Watching the bizarre biogenic plants crawl toward him, their roots writhing like octopus tentacles.
Xia Tianming could have spread his Blacklight Wings and flown straight over, but wouldn't that waste all the nutrients that had come right to him?
So, true to his "clean your plate" philosophy, he entered Rhino Armor Form again. His body rapidly swelled in size as heavy armor covered him from head to toe, turning him into a human tank!
Xia Tianming lowered himself into a charging stance, then barreled forward with unstoppable momentum!
His body was incredibly dense and weighed over ten tons. Every step he took left a crater in the ground and boomed with a heavy thud, creating an oppressive sense of weight!
At that moment, he really did look like a rampaging rhino. Any Mutant Man-eating Flowers and other plants that blocked his path were smashed to pieces as soon as he touched them!
Even the Biochemical Zombies Giant Trees, which swung their branches down at him, were as fragile as foam boards against Xia Tianming's hundred-ton rhino charge!
He lowered his head slightly and rammed the thick tree trunk with the rhino horn jutting from his forehead. The Biochemical Giant Tree, so thick that several people would have been needed to wrap their arms around it, snapped in two. Wood chips laced with the virus flew everywhere!
One Biochemical Giant Tree after another snapped and toppled, their broken stumps crashing to the ground with thunderous booms. Xia Tianming never slowed his pace; he was utterly overwhelming!
At last, he reached the pond at the far end of the garden without a scratch. Behind him lay utter chaos: he had practically trampled half of the Biochemical Garden flat...
On the other side of the pond stood a mechanical door. Beyond it, an elevator led to the office of the true mastermind, Spencer.
So far, only Wesker had entered the boss's office.
Actually, going by the game's plot, Wesker and Spencer had a terrible relationship. Later, Wesker even killed the boss in anger after realizing he had been used.
But in this world, the two of them seemed to get along pretty well???
To get through the door now, Xia Tianming had to cross the pond in front of him. Its surface looked calm, but hidden currents churned beneath.
Xia Tianming could sense a large number of virus-infected creatures lurking underwater. He had also noticed signs of animals struggling and being dragged off along the shore.
Anyone who dared to approach would probably be pulled beneath the surface at once.
But Xia Tianming wasn't an ordinary person. He wasn't even human.
Still sticking to his clean-your-plate philosophy, he didn't fly across. Instead, he wanted to devour and absorb the many mutant creatures in the pond.
To him, the pond was like a huge pot of fresh, nutritious soup...
Ever since he'd been "captured" and brought to the Umbrella base, Xia Tianming had undergone several evolutions, gaining a huge amount of Blacklight nutrients. Out in the wasteland, who knew how long it would have taken him to reach his current level?
Come to think of it, Wesker was practically his "benefactor."
Wasting no more time, Xia Tianming picked up a stone nearby and tossed it into the pond.
With a single splash, the entire pond erupted into a frenzy, like a chain reaction of falling dominoes!
Thousands of Zombie Piranhas leaped out of the water all at once. Their sheer number made his scalp tingle. It was a spectacular yet horrifying sight!
Their eyes were a blood-red color, and their enormous mouths, each taking up half their bodies, snapped open and shut with a grating clack. Their hard, scissor-sharp fangs even sparked when they clashed!
There was no doubt about it: even a tank driven into that pond would likely be gnawed down to its metal frame.
Seeing the scene, the Hunter crouching obediently behind Xia Tianming couldn't help shrinking back.
Yet to Xia Tianming, this death trap packed with Zombie Piranhas looked like an incredibly delicious fish soup!!
He didn't hold back. His right arm transformed into Whip-Blade Form, covered in hooked barbs, and he flung it into the pond.
The berserk Zombie Piranhas saw something enter the water and rushed to bite it without a second thought!
Instead, they all bit down on the sharp hooks covering the viral Whip-Blade and got caught.
Before long, dozens upon dozens of Zombie Piranhas were thrashing and struggling along the length of the Whip-Blade.
Damn, he really was fishing...
Then Xia Tianming reeled in his loaded Whip-Blade. Its sharp barbs shredded and devoured the Zombie Piranhas caught on them, turning them into nutrients for the Blacklight Virus inside him.
No, this was still too slow.
Like Gluttony, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Xia Tianming could never get full. He simply went to the edge of the pond and formed a Virus Net again, hoping to use the same method he'd used to catch the Zombie Crows and scoop up every Zombie Piranha in the pond at once!
He flung the Extinction Net with all his strength. It spread across a vast area of water and sank beneath the surface, ready to haul up and devour all the "zombie seafood" above and below the water in one go.
Not long after he cast the Virus Net, Xia Tianming could feel that he'd filled it to the brim. Zombie Piranhas packed it completely full.
Just as he was about to haul it in, he suddenly felt the Virus Net grow heavy. It seemed some immensely powerful creature below was tugging at it, almost dragging Xia Tianming into the water!
Some bastard was trying to steal his catch right in front of him?
No way. He wasn't about to go home empty-handed!
Xia Tianming immediately transformed his left hand into Claw Form and plunged it deep into the ground, anchoring himself to the shore.
Then he gathered viral energy into his right hand, which gripped the net. His strength surged as he grappled with the massive creature below that was trying to steal his catch!
As the strength in his right arm suddenly increased, Xia Tianming let out a low growl and finally yanked the Virus Net, loaded with Zombie Piranhas, up to the surface!
Roar!!!
At the same time, a creature over ten meters long was dragged out of the water by the force. It surged into the air, and its massive shadow instantly swallowed Xia Tianming on the shore!
A long, thick tail lined with sawtooth ridges. Heavy, rotting armor. An enormous maw that could swallow an entire car. Rows upon rows of arm-thick fangs filled its mouth, enough to chew a car like a piece of gum!
It was a fearsome Zombie Giant Crocodile!!!
He'd really hooked a big one!
The Zombie Giant Crocodile, dragged out of the depths, flew through the air. It opened its enormous jaws and lunged straight at the man on the shore!
Even in danger, Xia Tianming's gaze remained calm. At some point, his right hand had transformed into Hammer Fist Form. The instant the Zombie Giant Crocodile was about to bite him, he threw a fierce uppercut and struck its broad lower jaw!
BAM!!!
The monstrous beast, weighing over ten tons, was sent flying back into the pond by his punch. An enormous splash and waves like a tsunami surged onto the shore!
Some Zombie Piranhas were also thrown clear of the water. Their sharp fangs bared, they rained down onto the shore and bit at everything they landed on, forcing the Hunter to hurry away.
Xia Tianming remained where he was, but he had already entered Armor Form. Hard viral armor covered his body. No matter how the Zombie Piranhas bit him, they couldn't hurt him; instead, they would just break their teeth.
As for the Zombie Giant Crocodile, Xia Tianming's punch had knocked it belly-up, floating on the surface...
What a bonus catch.
He was about to go over and devour the Zombie Giant Crocodile, which was even more nutritious, when the water, having just settled down, suddenly surged and churned once more!
Densely packed black specks appeared all over the water. They quickly gathered, swelling and piling atop one another until they gradually formed the outline of a human figure!!!
On closer inspection, those black specks forming the human shape were all writhing leeches?!
"Who... disturbed my peace..."
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