Resurrection!!

In the narrow, dim alleyway, a body twitched erratically upon the turbid, filthy ground. Those wide-open eyes were filled with unwillingness, fury, resentment, agony, and desolation.

Blood continued to spray from the severed throat, emitting a strange, gurgling sound. The steaming blood stained a large patch of the grimy ground, turning the originally black surface a deep, visceral red.

"How pathetic! To struggle with all one's might... only to end up with nothing in the end..."

"So this is it... I am really going to die!!"

"I'm not reconciled to this... I only have one chance at life... to die just like this, I am truly, deeply unreconciled!"

"The T-Virus... the T-Virus I worked so hard to obtain...!!"

"Heh, Wang Ning... did you think that by mimicking Li Shuangmu's voice, I wouldn't know it was you? How laughable..."

"Even if I die... I truly look down on you. Just you wait, Yin Kuang is watching you..."

"One day, I will also slit your throat and bleed you dry to avenge today's shame, today's grudge, and today's hatred!!"

His teeth gnashed together with a rattling sound... but as he lost massive amounts of blood, his strength drained away rapidly. In the end, he didn't even have the energy left to clench his jaw.

In his final moments, Yin Kuang used the last of his strength to bite his own lip. He tasted the metallic tang of his own blood, yet it felt strangely sweet. "Wang Ning, one day, I will taste what your blood is like!!"

His head grew heavier, his body lighter. Yin Kuang could no longer feel any pain; he only felt as if he were flying—no, drifting, like a dandelion caught in the breeze. He drifted and drifted, higher and further away...

Yin Kuang saw his mother... in the lush, green fields, hunched over as she weeded the rice paddies... her face worn with toil, yet smiling like a flower. "Son, you're back..."

His father... waving the hoe he had polished smooth with his own palms, turning the soil on the ridge one spade at a time. He dropped two or three sprouted peanuts, covered them with earth, and then stomped on them with his mud-caked feet... his eyes widening as he slammed the hoe down. "Go study! Is this work for you? You good-for-nothing!!"

His sweet twin sisters held up their newly returned test papers... acting spoiled toward their brother, their cheeks flushed red. "Brother, we got 100 on our tests! I want a Barbie doll..."

"Dad... Mom... little sisters... I..."

"I... I don't want to die!!"

"Ah!!"

At this moment, Yin Kuang didn't know where the strength came from. He rolled over, facing the pitch-black sky, and squeezed a roar from his ruptured throat—in reality, it was incredibly weak, failing to even leave the alleyway before being scattered by the draft.

"No!! I don't want to die, absolutely not!!"

"I still have a chance... I still have a chance..."

"Nicholas!! You just watch... I am not you! I, Yin Kuang... will definitely..."

"Survive!"

With a flick of his mind, an item vanished from his "Inventory," and suddenly, a glass vial appeared in Yin Kuang's hand.

It was a glass vial identical to the one containing the T-Virus—the only difference was that inside the double-helix container, it did not hold the cold, ghostly blue T-Virus...

This vial came from the underground passage of the gas company under the Umbrella Corporation that he had blown up. It had been clutched tightly in the hand of a dead researcher! Moreover, that researcher had committed suicide, though for what reason, he did not know. When he had impulsively picked up the bottle, he had suddenly received a "prompt"!

It was this prompt that made him understand why Dr. Isaacs had asked him to initiate the self-destruct sequence for that three-story building—on the surface, it was to help Yin Kuang, but in reality, it was to destroy evidence for himself!

The amber, eerie liquid in the glass vial was none other than...

Item: Semi-finished G-Virus!!

Description: An advanced form of the T-Virus, strictly prohibited by the Umbrella Corporation's SSS-level ban. Rumored to be a new type of virus discovered by the genius Umbrella researcher Dr. William Birkin during his T-Virus studies. For unknown reasons, after William Birkin died, the Umbrella Corporation strictly forbade further research into this virus. However, Dr. Isaacs, the chief researcher of Umbrella's North American branch, ignored company orders and researched the G-Virus privately, achieving certain progress. This G-Virus is Dr. Isaacs' most proud and triumphant work—even though it is only a semi-finished product!

