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"Clang—!!!"
A deafening roar resounded, and the entire suspended metal grating walkway trembled violently, letting out an overwhelmed groan.
It completely blocked the path forward for the three of them.
It was a monster.
A creature of unimaginable size, an arthropod monster blending the characteristics of insects and crustaceans.
Its body was larger than a small armored vehicle, standing over three meters tall and nearly five meters long.
Its body surface was covered in an obsidian-like shell, smooth and hard, with a dense layer of steel-needle-like black bristles growing between the gaps of the shell.
Six arthropod limbs, like giant scythes covered in sharp barbs, steadily supported its heavy frame, pressing visible dents into the metal grating of the floor.
And its head was a nightmare creation born purely for slaughter.
Two massive compound eyes, composed of countless hexagonal crystals, flickered with an eerie red light in the darkness, scanning the three "intruders" without a trace of emotion.
Beneath the compound eyes was a pair of hideous mouthparts as large as hydraulic shears, making a "clack-clack" sound of grinding metal as they opened and closed.
What was most chilling was its bloated, swollen, and constantly writhing abdomen.
Beneath the translucent outer wall of the abdominal cavity, one could vaguely see countless fist-sized white eggs slowly developing.
This was a queen.
A hungry and enraged Queen Ant in her breeding period, ruling over the entire hive below.
"My Holy Mother Mary..." Bruce's voice was extremely dry. Looking at this monster that should only appear in the craziest B-grade horror movies, he felt his worldview being ruthlessly crushed again and again.
"I take back what I just said. Compared to this big guy, that 'Fatty' from earlier was practically handsome."
The appearance of this Queen Ant perfectly explained the origin of the massive, living hive below.
This was no Biochemical Waste Treatment Plant.
This was her delivery room and cafeteria, her unique kingdom.
And they were the food that had broken into this kingdom, about to be served on the dinner table.
"Hoo... Hiss..."
The Queen Ant's massive mouthparts opened and closed, emitting a hiss that mixed desire and threat.
A nauseatingly thick stench, a mix of acidic mucus and rotting flesh, sprayed from its mouth, hitting them full in the face.
It seemed to have been hungry for a long time. In those two massive compound eyes, the small figures of the three humans were reflected like three succulent steaks placed before it.
"Roar—!"
The next second, the Queen Ant let out a piercing screech, and its massive body lunged forward!
Its forelimbs, like giant scythes, swung down fiercely toward Noah, who was closest, with a whistle that tore through the air!
Its speed was completely at odds with its size, fast as lightning!
The three of them instantly scattered in three different directions.
"Clang!"
The sharp limb slammed heavily onto the metal grating where the three had just stood, erupting in a shower of brilliant sparks.
The sturdy alloy grating was forcibly hacked with a massive gash over half a meter long!
Having missed its strike, the Queen Ant didn't pause for a second. Its massive body twisted violently, and that bloated, heavy abdomen swept across like a giant battering ram toward Bruce's direction!
"Fuck! Why is it me again!"
Bruce reacted extremely quickly, performing a clumsy dive and rolling perilously under the massive abdomen.
The foul wind brushed past his scalp, the force of it stinging his cheeks.
He could even clearly smell the nauseating scent of mucus coming from the abdomen.
"This thing is too big! Fighting it here, we have nowhere to hide!" Bruce shouted to the other two while quickly retreating to create distance.
This narrow walkway, suspended above the hive, had become their most lethal cage.
Any single mistake could force them down into the sea of death composed of countless strange insects below.
"Attack its compound eyes and mouthparts!" Phoenix Bell's calm voice rang out.
The mp5 submachine gun in her hand had already taken the lead, spitting out tongues of angry fire!
"Da-da-da-da-da!"
A long string of 9mm bullets accurately formed a chain of fire, strafing toward the Queen Ant's massive head!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Bruce also steadied himself, his large-caliber pistol firing continuously, every bullet aimed at the Queen Ant's two massive red compound eyes!
"Clink-clank!"
However, their combined firepower only resulted in a series of dense, metallic clinks, like rain hitting banana leaves.
Most of the bullets were deflected by the hard shell on the Queen Ant's head, splashing a series of fine sparks, unable to cause any effective damage.
Only a few bullets luckily hit the two massive compound eyes.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
The bullets bored into the crystalline structure of the compound eyes, bringing forth a spray of thick, dark green fluid.
