Spear of Olympus

"However, this healing is still imperfect, and it causes far more damage to humans than my own treatment."

After his initial excitement, Plague Doctor pointed out the T-Virus's flaws as he saw them, then turned to Sui Bian and asked:

"Mr. Sui, you've provided me with an excellent experimental subject. How can I repay you? What help would you like me to provide?"

"Doctor." Sui Bian gazed at the D-Class Personnel who had become a zombie. "I'll provide you with more experimental subjects like this in the future. I hope you can offer us plenty of suggestions for improvements.

"If you can find a way to restore their consciousness or keep their brains from being damaged, that would be even better."

Ever since Hunk had confirmed that the first anomaly was Plague Doctor, Sui Bian had been thinking about how to handle him.

Should they keep him contained? Or look for a way to eliminate him?

Plague Doctor possessed medical knowledge far beyond what ordinary people could comprehend. Simply keeping him locked up seemed like a waste, so Sui Bian hoped the eccentric doctor could help Umbrella refine and improve the T-Virus.

Especially now that Birkin had completed the G-Virus. Sui Bian also planned to inject D-Class Personnel with it in the future, then send them to Plague Doctor for study before the virus killed them.

As for whether D-Class Personnel infected with the T-Virus or G-Virus would pose a threat to Plague Doctor?

Sui Bian hadn't considered it at all.

Plague Doctor could kill with a single touch. It would be a surprise if he didn't make those D-Class Personnel wish they were dead.

Perhaps Plague Doctor could even offer Birkin and Rebecca some useful advice.

After hearing Sui Bian's words, Plague Doctor replied without a moment's hesitation. "Hahaha! Even if you hadn't asked, sir, I would have done so anyway.

"All right!" Plague Doctor said, then began waving the security staff and researchers away. "I'm about to perform surgery! You'll disturb my train of thought if you stay here!"

"Come on. Let's give the doctor a quiet place to work."

With that, Sui Bian turned and left the cell, ordering everyone to withdraw as he went.

"Yes, sir."

The group then left Plague Doctor's cell.

"Clang—" The metal cell door slid shut again, and the room was once more spacious and quiet...

"Grr...! Grr...!"

Well, not entirely quiet. The D-Class Personnel left behind, now transformed into a zombie, shuffled forward with both hands raised, heading toward Plague Doctor.

It seemed to have mistaken him for food.

"Ah... This patient seems a little unruly. As punishment, I'll start the experiment with you."

Plague Doctor seemed to realize that the zombie had mistaken him for food. As he spoke, he shook his head and lightly patted the zombie's right shoulder with his left hand.

"Urgh..." The zombie made a low groan like a wail at Plague Doctor's touch, then fell backward, collapsing limply onto the floor.

"Ugh... Ugh..." The zombie lying on the ground tried to struggle back to its feet, only to find that its body wouldn't obey.

Next,

Plague Doctor calmly walked over to the first corpse trolley. He took a pair of disposable medical gloves from the small bag resting on it and put them on, then pulled a medical bone saw from the bag—one longer than the bag itself.

After collecting these items, Plague Doctor walked over to the immobilized zombie and spoke as if to himself:

"Don't be afraid. Don't be frightened. I'll give you proper treatment."

"Ugh..." The zombie continued to groan, but the pitch was different from before, and it struggled harder and harder, as if...

It was afraid?

Could a zombie really feel fear?

In the Hive's third-floor control room, the researchers watched the cell's security camera and saw signs of fear in the zombie's behavior. Their hair stood on end.

If even a zombie without thoughts, memories, consciousness, or emotions could feel fear, just how powerful was the anomaly Director Sui had named Plague Doctor?

However, the researchers only dwelled on it for a moment before continuing with their regular work of recording observations.

Some time later.

The Hive's second floor.

Sui Bian's bedroom.

"Sir, based on our screening, the most suitable base to convert into an Anomalous Phenomenon Containment Center is Rockfort Island, located in the Indian Ocean."

White Queen's cool, calm voice echoed through the bedroom.

Sui Bian sat at his desk, mouse in his right hand, slowly scrolling through the files about Rockfort Island on the screen.

He also asked, "All right. What's the status of the person in charge of the island, Alfred Ashford?"

"Because of the lockdown order you issued earlier, Mr. Sui, we aren't currently aware of the changes in the company's shareholdings. However, Alfred Ashford has been wary of the company since taking office. I recommend following Red Queen's proposal and directly ordering the troops to launch a surprise attack," White Queen replied.

"Hmm. It's time to settle accounts with those who've long harbored ulterior motives. Red Queen, how did the UBCS react after learning the truth?" Sui Bian asked Red Queen.

"Sir, all UBCS personnel loyal to the company have accepted that anomalous entities, spaces, and phenomena exist in the world after viewing the files on the 'Queen Leech' and 'Plague Doctor.'

"Under the supervision of Charon Task Force Captain Enrico Marini and his deputy, Chris Redfield, they have all signed formal employment contracts and nondisclosure agreements," Red Queen replied.

"Good. Send me the list of UBCS personnel loyal to the company."

"Yes, sir."

As soon as the conversation ended, Red Queen uploaded a document listing the loyalist UBCS personnel.

Sui Bian opened it and skimmed through. Of the 54 UBCS personnel, only platoon leader Mikhail Victor had 'survived.'

Of the other three platoon leaders, two were traitors. The remaining one had failed to meet the standards of conduct, so his memory had been erased and he had been returned to the ranks as a 'wild' mercenary.

As expected, even the UBCS had perfectly inherited Umbrella's 'fine' tradition of ruthless internal competition.

After finishing the document, Sui Bian fell into thought.

Should he pick some UBCS personnel to join the Charon Task Force led by Marini and Chris, or establish a large Mobile Task Force directly?

A few seconds later, Sui Bian made up his mind. "Red Queen, I'm going to establish a task force dedicated to medium- and large-scale combat and military operations. Assign all 54 UBCS personnel to it."

"What would you like to name this task force?"

"The Spear of Olympus."

"Yes, sir."

[The system has detected that the host is about to launch a purge of the Ashford family, so it is issuing a challenge quest. Please listen carefully.

Quest: Control or eliminate Alexia Ashford.

Quest success: Reward of 500 points.]