"..."
"Billy, here's this gun for you. It belonged to a dead guy, but it's got a decent punch. I have some .45 caliber bullets from a weapon locker at a military training ground that I snagged a while ago. I never thought I'd actually use them. This gun is a lot better than a 9mm handgun," Javier said as he handed the Colt M1911 to Billy. Billy didn't refuse. He wasn't one to reject a gun just because it came from a dead person. As a soldier, he had no qualms about these things.
Besides, firepower was very important right now. The Plague Crawlers, Hunters, giant bats, and giant centipedes they had faced so far showed that the monsters would only get stronger from now on. His regular 9mm handgun was no longer enough. The 9mm rounds were okay for regular zombies, but they weren't good enough for more dangerous monsters. So this large-caliber weapon was very important.
Billy weighed the Colt M1911 in his hand and then opened the slide to check the chamber. He was satisfied that it wasn't seriously rusted and wouldn't affect its accuracy. The M1911, developed by the Colt company, had a good reputation, especially in the military, and was one of the few large-caliber handguns that was officially in service.
As mentioned before, the reason the Desert Eagle and M500 revolvers were not popular with police and the military was that they were not practical. The Desert Eagle was too heavy and had a terrifying recoil, making it difficult to shoot with one hand. In addition, its small 8-round magazine made it unusable for police and military purposes, regardless of its power.
The M1911 was completely different. The .45 caliber bullet was more powerful than a 9mm bullet, but its recoil was not as extreme as a .50 caliber bullet. The M1911's body was also cleverly designed and was not too heavy. This made it possible for this large-caliber handgun to enter the police and military, where it served for decades.
"Bzz..."
"Clang—!!!"
While Javier and Billy were talking, Rebecca started the cable car. After a violent shaking, the cable car, with the power now flowing, slowly moved forward.
"Bzzzz..."
The cable car was not fast. It moved slowly, like a sightseeing cable car at a tourist site. But Javier and the others didn't complain. In this godforsaken place, having a mode of transportation was a rare luxury. They were not going to complain; it was better than them having to climb through a dark tunnel on foot.
At this moment, the cable car had entered the underground tunnel. The walls were pitch black, and only the cable car moved forward with its faint light. If they had to walk on foot, they would not know how long it would take to get through this dark tunnel. So the three of them were very grateful.
After a while, as the cable car continued to move slowly, Javier and his team's tense spirits began to relax. They started to feel drowsy. After all, it was three or four in the morning, and they had been searching since ten o'clock the night before. They were mentally and physically exhausted and could no longer hold on. Now that they had a moment of safety, they couldn't help but want to close their eyes for a little nap.
But after only ten minutes of rest with their eyes closed, the entire cable car suddenly began to shake violently. This caused Javier and his companions to jump up and quickly open their eyes to look around. It wasn't a zombie attack; there were no zombies around. The violent shaking was a sign that the cable car had arrived at its destination. The cable car track had reached its end and could no longer move forward. With no other choice, the three of them slowly opened the cable car door and got out.
The end of the cable car was not an exit from the facility. Instead, it had brought them to a more hidden and confidential research factory. Like the previous lab, it was filled with various instruments and equipment, as if they had entered a military factory.
"Where... are we now?"
"Another top-secret underground lab... or something else? I thought we could just take the cable car and leave this place," Rebecca said with a slight frown on her face. She was not happy. She had thought they were about to leave the facility, but it turned out to be a trap. The cable car had only taken them to a deeper research factory.
"No,"
"This place is a little weird. I think we should be more careful," Javier said as he observed the surroundings. Although there was no one in this underground research factory, Javier had a bad feeling. There must be some more unspeakable secret hidden here, and they had to be careful. If he had to use his gut feeling to describe it, it was the same as the giant bat in the church before. Javier guessed that this place was probably another infamous boss fight.
However, while Javier was still pondering the strangeness of this research factory, Rebecca discovered something new. On the side, on some old equipment, a screen was glowing. Through the images on the screen, Rebecca saw a giant humanoid monster. The image was grayscale and a bit blurry, not very clear. But she could still see the grotesque face and the huge body, which was over two meters tall. It was like a giant, soaked in a glass jar of nutrient liquid, like a living specimen. The monster's appearance was also extremely ugly. It had a bald head and was completely naked. The veins on its face were swollen, and its skin was covered with rotten wounds. Its pale white spine protruded from its flesh. And on its chest, an even larger, exposed, crimson heart was beating rhythmically, as if it was still alive even without its body. The monster's arms were also very thick, especially its right arm, which was completely black, as if a black substance was tightly wrapped around it. And on its five fingers, sharp spikes grew out, as if they were weapons, like a white steel knife standing upright!
This was the monster giant Rebecca saw on the screen.
"Wait, Javier, Billy, come and see this."
"What is this monster? Is it a giant or something else? It looks very big, maybe two or three meters tall, but it looks a lot like a person. Is this another new bio-weapon that the Umbrella Corporation created from a human?"
