Chapter Summaries

Li Mu and Rebecca contained an alien creature that could imitate human cells, but Rebecca discovered that the two survivors were infected copies with their original memories. The copies were destroyed by fire, though the threat’s ability to spread remained a concern.

• Li Mu burned the Ice Block Creature, then kept the two survivors under guard while Rebecca’s team secured the research area.
• Li Mu and the security officers burned the creature and other corpses to ashes, disinfected the area, and isolated the survivors for testing.
• Rebecca found thorn-shaped cells imitating human cells and warned that the survivors were no longer human.
• Tiny particles from the blood samples approached Sand and other researchers while they remained unaware.
• Li Mu shot the two survivors after Rebecca warned him, and a security officer burned them when they mutated and screamed.
• Rebecca realized the copies retained their former memories and warned that their spread into a populated area could have catastrophic consequences.

Li Mu and Rebecca discovered that the xenomorph samples had vanished and that Doctor Sand might be infected, then prepared to fight the assimilated personnel at the Research Station. As Li Mu set out to lead a saturation clear, Rebecca proposed that the Nanite Serum might counter the organism's infection.

• Li Mu ordered Rebecca to destroy the xenomorph blood and tissue samples and told the security officers to keep everyone inside the station.
• Li Mu explained to Rebecca that he had joined the agents to stop anomalous phenomena and protect people, and said he would arrange for her to leave after the blizzard.
• Li Mu and Rebecca returned to the laboratory and found the samples missing and the blood-monitoring equipment destroyed.
• Sand summoned all personnel to the main hall over the broadcast, and the Research Station immediately lost power.
• Li Mu concluded that Sand could be infected and ordered a saturation clear, while Rebecca warned that the organism could assimilate the station's personnel.
• Rebecca realized the Nanite Serum might counter the organism's corrosion and called out to Li Mu.

Li Mu and Rebecca injected themselves with Nanite Serum after discovering that the anomalous creatures had killed Team Two, and Li Mu sent Rebecca away to survive while he stayed to stop the creatures. As the creatures assimilated everyone in the lobby, Li Mu launched an attack on them.

• Li Mu and Rebecca found the research area littered with the remains of Team Two and concluded that the creatures had gained the team’s trust before killing them.
• Rebecca explained that Nanite Serum could destroy the creatures as soon as they entered the body, and Li Mu and Rebecca injected themselves.
• Li Mu ordered Rebecca to drive away from the Research Station and report what happened after the blizzard, while he stayed behind to destroy the snow vehicles and contain the creatures.
• The creatures assimilated all 141 people in the Research Station, and Sand and the armed security personnel watched as the transformed group gathered in the lobby.
• Li Mu attacked the lobby with white phosphorus rounds and grenades, setting the creatures on fire and fighting back as they returned fire.

Mike dispatched Helljumpers to the Antarctic research station after learning that the anomalous organism could perfectly imitate living beings. The troops found the station destroyed and Li Mu alive but badly wounded, and they could not determine whether he had been assimilated.

• Serena reported a dangerous anomaly at the Multinational Joint Research Station and recommended sending Helljumpers and technical personnel to examine Rebecca.
• Mike assured Rebecca that support was on the way, ordered Carter to take the Fire Spirit to Antarctica, and directed his officers to prepare a clearance operation.
• Helljumpers landed around the ruined station and searched for the missing agent while maintaining vigilance against assimilation.
• Paratroopers discovered a pit containing hundreds of burned, mutated bodies and learned that Li Mu had been found inside the ruins.
• The captain and several paratroopers found Li Mu unconscious and severely injured, but waited for specialists because they could not tell whether he had been assimilated.
• The project description explained that The Thing could imitate organisms and their memories and abilities, but could not revive the dead or assimilate plants.

Li Mu’s combat footage documented his costly victory over The Thing, while Umbrella destroyed the creature’s Antarctic spacecraft and elevated its threat classification. After surviving surgery, Li Mu woke in a Halifax hospital, where William promised to seek a way to restore him.

