I awakened to be a menace at the start of the game, and my parents sent me to the cherry blossom vie

Click.

Even amidst the chaos and noise, the crisp sound of shattering glass still seemed particularly jarring.

The huge, blood-red claw that was stuck to the glass exerted a little force, and the spiderweb pattern instantly shattered, with fine glass shards falling like raindrops.

Throughout the mall, everyone stared in horror at the hideous monster that leaped in, instinctively running frantically towards the mall exit.

"ah!!"

The girl finally couldn't hold back anymore and let out a piercing scream. She huddled under the counter, trembling, and almost dropped her new phone.

Sato Saori, standing next to her, collapsed to the ground, and a stench of urine quietly spread.

The licker was clearly sensitive to high-decibel noise; its exposed brain twitched slightly, and its terrifying head, now stripped of its skin, slowly turned toward the two women and began to move in their direction.

It has no eyes, but its long, barbed tongue thrashes wildly in the air, clearly trying to catch scents.

Just as the licker was about to approach the counter...

Da da da da!

A burst of gunfire suddenly erupted at the entrance of the mall.

In an instant, countless bullets struck the Licker's back.

Although the bullet did not penetrate the tough muscle fibers, the enormous kinetic energy still caused it to sway and let out an angry screech.

It suddenly turned around, abandoned its exploration, and with all its might, leaped up and pounced towards the doorway.

"Huff... huff..."

Da Mei collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, feeling weak all over from the ordeal.

She shakily raised her phone and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace at the camera:

"Family... family... thank you so much for the 'cloud-piercing arrow'... oh wait, thank you to the police officers for saving my life..."

The chat room was already buzzing with excitement.

[Holy crap! That scared me to death! That tongue was just 0.01 centimeters away from the camera!]

Does this monster really have no vision? Why does it feel like it's watching me?

[Stop grinning like an idiot, streamer! Look outside! The hat-wielding uncles who rescued you are fighting! Hold on, hold the camera steady!]

[Yeah, streamer, don't move! I love watching these little Sakura girls suffer!]

Upon hearing this, Daidaimei mustered her courage and peeked out slightly, pointing the camera outwards.

Although they were some distance away, everyone in the live stream could see that the street had turned into a battlefield resembling hell on earth.

Dozens of special police armored vehicles flashing red and blue lights have already formed a temporary defensive line on the street.

Many of the survivors ran toward the defensive line.

Wearing heavy black tactical vests, the SWAT officers used vehicles as cover, their MP5 submachine guns and automatic rifles spitting fire wildly.

A dense hail of bullets attempted to stop the mutated monsters or those emerging from the sewers.

"Fire! Focus fire! Don't let them get close!"

A commander, holding a megaphone, shouted at the top of his lungs.

If facing human thugs, this level of firepower and scale would be absolutely overwhelming.

Unfortunately, their opponent is a biological weapon that disregards science.

"hiss--"

Several Lickers crouched low, their limbs scraping the ground with a screeching sound, moving at a speed that seemed unlike anything a carbon-based creature could do.

Bullets struck them, splattering blood everywhere, but they couldn't stop their charge.

What's worse is that these monsters don't follow the usual path.

Two Lickers suddenly leaped up and attached themselves to the vertical walls of the two buildings on either side, running along the walls as if on flat ground, instantly bypassing the frontal barrage.

"Above! Watch out above!"

A special police officer raised his gun in alarm.

But it was too late.

puff!

A red afterimage descended from the sky.

The licker didn't even land; it launched its tongue out mid-air.

The scarlet tongue, like a siege spear, pierced through the SWAT officer's bulletproof helmet in an instant.

Click!

The helmet shattered, and the head inside was also pierced through.

Using the pull of its tongue, the licker slammed its massive body into the crowd of SWAT officers.

The next moment, it was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

A massive claw swept across.

tear-

The three special police officers didn't even have time to scream before they were cut in half at the waist, their intestines and internal organs spilling out onto the ground.

"Monster... Monster! Retreat! Retreat now!"

In an instant, the once formidable defensive line crumbled at the first touch.

……

At this moment, overhead.

Lin Fan, in his soul form, was sitting cross-legged, floating in mid-air like an old man watching a play.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is the SAT? It's nothing special!"

