Longevity Gene Type-II (Remember Wesker-crossed out!)

Meng Yi ordered Little A, who was beside him, to dig "Hope Town: Elizabeth Greene" out of the monster's body.

Alex pointed at the face beneath his hood.

Huh? Me?

Meng Yi tilted his head and shot Alex a sidelong glance.

If not you, then what, I do the dirty work myself?

Alex shrugged and accepted the hard labor. A job paying ten million dollars a year couldn't be thrown away.

With the "monster" Firefly setting the precedent, a little abnormality on his part didn't seem like much.

Black-and-red flesh crawled over Alex's hands, twisted, and solidified into two enormous bone claws.

Alex walked up to the Red Light Mother and immediately started clawing away at her.

Ignoring Little A, who had been reduced to forced labor.

Meng Yi came before Firefly and looked down at the patterns on her body, which glowed even more brightly than before.

"Is your body all right?"

Firefly scratched her hair and said uncertainly, "With a low-intensity battle like this, I can probably hold out for a few more days before burning out."

"..."

Meng Yi fell silent and pretended he had never asked.

A few days? Moving at five times the speed of sound, demolishing buildings, and unleashing high-temperature flames—you could wreak havoc across half a country and beat America until it didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

With Doctor Meng's "moral" upbringing, he would never become a vulgar degenerate like Luo Ji and express his amazement with something as crude as freaking awesome.

"Didn't you receive a Paradise prompt?"

Meng Yi lowered his voice and asked curiously.

Normally, defeating a boss should grant a "Side Quest reward," but Evolution Paradise did not seem to be the ordinary sort of gaudy thing, so Meng Yi couldn't be certain for the moment.

"A prompt? Let me see."

"One Grade E Evaluation + 2,000 Paradise Coins."

Firefly's blue-and-pink eyes blinked repeatedly. She looked as clear-eyed and foolish as a female college student, and her rank was too low for her to look like she was lying.

"What is it?"

"Nothing."

"Oh!"

After ending the discussion about the Evolution Paradise Side Quest system, Meng Yi decisively abandoned the plan of "leveling up by fighting monsters."

There was no other reason—the efficiency was simply too low. How many creatures worthy of being called "bosses" were there?

Evolution Paradise seemed to offer two paths: the brute-force route and the Research Stream.

Given the time it would take to scour the world for monsters to farm, he would rather gather knowledge and explore the essence of evolution, using it to interfere with the progress of civilization and obtain the Paradise's Side Quest rewards.

Meng Yi truly couldn't imagine himself becoming a brute who "disgraced the scholarly world" one day.

The rewards probably differed depending on the challenge difficulty of the boss.

If an ordinary person like Luo Ji soloed the Red Light Mother, he might even complete a Grade B or perhaps a Grade A Side Quest. Of course, the more likely outcome was Luo Ji becoming food for the Red Light Mother.

After waiting for a while, the miserable Alex finally dug "Hope Town: Elizabeth Greene" out.

The Red Light Mother's still rather delicate features were furrowed with dark brows. Unconscious, she seemed to be trapped in an utterly terrifying nightmare.

"Randall."

"At your service!"

Meng Yi looked at the one-armed general of Blackwatch and said unhurriedly, "I'll take 'Hope Town: Elizabeth Greene' back to Raccoon City in the western part of the American continent first. I'll leave the cleanup in Manhattan City to you."

"Oh, right. I don't want the battle just now to leak out. Understood?"

"Yes, sir!"

General Randall replied with ringing force, secretly admiring Chairman Bai's thorough consideration.

To keep the experimental bioweapon a secret, he had sealed off a five-kilometer radius around Gentek Corporation in advance, making the cleanup several times easier.

He made up his mind to eliminate every disloyal witness and delete the relevant records from the military satellites under Blackwatch's control.

Loyalty to America, or loyalty to Chairman Bai?

There was no need to think about that question. To hesitate for even one second would be disloyalty to Chairman Bai!

Meng Yi, Firefly, Alex, Dana, and their spoils, "Hope Town: Elizabeth Greene," boarded an armed transport plane back to Raccoon City.

The Red Light Mother woke once during the journey. She had just opened her mouth to speak when she suffered Firefly's true-fist-of-feminism punishment and slept soundly for the rest of the trip.

The transport plane rose and fell before the great Chairman Bai arrived at his loyal Umbrella Corporation's underground Hive.

