99: Absorption completed, notice!

Ugh ~

The next second, everyone from the Umbrella who saw this scene felt their stomachs churn uncontrollably, and they immediately started throwing up violently, especially the leader, Kane, who vomited with particular intensity.

Immediately, a smell filled with sourness and the scent of food permeated the stairwell.

"D-d-damn it, what the hell happened!!!"

"Go find them for me, find all the enemies for me!!!"

Finally, as everyone continued to vomit, Kane, enduring the nausea, let out an angry roar.

But the next second, a gust of wind suddenly swept up from downstairs, and Kane only saw a flash of light. He didn't even have time to react before his body trembled, and he completely lost consciousness.

However, the Umbrella members standing behind him saw the scene clearly. They saw a sharp, cold claw flash past, cutting directly through Kane's body. Even the bulletproof combat uniform Kane was wearing was useless; it was cut open the moment the claw touched it.

"What kind of monster!!!"

Tat-tat-tat ~

Watching Kane die in front of them, the Umbrella members panicked. A voice rang out from the crowd, and immediately countless rounds of firepower were unleashed, completely engulfing the narrow stairwell.

Bang bang bang!

For a moment, a large amount of debris fell, but in the dim stairwell, the members could only rely on the flashes of fire from their gun muzzles to observe the situation inside the stairwell. As for whether they actually hit the target, they couldn't confirm.

Finally, after tens of seconds of continuous firing, a Vice Captain, whose status was second only to Kane, raised his hand to signal a ceasefire, and the members stopped their actions.

"Find that monster, tell the higher-ups that the situation has changed, and we need to evacuate Raccoon City immediately!"

With Kane dead, the remaining members clearly didn't want to stay there anymore. Besides, the information on Nemesis and Alice had been mostly collected; now they just needed to take the data back.

As for avenging Kane, everyone present tacitly avoided mentioning it. To them, Kane was just a superior at the company, not a comrade in war who would selflessly entrust their lives to each other!

Therefore, at this moment, everyone was thinking about evacuating as quickly as possible, not about killing the enemy!

"Understood!"

As the Vice Captain gave the order, responses immediately rang out from the crowd.

Immediately after, the Umbrella members also decided not to delve further into the stairwell to check the situation. Instead, they directly set up a defensive line at the stairwell entrance to prevent the monster inside from rushing out.

At the same time!

As the plot gradually deviated due to Augustus's intervention, Li An in the T10-Research Institute also finished absorbing the last bit of the stellar fragment.

As the energy from the last bit of stellar fragment was absorbed by Li An, several paradise notification sounds popped up in his ears one after another.

[Ding! Due to your absorption of high-intensity stellar energy, your life level has advanced. Current level: Intermediate.]

[Ding! A total of 2% of the energy attributes from the stellar fragments were absorbed this time, totaling 200 attribute points.]

[Ding! Congratulations, your Devourer level has increased! Your attribute enhancement is complete!]

[Ding! Due to the high-intensity thermal energy contained in the stellar fragments absorbed this time, this energy characteristic is highly compatible with your Kryptonian Gene. Gene rank +1, current gene rank: Second Order!]

[Ding! Due to the increase in gene rank, your physical strength has significantly improved. Current level has been upgraded to C+.]

...Boom!

At this moment, as the paradise notification sounded in Li An's ear, a series of terrifying roars immediately emanated from within him. It was the leap of life level, the further strengthening of his body and power!

Crack crack crack!

The next second, with Li An's all-around increase in strength, the ground beneath his feet immediately let out a groan of unbearable strain, and visible cracks spread out in all directions.

This was a manifestation of a sudden and significant increase in physical strength, which would only disappear after Li An subsequently familiarized himself with and mastered the enhanced power.

However, although the enhancement had ended, Li An still hadn't opened his eyes.

At this moment, he was in a peculiar state, feeling as if he were observing the entire world from a God's-eye view.

Subconsciously, he noticed his perception was increasing, rapidly spreading outwards and upwards from the ground. In the places his perception passed through, he could even see ants moving.

This feeling was very strange!

From this perspective, Li An even saw the UMF-13 hidden behind the door. This thing also appeared in Li An's view, and it was at this time that Li An realized that the UMF-13 was actually a super-large computing machine. Arm-thick cables covered the entire room, and ultimately tens of thousands of world-leading 12th-generation computers provided its basic computing power.

Standing in this perspective, Li An suddenly felt that the whole world was a bit different, and he murmured softly.

"Interesting..."

And at this moment, his perception was still rising. Soon, Li An felt his perception completely break through the underground and reach above ground!

In an instant, as his perception burst out of the surface, a hurricane vortex suddenly appeared out of nowhere above the city. The appearance of this hurricane vortex was incredibly abrupt, creating a huge commotion while also successfully attracting the attention of all living beings in the city!

This included Augustus, who controlled the overall situation, Alice, who was in a fierce battle, and... Jill Valentine and others, who were rushing towards the Umbrella's base building.

"What is that?"

Looking at the hurricane vortex that suddenly appeared above the city, Augustus showed a look of surprise.

Boom!

However, at this moment, as Augustus looked surprised, the hurricane vortex above the city directly dissipated, turning into an invisible breeze and disappearing above the city.

At the same time!

Inside the T10-Research Institute.

Li An suddenly opened his eyes and instinctively fell forward, but at the last moment before he was about to fall, he took a step forward, immediately stopping his fall.

Hoo-hoo ~

Short, rapid breaths immediately sounded. Li An, at some point, was covered in sweat, and his breathing began to become unstable.

What was that feeling just now?

At this point, Li An, who had come back to his senses, immediately spread his hands, recalling that state with a look of astonishment.

However, after a moment, Li An still couldn't understand what had happened, and ultimately could only temporarily suppress that feeling.

Several minutes later!

A sharp glint flashed in Li An's eyes as he felt his breathing stabilize considerably. Although that state was brief, he had used it to see some of the current situation in Raccoon City.

Alice seems to have encountered a powerful enemy? Has Augustus, that Aberrant, appeared again?