Arc 8The Village and the Virus

Chen Changsheng expanded his forces, confronted new outbreaks, and gathered allies and research while tracking the T-Virus and Veronica Virus. After rescuing Rebecca and meeting Alicia and the Alice clones, he led his team into Eastern Europe to face the village’s rulers, ending with Heisenberg proposing they join forces against Miranda.

  • Chen Changsheng expanded Black Watch, investigated the South American outbreak, and led an armored team to the Antarctic base to retrieve the Veronica Virus.
  • Chen Changsheng and Jill fought fish-men in South America, then Chen Changsheng rescued Rebecca from Alias and began producing her A-Virus vaccine.
  • Chen Changsheng subdued Alexia, brought her into Tech Science, and learned that Ada Wong had been sent by Wesker.
  • Chen Changsheng showed Alice the records of the Raccoon City outbreak, awakened Alicia, and stopped Dr. Isaacs before treating Alicia with enhancement serum.
  • Chen Changsheng took Alice to the cloning facility, where she chose to raise her clones as her children, while Aliyas carried out more attacks abroad.
  • Chen Changsheng traveled with his team to Eastern Europe, traded with the Fat Merchant, and learned where the Four Great Nobles and nearby monsters could be found.
  • Chen Changsheng stormed Dimitrescu Castle, then negotiated with Donna Benevito for plants and herbal knowledge and left armor at Misty Castle.
  • Chen Changsheng fought Moro’s fish-men near the reservoir, then met Karl Heisenberg, who proposed joining forces to kill Miranda.
Chapters 176–200 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 176T-Virus Spreads

The T-Virus outbreak spread from Raccoon City, triggering military disasters, public panic, and global attempts to contain it. Chen Changsheng profited from hand sanitizer and scalping while buying supplies, but the virus’s mutations began to exceed his control.

  • Hellhounds appeared near Raccoon City, and the National Guard’s assault led to soldiers turning into zombies and a horde overrunning a neighboring city.
  • The US Military carpet-bombed the affected area, prompting protests and a government call for volunteer rescuers.
  • South Korea and Japan competed to send volunteers to America, while Europe restricted travel from the United States and imposed quarantine.
  • People worldwide rushed to buy Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company’s hand sanitizer, and Chen Changsheng made a fortune through his secret Scalper Company.
  • The T-Virus spread and mutated despite falling combat losses, while Chen Changsheng used his profits to buy supplies and expand productive capacity.

Ch. 177Taking Over Umbrella Corporation

Chen Changsheng absorbed Umbrella Corporation’s North American operations, acquired its name and Red Queen through Gen-Tech, and prepared the Arcadia for long-term operation with a nuclear fusion reactor and Skynet-controlled robots. As the global crisis drove demand for Tech Science’s hand sanitizer, he borrowed heavily and turned the money into supplies and equipment.

  • Chen Changsheng expanded Carlos’s zombie-response force with former Umbrella security personnel, who became heavily equipped and popular with the US Military.
  • Tech Science absorbed Umbrella Corporation’s scattered North American departments, while Chen Changsheng developed a shipboard Nuclear Fusion Reactor and planned robot production for the Arcadia.
  • Chen Changsheng discussed selling the Umbrella Corporation name and Red Queen to Gen-Tech with Wilson, and Wilson agreed to the deal while taking the departing personnel with him.
  • Chen Changsheng rebranded Umbrella Corporation with a blue logo and positioned it as an energy-development company separate from its former biopharmaceutical business.
  • As global orders for hand sanitizer surged, Chen Changsheng borrowed from banks and spent most of the money on supplies and equipment rather than planning to repay the loans.

Ch. 178The Spreading T-Virus

Chen Changsheng charged the undersea Gate while considering how to build an ocean city above it. Meanwhile, the T-Virus spread through the world, and some people began fusing with it after using hand sanitizer, gaining superhuman strength.

