Nuoding City, tenth underground level.
This was the exclusive laboratory for [Umbrella Corporation · Ultimate Biochemical Weapon].
Unlike the bright, clean levels above, this place was dark and damp, its air thick with the strange mingled stench of formaldehyde and blood.
At the center of the laboratory stood a massive cultivation tank over twenty meters in diameter.
Within the dark green nutrient fluid, countless thick cables and tubes were connected to a curled-up figure at its center.
Tang San.
Or rather, the organism that had once been Tang San.
The skin across his entire body had turned an eerie bluish gray, covered in dark purple-black curse mark patterns.
Behind him, eight savage bone spikes like spider legs had torn through his flesh and slowly unfurled in the nutrient fluid.
At his chest, where his heart should have been, there was no longer any heartbeat.
In its place was an energy core radiating a dim blue glow—the "T-Virus Proto-Nucleus" forcibly implanted by Orochimaru.
His eyes were tightly shut, yet the blood-red mark between his brows, representing the inheritance of the Asura God, was engaged in a strange resonance and conflict with the Sea God trident brand on his forehead and the Rakshasa God curse marks covering his body.
"How's the data?"
Qin Feng stood before the cultivation tank, looking at the "monster" inside that no longer resembled a human at all. His voice gave away neither pleasure nor anger.
Orochimaru's face was filled with unprecedented fervor.
"Perfect! Absolutely perfect!"
"Qin Feng, this is practically a miracle!"
He pointed at the dazzling stream of data on the screen.
"The T-Virus has reconstructed his cells, granting him nearly limitless regenerative ability."
"The Heaven Cursed Seal has linked his Soul Power to his life force. Every injury will only make him stronger."
"And the