But instead of stopping the Queen Ant, this completely enraged it!
"Hiss—!!!"
The Queen Ant let out a shriek full of pain and tyranny, a sound so piercing it made the trio's eardrums throb with pain.
It suddenly jerked its head up, its massive mouthparts opening to their limit. A stream of dark green acid, emitting a strong corrosive odor, sprayed out like a high-pressure water gun toward Bruce and Phoenix Bell's location!
"Watch out!"
The two of them hurriedly dodged to the sides.
"Sizzle—"
The acid sprayed onto the metal grating, instantly sending up a large cloud of pungent white smoke.
The sturdy alloy walkway was corroded into several large holes. Molten iron, emitting green smoke, dripped down into the hive below, causing a stir among the strange insects.
At the moment the Queen Ant's attention was drawn by Bruce and Phoenix Bell.
Noah's figure moved like a ghost, following the edge of the walkway and closing in on the Queen Ant's flank at an incredible speed!
His target was the relatively fragile joints of the six limbs supporting the Queen Ant's massive body!
The Queen Ant clearly felt the threat from its flank. Its massive body spun around, and a giant limb, like a sweeping war blade, slashed toward Noah's waist!
Noah's eyes narrowed as he suddenly crouched, sliding almost flat against the ground, narrowly passing under the sharp limb!
He had already reached the underside of the Queen Ant's body!
This was its defensive blind spot!
Noah didn't hesitate for a second. His right leg, like a steel whip tightened to its limit, carried the force of a thousand catties as it lashed out fiercely at the most fragile knee joint of the middle limb on the Queen Ant's right side!
"Crack—!"
An extremely crisp sound of bone cracking rang out!
That limb, thicker than an adult's thigh, was snapped in half by this whip kick!
The pitch-black shell, mixed with green body fluid, gushed out from the break!
"Hiss-aow—!!!"
The Queen Ant let out a wail more shrill than any before!
With one leg disabled, its massive body instantly lost its balance, tilting sharply to the right!
Bruce and Phoenix Bell, who had been prepared for a long time, seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
"Boom! Boom!"
Phoenix Bell took two grenades from her tactical vest, quickly loaded them, and fired them in succession at the relatively soft abdominal junction of the Queen Ant, which was now exposed due to the tilt!
Bruce took out all his spare magazines. The.45 pistol in his hand turned into an automatic rapid-fire weapon, pouring all his bullets onto the Queen Ant's already injured head!
"Rumble!!"
The grenades exploded on the Queen Ant's abdomen, bursting into two massive fireballs!
The shockwave and shrapnel from the explosion shattered its relatively thin shell. Large swaths of tissue were torn apart, and green body fluid and half-formed eggs poured down like a waterfall!
At the same time, the storm of bullets Bruce poured out finally achieved a decisive result!
The Queen Ant's head, which already had cracks, finally gave way after enduring the continuous impact of dozens of large-caliber bullets!
"Bang!!!"
One of the massive compound eyes exploded!
Immediately after, the entire upper part of the head was completely blown open by the violent firepower!
Green brain matter mixed with shattered shell fragments splattered in all directions!
This Insect Queen, who had been entrenched here for untold years, couldn't even let out a final wail before its massive body collapsed heavily to one side. With a loud crash, it fell from the break in the walkway into the endless depths of the hive below.
"Rumble..."
The massive corpse slammed into the hive, kicking up a "splash" of flesh and mucus.
After a brief commotion, those crazed insects swarmed forward like sharks smelling blood, frantically devouring their mother's corpse.
The scene was eerie and cruel.
On the walkway, the three of them panted heavily.
The battle ended quickly, but only they knew the danger involved.
"I... I never want to eat seafood again for the rest of my life." Bruce's face was pale as he watched the nauseating gluttonous feast below, his stomach churning.
Phoenix Bell didn't speak. She just silently checked her empty magazine, then took out spare ammunition from her backpack and began to reload.
The fine beads of sweat on her forehead revealed that she wasn't as calm as she appeared on the surface.
Noah walked to the massive gap smashed open by the Queen Ant's corpse and glanced down.
The swarm had completely submerged the Queen Ant's corpse, making it impossible to see the details.
He withdrew his gaze and looked toward the end of the walkway.
