What happened when Chris shot Mia in Resident Evil 8?
The first thing to know is that this Mia is actually Miranda in disguise. Her purpose is to take Rose away and use Rose's body to resurrect her daughter.
Because both Chris and Ethan have experienced mold contamination, Rose has a high compatibility with mold, which is the best vehicle for Miranda to resurrect her daughter.
But unfortunately, this plan was finally discovered by Chris, and there will be a scene in Ethan's house where Chris shoots Mia.
The editor will summarize for everyone what kind of story "Resident Evil: Village" tells, and analyze some of the more confusing content.
Spoiler alert!
To fully understand what happens to protagonist Ethan Winters in this adventure, we must know what he has been through. In "Resident Evil 7" , Ethan travels to Dulvey , Louisiana in order to find his missing wife Mia , who was kidnapped and held hostage in a swamp plantation by the crazy Baker family .
Mia
is the BOW , code-named "E-001" (also known as E -001) , developed by a mysterious organization called "The Connections" using the "parasitic fungus" (Megamycete) from Eastern Europe. Flynn , looks like a girl about 10 years old). Mia is one of the researchers of the organization, responsible for caring for and observing "E-001" in the experimental environment.
"E-001"
Around 2014, the ship used by the "Alliance" to transport "E-001" had an accident. All the staff on the ship, including Mia, were infected with "fungi" by the unstable "E-001" Infect. After Mia experienced a shipwreck, she was taken in by the Baker family of Dulvey . Unexpectedly , "E-001" also infected them and turned the family into her own puppets.
Baker Family
In 2017, Ethan Winters rediscovered Mia 's traces. With the assistance of Chris Redfield and BSAA , he killed the accelerated aging "E-001" and Mia was successfully rescued. After being injected with antibody serum to treat "fungal" infections in the body, the two accepted the BSAA 's "Witness Protection Program" and traveled to Eastern Europe to live in seclusion.
Spoiler alert again!
mia and rosemary
After that, Ethan and Mia lived together for more than three years, during which they even had a child named Rosemary . In 2021, their fairy tale family life was suddenly shattered. Chris Redfield led a BSAA strike team, brutally shot Mia and kidnapped Rosemary and Ethan . However, midway, the BSAA 's The convoy was attacked.
Ethan took this opportunity to escape to a nearby village to look for traces of his daughter, but found that the village itself had many problems. As he defeats the village's four lords one by one - Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters; doll maker Donna Benevito and her delightful puppet Angie; The amphibious swamp monster Salvatore Moreau and Heisenberg , who has the ability to control metal, are about to reveal the truth of the incident.
However, Ethan was easily defeated by the big boss of this game. Mistress Miranda directly pierced Ethan with fungal vines, dug out his heart from his chest, and bathed in his blood. Then the POV perspective shifted to Chris . That’s right! It was the BSAA agent who shot Mia , kidnapped the children, and destroyed everything that belonged to Ethan in an instant, but all the mysteries will gradually be revealed from here on. But before that, let’s go back further in time to find out the origins of Mistress Miranda .
Mistress Miranda
Miranda is an Eastern European woman born in the late 19th century. In 1919, the Spanish Flu spread on a large scale in Europe, and Miranda 's daughter Eva was also one of the victims. When she chose a remote mountainous area to bury her daughter's bones, she accidentally came across a huge fungal colony beneath the soil. Miranda 's body is soon infected by this mysterious fungus, allowing her to feel the collective memory of this creature, and even the memories of humans who have been devoured by them for thousands of years, including her own. Child, Eva .
Miranda regards this "parasitic fungus" as her own god, and believes that Eva 's soul has not left, but lives in those fungal colonies. From then on, she began to search for a way to resurrect her beloved daughter and came to the conclusion (possibly due to the influence of the fungus) that if she sacrificed enough people to the Black God , then "He" would be powerful enough to send Eva 's soul away Return to the present world. So Miranda began to conduct her own research in the village under the guise of curing the disease. After being infected, most of the villagers became "the Molded" without self-awareness, while a few became super humans with special abilities. They all abandoned their original Catholic faith and embraced the "Black God" , while Miranda was worshiped as the Mother Mother.
Mistress Miranda
It seems that after being "selected" by the fungus, Miranda not only gained an immortal body and various transformation abilities, but her intelligence also increased significantly, which may be related to the ability of the entire fungal colony to retain the memories of all past victims. However, why Miranda is so special and becomes an agent of the settlement is still unknown. It may be related to special physical conditions.
By around 2000, the "Alliance" organization discovered the village and that particular "parasitic fungus" , and they invited Miranda to be their consultant to help with their research. In return, the "League" promised to use genetic technology to "resurrect" Miranda 's daughter Eva , which directly gave birth to the previous generation of biological weapons, "E-001" Evelyn .
