What is Wesker Injecting Himself With?
Throughout his pursuit of superhuman abilities and world domination, Albert Wesker injects himself with a variety virulent viruses and experimental serums, often gained through subterfuge and unethical means. Let‘s analyze what exactly he pumps into his veins in his dangerous quest for godlike power.
The T-Virus
Wesker‘s first injection sets him on a dark path of self-experimentation – a modified variant of the T-Virus provided by his colleague William Birkin shortly before the Mansion Incident in 1998.
The T-Virus has an alarming 23% mortality rate, causing most infected to transform into zombies. However, in special cases like Wesker‘s, it can evolve subjects into powerful BOWs instead.
| T-Virus Symptoms | Lethality Rate |
|---|---|
| Loss of higher brain function | 23% mortality |
| Increased aggression | 77% conversion to BOWs |
| Loss of extremities/senses | Very low cure rate |
| Increased viral titers | Highly contagious |
Wesker likely realized the incredible power hidden within this brutal virus. Willing to throw ethics aside, he injected himself, faking his death, and awoke with astounding new abilities. As an expert researcher, he surely knew the risk, but the payoff proved well worth it!
Over the years, Wesker has probably tweaked and perfected his T-Virus variant using his expertise in virology. This could explain his maintained intelligence compared to other BOWs. I‘d love to know what modifications he made!
Uroboros
When Wesker‘s T-Virus powers begin fading over time, he makes an exceptionally reckless decision – injecting himself with a new virus named Uroboros circa 2009.
Uroboros grants Wesker exponentially greater strength and regeneration. However these benefits come paired with horribly destructive impulses – most subjects lose higher cognition, driven only by a need to propagate the virus!
Wesker clearly struggles to restrain these violent urges introduced by Uroboros. During his final fight scenes, you can see him desperately trying to maintain control as black tendrils spread over his skin. Ultimately he loses his humanity entirely, transformed into a hulking, bestial monster by the virus‘ effects.
Choosing to infect himself with Uroboros shows Wesker‘s slipping grasp on sanity at this stage. He knows first-hand the T-Virus‘ tendency to eliminate rational thought and extremalize aggression. Yet driven by megalomania and a thirst for superhuman power, he foolishly subjects himself to Uroboros‘ psychological effects.
The Blood of His Daughters
Later revelations uncover what is perhaps Wesker‘s most abhorrent self-injection – harvesting blood from his daughters to offset rapid cellular decay.
As a surviving product of the Wesker Plan‘s eugenics experimentation, Albert Wesker exists as a clone. This unnatural fast-paced aging leads to organ failure, cancer, and eventual death.
Somehow Wesker discovers injecting the blood of his progeny grants him extended vitality and youth. And so periodically he taps into his daughters Jade and Billie Wesker, draining their blood to prolong his own lifespan.
The physiological process behind this gruesome technique raises so many questions! Does the blood introduce stem cells? Repair DNA degradation? Wesker‘s journals must hold incredible secrets about the cure to human aging!
Of course, the horrific ethical cost far outweighs any scientific value. Wesker robs his own daughters‘ well-being to fuel his egomania and perpetuate his existence. Even for Albert Wesker, this seems a dreadful new low.
Conclusion: A Cautionary Tale of Playing God
Wesker‘s obsessive self-experimentation provides a cautionary tale around the dangers of playing god. In injecting himself with viral agents like Uroboros and the T-Virus, Wesker gained exceptional power – but at the ultimate cost of his humanity, ethics, and sanity.
As gamers and fans, Wesker‘s savage downfall proves perversely satisfying after years witnessing his schemes unfold. Yet it also leaves us ruminating on the fine line between scientific hubris and wisdom when manipulating forces that grant "godlike" power over life, death, and the human mind.
