Planet Petri Dish (Conclusion)

Hunk was instantly stunned as a bizarre tentacle-based firearm materialized out of thin air in the man's hand.

This Viral Bio-Gun lacked a trigger; it required only a thought from Xia Tianming and a supply of his blood to launch barbed, spike-like viral bullets from its hollow, tentacle-shaped barrel.

The firing mechanism did not rely on gunpowder, but rather a spring-like tentacle embedded within the barrel that used raw force to propel the projectiles, achieving a muzzle velocity that rivaled any man-made firearm.

Seeing the muzzle aimed at him, the battle-hardened Hunk immediately executed an evasive maneuver while simultaneously preparing a counterattack.

The viral bullets were fired in total silence, without a flash of light; only a black blur could be seen as they were launched, killing without a trace.

Hunk dodged in a highly disheveled state; despite wearing thick body armor, he dared not risk taking a hit from the strange projectiles fired by the man's eerie weapon.

Yet, the man seemed entirely unfazed by the bullets Hunk fired at him; a barrage of rounds sank into his body, disappearing without a ripple, as if cast into a bottomless abyss.

This left Hunk in a completely passive position.

Gritting his teeth, he decided to go all out, pulling a C4 Bomb from his back in a desperate attempt to close the distance and perish alongside the man.

Hunk no longer wanted to be the Grim Reaper whose teammates never survived a mission; he wanted to break this curse, even if he had to become a sacrifice under the Reaper's scythe.

Just as he charged toward the enemy with a death-defying resolve.

Suddenly, his limbs and waist were ensnared by something, freezing him in place and locking his body in a mid-run posture.

Hunk looked down in horror to see that the strange bullets the man had fired earlier had landed on the ground and, as if possessed by life, burrowed into the hard concrete to take root, transforming into writhing, slender tentacles.

It was these very tentacles that had ensnared the unsuspecting Hunk.

No matter how he struggled, the tentacles only tightened their grip, beginning to bore into his protective suit.

Then, there followed a series of indescribable howls.

This was an inspiration Xia Tianming had gained from devouring viral vines in the Biochemical Garden; one had to admit, the plasticity of the Blacklight Virus was truly incomparable.

Rocket launch countdown: ten seconds remaining.

Nine seconds.

Eight seconds.

At this moment, Claire had already reached the base of the Rocket Silo with the explosives.

The tail flame from the thrusters was erupting with increasing intensity, creating a scorching, violent gale that made it nearly impossible to approach.

Under normal circumstances, the entire base should have been evacuated long ago.

Claire could already smell her own hair singeing, but she did not retreat, continuing to press forward while clutching the explosives to her chest.

Just a little further, and she could toss the explosives beneath the rocket thrusters to destroy them and terminate the launch.

"Alice, Ada, Leon, brother... I won't let your sacrifices be in vain..."

Claire muttered to herself, tears welling in her eyes; because she was too close to the launch point, her fair skin had already been scorched a bright red.

Countdown: five seconds.

Finally, she was there.

Claire gritted her teeth and hurled the satchel of explosives with all her might, watching it arc through the air toward the base of the rocket thrusters.

At such close range, even if the rocket were detonated and destroyed, she would have virtually no hope of survival.

However, none of these people had intended to return alive when they arrived here.

Just as she stood there, watching the satchel about to fall into the thrusters, a Whip-Blade suddenly lashed out from behind, coiled around her, and dragged her back.

Claire whipped her head around to see the man standing beside her, holding that very satchel of explosives in his arms.

However, the high-yield explosives had already been ignited by the scorching firestorm; an explosion at such close range would still affect the rocket's launch.

"Hmph, you're a step too late. We shall meet in hell!"

Claire sneered, her eyes bloodshot, wearing the look of a vengeful soul ready to die.

The moment the words left her lips, her expression froze on her face.

She watched as the man's mouth suddenly stretched to an exaggerated width, and he actually swallowed the soon-to-explode satchel in one gulp.

The instant he swallowed it, Xia Tianming shifted into his Rhino Armor Form, allowing the explosives to detonate within his gut.

Puff!

With a muffled sound like a faint fart, the high-powered explosives detonated inside his stomach, but they failed to pierce the alloy-like viral armor, remaining contained within his body.

This high-risk maneuver caused Xia Tianming to frown slightly, black smoke venting from his mouth and nostrils.

Seeing this horrifying scene, Claire collapsed to the ground, her eyes hollow and filled with despair.

Was he a god... or a demon?

BOOM!!

At that moment, the launch countdown ended, the rocket thruster's tail flame intensified further, and the thick smoke erupted like a raging flood, instantly engulfing the entire base launch platform.

The rocket, fully loaded with the Blacklight Virus, successfully launched into the sky.

