The Ethan in the Germ Web is Ethan Winters, yes, but not entirely.
In "Resident Evil 7", while searching for his missing wife Mia, he was punched to death by his old father-in-law (jokingly named) Jack Baker, and was later resurrected by a fungal infection.
Because he died once, Ethan's memory is stored in the bacterial net.
The situation is very similar to that of his daughter Rose, who was dismembered by Miranda and also left memories in the bacterial web.
Through communication with Ethan, Li Ang learned that his memory stayed at the stage where he had just finished the battle with his out-of-control wife and was knocked unconscious by Baker who suddenly appeared.
He couldn't remember anything about what happened after that.
It can be said that at that moment, Ethan as a human was dead, and the one who survived was a fungus beast with his memory.
As for whether Ethan in the fungus state is himself or not, Li Ang feels that there is no need to delve into it.
A gentleman's comments are based on his deeds but not his heart. Although it is not appropriate, it is not too different.
He is still the kind, brave, good husband who can give everything for his family, and he will also become a good father in the future. This is enough.
However, the memory left in the bacterial network now seems a bit pitiful.
Li Ang initially planned to ask the fungus owner to erase this memory, which would be a kind of relief, but after thinking for a moment, he gave up the idea and decided to tell Ethan the truth.
After listening to it, the memory did not react as much as Li Ang expected, but showed a state of relief.
Maybe he had noticed something strange a long time ago, but he just couldn't find the correct answer.
Finally, he asked Li Ang if he could help him check on Mia's recent situation and come back to tell him when he had the chance.
Li Ang agreed, but he definitely didn't have time to go, so he just wanted to call the third lady of the Di family, since she would be going out soon anyway.
In order to repay the favor, Memory Ethan said that he would help Li Ang keep an eye on Evelin.
Although he hasn't met the BOSS behind the scenes, Ethan already hates her after learning the truth of the matter.
Li Ang did not refuse. He guessed that the memory was probably trying to find the value of its own existence, so as not to sink and become as confused as the nearby villagers.
After finally meeting someone with whom he could communicate, Ethan became very talkative. While Li Ang listened to him, he sighed at the wonder of fate.
Once Miranda is defeated, the fate of the Winters family will be completely changed.
Ethan can safely accompany his daughter as she grows up, Rose will not be bullied and ostracized by her classmates because of mold, and Mia will not be kidnapped every two days. They all have a bright future!
From this point of view, Miranda has one more reason to die.
Li Ang, who felt that he had done a great thing, was very happy, but he didn't know if he would have a chance to meet the Ethan family in the future.
While he was chatting happily with Ethan, the entire bacterial network space suddenly erupted with a shrill roar:
"Li Ang, you must die a happy death!"
At the same time, the fungus owner sent a message, telling Li Ang that he could go out.
"I am such a good person, but there are always people looking forward to my death. It is really unreasonable." Li Ang said goodbye to the memory Ethan and immediately exited the bacterial network.
As soon as his consciousness returned to his body, he rushed directly to Miranda's laboratory.
As soon as they entered, they saw that the great mother goddess was lying on a restraint bed commonly used in lunatic asylums like a mental patient. She was tightly tied with a belt from the neck down. There were dozens of bleeding needle holes on her arms, and her mouth was forcibly opened. It's full of colorful and strange substances.
Aqina and Donna stood on both sides, still pouring food into her mouth.
Let’s not talk about why there is such a thing as a restraint bed in the laboratory, but this scene always feels inexplicably familiar.
"What are you doing!"
Aqina looked at him in surprise: "Did you succeed?"
Donna on the other side shook the suspicious bottle with a skull printed on it: "Help... help."
"I think you are doing a disservice!" Li Ang hurriedly stepped forward to grab the bottle, and pushed the two women out of the laboratory: "Get out of here quickly. Don't come in before I come out!"
Randomly close the laboratory door tightly.
Not long after, Miranda on the bed regained consciousness, slowly opened her eyes, and almost choked to death from the solid-liquid mixture overflowing from her mouth.
After violent coughing and vomiting, a strange black liquid continued to flow from her eyes.
"What the hell is going on? What did you do to my body!"
Then, she saw Li Ang who was recycling amber.
"You despicable bastard, you took away the power that belonged to me, and I'm going to make you pay the price!"
Miranda easily tore off the belt that restrained her and jumped off the bed. The lab coat on her body turned back into a majestic robe, and five pairs of black wings spread out instantly behind her.
Although the fungus owner took back things that didn't belong to her, the abilities the fungus gave her were still there.
