Memory Deep Web

Xia Tianming burst out from the sea of fire, his body wreathed in flames, yet the Blacklight Virus was already automatically sloughing off his burning skin like a comet trailing a tail of fire!

His entire left arm had been shattered by the shockwave of the previous shell, leaving nothing but pure black viral fragments in the surrounding air.

Yet this did not slow his movements in the slightest; if anything, it only made him appear all the more ferocious!

Covering a distance of 100 meters in less than three seconds, Xia Tianming dragged his battle-damaged body right in front of a soldier!

The speed was so great that even the battle-hardened Captain Kromi could not react in time!

Five meters from his target, Xia Tianming leaped high into the air and lunged, transforming his right hand into Blacklight Claws and hacking down with immense force!

The Blacklight Claws sliced through the soldier from his left shoulder to his right thigh without resistance, easily piercing the thick tactical vest and leaving the man frozen in place.

A second later, the pale face inside the soldier's helmet widened in shock as his body was cleanly divided into four parts, beginning to tilt toward the ground...

However, before he could fall, the corpse rapidly decomposed and melted into a ball of black blood, which was then consumed and absorbed by the claws.

As the Blacklight Virus replenished its nutrients, countless black-red tentacles erupted from Xia Tianming's severed limb, writhing and intertwining frantically until a new arm grew back in the blink of an eye!

From killing the soldier to consuming him, the entire process took less than three seconds!

Virus Energy +3

[Blacklight Critical Point: 605/3000]

Consuming this soldier actually granted him 3 points of Virus Energy—even more than a mutated zombie provided?!

On second thought, it made sense; a fully armed soldier posed a much greater threat than a mutated zombie, so it was only natural that they provided more energy.

Most importantly, after consuming the soldier, a strange memory suddenly surfaced in his mind!

[A blurry green field of vision, a massive underground space, and thousands of cylindrical incubation pods stacked together.

Inside every transparent pod, a naked man floated, his body connected to various wires and nutrient tubes.

Looking down, he saw that he was the same.

He did not know how long he had been soaking in the thick green liquid until, at a certain moment, all the pods opened simultaneously, and the men inside tumbled out, struggling.

Then, like an assembly line, standard-issue equipment was tossed before them; they donned it with vacant expressions and began repeating the same military training over and over again.

Once training was complete, they were deployed to the surface to fight zombies, to fight the resistance, and to fight that woman.

Finally, it led to the present: fighting Xia Tianming.

The final image in this memory froze on Xia Tianming's cold, stern face as the claws pierced through his body...]

The memory fragment ended there, as the soldier had been killed by Xia Tianming at that very moment...

Through this memory, it became clear that these Umbrella Corporation soldiers were all clones.

No wonder in this apocalypse where humanity had become an endangered species, the Umbrella Corporation always had an endless supply of cannon fodder that could never be wiped out—they were all being churned out on an assembly line.

Because of this, Xia Tianming unlocked the signature ability of the Blacklight Virus—[Memory Deep Web]!

He could obtain the deepest memories of anyone he consumed, allowing him to acquire vital information!

Seeing one of his subordinates killed and vanish in such a bizarre fashion, Captain Kromi finally snapped out of his shock, his eyes widening as he roared, "Break formation! Drive this monster back!!!"

With that, he grabbed a heavy machine gun and pulled the trigger, aiming at the enemy who had charged into their ranks!

In an instant, the intense sound of gunfire mingled with shrill, agonizing screams!!!

Xia Tianming's figure darted among the soldiers like a ghost; with every swing of his claws, another soldier was consumed and vanished from this world.

As he engaged the soldiers in close-quarters combat, the armed helicopters hovering above dared not fire for fear of hitting their own, and the tanks were rendered mere ornaments.

Captain Kromi watched as his men were killed one by one by the freakish entity, not even leaving a corpse behind.

And ordinary firepower could not inflict any substantial damage on him!

At this rate, the entire unit would be wiped out before long!

"Gunner, what are you staring at?! Fire, damn it!!!!"

Captain Kromi bellowed into his radio from the speeding jeep.

When Xia Tianming had first charged into the ranks, he had ordered the driver to accelerate and put distance between them and the target.

Now, forget about capturing the target alive—everyone was at risk of being eaten by him!

"But sir, what if we hit our own men..." the helicopter operator said, stunned.

"They're just piles of rotting meat anyway; we can clone as many as we want! Open fire on the target immediately!!" Captain Kromi shrieked hysterically.

In their eyes, clones were worthless—perhaps even less valuable than a can of meat.

Receiving the captain's resolute order, the gunner on the armed helicopter had no choice but to comply, activating the Vulcan Cannon weapon system and locking onto the terrifying enemy, who moved so fast among the soldiers that he was nothing more than a blur.

By now, Xia Tianming had eliminated and consumed nearly half of the soldiers present, though they were all clones; the memories he gained were much the same, offering no useful information.

He noticed the camouflage jeep accelerating away from him and guessed that their commander was riding inside.

Consuming that commander should yield some useful intelligence.

Xia Tianming turned, preparing to see if he could catch up to the jeep on foot.

Suddenly!

The sense of danger flared again, more intense than ever before, making every hair on his body stand on end!

BOOM!

A cannon blast, louder than any of the previous gunfire, roared through the air!

Xia Tianming's lower body was shredded into fragments, exploding into a massive pool of black liquid that splattered in every direction!

Only his upper torso remained, crashing onto the ground and getting a mouthful of dust.

Now, he could finally feel the pain.

The Vulcan Cannon mounted on the Shadow Helicopter had shattered half his body with a single shot!!

With only his upper torso left, Xia Tianming had no time to scream in pain. Before the enemy could fire again, he used his claws to drag himself beneath the chassis of the M1A2 Main Battle Tank, destroying its tracks to prevent it from driving away and exposing him, which caused the hovering Shadow Helicopter to lose its target.

"Go and flush that bastard out from under the tank!" Captain Kromi roared, seeing the soldiers still standing there in a daze, likely stunned by the sheer brutality they had just witnessed.

The soldiers near the tank received the order, hurriedly pulling the pins on their grenades and, after counting down two seconds, tossed them beneath the tank.

BANG! BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!!

Six or seven grenades were thrown under the tank, triggering a violent explosion that sent flames erupting from beneath the chassis, causing even the surrounding ground to tremble!