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R&D Report [1 of 2] is a file that can be found in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. The report explains a little of the story behind the projects that would eventually lead to the creation of Eveline and the Mold, adding some results of the initial researches.

Location[]

In the Salt Mine region, inside the Storage Room in a desk located behind the one where the E-Necrotoxin is stored in a case.

Transcript[]

This project was instigated in 2000 as one of several concepts for the company's NEXBAS (next-generation experimental battlefield superiority) initiative, working with technical assistance from H.C.F., to develop a bioweapon for neutralizing combatants en masse with minimal direct contact. NEXBAS was later folded, and all its assets diverted to this project.

What makes this project markedly different from conventional weapons is its ability to turn enemy combatants into allies; converting hostile elements into willing servants.

Since this effectively eliminates the costs of not only POW handling but also combat itself, it's no wonder we had the □□□ and even □□□□'s □□□ organization chomping at the bit to get on board.

The project would never have existed were it not for the discovery in □□□□□□ of □□□□□□□□□, the remarkably progressed "vicariant evolution" fungus that we commonly term the "mutamycete".

The fabrication method for each bioweapon was to introduce the mutamycete genome to a pre-Stage 4 human embryo and perform cultivation in a controlled environment over a period of 38-40 weeks.

The resultant organisms were referred to as "candidate specimens" and graded based on usability, from the impratical and faulty Series A through D, to the perfected E-Series.

A common appearance was selected for the bioweapons; that of a roughly ten-year-old girl, to ensure ease of blending in with urban/refugee populations.

The first E-Series speciment, named Eveline, has proven capable of secreting the mutamycete □□□□□□□□□ from her tissue at will.

It is also of note that Eveline's mutamycete imposes a profound control over body and mind when introduced into a host organism.

We still have a lot to learn about the mechanism by which Eveline achieves and maintains this control, but the working theory is that the vector is similar to the autoinducer pheromones used for quorum sensing in pseudomonas bacteria.

Eveline's control is exerted in a series of discrete stages, the first of which is hallucination.

Almost immediately after infection, the subject begins to see images of Eveline (though she is not in fact there) and hear her voice (which is inaudible to anyone else).

Auditions with infected subjects throughout the stages of infection reveal that at first, the phantom Eveline appears to be a normal young girl, sometimes desiring companionship or assistance. As time progresses, she begins making more and more extreme demans, including self-mutilation and attacks on other people.

The psychological shock this induces helps to break down the mind's natural barriers to Eveline's brainwashing effect, and by the time mental control is achieved, the mutamycete infection has progressed throughout the body's cells, so the body □□□□□□□□□□□□□□.

本計画は2000年、 H.C.F.の技術協力のもと、
「敵集団を戦闘によらず制圧する生物兵器」の開発を
目的としてスタートした。

本計画が従来兵器と一線を画するのは、
「制圧した敵人員を、そのまま味方戦力として取り込む」点にある。
これまでの敵が、自発的に協力・奉仕する仲間へと変わるのだ。

戦闘や捕虜管理のコストを一切かけずに、逆に味方を増やす…
このコンセプトに◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎や◼︎◼︎◼︎など各国組織が飛びついたのも
無理はない。


計画のきっかけとなったのは、
◼︎◼︎での◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎・◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎と呼ばれる新種の真菌(特異菌)の
発見であった。

生物兵器は、特異菌のゲノムをステージ4以前のヒト胚に組み込み、
特定環境下で38~40週ほど培養することで製造される。

製造された生物はただ「被験体」と呼ばれ、
性能不良で実用性に乏しい「A~D型」、
諸問題をクリアした完成形「E型」とそれぞれナンバリングされた。

兵器の外見には、共通して「10歳前後の少女」が選ばれた。
都市や難民など社会集団に紛れ込ませるのが容易なためである。


E型被験体の第1号である「エヴリン」は、
体組織から自在に特異菌◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎・◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎を分泌できる。

さらに特筆すべきは、菌を他の生物に植えつけることによって
「対象の意識・肉体を実質的に支配できる」という点である。

対象にエヴリンがアクセスするメカニズムには不明点も多いが、
緑膿菌や発光バクテリアが行う「クオラムセンシング」のように
オートインデューサーと呼ばれるフェロモンが媒介しているの
かもしれない。


エヴリンによる支配の第1段階は、「幻覚」である。

感染後まもなく、感染者は(そこにいない)エヴリンの姿を目にし、
(他者には聞こえない)彼女の声を耳にするようになる。

感染者への聴取では、幻影のエヴリンは
初めは少女らしく、甘えるような態度で現れるが、
次第に過激な要求や命令を行うようになっていくという。
(要求には自傷行為や、他者への攻撃行動も含まれる)

そのようにして感染者への精神攻撃・洗脳をしつつ、
脳を含む全身の細胞をじわじわとカビに置換していき
最終的にはその肉体まで◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎のだ。

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