"What are you doing? Don't do anything stupid!"
Jill reached out to stop him, but her hands were a step too slow.
Asa let out a muffled groan, but a smile appeared on his face.
"The T-Virus was created by Marcus based on the Progenitor Virus, fused and improved with leech genes. In theory, like the Progenitor Virus, it can lead the host toward a higher level of T-Evolution!"
Asa pressed down on the wound, and the bleeding gradually stopped.
"However, the probability of it directly causing the host's death is as high as 99%. For most hosts, the result is becoming a moving corpse."
"You want to gamble on that 1% probability?"
Jill looked at Asa as if he were a madman. How did he have such confidence?
When one is away from home, one's identity is whatever one claims it to be.
Asa didn't intend to keep it from Jill. Isn't sharing a secret a way to deepen a relationship?
Besides, once they reached the underground lab later, he intended to inject the original T-Virus solution directly.
"I can't hide it any longer."
Asa sighed softly, his tone filled with melancholy.
"Actually, I am a perfect Progenitor Virus Adaptor. I can perfectly absorb any pathogen derived from the Progenitor Virus."
"After discovering the secret of my body, I knew that staying with the Umbrella Corporation would only lead to a dead end. Once the company's directors found out, my fate wouldn't be any better than those test subjects."
[Infected with a trace amount of the original T-Virus. Virus Adaptor ability activating.]
As the notification sounded in his ear, Asa opened the system panel. The first gene fragment was forming in the equipment slot.
After hearing everything, Jill walked to Asa side with a complex expression and sat down beside him, saying:
"I hope everything you said is true, otherwise you've thrown your life away for nothing."
"Don't worry, Officer. I still have to save you."
"Besides, even if my constitution isn't as powerful as I imagine, many people would die for the chance to perish in the same place as Raccoon City's most beautiful policewoman."
"Nonsense, I'm old enough to be your older sister."
With her life on a countdown, Jill had let go of many inhibitions. At this moment, she was actually considering the possibility between the two of them.
Jill quickly dismissed the thought in her mind. She was mostly concerned about the age gap; Asa was only 18, and since East Asians matured slowly, she feared he might still be a 'bare-pole commander' under his pants.
"Wait, what am I thinking?"
Unbeknownst to her, a few blushes crept onto Jill's cheeks.
"We're only five years apart. Jill, are you really American?"
Asa quipped, then pulled out a syringe and stabbed it directly into his neck.
"Immunosuppressant. It suppresses the activity of immune cells in the body to speed up fusion with the virus."
Asa explained. On the panel, the formation of the gene fragment indeed accelerated rapidly.
A small test, and yet it yielded an unexpected surprise.
Asa didn't have to wait long. He first felt a wave of heat, followed by a surge of clarity in his brain. A warm current flowed through his limbs, and his whole body became more powerful.
[You have equipped the original version of the T-Virus. Basic attributes increased, equipment trait obtained.]
[Regeneration: Perfectly fused with the T-Virus, rewriting the host's cell division and repair mechanisms. As long as vital areas (brain, heart) are not hit, body wounds will be repaired at high speed.]
It worked!
Asa was overjoyed. He opened his personal panel, and the basic attributes had indeed increased.
[Physique: 5 → 10]
[Spirit: 5 → 9]
The increase in attributes meant that Asa felt he could now easily defeat five or six of his previous selves at the same level.
Because an increase in attributes didn't just mean strength; it meant strength, reaction speed, endurance, resilience, bone density, skin toughness, and so on.
The attribute increase was all-encompassing, plus...
Asa looked at his elbow. The wound just sliced open by the Hunter's claw healed at a rate visible to the naked eye, and soon the skin on his elbow was as good as new.
"It's already healed?"
Jill asked in disbelief, grabbing Asa arm and stroking it repeatedly to confirm he hadn't just performed a magic trick.
"I believe you really can perfectly fuse with the virus now."
After a long while, Jill finally let go of Asa arm and spoke.
Asa, who had been silently enjoying the contact for a while, then said with a serious face,
"Alright, Jill, it's time to solve your problem."
"How? Don't tell me you can give this talent to someone else?"
"Bingo. Smart."
"The way my body fuses with the virus is by eliminating its flaws and stabilizing it. In other words, I'm like a filter. What remains in me is a virus that can make anyone evolve perfectly."
"So..."
Jill looked directly into Asa eyes, suddenly having a bad premonition.
"The way to save you lies in my body fluids... so, you understand."
"Understand... understand what?"
Jill was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook her head as she realized. Fluid exchange? It sounded like a plot from a third-rate erotic novel. Regardless of whether Asa was telling the truth, she couldn't agree to it.
They had only known each other for a few days. To sleep with someone she just met just to survive—she would rather die!
"Just as you're thinking, we..."
"Body fluids? No way!"
Jill's face was completely flushed, and she made a big 'X' with her arms in front of her chest.
"Why? It's just blood."
"Blood? Not saliva?"
Jill froze, only then remembering that body fluids weren't limited to 'offspring' and saliva; blood was also a type of body fluid.
"Saliva? Jill, is that what you were thinking?"
Asa looked at Jill's rosy lips, appearing righteous. That wouldn't be bad either; after all, Jill still had her first kiss, so Asa wouldn't be the one losing out.
A pure yet spicy policewoman... for some reason, Asa thought of the novels he had read in his past life.
"Boy! Since blood works too, then let's begin."
Perhaps because Asa teasing had gone too far, Jill quickly gathered her composure and spoke solemnly.
"Good, let's start!"
Ten minutes later, Asa injected Jill with his serum on the spot.
Don't ask how Asa managed to separate his blood into serum without professional equipment.
The answer is 'Za Warudo'—he returned to the Cyberpunk 2077 World to quickly separate it and then came back to the Resident Evil world.
Taking this opportunity, Asa also figured out what would happen to the virus in his body in the 2077 World without the Virus Adaptor talent.
The answer was: no change would occur.
As mentioned before, the virus in Asa body had perfectly fused. Just as a long-conditioned submissive wouldn't rebel against their master's orders, the virus in Asa body wouldn't revolt after he lost his talent.
However, if he were to be reinoculated with a new virus like the G-Virus in the 2077 World, the result would be different.