Its arms were wrapped tightly around its legs; they were extremely long and bloated, resembling palm-leaf fans. Its lower body lacked legs, having octopus-like white tentacles instead.
These limbs were engineered to adapt it to a marine environment; the octopus-like tentacles allowed it to move rapidly underwater and release the virus.
Aside from its limbs, its appearance was almost indistinguishable from a zombie, which is why it was called a HAOS, but the most significant factor was its size.
It was incredibly massive, reaching nearly thirty to forty meters,
even larger than the C5 Giant Fly in Lanshiang City, standing no different from a skyscraper.
Before this terrifyingly colossal creature, Chris, Leon, and the others were as insignificant as ants...
Volume 9 Resident Evil 6: Chapter 75 Warthog Licking the Ground
"What... what kind of monster is this?!"
When they saw the HAOS hanging half-suspended in the Incubation Pod before them, expressions of immense shock appeared on the faces of Chris, Leon, and the others.
Without a doubt, the appearance of the HAOS gave everyone a massive psychological shock.
They could have predicted the terror of the HAOS, but they never expected the monster to be so enormous.
It was like a giant, and they, as humans, were like tiny ants before the HAOS; by comparison, they weren't even as large as the HAOS's head.
Therefore, when facing such a giant monster, besides shock, Chris and the others felt deep self-doubt; they didn't know what method to use to kill this monster.
"HAOS..."
"Those bio-virus missiles were just a smokescreen; it seems this giant monster is the Neo-Umbrella Organization's true secret weapon."
"We indeed misunderstood Javier, but unfortunately... did that guy leave such a huge monster for us to deal with because he trusts us, or because he overestimates us?"
Looking at the behemoth before him, even Leon, who had always remained mentally calm, couldn't help but mutter to himself with a bitter smile.
He admitted he was wrong and had misunderstood Javier, but the difficulty of this HAOS was simply too high.
A monster of such massive size could not be killed with just the firearms in their hands. Thus, not just Chris, but Leon was also at a loss.
"Roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar...!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Of course,
facing the group's daze, the HAOS would not let this precious breathing room go to waste; it instantly broke out of the giant humanoid cocoon.
The heavy cocoon skin fell into the endless abyss of the Incubator below, immediately letting out a series of dull thuds.
The HAOS emitted another low, hissing roar from its throat; its limbs, which had been curled up, suddenly stretched out.
Its body kept swaying and its mouth remained open in a roar, like a sleeping infant suddenly awakened, flailing its hands for milk.
"Damn, it's already awake."
"Open fire immediately! Whether it works or not, we must trap it here. We absolutely cannot let it escape the Underwater Oil Field Base."
Looking at the HAOS that had broken out of the giant humanoid cocoon and was slowly waking up, Chris didn't have time to consider anything else.
He could only hurriedly command everyone to launch an attack.
Assault rifles and sniper rifles instantly pulled their triggers, firing rapidly; the tiny bullets all flew toward the HAOS's giant, hollow head.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang—!!!!!!!"
"Puchi puchi..."
As the gunshots rang out, something unexpected happened. Chris, Leon, and the others thought their assault rifles and sniper rifles would have difficulty causing effective damage to the HAOS.
But the moment these bullets passed through the HAOS's body, bloody sprays erupted, shredding part of the flesh. It seemed the lethality was actually quite good.
This immediately left Chris, Leon, and the others looking stunned. This HAOS... seemed much more fragile than imagined and not that strong.
But that was not actually the case.
The HAOS's internal body consisted of white bones, with the outer layer wrapped in grayish-white transparent muscle.
It looked exceptionally soft.
That's why the bullets easily penetrated and caused blood to spray upon impact; however, this was actually because it hadn't fully developed yet.
The HAOS's current development was only around seventy to eighty percent; therefore, the outer skin and muscle armor had not yet developed, making it appear very fragile.
But if for this reason alone, Chris, Leon, and the others treated the HAOS as a pushover, they would be dead wrong.
Because as mentioned before, when a bio-monster's size becomes increasingly massive, ordinary individual weapons lose their effectiveness, even if their penetration power is still there.
This is because with the increase in size, a single penetrating weapon loses its ability to kill in one hit.
It's like the difference between a bullet and a toothpick.
A toothpick instantly penetrating human flesh causes pain,
but that tiny puncture wound can heal quickly. However, a thumb-sized bullet penetrating flesh is not just about pain...
And the difference between the two lies here.
Even if assault rifle bullets can still cause damage to the HAOS, it's no different from scratching an itch. If a few silver needles prick your skin and draw blood, would you just die?
