95: Absorbing the fragments, Augustus's madness!

“Is this the Astral Fragment?”

Li An stepped forward, ready to grab the Astral Fragment placed in the center, but when his five fingers touched the fragment, he found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t move it an inch.

How could this be!

Li An’s eyes widened instantly, and as he withdrew his hand, he looked at the Astral Fragment in front of him with disbelief.

“Don’t waste your energy. The weight of this fragment is immeasurable. Umbrella only detected the powerful thermal energy contained within it.”

“This T10-Research Institute was built around the existence of the fragment.”

Red Queen seemed to have been watching Li An. When she saw that Li An actually intended to pick up the fragment, she immediately explained.

Only then did Li An understand why the T10-Research Institute was located beneath Central Park. So, everything here was built around this fragment.

“Throughout the company’s century-long history, countless tests have been performed on this fragment, but without any progress.”

“Human, I don’t know why you need items containing high-concentration energy, but I regret to tell you that you cannot take this with you.”

At this moment, Red Queen didn’t care whether Li An would answer her. Although she didn’t possess the seven emotions and six desires that humans have, there was no doubt that when Li An chose this Astral Fragment as his transaction target, it already indicated that she, Red Queen, had won.

“Take it away?”

“Why take it away?”

“If I can’t pick it up, then I’ll just absorb it directly.”

Li An seemed not to have heard the mockery in Red Queen’s words, and instead, a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth as he spoke.

“Hmm?”

The next second, Red Queen’s slightly bewildered voice instantly echoed in the room.

However, before she could react, she saw Li An directly place his hands on the Astral Fragment the next second, and then closed his eyes.

Buzz!

At this moment, as Li An closed his eyes, the Astral Fragment, which had been placed in the center and had never shown any movement, inexplicably began to shake. Although the movement was very slight, it was indeed moving!

Of course, the abnormal movement of the Astral Fragment did not escape Red Queen’s sight. When she saw the fragment inexplicably shaking, Red Queen immediately asked.

“What did you do?”

“…”

Facing Red Queen’s question, Li An had no intention of answering her. He still kept his eyes tightly closed, continuously absorbing the energy within the Astral Fragment by touching it with his hands.

Moreover, at this moment, it wasn’t that Li An didn’t want to answer Red Queen, but rather that his ears were already completely enveloped by an incessant stream of notification sounds, making him unable to hear any external sounds.

“Ding! You absorbed a small amount of energy from the Astral Fragment and gained 0.1 attribute points!”

“Ding! You absorbed a small amount of energy from the Astral Fragment and gained 0.1 attribute points!”

…It turned out that the moment Li An’s hands touched the Astral Fragment, he activated the Devourer’s effect, and at this moment, the Devourer was fully absorbing the energy within the Astral Fragment.

After waiting for a long time and still not seeing Li An answer her, Red Queen’s voice gradually faded away.

On the other side!

While Li An was absorbing the energy of the Astral Fragment in the T10-Research Institute, wisps of faint black mist began to drift through the urban area of Raccoon City.

These black mists were extremely bizarre, thick and unyielding. Even strong winds could not shake them in the slightest. Especially in areas with a large number of Zombies, the amount of these black mists was astonishingly high.

And with careful observation, one could find that any Zombie covered by the black mist would behave more aggressively and horrifically than other Zombies not covered by it!

Moreover, the most peculiar aspect of Zombies covered by the black mist was that these Zombies would actually attack their own kind.

One must know that as fellow Zombies, Zombies rarely even glance at each other, let alone attack.

But Zombies covered by the black mist would attack their own kind, and their desire to attack was extremely strong. And it was because of the appearance of these black mists that Raccoon City was truly a living hell at this moment.

Countless citizens hiding in their homes and rooms were forcibly broken into by Abnormal Zombies covered by the black mist, followed by a massacre!

Boiling hot blood flowed from all directions of the entire city, converging into torrents in various streets, continuously staining the land.

Boom!

And at this moment, fierce battles were also breaking out among the Zombies. These Abnormal Zombies, under the influence of the black mist, began to fight each other, or battle with Zombie Dogs, Lickers, and other bio-weapons.

Chaos!

Complete chaos!

Due to Augustus’s previous interference, Raccoon City had become a true battlefield, with highly aggressive Abnormal Zombies, ubiquitous Zombie Dogs, and Nemesis and others already dispatched by Umbrella Corporation!

“Kill!”

“Kill to your heart’s content!”

“With millions of people as sacrifices, I will sacrifice the entire city!”

Augustus still stood on a high point of the city, overlooking the completely chaotic Raccoon City below.

Although the bio-virus had erupted at this moment, there were still many people hiding in their homes or safe houses, and Augustus’s idea was to make these people have nowhere to hide.

He directly used means to make some Zombies mutate, becoming more aggressive and more powerful!

And Augustus’s plan was very simple: to exterminate this city, completely exterminate it!

Leave no one alive!

And he would use the negative energy generated by the Death of millions of people as an lead to communicate with the will of this world, thereby achieving his idea of destroying the world!

Pfft!

Roar!

Throughout the city, large numbers of Abnormal Zombies were seen devouring fellow Zombies, and the Zombies devoured by Abnormal Zombies would also transform into mutated Zombies shortly after, thus joining the family of destruction.

Of course!

Whether it was Zombie Dogs or other species, all living creatures, after being bitten by Abnormal Zombies, would undergo secondary mutations, becoming even more dangerous existences.

And Augustus’s actions directly led to a sharp increase in the danger level of Raccoon City, even causing some areas to experience bizarre changes, giving birth to some unknown and terrifying monsters.

And all of this was brought by Augustus!

Similarly, the rapidly escalating danger in Raccoon City also brought greater crisis to Alice and the others.

Alice had now successfully awakened her superpowers and could even use them skillfully. Of course, this was also thanks to Li An, whose Blood Demon Spirit given to Alice played a crucial role, not only allowing Alice to quickly master her awakened superpowers but also enabling her to further develop her superpowers.

But even so, even with her greatly improved strength, Alice was still struggling in the current Raccoon City.