Tyrant

With William as its deep-pocketed boss and after nearly half a year of rapid expansion, Umbrella had already become a giant Canadian corporation.

However, most of the news from Wall Street was mocking William, the young boss.

Reports about him becoming Apple's largest shareholder and selling off Lehman Brothers stock were the biggest joke of all.

Yet this kind of news stirred up the collective anger of the people of Nova Scotia.

After all, Umbrella had swallowed up the vast majority of Nova Scotia's private hospitals, making medical care so affordable it was practically free.

Halifax City in particular had been completely planned and developed through Umbrella's investment, providing a huge number of jobs.

Even the UBCS stationed in the suburbs of Halifax City conducted joint exercises with the local police, driving the crime rate down to rock bottom.

So this conscientious entrepreneur was called an idiot by those trolls...

They might have had a point.

But they couldn't insult us Canadians by calling us dumb just because of that!

Of course, all of this was merely the surface.

In secret, William had already reached deals with the governments of various Canadian provinces.

Death-row inmates and serious criminals were handed over to Umbrella for management.

Private prisons had existed since the 1980s. Besides, the request came from a corporation with such an excellent reputation as Umbrella, and it could also increase government revenue.

Why not?

Thus, the D-boys were born.

After returning to Halifax City, William personally established the company's ranking system, broadly basing it on the Special Containment Procedures Foundation (SCP) that he had encountered before crossing over.

D-class personnel: expendable.

They consisted of serious criminals, death-row inmates, political prisoners, and other extreme individuals.

Their current function was to serve as experimental subjects for Halsey.

In the future, they would be assigned various dangerous operations.

C-class personnel: basic structure.

Umbrella employees who had signed Confidentiality Agreements, responsible for the company's normal operations, construction, recruitment, and other work.

Such as workers, doctors and nurses, lawyers, and security personnel at various facilities.

B-class personnel: indispensable.

An important part of Umbrella, and personnel essential to the company's operations.

Such as researchers at the military-industrial factories and Halsey's research team.

As well as agents assigned to various corners of the world to observe matters in secret.

A-class personnel: armed forces.

Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service (UBCS).

Umbrella Security Service (USS).

When an emergency occurred, they would be granted temporary command authority over D- to B-class personnel.

If they judged the situation to be beyond recovery, they would carry out the evidence-erasure measures stipulated by the Confidentiality Agreement...

They would shoot all D- to C-class personnel in the facility where containment had failed, demolish the facility, and protect the B-class personnel as they evacuated to safety.

Olympus Board of Directors:

Umbrella Enterprises would never go public and would not disclose the assets under its control.

It would nevertheless be governed by three directors: Andre, Halsey, and William, who held ninety-five percent of the shares.

William possessed the highest authority, as well as ultimate control over every rank.

Security clearance permissions started at C-class and rose from there.

Affiliated enterprises:

Marvel Umbrella.

Umbrella Pictures.

They had no clearance levels and were only responsible for generating profits for Umbrella.

William, the owner of Umbrella, was still Apple's largest shareholder.

Meanwhile, William had completely sold off his Lehman Brothers shares over the past six months.

The cash from the sale, along with the profits from each department, had been deposited by the system's "Finance Department" into specially established bank accounts, kept separate from the system's funds.

The changes over the past six months were as follows:

The UBCS had grown to three thousand members.

The USS had grown to three hundred members.

The arms factory handled the supply of firearms, equipment, and ammunition for Umbrella's armed forces, allowing Andre to train the new recruits to his heart's content.

It had also successfully put Optical Camouflage uniforms into mass production. However, each set cost roughly 1.2 million, so only three hundred sets had been produced for the USS.

The UBCS's equipment had also been upgraded, far surpassing the Special Forces configurations of every country in the world today.

It could be said that the arms factory's work style perfectly followed its boss's principles...

Money was no issue.

As for Iron Man and Starship Troopers 2, filming had also begun on schedule. Since Umbrella Pictures was the sole investor, large amounts of money had started flowing out.

But William didn't care. As long as something was worth investing in, he didn't even blink. After all, the system's funds reset once every 120 days.

That meant he could spend 150 billion within a year, more than fifteen times Canada's annual military budget.

A mere few billion wasn't even worth William's notice.

Over the past six months, he had expanded crazily, acquiring companies in every industry across Canada and investing in the government's improvement and development projects.

Umbrella had practically taken control of several provinces in secret, becoming a true corporate behemoth.

Before the latest reset, William used all the remaining funds to purchase shares in the Nova Scotia bank.

With the system serving as a guarantee for expenses, all profits were also reasonably transferred by the system into the banks. It was only a matter of time before Umbrella used capital to completely control the world.

Meanwhile, The Hive had long since been completely constructed by the Umbrella Engineering Team led by Wang Zhaofeng.

The Hive's layout was arranged entirely according to Halsey's designs.

The general structure was as follows:

The first level housed the A-class armed forces and served as a storage area for supplies and goods.

Two hundred UBCS members and twenty USS members specifically assigned to protect Halsey.

The second level was the living and central area.

It was used by the researchers for their daily lives, relaxation, meals, entertainment, and so on.

The control center was located here.

The third level was the quarantine area.

It was guarded around the clock by the UBCS in shifts. Its defining features were its small size and ease of defense.

The fourth level was the work area.

Here, Halsey could happily conduct T-Virus experiments, clone all kinds of bodies, research the Super Soldier project, and more.

The fifth level consisted of the freezing and refrigerated storage rooms.

It stored vast quantities of T-Virus and vaccines, as well as various "by-products" from the experiments.

This level was also guarded around the clock by the UBCS in shifts. If anything happened, they could resolve it immediately.

The Hive was far larger than it was in the games and movies, and its security was also much higher.

January 27, 2007;

An observation laboratory on the fourth level of The Hive's underground research facility;

Halsey and William were standing behind a huge bulletproof glass window, looking out at the spacious trial ground beyond.

Inside was a gray humanoid creature over two meters tall, dressed in green leather.

It was moving according to instructions, climbing over obstacles, advancing rapidly, and destroying target dummies.

"How is it, Boss William?"

Halsey planted her left hand on her hip, gestured toward the glass with her right, and turned to smile at William.

"This is T-103. It can be controlled completely, and it can even be mass-produced~."

T-103's full name was Tyrant-103.

William's mouth was slightly agape. He couldn't believe Halsey had actually managed to create the most stable Tyrant from the Resident Evil games.

What the hell? Is this the universal lubricant of universal lubricants?!