"At the same time, we can also launch medical welfare. It's very expensive to see a doctor in the Federation. This time, we can reduce the fees and highlight the reduced costs. Citizens' health will be guaranteed, so what if the Raccoon City incident happened?" Bridges explained. This was where he needed to take the lead.
"Very well, then do as you say. Simmons, the external press conference is your responsibility. Bridges, draft the relevant regulations for the medical welfare as soon as possible, and I will have Congress approve them." Benford nodded, assigning tasks to the two different people.
Meanwhile, in Havverville City, Bernal, who had transformed into a monster, began attacking everywhere. The Uroboros Virus provided by the mysterious man still had an effect, even though the G-Virus could suppress it for a while. Ultimately, he couldn't escape the fate of being devoured, and his body turned into half a monstrosity!
Eddie quickly arrived at the TV station building, which was still a sea of fire. Large numbers of monstrosities were spreading, hordes of zombies were rampant, and G-Larvae were biting and spreading panic.
"Why did you use Curtis? Why did you turn your best friend into a monster? Is this what you call friendship?" Eddie demanded.
Bernal, with half of his head already corrupted, replied without thinking after hearing the question, "I envied him. Why did my whole family die, yet he was completely fine and even thriving? I wanted him dead!"
Angela couldn't help but want to fire a volley at him, to let him know what a mistake was.
Eddie stopped his wife, frowned, and continued to press, "Who gave you the virus you have?"
"A man in a black robe. He gave me this endless power," Bernal said, clutching his head, his consciousness growing increasingly blurry.
"Good, one last question. Where did that guy come from, and where did you meet him?" Eddie felt he was getting close to the truth.
"Non—!" Bernal had just spoken when a sniper bullet directly blew his head apart.
Eddie keenly spotted the black-robed man on the building two kilometers away, so he pulled Angela and ran into the stairwell.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he immediately activated an invisible field, combined with a magnetic field reaction, and flew towards the black-robed man.
Bernal, who had been shot in the head, had his brain completely taken over by the monstrosity, becoming a frenzied, infectious, devouring monster.
The black-robed man tried to run, but was caught, controlled by an invisible field.
After Eddie landed, he directly kicked him into the stairwell, grabbing the black-robed man and beating him fiercely.
The force of the punches was enough to kill an elephant, and the black-robed man couldn't last much longer, feeling on the verge of death.
"Who sent you?" Eddie tore off the other person's mask, only to discover that it was Bruce, the CIA agent who had been missing for a long time!
"Heh heh, you don't even know how terrifying power is. The Master possesses great power. You, an ant, your abilities are nothing before the Master! Do you think all of this is so simple? The Master will create a new world, and you ants will be eliminated." Bruce seemed to be brainwashed, constantly ranting.
Eddie, however, had no intention of helping this former colleague. He felt thrilled about snatching Fong Ling. If he could do it again, he would still snatch Fong Ling and definitely not leave her to this idiot!
After his rant, Bruce silently activated a miniature nuclear bomb, the strongest of its kind. This cup-sized bomb could easily destroy buildings and people within a five-kilometer radius instantly!
Eddie clearly noticed it, so he focused intensely, using his magnetic field ability to continuously compress the explosive energy.
This process slowed down time many times over, making even the cycle of breathing seem incredibly long.
Blazing flames erupted from the bomb, compressed into an extremely small area by the invisible magnetic field.
Eddie was fully focused, his eyes wide. His hands clenched, and an invisible mental force was stimulating the electric current in his body to form a stronger magnetic field.
Layer upon layer of magnetic fields compressed the explosive shockwave. His mental power broke through a certain limit. Eddie could even perceive every wisp of flame within the magnetic field, the explosion, combustion, and intense heat of the flames.
Angela wanted to help, but Lisa stopped her, "Don't disturb Eddie. We'll retreat. Eddie can handle it. Just protect him. He's undergoing a transformation; this is an opportunity!"
