Main Hall:
This was the most spacious, square-shaped area in the entire research station, featuring various potted plants, several rows of sofas, and a giant screen.
Although the research station had lost power due to an 'unknown' reason, the backup generator beneath the hall continued to supply electricity to this area.
Therefore, it wasn't as dim as other places.
At this moment, the researchers and staff from the research station, along with Security Teams One and Three, were gathered here.
The originally spacious hall now felt extremely crowded, and most people had expressions of fear and unease on their faces.
After all, the blizzard had isolated this place from the world.
The creature that had emerged from the 'ice block' brought back by the exploration team had already killed two people.
Even just a few minutes ago, two gunshots echoed from the sealed research area, completely terrifying everyone in the station.
Sander, who was supposed to be monitoring blood samples earlier, stood in front of the giant screen, while the other researchers who were also in the laboratory were nowhere to be seen.
More importantly, the sixteen security personnel from Teams One and Three were gathered around Sander, seemingly ready to follow his lead.
"Supervisor, why did you call us here?"
"Yes, Supervisor, and what's going on with the research station's power?"
The frightened crowd hoped to get useful information from the supervisor.
However, before Sander could say anything, a security guard in a white hazmat suit, covered in blood, stumbled from the direction of the research area.
"Thud!" He finally collapsed to the ground.
!
Upon seeing this, those nearby immediately rushed over, wanting to check on the security guard.
"Move aside! I'm a doctor! Don't move him yet!"
Within seconds, the doctor stationed at the research station pushed through the crowd, reminding people not to move the security guard to avoid further injury.
The doctor knelt beside the security guard, quickly tearing open his blood-stained hazmat suit and examining him carefully.
Then he immediately turned his head and said, "Someone, help me! He's dying!"
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Meanwhile, in the research area:
"This... Ugh..."
Rebecca nearly vomited the undigested food in her stomach after seeing the scene before her, but she managed to hold it in.
Because everywhere were bloodstains, tooth fillings, bone fixation plates, and other items that should have been inside a human body.
Especially in the dim environment, those things in the holographic mask appeared extremely eerie and bloody.
For nineteen-year-old Rebecca, who was encountering an anomaly for the first time, it was truly unbearable.
Jame, on the other hand, who was accustomed to blood, showed no adverse reactions.
Instead, he half-crouched and analyzed, "No shell casings, no signs of fire damage. It seems those things gained the trust of Team Two and were then eliminated in an instant.
Hmph." At this point, Jame snorted coldly, saying,
"They're not Umbrella personnel after all. If they had strictly followed orders, they should have shot and eliminated anyone trying to enter here."
"Li... Jame... This thing can assimilate in just a few minutes. If the people at the research station went to the main hall, then... then that means only the two of us are normal humans left in the entire station..." Rebecca said with deep despair.
"Excluding you and me, there are still 141 people at the research station, twenty-three of whom are armed security personnel..."
As Jame spoke, he raised his left hand to look at the personal computer on his wrist, saying calmly,
"The blizzard will last for at least another twenty-six hours. Hmm, a bit tricky."
"A bit tricky? This isn't just a bit tricky, is it...?" Rebecca said nervously.
"Staying calm is a basic quality for agents," Jame continued to instruct her.
He pulled out a spiral-shaped, sealed tube from his waist pocket, faintly emitting purple liquid in the dim light, and asked,
"Rebecca, are you sure the nanoserum can effectively counter that thing?"
"Phew..." Rebecca relaxed her tense emotions, then nodded and said, "That thing only devours and assimilates once it enters the body.
If the serum is injected in advance and the nanobots are dispersed throughout the body, that thing can be eliminated the moment it invades the body."
"Good." Without another word, Jame took off his sealed glove and injected himself with the serum.
Rebecca also took out and injected the serum.
Afterward, Jame walked to the 'leaky' research room and...
"Bang!"
He used his mechanical exoskeleton to kick open the barrier.
"Whoosh—!" The roar of the blizzard instantly surged into the research area.
Immediately after, Jame grabbed Rebecca next to him and pushed her outside, saying,
"The hydrogen battery can work continuously for thirty hours, and the agent's individual equipment also has a temperature regulation system."
"Wait a minute... What, what are you going to do?" Rebecca asked, somewhat confused.
"Drive the snowmobile away from the research station, as far as possible, and upload the information about this place once the blizzard passes," Jame instructed.
"What about you!? We can leave together!"
"I'm going to destroy the remaining snowmobiles and then 'clean up' the anomalies. Someone needs to stay behind to make sure they don't escape." Jame turned and left without hesitation.
"I'm coming with you!" Rebecca suddenly mustered her courage and said, "I'm an agent too!"
"Rebecca." Jame's tone was serious and angry.
"I've taught you that human safety comes first. Someone must survive and notify the company. This is an order, now go."
"This..." Rebecca was about to return indoors, but upon hearing his words, she ultimately obeyed the order and turned to leave.
And in her comms, she said with a choked voice, "You must survive!"
"Ah, don't worry." The reply from the comms was still calm.
"Static..." After a certain distance, only static remained in the comms.
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At this moment, on the floor of the main hall, lay dozens of naked, blood-covered 'humans' twitching.
Some people were putting on clothes, sweat dripping from their hair and skin, as if they had just undergone the process above.
Sander and the armed security guards watched this group of people expressionlessly.
In just over ten minutes, and with a few drops of self-moving blood, the 141 people at the research station were completely 'wiped out'.
"Bang~—~"
With a sudden crisp sound, a black shadow landed in the center of the hall.
Immediately followed by a "boom," the black shadow exploded upon impact, emitting a dazzling flash of light before igniting.
A white phosphorus grenade from a grenade launcher.
"Ow—!"
"Ah—!"
The burning 'people' let out inhuman screams, struggling to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
At the entrance to the research area, Jame was seen sprinting and reloading.
"Bang bang!" The 'security guards' who reacted quickly raised their guns and returned fire.
However, Jame performed a front flip to dodge the bullets, reloaded the grenade in mid-air, and simultaneously aimed his gun at the group of security guards.
"Bang~"
"Boom!"
Launch, explosion, all in one fluid motion.
"Thud thud!" Jame landed steadily, the entire process taking less than two seconds.
"Bang bang!"
"Rumble!"
"Ow—!"
Subsequently, gunshots, explosions, and the eerie screams of those things echoed throughout the hall.
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