"Don't say it in such a bad way, that power isn't real in the first place." Li Ang put the amber in the equipment slot, took out Wolfsbane and Broken-Wing Butterfly, turned it over in his hand and held it steady.
Without saying anything else, he emptied the magazine and fired out a flurry of gunfire.
The hot Magnum ammunition penetrated Miranda's body with huge impact, and black and red blood spilled from more than a dozen round holes.
The mother goddess screamed and retreated, and the messy black feathers that fell off were flying in the air.
"It's useless, you can't kill me at all!" Miranda summoned roots and vines like dead trees, wrapped herself tightly, threw away her human body and turned into a fungus beast.
"I will finally get what I want!"
Her body grew several meters taller out of thin air and became slender and slender. Most of the disc representing divinity on its back was missing, like a cluster of ferocious thorns. Half of the face is covered with chitin carapace, and the only remaining eyes are located between the eyebrows. There was burning hatred hidden in the orange-red fire eyes. The pale skin was as shriveled as a dead branch, and the fingers were deformed and turned into sharp claws. The longest one was almost as long as the forearm. The lower body was completely replaced by entangled roots and vines, and the pairs of black feathers behind him grew again, but were also fragmented, like the fallen angels in mythology.
Miranda let out a maddening scream, moved sideways in front of Li Ang in an almost floating manner, raised the claws representing death, and fell like an executioner's axe.
Li Ang immediately rolled sideways, with the tips of his claws barely above his head.
There was a groan as the air was cut in his ears, and he quickly moved closer to Miranda. The long-lost dead flower dagger suddenly appeared in his hand, and he pushed the blade in along the gap between the ribs.
Since the beginning of the plan, he has always kept the dagger in his equipment slot and never left it.
Miranda's face was twisted in pain, she groaned and staggered back a few steps. The short knife stuck in her body broke away from Leon's hand and remained on her body.
The addition of dead flower toxin destroyed Miranda's self-healing system.
The drugs Aqina and Donna injected earlier finally took effect. Her internal organs were severely tortured and ravaged, and the life-threatening heat spread to her limbs and bones, and it seemed that even her soul was being corroded.
A steady stream of black liquid flowed from Miranda's mouth and filled her eyes.
"Eva, my child, mother will find you!"
She fell to the ground, her wings hanging down weakly, holding her head and howling in grief.
Li Ang stepped forward and grabbed Miranda's neck, forcing her to look at him. His sharp nails pierced the skin and oozed blood.
"Do you have any last words?" he asked: "This time you are really going to be reunited with Eva."
Miranda's shoulders kept shaking and she laughed almost maniacally: "I will take what I want while your body is still warm."
"So now you can die in peace... forever!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the wings on Miranda's back turned into sharp blades and pointed towards Li Ang's chest.
Li Ang, who had long expected that she would not submit honestly, tensed his body and jumped away like a spring with momentum. At the same time, he kicked Miranda in the face with all his strength, crushing the carapace mask on her face.
Miranda flew backwards and hit the table in the middle of the laboratory.
The long stone table instantly cracked into countless stone fragments, the bottles and jars on it were smashed to pieces, and the paper recording the data was thrown into the air.
And Li Ang landed lightly, took a big step, and approached Miranda who fell to the ground. His claws flashing with dangerous blood grabbed her neck again.
Then it was torn hard, and a stream of blood was drawn out.
Feeling the severe pain, Miranda twisted her body, her single eye on the cracked mask weeping blood.
She tried to fight back, hugging Li Ang tightly with crazy strength, like hugging her lover. The wings on her back mutated into long spider-like legs, and the sharp toes stabbed hard at her opponent's back like a thorn awl.
Li Ang wanted to break free, but the madman's power should not be underestimated.
Miranda stabbed him through the body with a hideous smile: "Guess who is the final winner!"
Li Ang opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling the burning pain in his chest: "It can't be you anyway!"
Miranda subconsciously licked away the blood dripping from the corner of her mouth: "Then we'll wait and see!" She raised another Winged Foot again and headed towards his throat.
Li Ang raised his arm to block, but was penetrated directly. Fortunately, no bones were injured.
Miranda let out a proud "Ha!" but then realized that her opponent was not seriously injured, and the smile on her face quickly faded.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Leon endured the pain of his flesh being torn apart, and opened his mouth to bite Miranda's neck. This was the first time that he used his fangs to suck the blood of his enemy like a real vampire.
As her vitality passed rapidly, Miranda soon began to twitch non-stop. Her body became weaker and weaker, but her consciousness was extremely clear, as if there was a fire burning in her mind.
