"Bang—Bang—Bang—!!!"
A series of loud bangs rang out. Several rippling bullet trails shot through the air, all concentrating on the Leech Queen. Any carbon-based organism would be hard-pressed to survive such powerful, large-caliber bullets.
But the Leech Queen was no ordinary carbon-based organism.
It possessed a unique skill: "Death Grip"! This wasn't the kind of death grip where its thighs squeezed a victim tightly. It was a skill where all its muscles could twist and coil around a prey like a python. Even steel bars would bend under such powerful force.
Therefore, the Leech Queen's muscles had the ability to change themselves. When it encountered danger, its muscle cells would quickly twist and coil, forming an incredibly dense muscle structure, just like a simple cloth that, after being soaked and twisted, becomes incredibly tough. The Leech Queen's Death Grip came with this power, so... even if the large-caliber Magnum bullets broke through the Leech Queen's defense, the hollow-point effect of the bullets would instantly lose its effectiveness because the density was too high.
Under the Leech Queen's high-density, twisted muscles, the hollow-point effect of a thumb-sized bullet could only expand to the size of a fist at most. Therefore, this level of damage was not particularly fatal for the Leech Queen, which had an extremely strong recovery ability!
"Pfft... pfft...!!!"
The sound of bullets penetrating flesh rang out clearly. Without warning, the Leech Queen's body was instantly covered with bullet holes of all sizes. But to Rebecca and Billy's shock, in just a few seconds, these holes were filled with other tumor-like tissue, completely regenerating and returning to their original state.
This was the Leech Queen's terrifying regenerative ability.
It was a pity that the earlier Molotov cocktails had failed. If the flames from the three Molotov cocktails Javier had thrown earlier had successfully burned the Leech Queen, its recovery ability would not have been so outrageous. The fire damage would have applied a severe burn debuff, causing the Leech Queen's outer skin to completely fuse together. The fire would have left serious burns on its flesh, and those scars would have completely sealed off the Leech Queen's regenerative abilities.
But they didn't expect the Leech Queen to defend against it with its dead-skin armor. One could only say that it was truly... truly a great pity!
"..."
"ROAR, ROAR, ROAR—!!!"
With a roar, the Leech Queen wasn't frightened by the damage. Instead, it became even angrier. The ferocious tentacles on its head danced wildly. After locking onto Rebecca and Billy, its entire body's muscles began to tense up, like a compressed spring.
The tumors on its body piled up. In the next second,
"Buzz..."
"BANG—!!!"
The Leech Queen's body truly shot out like a spring! This was a skill its mutated leech minions possessed, and it turned out it could do it as well. It was like a cannonball leaving a cannon, moving incredibly fast.
For a moment, Rebecca and Billy couldn't react. After all, even Javier couldn't block the Leech Queen's attack at the first moment, let alone Rebecca and Billy.
"Bang—!"
A black figure instantly crashed into Rebecca and Billy, sending them flying. At the same time, two long, tumor-filled arms grabbed Rebecca and Billy, holding them tightly and raising them high into the air.
"Heh heh heh..."
"Hiss..."
Looking at the two fresh bodies in front of it, the Leech Queen's hideous, foul-smelling mouth dripped with thick saliva. There was no doubt... it was very tempted by Rebecca and Billy. The main reason it hadn't killed them right away was that the Leech Queen wanted to eat them.
The previous attacks had consumed a lot of the Leech Queen's energy. Although the damage was not fatal, the energy loss was unavoidable. Therefore, the Leech Queen felt incredibly hungry now and wanted to eat the two living people in front of it to replenish its energy. This was why it hadn't instantly killed Rebecca and Billy!
On the other side, seeing Rebecca and Billy being grabbed by the Leech Queen, Javier, who was like a broken rag doll, struggled to lift his head. Looking at the two who were about to be in danger, Javier gritted his teeth and with all his might, pulled out the M500 revolver from his thigh holster.
He then lay down on the ground. His body, which was on the verge of falling apart, might not be able to withstand the power of this .50 caliber pistol. To prevent the gun from flying up and hitting his face, Javier had to adopt this posture. He quickly loaded two thumb-sized golden bullets.
He pulled the hammer back. The thick silver barrel was aimed squarely at the Leech Queen's two thick arms, which were raised in the air. Then, Javier pulled the trigger hard.
"Click..."
"BOOM—BOOM—!!!"
Two deafening bangs.
The thick, high-speed rotating bullets, with power comparable to an anti-material sniper rifle, quickly hit the Leech Queen's two thick arms. While the Leech Queen's body could not be torn to shreds in an instant, these two long, thin arms could.
"Pfft... pfft..."
"Pat... pat...!!!"
The sound of bullets once again penetrating flesh rang out. This time... the full hollow-point effect of the .50 caliber bullets was released. The terrifying airflow instantly pulverized the Leech Queen's two long, thin arms into a bloody mist, like a meat grinder. Crimson blood and minced flesh splattered on the ground.
"Thud..."
With a muffled sound, Rebecca and Billy, who were held high in the air, fell to the ground. Although their butts hurt, they had successfully escaped the Leech Queen's grasp. While the Leech Queen was still recovering from its arm injuries, Rebecca and Billy quickly got up and fled the Leech Queen's attack range.
