The Experimental Base

The staff in sealed protective suits belonged to the virus research division and had extensive experience with biological dissections.

They had dissected plenty of Zombies, T-Series Mutant Infected, and G-Series Infected. Experimenting on living people was also old hat to them.

Their greatest dream was to dissect Alice with their own hands and study how she had fused so perfectly with the T-Virus, so they could create "Alices" in bulk for the company.

Umbrella Corporation had actually kept Alice's genes and cloned many copies of her. But none of the clones had fused with the T-Virus as perfectly as the original. In fact, they were plagued with severe defects, so the company still couldn't stop thinking about her.

Now, this team of researchers had been assigned to dissect an unprecedented new kind of infected. The prospect reignited their cold hearts.

To them, nothing was more exciting than dissecting something new.

The dissectors walked around the filthy soldiers they looked down on and made their way to the back of the armored vehicle.

They saw a twisted, charred corpse lying inside and frowned.

This was the new mutant infected their superiors had told them about???

It was fucking roasted well-done. What the hell were they supposed to learn from it?

But they couldn't disobey their superiors' orders, so two of them climbed inside to carry out the charred corpse.

The other researchers noticed that the soldiers, who had been standing ramrod straight moments earlier, had all suddenly taken a step back. They had no idea what the soldiers were afraid of. It was already a corpse, wasn't it? What, was it going to eat them?

The two staff members inside the vehicle glanced at the charred corpse. It was so black, even its own mother probably wouldn't recognize it.

Without wasting any more time, one grabbed it by the head and the other by the feet, preparing to carry it out of the vehicle.

But the corpse was unexpectedly heavy, like a human-shaped lump of iron. The two of them couldn't lift it at all?

A carbonized body should have been lighter, if anything.

They were about to call in the soldiers outside to help carry it out.

Suddenly!

The staff member holding the corpse's head felt someone grab both his wrists. Even through his thick protective suit, he could feel the cold touch against them.

He looked down, and the sight before him made his eyes fly wide open!

The hands gripping his wrists belonged to the charred corpse at his feet?!

"Ah!!"

He let out a scream and tried to wrench himself free, but the other's hands were like iron pincers. He couldn't budge them at all!

Then countless tentacles writhed out of the corpse and pierced through the staff member's protective suit. Like poisonous snakes, they wrapped around his arms and crawled upward!

His scalp prickled with terror. He flailed wildly and opened his mouth to call for help.

But the instant he opened his mouth, a tangled mass of tentacles shot inside, plunging deep into his throat. All he could manage were muffled cries of pain!

His colleague, who had been holding the corpse's feet, heard the commotion behind him and turned around. He saw the man "breakdancing" on the spot.

It was just a new mutant to dissect. Was there any need to get this excited?

But what happened next nearly gave him a heart attack!

His colleague danced for a while before freezing in place, but countless tentacles were now extending from his mouth, nostrils, ears, and even eyes!

The tentacles pushed his eyeballs out and took over his eye sockets, writhing wildly in the hollow darkness. It was enough to make anyone's sanity plummet!

Before long, tendrils burst through every pore in his skin like bamboo shoots after rain, shredding and devouring his body!

In less than three seconds, all that remained was a limp protective suit crumpling to the ground. The person inside had vanished completely...

After devouring the staff member, the charred shell covering Xia Tianming's "corpse" began to flake off in great quantities, revealing soft, newborn-baby skin underneath. His limbs gradually regained their normal range of motion!

The remaining staff member witnessed the horrifying scene. After a brief stunned pause, he screamed and bolted out of the armored vehicle.

"He... he's still alive!!!"

But the moment he ran through the rear hatch, there was a dull thud, and a claw pierced through his chest!

Xia Tianming had completely regained his ability to move. Plenty of charred shell still clung to his skin, but it did nothing to dull his bloodlust!

In full view of everyone there, he performed another "vanishing act," devouring the researcher before their very eyes!!

Two seconds later, the other research staff in the same hall screamed and scattered in every direction!

The soldiers lined up nearby, meanwhile, had gone deathly pale. They'd lost the will to fight and stood frozen in a daze.

It was over...

The senior executives and research staff watching from behind the one-way mirror all looked equally grim.

Only Wesker wore a calm smile, as though he had expected the man to come back to life.

He pulled a remote control from his pocket and pressed a button. With a rumble, the experimental facility's only exit shut, and the hundred-ton metal door sealed everyone inside!

The staff members who tried to escape found their way blocked and shouted desperately for the people upstairs to open the door. No one answered.

Hearing footsteps approaching from behind, they turned and saw the man with claws in place of hands walking toward them, one step at a time. Their eyes filled with despair.

As for the soldiers, they remained where they were, standing blankly with vacant eyes. They had even forgotten the guns in their hands.

They had seen how terrifyingly powerful the man was. Their guns couldn't do any real damage to him; they were no better than fire pokers.

And so another indescribable one-sided massacre began...

Watching the gruesome scene behind the one-way mirror, the leaders couldn't help their mouths twitching.

A middle-aged, balding man in a lab coat saw what was happening and roared, "Wesker! You said that mutant was dead!! Why is he still full of life?!!!"

Wesker smiled. "That's what makes him so extraordinary. What you're seeing is that no matter how much damage he takes, as long as he keeps 'feeding,' he can quickly recover to his peak condition. It seems my guess was right. Even Rod of God couldn't kill him."

Besides, this was the most secure and fortified experimental facility Umbrella Corporation had. It had been built to deal with Alice, but using it against Xia Tianming was worth it, too.