Rating: The only one in existence!

Effect: Using it gives you an extremely high chance of becoming a G-Monster! Using it gives you a very high chance of dying due to rejection by the G-Virus! Using it will cause the G-Virus to undergo thousands of unpredictable mutations within your body; no one knows what you will become! If you smash it, you will get nothing. Perhaps Dr. Isaacs is very, very interested in this item.

Note: The G-Virus is a special substance; the "University" does not provide it for exchange! (This is set because: for example, if someone were to exchange for the "Perfect Blood" from Underworld and simultaneously strengthen their Werewolf and Vampire lineages to achieve a "Perfect Body," wouldn't that be overpowered? There are many such examples!)

Evaluation: This is the current limit of human genetic research history, the ultimate evil substance that violates the realm of God, the forbidden zone of the Creator... Human, how dare you blaspheme God?!

"Haha... how many times... have I said it?... I... do not believe... in God!!"

Amidst a weak, slightly manic, fearful, and trembling laugh, Yin Kuang jammed the G-Virus into his own neck...

"Ah!!"

It was a scream so piercing it nearly tore his vocal cords and throat apart with the sheer force of the air!

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"Do you need my help, Young Master Li?"

A slightly mocking voice suddenly emerged from the shadows.

Li Shuangmu looked up and saw Wang Ning walking out from the darkness into the slightly brighter area like a ghost, wearing a smile.

"What? Did you succeed?"

"Heh, what do you think?" Wang Ning shrugged, his smile relaxed and easy.

Li Shuangmu had not a shred of goodwill left for Wang Ning, and he replied in a flat, indifferent tone, "If you are still hoping to get something from me, then your plans are going to fall through... and I advise you not to set your sights on me. If we really fight, you might not be my match."

Wang Ning curled his lips and said, "That is precisely why I am least willing to offend you right now. Look, didn't I come to help you? So, are you going to give Zeng Fei to me, or the pretty girl on your shoulder?"

Li Shuangmu tossed the slightly chubby Zeng Fei toward Wang Ning with a casual flick. "I just hope he doesn't turn into a dead pig later!"

"Yo-ho, he really is quite heavy." Wang Ning braced his waist to steady himself. "Don't worry, no one is paying me a bounty to kill him. And don't you think a living Zeng Fei is more valuable than a dead one? I quite appreciate his bullets."

"Be careful that his bullets don't blow your head off one day."

"Haha, let alone whether he would do that... do you think I would give him the chance?"

Suddenly, Li Shuangmu seemed to catch a scent, and the next moment, his expression shifted slightly. "You actually killed Yin Kuang?"

It was the smell of blood!

Wang Ning said, "I killed him, so what? There's nothing to be surprised about. Have few people died under the blade of 'Ning Wang'? It's not like one more makes a difference, right? I'm curious, though. While Yin Kuang's brain is indeed sharp, there's no reason for you to value him so highly. Would you mind sharing your thoughts?"

"If I said it was just a feeling, would you believe me?"

"I only believe what I see with my eyes and hear with my ears."

"Then I have nothing more to say." Li Shuangmu replied, "What about you? Why were you so determined to kill him? Since he had already given you the T-Virus, why go through all this trouble to hunt him down? You should know that killing him once only deducts ten years of his lifespan. I'm afraid you've just made yourself his number one enemy."

"He isn't worthy of being my opponent." Wang Ning stopped in his tracks, staring coldly at Li Shuangmu. "You, Li Shuangmu, are the only one worthy of being the nemesis of 'Ning Wang'!"

"Oh? Is that your feeling?" Li Shuangmu wore a faint, inscrutable smile.

Wang Ning tapped his eyes, then pointed to his ears. "Seen with my eyes, heard with my ears."

"Then, should I feel honored? Wang Ning!"

Gradually, the expression on Li Shuangmu's face faded away.

Emotions hidden beneath a mask of indifference!

