Taking stock of the haul

Marvel's Kryptonian Chapter 1325

Without warning, the Green Arrow Duck suddenly became unable to move, making the three women who had come with it quite nervous.

Alice, who was most concerned and the first to notice, exclaimed in surprise, "Mr. Duck, are you alright?"

Unfortunately, all the computing resources of the Duck Leopard armor—Duck Type have now been taken over to handle the massive packet forwarding and throwing tasks. Moreover, due to the bandwidth difference between the receiving and output, it needs to be temporarily stored and scheduled.

What If...? this bridge isn't built successfully, all our work today will have been for nothing. Even if the person inside can speak, they can't broadcast through the Mike to the outside loudspeaker unless they shout in their original voice.

Actually, he could use his Molecular Phasing ability to come out of the armor. Anyway, no one needs to control him right now; the Duck Leopard armor—Duck Type is just temporarily acting as a router. However, Henry remained quietly inside the armor, with no intention of showing himself.

Jill Valentian's first reaction upon approaching was, "Was he electrocuted? Should we disconnect him from the computer?"

Ada Wong said irritably, "I advise you not to mess around with things you don't understand. Those interfaces have nothing to do with the power supply; even if there is power, it's only 5 volts."

"I know it's only 5 volts. But with him connecting so many ports at once, can you really say what might happen?"

Ada Wong had never seen such a situation before, so she couldn't make a judgment lightly.

However, among those present, Alice was the only one who had ever fought the Red Queen. She certainly didn't believe that this metal duck would make such a basic mistake as getting electrocuted; on the contrary, it was more likely that it would clash with the Red Queen in the electronic world and become deeply entangled in it, just like Hacker duel.

Alice's judgment was arguably the closest to the truth among everyone. However, she did not rashly interrupt the fight, because given the Red Queen Queen's flamboyant and capricious nature, if she could control the duck, she would definitely boast about it immediately.

Since there was no such thing, it meant that the Red Queen and the Metal Duck were still exchanging blows. What she had to do was prepare for the worst-case scenario. Therefore, Alice raised her shotgun and aimed it at the duck puppet.

Seeing this, the others realized what was happening and quickly raised their guns. However, no one fired first. Jill Valentine shouted, "What's going on? Is it possible that Mr. Duck has been subdued?"

"It's possible, but it's not under control yet. All I have to do is guard against the worst-case scenario." That's what she said, but where could she find the Duck Plushie to stop him? This question stumped Alice.

"Where do you think his weaknesses might lie?" Alice asked her two temporary companions.

Now Ada Wong and Jill Valentine were at a loss. They were like peasants with pitchforks facing heavily armored knights in medieval Europe, not knowing where to begin.

Alice considered cutting off the physical connection between the Duck Plushie and the server host. But if the Duck Plushie showed signs of being controlled before cutting the connection, wouldn't it be too late?

Just as everyone was struggling and discussing, the frozen Green Arrow Duck finally recovered. "No need to worry, I've recovered."

I've replied. But please wait two more minutes.

The connection cable was retracted from the fingertip, Duck Leopard armor—Duck Type entered the system self-check and restart program.

Previously, multiple USB ports were forcibly connected in parallel to distribute data, and packets that couldn't be processed in time had to be temporarily stored and scheduled to be thrown into Red Queen's server. Fortunately, this old Mecha survived, but Green Arrow Duck deeply felt the taste of outdated equipment.

Tony Stark, that rich bastard, must have had some kind of screw loose, because he suddenly unleashed three Artificial Intelligence that invaded his system at the same time.

In order to ensure that the data can be processed effectively, the Duck Leopard armor—Duck Type can do almost nothing but process data packets.

However, there were some advantages as well. They managed to completely loot the server data of the Umbrella Hive Base in a shorter time than expected.

This was a real robbery! It wasn't just talk. Tony Stark wasn't satisfied with just copying the data; he deleted everything after copying it. His last command before the physical disconnection was a low-level format of all the hard drives.

Even if the Umbrella Corporation were to reclaim the Hive Base in the future, they would only get an empty shell: What If...? they hadn't backed up the data there off-site, even if they could use a hard drive for recovery, it would be a long and arduous process.

The Duck Leopard armor—Duck Type in its activated state can be identified directly from the eyes on the hood. Because the hood mimics the expressions of the person inside, the two eyes are designed like LCD screens.

When the Duck Leopard armor—Duck Type restarts, its original eyes turn completely white, hiding the plain text screen resembling a computer reboot. After the black and blue eyes reappear, Green Arrow Duck resumes normal behavior, visually inspecting the appearance of its limbs.

Alice, most concerned about Green Arrow Duck's harvest, eagerly stepped forward. "Have you found any information that can bring down the Umbrella Corporation?"

This was also Ada Wong's predetermined goal. So she, too, pricked up her ears, waiting for an answer.

"I received some of it, but the most important research data on the virus and Antiviral Serum is all in my hands," Green Arrow Duck admitted, acknowledging his gains.

Because C-Sis took on most of the task of blocking the Red Queen, her speed in grabbing data was far slower than that of the three powerful AIs.

However, C-Sis didn't copy and delete, so whatever she got, Tony Stark will also get;

Conversely, the complete data on the Hive Base is only available to Stark Industries.

But Green Arrow Duck got everything it was supposed to get: all the research data on the T-virus and Antiviral Serum, Umbrella Corporation's facilities in various locations, the company's strategic policies, and most importantly, the Red Queen's original design, code, and database.

Alice was slightly disappointed to hear that they had only succeeded in acquiring a portion. "Only a portion? Is this enough to bring down the Umbrella?"

"Relying solely on the information I have is probably only a public relations crisis for a company like Umbrella."

I don't have enough evidence to drag them into a legal investigation and force them to liquidate their assets.

"Really can't do it?"

Green Arrow Duck, familiar with United States. law, explained, "I don't know if you've noticed, but no large multinational corporation in the United States has ever gone bankrupt because of illegal activities or being labeled as 'criminal'."

"The only situation that can shut a company down is bankruptcy." A poorly handled public relations crisis may create a risk perceived in the market, thereby affecting the company's raw material costs and sales results.

"This will further impact cash flow, ultimately forcing the company into bankruptcy and liquidation. But ultimately, it's a money problem; it's being abandoned by the market, not being forced to shut down by the U.S. government."

Even if we find enough evidence to send all the top executives of Umbrella Corporation to prison and never grant them parole, it's still not a reason for the company to be forced to go bankrupt.

"As long as Umbrella Corporation still has assets and profitability, this is just an opportunity for it to change its appearance and be resurrected. Someone will always take over Umbrella's remaining assets and continue the company's business."

"Even those sordid things that caused the problems could be restarted. As long as there are still people who need them, at most they'll just change the facade, find a more palatable reason, and improve some of the practices that have been criticized."

"After all, Umbrella isn't like a bank or other financial institution; it has tangible assets. As long as there's an injection of fresh capital, it can revive itself like a mudskipper in a dried-up riverbed."