After an unknown amount of time, as the thick smoke dissipated, Claire, who had been lying on the ground, slowly opened her eyes.

She felt no discomfort in her body; the skin that had been scorched by the searing wind was no longer red, and her hair remained soft and beautiful, showing no signs of being singed.

Am I already dead? Because only the dead can no longer feel pain...

Suddenly, several familiar figures appeared before her, standing around and looking down at her.

Claire widened her eyes and saw that they were Ada, Leon, Alice, Hunk, and her brother, Chris.

I really am dead, reunited with them in hell or heaven...

"Get up," Chris said gently, extending his hand.

Claire grabbed her brother's hand and sat up from the ground.

Wait... how can I still feel his body heat?

Isn't it said that the dead have no temperature?

Seeing her expression of disbelief, Chris said in a low voice, "Are you surprised? None of us are dead. Even I am surprised myself..."

But she had clearly seen them all killed by that man using bizarre means; how could they be standing there perfectly fine now, looking as if nothing had happened???

"Where is that man?"

Claire looked around and asked again, but his figure was nowhere to be seen.

Just as she turned her head back, she discovered that their pupils had turned pitch black, with not a trace of white to be seen!

This included her own eyes as well...

After the rocket ascended to a certain altitude, it disintegrated on its own in the high atmosphere near the edge of space. The Blacklight Virus it carried permeated, multiplied, and drifted along with the air currents, spreading in every possible way to every corner of the wasteland and into the air itself.

On the barren land, dark red Virus Biomass began to sprout.

Long-dead tree stumps miraculously returned to life, though the branches and leaves that grew from them were writhing tentacles.

Withered plants took root and sprouted again, blooming, but all of them blossomed with dark red flowers.

As for the bio-zombies wandering aimlessly in every corner of the surface, they collapsed in convulsions almost at the same time. Dense black spots appeared on their bodies, rapidly corroding and degrading them, turning them into nutrients for the Blacklight Biomass.

The overcast sky rained for the first time in a long while, but the rain was black.

Inside a makeshift survivor camp, people looked at the black raindrops hitting them in astonishment, at a loss for what to do.

Why is this rain black? Is the end of the world truly upon the Earth?

In a crude tent within the camp, a skin-and-bones child lay sobbing before a wooden bed. Due to the scarcity of resources in the apocalypse, he was in the prime of his youth but had become yellow-haired and gaunt, his cheekbones protruding as if he would fall apart with a gust of wind.

Lying on the bed was his elderly mother, covered in toxic sores and dying from infection. His father and other relatives had long since died in the mouths of zombies, succumbed to disease, or starved to death.

Now, his mother was about to leave as well, and he would become a complete orphan, likely to follow in her footsteps at any moment...

Suddenly, he felt someone stroking his head. He looked up and saw it was his mother?!

She should have been on her deathbed, lacking even the strength to open her eyes, but now she looked radiant, and the disgusting sores on her body were being devoured by dense clusters of black spots at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Mother and son were stunned by what was happening, but after a brief moment of shock, they embraced each other excitedly. As long as they were not separated, they feared nothing, no matter what changes occurred.

And their eyes, too, had gradually been eroded by pitch-black darkness...

[Ding~ Planet purification mission accomplished. This planet has become a Blacklight Virus petri dish. The protagonist will have the opportunity to return here, or take this entire planet to carry out purification on other universes.]

In a small room within the now completely abandoned Umbrella base, the last cloning chamber flashed a red light.

With a click, the chamber opened automatically, and a naked man tumbled out, covered in sticky fluid, coughing violently.

After vomiting all the nutrient solution from his lungs, he slowly crawled up from the floor.

"It's a good thing I kept one last ace up my sleeve... Heh... Just you wait, I will never let you have it easy!" Wesker muttered through gritted teeth, his eyes filled with venom.

Wesker had not completely died; he had left himself this final insurance policy: the cloning chamber!

While cursing Xia Tianming with hatred, he walked to the door, intending to go out, change into gear, and find an opportunity to make a comeback and make that man pay the price he deserved!

He reached for the door handle and opened it, but the scene before him left him dumbfounded.

The familiar base no longer existed; in its place was a scene akin to hell...

Everything within his line of sight was covered and shrouded in dark red biomass!

On the Virus Biomass, dense clusters of tentacles writhed crazily like sea anemones, enough to make one's heart stop!

On the biomass at the doorway stood dozens of giant, flesh-colored, egg-like objects nearly three meters tall!

Following the movement of him opening the door, these egg-like objects began to tremble rapidly, cracking and peeling open with signs of hatching, and faint, demonic roars could be heard from within...

Wesker...

"No!!!!!"

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