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Researcher's Letter
Resident Evil (1996)

Researcher's Letter

Resident Evil (1996) Researcher's Letter details John's password and instructions for Ada to access the Visual Data Room and operate the Triggering System.

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Resident Evil (1996) Researcher's Letter details John's password and instructions for Ada to access the Visual Data Room and operate the Triggering System.

Location: In the Umbrella's Secret Lab, specifically in John's Room (the dark room where you need to turn on a switch).

Details:

This letter, dated June 8, 1998, is from John to Ada. John reveals he has been infected by a test and fears he is becoming a zombie (one of "them"). He instructs Ada, who is not infected, on what to do if she is the last one left.

Ada needs to retrieve material from the Visual Data Room and use it in the Power Room to operate the Triggering System before escaping. She must then make this information public through the media.

To access the security system, Ada must log in from a terminal in the small lab using John's name and the password, which is Ada's name. To unlock the door at B2, where the Visual Data Room is located, Ada needs to access the system with both their names and then enter another password.

The letter provides a code represented by symbols: |\/|, /\, |\, |\/| and |/\|, \/, | , | , | and | , | , /\, | , | . These symbols represent the word "Mole".

Warning: John asks Ada to kill him herself if she finds him completely changed.

Passwords:

  • Terminal in the small lab: John's name and Ada's name as the password.
  • Door at B2 (Visual Data Room): Requires logging in with both names first, then another password (implied to be related to "Mole").
Tips
  • The symbols in the letter represent the word "Mole".
  • The password for the main terminal is Ada's name.

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