That was the best way to describe Li Shuangmu's expression at this moment.

Something called "presence" began to radiate from Li Shuangmu's body. His seemingly slender frame and straight spine suddenly appeared as if they could prop up the heavens and tread upon the earth. Those eyes, calm as water yet naturally imposing, carried a pressure that made one afraid to look directly into them.

This was the true Li Shuangmu, the successor the Li Family had spent twenty years cultivating!

"Very good! I think... this is the enemy I truly need to face!"

"Be careful you don't play with fire and get burned." The raspy, low voice emerged from Li Shuangmu. Although it was still his voice, the impression it gave the listener was vastly different.

Even Wang Ning couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, before he immediately replied, "We shall see."

Imagine countless earthworms burrowing in from the soles of your feet, twisting and turning their bodies frantically, drilling through your flesh like they were boring into soil... Then, following the narrow tunnels they carved, they continue to drill upward, constantly drilling, constantly writhing. Or perhaps they burrow into your bones, continuing to drill from the inside out; or they pierce through your skin, only to re-enter your flesh from another spot... upward, and further upward...

Moreover, as those countless earthworms drill through your flesh, they constantly split into more worms or merge into thicker ones... They treat your body like incredibly fertile, soft soil, drilling in, drilling out, drilling back in again. They never want to leave; they have made a home inside you... drilling twice when they are happy, and twice more when they are not!!

They drill through your internal organs, then into your viscera... Then, following your throat, they drill further up, or, tired of the dim, damp flesh, they squeeze out of your esophagus and exit through your mouth to enjoy the fresh air; or, perhaps wanting to see if the brain is more comfortable to drill through than other flesh, they move in swarms—either along the spine, or piercing the palate, or through the nasal cavity, or through the eyes, continuing their advance, and then...

"This pain... this pain... it hurts so much, ahhhhhhh!!"

"Why... you... idiot... I'm not reconciled!"

"I'm... not... reconciled!!"

His entire body was covered in flesh-worms, some large, some small, some long, some short. Those worms were smooth and coated in glistening, disgusting mucus—it was as repulsive as could be. It was these things that made Yin Kuang feel as if he were in agony!

Suddenly, Yin Kuang slammed his fist into the ground!

Bang!

The concrete floor was struck by his punch, leaving a bowl-sized crater!

Another punch!

And another!

The once smooth and level ground was left pitted and scarred by Yin Kuang's relentless blows.

Bang!

This time, he slammed his head into the ground, and the earth cracked!

Bang!

Then he slammed his head into the wall, and the wall cracked!

"ROAR—AHHHHH!!!"

This sound was like the roar of a wild beast... spreading in waves through the narrow alleyway, under the pitch-black night...

Until... who knows how much time had passed, a moment, or perhaps a long while... Yin Kuang lay on the ground like a corpse, his entire body stained red with blood...

Just as Yin Kuang, his mind on the verge of collapse, was about to step into the gates of hell, he suddenly received the following "prompts."

Prompt: "Rookie Trainee" Yin Kuang has injected the Semi-finished G-Virus. The "Resurrect the Dead" effect has been triggered. You have successfully revived!

Prompt: Due to the "Rookie Trainee" injecting the Semi-finished G-Virus, an unknown genetic mutation has occurred...

Please note: Your "Kitchen God Amulet" hidden attribute Luck +3 effect has been triggered. You are enveloped by a selfless, pure maternal love... The success rate of all probability-based events favorable to you has increased by 30%!

Please note: Your special skill "Mystic Protection" effect has been triggered... Situation abnormal... Unable to analyze...

Prompt: "Rookie Trainee" Yin Kuang, after a preliminary assessment, the following conclusion has been reached: You have obtained a new, unknown enhancement!! Please view the detailed enhancement values yourself!

Prompt: "Rookie Trainee," since you have obtained a new, unknown enhancement, you have the right to name it!

Please note: Your special skill "Mystic Protection" will be forcibly stripped for 5 "Exam Scenarios"! As compensation, your hidden attribute Luck +1!