Lin Fan floated to the roof of the still-smoking armored vehicle, looked down at the SWAT officer below who was so scared he wet his pants, and shook his head with disgust.

"His marksmanship is terrible, is he a master of missing the target? And that commander, what are you yelling about with that megaphone for? Are you afraid the monsters won't find you?"

He reached out, intending to poke the licker that was feasting, but his fingers passed right through the monster's body.

"Sigh, it's so inconvenient not having a physical body; even petting a cat is a hassle."

Lin Fan sighed.

Just then, he suddenly felt a surge of heat enter his body.

That was the extreme fear emanating from countless people below.

This energy of fear was purer and more immense than it had been at Sumida Hospital.

As this energy surged in, Lin Fan was surprised to find that some inexplicable "knowledge" seemed to have appeared in his mind.

Or rather, it's an instinct.

He looked down at the largest Licker, the one that had killed the most people.

A thought suddenly popped into my head: What would happen if I gave this guy some buffs?

"Even though there's no system to give me any hints, I feel... it should work."

Lin Fan's playful nature was aroused.

He floated to the top of the Licker's head, extended a pale finger, and gently touched the monster's exposed brain.

A thought crossed my mind.

"Go, Pikachu... oops, go, little lick."

hum!

As he spoke, some of the death energy he had just absorbed flowed from his fingertips into the Licker's body.

next second.

Just as he expected,

Roar! ! !

With a roar, the Licker that was devouring the corpse suddenly stopped.

This roar no longer sounded like a hiss, but rather like the furious roar of some prehistoric behemoth awakening.

Then, an astonishing scene unfolded.

The licker's originally bright red muscle fibers began to turn black at a visible speed and swell wildly.

Crackle, crackle.

The cracking and popping sounds of bones were incessant.

In just three seconds.

The size of this licker more than doubled, from over two meters long to nearly five meters.

Furthermore, its muscles were no longer the wet, fleshy kind, but had a metallic sheen, and even black bone spurs grew at its joints.

The most terrifying thing was its claws, which were shrouded in a thin layer of black mist.

"Wow! It can actually evolve?"

Lin Fan's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered a new continent.

And he was quite satisfied with his "work".

"Now that's more like it! Now that's what Resident Evil is all about! The others were just extras at best."

……

Meanwhile, inside the Prime Minister's official residence, in the main conference room.

On the huge screen, the tragic scene in Shibuya was being broadcast live.

The entire conference room was deathly silent.

All the high-ranking officials gaped, sweating profusely.

If the previous zombies only posed a challenge for them, these wall-climbing monsters that have appeared now are making them feel hopeless.

"The defensive line...hasn't the defensive line been established yet?"

The Prime Minister of Japan, sitting at the head of the table, asked with an extremely grim expression.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister..."

The Minister of Defense wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

"The first two special police squadrons to enter... have lost contact."

"What?!"

"How is this possible! Those were over a hundred fully armed men!"

"Those monsters...bullets can't kill them!"

Just as everyone was in a panic, the image on the screen suddenly changed.

A gigantic, jet-black monster appeared in the frame.

It simply waved its paw casually.

boom!

A riot control armored vehicle weighing several tons was flung out like a toy car, tumbling through the air several times before crashing heavily into a roadside shop.

The ear-piercing sound of steel twisting and turning was enough to make your teeth ache, even through a screen.

"What...what kind of monster is this?"

Everyone was stunned.

Is this some kind of power that carbon-based life forms can possess?

Before they could react, the black monster moved again.

Instead of attacking the fleeing pedestrians, it focused its attention on the Self-Defense Forces' blockade line that had just arrived.

There, several Type 96 armored personnel carriers were positioned across the intersection, and dozens of Self-Defense Force soldiers were setting up machine guns, preparing to build the final barrier.

"roar!"

The black licker kicked out with its hind legs.

The asphalt road surface instantly cracked and split open.

The next moment, its massive body transformed into a black lightning bolt, instantly traversing a distance of a hundred meters.

Boom!

It was accompanied by a dull thud.

The armored personnel carrier at the very front was knocked sideways several meters away, and the armor plates on its side were dented as if they were made of paper.

The driver inside didn't even have time to scream before being killed by the enormous impact.

Followed by.

