"As you can see, you're only a clone. Your original is him..."
As Xiao Hen approached the center of The Hive, a voice drifted over from afar. Xiao Hen knew this was the real Dr. Isaac. To avoid being discovered by Isaac and Wesker, Xiao Hen pulled the Isaac Clone aside and hid, not stepping out.
"No... Impossible..."
Seeing the man in the distance who looked exactly like him, the Isaac Clone's face was filled with fear and disbelief. He could not accept the fate of being nothing more than a clone. Never before had he considered that he might be a clone himself. Once, he had secretly mocked Alice's tragic fate. As a clone created by Umbrella, she was nothing but a laughable copy. Even with the powerful physical abilities brought by the T-Virus, it could not change her essence—she was merely a clone created by Umbrella.
And now, he himself had become such a joke. Isaac's entire chest was filled with rage.
Xiao Hen pressed a gun against Isaac's head and slowly pulled him back. Only after reaching a secluded area did he release the hand covering Isaac's mouth. "Dr. Isaac, you've seen the truth for yourself. You're just a pitiful clone, a clone like Alice. You're merely a clown toyed with by your original. Yes, that's all there is to it."
"No, I'm not a clone. That guy is the clone. I'm the real original..." Isaac growled, his eyes already bloodshot.
"Shh..."
Xiao Hen stopped Isaac from losing his temper. Then he felt The Hive shake. Tilting his head for a quick look, he saw a figure swiftly leaving. It was Isaac Prime.
Clearly, Alice and Claire had already dealt with the spy Isaac had planted in their group, the white man named Doc. Isaac had already left. Though Isaac himself was powerful, his main goal was to kill all the survivors outside. Before completing that task, he did not want to waste time tangling with Alice.
At this moment, he should have been heading off to activate the extinction weapon. Unfortunately, in the original Plot, Umbrella was still under Alicia's control—Alicia being Alice's original. Even a powerful man like Wesker could be stripped of all his power with a single word from her.
Speaking of Wesker, Xiao Hen suddenly remembered that after Wesker died at the end of the film, the detonator in his hand blew up the entire Hive base. That was something he had to guard against. He needed to make arrangements early.
With a plan forming in his mind, Xiao Hen's expression remained unchanged as he calmly looked at the Isaac Clone. Seeing the twisted look on his face, he said nothing.
"Let me go! I'm going to kill him, kill him! Then I'll be the only Isaac. Yes, I'm the only Isaac! Only I am the real me!" Isaac had already fallen into madness, and that was exactly what Xiao Hen wanted. It was also the only thing within his calculations. Otherwise, he would never have plotted with a tiger by cooperating with someone like Isaac, the final boss. That was simply courting death.
"Of course, Doctor, you are the only one. As long as you kill your original, there will be only one Isaac left in this world. Then, you will be the one and only original!" Xiao Hen suddenly put away his gun and spoke earnestly.
"You want the G-Virus? No problem! Follow me!" Isaac said in a deep voice. "Remember what you promised me!"
"Of course!"
Xiao Hen nodded heavily.
Led by Isaac, he followed closely behind, arriving at a hidden place. They even bypassed many of Red Queen's surveillance devices. Xiao Hen guessed that this was a secret location even Isaac Prime did not know about, one that had never appeared in the film.
After Isaac completed further identity verification, the two finally entered a laboratory surrounded on all sides by solid steel walls.
"This is my secret laboratory. I built it later." Isaac's eyelid twitched. Clearly, there were secrets behind the construction of this lab. Xiao Hen had no intention of asking about them. He had only one goal: the G-Virus Serum.
After undergoing several more forms of authentication, including iris, voice, and fingerprint verification, Isaac took out a small case hidden within the steel wall. When the case opened, it revealed five vials. Xiao Hen felt a little excited. Was this the G-Virus Serum?
Isaac paused, took out one vial, and tossed it to Xiao Hen. "Now take that damned gun away from me!"
"Of course, no problem!" Xiao Hen caught the vial Isaac threw him and glanced at it. The Mechanical Mark on the back of his hand flashed almost imperceptibly, and a clear mechanical notification sounded in his mind.
Ding!
Obtained one vial of G-Virus Serum. Store it in Storage Space?
Storage Space. Yes, this was one of the limited yet extraordinary functions of the Shuttle that Xiao Hen could use.
The Storage Space was not large, only three cubic meters, but it could hold plenty of weapons. Xiao Hen had stored dozens of firearms in it, along with some essential food and water.
He did not immediately place the G-Virus Serum into the Storage Space. Instead, he greedily stared at the case in Isaac's hand. Four more vials of G-Virus Serum lay quietly inside.
Perhaps sensing Xiao Hen's greedy gaze and the faint killing intent he could not hide, Isaac said in a low voice, "Don't force me!"
Isaac slightly pulled open his collar, revealing an electronic device on his chest. Its indicator was moving. "If I die, you won't be getting out either. Believe me, even shooting from a distance won't help!"
"Dr. Isaac, please believe in my sincerity. I'll leave right now!"
A chill ran through Xiao Hen's heart. After hesitating, he ultimately chose not to take the risk. Lowering his gun slightly, he took a deep breath and slowly backed away. "One last reminder: dealing with your original won't be easy. You should make more preparations."
"None of your concern." Isaac's face was dark as he stared fixedly at Xiao Hen's departing figure. Once Xiao Hen vanished around the corner, Isaac slammed his fist against the table and began cursing under his breath.
Xiao Hen wisely did not head for the center of The Hive. At this time, only Alicia and Wesker should have been there. Alicia herself had no Combat Power, but Wesker was a truly powerful superhuman. If he upset Alicia and she ordered Wesker to attack him, he might not last even a single exchange.
What worried him most was the self-destruct device in Wesker's hand, the device capable of blowing up the entire Hive. Therefore, Xiao Hen's most urgent task was to leave The Hive, perhaps even leave Raccoon City.
As for whether Isaac could, as in the original Plot, help Alice kill his original at the critical moment, and whether Alice could smash the Antivirus Agent at the very end and kill all the virus-infected beings, those were not things Xiao Hen wanted to worry about now.
Thanks to his familiarity with the route, Xiao Hen quickly left The Hive. At this point, The Hive was already nearing the brink of self-destruction. He did not know whether the Isaac Clone could escape before it exploded.
Only after leaving The Hive and getting beyond Red Queen's surveillance did Xiao Hen finally feel at ease enough to place the G-Virus Serum into the Storage Space. With the Mechanical Mark's notification, he knew this vial of G-Virus Serum was genuine, not a fake. He could trust this function of the Mechanical Mark that had brought him into the world of the film.
"What I need to do now is wait for Alice to release the Antivirus Agent. After all the zombies are dealt with, I'll flee into Raccoon City, safely get through this period, and then return..."
Xiao Hen looked at the gloomy night, his expression somewhat dazed. Returning—returning to the time and space he belonged to—had been his wish ever since he arrived in this terrifying apocalypse. But now that it was truly about to end, it all felt unreal. It seemed he had already adapted to this life.
"Could it be that this life of blades, guns, and blood is what I truly wanted all along?"
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