"Protagonist" and the Protagonist

In Alice's hand, she gripped a DNA-shaped spiral vial containing the T-Serum, capable of completely eradicating the biochemical virus.

Behind her stood the companions she had met across the biochemical wasteland; among them were police officers, secret agents, ordinary civilians, and even former members of the Umbrella U.S.S. secret forces!

Yet, they now shared a single goal: to stop Umbrella's inhumane "Extinction" plan!

Through various channels and the interrogation of company insiders, they had utilized their unique skills to finally reach this rocket base.

However, the rocket had already been activated and was currently in the midst of its launch countdown!

Having prepared themselves for a brutal fight, they found the massive launch base devoid of a single staff member, save for a man whose face was obscured by a hood, sitting quietly upon a bizarre black throne.

Though his face was hidden, they could vaguely sense the gaze beneath the shadows fixed upon them, inexplicably generating a sense of intense oppression!

Chris Redfield frowned, his expression grim as he muttered, "Playing god!"

With that, he pulled a heavy sniper rifle from his back, pressed the stock against his shoulder, and aimed at his target from a standing position!

Only someone like Chris, with his background in multiple special forces units, could pull off such a feat!

After locking the scope onto the center of the man's forehead, he pressed his fingertip against the trigger!

BANG!

A thunderous gunshot instantly echoed throughout the launch base!

Chris curled his lip, lowering the smoking barrel as he prepared to watch the guy's head explode.

Yet, the scene before them left everyone stunned!

The man's skull had not been shattered by the sniper round as expected; instead, a tentacle had extended from the throne behind him, catching the incoming bullet. The projectile hung suspended, less than a fist's distance from Xia Tianming's forehead...

Then, the tentacle loosened, and the metal bullet, mangled by the immense external force, clattered to the ground, the crisp sound piercing through the deathly silence.

After a brief moment of shock, the group tensed up and immediately assumed their combat stances!!

"What the hell is that tentacle? How could it catch a bullet???"

"This guy is definitely not normal! Did Umbrella create another monster?!"

"Could he be a superhuman fused with a virus, just like you, Alice?!"

The group clamored in confusion, but they didn't stop moving, each drawing their respective weapons to prepare for battle.

Xia Tianming remained seated calmly, watching the "protagonists" perform in their panic.

There were 90 seconds left until the rocket's official launch—exactly one and a half minutes.

They had to stop the launch within this time to prevent the virus from being carried into the atmosphere and detonated.

Although they were unaware that the T-Virus inside had been replaced with the Blacklight Virus, it made little difference to them.

Alice turned to Chris, Leon, and the other agile members and said, "It's impossible to abort the launch now, so we have to destroy the rocket directly. We cannot let it launch! You all have explosives, right? Blow up the rocket boosters; I'll deal with this guy!"

As the only perfect fusion of the T-Virus, she possessed extraordinary abilities and could no longer be considered a mere human.

The others nodded without hesitation and immediately sprinted toward the rocket.

Alice's eyes filled with a murderous aura; she drew two Nepalese machetes, still stained with dried blood, from the sheath on her leg and walked toward the man!

Sitting on the Virus Throne, Xia Tianming heard their conversation through his keen senses. Since there was still time before the launch, he decided to have some fun with these "protagonists."

Just as they reached the halfway point to the rocket, Xia Tianming's pupils flashed with a deep, pitch-black light. From the hole he had smashed in the wall, a series of hair-raising roars erupted!

A massive horde of Blacklight Zombies, their eyes pitch-black and their bodies writhing with tentacles, surged from behind the wall, charging at Chris and the others to intercept their path!

These Blacklight-infected creatures were Umbrella employees and soldiers Xia Tianming had encountered at each base while taking "shortcuts," whom he had infected along the way.

Seeing the sudden swarm of zombies—and in a mutation form they had never seen before—Leon and the others were shocked, hurriedly raising their weapons to open fire!

These "protagonists" were excellent marksmen, their skills honed in the struggle for survival, allowing them to land almost perfect headshots!

But this time, they weren't facing ordinary zombies; they were Blacklight Zombies infected by a virus from another world!

Even when their heads were blown apart, the Blacklight Zombies, driven by the virus, maintained their mobility and aggression unless their limbs were also severed!

This caused their ammunition consumption to skyrocket, and in an instant, Leon and the others were pinned down by the fast, resilient creatures, unable to break away to destroy the rocket boosters!

The countdown now stood at 80 seconds.

Seeing this, Alice sensed that these unprecedented mutant zombies were being controlled by the man on the bizarre throne.

Wasting no more time, she charged at Xia Tianming with a speed rivaling Wesker's, determined to take him out first!!

Before Xia Tianming could move, the Blacklight Throne behind him writhed, its tentacles lashing out like spears toward the incoming Alice!

As the only ultimate fusion of the T-Virus, Alice's reaction speed and perception were naturally far beyond Wesker's.

Before the tentacles could strike, she performed an evasive maneuver with lightning speed, swinging her Nepalese machetes to sever the tentacles as they fell to the ground!

But two hands could not fend off a hundred tentacles; dozens, then hundreds, lashed out one after another. If even one scratch landed, the Blacklight Virus would instantly invade her body!

Seeing Alice beginning to lose ground, she suddenly widened her eyes, her scarlet pupils burning like fire!

The hundreds of Blacklight tentacles about to pierce her body were suddenly shoved aside, as if blocked by an invisible force!

Alice had unleashed her telekinesis!

Her ultimate fusion with the T-Virus had granted her supernatural abilities, though using telekinesis was extremely taxing on her mental energy and could easily cause her to collapse.

But she could no longer afford to worry about that; if the rocket launched, all their efforts would be in vain!