Chapter 67

January 27.

Umbrella's exclusive airport in the suburbs of Raccoon City.

Afternoon.

Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs landed in succession at the airport, passengers and cargo transferred to a waiting convoy, which then returned to the nest's first level via a secret tunnel through the southern mountains.

The zombies headed to the exclusive cold storage on the second level, while Charon was given a day off.

Rebecca led the researchers and technicians, sending samples of centipede corpses and Blood Man secretions to the third level, where they immediately began more in-depth research and analysis.

Sui Bian personally handed over the Stalker's combat data and Rebecca's preliminary analysis of the Blood Man flower to William BoKen.

After viewing the combat data and then reviewing the analysis results, BoKen's reaction was even more intense than Rebecca's initial reaction.

The appearance of the Blood Man flower signified that the controllability of the G-virus had entered a new stage, with hopes doubled.

In October, November, and December of 1998 alone, 144 D-class personnel were consumed just for cultivating the Xenomorphs.

Most of the cultivated Xenomorphs were used for G-virus research, while only a tiny fraction were sent to the Plague Doctor for so-called 'vaccine' creation.

Starting in January, BoKen began injecting G-virus into Sui Bian's clones while also having the facehuggers perform parasitization.

Finally, an improved G-virus was extracted from the Xenomorph hatchlings gestated in the clones.

These G-viruses, improved by the Xenomorph strain, were far more stable than the original G, giving BoKen nearly limitless creative drive.

Conversely, Sui Bian felt somewhat uneasy; even though they were his clones, he still sensed a chill.

Sui Bian had stayed in Peru throughout January of '99, also aware of BoKen's research progress at the nest, but after watching the experimental video BoKen played for him…

Especially when those Xenomorph hatchlings burst forth from clones whose faces resembled his own, Sui Bian would unconsciously raise a hand to his chest.

With the Blood Man and the Xenomorphs, that was enough to keep BoKen 'crazy' for a while.

At this moment.

15:14.

Inside BoKen's office on the third level of the nest.

"Sir! I never expected that a trip to Peru would uncover such a miraculous Blood Man flower; now I can see the perfect G beckoning to me, hahaha!

"Right, right, tell that little girl named Chambos that I've easily finished refining the serum; come with me."

Speaking quickly, BoKen turned and walked out of the office.

"Done?" Sui Bian said, following behind BoKen, raising his left eyebrow lightly, as if he could hardly believe it.

After all, in his impression, super-soldier serum was quite difficult to refine.

Perhaps these difficulties seemed nothing to William BoKen.

Leaving the office.

Arriving at a clean, bright corridor, BoKen brought Sui Bian to the dedicated laboratory not far from the office.

Entering, BoKen went straight to the password-protected refrigerated cabinet in the lab.

After iris and fingerprint verification, and entering an eight-digit code, the cabinet's sealed door slowly opened.

Sui Bian, standing behind BoKen, saw a dazzling array of transparent and opaque medicine-sealed containers.

It was easy to imagine that these containers held samples of various viruses, bacteria, and other microorganisms.

In the center of the cabinet, Sui Bian saw neatly arranged super-soldier serum, the transparent walls holding a 'crystal-clear' blue liquid.

There were six containers holding the serum in total.

BoKen took one out, closed the cabinet's sealed door without locking it, then handed the serum to Sui Bian, saying:

"Anyone capable of designing such a serum could be called a genius, though they still fall short compared to me."

Although BoKen didn't deliberately show anything, his words, actions, and facial microexpressions indicated that he himself was the true genius in this regard.

Arrogant and smug, yet BoKen indeed had the capital for it.

Sui Bian took the cool serum container, held it up to examine it for a moment, then asked, "Doctor, does this serum… have any side effects?"

"Side effects? None. When I just finished refining it, I used three D-class personnel for experiments, observed them for half a month with no adverse reactions, then I used those three in the G experiments…"

"Their resistance isn't as good as your clones." BoKen shrugged.

The three D-class personnel BoKen referred to were, in this genius doctor's eyes, not even considered human.

"Oh, right." BoKen added, "In my view, this serum has no further development value; its stability is quite good, allowing users to reach the peak of humanity, but that's it—its potential has been exhausted."

"Is that so, I see." Sui Bian nodded thoughtfully.

"It seems the serum from Yang Guo and the Sculpture ensured stability while sacrificing potential, and only Captain Rogers can match any deity on equal terms." Sui Bian thought to himself.

Afterward, he returned the serum to BoKen and asked, "What's the yield?"

BoKen, after receiving the serum, placed it back in the cabinet and replied, "The nest can produce a monthly dosage sufficient for thirty people."

"Alright, for now let's use the serum for the super-soldier program and perfect your G-virus research." Sui Bian said.

With the technology of the resurrected soldiers, we could temporarily pause the serum's combat use and focus more reliably on the super-soldier program.

After all, compared to humanity's limits, the characteristic of resurrected soldiers—only ceasing activity when blown to pieces—gives them an edge.

Anyway, Umbrella already has the capability to produce the serum independently, so there's no rush to deploy it immediately.

Paused.

Sui Bian smiled at BoKen and said, "Doctor BoKen, taking advantage of today's good news, I intend to awaken Alekxia Asifort; you should come along as well."

"Uh..." Upon hearing the name Alekxia, BoKen's face changed abruptly.

Since Sui Bian brought Alekxia back to the nest, BoKen has been frantically diving into research, hardly spending time with his wife and daughter.

Even after extracting the T-Veronica virus from Alekxia's body, BoKen merely left the virus untouched, still insisting on using the G-virus for super-soldier research.

The reason is simple: jealousy.

BoKen didn't know Alekxia's origins; he only knew that, over a decade ago, the moment she entered the company, the title of genius ceased to apply to him.

This dealt a major blow to BoKen's self-esteem.

I thought Alekxia was dead; who could have imagined that Sui Bian and his party went to Antarctica and actually managed to find that woman again.

"Well... okay." BoKen agreed extremely reluctantly.

"Hehe." Sui Bian just shook his head and gave a light laugh, without saying anything more.

That's fine; Alekxia's awakening might even further stimulate BoKen's enthusiasm.

(End of chapter)