• Li Mu used explosives, fire, and a flamethrower to eliminate 141 creatures of The Thing, but suffered severe injuries and permanent damage from his serum injections.
• Umbrella confirmed that The Thing’s spacecraft had been frozen in Antarctica for at least one hundred thousand years, classified the anomaly as Exafanistei-class, and destroyed the craft in 2010.
• Rebecca Chambers transferred to the Phantom to assist Dr. Halsey with biological research.
• On July 1, 2010, Li Mu woke from surgery at Umbrella General Hospital after receiving a kidney transplant from a clone made using his blood.
• Li Mu told William he feared he could no longer fight, and William reassured him that the company would seek Dr. Halsey’s help to restore him.

Li Mu recovered in the hospital, where Rebecca revealed she planned to meet his parents someday, while William reflected on the danger posed by the Thing and Umbrella's duty to its agents. Back aboard the Phantom, William heard that Naughty Dog had released The Last of Us and discovered that Neil Druckmann worked there.

• William offered to restore Li Mu to active duty, but Li Mu declined and said his pension was enough.
• Li Mu asked after Rebecca, and William said she would transfer to the Phantom to assist Dr. Halsey.
• Rebecca visited Li Mu with fruit and said she had learned Chinese customs to prepare for meeting his parents in the future.
• William left the hospital with Hunk and the Alpha team, then reflected on the Thing and promised Umbrella would care for Li Mu for life.
• Serena reported that Umbrella faced no new major containment threats and that The Last of Us had received strong reviews and sales.
• William learned that Neil Druckmann worked at Naughty Dog and smiled ominously.

William ordered Serena to fire Neil Druckmann and block him from the game industry, then asked Halsey whether the Thing species might still exist. Halsey explained her theory and showed William a heavily armed new Modified God Body design that resembled a Gundam.

• William told Serena to find a reason to fire Neil Druckmann and prevent major game companies from hiring him for six years.
• William returned to the Phantom and went to Halsey's laboratory to discuss the Thing.
• Halsey theorized that the Thing's crashed ship might have been its homeworld and said she would improve the Nanite Serum to prepare for similar organisms.
• Halsey showed William a new Modified God Body design equipped with six Funnel Drones, a shield, and an oversized Particle Beam Weapon.

Halsey showed William the god-body’s new weapons and space-fighting equipment, then revealed that she was pregnant. William was overjoyed to learn he would become a father.

• Halsey explained that the god-body’s Remote Drones could fire powerful Particle Beams and that its Beam Saber supplemented its existing kinetic weapons.
• Halsey showed William the god-body’s Power Thruster and said it could fight in space after being transported there by the fleet.
• Halsey warned that humanity might struggle against civilizations capable of breaking through dimensions, and William reassured her that he trusted her to find a way to protect them.
• Halsey told William she was pregnant and showed him a positive pregnancy test, supported by urine and hormone tests.
• William celebrated, carried Halsey in his arms, and kissed her after learning he would become a father.

William learned that Halsey was pregnant and felt he had finally put down roots in the world. Umbrella’s files detailed its upgraded God Bodies, expanding fleets, and plans for Gen 2 Spartans, while analysis of the Cursed Doll remained pending.

• William embraced Halsey after she reminded him that her pregnancy was only twenty-one days along, and he urged her to reduce her computer work.
• Halsey said Rebecca would soon assist her with the God Body modification plan, though the anomaly involving The Thing remained troublesome.
• Umbrella’s God Bodies received upgrades for space combat, including heavier Gauss weapons, particle beam swords, and power thrusters.
• William ordered three Canadian shipyards, and Umbrella’s files described its fleets, their deployments, and the new Containment Fleet approved at General Ostrovsky’s request.
• Umbrella found that Gen 2 Spartans could also be used to construct God Bodies, while analysis of the Euclid-class Cursed Doll remained pending.

A home video archive showed the Jonathan family celebrating the twins’ birthday and choosing presents before an unexplained gift appeared at their door. The gift was the doll Maria had selected online, and the archive left its arrival unexplained.

• Agent ■■ provided background on Nashville and the Jonathan family, whom the agent considered happy.
• Diana filmed Maria and Müller at the park on their birthday as they asked for ice cream and lunch.
• Müller chose an Umbrella Marine Corps figure online, and Diana promised to buy it if he kept his room clean.
• Maria found the red-haired doll on the shopping site and asked Diana to buy it as her present.
• Diana heard the doorbell, and the children found an exquisitely wrapped box containing the doll outside the open door.