Now, the three of them and the monster were back to their original standoff. This time, however, the three of them were severely exhausted. After all, after being held for less than a minute, Rebecca and Billy's arms were already red from being squeezed. If it had been any longer, their bones would have been crushed.
...
However, just as the three of them were busy fighting the Leech Queen, a figure in a white lab coat had already arrived at the central control room of the executive training facility. The person had a prominent white lab coat, golden hair, a slightly handsome face, and a cynical smile that was always on his face.
There was no doubt... this person was one of Marcus's two rebellious students, Mr. William Birkin!
He was currently the Umbrella Corporation's top biological expert, who had inherited Marcus's fanaticism for viruses and his genius intellect. After stripping his teacher, Marcus, of the Leech Queen T-virus research samples and data, he had created a new virus.
The G-virus!
A new virus for a new type of human he called "Gods." William saw himself as the creator of a new era, a being even greater than God. After all, God only created humans, but he had created "Gods," so wasn't he even greater than God?
This fully demonstrated William's ambition.
"Huff... huff..."
"Damn this facility. There are so many twists and turns along the way. But it doesn't matter. Luckily, I've arrived. James Marcus? My great and beloved teacher... you should have rested in peace in the filthy sewers, not reappeared in front of me,"
"Because I am better than you now! The world only needs one person to become the new world's god and creator, and that's me. There's no need for anyone else,"
"Besides, your so-called Leech Queen T-virus is outdated. It's an old, discarded thing, like an old television from the last century—useless and outdated. Although I'm surprised you could perfectly fuse with the Leech Queen T-virus,"
"But it doesn't matter, because you can't imagine what kind of new virus I've created! G... an existence comparable to a god. When the time comes, I will become the greatest person in the world, a god! No... an existence more powerful than a god! At that time, everyone will worship and kneel at my feet!"
In a closed room, William used the huge computer in front of him to pull up a monitor and watch the Leech Queen, Marcus, fighting Javier and his companions. William was mumbling to himself with a playful but crazy expression.
There was no doubt that William had fallen into madness. After all, this was a common problem for every scientist. Genius + great research results + no hobbies = a fool who tries to become a god all the time.
And the place where William was now was the central control room of the executive training facility. As one of Marcus's two most outstanding students, William and Wesker had even served as the facility's directors for a while after killing Marcus. So he was naturally very familiar with all the secret rooms in the executive training facility, even more so than Marcus himself.
However, there were still too many twists and turns along the way, especially since the facility had been infected with the virus. William had to avoid various monsters and walk for half a day to get here, so it took him a bit longer.
"Alright..."
"There's no need to say anything else. Goodbye... my dear and respected teacher, and the three dirty rats who broke into the facility to gather evidence and report me. The four of you can now die here together forever!"
"Click—!"
Without any hesitation, William's handsome face showed a cold, fierce look as he watched the people on the monitor screen. He immediately entered a confidential password, successfully unlocked the authorization, opened the bulletproof glass cover on the equipment, and pressed the self-destruct button for the facility.
In Resident Evil, self-destruction wasn't a joke; it had a certain significance. While it was often joked about, it was actually very necessary for a biological weapons research facility to have a self-destruct program. Because if a viral leak were to happen and the entire facility could no longer contain it, a simple self-destruct program could solve many problems. After the self-destruction, no one would be able to trace it back to the Umbrella Corporation. Therefore, this was not a funny joke.
In fact, the Umbrella Corporation's various biological weapons facilities around the world had self-destruct programs for the sole purpose of conveniently solving potential problems!
"Beep, beep, beep..."
"Beep, beep, beep..."
"Beep, beep, beep..."
"Executive training facility self-destruct sequence initiated. The system will self-destruct in 4 minutes. Please evacuate immediately. Repeat, executive training facility self-destruct sequence initiated. The system will self-destruct in 4 minutes. Please evacuate immediately..."
The moment William pressed the self-destruct button, the entire facility's broadcast system rang out. In every corner—the ground facility, the underground facility, and even the bio-factory where Javier and his companions were—the broadcast announcing the self-destruct sequence could be heard. Countless lights flashed red.
This left the three of them, who were busy in a standoff, completely stunned.
What...?
What the heck? It's self-destructing already?!
While it was a tradition in Resident Evil games for the base to self-destruct after defeating the boss, the problem was... they hadn't even defeated the boss yet! Who was the traitor who ambushed them? Were they trying to make them die in the facility?
"Heh..."
"Hiss...?!"
Not only that, even the Leech Queen, Marcus, was stunned. It didn't expect the facility to self-destruct at this time. But what made the Leech Queen even angrier was that only a handful of people knew the location of the central control room and the password: itself, William, Wesker, and Spencer.
Since it was here now, the person who pressed the self-destruct button was most likely one of its two rebellious students. As for why it wasn't Spencer, that old man couldn't travel this far to vacation in the Arklay Mountains near Raccoon City; he would probably die from exhaustion if he did!
Therefore, the Leech Queen, Marcus, was absolutely furious!
Those two hateful students not only betrayed it and sent people to assassinate it, but now that it was revived, they even wanted to blow it up?! This made the Leech Queen want to choke William and Wesker to death. But unfortunately... it was currently trapped by Javier and his companions and couldn't escape for the time being. If it did manage to leave the executive training facility, the Leech Queen swore that it would go out and immediately kill those two hateful students!