Testing Base

These staff members, clad in sealed hazmat suits, belonged to the viral research department and possessed extensive experience in biological dissection.

They had dissected countless zombies, T-Series Mutant Infected, and G-Series Infected; using living humans for experiments was merely a routine affair for them.

Their greatest dream was to personally dissect the body of Alice, study the reason for her perfect fusion with the T-Virus, and create a batch of "Alices" for the corporation.

In truth, Umbrella Corporation had originally possessed Alice's DNA and cloned many Alice clones, but their compatibility with the T-Virus was not as perfect as the original and even suffered from excessive defects, which was why the corporation still pined for her.

Now, this team of researchers had been assigned the task of dissecting an unprecedented new variant of the infected, which caused their cold, indifferent hearts to boil with excitement once more.

To them, there was nothing more interesting than dissecting something fresh.

The dissection team bypassed the dirty soldiers they looked down upon and arrived at the rear of the armored vehicle.

They frowned upon seeing a twisted, charred corpse lying inside the vehicle.

This was the new variant the higher-ups were talking about???

It was fucking roasted to a medium-well state; what the hell could they even study from this!

However, they could not disobey the orders of their superiors, so two of them went inside, preparing to lift the charred corpse out.

The other researchers noticed that the soldiers, who had been standing ramrod straight just a moment ago, suddenly took a collective step back. They didn't know what they were afraid of—it was already a corpse, after all; it couldn't possibly eat them, could it?

The two staff members who entered the vehicle took one look at the carbonized corpse, which was so black that even its own mother wouldn't recognize it.

Wasting no time, one grabbed the head and the other the feet, preparing to move the body out of the vehicle.

However, they discovered that the corpse was unexpectedly heavy, like a solid iron statue; the two of them couldn't budge it at all.

Logically, a carbonized body should have become lighter.

They were just about to call the soldiers outside to come in and help when—

Suddenly!

The staff member responsible for the head felt his wrists being grabbed by someone. Even through the thick hazmat suit, he could feel a cold sensation radiating from his wrists.

He looked down, and the scene before him instantly made his eyes widen until they nearly cracked!

The one grabbing his wrists was actually the charred corpse beneath his feet?!

"Ah!!"

He let out an instinctive scream and tried to break free, but the other party's palms were like iron pincers; he couldn't shake them in the slightest!

Immediately following, dense clusters of tentacles squirmed out from the corpse, pierced into the staff member's hazmat suit, coiled around his arms like vipers, and began to climb upward!

This made the researcher's scalp crawl; he began to flail wildly and opened his mouth to call for help.

But the moment he opened his mouth, the twisted mass of tentacles lunged into his oral cavity and deep into his throat, leaving him able to emit only muffled, agonizing cries!

The colleague in front, responsible for the feet, heard the commotion behind him. He turned his head and saw him "breakdancing" on the spot.

It was just a dissection of a new mutant; was there any need to be this excited?

However, the scene that followed gave him an instant myocardial infarction!

After breakdancing for a moment, the colleague froze in place, but dense tentacles began to extend from his mouth, nostrils, ears, and even his eyes!

The tentacles pushed his eyeballs out, occupying the eye sockets and squirming wildly within the hollow voids, causing one's sanity to plummet!

Before long, a large number of tentacles sprouted from every pore on his skin like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, shredding and devouring his body!

In less than three seconds, only a shriveled hazmat suit remained on the ground; the person inside had completely vanished...

Having devoured the staff member, the carbonized shell on the surface of Xia Tianming's "corpse" began to flake off in large quantities, revealing the fair, newborn-like skin beneath, and the range of motion in his limbs gradually returned to normal!

The remaining staff member witnessed this horrific scene and, after a brief moment of shock, screamed and rushed out of the armored vehicle.

"He... he isn't dead yet!!!"

But the moment he ran out of the rear hatch, a dull "thud" sounded, and his chest was pierced by a sharp claw!

Xia Tianming had fully regained his mobility. Although there were still many carbonized fragments on his skin that hadn't flaked off, it didn't affect his thirst for slaughter in the slightest!

Right in front of everyone, he performed another "human transformation," allowing the researcher to be devoured in full view of the crowd!!

Two seconds later, the other researchers in the same hall let out screams and fled in all directions!

As for the soldiers standing in a row, their faces were deathly pale; they had lost their will to fight and stood there, numb and frozen.

It was over...

The high-level shareholders and laboratory staff behind the one-way mirror also had grim expressions upon seeing this.

Only Wesker wore a calm smile, as if the other party's resurrection was within his expectations.

He took a remote control from his pocket and pressed it. With a "boom," the only exit to the testing ground was sealed, and the hundred-ton metal gate completely locked everyone inside!

The staff members who wanted to escape saw their path blocked and screamed desperately for those above to open the gate, but they received no response.

Hearing footsteps approaching from behind, they turned around and saw the man with claws for hands closing in on them step by step. Their eyes were filled with despair.

As for the soldiers, they remained standing there with vacant eyes, having forgotten even to use the guns in their hands.

Because they had witnessed the man's terrifying strength; the firearms in their hands could cause no substantial damage to him, making them no different from fire pokers.

And so, what followed was another indescribable, one-sided massacre...

The various leaders behind the one-way mirror couldn't help but twitch at the corners of their mouths as they watched this extremely bloody scene.

A middle-aged, bald man in a lab coat couldn't help but roar: "Wesker! Didn't you say that mutant was dead!! How is he full of life now?!!!"

Wesker smiled: "That is exactly what makes him miraculous. What you are seeing now is that no matter how much damage he sustains, as long as he 'feeds,' he can quickly return to his peak state. It seems my hypothesis was correct; even the Rod of God could not kill him."

Besides, this testing ground—the most secure and sturdy facility in Umbrella Corporation—was originally intended to deal with Alice. Using it to deal with Xia Tianming was worth it.