Diana and Jack discovered that Maria’s doll was anomalous, and the next day Agent Um-0336-8 rushed to the family’s home after Jack reported an attack. He treated Maria, confronted the creature, and the Cursed Doll was later subdued and contained.

• Diana and Jack discussed the doll’s strange delivery and flickering screen, then decided to contact Amazon and report the incident.
• Jack called Agent Um-0336-8 during his patrol and told him that Maria’s doll had come to life and that his daughter needed help.
• Agent Um-0336-8 reported the anomaly to Serena and drove to the Jonathan family home.
• Agent Um-0336-8 treated Maria’s severed arm wound with biological foam and told Diana to hide with the children in the police car.
• Agent Um-0336-8 found the house burning and the Cursed Doll attacking Jack, then fired at it and pursued it as it fled toward the forest.
• Agent Um-0336-8, the Helljumpers, and the Gamma Task Force subdued and contained the Cursed Doll.

Rebecca Chambers arrived at Containment Center Number Three with a team of Marines and Spartans to oversee the execution of SCP-096. Captain Anthony Basel welcomed them and led them into the facility.

• Rebecca traveled aboard a Pelican with Hicks, Hudson, John, and their team toward Containment Center Number Three.
• The pilot announced their arrival, and Rebecca prepared to leave the aircraft.
• The team landed in the Sahara heat, where Mylon complained about the weather and John told him to be quiet.
• Captain Anthony Basel greeted Rebecca on the landing platform and escorted the group into the containment center.

Rebecca and Bazel began the approved execution of 096 at Containment Center Number Three, where the anomaly panicked at the presence of the Spartans who had previously captured it. The chapter records that acid failed to destroy 096, naval bombardment was abandoned, and a black-hole disposal mission ultimately sent it into Cygnus X-1.

• Bazel checked William’s signed authorization and escorted Rebecca and the others to 096’s cell.
• Bazel explained that 049 had aided the company and remained cooperative, while 096 killed anyone who saw its face.
• 096 began running in panic inside its containment vessel when it sensed Mylon and Carl, who had helped capture it.
• Rebecca proceeded with the execution attempt after John confirmed the sensors showed 096 motionless and no immediate breach risk.
• Marine Corps personnel exposed 096 to aqua regia, but its flesh regenerated over its bones after the acid was drained.
• The fleet abandoned naval bombardment as too risky, and the Sparta Blue Team transported 096 to Cygnus X-1, where its vessel and unmanned Pelican were swallowed by the black hole.

William considered building a space-based Containment Center near Cygnus X-1, where a catastrophic breach could be ended by letting the facility fall into the black hole. Rebecca returned from the mission to execute 096 and reported that it would not escape before Cygnus X-1 was destroyed.

• Hicks, Hudson, Gina, and Michel led Marines and Helljumpers in hand-to-hand training as the Alphas joined their mock battle.
• William explained to Hunk that Rebecca's black-hole plan for 096 had inspired him to consider a containment facility near Cygnus X-1.
• William outlined how Umbrella could convert an asteroid into a space-based Containment Center with a failsafe route into the black hole.
• A Pelican returned with John, Carl, Mylon, and Rebecca, and Rebecca told William that 096 would not escape before Cygnus X-1 was destroyed.
• William gave the returning team time off, Hunk joined the sparring, and William left for his quarters to see his pregnant wife.

William returned with pregnant Halsey to Earth and brought her to Troy Base near Halifax City, planning for them to stay in the city while she rested and he helped Andre with Containment Operations. Andre welcomed them and celebrated that Halsey and William would add two children to the Russell Family.

• William found Halsey waiting in the Phantom’s sleeping quarters and suggested they return to Halifax City so she could rest during her pregnancy.
• William decided the Phantom would return to Earth and head for Halifax City, where Umbrella’s Troy Base had expanded into a major military installation.
• Andre waited at Troy Base as the Phantom arrived and greeted William and Halsey when they disembarked.
• Andre called Halsey the greatest contributor to the Russell Family because she and William were expecting twins.
• William told Andre that he and Halsey would stay in Halifax City for six months, with Halsey resting at home and William helping with Containment Operations; Andre agreed.