There, because of the Queen Ant's fall, a passage leading to the opposite platform, which had been blocked by its massive body, was revealed.
It was a heavy, circular blast door with a metallic sheen.
Above the door, a red emergency indicator light was flashing.
"It seems that's our final stop for today." Noah pointed at the door.
He stepped forward and kicked the massive, heavy severed limb of the Queen Ant.
That severed leg, thicker than his waist, was easily kicked away by him, tumbling into the hive below and instantly being submerged by countless insects.
The last bit of obstruction in front of the door was cleared... Meanwhile.
In the island's core, inside the main control room.
Morpheus D. Duval stood before a massive floor-to-ceiling observation window, calmly looking at the "failures" soaking in the culture fluid outside.
The alarm had long since stopped, and the entire island had fallen into a deathly silence once more.
He believed that his "enthusiastic" children, who had been released, would be enough to tear those three rats who had broken into his kingdom into pieces.
Whether it was the "Fatty's" unparalleled hearing and terrifying destructive power, or the Insect Queen's massive body and endless offspring, none were things ordinary humans could contend with.
By now, they should have become a lump of digestive matter in some monster's stomach, or been gnawed down to a skeleton by the swarm.
An elegant and cruel smile curled at the corners of Morpheus's mouth.
It was time to prepare for the next step of the plan with Simmons.
Just then, an independent surveillance screen on the main console behind him flickered and lit up again.
That was the last surveillance camera leading to the outskirts of the core area.
It was also one of only two cameras in the entire Biochemical Waste Treatment Plant area that could still function normally.
Morpheus's gaze casually glanced at the screen.
The next second, the smile on his face instantly froze.
On the screen, three familiar figures were walking across the metal walkway, which was covered in acid corrosion marks and monster blood, step by step toward the circular blast door leading to the core area.
Walking at the very front was that Eastern man.
His steps were steady and powerful, and his clothes were spotless, as if he hadn't just gone through a life-and-death struggle but was merely taking a relaxing post-meal stroll.
The American agent and the Chinese woman behind him, though looking a bit disheveled, were still in high spirits, their weapons held in a ready-to-fire state at all times.
They... survived.
Not only had they survived, but they appeared to be completely unharmed.
How was this possible?
Whether it was the "Fatty" or the Insect Queen, both were among Umbrella's top biological weapon masterpieces on this island, entities capable of wiping out a small army!
But they... Morpheus stared intently at Noah's figure on the screen, a look of disbelief appearing in his eyes for the first time.
He rushed to the console, his hands tapping rapidly on the keyboard, pulling up another surveillance recording from the entrance of the walkway.
The recording captured the final fragments of the battle between the three and the Queen Ant.
He saw the Eastern man penetrate the Queen Ant's blind spot like a ghost and use an inconceivable whip kick to forcibly break that limb, which was harder than steel!
He saw the devastating coordinated execution, saw that massive head explode in the firelight!
Then, he saw the man casually kick the severed limb, which weighed hundreds of kilograms, into the abyss... Morpheus's breathing became rapid.
The morbid fanaticism in his eyes was ignited once more, burning more intensely than ever before!
Perfect!
This is true perfection!
A living work of art that perfectly integrates strength, speed, skill, and wisdom!
Compared to this man, all the BOWs he had created before were just a pile of crudely made, flaw-ridden garbage!
He must have him!
At any cost!
Morpheus D. Duval turned around abruptly, a crazed light flashing in his eyes.
He was no longer counting on those "useless things."
He decided to take action personally.
He would use himself to offer the final and grandest welcoming ceremony for this perfect work of art.
Morpheus walked quickly to the corner of the control room and opened a safe hidden within the wall.
In the safe, there was no gold or diamonds, only a metal syringe with a futuristic technological feel, lying quietly on a velvet cushion.
The syringe contained a thick liquid that emitted an eerie purple glow.
He picked up the syringe without hesitation, a look of obsession and intoxication appearing on his face as he watched the purple liquid swirling like a nebula inside.
This was his greatest masterpiece.
It was the unique... "gods blood" he had created based on Umbrella's "t-virus" and "g-virus," fused with his life's work.
He aimed the needle of the syringe at his neck.
"Come, my artist..."
"Let me see what kind of brilliant... flower of death will bloom when two perfect works of art collide."
He abruptly injected the entire tube of purple liquid into his body.
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