Another Ending

"Your experiment was successful?"

These few people only had a general idea about Ethan's experiment, but what aspect was it? And what kind of result did Ethan want? Nobody knew these details. Even Arthur wasn't clear on what Ethan was trying to create.

Magic or something? Ethan had never shown it in front of these people, so they simply assumed Ethan was researching the T-Virus.

"It can't be considered successful."

After a month of work, Ethan finally succeeded in using a Magic Array to extract the T-Virus's effect of enhancing Mental Power, while removing all sorts of side effects.

The downside was that after removing those side effects, the T-Virus's effect was almost completely gone – the virus actually stimulated the body's cells, putting them in an extremely active state, which also stimulated Mental Power.

Eliminating the so-called side effects fundamentally negated the virus's effect, so Ethan could only change direction and suppress the effect to a degree that wouldn't harm people.

Even this was difficult to achieve, especially since he also had to consider whether this excessively rapid increase in Mental Power would contaminate his own Mental Power.

After a month of hard work, there were results, but there was still some difference from his initial expectations.

"I only made this."

He casually took out a tin box from his hand. When he opened it, cigarettes lay neatly inside.

Arthur just looked at it curiously, while the others thought Ethan was joking. Alice, who was relatively more familiar with him, reached out and took one, examined it carefully for a long time, and finally smelled it.

"Don't tell me you were busy in the lab for a month and ended up with just this box of cigarettes?"

However, Ethan really wasn't joking. His month's work was indeed this thing: "That's right, I made this box in a month. Want to try one? Special tobacco leaves, soaked in the virus stock solution, you know."

Alice trembled all over when she heard this, nearly throwing the cigarette she was holding at Ethan's face.

"Are you crazy? Are you trying to harm people with this thing?"

Ethan wordlessly caught the cigarette mid-air and carefully put it back in the box: "Don't worry, I've removed the harmful side effects. This thing is very beneficial to people."

"Oh?"

Hearing his words, everyone became interested. Alice, who had been very wary, even wanted to take one back and examine it again.

"So, what are the benefits of these cigarettes?"

"Refreshing and revitalizing!"

"..."

Alice finally couldn't help but roll her eyes at Ethan. If she didn't know this young man's combat power was off the charts and she couldn't possibly beat him, she might have been unable to resist punching him.

"All tobacco has that effect, right?"

"No, no, no!" Ethan shook his finger: "Those just force you to stay awake, which is equivalent to squeezing out the little remaining energy you have in your body. What I mean is restoring vitality, a literal restoration."

No one present was stupid, and they finally understood what Ethan meant.

"You mean, if I feel very tired and mentally drained, smoking one of these will restore me?"

"It can only restore your mental fatigue; your physical fatigue still needs time to recover." Ethan thought for a moment, then took out a cigar from his pocket: "If it's this, it does have some restorative effect on the body, but its effect is still unstable, so I plan to continue improving it before saying more."

Even so, these two things were very powerful. Alicia, being a high-ranking member of Umbrella, had a good understanding of science and also understood the effects and side effects of the T-Virus itself. To some extent, this virus could indeed cause the effects Ethan mentioned, but how did he do it?

Umbrella had researched the T-Virus's uncontrollability for a long time without solving it. This young man just hid in the lab for a month and sorted it out? Was this person too amazing, or had Umbrella been employing a bunch of useless people?

Next, Ethan explained his results in detail.

A small tin box of cigarettes, the effect was as described before, capable of refreshing and revitalizing the mind. What he didn't mention was that this thing could very slowly increase Ethan's total Mental Power without contaminating his own Mental Power.

However, the increase was very small. If Ethan's Mental Power was one hundred, smoking one might not even increase it by zero point zero one.

The advantage was that he could mass-produce this thing, as long as the supply of materials was guaranteed. It was also for mass production that he chose to make it into cigarettes, so that the newly created stock solution could be reused to soak more special tobacco.

Of course, for safety's sake, the first thing he did was research that super antidote and improve the stock solution he had recreated, removing its terrifying infectiousness – at this point, these stock solutions were less like a virus and more like a medicinal liquid. He couldn't use this medicinal liquid directly; although the effect was stronger, it would indeed contaminate his Mental Power.

