Chapter 23: What a surprise!

Soon after.

The two injured personnel received simple treatment, and an Alpha squad remained in the castle's front yard to look after them.

The two sniper teams occupying high ground shifted position, maintaining distances of four hundred meters and six hundred meters from the castle, and continued to monitor movements inside and outside the castle.

Likewise arriving at the castle, Sui Bian prepared to let the USS continue forward, then eliminate the company's traitors all together…

That's right, in the eyes of Hank, the Lieutenant, and the other USS personnel, this mission was to eliminate Umbrella's traitors.

After all, the USS previously knew nothing about Umbrella's upper echelons; even if they did, they only knew of this figure, Spencer.

Moreover, after several months of interaction, the USS had a strong fondness for Sui Bian, this director who does not put on airs, gives raises to every staff member, and can even accept employee guidance and training.

More importantly, Sui Bian immediately equipped them with the latest individual gear and weapons.

Even if, at the mission's end, the USS discovered that Sui Bian's ultimate goal was to eliminate Spencer, they would carry it out without hesitation.

Anyway, the USS are loyal to the company, and since Director Sui Bian seeks to seize Umbrella's authority, loyalty to him is also loyalty to the company—there is no conflict.

12:45.

As Sui Bian and the others positioned at the castle's front yard were about to enter the castle…

With a "Boom——~!" sound, the metal gate leading into the castle interior was slammed open by some brute force.

The two massive metal doors were also blown away by this force, rushing toward the position of Sui Bian and his group.

Without needing a loud warning, everyone scattered left and right, rolling to dodge, while the two metal doors, undiminished in force, swept overhead and smashed straight into the exit.

"Boom!" twice, the two metal doors temporarily sealed the exit.

"Thud, thud." Immediately afterward, heavy footsteps reached everyone's ears.

Hearing the sound, they looked toward it.

They then saw two figures about 2.6 meters tall, wearing grayish-white windbreakers, with dark gray skin, and wearing unusual sunglasses—these "giants" entered their field of view.

These two "giants" were an improved version of the Tyrant T-103, the Ivan Tyrant.

Compared to the T-103, the Ivan Tyrant has excellent stability, controllability, and interactivity, and can even operate weapons to attack. However, its drawbacks are obvious: it is expensive to produce and cannot be mass-produced.

Having dodged the huge doors, Sui Bian and his party immediately stood up, dispersed, and took up armed guard; even the two injured personnel stopped resting and all aimed their guns at the two Ivan Tyrants.

At that moment, a shorter "giant" appeared in everyone's view.

This was Sergey Vladimir, clad in a dark gray military-style windbreaker, with rare silver-white hair, and a ferocious scar on his right eye.

As a former Soviet Union combat hero, Sergey Vladimir's height is also around two meters, qualifying him as a giant among ordinary humans.

【Abnormal phenomenon detected.

Item: Sergey Vladimir.

Description:

The item is a perfect individual of the T-Virus mutant-adaptive gene, thus able, according to its own will, to fuse or not with the virus, becoming an alternative species that retains full consciousness, intelligence, and memory.

If the host, or forces under the host's command, can control or reduce this item, the system will award the host 100 points.】

"Oh?"

Sui Bian, standing not far behind Hank, glanced at the blocked exit behind him, then looked ahead at Sergey Vladimir and the two Ivan Tyrants.

This scene, combined with the system's words, gave him a strong sense of being in a boss battle.

"Pop-pop~."

At that moment, Sergey Vladimir, standing between the two Ivan Tyrants, clapped his hands and, with a tone of disdain, said by way of praise:

"You've managed to fight your way here; I must say, your courage is commendable…"

"Bang-bang-bang!" The MA5B's rapid fire again cut off a "villain's" pre-battle beeping.

"Pfft! Pfft!" The FMJ bullets struck Sergey Vladimir's body, tumbling rapidly, and his left forearm was torn clean off.

Then the colonel who had been hit by the MA5B's rapid fire fell uncontrollably to the ground.

And the one who pulled the trigger was still Sui Bian.

Only seeing him twist the muzzle to aim at the left Ivan Tyrant and give the order: "Fire."

"Yes." The USS personnel responded in unison.

Subsequently, dozens of guns were aimed respectively at the two Ivan Tyrants, as well as at Sergey Vladimir lying motionless on the ground, who appeared to already be dead.

Then…

"Bang-bang-bang!"

"Pong~——! Pong~——!"

Gunfire erupted.

The heads of the two Ivan Tyrants were each hit by a sniper; their skin and bones are much tougher than a human's, yet still fall short compared to a. 50 armor-piercing incendiary round.

The tyrants' heads did not burst open cleanly, but they acquired fist-sized holes; their brain tissue and implanted crystals were destroyed, putting them directly into a "crashed" state.

To ensure the tyrants were completely finished and would not go into uncontrolled or liberation mode, four Omicron soldiers equipped with grenade launchers fired cheap 40mm grenades at the expensive Ivan Tyrants.

With a few "Boom~! Boom!" explosions, the two tyrants were completely blown to pieces.

At the same time.

Sergey Vladimir, lying on the ground, was made to convulse all over by the MA5B's rapid fire, and his body began to mutate at a visible speed.

Seeing this.

Several Omicron soldiers ceased firing and pulled thermite grenades from their waists.

They pulled the pins, released the safeties, and hurled them at Sergey Vladimir, who was on the verge of completely merging with the T-Virus.

"Whoosh~! Whoosh!" The flames of the thermite grenades instantly engulfed Sergey Vladimir's entire body.

"Ah——!" Sergey Vladimir's echoing scream filled the castle's front yard.

Half a minute later, Sergey Vladimir's screams gradually faded, and finally, as the flames burned, he became a charred corpse.

【Abnormal phenomenon detected: Sergey Vladimir deceased.

Congratulations to the host for obtaining the 100 points given by this system; the host now has 160 points.】

At the same time, Sui Bian, who heard the system's alert, also confirmed that the corpse before him was a real corpse, and there was no need to waste ammunition by firing again.

From the appearance of Sergei and the Tyrant, to the resolution of these three 'BOSS'es, a total of less than five minutes was spent.

In the game, one can become a BOSS because of the existence of a 'health bar'; moreover, the player can only control Wei Si Ke, who uses firearms, which makes the situation seem stalled and tense.

In reality, when faced with absolute firepower, these B. O. W. s that still belong to the biological category only end up dead.

So…

Sui Bian could not understand where Sergei got the courage to shout arrogantly with him and USS there.

After dealing with Sergei and Yi Wan the Tyrant, Sui Bian led A Er Fa and Omicron to continue advancing deep into the castle's interior; although there were still many surviving bodyguards putting up strong resistance inside, this was all in vain for Sui Bian and his team.

(End of chapter)