Resurrection

Faced with Wesker's "earnest persuasion," Xia Tianming still didn't say a word. He answered only with attacks!

If his opponent was quick enough to dodge his attacks, then he had to move even faster!

Xia Tianming focused the Blacklight Virus's core power into his legs. Their muscles immediately swelled with explosive strength!

The Blacklight Virus was like a brick inside his body: wherever it was needed, that was where it went.

He put just a little force into his feet and shot forward like an arrow released from a bow. The ground beneath him collapsed under the sudden burst of power, sending chunks of concrete flying!

Seeing his opponent attack again without a word—and move so fast that even his own eyes could barely follow—Wesker hurriedly retreated until his back was near the wall. That way, he only had to defend against attacks from the front.

He endured the agony of his severed arm and focused on sensing his opponent's movements and attacks.

Here he comes!

Wesker sensed a rush of air from the front again. His opponent made no attempt to disguise his approach or waste time on extra movements. He was attacking head-on!

Savage and violent, with no room for negotiation. His only goal was to kill Wesker!

"Ughhh!!"

Wesker snarled and threw all his strength into another deadly whip kick. The gust it generated swept the dust around them into the air!

Seeing him use the same move again in his desperate state, Xia Tianming snorted. Perhaps it was like a cat toying with its prey before eating it. He decided to use the same attack and lashed out with a whip kick of his own!

Bam!!!

Their legs collided, unleashing a deafening crash like two trucks smashing into each other!

A visible shock wave spread outward from the point where their legs met, kicking up dust within a ten-meter radius. It was clear just how terrifying the force behind their kicks was!

When the dust settled, both men were kneeling on one knee. Their colliding lower legs had bent at grotesque angles and were practically useless.

How could the power behind their full-force kicks have been almost equal?

But Wesker's broken right leg couldn't heal in a short time.

Xia Tianming's broken right leg, on the other hand, was stitched back together by viral tendrils in less than three seconds. Even his torn pants repaired themselves.

The agony of his severed arm and broken leg left Wesker drenched in sweat. He had never been this battered, not even when he fought Alice one-on-one.

He was no match for this man!

As he looked at the mysterious, imposing man standing before him, Wesker's pupils trembled uncontrollably.

It seemed this man wasn't a gift from heaven, but Pandora's Box, destined to bring the Corporation's destruction...

"Can't you reconsider..."

Wesker slumped against the wall, still trying to say something.

But Xia Tianming had had enough of listening to him ramble. He transformed both arms into Claw Form and slashed at Wesker in a frenzied assault!

The sounds of flesh tearing and Wesker's screams filled the room. Blood splattered across Xia Tianming's face and body, then seeped into him, nourishing the Blacklight Virus.

The Blacklight Virus had to kill or cripple its prey before it could devour them completely.

And Wesker, enhanced by his fusion with the T-Virus, was exceptionally tough. Xia Tianming hacked at him for nearly half a minute, making him endure half a minute of agony worse than death, before he finally drew his last breath.

This time, his toughness became an obstacle that prolonged his suffering. He would have been better off dying outright...

Wesker's mangled corpse lay on the ground, his unfocused eyes filled with resentment. The sunglasses he had worn for years lay shattered beside him.

Xia Tianming felt no pity for him. He plunged his claws into Wesker's remains and began to devour and absorb him.

Vast amounts of viral energy poured into his body. A springlike rush of pleasure washed over him, and all the fatigue and pain left behind by the battle vanished!

Ten seconds later, Wesker had been devoured completely. Not even a single hair remained. Only the shattered sunglasses nearby bore witness to his existence.

By devouring this T-Virus hybrid, Xia Tianming gained a total of 2,800 points of viral energy—half again as much nourishment as the Tyrant had provided!

More importantly, after devouring the shareholders outside and Wesker, he had absorbed memories containing nearly every piece of information about the Umbrella Corporation!

The precise location of its current headquarters, the company's organizational structure, its research facilities, its shady dealings, and even the ultimate boss behind it all!

It was safe to say that no one understood the Umbrella Corporation better than he did now...

That included the Extinction plan he wanted to learn more about, which had revealed the location of the Rocket Silo.

However, only the ultimate boss and founder knew the launch codes, so Xia Tianming would have to devour that bastard next.

His Memory Deep Web ability, which allowed him to devour memories, had spared him a lot of tedious trouble. There was no need for torture or endless coaxing.

Want to get useful information out of someone?

All he had to do was get them into his mouth.

But after devouring so many people and absorbing so many useful and useless memories, he wondered whether it would affect him in some way...

*******

Meanwhile, in a room not far from the site of the recent battle...

The room was neatly lined with numerous translucent metal containers, each as tall as a person.

These were cloning tanks, each filled with nutrient fluid in which a naked body floated.

Every body had perfectly defined muscles, as if sculpted by God himself, combining beauty with strength.

A glance at the clones' faces revealed that they all looked exactly alike!

That's right. This was Wesker's private cloning chamber!

Every time he died, the system automatically transmitted his consciousness here and implanted it into one of the bodies in a container, allowing him to be reborn!

He could also transmit multiple consciousnesses into multiple bodies at the same time, creating several versions of himself.

If all the hundred or so Weskers in this room were revived, they could probably destroy everything in the world.

But this also had its drawbacks. Each Wesker was an individual with an independent sense of self, and they were all equally arrogant.

Since they were all the same person, none of them would want to play second fiddle to another or obey the orders of another "self." They would likely refuse to submit to one another and end up fighting.

In the end, only one "Wesker" could survive.

So unless there were special circumstances, he would never allow more than one Wesker to exist.

About five minutes after Xia Tianming killed and devoured Wesker, a red light suddenly began flashing on the first cloning tank in the front row!

A moment later, a beep sounded and the cloning tank activated. Wesker's body, submerged in nutrient fluid, began to writhe violently!

Crash!

Wesker punched through the glass of the tank and came spilling out with the nutrient fluid.

He lay on the floor, coughing repeatedly as the thick fluid ran down his muscles and pooled on the ground.

After quite a while, he slowly sat up. His normally cold expression was now filled with hatred and fury...

(No one's said anything in the comments. Is anyone still reading? Could someone just say hi? I'm getting scared. Even a suggestion or some criticism would be nice.)