The claw, wreathed in black mist, swept across.

blah-

The heavy machine gun, along with the soldier operating it, was cleaved into several pieces.

"Fire! Fire!!"

The officer next to him was terrified and frantically pulled the trigger.

But this Licker, which has already been buffed, has reached an abnormally high level of defense.

The bullet struck its black muscle, sending sparks flying from the metal impact, without even breaking the skin.

It turned its head.

That terrifying, featureless face was staring at the officer.

puff!

The tongue pops out.

This time, it's not just about going through.

The thick, python-like tongue wrapped around the officer's waist and swung him around violently.

boom!

The officer was slammed into the concrete wall next to him like a meteor hammer.

Bloody.

"It's over..."

The prime minister, sitting slumped into a chair in front of the screen, his eyes vacant.

"It can't be sealed off...it's simply impossible to seal off..."

Shibuya's last line of defense proved as fragile as a joke in the face of absolute power.

"Quickly, call the special departments..."

……

Streets of Shibuya.

Lin Fan hovered above the elite Licker that was wreaking havoc, nodding in satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad. The destructive power and the impact are impressive. I give it five stars."

He looked down at the crowds scattering and fleeing, at the so-called "elites" wailing in despair, and felt no emotion whatsoever.

Not of our kind...

"However, just one seems a bit slow."

Lin Fan stroked his chin, his gaze sweeping over the increasing number of Lickers and mutated rats emerging from the distance.

He was somewhat addicted to the ability to create even more powerful monsters.

"Since we've gone this far, we might as well go all the way."

Lin Fan's lips curled into a wicked smile as he opened his arms.

"Come on, everyone gets a share! Don't fight over it, everyone gets a prize!"

As his thoughts led him.

Countless strands of black energy surged from his body, falling like celestial maidens scattering flowers to every corner of Shibuya.

In the short span of time, dozens of monsters on the streets of Shibuya below underwent further mutations.

Some rats grew wings, and some zombies even developed bone spurs in their hands.

Under his influence, the entire Shibuya region suddenly evolved from a rudimentary biohazard to an advanced stage.

"Hey hey, friends from Japan, it's great!"

Lin Fan hummed a little tune as his body slowly rose, looking down over the entire Shibuya.

Just then, his gaze was suddenly drawn to a helicopter in the distance.

That's... a news helicopter from a TV station?

Looking at the logo printed on the helicopter,

Lin Fan rolled his eyes, selected a Licker from the evolved creatures below, and tried to communicate with it using his mental power to issue a simple command.

"Go, get the guys something tough, shoot that big iron bird down!"

The black Lickers, which were originally running on the ground, seemed to have sensed the "Creator's" command.

It suddenly raised its head and roared at the helicopter in the air.

Immediately afterwards, it gripped the ground with all four limbs and began to run.

The speed is getting faster and faster.

Upon reaching the base of a building, it leaped up and grabbed the building's exterior wall, then, like a giant gecko, frantically climbed upwards.

Five meters, ten meters, twenty meters...

Meanwhile, the reporter on the helicopter was still passionately explaining to the camera:

"Dear viewers!"

We can see that the Self-Defense Forces' defenses have completely collapsed!

Shibuya has completely fallen!

The government's aid has been slow to arrive; this place is truly a living hell...

What?! What is that?!

The reporter's voice suddenly turned into a scream.

At the same time, the camera suddenly zoomed in.

At the top of the building, a huge black figure soared into the sky.

It actually used that building to jump dozens of meters into the air!

In the reporter's terrified pupils, the enormous claw grew larger and closer...

"No!!!"

boom!

With a violent explosion, the helicopter turned into a huge fireball in mid-air, spinning as it plummeted toward the ground.

The crashing helicopter, by sheer coincidence, landed right in front of a police car that was fleeing.

The blast wave flipped the police car over.

After a while, the door of the dilapidated police car was kicked open, and Sato Masayoshi crawled out, covered in dust and dirt.

Looking at the burning wreckage not far away, and then at the black monster that had also been thrown out by the blast wave and was slowly getting up.

His legs buckled, and he knelt on the ground, completely breaking down.

"Why am I so unlucky..."

air.

Lin Fan was also somewhat surprised to see this scene.

"Wow, what a coincidence!"