Chapter 62: Nuclear Peace

Chapter 62: Denuclearization

The pursuer was not actually weak. Although it lacked other special abilities, there was zero problem for it to crush Lickers or blast through Cerberuses under normal circumstances.

The crucial point was that Luo Ke had snatched away its exclusive weapon. A pursuer stripped of its various high-tech violent weapons was incomplete!

As for Tyrants, barring those particularly pathetic generations, they could withstand cannon fire, shatter armor with their bare fists, and some could even enter a secondary form.

If anyone was to be blamed, it was that Luo Ke was simply too formidable, giving the pursuer no time to react at all. Moreover, seemingly unpretentious as his move was, its armor-piercing and solo-kill power far surpassed the Blazing Flare.

Of course, Luo Ke was not as relaxed and comfortable as one might imagine; he suffered some negative effects to a certain extent.

When landing, he had almost twisted his waist, felt soreness in his right arm muscles, slight numbness in his ribs, and even took several heavy pants while catching his breath awkwardly.

From another perspective, the pulverized pursuer died a happy death—at least it died cleanly and neatly, without suffering tortures like burning or trampling.

For Matt, whose soul had been imprisoned, this was also the best destination.

At this moment, those Umbrella members killed by bullets stood up one after another, moving with stiff joints.

The situation in Raccoon City was beyond salvation; the T-virus had dissolved into the air. When a normal person died, it would swiftly take over, controlling the corpse to satisfy its primal urges.

The next second, however, the T-zombies were reinfected by a scarlet hue, obediently heading underground to the Umbrella Corporation building. By this time, the underground experimental facility had already gathered tens of thousands of aberrant zombies and mutated animals, boasting a high shelter rating capable of surviving a nuclear explosion.

They might belong to Umbrella for now, but in the end, they would all belong to Luo Ke!

His devour-claw extended, decomposing and refining the scattered flesh and blood across the ground piece by piece.

+25
Evolution Value [997/2000]

"Devoured Tyrant—Pursuer: flesh and skin defense slightly enhanced, strength slightly enhanced."

His skin became even more resilient; ordinary cold weapons could not even leave a scratch, and bullets from ordinary firearms failed to pierce his epidermis.

Kneading casually with his palm, a heavy machine gun was crushed into a lump of scrap metal. His strength was indeed a bit greater than before.

Luo Ke withdrew his bone blades and tail fins, returning to human appearance. In his hearing, a team was rushing over.

Alice, Valentine, Carlos, L.J. the black guy who had teamed up halfway, and the doctor's beloved little daughter.

Peyton, the corrupt cop, had been bitten and infected earlier, and holding on for that long was already remarkable; after mutating, he was put out of his misery with a headshot by Valentine. The female reporter had been torn apart and devoured by zombies while searching for the little girl at the school, and the camera she left behind became Alice's tool to record Umbrella's crimes.

A total of five people ran in, but when they saw a clown standing amidst the chaotic and ruined battlefield, an absurd expression could not help welling up in all of their minds.

"Luo Ke?" Alice asked dubiously.

"Congratulations on guessing correctly. I reward you with an airplane!" Luo Ke swept his arm wide, pointing toward the transport plane parked in the rear.

This was a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, originally prepared as bait by the person in charge, but now it served as a wedding gown for others.

"Daddy!" At this moment, the little girl spotted Charles lying in the corner and immediately pounced over.

Father and daughter finally reunited, and Charles could be considered to have officially broken ties with Umbrella, standing on the same front with Alice and the others.

The group hurriedly boarded the plane. Carlos took the pilot's seat, started the engines, and prepared to take off.

"Aren't you coming up? Umbrella's nuclear missile is about to arrive!" Alice shouted toward Luo Ke, who was walking in the opposite direction.

Luo Ke waved his hand. "See you later!"

"Him?" L.J. slapped his thigh hard. "So cool!"

The cabin door closed, and Charles hugged his daughter, gazing with worry at Luo Ke's tiny retreating figure.

Who was he?

The plane vanished into the horizon, heading along a trajectory completely different from the original plot.

At the end of the second movie, the nuclear explosion triggered a shockwave, and Alice was impaled and killed by a steel pipe while protecting the little girl. Her corpse was brought back to Umbrella by Dr. Isaacs and "resurrected."

