I Am the Virus

Wesker's eyes widened with savage anticipation as he prepared to watch Xia Tianming get torn to pieces by countless 7.62 mm Gatling rounds!

But the bizarre scene that followed completely shattered his worldview. He stood rooted in place like a puppet, stunned, his arrogant expression frozen on his face.

Under the lock-on aim of ten fully automatic Gatling guns, Xia Tianming made no attempt to dodge.

Instead, countless dark red tendrils suddenly sprouted from the surface of his body and quickly wrapped around him!

In less than a second, his black hooded sweatshirt had become a black leather trench coat just like Wesker's, and a pair of sunglasses had appeared on his face.

In the span of a single second, Xia Tianming had actually transformed into Wesker!

His appearance, height, build, voice, even every strand of hair—all were indistinguishable from the stunned Wesker standing before him!

The only difference was that one of them had the T-Virus inside him, while the other had the Blacklight Virus. No—his entire body was the Blacklight Virus!

This was one of the Blacklight Virus's ridiculously powerful abilities—[Camouflage]!

The Blacklight Virus's powerful mimicry allowed Xia Tianming to disguise himself as anyone he had consumed, even perfectly replicating their DNA!

The self-defense program had been set to attack all enemies except Wesker.

Since Xia Tianming now looked like Wesker, the fully automatic Gatling guns immediately lost their target and stopped firing.

While mimicking Wesker's appearance, Xia Tianming transformed both hands into Blacklight Claws, turned around, and slashed at a section of wall!

Three enormous, horrifying claw marks tore through the hard concrete wall. The wiring inside had also been severed—the power lines controlling the surrounding fully automatic heavy machine guns. That information had come to him along with Wesker's memories.

With the power cut, all ten fully automatic Gatling guns drooped their barrels as if they'd gone limp, losing all power.

When Wesker saw the other man take on his appearance and walk toward him, fear finally began to spread through him, despite his fearlessness in the face of death. His body involuntarily shrank back.

"You're not human... Who are you...?" Wesker stammered in a trembling voice, unable to hide the terror in his eyes.

Seeing how pitiful he looked, Xia Tianming spoke coldly, almost pityingly. "I am the virus."

As soon as the words left his mouth, he vanished from the spot, moving so fast that only a black-and-red blur could be seen!

Wesker had no time to react before he felt a chill in his abdomen. He looked down with a trembling gaze. Three sharp black claws had pierced through his back and emerged from his stomach, bits of his organs still hanging from their tips. Blood streamed down his severed intestines to the floor...

He's even faster now...

"Argh!!!"

Wesker let out a heart-rending scream that echoed through the Cloning Hall!

Then the Blacklight Claws lifted him high into the air. Xia Tianming let Wesker's blood pour over him, where it became nourishment for the Blacklight Virus.

He had discovered that prey in a state of extreme fear and pain provided him with more viral energy, so he didn't tear the man's head off right away.

The once-arrogant Wesker was now being brutally toyed with by Xia Tianming, unable to fight back at all!

Suspended in midair, the more he struggled, the deeper the claws pierced his abdomen, intensifying his agony.

Meanwhile, Xia Tianming "savored" the pleasure Wesker's pain brought him.

The Blacklight Virus had stripped away nearly all his emotions, leaving only the pleasure of killing. It had turned him into a machine born to slaughter.

At last, Wesker, suffering a fate worse than death, roared hoarsely, "Red Queen!! Disable the Level One self-defense program! Set me as an attack target too!"

If the other man had taken on his appearance, then they could die together. It didn't matter—he had plenty of clone bodies to come back in!

Red Queen, who had witnessed everything from nearby, did as he asked. Two more fully automatic Gatling guns extended from the ceiling, locking onto the "two" Weskers below.

After a brief one-second windup, the two heavy Gatling guns spun wildly and unleashed a dense barrage. In an instant, the Wesker with the hole in his abdomen was riddled with bullets and killed outright, freed from his agonizing, near-death suffering!

When Xia Tianming saw him kill himself, he took the opportunity to consume him, absorbing nearly 3,000 points of viral energy.

But the two heavy machine guns on the ceiling were still firing furiously at him, punching dozens of holes through his body!

Xia Tianming immediately changed both arms into Hammer Fist Form and slammed them into the floor, smashing a five-meter-wide crater into it.

Then he switched back to Claw Form, plunged his claws into a crack in the floor, and pried up a huge chunk of reinforced concrete!

He effortlessly lifted the several-ton block over his head to shield himself from the bullets. Then he put all his strength into his arms and hurled the heavy block at the ceiling dozens of meters above, disabling one of the fully automatic Gatling guns!

Next, he picked up a basketball-sized piece of rubble and concentrated his viral energy in his right arm before throwing it at the other Gatling gun!

Whoosh!

The stone shot through the air with tremendous force, accelerating so quickly that it even produced a sonic boom!

In the blink of an eye, it struck the other machine gun on the ceiling with deadly accuracy and smashed it to pieces, hitting with power no less than an RPG!

In less than three seconds, the room's last two defensive measures had been destroyed!

Now the entire Cloning Hall had become Xia Tianming's personal buffet...

"Our boss would like to meet you."

Red Queen watched the superhuman man expressionlessly and spoke in an electronic voice.

Xia Tianming likewise ignored her without expression, walking straight through her virtual projection.

"Our boss said he's sorry about the tests Wesker put you through. That wasn't his intention; Wesker acted on his own. If you're willing, our boss would like to speak with you in person. He's very interested in you." Red Queen turned around and continued relaying the message to the silent man.

"I'm interested in your boss too. I'll find him soon."

After Xia Tianming spoke coldly, he suddenly bent down and grabbed a rebar rod exposed from the floor. He applied a little force, and with a creak, twisted it free.

Red Queen was about to say something else when Xia Tianming suddenly flicked his wrist and hurled the rebar rod!

The rebar embedded itself deep in a section of wall, and sparks crackled from it.

At the same time, Red Queen's holographic projection began flickering wildly, as if malfunctioning. Before she could finish speaking, the entire projection went dark and vanished.

Xia Tianming had used the piece of rebar to destroy the projection equipment in the Cloning Hall.

He didn't like having someone chatter in his ear while he ate.

Just then, a red light began flashing on one of the Cloning Chambers. Wesker slowly opened his eyes inside.

The first thing he saw after coming back to life was the man standing in front of the Cloning Chamber, staring at him like he was a delicious meal...

No!!!!