Lisa was right. This was a sudden situation, an unexpected explosion. Fortunately, he had undergone fear tests, so even in the face of terrifying events and great challenges, he could maintain a calm and composed mindset.
Chapter 522: Ability Breakthrough, Defeating Claire
In that instant, it was as if a bright firework shot straight into the sky, exploding in the dark night.
The deafening sound shattered glass within a five-kilometer radius, and even fragile zombies were obliterated by the immense explosion.
After the explosion, Eddie gasped, his eyes crimson. He looked at the monster Bernal, who was still slaughtering the National Guard on the rooftop two kilometers away, and his mind stirred.
The space around Bernal became like thick mercury, greatly slowing down his rapid speed.
As the magnetic field space compressed, Bernal, empowered by both the G-Virus and the Uroboros Virus, screamed and wailed continuously, eventually being squeezed into a twisted mass of flesh.
The Uroboros tentacles snapped, and muscles tore.
The invisible magnetic field killed silently.
As Eddie clenched his right hand, the orange-yellow pus sac formed by the Uroboros was crushed. That was the core of the virus, like its brain. Once crushed, the virus lost control and vitality.
He crushed a monster two kilometers away, completely crushing it. The magnetic field was filled with high-voltage electricity, sterilizing all the viruses with high heat.
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After doing all this, Eddie lowered his hand, activated his invisible magnetic field ability, lifted the three women, and flew to his secret apartment. "I need your help. Help me stabilize."
As Eddie left, the intense urban battle also subsided. The strongest Bernal was dead; people used as test subjects were truly pathetic.
What remained were merely zombies and some mutated Crimson Head Zombies, which were quickly swept away by the National Guard's cleanup.
And Dawn, who had previously been using WP Corporation to research, improve, and sell the G-Virus, seemed to have been captured after being exposed.
Wellpharma's stock, already plummeting due to the tragic deaths of test subjects from drug abuse experiments in South India, saw all its funds poured into developing a G-Virus vaccine, ultimately leading to bankruptcy.
David was fine, but a bankrupt person was no longer qualified to be a Senator; he could only retire home.
The long night passed with the sound of gunfire and burning flames; it was an extremely long night.
It wasn't until the next morning that Eddie recovered. He could feel himself becoming more energetic.
The breakthrough after pushing his potential, in an extremely dangerous situation, had stimulated deeper levels of his potential.
Now Eddie could almost feel electromagnetic waves everywhere. He casually captured a bit of electromagnetic wave, and inside was a call record, seemingly a wife calling her husband to report she was safe.
This surprised Eddie; he could actually decipher electromagnetic waves? This was unimaginable before. It sounded mysterious, but it was actually just cellular memory. Only those who understood electromagnetic waves and captured specific ones could know the information within.
If you ask a literary scholar about the difference between 'Romance of the Western Chamber' and 'The Golden Lotus,' they might talk for three days and three nights without repeating themselves. But if you ask a literary scholar how to fix a car, that would be difficult for them.
Since he had gained this power, Eddie didn't dwell on it anymore. What was the point of thinking so much? Better to eat something; he was starving.
Claire, Lisa, and the other two were exhausted. Given their physiques, it would take at least until tonight for them to recover. Losing three-on-one was an unexpected defeat!
He had the restaurant deliver food, and Eddie turned on the TV to catch up on the news.
Unsurprisingly, the Western Federation's international standing continued to decline. The biochemical terrorist attacks that had occurred more or less required them to bear some responsibility.
What Eddie didn't expect was Simmons stepping forward to take responsibility and recounting the truth of Raccoon City again.
Afterward, his father-in-law, Bridges, stepped forward to announce the medical welfare plan; he was playing the good cop.
At least after this incident, the official use of biochemical weapons had formally debuted.
And this weapon was the Thanatos Tyrant. Because the materials released for its use were all clones, not many people objected.
In the public's view, clones were not considered people, but merely tools.