Luo Ke did not know how their developments would unfold next, but he only cared about doing his own job.

The entire Raccoon City fell into an eerie silence; the streets were deserted, and the lingering blood proclaimed that everything was real.

A trail of exhaust flame streaked across the night sky, flying at high speed toward Raccoon City, and detonated mid-air in the center of the city.

Nuclear peace!
Benevolence through the atom!

Raccoon City plunged into dire straits with corpses littering the fields. People could see no hope, so Umbrella, out of humanitarianism, delivered a nuclear explosion to release them from despair.

Truly benevolent.

A semi-circle expanded, turning the night into day. The shockwave annihilated everything into nothingness, and a mushroom cloud soared into the clouds.

At the very instant of the explosion, Luo Ke entered the basement of City Hall.

Countless buildings shattered and collapsed, the metropolis was reduced to ruins, flipped roadside vehicles burned with flames, and all the lake water evaporated. In the wake of the explosion, a black torrential rain washed over everything wantonly.

Grey dust drifted between heaven and earth. In a flattened giant crater, a pile of rubble was blasted open.

A hand with festering flesh and exposed bone appeared, followed by a humanoid figure crawling out unsteadily.

"Damn, that felt so refreshing."

The basement Luo Ke entered was still far too shallow after all; the ceiling above his head had been entirely blown off.

Hiss, hiss.
Granulation tissue grew, tendons and bones regenerated bit by bit, necrotic muscle tissue sloughed off, and snow-white skin grew anew.

Not long after, a brand-new Luo Ke stood proudly naked atop the ruins. High concentrations of nuclear contamination posed not the slightest threat to him.

"Roar..."

The dead silence of Raccoon City was broken. Amidst the swirling dust across the sky, echoing roars rose one after another.

Tens of thousands of aberrant zombies and monsters crawled out from underground, respectfully forming battle arrays before Luo Ke.

Imposing and fierce, with a monstrous blood aura, they resembled a conquering demon army that had torn open the gates of hell.

Two hours later.

In an abandoned town far away from Raccoon City, a large number of refugees who had lost their homes gathered here.

By comparison, they were undoubtedly fortunate.

However, ever since Umbrella Corporation's so-called rescue team arrived, everyone vaguely sensed something was amiss, yet those bristling guns and cannons left them too terrified to utter a word.

Buses bearing the Umbrella logo drove into the town, carrying refugees rescued along the road.

Luo Ke jumped down from one of them, obediently awaiting Umbrella's arrangements.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are deeply saddened by this disaster. Investigations revealed that the cause was a chemical leak; those chemical substances made everyone irritable. Yes, I believe you all saw that blooming mushroom cloud—a tragedy no one wished to witness."

The speaker was a middle-management officer of Umbrella named Aaron.

"Although this incident has nothing to do with our company, as the world's leading enterprise, we naturally ought to take the lead, providing you with safety and security. You need not be overwhelmingly grateful to Umbrella; just remember our sincere goodwill."

Luo Ke, mingled in the crowd, smiled. This gift for gab was matchless; his speech almost made even him believe it.

"Have no fear; Umbrella will take charge of your future. Please temporarily reside in the shelters we have prepared."

In the suburbs of the town, there stood a tall, box-like shelter without windows, completely sealed.

...

Meanwhile, Umbrella's Tokyo Headquarters.

In the solemn projection conference hall, everyone present consisted of Umbrella's upper echelons.

Wesker, wearing sunglasses, detailed the core of the meeting.

"A mysterious force, one that even we cannot trace, is meddling in the plan. The pursuer was crushed by a humanoid creature... and zombies infected by the T-virus also appear to have mutated. The specific cause remains unfound. Regarding this type of zombie, I will play the footage for you."

"Unfortunately, this type of zombie far exceeds our scientific research level..."

The fragmented videos showed precisely the aberrant zombies launching an attack on the temporary encampment.

Everyone present was shocked, especially those high-ranking executives who were also scientific researchers.

After some discussion, it was finally finalized: to avoid unforeseen changes, advance the plan and accelerate the global infection progress.

Apologies for the inconsistent updates these past few days; normal updates will resume the day after tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)