Fatal Shot

At a secluded location in the Guard Bureau, Sister Rui pulled the sleeves of her SUV combat suit up to her elbows. Golden Desert Eagle in hand, she aimed mercilessly at the Earth Manipulator among the group of three men, one of whom was Young Master Lin.

“What is the meaning of this?”

Young Master Lin’s expression turned somber, while the Earth Manipulator beside him had an even grimmer look.

“It’s true. What you’re doing now isn’t right. Don’t you think? After all, they are also members of our team, even though they once used some means to exploit us, they didn’t succeed in the end, right? The mission is about to start anytime now. I suggest we don’t fight among ourselves.”

A male player who was a Manipulator stood in front of Young Master Lin and the others, between the two parties, while attempting to convince Sister Rui to lower her weapon.

Young Master Lin’s expression was distorted. He had no idea how his plans had been discovered by these people. Logically, it was not possible. In fact, when confronting the woman in front of him, he would still be somewhat afraid of her.

Firstly, this was because the equipment that Sister Rui carried on her was way more lavish than his. Moreover, he had gotten wind that this woman was a Diamond VIP member of Nightless City; no ordinary wealthy person would be able to do that.

Secondly, and most importantly, it was because they were the ones that sneaked into the Guard Bureau. If the Earth Manipulator was found to be infected, they would most likely be in hot water. Hence, although he was not exactly feeling comfortable with the whole situation, he decided to momentarily keep his feelings in check and not react in an over-the-top manner.

Moreover, the conversation they were having right now could be heard by all the team members through the channel except for the NPCs. Although the Umbrella Corporation had turned off the communicator, fortunately for the players, the most dependable voice message of the team was not completely sealed off. However, because they were unable to use the communicator, they could only communicate face-to-face.

“I don’t really mean anything by this. It has nothing to do with what happened yesterday, nor do I want to know how you guys managed to bypass the security checks and enter the Guard Bureau directly… However, all of you would have been asked to lift up your shirts and pants to prove that there weren’t any bite marks or scratches on any of you, especially him!”

Sister Rui was looking at the Earth Manipulator’s blanched face with utter coldness. She had been in a shooting position, clearing the zombies outside of the Guard Bureau using her Death Ripper. As a result, she had unintentionally spotted the three sneaking into the Guard Bureau, being led by the male player.

Midway through, an NPC guard soldier had noticed them. But after seeing that a player was leading them, it had simply assumed that they were survivors rescued by that player. Thus, it hadn’t questioned them.

However, she had immediately noticed something odd. When the Earth Manipulator was walking, his eyes wandered from side to side as if he was afraid to look anyone in the eye. Even his expression did not look right. It was apparent that something was wrong with him. Hence, she had confined them to a place where there were no NPCs.

“I’m not…” As soon as he heard what she said, he immediately denied it in a loud voice, but he couldn’t stop from wincing a little.

“What? He was bitten…”

As soon as the male player heard that, he was stunned. He glanced at the Earth Manipulator’s reaction and couldn’t help but take a step back. Then he turned to Young Master Lin with a shocked look on his face. “Young Master Lin, you…”

One of the followers of Young Master Lin stepped forward, a hint of impatience in his tone. “F*ck. What’s the big deal? He was only scratched a little! It’s not like he’ll turn into a monster straight away. You don’t have to make such a big fuss about it.”

“Make such a big fuss about this?” Feng Luo voice was heard first. Then he appeared at the corner, raising his M110, his tone as cold as Sister Rui’s. “What do you mean by this? If he hadn’t been discovered, were you guys planning to hide this from us, then enter the Guard Bureau? Do you know the consequences of this?”

After Gunfire had been scratched prior to this incident, they had already found out that, after being infected by the T-virus, the system would not give any notification signifying when the victim will turn into a zombie. Not even the player’s chip could determine the exact time of infection. Hence, if anyone hid the fact that they were infected, it would undoubtedly cause havoc.