Without a doubt, that's simply impossible.
So the assault rifles and sniper rifles of Chris, Leon, and the others were essentially useless against the HAOS, though it would certainly feel pain.
"Roar roar—!!!!!!!!!"
The HAOS, feeling the pain, the very first moment it opened its eyes, locked its gaze onto the ant-like Chris, Leon, and the others.
Opening its abyssal maw, it let out a frantic roar at everyone.
A massive breath and strong wind swept across everyone's faces. Without any hesitation, raising its giant, fan-like palm, the HAOS swung fiercely toward Chris, Leon, and the others.
"Damn, it's planning to smash the elevator platform we're standing on! There's a ladder next to us, move up quickly!"
Seeing that sun-blotting hand slamming down from above, Chris's expression changed.
Glancing at the ladder nearby, he hurriedly shouted to Leon, Piers, and Helena.
He then slung his assault rifle behind his back, leaped vigorously, firmly grabbed the ladder to the side, and began climbing up quickly.
"Clatter clatter...!!!!"
With a life-and-death crisis before them, the rest of the group didn't dare hesitate, following Chris and jumping onto the ladder on one side of the platform, using all their strength to climb up fast.
"Boom... rumble rumble rumble—!!!!!"
And the next second, just as the group's figures jumped onto the ladder, the HAOS's giant palm arrived with a crash, its terrifying power slamming into the platform.
Even though the elevator platform was made of steel, at this moment, it instantly collapsed completely, smashed apart by a single slap from the HAOS.
The heavy platform plummeted into the abyss of the Incubation Pod below. The walls of the entire Incubation Pod began to shake violently; this massive commotion directly affected the entire Underwater Oil Field Base.
"Don't look back, keep climbing! We'll head toward another platform. This beast shouldn't be that smart; we'll attack it once we reach the top of its head!"
In just the blink of an eye, Chris had already fallen from the first ladder position to the tail end of the group.
Looking at Leon and the others climbing the ladder above his head, Chris hurriedly barked at them not to get distracted.
Escaping was the priority.
Taking this opportunity, Chris pulled a High-explosive grenade from his waist.
After pulling the pin with his teeth, he threw it with all his might toward the HAOS's head.
"Taste the pain, you beast!"
Gazing at the HAOS below, Chris muttered through gritted teeth.
Although the firearms on them couldn't pose a threat to the HAOS, they still had throwing weapons like grenades.
Luckily, while resupplying weapons on the Aircraft Carrier deck,
Chris had taken an extra two flashbangs and four High-explosive grenades on his waist. Now, it was enough to give the HAOS behind them a taste of its own medicine.
"Boom... rumble rumble...!!!!!"
A massive explosion rang out.
The High-explosive grenade Chris threw landed accurately in the HAOS's skeletal eye socket. Amidst the explosion, fire light splattered, and shrapnel and flames tore through the surroundings.
Wrecking the HAOS's skeletal eye socket wantonly, flesh and bone fragments instantly flew everywhere. The already fragile skeletal eye socket of the HAOS was immediately blown into a large hole.
A painful wail echoed within the Incubation Pod, which soon turned into a furious roar of extreme frustration.
The pain made it even more frenzied.
Looking at Chris and the others who were close at hand, the HAOS did not hesitate.
Extending its fan-like giant hands to grab the structures on both sides of the Incubation Pod, it also began to climb up continuously. This beast was much smarter than Chris and the others had imagined!
"How is this possible..."
"This beast is climbing up after us...?!"
Looking at the HAOS climbing up from below, Leon, who was at the front, couldn't help but frown and mutter.
He hadn't expected the beast's IQ to be so high; it knew how to use the surrounding elevator platforms to climb up slowly.
And if that was the case, things would become much more troublesome. They had to reach the top layer of the Incubation Pod to have any chance of escaping this monster's pursuit.
"Leon, Piers, Helena, are any of you carrying High-explosive grenades? How many are left?"
At this time, Captain Chris, at the tail end of the group, suddenly looked up and asked everyone.
Continuing to flee like this wasn't a solution because their climbing speed wasn't as fast as the HAOS's.
So the HAOS would definitely catch up to them soon. They had to find a way to slow down its climbing speed.
And as things stood, it seemed only throwing weapons like High-explosive grenades could hinder the HAOS's climbing speed.
After all, the HAOS's outer shell was very soft.
Although it possessed the power of infinite regeneration, every time it was attacked, it still took massive damage.
Like a boss with zero physical defense and magic resistance but high HP, High-explosive grenades could easily block the HAOS's advance.