Blacklight Virus

[World: Resident Evil]

[Mission: Eradicate the T/G-Virus and purify this world]

BOOM!

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar erupted!

A mushroom cloud of dust exploded amidst a horde of corpses reeking of decay, inciting the zombies to let out waves of shrill shrieks!

As the billowing smoke and dust began to slowly dissipate, the silhouette of a person gradually emerged from within.

"Where am I?"

Xia Tianming looked around at the unfamiliar environment in astonishment, his eyes filled with confusion and unease.

He clearly remembered that just a second ago, he was at home playing the old game Prototype.

Then, following a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder outside his window, his computer screen suddenly exploded, and as his vision went black, he found himself in this desolate, strange environment.

Furthermore, he had just heard a bizarre voice ringing in his mind.

Resident Evil?

Mission?

Purify... the world???

So he had transmigrated, and into a dangerous, post-apocalyptic biochemical wasteland at that?!

Before he could even think further.

ROAR!!

Suddenly, a beast-like howl rang out!

A zombie with a body covered in festering sores was sprinting straight toward him!

This tattered, ragged zombie was so highly decomposed that with every step it took, large chunks of rotting flesh fell from its body, exposing ghastly white bone!

The eyeball in its left socket had fallen out, hanging by a single nerve and swinging wildly outside the socket with every frantic step!

The overall sight was terrifyingly grotesque!

Upon seeing this zombie for the first time, a normal person's first reaction should have been to run.

But zombies were approaching from all directions, their faces twisted in hideous snarls, leaving him nowhere to escape.

It seemed he had transmigrated directly into the middle of a corpse horde; this was a textbook hellish start!

However, when Xia Tianming saw the zombie charging at him, he felt an inexplicable wave of hunger wash over him.

He had a strange feeling... that this zombie would taste delicious?

Damn it!

How could he have such a deranged thought???

After this thought surfaced, Xia Tianming's feet began to move forward uncontrollably, rushing toward the zombie in a mutual charge.

As the distance between them closed, Xia Tianming could already smell the foul, putrid stench radiating from the creature!

ROAR!

The zombie opened its rotting maw, snapping fiercely at the arrogant human who dared to approach it!

Though Xia Tianming's face was etched with terror, he subconsciously threw a punch!

SQUELCH!

Whether it was due to the zombie's advanced state of decay or some other reason.

Xia Tianming's punch felt as if it had struck a block of soft tofu, easily piercing through the zombie's chest cavity!

His fist passed between its ribs, crushing the withered, non-functional organs along the way, and punched straight out through its back, his hand coated in clotted, putrid blood!

However, a zombie's only weakness is its head; merely piercing its chest could not kill it.

It opened its foul-smelling mouth, continuing to push against the arm embedded in its chest to gnaw at Xia Tianming's neck!

"Damn it!"

Xia Tianming cursed under his breath, instinctively clenching his other hand into a fist and swinging it with a gust of force toward the hideous, terrifying zombie head!

A muffled "pop" sounded!

The zombie's head shattered instantly like a smashed soy sauce jar!

Red, yellow, and green fluids flowed down his arm—it was absolutely disgusting!

But the scene that followed made Xia Tianming's eyes widen in disbelief!

From the skin of his right hand, which had smashed the zombie's head, black-red tentacles began to extend?!

They seemed to possess a consciousness of their own, greedily sucking up the zombie fluids splattered across his arm.

Not satisfied after absorbing that, they lunged onto the headless zombie corpse!

The black-red tentacles transformed into thousands of threads, writhing frantically over the zombie's body like a blooming blood-red rose!

It shredded its rotting flesh, bones, hair, and even its tattered clothes into a mass of dark red gore!

Countless tentacles greedily devoured and absorbed the blood pool, cleaning it up entirely in no time at all.

This eerie process of consumption took less than two seconds!

After devouring the zombie, Xia Tianming felt no discomfort whatsoever; instead, a sensation of refreshing pleasure spread throughout his entire body, as if he had been reborn.

And this feeling...

It was truly exhilarating!

Blacklight Threshold: 1/300

After consuming the zombie, a piece of information suddenly appeared in Xia Tianming's mind.

Blacklight... Threshold?

Could it be the Blacklight Virus?

Recalling the black-red tentacles that had extended from his arm just moments ago, and the way the zombie was shredded into a sphere of blood before being absorbed, this was one of the signature abilities from the game Prototype—[Consume]!

The Blacklight Virus could shred and consume any organic matter, melting it down into nutrients to strengthen its own abilities!

At its most perverse, it could even plunder the abilities of others!

It could be said that the Blacklight Virus was the king of all viral strains!

And the Blacklight Threshold was likely equivalent to skill points in a game.

Once the threshold was broken, other viral skills could be unlocked.

For example, Blacklight Claws, Blacklight Blade, Blacklight Whipfist, Disguise, and so on.

With the Blacklight Virus at his disposal, wouldn't he be at the very top of the food chain in this biochemical world?!

While Xia Tianming was pondering these thoughts.

The other zombies were already closing in; a rough estimate suggested there were definitely no fewer than a thousand of them!

Xia Tianming stood right in the center of the horde, like a drop of milk in a pool of ink, with the ink representing the horde frantically surging toward the center, attempting to drown him!

If it were an ordinary person, they might have already been scared out of their wits and collapsed to the ground.

But Xia Tianming, with the Blacklight Virus coursing through his veins, felt an inexplicable surge of excitement, as if countless delicacies were voluntarily delivering themselves to his doorstep.

He stood there in place, his hands trembling slightly with excitement, the corners of his mouth curling up uncontrollably.

If he could consume all one thousand of these zombies, he estimated he could break through the threshold several times over!

However, he was currently in the initial stage of the Blacklight Virus, and facing so many enemies could potentially land him in a situation of irredeemable danger.

After all, even in the early stages of the game, Alex Mercer could be killed by minor mobs.

But even if he wanted to run, there was nowhere to go; the gaps in every direction were already filled with zombies, and as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but a surging tide of corpses!

Stationed in the very heart of the horde, Xia Tianming could clearly feel the ground trembling beneath him!

ROAR!!!

A zombie missing an arm was the first to charge at Xia Tianming, its mouth opening like a blooming flower into six petals, each one lined with shocking, razor-sharp fangs!

If it took a bite out of him, it would surely tear away a chunk of flesh the size of a basin!

This was a mutated zombie.

It opened its petal-like maw and lunged at Xia Tianming's head, attempting to engulf and swallow the human's skull whole!

But with the Blacklight Virus in his system, his reaction speed had been significantly enhanced.

Xia Tianming was quick-witted and fast-handed; he struck out with both hands, grabbing two of the creature's maw-petals and ripping them apart with a violent force, splitting its head directly down the middle!

Another one-hit kill!

Black-red Blacklight tentacles extended once more from the pores of his arms, shredding the mutated zombie into a sphere of blood and consuming it entirely, leaving not even a speck of residue behind!

Blacklight Threshold: 3/300