Not just Ben, pretty much all the players who experienced this felt a huge pain in their heads.
It was simply impossible to guard against!
At first, when everyone thought "Resident Evil: Village" was a horror game that would make their pants wet.
But as they played, many players discovered that while their pants might get wet for some reason, it wasn't necessarily from being scared.
Just when players thought the style was different this time, the level with the crazy doll maker, Donna, made players feel the true essence of fear all over again.
And after passing the ghostly level of the doll maker, it returned to a normal, thrilling balance with a crazy drop in Sanity, and then there was an exhilarating mech battle.
But before the players' excitement could die down, protagonist Ethan's heart was directly crushed.
Even though Ethan had been injured many times before, and both his hands had been damaged once in the previous game and this one.
But now his heart was crushed!
The following plot also made Ben sigh silently.
The initially dark scene gradually appeared, but it wasn't with Ethan Winters. Instead, it shifted to Chris.
'Report, confirmed Ethan Winters is dead, body not recovered, but I have recorded relevant data.' On the walkie-talkie, a teammate codenamed Amber Eye reported the information to Chris.
Chris, sitting in the jeep, flipped through the photos and data sent to his phone, and also recounted everything that had happened during this day and night.
'My team and I were careless. Yesterday we attacked Miranda in disguise, but we couldn't kill her completely.'
'Because Miranda might have infected Ethan, and I didn't want Ethan to get involved, I forcefully prepared to take him and his daughter Rose away.'
'But their car was suddenly attacked on the road. By the time I arrived at the scene, Ethan and Rose were gone.'
'The last time I managed to contact Ethan, I heard Miranda's voice.'
'She killed Ethan... I, I will definitely... make her pay the price.'
'Damn it, when will it end!' Chris, annoyed, lit a cigarette.
'Mission?' the teammate on the other end of the walkie-talkie asked.
'Everything, I've wanted to end this for three years. Three years... is too long!'
Saying that, Chris closed his phone and opened the car door.
The final act of revenge was about to begin!
After a brief exchange with his teammate, Ben finally got to control Chris.
Then he was shocked.
What did he see!?
Submachine guns, assault rifles, and 300 rounds of spare ammo!
Bulletproof vests, night vision goggles, and incredibly fine equipment.
He charged into the village, already full of mutants. Countless werewolves attacked and blocked Chris.
But under the firepower of such fine equipment, they all fell apart.
And Chris wasn't alone!
He called for remote artillery strikes from teammates using laser sights, and supply drops provided ammo, with 100 rounds given at a time.
After one battle, Ben found that his ammo hadn't decreased. Instead, it had gone from the original 300 rounds to over 600.
This had gone from Resident Evil to Call of Duty!
With this equipment and ammo, Ethan next door would have cried with envy. He had never lived this luxuriously in his life.
Every single bullet required careful planning. How could he compare to Chris, who just pulled the trigger without letting go?
As for the tank from before, was that vehicle the same as firearms?
If he had all this equipment, he probably would have turned Miranda to dust long ago, right?
Why would he have to sell everything he owned and scour the whole village to upgrade and buy weapons from the plump, mysterious merchant, the Duke?
Ben marveled as he controlled Chris to move forward.
With the boost of this divine gear, he mowed down gods and buddhas along the way. Even when encountering a monster with a huge hammer in the underground cave, it only took a little time, but it still couldn't stop Chris's progress.
Finally, underground, Chris successfully found the Molded Lord and planted the bomb.
Besides the Molded Lord, he also discovered Miranda's underground laboratory here.
By reading the existing data, many player curiosities were revealed.
It turned out that a hundred years ago, Miranda lost her daughter Eva due to a great flu epidemic.
But in her extreme grief, she accidentally came into contact with the mold virus and discovered the existence of the Molded Lord. She also found her daughter's consciousness within the mold.
So Miranda began her research, hoping to resurrect her daughter.
But the conditions for resurrection were very harsh. Both the brain and the body required a very high degree of compatibility.
Therefore, she conducted inhumane experiments here. She created something called a 'Gift,' which could be implanted in the body to cause mutation. Those with higher compatibility than ordinary people were like the Four Heavenly Kings and could gain special abilities.
Those with low compatibility either died directly or lost their sanity and turned into monsters.
But even so, even Heisenberg, who had the highest compatibility, was not suitable as a vessel for Eva.
Besides her own research, she had also collaborated with other organizations, such as cultivating Evelyn, who was her masterpiece.
But Evelyn was also a failure.
By reading the data, Ben also discovered more detailed information.
That years ago when Miranda was researching, she actually had students. However, they later left Miranda due to differing ideals. That person even founded a company called: Umbrella.
It was the predecessor to the Umbrella that collaborated with BASS.
However, despite a series of failures, Miranda finally had some success.
That was Ethan's daughter: Rose.
And so, the story of "Resident Evil: Village" came to be.
When Miranda learned of Rose's existence, she tried every means to get close to Ethan. But Ethan was under strict protection from Chris's side.
So Miranda kidnapped Mia and disguised herself as Mia to slowly approach Ethan, planning to deceive everyone and get Rose. But unexpectedly, she was still discovered by Chris.
However, she also took advantage of Chris's lack of understanding of the mold's abilities, faked her death, attacked everyone midway, and snatched Rose.
Everything was explained!
Ben looked at the clues and diaries collected by Chris, with a look of sudden realization.
So, Miranda was the root of all evil!
From the DLC "Not a Hero" in the previous game, Ben learned a lot from Chris's brief remarks.
For example, Umbrella's research had almost destroyed the world. Because a city was ravaged by Umbrella's virus, it was ultimately wiped out by nuclear weapons.
But now, it seems that all of this started from this village!
Ben mused, but at the same time, he had many regrets.
That is, is Ethan Winters really dead?
This man who had accompanied players through two Halloweens.
Does Rose really need to be rescued by Chris, and Miranda only by Chris to be defeated?
It's not that he dislikes Chris. On the contrary, even though Chris's screen time wasn't much in the previous game and this one, he left a very deep impression on Ben: he was incredibly powerful and incredibly cool.
But after all, this was Ethan Winters' story. To fall like this at the threshold of the final battle left Ben with a sense of unresolved anger.
However, just as Ben sighed, an unexpected turn of events arrived.
(End of chapter)
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