  • Chen Changsheng bought small businesses and equipment, then took the Arcadia and sixty robots into the Pacific to charge the Gate.
  • Chen Changsheng used the Riyast-2 to connect eight cables to the Gate, but found the charging rate too slow and considered building a modular ocean city.
  • Chen Changsheng considered using G-Virus-mutated tissue or the Leech Queen’s species to form the ocean city’s living structure.
  • The T-Virus spread across the world, with infections becoming routine in the United States despite the military’s efforts to contain them.
  • Some people fused with the T-Virus while using hand sanitizer and grew stronger, though they did not become immune to infection.

Ch. 179Black Watch

Chen Changsheng established Black Watch to recruit and train elite soldiers as the US struggled with the T-Virus crisis. The screening continued while Europe placed its hopes in Wilson, who preferred the power and comfort he had gained.

  • The US divided contaminated areas into quarantine, infected, and fallen zones, and abandoned fallen zones to satellite surveillance and missile strikes.
  • Chen Changsheng selected mercenaries enhanced by hand sanitizer and the T-Virus for specialized training after researchers found that fusion varied by individual.
  • With US government authorization and military oversight, Chen Changsheng founded Black Watch and began recruiting elite soldiers worldwide.
  • Alice and Jill were planned as Black Watch instructors, while recruits underwent dangerous physical selection in the Resident Evil response forces.
  • Wilson remained in control of the former European Branch of Umbrella Corporation and chose not to awaken its sleeping core members.
  • Countries around the world watched the US military fight zombies, and responsible governments began studying its methods.

Ch. 180Resident Evil's Main Cast

Chen Changsheng sent Leon and a team of Resident Evil survivors to Antarctica to retrieve a Veronica Virus sample from Umbrella’s Marine Research Institute. He equipped the team for the mission and left them to test their advanced armor against the dangers ahead.

  • Chen Changsheng learned from a US intelligence report that a South American T-Virus outbreak had given infected residents aquatic traits, prompting him to investigate virus research worldwide.
  • Chen Changsheng discovered Umbrella’s Project Veronica at the Antarctic base controlled by Alexia Ashford and sent Leon to retrieve a virus sample.
  • The chapter recounted how Kendo had rescued Leon and Claire, after which Leon joined Chen Changsheng’s team while Claire went to Europe to find Chris.
  • Chris and Claire joined Tech Science after Wilson Company brought Claire to Chris, and Chen Changsheng assembled Leon, Chris, Barry, and Carlos for the Antarctic mission.
  • Chen Changsheng added Alice to protect the team, outfitted her with upgraded Iron Man Armor, and equipped the others with exoskeleton-assisted armor for a field test.

Ch. 181Ashford Family

Jill managed Chen Changsheng’s operations and began building the Black Watch while he prepared Leon and Alice for a mission to retrieve the Veronica Virus. After learning about the Ashford Family and Alexia’s research, Chen Changsheng planned to study the virus’s symbiotic system once he returned, and decided to fly back while the portal charged.

  • Jill trained, monitored Chen Changsheng’s industries, and resented that Alice shared her duties while she also took on the task of establishing the Black Watch.
  • Chen Changsheng equipped Leon and Alice with advanced armor and weapons for their operation to retrieve the Veronica Virus, while Carlos sent Black Watch reserves to handle the South American incident.
  • Dr. Ashford told Chen Changsheng about the Ashford Family’s decline, Alexia’s leadership of the Antarctic Branch, and her research into the Veronica Virus.
  • Chen Changsheng became interested in the virus’s symbiotic system and planned to study it after returning.
  • With the portal still charging, Chen Changsheng decided to fly back rather than wait there.

Ch. 182The Ambitions of Umbrella Corporation's Japan Branch

Chen Changsheng discovered that Umbrella Corporation's Japan branch had secretly pursued aerospace research, then returned to New York to study Crystal Cores and the Leech Queen. After learning more about the T-Virus's origins, he considered investigating the Solaris Stairway in Africa.

  • Chen Changsheng hacked Umbrella Corporation's Japan branch into the global network, uncovered its rocket and satellite research, and backed up the data before returning to America.
  • Back in New York, Chen Changsheng examined and absorbed Crystal Cores, then opened the Leech Queen's incubation chamber and supplied it with nutrients.
  • Chen Changsheng trained and researched while his mental force and physical strength grew, consuming Crystal Cores faster than before.
  • The Leech Queen woke and accused Chen Changsheng of deceiving it, but fell silent after Red Queen showed it that Raccoon City had been destroyed by a nuclear blast.
  • Chen Changsheng asked how many leeches the Leech Queen could control, but it had no answer, so he turned his attention to the T-Virus and the Solaris Stairway in Africa.

