes, I understand!" Rebecca committed his words to memory.
"Captain." At this moment, the security guard holding the flamethrower asked Jame:
"Do you Umbrella people usually deal with these... these strange things?"
Jame nodded and said nothing.
"Then, after the blizzard ends, can I join Umbrella?" The security guard asked tentatively.
Jame, who was about to lead Rebecca to destroy the samples, replied with his back to him, "If you can pass the physical test, yes."
Then he commanded with a heavier tone, "Before this incident ends, you are not allowed to leave here without my order, nor are you allowed to let anyone else enter here.
If someone doesn't listen to warnings, fire a warning shot first, and if that still doesn't work... kill them directly.
Understand?"
"Yes." (x7)
"Mm."
Afterward, Jame took Rebecca and left the research area, walking through the corridors that connected the various sections.
During this time.
"Hey, Jame, how many containment operations have you participated in?" Rebecca, following behind Jame, asked curiously.
"Including this time, nine in total."
"Nine?!" Rebecca exclaimed, "Participating in or discovering three anomalous phenomena allows you to be promoted to an A-class employee. Why are you still in the ranks of B-class agents?"
"It's nothing." Jame glanced back at Rebecca and explained:
"Agents are the company's frontline force, able to confront these anomalous phenomena at the first moment. UBCS and Mobile Task Forces are for containment and follow-up.
As for me, I just want to resolve them the moment anomalous phenomena appear and protect more people, that's all."
"..." Rebecca fell silent.
She had originally thought that Jame, who could shoot 'people' without hesitation, was the type of agent with a cold and ruthless personality, but she never expected him to possess such a selfless spirit.
Deeply moved, she also better understood the company's declaration: "We control, we protect."
"Heh heh." At this moment, Jame rarely chuckled.
He advised, "You're only nineteen and very smart. You should be by the doctor's side researching new equipment.
Not coming to an agent unit with an extremely high casualty rate to experience life, so after the blizzard, I will notify Selene and have her send someone to pick you up."
Within just half an hour, four people had died.
This indeed redefined Rebecca's understanding, and she silently nodded, then quietly asked, "Then... what about you?"
"..." Jame did not answer.
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Due to the sudden incident, most of the personnel in the research station stayed in their respective dormitories, while security guards armed with pistols, shotguns, or flamethrowers were responsible for patrolling and vigilance.
Thus, the passages between buildings and within various facilities, apart from the patrolling security, were empty.
It felt very deserted.
This also allowed Jame and Rebecca to quickly return from the research area to the second-floor laboratory of the experimental building.
However, they discovered that several sets of blood samples and tissue organs had disappeared, and even the instruments capable of monitoring blood had been completely destroyed.
Upon seeing this.
Rebecca first muttered in disbelief, "How is this possible! Can that thing's blood still flow?"
"Wait..." Then, as if she instantly understood something.
She looked at Jame, suddenly enlightened, "It seems that every single cell of this thing is an individual organism, so a cell-level disinfection procedure is necessary to completely eliminate them!"
Suddenly, as Rebecca loudly warned Jame, Sander's voice came over the broadcast:
"Attention everyone, this is Supervisor Halverson Sander. All personnel at the research station, please gather in the main building's hall.
I repeat..."
Upon hearing this.
Jame immediately asked Rebecca, who was behind him, "Rebecca, was Sander also analyzing blood samples with you?"
A slightly flustered Rebecca nodded, "Yes."
"—Buzz—"
Immediately after.
When Sander broadcasted the call to gather in the hall, the entire research station lost power supply. Lights, heating, air conditioning, and various other equipment all stopped working.
The only things still providing light were the emergency lights hanging at the entrances and exits of various rooms and along the corridors.
"Click!"
Jame chambered a round in his rifle, looking at the laboratory exit, and said calmly, "As long as even one cell is contaminated, they will be assimilated into one of them, and if they also possess the memories of their previous host...
Then that 'Dr. Sander' can perfectly use his identity to come into contact with everyone in the research station in a short amount of time."
"Click!" Rebecca also pulled the bolt of her gun.
Clinging tightly to Jame's side, her voice trembling slightly, she said, "Then this means that besides you, me, and the second group of security guards in protective suits, we can't trust anyone else.
Even... even..."
"Even having to face everyone in the entire research station, or rather, those things," Jame said calmly.
"Jame... what should we do... this creature has completely exceeded my predictions..."
Rebecca moved even closer to Jame, her voice unable to hide her fear.
"What to do?" Jame activated his mask's dynamic detection and night vision capabilities as he replied:
"Conduct a saturation clear-out operation."
After Jame finished speaking, he left to go to the research area, preparing to rendezvous with the second group of security guards, and then carry out what he called the 'clear-out operation.'
"Wait a minute!" Rebecca followed closely behind him, reminding him:
"Jame, that thing can simulate multiple forms simultaneously and can also choose what it considers an effective attack method.
If it pierces you with a limb, you will definitely be infected. With just the few of us, we can't stop those things from the entire research station."
Jame did not stop walking and continued to tell her, "No matter what, we must hold on until the blizzard ends.
Coincidentally, the company doesn't have combat records for the Black Tyrant yet, so I'll be the first.
As for you, I will do my best to ensure you survive, don't worry."
Rebecca, following Jame, did not immediately respond but quickly thought about how to resolve assimilation and infection.
Wait...
Infection?
"Jame!" Rebecca exclaimed excitedly, "I think the nanoserum should be effective against that thing's erosion!"
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