[Project: Chris Redfield. Description: The project is still in the development stage and has yet to reach its peak. Once the project reaches its peak, he will master all kinds of weapons, martial arts, and hand-to-hand combat. When cornered, his physical attributes will increase significantly, especially his strength, which will far exceed that of an ordinary human. His luck will also improve dramatically. However, the luck of any human cornered alongside the project will fall to its lowest point.]
He really was Chris the Death... After hearing the system's report, Sui Bian kept his expression neutral, but couldn't help feeling a pang of amazement. When you teamed up with Chris and ran into danger, it was as if your luck got 'sucked away.' No wonder people died. It seemed not to discriminate between men and women, either. Even Jill, tough as nails, had nearly been Chris-killed. Hmm... It'd be best to have him carry out missions alone, to avoid unnecessary casualties, Sui Bian judged. "Now..." Just then, Irons, who had been giving a speech, gestured toward Sui Bian behind him with his right hand and said, "Mr. Sui, you can take it from here." After speaking, Irons stepped two paces back and to the left to make room for Sui Bian. "Okay." Sui Bian walked up behind the lectern, gathered his thoughts, and addressed the assembled officers in a solemn voice. "Everyone, on behalf of the company, I'd like to offer my deepest apologies to you and to the victims' families. Umbrella's motto is 'Protecting Your Family,' but we never imagined that one of our founders, James Marcus, would become obsessed with creating viral weapons and cause the string of tragedies in the Arklay Mountains. That's why the company sent me to assist you in dealing with this incident." As he spoke, Sui Bian picked up the remote from the lectern with his left hand and started the slideshow. The screen then displayed satellite images of Spencer Mansion and the Training Facility. Sui Bian glanced around at everyone and continued, "Because of Marcus's madness, the researchers and biological samples inside these two facilities have either died or mutated. So, for this joint operation, we'll provide enough vaccines to reduce or prevent casualties as much as possible. Does anyone have any questions?" "..." Everyone fell silent, their brows furrowed. The officers couldn't imagine that the 'zombies' depicted in George A. Romero's movies were real. A scratch or bite could infect you. Once the disease ran its course, you'd die, then 'come back' as a mindless walking corpse, stripped of your memories and consciousness, knowing only to devour every living thing in sight. The Living Dead. And the way to kill them was 'simple': destroy their central nervous system. In other words, destroy their heads. It felt unreal. But at least the officers now understood what those 'beasts' were. "Mr. Sui." Not long after Sui Bian finished speaking, Chris stood and asked, "How are we going to deal with James Marcus, who's retained his human intelligence?" "No need to worry about that. My assistant, the Red Queen, will revoke all of his... its permissions. We only need to focus on dealing with the abnormal creatures." Sui Bian smiled. At that, Chris gave a slight nod and sat back down. The officers weren't at all surprised that Umbrella had its own private armed forces. That was perfectly normal in the United States. Under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the people's right to keep and bear arms could not be infringed. Even ordinary civilians owned weapons, which was why police work in the United States was considered extremely dangerous. However, civilians could only own semiautomatic weapons; the purchase of fully automatic weapons was prohibited. To obtain permission to use fully automatic weapons, one needed approval from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Given Umbrella's capabilities, it surely had 'legal' authorization. So the officers had no intention of digging into whether Umbrella's private forces were actually legal. Besides, most of their salaries came from Umbrella. After that, Irons took over from Sui Bian and continued speaking, beginning to lay out the operation to clear the Arklay Mountains. The Raccoon Police Department had a total of 422 officers. According to Irons's plan, the operation would begin at 12:30 that day. A hundred and twenty officers would maintain security in the city, while the rest would deploy to the Arklay Mountains to the north. The regular officers would handle sealing off the mountains, ensuring that civilians didn't wander in and that no abnormal creatures escaped. Alpha Teams A and B, along with thirty Raccoon City SWAT officers, would join forces with Umbrella's combat team to enter the mountains and carry out the sweep. 11:05. A convoy of two black heavy-duty trucks and seven black SUVs arrived at the main entrance of the Raccoon Police Department. The trucks' refrigerated cargo compartments and the SUVs' license plates all bore conspicuous red-and-white umbrella logos. The trucks' refrigerated cargo holds also carried enough T-Virus Vaccine. The Alpha Team and Hive technicians rode in the SUVs. Omicron would remain behind to guard the Hive. The Alpha Team, led by Hunk, would be equipped with firearms of 5.56 × 45 mm caliber or larger, as well as specialized ammunition such as armor-piercing incendiary rounds, to handle any unexpected situations. At the same time, Alpha wore black combat uniforms and their signature gas masks with red-eyed octopus faces. In Resident Evil 2, the Alpha Team was wiped out mainly because they hadn't made adequate preparations to fight the G-Virus. Their primary weapons were still small-caliber MP5s. With proper preparation, plus support from STARS and SWAT, they'd be more than capable of sweeping the B.O.W.s from Spencer Mansion and the Training Facility. The technicians, dressed in white coveralls, were to recover the B.O.W. corpses and collect various data once the operation was over. 11:45. Everyone participating in the operation, including Sui Bian, received injections of the T-Virus Vaccine. 11:48. More than two hundred officers set out by car for the northern mountains to seal off the area. The SUV convoy followed with the technicians on board, who would enter the mountains after the sweep was complete. Sui Bian and the Alpha Team, STARS, and SWAT personnel rode in police vehicles to the police helicopter airfield on the western edge of Raccoon City. 11:57. Sui Bian and the others arrived at the airfield. Parked there were six UH-1 204B Hughie medium utility helicopters and six Eurocopter AS350 light utility helicopters. It had to be said: the Raccoon Police Department—or rather, all of Raccoon City—was extremely wealthy. A police department in a city of a little over a hundred thousand people would consider itself lucky to have two to four light helicopters. Raccoon City, however, had twelve light and medium helicopters. The frequent crashes of police helicopters in Resident Evil 0, 2, and 3 were proof enough of just how 'spendthrift' the Raccoon Police Department was. 12:02 Everything was ready. The six UH-1s carrying the group lifted off, turned north, and flew in formation toward the Arklay Mountains. ```
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