The End (1)

Alice used her telekinesis to deflect the tentacles lunging from the Throne of Virus, carving a clear path straight toward Xia Tianming, who sat upon it.

Gritting her teeth and enduring the gradual fading of her mental strength, she seized the moment to leap over twenty meters, brandishing her dual blades as she slashed down toward the man on the throne!

Just as the sharp blades were about to sever his neck, they were suddenly frozen in place, unable to advance even a centimeter.

Alice looked on in astonishment; the man had moved at some point, effortlessly catching both of her wrists—the ones holding the Nepal Machetes—in his grip!

No matter how much force she exerted, she could not break free from his palms, which were as immovable as hydraulic clamps!

Xia Tianming looked at this "heroine" he had once seen in movies; she had been his goddess when he was a child.

Yet, seeing her now, he felt no ripples in his heart; after becoming the Blacklight Virus, every person in his eyes was exactly the same.

"Bastard..."

With her hands trapped, Alice's expression turned ferocious. She lunged forward, slamming her forehead into Xia Tianming's face, hoping to stun him.

The result was a dull "thud." She felt as if she had struck an iron Buddha; he didn't budge, but she nearly gave herself a concussion, a wave of dizziness washing over her...

Sixty seconds remained until the rocket launch.

Meanwhile, among the other "protagonists," while they were still struggling against the Blacklight Zombies, two individuals had broken away from the group and were sprinting toward the rocket.

They were Ada and Claire.

"Don't worry about us! Just go and blow up those rocket boosters!!"

Claire's brother, Chris, his face twisted in rage, raised his heavy machine gun and unleashed a frantic barrage of fire at the surging horde of Blacklight Zombies.

Leon relied on his superior martial arts to weave through the zombie swarm, doing his best to buy them time.

In this desperate moment, Ada and Claire had no time for hesitation; they grabbed the high-yield explosives and sprinted toward the launch site.

Seeing two fish slip through the net, Xia Tianming stopped playing with Alice. His arm morphed into a blade, piercing her neck to infect her, before he prepared to discard her and pursue the two women.

Suddenly!

Alice's eyes widened in fury. Before being completely assimilated, she unleashed her telekinesis once more. At such close range, Xia Tianming felt as if he had been struck head-on by a high-speed train, his body sent flying in a parabolic arc!

But having used her telekinesis twice in succession, Alice herself suffered severe trauma. Coughing up a mouthful of blood, she gritted out, "Take this... this is my final burst of telekinesis!!"

With that, she lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

After being sent flying by the telekinetic impact, Xia Tianming rose quickly. Having sustained no real damage, he resumed his pursuit of the two women carrying the explosives.

Seeing the man take Alice's telekinetic strike head-on as if it were nothing, the group wore expressions of shock; they knew Alice's telekinesis was powerful enough to twist steel bars like pretzels!

Xia Tianming pushed off the ground, chasing them like a bullet, leaving craters in his wake!

Sensing the oppressive force closing in behind her, Ada Wong didn't hesitate. She spun around, drew the Desert Eagle from the holster on her sexy thigh, and pulled the trigger on the dark shadow rushing toward her!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

A flurry of gunfire erupted, but the target had vanished, and it was unclear if any shots had landed.

Suddenly!

She felt someone appear abruptly behind her. Instinctively, she raised her elbow to strike backward, only to have it caught effortlessly by a cold palm?!

Trembling, she turned her head to look, only to find the man standing right behind her.

Xia Tianming looked coldly at Ada Wong, hailed by players as the sexiest character. Without a moment's hesitation, his right hand morphed into a Blacklight Blade and pierced her abdomen!

Then, her twisted, wide-eyed pupils instantly turned pitch black as she was assimilated by the Blacklight Virus!

"No!!"

Leon, who was struggling against the Blacklight Zombies, saw the woman he loved get pierced through the abdomen. Ignoring the swarm behind him, he fired frantically at Xia Tianming!

But Xia Tianming ignored him entirely, discarding Ada Wong to continue his pursuit of Claire, who was still nearing the rocket.

Leon ran over, eyes bloodshot, and caught the falling Ada Wong in his arms, recalling the scenes of their love-hate relationship since they first met at the Raccoon City police station.

Wait...

Why wasn't she bleeding? Where was the wound???

Leon suddenly realized that where she had been pierced, only her clothes were torn; there was no wound, and her skin remained perfectly intact.

What was going on?

Had his eyes deceived him? But then, where did the claw marks on her clothes come from??

Suddenly! Ada Wong opened her eyes, her pupils filled with a pitch-black hue!

Before Leon could react, she opened her mouth and bit down hard on his neck!

The two who could never be together in the games were now, at this moment, finally "embraced" in each other's arms...

Thirty seconds remained on the rocket launch countdown.

On the other side, Claire, holding the explosives, saw half of her companions fall and her brother Chris surrounded by zombies and in mortal danger. She had to suppress the grief in her heart and keep running toward the rocket; she couldn't let their sacrifices be in vain!

Who on earth was this man, to defeat such powerful companions in the blink of an eye?!

Seeing him chasing her again, Claire felt a mix of rage and fear, but she couldn't let revenge cloud her judgment now. Once she destroyed the rocket, she would find a chance to take him down with her!

Just as Xia Tianming was about to catch up to her, a sudden whistling sound erupted from behind!

A rocket trailing a plume of fire streaked directly toward him!

Xia Tianming immediately transformed his right hand into a Blacklight Spike Shield to withstand the rocket's impact!

BOOM!

Accompanied by a deafening roar, Xia Tianming stood motionless, blocking the strike head-on!

As the flames dissipated, a fully armed man wearing a tactical gas mask discarded his empty rocket launcher tube and began closing in on Xia Tianming while firing his weapon!

Death—Hunk, a man who earned his moniker because he was always the sole survivor of every group operation!

Xia Tianming naturally remembered this popular hidden game character.

Does Death truly never die?

Hunk continuously pulled the trigger, firing at his opponent to prevent the man from intercepting Claire.

His magazines seemed bottomless, and he utilized everything from grenades and stun grenades to flashbangs and demolition charges, as if he were carrying an entire armory on his person.

Even a Tyrant would likely be forced to one knee if subjected to such fierce and relentless firepower all at once.

Seeing how much the man enjoyed using firearms, Xia Tianming extended his hand, and suddenly, a mass of viral tendrils erupted from his empty palm. Following his will, they rapidly converged, hardened, and wove together until they formed the silhouette of a bio-technological firearm!

The only difference was that this gun lacked any metal parts; it was composed entirely of viral tendrils, as were its bullets!

The eerie frame of the gun was covered in a layer of writhing tentacles, appearing as if it possessed a life of its own—truly bizarre!

Tubular tendrils extended from the grip and plunged directly into Xia Tianming's wrist, allowing him to fire hardened projectiles made from his own viral blood without ever needing to reload.

In other words, as long as the wielder had sufficient nutrients, this bio-viral firearm would possess infinite ammunition!