Ch. 183Black Watch Unit Numbers

Chen Changsheng prepared to create a Leech Queen and expanded his clone workforce while organizing Black Watch. After the first Black Watch team disappeared in South America, he sent Jill and twenty enhanced soldiers there to investigate.

  • Chen Changsheng arranged for Red Queen to produce clones with memories of raising leeches, then assigned them to cultivate mutant leeches.
  • Chen Changsheng learned that the Black Watch candidates sent to South America had vanished without a trace.
  • Chen Changsheng called Jill and ordered her to gather the recruited T-Virus-enhanced soldiers for a mission to South America.
  • Jill arrived with twenty armed Black Watch soldiers, whom Chen Changsheng assigned numbers beginning with 10001.
  • Chen Changsheng, Jill, and the twenty soldiers set out for South America to investigate the missing team and assess the recruits.

Ch. 184Town Mermen

Chen Changsheng and Jill investigated the lakeside town, where deformed mermen emerged from the lake and attacked the Black Watch troops. The soldiers repelled the first wave, but a piercing cry led to a barrage of stones as Chen Changsheng shielded himself and Jill with telekinesis.

  • Chen Changsheng landed his helicopter in the quiet town, divided the troops into groups, and sent them to investigate.
  • Alone with Chen Changsheng, Jill questioned his intentions and why they had come to the town, and he explained that dangerous biological research had to be stopped at its source.
  • The exploration team discovered deformed mermen pouring out of the lake, and Chen Changsheng and the Black Watch troops took aim.
  • The mermen charged, and the Black Watch troops formed a coordinated firing line that quickly cut down many of them.
  • A piercing cry scattered the mermen and exposed the surrounded troops to stones thrown with great strength, while Chen Changsheng used telekinesis to protect Jill and himself.

Ch. 185Old-Fashioned Plot

Chen Changsheng slaughtered an organized group of fishmen, then sealed off their village for research and continued developing an ocean city. He later received a call from Rebecca, who reported that a man planned to unleash a new biovirus in New York and had kidnapped her to force her into marriage.

  • Chen Changsheng shot and cut down the attacking fishmen, then saw their leader signal a retreat into the lake.
  • Chen Changsheng ordered the Black Watch to collect fishman specimens and arranged for the Mexican government to isolate the village behind a ditch and concrete wall.
  • Chen Changsheng assigned researchers to study the fishmen, monitored their work with Red Queen, and took samples back to examine their genes.
  • Chen Changsheng commissioned an Ocean City design while personally designing and sending its nuclear fusion energy module for production.
  • Rebecca called Chen Changsheng and told him that a man had kidnapped her, intended to marry her, and planned to release a new biovirus in New York.

Ch. 186Police Cleaning Up

Chen Changsheng tracked Rebecca to a New York hotel, fought through Glenn Alias’s forces, and rescued her after finding her infected with a virus. He took the vaccine sprays and left by helicopter, reporting the incident to the authorities.

  • Chen Changsheng located Rebecca’s phone in New York, reported the rescue operation to the government, and led armed security personnel to the hotel.
  • Chen Changsheng’s group entered the hotel despite Alias’s viral gas, defeated his mercenaries, and took control of the surveillance system with the Red Queen.
  • Alias injected Rebecca with a virus and dragged her toward a laboratory while Chen Changsheng’s team fought its way through the building.
  • Chen Changsheng found Rebecca infected, killed the guards, and forced Alias to reveal where the vaccine sprays were.
  • Chen Changsheng used the vaccine on Alias and Rebecca, confirmed Rebecca had recovered, and evacuated with her by helicopter.

Ch. 187The Main Cast Returns

Chen Changsheng fled New York after Aliyas's A-Virus outbreak, arranged vaccine production, and recruited Rebecca to research the virus. Meanwhile, Leon's group returned with Alexia and a captured Ada Wong, while Alexia secretly planned to control Chen Changsheng and take over Umbrella.

