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Malrick floated in the air, gazing down at the skeletal remains of the tyrant he had just defeated.

He was confident this time—the creature was truly dead.

"Incredible vitality. T-Virus… another path of biological evolution, huh?"

He turned away, his thoughts shifting to the request from the world's consciousness.

The world of Resident Evil followed a very different evolutionary path than his own. Kryptonians, like himself, gained their powers from within—their cells, their blood, and of course, solar energy. This world, however, used biochemical methods to enhance itself.

According to the lore of the games, biological enhancements could be classified into three major categories: viruses, parasites, and fungi.

Each of these had distinct origins.

Of the three, viruses were the most developed and widespread.

The story began with a unique flower known as the Stairway to the Sun, discovered in ancient Africa. This flower sparked the rise of a brilliant but now-lost civilization.

In the 1960s, Umbrella Corporation's founders—Spencer, Marcus, and Edward—rediscovered this plant. From it, they extracted the Progenitor Virus.

Years later, Marcus successfully fused the Progenitor Virus with leeches, creating the T-Virus.

Edward, suspicious of Spencer's intentions, secretly built a research facility in Antarctica. There, he used the genes of his ancestors to create two test subjects and developed the T-Veronica Virus.

Meanwhile, William Birkin, Marcus's protégé and Spencer's undercover agent, created a powerful mutation of the T-Virus—the G-Virus—within a hidden lab beneath Raccoon City.

These three strains—T, T-Veronica, and G—formed the core viral threats in the early Resident Evil timeline.

Other viral strains such as the T-Fear Virus, T-Abyss Virus, and C-Virus would only emerge later in the timeline.

Beyond viruses, the remaining categories—parasites and fungi—had fewer developments but were equally dangerous.

The most notable parasite was Las Plagas, an ancient organism found buried in Spain's Arklay Mountains. Unlike viruses, Plagas could enhance hosts while preserving a degree of their consciousness.

Various factions later exploited Plagas for mind control and bio-weapon research.

As for fungi, there was a strain known as E-Mold, a black mold originating beneath a remote Eastern European village.

E-Mold could store genetic material, consciousness, and memories from infected organisms. In mass, it formed a being known as the Mold Mother, a baby-shaped hive mind that connected and synchronized every infected host.

Those infected gained immense physical resilience and mental clarity—but their minds became tethered to the mold's higher command.

Ethan Winters and his daughter Rose, protagonists of later installments in the game series, represented perfect human-mold hybrids. But Rose wouldn't be born for another twenty years—far removed from the current events.

Malrick mentally reviewed everything he knew about this world's biocrisis history.

He was beginning to form a plan for how to respond to the world's call for help.

> [Gift. Salvation. Doomsday. Evolution. Creatures. More… #%@*&…]

"Gift" likely referred to the strange, invisible boost he had received recently.

"Salvation" and "Doomsday" were more literal.

The Resident Evil world had endured multiple near-apocalyptic events, always narrowly averted in canon. The most dangerous was likely the Chaos incident, where a C-Virus-infected creature threatened global extinction.

While Chaos itself wasn't powerful, the virus it carried could rapidly infect oceans and spark worldwide disaster.

But for Malrick, handling such crises would be trivial. He could easily eliminate key threats before they escalated.

Still, something puzzled him.

If "doomsday" meant a biocrisis, why would the world consciousness seek his help?

Even if every living thing died, Earth would continue to orbit the sun.

Unless…

Unless this world followed a rule similar to the Spider-Verse Web Phenomenon—where the survival of key individuals ensured the universe's structural stability.

In that case, the extinction of humanity could truly doom the world.

That would explain the urgency.

But Malrick had a different theory. He shelved it for now and kept analyzing.

"Evolution" and "biology" were more straightforward.

It seemed the world wanted him to accelerate biological evolution—an oddly fitting mission for a setting like Resident Evil.

Back when he played the games, he used to laugh at how absurd the virus mechanics were—molds, parasites, mutations—it was pure sci-fi horror.

But now, with the world seemingly sentient, it all had a darker logic.

Perhaps the world itself had spawned these biohazards in an effort to drive evolution forward.

It was a gamble—dangerous, chaotic, but filled with potential.

And that might be exactly what the world wanted from him.

Then there was the last term: more.

He closed his eyes, tuning in to the faint emotional signals from the world consciousness.

He felt encouragement. Eagerness. A sense of waiting.

He realized it was probably a promise of greater rewards once he fulfilled the current mission.

"Well," Malrick said, tapping his armored visor with a metallic clink, "Even world-level entities know how to dangle a carrot."

"If more rewards are coming, then I'd better take this seriously."

He still didn't fully understand the nature of the "gift" he had received, but his enhanced cognition told him it would become vital soon.

"First step to saving the world… let's start with Raccoon City."

He cut off his armor's propulsion system and landed gently on the cracked pavement.

"In the original timeline, there's a T-Virus serum hidden in the hospital. I can reverse-engineer it to create a broader-spectrum antidote."

"And Umbrella's underground lab… the G-Virus down there is too valuable to ignore. It could be the key to controlled evolution."

As Malrick pondered his next steps, he heard a knock on his armor.

"Hey!" Jill Valentine walked up beside him, her eyes fixed on the Arc Reactor in his chestplate.

"Incredible. All that firepower in such a compact suit."

"I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Jill Valentine, with S.T.A.R.S. You military?"

Carlos joined her with a grin. "Man! That was badass. You wrecked that mutated freak like it was nothing!"

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