"E-001" Evelyn
However, "E-001" is very unstable physically and psychologically (mood swings and rapid aging), which makes Mistress Miranda very disappointed. So after the "Baker Family Incident" in Louisiana, the "League" informed her of the whereabouts of Ethan and Mia , as well as the news that the two had a child. Thinking that little Rosemary might be the perfect "vessel" to resurrect Eva (due to her special origins), Miranda begins planning to kidnap Mia and her baby.
Going back to the opening scene of this game, what Chris and his team killed was not the real Mia , but a prosthetic body formed by Miranda using fungus to imitate her appearance. The real Mia had been kidnapped at some point in time and was imprisoned in the village as an experiment for Mistress Miranda .
But the question is, why does Miranda feel that Rosemary is so crucial and qualified to be the "vessel" that carries Eva's soul ? Recall that Mia was once infected with a fungus. Although she was cured by the serum, the genetic memory of the fungal colony is likely to remain in her body. And more importantly, Ethan had actually been killed by Jack Baker in the Baker Family Incident in 2017. The reason why he still existed was because the fungus around him at that time infected and resurrected his body (this It can also explain why Ethan can withstand so much damage in the game, and a small bottle of healing potion can reconnect his broken limbs; why all the powerful people in the village know everything about him...) .
Ethan
And this means that Mia, who has the memory of fungal genes, and Ethan, who has a fungal constitution, gave birth to an offspring together. It is equivalent to the fungal colony and human genes being mixed together and going through an evolutionary process. If this offspring is stable enough, then of course it is The perfect choice to carry Eva's soul.
rosemary
Of course, the history revealed in this game is more than that. From Miranda 's laboratory, we can also discover her connection with the "Umbrella" company. In the 1950s, Oswell E. Spencer, who was still a medical student at the time, came to Eastern Europe for a vacation trip. Due to lack of experience, he lost his way in the snow. It was Mistress Miranda who saved him. After that, Miranda almost regarded Oswell as her student (perhaps to gain his professional knowledge). It was during this period that Oswell learned about the existence of "parasitic fungi" and their mutation and assimilation. and the ability to copy other living organisms, which was a very important inspiration for his later decision to artificially intervene in human evolution.
Oswell E. Spencer
But in the final analysis, there are still considerable differences in the ultimate goals between Oswell and Miranda . In the end, he decided to leave there and return to England to carry out his own research, but Oswell still maintained contact with Miranda since then. .
After returning to university, Oswell began his own research direction. He believed that fungi were not as efficient as viruses in carrying genetic genes. As the Cold War intensified, Oswell regarded mankind as a race destined to perish, and it was necessary to artificially control and change the direction of evolution to have a chance to avoid this. It was based on this concept that the "Umbrella Company" came into being. born.
Since he was already suffering from a fungal infection, Ethan did not die because his heart was dug out. After learning his true identity, Ethan decided to face the "Black God" behind Miranda alone - the fungus colony , giving Mia , Rose and BSAA agents a chance to escape. In the huge explosion, the entire village was leveled, and Ethan and the fungal colony were also completely destroyed ( the "parasitic fungus" did not die out, at least Rose and an infected BSAA agent still carried this organism genes).
From the easter egg at the end, you can see the grown-up Rose going to the cemetery to visit her late father. (The easter egg does not indicate how long it has been since Ethan died. Judging from Rose 's age, 10 years have passed. Years, but since Rose is a genetic amalgamation of a fungus and a human, it's hard to tell how much time has passed).
rosemary
However, Rose is always under surveillance by the BSAA and seems to be performing some kind of mission for them, and the other party does not trust her (snipers are arranged in the distance). Then it turned to the most controversial scene. The BSAA vehicle drove Rose away and met a figure at the intersection.
There are many speculations about the identity of this person. Of course, most of them believe that he is Ethan Winters, who survived the explosion (some experts on the Internet have cracked the game data and confirmed that the character model is Ethan Winters) ). In fact, everyone knows that this blurry figure is the fantasy space left by Capcom for us Nerds, but what does this mean for the entire "Resident Evil" series?
First of all, the author believes that Ethan 's body has indeed been destroyed in the explosion, but due to the characteristics of the fungal colony, before Ethan's death, his memory is likely to be acquired by the fungal colony in some way (just like all previous victims same). Although we still don’t know what abilities Rose has, there are many hints that this girl is extraordinary (there is likely to be a DLC focusing on Rose in the future). Then Rose is likely to choose what Mistress Miranda once tried - find a way to resurrect her dead father. Just like the sentence shown at the end, "The Father's story ends here" (The Father's story ends here) .