The searing pain caused uncontrollable tears to flow from her eyes. Death was approaching. She was finally willing to let go of Li Ang in her arms and use her winged feet to fly him away.
Li Ang, who flew several meters away, rolled around on the ground several times, finally stood up unsteadily, wiped the corners of his mouth, and spat in disgust.
"This is the worst blood I've ever tasted, geez."
As he spoke, the wounds on his chest and arms began to heal quickly.
On the other hand, Miranda's condition is getting worse and worse. First, she was deprived of most of her power by the fungus owner, and then she experienced various toxins, and finally let Leon absorb more than half of her blood. She can persist until now, and she is worthy of her mother. God's name.
"I have worked hard all my life and built a century-old foundation! It will be destroyed by your hands!"
Miranda's form changed again. Her spider-like winged feet re-grew layers of fleshy membranes and grew to their limit. Then she flapped her sky-blocking wings and flew into the air.
Li Ang originally thought that she had some hidden tricks, and he was fully prepared, but unexpectedly she suddenly fell downwards.
At this time, Miranda was suffering from pain and resentment. All the hyphae in her body instantly rotted, and her wings dripped with pus, blood and septic fluid. Her gradually calcified body released a lot of fine dust like spores, and her horrifyingly twisted body As if from the eighteenth level of hell.
"Merciful Fungus Master, you saved me from the abyss of despair and gave me supreme power. Why do you abandon me now!"
"My daughter, my Eva!!!"
With a heart-wrenching cry, Miranda fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Li Ang blinked in confusion and stood there waiting for a while before he stepped forward to check if she was dead.
Even though he was so careful, he still failed to prevent it.
Miranda suddenly raised her lowered head. Although her pain was palpable, she still carried the despair and madness of someone who was about to die.
"We're not done yet, Li Ang!"
"I will wait forever in the bacterial net, waiting for the day you die!"
After saying that, her body was completely shattered into pieces of gray crystals.
Li Ang went up and kicked him a few times to confirm that Miranda was really dead this time.
The crisis that had been weighing on his heart for a long time was lifted, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, this was only the second day after he came back from the copy of "Resident Evil 4", and he actually did so many things and even killed the mother goddess Miranda.
If only half a year had passed, what he would have become like, I can't even imagine.
Li Ang, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, dragged a chair and sat in front of Miranda's corpse, lost in thought.
Take a break while thinking about future plans.
After thinking for about ten minutes, he stood up and walked out of the messy laboratory.
There was no imaginary cry of victory outside the door, because there was no one there.
Li Ang shrugged to himself. It was a pity that no one accompanied him to witness such a great moment.
When passing by the fungus owner, he stretched out his hand and patted it: "I'll see you again in a few days."
The baby-like body trembled, as if in response.
At this moment, heavy footsteps sounded from the cave opposite, and then the Duke's extremely fat body came into view.
The cave, which was large enough to accommodate several people side by side, was a bit narrow for him, so every step was difficult.
After finally squeezing out of the hole, the Duke's eyes lit up and he greeted warmly:
"Ah~, my dear old friend, long time no see!"
Li Ang was confused: "Didn't we just meet in the morning?"
When he came out of the castle and headed to the factory in the morning, he secretly met with the Duke and asked him to prepare something.
He told no one, not even Aqina.
"I'm talking about it." The Duke pointed at the fungus owner who was bigger than him: "It was my best friend back then."
Unfortunately, his best friend ignored him.
"Stop talking nonsense and do more." Li Ang asked, "Where is what I want?"
The Duke smiled and patted his generous belly: "Don't worry when I do things, there will never be any mistakes."
Li Ang raised his chin: "Put the things in and hide them so that he doesn't see them."
"Why don't you go?" The Duke said sadly, "Walking is very tiring for me."
Li Ang frowned: "I'm more tired than you, go quickly, otherwise all the conditions you promised before will be invalid!"
As soon as the Duke heard this, he dragged his heavy steps and walked helplessly towards the laboratory.
After taking a few steps, he turned back and said, "By the way, I just saw Madam and Donna gathering people to save you."
Li Ang said boldly: "Do you think I need help?"
Even so, when he heard the news, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
The Duke got into the laboratory and tinkered for a while before he came out and said confidently: "Don't worry, Heisenberg will never come back today!"
Li Ang said perfunctorily: "I hope so."
In fact, what he asked the Duke to prepare was very simple. The first one was a deadly substance mixed with dioxin, which also had another familiar name.
Agent Orange.
The second one is the equally famous C4 plastic explosive.
