Virus Throne

That...

What is that...

The crowd watched as the demon, covered from head to toe in black armor, appeared. They were all struck dumb with shock, as if a pause button had been pressed upon them.

Taking a "shortcut," Xia Tianming had covered the distance that would have taken hours in a mere ten minutes, crashing all the way from Spencer's office to this Rocket Silo!

Through the massive hole in the collapsed wall behind him, one could see dozens of concrete walls punched through with giant, humanoid-shaped craters...

Once the crowd snapped back to the realization that this was an unknown enemy, the staff at every station panicked and fled in all directions!

Yet, before they had taken two steps, they felt their ankles being ensnared by something.

Looking down, they saw black-red, writhing, eerie tentacles wrapped around them, a sight that made their hearts stop...

And these tentacles were all erupting from Xia Tianming's own body!

Having fought G-William and devoured him, Xia Tianming had long since reached the Blacklight Threshold, so the moment he arrived, he unleashed [Myriad Tentacles]!

Following this, a series of heart-wrenching screams echoed through the dome of the rocket launch base. Hundreds of staff members and armed soldiers vanished, devoured clean in the blink of an eye, and the entire base instantly fell into silence!

As for why Xia Tianming had to be so thorough, it was because these staff members had been programmed with a directive: should the Rocket Silo be exposed to enemy eyes, they were to immediately initiate the base's self-destruct sequence, even if it meant burying themselves in a sea of fire.

This was a countermeasure Umbrella Corporation had put in place to prevent the Rocket Silo from being captured by resistance forces or other enemies opposing the company.

Legend had it that the woman Alice had already obtained the virus Serum. If she were to place the Serum into the rocket and detonate it in the upper atmosphere, all viruses on the surface would be cleared, and all of the company's plans would instantly go down the drain.

After clearing out all personnel who might interfere, Xia Tianming walked down the pile of rubble and arrived beneath the rocket launch point.

He looked up at the hundred-meter-tall giant rocket secured by mechanical arms, then suddenly unfurled his Blacklight Wings and flew toward the top of the rocket!

Because some of the people he had just devoured were rocket design engineers, he easily found the entrance at the top of the rocket and landed there.

Entering the interior of the rocket through the hatch, he skillfully located a lever. After pulling it down, a circular container five meters in diameter, protected by several layers of strict security measures, was revealed before his eyes.

This glass container was filled with an eerie liquid emitting a blue fluorescent glow.

This was the improved T-Virus strain, weighing a full dozen tons!

If launched into outer space and detonated, it would spread across the globe, carried by various natural conditions until it reached every corner of the surface. The air would become saturated with the biochemical virus, wiping out all remaining resistance forces and survivors, thereby achieving the "Extinction" plan!

Afterward, the environment and resources of the Earth, which had been destroyed by humanity, would gradually recover as time passed.

Once the Earth returned to its prime state, the next step, the "Genesis" plan, would be executed: genetically enhanced beings modified by the virus would be released onto the surface to repopulate and thrive.

This was the "Extinction" and "Genesis" plan in Spencer's philosophy—to clear away the inferior genes of the old era and let the new humans become the masters of the Earth once more!

It was all very melodramatic and cliché...

It was just a pity he wouldn't live to see it.

Seeing the glass container filled with the improved T-Virus, Xia Tianming raised his right hand, and a multitude of extremely fine Blacklight Tentacles extended from his palm.

These viral tentacles seemed to possess a consciousness of their own; they crawled to the opening at the top of the container and, through the fine ventilation holes left to maintain the T-Virus's activity, burrowed into the viral container.

Following that, these Blacklight Virus tentacles drove straight in, soaking into the T-Virus strain liquid, and began to multiply and spread wildly!

The Blacklight Virus was like an unstoppable Spartan warrior, devouring the alien virus it encountered along the way, rapidly "blackening" the T-Virus by a factor of a thousand!

In less than ten seconds, the dozen tons of blue T-Virus strain liquid had completely transformed into a pitch-black, abyssal darkness, like the deep reaches of space!

After assimilating this massive vat of T-Virus into the Blacklight Virus, Xia Tianming turned and left, jumping directly off the top of the rocket and landing straight from a hundred-meter height!

He looked at the complex rocket launch console, now devoid of any human operators, and extended his hands once more. From his fingertips, dense viral tentacles stretched out, covering every key on the console like a sprawling web!

Next, he operated these tentacles all by himself, utilizing the expert skills he had gained from devouring the staff, and began to nimbly tap and operate all the consoles simultaneously!

His individual efficiency far exceeded that of hundreds of staff members working together—a sight that would make any capitalist ecstatic!

A minute later, all rocket parameters were set, and Xia Tianming entered the final launch code he had obtained from Spencer's memories.

BOOM!!!

The dome above the rocket began to unfold to both sides, causing the entire base to tremble and revealing the gray, gloomy sky that hadn't seen sunlight in years!

Immediately following, the rocket was ignited. The entire structure began to vibrate violently, and the rocket's tail gradually spewed crimson flames as it preheated.

Rocket launch countdown—120 seconds.

119 seconds.

118 seconds.

There were still two minutes left on the countdown before the rocket loaded with the Blacklight Virus could finally be launched.

Xia Tianming, unfazed by the intense heat generated by the rocket's exhaust, sat down directly in front of the rocket. However, there was no chair behind him.

The moment the thought of sitting crossed his mind, a large number of tentacles extended from his back and dropped to the ground. These black-red tentacles quickly wove and condensed until they formed a massive Virus Throne made entirely of Blacklight Virus tentacles!

Xia Tianming sat down, the tentacles on the throne writhing in a chaotic, Cthulhu-esque fashion.

He rested his elbows on the armrests formed by hardened tentacles, propped his chin on his fist, and leaned back. His gaze was calm as he looked toward the only exit of the Rocket Silo—a picture-perfect portrait of a king, regal and imposing!

The mission in this world was about to be completed; one wondered what he was thinking about at this moment...

When the rocket countdown reached 99.

Suddenly! The door he was staring at was shoved open with a heavy thud, and immediately after, a group of people appeared at the entrance, gasping for breath, their eyes wide with shock as they watched the rocket preparing for launch!

This group of people varied in appearance, consisting of both men and women.

Some had well-toned figures, sporting short hair and wearing red dresses; others were fully armed, wearing multi-functional combat helmets that obscured their faces; some had parted blonde hair with cold, stern expressions; and there were even women carrying all sorts of lethal weapons, resembling mobile armories.

They were none other than Ada Wong, Hunk, Leon, Chris, Claire, and the rest!

The blonde woman in the lead, with crimson pupils and an aura of unique power, was none other than the number one enemy of the Umbrella Corporation—Alice!

Good grief, with all the characters from the games and movies appearing in full force, was this Resident Evil world actually a massive free-for-all?

Facing these "protagonists," Xia Tianming, sitting upon the Virus Throne, maintained a calm gaze, as if he had long foreseen their arrival...

(Seeking recommendation votes and monthly tickets. For the next world, would you prefer Gantz, Parasyte, or Predator Hunting Planet?)