"Super Soldier"

Upon arriving at the suburban airport of Raccoon City, Sui Bian, along with Victor, Carlos, and other members of the UBCS, boarded a convoy that had been waiting for some time and drove straight into the Hive via the southern tunnel.

16:25.

The convoy arrived at the first level of the Hive.

Subsequently, members of the Charon Task Force, including Marini, Chris, and Jill, began briefing the 54 UBCS personnel on employee levels and anomalous phenomena.

As for why Sui Bian did not conduct the briefing himself...

It was because he had to meet a new police officer.

16:35.

The second level of the Hive.

Inside a small reception room.

Sui Bian, still dressed in his grey suit, sat on a leather sofa with his legs crossed, flipping through a paper file in his hands.

Sitting on the sofa opposite him was a female police officer wearing a tight green short-sleeved shirt and dark grey tactical pants, her brown hair cut into a short, feminine style—

Rebecca Chambers.

At this moment, the young-faced Rebecca looked slightly nervous.

Clearly, she seemed to have misunderstood something.

"Admitted to Cornell University at 16, graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry at 18." Sui Bian set the file aside casually and looked at Rebecca with a smile. "It seems you are a genius in the field of chemistry."

"Uh..." Rebecca was momentarily stunned, but quickly reacted. "I wouldn't call myself a genius, but I do enjoy delving into chemistry and biology."

After speaking, Rebecca hurriedly asked, "Mr. Sui, Chief Irons transferred me here... so what is my job...?"

Two hours before Sui Bian arrived in Raccoon City, Rebecca had been led by Irons to observe the first and second levels of the Hive.

The existence of the Hive had completely refreshed Rebecca's understanding of the current world, and she began to wonder what kind of company Umbrella really was.

"Heh, come with me; we can talk as we walk." Sui Bian chuckled softly, then stood up and walked out of the reception room.

"This... alright." Rebecca also rose from the sofa and left the reception room with Sui Bian.

Once in the corridor, Sui Bian switched to his "deception" mode, starting by asking Rebecca, "Do you understand the darkness behind this world?"

Still in a state of shock due to the existence of the Hive, Rebecca fell straight into Sui Bian's trap.

Following that, when the two arrived at the central hall to wait for the elevator, Sui Bian began to instill in Rebecca the idea that Umbrella was conducting various biological experiments to combat that "darkness."

He did this to ensure Rebecca would have some psychological preparation before seeing the B.O.W.s on the third level.

Soon, the two took the elevator to the third level of the Hive.

When Rebecca saw the production workshops for the Tyrant and Hunter Alpha, and then witnessed the "dazzling array" of bizarre samples in the laboratory, she felt completely overwhelmed.

However, thanks to Sui Bian's prior psychological priming, Rebecca was at least able to accept the existence of these B.O.W.s.

After passing through the third-level production workshop and the researcher experimental area, the two arrived at William Birkin's exclusive laboratory.

Stepping inside.

Sui Bian saw Birkin, dressed in a white lab coat, sitting behind his desk, staring intently at his computer screen and occasionally tapping the keyboard, as if recording or modifying something.

Birkin still maintained his unkempt appearance; judging by the yellowing of his shirt collar and the greasy, messy state of his hair, one could tell he hadn't bathed in at least five days.

"Sharing the room" with Birkin were four members of Zeta in suits.

After Sui Bian took Alpha and Omicron to Europe, the USS team responsible for the close surveillance of Birkin and his family was replaced by the Zeta squad.

Birkin seemed too engrossed in perfecting the follow-up work on the G-Virus to notice Sui Bian and Rebecca standing beside him.

"Tap-tap."

"Hm?"

It wasn't until Sui Bian tapped his fingers on the desk that he finally caught Birkin's attention.

"Mr. Sui?! You're back?" Birkin, snapping out of his trance, stood up quickly and said with extreme excitement, "But you've returned at just the right time! The research on the G-Virus is in its final stages!

One day! Just one more day! And I will have perfected the development of the G-Virus! It's me! Hahaha! I have created a masterpiece more perfect than the T-Virus or the Veronica Virus!"

"..." Birkin's manic appearance left Rebecca feeling confused.

Sui Bian and the four Zeta members, however, kept their expressions neutral, as if they were long accustomed to Birkin acting this way.

It was understandable; after all, creating the G-Virus was akin to playing the role of a "god" in a human body, and the joy of creating a new species was immense.

"Ahem." Sui Bian coughed lightly to remind Birkin. "Dr. Birkin, there is an outsider present. Please maintain the image of a top-tier company researcher."

Hearing this, Birkin finally noticed Rebecca standing to Sui Bian's right.

"My apologies, my apologies." Seeing an outsider, Birkin immediately expressed his regret to Rebecca and perfunctorily used his left hand to smooth back his bangs.

Seeing that Birkin had returned to normal, Sui Bian introduced him to Rebecca: "William Birkin, the top researcher of the Hive."

Then, with a slight wave of his right hand toward Rebecca, he introduced her to Birkin: "Rebecca Chambers, a chemistry graduate from Cornell. She will assist you in extracting the serum from my blood."

"Serum?" Rebecca looked a bit bewildered.

"Her?" Birkin, on the other hand, eyed Rebecca with suspicion.

"As for the matter of the serum, I will leave the explanations to you, Doctor, from now on. For now, I would like to invite you both to follow me; it is time for you to witness the 'dark side' of this world," Sui Bian said with a smile.

"Very well!" Birkin responded without a moment's hesitation.

"Okay..." Rebecca had yet to recover from her daze.

Following that, Sui Bian, Rebecca, Birkin, and four Zeta operatives arrived at the temporary conference room on the third floor.

Inside the room, Sui Bian played the files and videos concerning the Plague Doctor for the two geniuses in the fields of chemistry and biology.

"..." (x2)

After watching the files and videos, both Birkin and Rebecca fell into silence.

Birkin was now thoroughly convinced of what Sui Bian had told him earlier about acting "for the sake of humanity," while Rebecca's brain was struggling to process it all.

It couldn't be helped; within a few hours, she had witnessed a massive research facility built beneath the city, seen hair-raising B.O.W.s, and finally, this even more bizarre Plague Doctor...

Even with her high intelligence, she could not "digest" it all in such a short time.

"The two of you." At this moment, Sui Bian's expression turned very serious, and he said in a deep voice to the two sitting before him:

"In this world, there undoubtedly exist biological entities like the Plague Doctor that defy explanation. Even if our elite soldiers are as strong as can be, they can only reach the pinnacle of humanity.

But the pinnacle of humanity is still just human.

Therefore, I need you two to utilize the G-Virus, the T-Virus, and the serum flowing through my blood to create...

Super soldiers that far exceed the limits of humanity."