As everyone pondered, Indian Guy seemed to realize something. His face changed drastically, and his eyes filled with terror.
"They! It's them! Those monsters sleeping in the incubation chambers! Run!"
However, the first person to catch the scent of danger was yanked back by Rain, the female soldier guarding him. Indian Guy's eyes filled with despair.
"Damn it! Lickers! Tight formation! Set up a crossfire!"
Kevin suddenly understood and immediately cursed as he ordered the scattered group to gather together and seal off the entire passage with dense firepower.
The dull sounds of bullets tearing through flesh came one after another, yet they failed to stop that strange scraping sound from drawing closer.
Dozens of breaths later, the first monster appeared, its skin stripped away and crimson muscles exposed. It scuttled swiftly across the walls, waving its four sharp claws.
Before they even arrived, their rancid stench hit everyone in the face. They could seemingly see the exposed brains pulsing rhythmically in the open air.
The thin fire net could not stop the swarm of Lickers from closing in. Kevin made a prompt decision and ordered the squad to retreat to both sides.
At the same time, Jill and the other fully equipped RPD members tore grenades from their tactical vests and threw them one after another into the passage packed with Lickers.
"Boom!" The violent blast wave kicked up clouds of dust and smoke. Taking the opportunity, the trained squad fired controlled shots as they retreated toward another safe area.
However, after they had only just put some distance between themselves and the monsters, before anyone could catch their breath, the scalp-crawling sound of climbing came from all around them again.
"I'll check again. There has to be another passage leading to the 100th Floor!"
Kaplan, the computer expert, looked anxious. He immediately crouched down, opened his miniature computer, and carefully searched through The Hive's blueprints.
"Bang!" A dull gunshot echoed through the hall. Kaplan stared at the miniature computer's pierced screen, smoke rising from it in waves, then abruptly stood up. He
"Why?!" His expression twisted as he furiously glared at Kevin, who had fired the shot.
To a hacker, a computer was their lifeline, especially when it contained a way out of this hellhole!
"We've been exposed, idiot!"
"Because of that thing, the Red Queen, whose system hasn't fully recovered, pinpointed our location!"
Kevin lowered his voice, his tone icy, while signaling everyone with his eyes to slowly retreat.
Dr. Isaacs! The Black commander's gaze turned cold. Only that high-ranking executive, whose temperament had changed so drastically, had the authority to mobilize the Red Queen.
Besides, the timing of those Lickers' appearance was far too convenient!
"Go to the Red Queen's main control room first, take out her motherboard, and shut this thing down! Move!"
Kevin grabbed his submachine gun and sprayed the endlessly rattling ventilation shaft, forcing back the Licker that had quietly crept up.
Then he ordered the team to maintain formation and quickly head for the Red Queen's main control room.
P.S. The author is traveling these next two days. There will still be two updates every day, but the timing may be a little unstable. Please forgive me.
The Teammate Killer's "Blessing"
The Hive, 100th Floor.
A sinister-looking middle-aged man watched the live surveillance feed. A strange smile appeared on his face, as though he had found a new toy.
"S.T.A.R.S., under the Raccoon City Police Department. The elite among elites, huh? And there's even an Umbrella Squad out in the open?"
"Perfect. I'll use you to test the practical effectiveness of my latest research results..."
After pressing several buttons in the control room, Dr. Isaacs rose with a fanatical expression and turned to look into the laboratory at the brown-haired woman floating inside a glass incubation chamber, dressed in a straitjacket.
"The gospel that will change the world has already been sown. Only lambs who endure the selection are qualified to become the masters of Eden!"
"Thank you for allowing me to find humanity's shortcut to evolution!"
Dr. Isaacs played with a tube of azure liquid in his hand. After bowing toward the sleeping Alice, the corners of his lips lifted slightly.
Meanwhile, in the middle levels of The Hive.
Chaotic footsteps echoed through the empty corridors as the tightly formed group nervously watched their surroundings.
They had finally put some distance between themselves and those Lickers! Once they confirmed that they were temporarily safe, everyone leaned against the walls and gasped for air.
Those agile monsters, skilled at climbing, not only appeared and vanished like ghosts, but could even evade aimed gunfire. They were a complete nightmare for the group!
It was impossible to hold them back with crossfire alone, because they simply had not brought enough ammunition.
Therefore, their only option was to use grenades and C4 to blow apart the routes behind them...
The path behind them was already a complete mess. Returning the way they came was basically impossible. They could only keep going forward into the darkness.
At the bottom of The Hive was a train specially intended for high-ranking personnel to escape. It was their last remaining chance.
However, before they could rest for long, that teeth-grinding climbing sound came from the ventilation ducts above them again.
"The elevator! The elevator's here! Hurry!"
J.D., the Umbrella Squad assault trooper scouting ahead, discovered that the elevator whose indicator had previously been dark was somehow operating again. Overjoyed, he hurriedly pressed the Door Opening button.
However, just as he watched the elevator doors slowly open with delight on his face, his expression instantly froze!
Dozens of pale, rotting arms directly dragged him into the elevator car packed with undead. Countless foul-smelling mouths frantically tore strips of flesh from his body.
"No... glug..." The assault trooper cried out in terror, but was ultimately drowned by the blood flooding into his throat.
Because his windpipe had already been bitten through by a zombie with an eyeball dangling from its face and only half its upper body left.
Damn it! I forgot this part! Seeing that it was already too late, Kevin cursed furiously to himself.
"J.D!" Rain, the female soldier closest to the assault trooper, wanted to rush forward and save him.
"Bang!" But a gunshot from behind directly blew apart the assault trooper's skull, freeing the unfortunate man from his final struggle.