Meng Yi placed the Red Light Mother in a laboratory built from high-strength materials, with the overwhelmingly powerful Firefly assigned to guard her.

Afterward, Meng Yi ordered the Mercer siblings to move around on their own. He changed clothes without stopping, entered the laboratory, and prepared to check on the development of the Ouroboros Virus.

Inside the Sterile Lab.

"Loyal" Doctor Isaac and Alexia Ashford had led dozens of researchers in working tirelessly for two days and one night.

There was no need for pleasantries. Meng Yi extracted their memories of the past few days of research.

After digesting and absorbing them, Meng Yi abandoned the possibility of these "useless fools" developing the Ouroboros Virus in the short term.

It wasn't that they had no leads. It was simply that they had just created a new folder and were still in the preliminary stage of exploring the most basic direction.

Without Psionic Power to interfere with the Microcosm Domain, scientific research had to be measured in years.

Meng Yi did not blame his subordinates for their incompetence. He personally joined the front line and had Alexia and Isaac continue assisting him without sleep or rest.

The remaining Small Fry Level researchers worked in shifts. Including eating, drinking, relieving themselves, and sleeping, they were allowed a total of eight hours of rest each day.

The researchers praised Meng Yi's "lofty virtue" and "noble character."

Good heavens! They were actually allowed a full eight hours of rest! The chairman was simply too considerate of his employees!

On the twenty-first day of the Selection Dungeon, the sleepless research finally saw a glimmer of hope.

There was no problem with the synthesis formula of the "Progenitor Virus" + "T-Virus" + "G-Virus" + "T-Veronica Virus" + parasitic organism "Las Plagas."

Meng Yi had completed the development of the most basic version of the Ouroboros Virus two and a half days earlier.

But he was obviously not satisfied with a mere Ouroboros Virus. He had also added the "Longevity Gene Type-I" he had developed himself, as well as the "Abyss Virus" and "Mutamycete Mold" existing in the Blue Star Ecology Circle.

If he was going to do it, he would do it perfectly, striving to develop a virus that was the culmination of the entire Progenitor Virus series.

"Red Queen, notify Wesker and have his main body come lie on the operating table."

"Yes!"

"Little Wesker" arrived, "Little Wesker" was anesthetized, and "Little Wesker" was dressed in medical clothing and delivered to the operating table.

The "kindhearted" Meng Yi injected a pitch-black, high-concentration viral primitive strain into Albert Wesker's vein, microscopically manipulating it to merge with Wesker's unique cellular structure.

Even someone with special genes and extraordinary natural endowments like Wesker couldn't withstand Meng Yi's torment.

Fortunately, "Little Wesker" died a meaningful death. Before dying, he contributed his unique genetic structure, helping Meng Yi solve the final problem.

[Prompt: New Virus Developed—Unnamed.]

[Name: ???

Creator: White Devil (Meng Yi)

Evaluation: Grade D Viral Comprehensive Agent

Effects: ① Basic Elemental Resistance; ② Underwater Breathing; ③ Extended Lifespan (300 years); ④ Spontaneous Combustion Blood; ⑤ Grade E+ Body Strength (super-speed regeneration, instantaneous burst speed of Mach 3); ⑥ High-Intensity Virus transmissibility (droplets, water sources, contact, air); ⑦ High-Intensity Virus corrosiveness (those below Grade E physicality are judged unable to pass); ⑧ Supreme dominion over Progenitor Virus-infected organisms; ⑨ Blood can serve as a secondary derivative of the virus.]

[Prompt: Killed Biohazard Crisis series boss: Albert Wesker. Obtained 1,000 Paradise Coins.]

[Prompt: Slightly altered the world's structure. Obtained Grade D Evaluation · 1 + 5,000 Paradise Coins.]

Meng Yi's expression was solemn as he gravely helped Wesker close his eyes, which had remained open in death.

"Wesker, you came through! I'll never forget the sacrifice you made!"

He had not forgotten to send over 1,000 Paradise Coins before dying. Loyal! He was far too loyal!

After extracting the completed virus from Wesker's body, Meng Yi ordered the researchers to throw Wesker into the incinerator and see him through the final stage of his life, completely ending his sinful existence.

Meng Yi named the finished product he had developed [Longevity Gene Type-II (Remember Wesker—crossed out!)].

"Someone, go drag Elizabeth Green and Alex Mercer into—cough, I mean, invite them into the laboratory!"