As soon as the infection reached a certain threshold, the player would immediately lose control of their body without the slightest warning. So when the time came for everyone to fight, it would be difficult to say whether or not someone would be attacked from behind by one of their own.

As a matter of fact, after the player infected by the T-virus turned into a zombie, they would not become just any ordinary zombies loitering around in the background. Instead, they would turn into something like an Elite Forager. During an ambush, they would even have the capability to insta-kill any vulnerable classes.

Worse still, Foragers could even insta-kill Heavy Armor Warriors! This was because Foragers had the ability to swallow quite swiftly. It was so powerful that it could even stab a player just by using its tongue, infecting them with the T-virus. The virus had a killing rate of 99 percent; regardless of the HP and defense a player had, it would still be a “critical finish.”

“Young Master Lin, you are indeed in the wrong here,” the male player explained hastily with a distorted expression. “You have to understand that if a player was infected—”

“An Elite monster?” said Young Master Lin with a frown.

Apparently, the three of them did not know that players would turn into an Elite monster after being infected. Hence, although their faces changed after learning this fact, they finally understood why Feng Luo and the team were so cautious.

“However, Young Master Lin, Brother Ling already went to the hospital. Perhaps he would be able to find an antidote for the virus, so his level probably wouldn’t degrade. But if any one of you has been bitten, you should indeed speak up… After all, although we have the chip in our hands now, we still have to return in one piece in order to complete the building mission.”

The male player did not want to offend Young Master Lin at this time, so he purposely brought up the matter about Brother Ling going to the hospital to look for medicine.

“Humph! How did you think I was infected in the first place? Of course, it was because I came looking for you guys! If it wasn’t for the building mission, we would have already left Roguetown by now! Do you know what important information we got?”

The Earth Manipulator was feeling so embarrassed that he couldn’t help but expose the crucial information they had gotten from sneaking into the sanatorium.

“The Umbrella Corporation’s underground secret base covers a very wide area—so wide that it takes up more than 50 percent of Roguetown…”

The Earth Manipulator expected Feng Luo and the others to be surprised by this news, but they did not even flinch at it in the slightest. Because, in the beginning, Feng Luo had already told the others that there was a base underground. However, it had not crossed his mind that the area it comprised was so wide.

Seeing that Feng Luo and the team still maintained neutral expressions, the Earth Manipulator got even more embarrassed. He simply went straight to the most crucial information.

“Although that wasn’t really an important piece of information, what’s crucial is that they have already prepared to abandon this base after wrapping up this experiment. At 12 o’clock, they will destroy all of Roguetown along with the secret base using high-energy bombs that they have set up at designated points in the underground base.”

As soon as he has spoken, Feng Luo and Sister Rui were equally surprised. “What?”

The plot from Resident Evil/Biohazard suddenly flashed through Feng Luo’s mind. In order to cover up their crimes, the Umbrella Corporation destroyed Raccoon City by using a nuclear bomb.

Maybe I should have thought of this sooner… but isn’t this a bit insane?

At first, Feng Luo was surprised by the audacity of the Umbrella Corporation. But on second thought, since they once used approximately 2,000 people to conduct their biological experiments, the matter of destroying the evidence like this would be like nothing to them.

What was important was, what were they supposed to do now?

Also, the mission “Defend Roguetown for 12 hours” from the story mode of Biohazard was yet to be completed. According to the time remaining, it could only be accomplished by 12 a.m. midnight. Were these two factors not in conflict?

“Bad news! Brother Feng, the Tyrant from before has suddenly appeared at the hospital!”

Feng Luo did not even have time to think about the problem in hand. As Mu Zi—who he had previously sent to check out the situation and also to prevent NPC from coming to where he was—was currently shouting for help.

“Help is needed! Go upstairs!”

Feng Luo looked at Young Master Lin and the others. He had no time to get tangled up in this infection matter at the moment. Grasping his M110, he then immediately ran toward the roof of the Guard Bureau building.