Rebecca was startled by the giant on the screen and quickly called Javier and Billy over. For some reason, she hadn't felt terrified of the Hunters or the giant bat before, but this monster, which was almost identical to a human, gave Rebecca a strange sense of pressure and a chilling fear! She had a feeling that the monster on the screen was much more terrifying than any of the other monsters they had encountered before, and it also made her instinctively feel repulsed and disgusted.
"This is..."
"A Tyr... no, nothing. This monster is probably just an image transmitted from a screen. We don't know where it is, so we probably won't be unlucky enough to run into it," Javier said as he looked at the monster on the screen. He immediately recognized it as the most classic B.O.W. in Resident Evil—the Tyrant!
The Tyrant was a humanoid biological weapon that the Umbrella Corporation created by using the T-virus as a base. It was the first B.O.W. that had intelligence and could be controlled. The name was also derived from the word "tyrant" in the T-virus's name. It had a huge body and terrifying strength and was the most powerful humanoid weapon on the battlefield. The Tyrant project was a major research project for the Umbrella Corporation. The importance of this character could be seen in the later Resident Evil games, which spawned countless models of Tyrants.
But Javier didn't expect to see the original prototype Tyrant here. This was a rare opportunity, and Javier was very lucky. This generation of prototype Tyrants was the original concept of the Umbrella Corporation. But because the T-virus and technology were not perfect, the prototype Tyrant at this time had many flaws. First, although it had intelligence and could be controlled, it was not as agile as people might have thought. Second, its physical weakness was its exposed spine, which could be easily severed by an attack. And the large heart on its chest, although the Tyrant had three or four hearts, the heart that was artificially implanted in its chest was its first circulatory system. If it was hit by a large-caliber weapon, it would cause a lot of damage. So this generation of Tyrants, aside from their terrifying strength, was the easiest to deal with. Compared to the later Tyrants that had armor or coats, this generation was very easy to bully!
Unfortunately, the screen only showed an image, and they didn't know where the Tyrant's nutrient liquid jar was stored. In addition, they couldn't stir up any more trouble. Otherwise... Javier would have really wanted to fight this Tyrant. After all, the title of "killing a Tyrant solo" would be a great bragging right in the early days of Resident Evil! As he was explaining, Javier quickly closed his mouth, not wanting to say the name "Tyrant." He didn't want to have to make up another lie about his uncle being an Umbrella researcher.
...
On the other side...
"Indeed..."
"But if I could, I'd want to eliminate this monster giant first, especially since it's sleeping. It would be the best time to do so. It's a shame... our main mission is to escape the facility, and we can't waste time on anything else," Rebecca said with a thoughtful nod after hearing Javier. She felt a little regretful. Such a monster couldn't be left alive. To prevent future problems, it had to be dealt with first. They had to strike while it was weak. But they didn't have time to look for the monster's nutrient liquid jar, so they had to give up for now.
So, after giving up on chasing the prototype Tyrant, Javier and his companions continued to search the research lab and factory. And their meticulous search didn't disappoint. They finally found a lift platform, another classic Resident Evil building. It was an octagonal, movable platform that was usually connected to the Umbrella Corporation's highly confidential facilities. If they could take the platform down, they might find a new way out. After all, they had no way to go back now, so they could only continue to move forward to find a new way out!
To Javier's surprise, the platform's mechanism required a key, and the key he had taken from the dead body in the cable car just happened to open the lift platform's control device. This made Javier wonder, was this fate or a coincidence? Or... was it an inevitability?!
But all of that didn't seem to matter at this moment.
Just as Javier and his companions were about to use the platform to go down, a huge nutrient liquid glass jar, in a place they couldn't see, suddenly began to shatter. It was being chewed on by countless mutant leeches, which were releasing the monster inside!
"Clang—!"
"Plop..."
With a crisp sound, the incredibly strong nutrient liquid glass jar couldn't hold on for long against the mutant leeches' sharp mouths. It was instantly bitten through, and countless shards flew everywhere. The large amount of green nutrient liquid also poured out like a river, flowing onto the ground and slowly dissipating. With the shattering of the nutrient liquid glass jar, the monster giant that had been sleeping inside slowly woke up.
"Thump... thump, thump... thump... thump, thump..."
The huge, exposed crimson heart on its chest began to beat rhythmically. The Tyrant opened its white eyes and looked around in a daze. Its arms, which were covered with huge spikes, had nowhere to rest. But the smell of food that was wrapped around its nose suddenly made its huge body stiffen. As a bio-weapon that was modified by the T-virus, it still retained the T-virus's characteristic: a craving for food. Its powerful metabolism required a lot of food energy. When it was in the glass jar, it had a continuous supply of nutrient liquid, but now the nutrient liquid jar was shattered. The Tyrant, which had just escaped its prison, felt incredibly hungry.
"ROAR—!!!"
A deep, low roar suddenly echoed. The Tyrant sniffed the three living scents in the factory and slowly charged toward them. Its instinct told it that it needed to eat!