  • Chen Changsheng saw the outbreak spreading across New York and left by helicopter for an Umbrella base.
  • Rebecca told Chen Changsheng she had developed an A-Virus vaccine, and he started production at his factories.
  • Chen Changsheng learned that Aliyas had kidnapped Rebecca because she resembled his deceased wife and wanted to force her to marry him.
  • After seeing a fused monster escape New York, Rebecca accepted Chen Changsheng's offer to work for him and research the A-Virus.
  • Leon and the others returned with Alexia and a captured Ada Wong, whom they left in Chen Changsheng's hands.
  • Alexia agreed to meet Chen Changsheng while secretly planning to control him and take over Umbrella Corporation.

Ch. 188Hand-crafted Fireball

Chen Changsheng confronted Alexia after she attacked the team and revealed her ability to control fire. He dodged her hand-crafted fireball, leaving Alexia confident in her new power and their confrontation unresolved.

  • Chen Changsheng met the returning team, Alexia, and Ada Wong at the base outside New York City.
  • Alexia struck Leon and overwhelmed the team, leaving only Chen Changsheng and Ada Wong standing.
  • Chen Changsheng offered Alexia a chance to work for him, but she demanded that he become her servant and attacked him.
  • Alexia's body erupted in flames, but she adapted to the fire, absorbed it, and gained control over the flames.
  • Alexia formed a fireball and threw it at Chen Changsheng, who dodged it and estimated its power.

Ch. 189I Am Willing

Chen Changsheng defeated Alexia and forced her to join Tech Science, then considered strengthening his team and turning to Alice for the next step. The other protagonists recovered from their injuries as Chen Changsheng planned to use Alice clones and T-Virus Enhancement Serum to improve them.

  • Chen Changsheng restrained Alexia after knocking her down and threatened her with Mountain Breaker until she agreed to join him.
  • Chen Changsheng welcomed Alexia to Tech Science and found that Alice, Leon, and the other protagonists had recovered enough to stand.
  • Chen Changsheng decided to strengthen the team with serum made from Alice clone blood and considered forming an Alice squad.
  • Chen Changsheng set Alexia aside as the final boss and turned his attention to Alice's combat, professional, and management abilities.

Ch. 190In-depth Research

Chen Changsheng questioned Ada Wong about her mission and learned that Wesker was working for Japan's Sanlian Company and claiming Umbrella bases in Africa. He then began examining Alexia, whose body could produce a highly flammable oil, while Ada was settled in and Leon waited to escort her.

  • Chen Changsheng told Alice to rest and promised to share a secret with her later, making her blush and hurry away.
  • Chen Changsheng summoned Ada Wong and learned she had been sent by Wesker, who was in Africa seizing Umbrella Corporation bases for Sanlian Company.
  • Chen Changsheng arranged for Ada Wong to stay at the base and turned his attention to Alexia.
  • Chen Changsheng examined Alexia and discovered that her body synthesized an oil that ignited easily and burned with energy comparable to rocket fuel.

Ch. 191Heading to the Raccoon City Hive

Chen Changsheng researched the Veronica Virus, enhanced Leon and the others, and took Alice to the Raccoon City Hive to uncover the truth behind the outbreak. After Red Queen showed Alice records of Umbrella's plans, Alice learned that she had helped the T-Virus spread.

  • Chen Changsheng studied the Veronica Virus with Alexia and planned experiments to test how it controlled infected hosts.
  • Chen Changsheng made ten T-Virus Enhancement Serum vials from Alice's blood, injected Leon and the others, and sent them to Jill for training.
  • Chen Changsheng decided Alice should meet Alicia and traveled with her to the Raccoon City Hive, where Umbrella's leaders and thousands of people slept in hibernation pods.
  • Red Queen showed Alice recordings of the Raccoon City crisis and Umbrella's meetings, revealing that Alice had helped Umbrella's forces disable Red Queen and allow the T-Virus to spread.
  • Alice realized she had played a part in the outbreak and looked to Chen Changsheng, stunned by the responsibility for the lives lost.