On February 22, 2011, William visited Minos Island to meet Umbrella’s Spartan-II Warriors and see the Specialized Unit Halsey had made for him. After encouraging the 240 young Spartans and approving Athena’s request to teach them, he headed to the factory where his god-body was being built.

• William flew to Minos Island with Athena and Blue Team, leaving Hunk and the other Alphas in Hafa to guard the heavily pregnant Halsey.
• Colonel Allen Kent showed William Noble Team’s file, and William noted that the squad resembled Halo: Reach’s Noble Team.
• William addressed the 240 Spartan-II Warriors, while Blue Team and Athena encouraged and entertained them.
• Athena asked to stay on Minos Island to teach the Spartan-II Warriors, and William approved her request.
• William and Blue Team took the Orbit Train with Kent to the factory where William’s Specialized Unit was being constructed.

William tested the specialized God Body designed for him, discovering its 97.6% neural synchronization and experiencing its capabilities for the first time. After reaching the surface, he had a Stealth Frigate transport the unit into space for performance tests.

• William admired his purple, heavily armed Specialized Unit and agreed to test-drive it while John, Carl, and Mylon waited behind.
• William entered the God Body's insertion pod, where Serena began the NCF Liquid injection and experienced having a physical body through the system.
• Serena reported that William's neural synchronization rate was 97.6%, and he moved the God Body in sync with his own body.
• William ejected the God Body to the surface and ordered Serena to have a Stealth Frigate transport it into space.
• A Stealth Frigate appeared above Minos Island, and a Pelican secured William's Specialized Unit with Titanium Fiber Ropes for performance tests in space.

William tested his Specialized Unit in space and destroyed the target drones before an enormous alien saucer appeared near Titan. He recognized it as a Harvester ship from Independence Day and learned that the system did not consider the aliens an extreme threat to Umbrella.

• William piloted his Specialized Unit through space and used its Gauss Autocannons and floating cannons to destroy the target drones.
• Serena alerted William that the Third Fleet had detected an enormous spaceship entering the Solar System, and William ordered the fleets to assemble near the Third Fleet.
• The United Fleet gathered near Titan and faced a disk-shaped alien saucer about twenty-five kilometers across.
• William recognized the saucer as a City Destroyer from Independence Day and asked the system why it had not warned him.
• The system explained that Umbrella's strength meant the Harvesters did not qualify as an extreme threat.

William ordered the Umbrella Fleet to attack the Reaper flying saucer and led the Spartas toward it to invade its systems. After the volley crippled the ship’s shield, the Reapers launched a thousand carrier-based aircraft, and William prepared the fleet for battle.

• Serena asked whether to communicate with the Reapers, but William ordered the Second and Third Fleets to prepare a concentrated volley and the Spartas to stand by.
• The Umbrella Fleet stopped 10,000 kilometers from the Reaper ship and fired twenty-four Electromagnetic Cannons at one point, piercing its shield and hull.
• William learned the volley had only damaged the ship and quickly ordered the fleet to stop firing before it destroyed their target.
• William told the fleet that the Reapers targeted Earth-like planets and announced that he would lead the Spartas in invading their ship while Serena gathered information.
• The Reapers launched at least a thousand carrier-based aircraft, and William ordered the fleet to engage them as the Spartas advanced.

William and Umbrella’s forces destroyed the Reaper fighters near Saturn and breached the damaged flying saucer. William led the Blue Team inside as Serena hacked its systems, while the fleet prepared to recover the vessel.

• Mylon and the God Body Squad tore through Reaper reinforcements while William, John, and Carl helped eliminate the enemy fighters.
• William ordered the White and Black Teams to support the fighters and led the Blue Team toward the flying saucer.
• William cut an X-shaped opening through the saucer’s armor, and Mylon tore the breached section away.
• William and the Blue Team entered the saucer, where Serena began hacking its systems.
• Cortana reported that the fleet had wiped out the outside fighters, and William ordered casualty figures compiled and the saucer prepared for recovery.