Early June 1999.
The Arsenal on the outskirts of Raccoon City was completed.
Because it had received the greatest investment in materials, manpower, and funding, the Arsenal originally built in Eastern Europe had to settle for second place.
At the same time, its establishment marked a decisive shift in Umbrella's focus toward Raccoon City.
Sui Bian's plans for Umbrella's future brought Raccoon City into a second period of explosive expansion and rapid development.
The heads of Umbrella's public-facing businesses also began following Sui Bian's lead, gradually relocating their research bases, production centers, flagship stores, and more to Raccoon City.
Umbrella's digital industry was especially affected.
White Queen simplified Hive's military technologies and converted them into encrypted civilian technologies. Combined with a "little" advice from Chairman Sui Bian, this brought about a major revolution in digital products at the end of the twentieth century.
On August 1, Umbrella held a press conference in Raccoon City.
At the event, Umbrella unveiled several concept devices, including mobile phones, tablet computers, handheld gaming consoles, and home consoles, and planned to release them in stages before Christmas at the end of the year.
Even though the internet was still underdeveloped in the late twentieth century, Umbrella's press conference nevertheless caused a huge sensation on major online forums.
But to Sui Bian, these concept devices were familiar: the phones and tablets featured smart systems, fingerprint recognition, and facial unlocking.
The handheld console borrowed from Nintendo's Switch, while the home consoles drew on Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox series.
Umbrella's technology was far more advanced than that of Sui Bian's previous life, but the public's apparent technological level in this world remained where one would expect it to be in the late twentieth century.
So after the press conference, Umbrella didn't just make waves online; it swept