Ch. 192Dr. Isaacs's Research Results

Chen Changsheng awakened Alicia, Spencer, and Dr. Isaacs, then began treating them while Alice and Alicia bonded over their shared identity. After Alicia agreed to work for him in exchange for a cure, Dr. Isaacs attacked Alice, revealing the combat chip that made him a formidable fighter.

  • Chen Changsheng and Alice followed Red Queen to Alicia's cryogenic pod, where Alicia, Spencer, and Dr. Isaacs were awakened and treated.
  • Alicia recognized Alice as her clone, and the two talked about their experiences and Umbrella Corporation's fall.
  • Spencer and Dr. Isaacs reacted with shock and anger when they learned Umbrella Corporation was gone, while Alicia remained largely indifferent.
  • Chen Changsheng offered to cure Alicia's progeria if she worked for him, and Alicia accepted.
  • Dr. Isaacs attacked Alice, and Chen Changsheng discovered that Dr. Isaacs had developed a combat chip that helped him anticipate his opponents' moves.

Ch. 193Battle

Chen Changsheng watched Dr. Isaacs defeat Alice with the Combat Chip, then stepped in when Isaacs turned his attention to him. He easily countered Isaacs’s attack and punched him in the abdomen, leaving their confrontation underway.

  • Chen Changsheng backed up the Combat Chip design and considered how to handle Dr. Isaacs, whom he suspected of having a hidden backup plan.
  • Dr. Isaacs used the Combat Chip to beat Alice and examined her, revealing his interest in using the T-Virus to strengthen himself.
  • Chen Changsheng confronted Dr. Isaacs and told him that Umbrella Corporation had become Wilson Company under President Wilson.
  • Dr. Isaacs charged at Chen Changsheng, who blocked his fist and struck him in the abdomen.

Ch. 194I... Am Willing

Chen Changsheng defeated Dr. Isaacs, removed his combat implants, and got Alicia to accept his offer of help. After restoring Alice and helping Alicia begin to recover, he prepared to leave for the clone factory to rescue the cloned Alices.

  • Chen Changsheng knocked Dr. Isaacs down, removed the Combat Chip and electrodes, and put him back into his hibernation pod.
  • Spencer remembered the supernatural beings he had encountered in Eastern Europe after witnessing Chen Changsheng use psychic power.
  • Alicia agreed to Chen Changsheng's conditions, and he injected her with the T-Virus Enhancement Serum and gave her High-Energy Nutrient Solution.
  • Alice recovered from her injuries, while Alicia regained strength and began to look younger.
  • Chen Changsheng planned to rescue the cloned Alices and prepared to put Spencer back into his hibernation pod.

Ch. 195Daddy, Save Me

Chen Changsheng spared Spencer after hearing about supernatural beings in Eastern Europe, then took Alice to Umbrella’s cloning facility, where she chose to raise the Alices as her children. As Spencer prepared to help Chen Changsheng find the beings, new bio-terrorist attacks devastated India and Europe, prompting European leaders to beg Chen Changsheng for help.

  • Spencer told Chen Changsheng about supernatural beings he had encountered, so Chen Changsheng injected him with a T-Virus Enhancement Serum and saved his life.
  • Chen Changsheng took Alice to the cloning facility, where she saw countless clones of herself and decided to raise them as her children.
  • Alice agreed to have adolescent memories implanted in the clones, and Chen Changsheng left her to care for them.
  • Spencer told Chen Changsheng that the village of supernatural beings was in Eastern Europe, beyond Chen Changsheng’s current reach.
  • Aliyas carried out further bio-terrorist attacks in India and Europe, and European leaders began calling Chen Changsheng to plead for help.

Ch. 196Fat Merchant

Chen Changsheng led the protagonist group and Black Watch troops to an Eastern European village Spencer had described, hoping to investigate its supernatural secrets. At the village entrance, a mysterious Fat Merchant appeared and revealed details of Spencer’s past, leaving Spencer embarrassed and Chen Changsheng intrigued by the merchant’s knowledge.