"You!" Seeing her teammate shot dead, the hot-tempered Latina soldier angrily pointed her gun at the person responsible.
"Enough! He's beyond saving! If we don't leave now, we'll all die here!"
The Black commander shoved Rain's gun aside. His roar beside his subordinate's ear nearly shattered her eardrums.
The female soldier snorted coldly and, in a fit of anger, carried her submachine gun at the front as she searched for a way out.
Worried about her safety, Leon immediately took the Uzi hanging around his neck into his hands and hurried after her.
To block the Lickers' pursuit, Barry stuffed their last remaining grenade into the ventilation duct at Kevin's signal.
While the monsters were held up by the obstacles along the way, the group seized the chance to head down another level.
However, seemingly because of some earlier signal, the electronic locks sealing many of the rooms suddenly opened, and swarms of pale-skinned zombies poured out.
The endless stream of horrifying things had nearly driven everyone neurotic.
Whenever they passed a door, they would instinctively fire a burst through it first to make sure it was safe.
But because they had been firing too frequently, the ammunition they carried was nearly exhausted, while the zombies chasing and surrounding them from all sides refused to let up.
"Through that door is the Red Queen's main control area! Hurry!"
Leon and Rain, who had been scouting ahead using the electronic map, finally reached their destination just as the group was about to be surrounded and killed by the endless bioweapons.
"As long as we restart the Red Queen, we can use the backend to forcibly close the electronic doors and lock these things in designated areas!"
Kaplan, the computer expert, immediately gave the solution excitedly.
The harrowing escape along the way had already pushed this technical specialist, who had never been good at fighting, to the edge of a mental breakdown.
When he saw the gruesome death of assault trooper J.D., Kaplan had even felt a despair so deep that he wanted to swallow his gun and kill himself.
Fortunately, God had blessed them. They could survive!
"We'll cover the rear! You go first!"
Watching the approaching horde of zombies at the corner, the Black commander, Barry, and Ada formed a simple fire net and began buying time for the other members to retreat.
Kevin, Jill, and the others protected the female military doctor and Kaplan, whose combat abilities were weaker. Following Leon and Rain, they rushed together into the corridor leading to the Red Queen's main control room.
A corridor? Something... seemed wrong?
The moment Kevin stepped into the corridor, he looked at the strange tube-like objects on the walls around him. A sense of foreboding made his heart pound wildly.
"Beep! Intruders detected. Full-scale disinfection commencing!"
A young girl's voice came from the speakers above their heads. The corridor doors that had been wide open suddenly slammed shut, leaving the last three people outside together.
And the words themselves made Kevin's soul nearly leave his body!
The laser corridor! Fuck! It's a trap!
Everyone immediately rushed to the sealed doors, preparing to force them open.
Kevin watched the cold blue light slowly advance from the far end of the corridor, despair in his eyes.
Even their only computer expert had been locked inside the laser corridor. They were finished! Completely screwed!
I never should've teamed up with that bastard Leon! He couldn't even lead the way without taking us into the laser corridor, you useless liability!
The chaotic thoughts flashing through Kevin's mind finally came to a halt when his hollow gaze landed on Jill, standing in front of him. His powerful desire to survive was reignited.
"Get down!"
In the face of certain death, the commander frantically recalled the laser corridor's attack patterns. As he shouted, he threw himself on top of Jill.
As for the others, may they fend for themselves...
"Splat! Splat! Splat!" Amid sounds like fabric being torn apart, Kevin slowly raised his head.
The female military doctor standing where she was, along with the two Umbrella Squad members beside her, had frozen expressions.
Leon, who was the most sensitive to danger, had knocked down Rain and Kaplan beside him the moment Kevin gave the warning, narrowly escaping disaster.
Under everyone's horrified gazes, a red line appeared around the necks of the three "statues."
Then their heads slid cleanly off their smoothly severed necks, even rolling to the feet of several survivors.
It's coming again! Seeing the dim light condense again at the end of the corridor, Kevin hurriedly pulled Jill up and backed away repeatedly.
Leon and the other two, their faces pale, followed suit and pressed themselves tightly against the door.
It seemed that this laser went low first, then high. As long as they lay down at the right moment, they could...
Just as Kevin recalled the general sequence of events and kept trying to reassure himself, his expression instantly froze!
Because that damned thing transformed into a lethal grid that covered the entire corridor when it was only three meters away from them!
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Hope in Despair
At the critical moment, the laser corridor, bright as day, instantly went pitch-black.
The deadly laser grid actually shut off in the blink of an eye when it was less than three centimeters away from them.
"Finally, I made it!"
Amid a soft whisper that sounded like heavenly music, Ada, the female agent holding a black Electromagnetic Interference gun, pushed open the door and walked in gracefully, helping Kevin to his feet.
Thank you, Saint Maria Ozawa!
Thank you, Auntie Wang! No! Sister Wang!
From now on, you're my one and only goddess!
Having come so close to death yet finally survived the ordeal, Kevin nearly shed tears of excitement.
I almost got sliced up and packaged... Luckily, Sister Wang had an Electromagnetic Interference pistol that could infiltrate and disable certain electronic devices.
Though it took some time, and three more team members had gotten killed.
At least he was still alive...
"We can't hold them back anymore! Go!"
Though they were still shaken, they clearly had no time to calm themselves.
Because the Black commander and Barry, who were holding back the zombies outside, had emptied the magazines in their submachine guns. They had switched to weaker pistols and could not hold out much longer.
"Fall back into the corridor and hold the entrance!"
"Kaplan, Ada, go to the control room and shut down the Red Queen!"
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