Chapter 9: The Situation

"What does that mean?" BoKen furrowed his brows.

Sui Bian gave no answer, but rose, walked around the table to stand before BoKen, extended his left hand to grasp BoKen's collar, and then…

!!!

"Mr. Sui, what are you doing!!"

At BoKen's startled shout, Sui Bian effortlessly lifted BoKen with one hand, then released him before BoKen began to gasp for breath.

"This…" BoKen, his feet back on the ground, stared at Sui Bian with a bewildered expression.

But soon, BoKen forced himself to calm down.

Because of Sui Bian's actions, BoKen intuitively sensed that Sui Bian possessed power far beyond that of ordinary humans, instantly sparking the genius's curiosity.

Action is always more persuasive than words.

That's the effect Sui Bian wants.

However, when he saw BoKen's eyes seem to glow, Sui Bian immediately stepped back two paces, creating some distance between them.

"Ahem." After a light cough and adjusting his tie, Sui Bian finally explained to BoKen:

"Dr. BoKen, not long ago I injected a serum that can elevate my physical condition to the human limit.

For certain reasons I lost the formula for that serum, so I need you to re‑refine it using my blood. I wonder, Doctor, are you interested?"

"Serum? Human limit? Hmm… I have no reason to refuse."

BoKen did not intend to probe how Sui Bian obtained the serum; he refrained from asking what shouldn't be asked—he still possessed that level of decorum.

Moreover, BoKen is both a genius and a madman; faced with the serum's "temptation," he readily agreed.

"But…" There was one more thing BoKen needed to ask Sui Bian: "Mr. Sui, I want to know how I can trust you that, after I finish the G Virus and serum refinement, you won't act against me or my family?"

There was another sentence BoKen couldn't utter: How do I know whether you and Si Bin Sai are of the same stripe?

After all, Sui Bian just said he would fully control Umbrella, and back then Si Bin Sai also did many unsavory deeds to seize the company.

Sui Bian could of course sense BoKen's concerns and chuckled lightly: "Doctor, no matter how I explain, I won't allay your doubts, and you also have a history of colluding with the US Military.

But I can tell you this: completing the G Virus and refining the serum is not for the company's or my personal benefit, but for the continuation of our species, humanity."

"Humanity's... continuation?" BoKen was taken aback.

"Exactly, I'm doing this for humanity." Saying so, Sui Bian walked to the automatic sliding doors of the conference room.

As the doors slid open to the left, Sui Bian glanced sideways at BoKen and added, "Doctor, instead of lingering here, refocus on your work; before long you'll get closer to the truth."

Having said that, Sui Bian strode out of the conference room, and the doors closed behind him.

Inside the conference room, only the furrowed BoKen remained.

In the hallway, the lieutenant waiting outside stepped forward and whispered to Sui Bian, "Sir, how should we handle William BoKen and his family?"

"Deploy two teams to monitor him separately, try not to interfere with William BoKen's work, and do not use his family to threaten him," Sui Bian said.

"Understood."

Coming up.

Omicron dispatched two combat squads, respectively to "protect" BoKen's wife and daughter, and BoKen's personal safety.

As for the fact that Wei Si Ke is already dead, Sui Bian plans to inform him only after establishing a stable partnership with BoKen.

BoKen's ties with Wei Si Ke are not shallow; even though BoKen understands Wei Si Ke's ambitions, a rabbit's death makes the fox mourn, and if Sui Bian were to disclose it early, it would only shred the sliver of trust that exists.

After dealing with William BoKen, the remaining task is the more than seven hundred employees.

Two days earlier, the Red and White Queens had conducted a comprehensive investigation and analysis of these employees, sorting them into four categories: loyal, money‑driven, slackers, and dissenters.

The pure slackers and dissenting staff, Sui Bian plans to subject to Memory Alteration surgery, then forcibly dismiss them by sending them back home.

Indeed...

Umbrella already possesses "brainwashing" technology, but the Memory Alteration procedure has severe side effects, with a high chance of causing brain death.

However, the technique for erasing a segment of memory is relatively refined, with virtually no side effects.

The Mother Nest, being the first and primary base Sui Bian arrived at in this world, must remain secret and secure, unknown to the outside world and society.

After a round of culling, over six hundred employees remain, with slackers and dissenters now a minority.

Mother Nest's staff returned to their posts, and under surveillance BoKen continued the follow‑up work on the G Virus; regarding serum extraction, Sui Bian intends to discuss it after BoKen finishes the G Virus.

09:00 on June 1.

Sui Bian officially moved into the second‑floor residence of the Mother Nest, which also became the garrison for Alpha and Omicron, while Wei Si Ke's corpse is frozen on the fourth floor.

The Red Queen altered BoKen's permissions; the current supervisor and person in charge of the Mother Nest is Sui Bian.

The staff quickly adapted to this.

As a former supervisor, BoKen was single‑mindedly focused on virus work, paying little heed to Mother Nest's management; in fact, he barely had any presence at all.

After successfully seizing the Mother Nest, the system judged that Sui Bian had completed the primary mission, crediting 150 points to his account as scheduled.

Thus the challenge mission—to eliminate Leech Queen Marcus—is his next goal, but before that Sui Bian must also bring the Raccoon City Police Department's forces under his control.

Chris, Rebecca, Gill, and Leon, who will join at the end of September, are all special talents, even anomalies; Sui Bian will certainly not let them slip away.

Moreover, the Raccoon City Police Department houses many tough men and women, especially Deputy Chief Raymond, who eradicated an entire street's corpse tide at the cost of his own life.

Had Chief Brian Ailons not deliberately cut communications, supplied false intel, and strictly banned heavy weapons, the disaster in the game could have been controllable to some degree.

Although Sui Bian favors Deputy Chief Raymond and wishes to promote him, Brian Ailons is also Umbrella's loyal henchman.

Therefore, to eliminate Marcus with minimal casualties, Sui Bian still needs Ailons's cooperation, mobilizing Raccoon City's police force to fully assist him.

Of course, during this period Umbrella's higher‑ups also noticed the inexplicable disappearance of two USS squads that had been operating in Europe and South America.

According to reports from the Red and White Queens, Sui Bian learned that Si Bin Sai, hidden in the family castle, seems to regard this incident with great concern, fearing any upheaval at this critical juncture.

Si Bin Sai also dispatched Colonel Sergei Vladimir, the prototype for the various Tyrant models, to personally investigate the incident.

(End of Chapter)