  • Chen Changsheng brought the protagonist group and Black Watch troops to Eastern Europe to find Spencer’s village and test their training.
  • Spencer insisted that the peaceful village was the same place he had visited decades earlier and offered to speak with its residents.
  • A heavily laden carriage arrived at the village entrance, driven by an enormous man who introduced himself as a merchant selling goods and information.
  • Chen Changsheng asked the Fat Merchant how his transactions worked, then pointed to Spencer to test the merchant’s knowledge.
  • The Fat Merchant said Spencer had visited over forty years earlier, had been spared by Miranda because of knowledge she valued, and later escaped, embarrassing Spencer.

Ch. 197The Real Treasure Really Exists

Chen Changsheng traded his assault rifle to the Fat Merchant for crystals that could increase his mental power, then bought information about the village and its monsters. He learned that Miranda had left and the Four Great Nobles were now in control, and he prepared to enter the village.

  • The Fat Merchant displayed crystals from monster heads, and Chen Changsheng recognized them as valuable for increasing his mental power.
  • Unable to pay in local currency, Chen Changsheng demonstrated his firearm and traded it for a large collection of crystals.
  • Chen Changsheng exchanged the rest of his money for information about the village, its history, its nobles, and the monsters nearby.
  • The Fat Merchant told Chen Changsheng that Miranda had left and the Four Great Nobles had taken over the village's administration.
  • The Fat Merchant gave Chen Changsheng the nobles' locations and offered to buy any treasures Chen Changsheng took from them as Chen Changsheng and his group prepared to enter the village.

Ch. 198Leon's Scavenging Methods

Chen Changsheng led his forces into Dimitrescu Castle, slaughtered its monsters, and let Leon strip the place of its treasures. He then searched Donna Benevito’s eerie, doll-filled residence and discovered a living presence hidden in a cabinet.

  • Chen Changsheng’s group stormed Dimitrescu Castle and shot down the monsters that tried to stop them.
  • Chen Changsheng’s forces fought through the castle while Leon scavenged its treasures, leaving the building stripped and ruined.
  • The Countess stayed hidden and sent her three daughters to ask the other nobles for reinforcements against the invaders.
  • Chen Changsheng led his group to Donna Benevito’s mist-shrouded residence, where they found countless dolls but few threats.
  • Chen Changsheng examined a doll that begged him not to hurt it, sensed something inside a nearby cabinet, and demanded that it come out.

Ch. 199Donna Benevito

Chen Changsheng discovered that the masked woman in the castle was Donna, the Puppet Master, who wanted her puppet Angie back. After learning Donna was distressed by a facial scar, he arranged for Leon to bring her medicine, then sent him away to continue talking with Donna.

  • Donna emerged from a hidden door and asked Chen Changsheng to return Angie, the puppet he had captured.
  • Chen Changsheng restrained Angie, then held Mountain Breaker to Donna’s neck when she approached to retrieve her.
  • Chen Changsheng removed Donna’s veil, saw her scar, and promised to get medicine that could heal it.
  • Chen Changsheng contacted Leon, who brought scar-healing medicine and briefly saw Donna before Chen dismissed him.
  • Chen Changsheng prepared to continue his exchange of knowledge with Donna.

Ch. 200Karl Heisenberg

Chen Changsheng struck a trade with Donna, then fought the fish-men at the reservoir and gathered crystals before setting out for Karl Heisenberg’s factory. He encountered Heisenberg on the road, where the magnetic fighter proposed joining forces to kill Miranda.

  • Chen Changsheng traded medicines and dolls with Donna in exchange for rare plants and herbal knowledge, and left Iron Man Armors at Misty Castle.
  • A swarm of aquatic creatures attacked Chen Changsheng’s group on the way back, then fled to the reservoir.
  • Chen Changsheng and his allies fought Moro’s fish-men near the reservoir, killed several, and collected many crystals before Moro retreated into the water.
  • Unable to pursue Moro across the reservoir, Chen Changsheng headed for the werewolf lair and Karl Heisenberg’s factory.
  • Chen Changsheng met Heisenberg on the road, and Heisenberg proposed that they work together to kill Miranda.
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