In addition, Ethan had already thought of a higher-level improved version of the cigarette, which was to mix in herbs that could restore Magic Power, giving the cigarette the function of replenishing Magic Power – he just didn't need it now, so there was no need to make it for the time being.

This way, it was like carrying a pack of blue potions with him, and this thing was also more convenient to carry than potions.

As for the cigar that simultaneously restored physical strength and stimulated rapid healing of physical injuries, this thing was too easy to lose control of. If one wasn't careful, although it wouldn't go to the extreme of turning oneself into a Zombie, it would excessively deplete human lifespan – the number of human cell divisions is limited, and if excessive stimulation causes metabolism to become uncontrollable, instantly aging ten years is not strange at all.

Speaking of which, the movie version of the T-Virus and the game version also had differences in their settings, and there were inconsistencies in the settings before and after. When Ethan got his hands on it, he was worried that its effect would deviate from what he remembered, but fortunately, the general direction was correct, and he had achieved his goal.

Then he asked about the situation of the others.

He learned that the mercenaries and the Umbrella executives had reached an agreement and had gone back to continue living their lives. The executives, except for Doctor Isaacs who was killed by Ethan before entering the lab, had basically returned to their 'original' lives.

Even those who didn't have subsequent means to deal with their clones had the help of 'companions', and the Umbrella Corporation's executives were replaced without anyone realizing it.

"They are busy regaining control of their power and can't attend to us for now. When they free up their hands, they'll probably try to get revenge on us."

Ethan shook his head: "No, it's revenge on you alone. They won't be able to find me and Arthur."

He and Arthur were leaving this world soon, which was the fundamental reason he didn't care about those people at all.

As for Alice and Alicia...

"Actually, as long as Alicia can stay healthy, Umbrella can't lay a hand on you... at least not openly. Also, you can invite those few mercenaries back. At least you are on the same side in certain matters, and having them as your bodyguards is definitely better than others."

This was the most reliable suggestion, but Alicia's physical condition was not optimistic. The T-Virus was initially developed by her father to treat her progeria, but by a strange twist of fate, it created a terrifying biochemical weapon.

She had tried to improve the virus during this time, but never succeeded. By now, she had completely given up and was just waiting to die here quietly.

"Oh, regarding this issue, it's actually not difficult to solve."

Troubles that technology couldn't solve weren't entirely impossible for Ethan, who hailed from the Mystic Arts. If they were, he wouldn't have been able to remove so many side effects from the T-Virus to create cigarettes that could enhance Mental Power.

Therefore, over the next few days, Ethan further refined the relatively most mature Potion in Alicia's possession. While it wouldn't instantly restore her youth and turn her into a superhuman like Alice after the virus was implanted, living for another ten or twenty years and living like a healthy person was certainly possible.

Alicia, who had received such a great gift, was so overwhelmed she didn't know how to thank Ethan. She even offered to give him her shares in Umbrella.

That was a massive asset that could instantly turn Ethan into a super-rich man, but unfortunately, it was meaningless to him as he was about to leave this world.

Ethan simply packed his belongings, then looted a lot of firearms and ammunition from the base, and also took many daily necessities. Then, under Alice and Alicia's initially confused, then shocked gazes, he left the Resident Evil world.

Looking at the slightly unfamiliar room, Ethan suddenly sighed, "What a... I don't know how to describe it... journey."

Arthur, who had put down a large pile of packages, shook his head. "For me, it was a very good trip. It allowed me to see many things... Also, I found an interesting book."

He casually took out a copy of Le Morte d'Arthur from a nearby package.

"I didn't expect to see a book describing my life in a world like this. Although there are many discrepancies in it."

Ethan wasn't surprised that Arthur would find this. Besides, the King Arthur recorded in this book was very different from the one standing before him. Moreover, Arthur had also learned about the concept of parallel dimensions from Merlin.

"The King Arthur in this book is just the King Arthur of the world in this book. As for what kind of king you will become in the future, that depends on you."

Arthur nodded. "I understand, but reading this book still gave me a lot of warnings. At the same time, I realized that if I hadn't agreed to travel with you, I'm afraid my future wouldn't have been much better than the one in the book."

Ethan spread his hands. "Who knows? I only know that the you in front of me can't possibly have that kind of ending anymore." He was suddenly very curious about what kind of King Arthur the person in front of him would become in the future.