Inside the dining hall, they stared at the freezing devices that looked like oversized tin cans.
Even Lein, usually the most hot-tempered of them all, could not help swallowing.
Things...
might be a little different from what she had imagined.
Could there be some internal mechanism inside these tin cans? Or could those monsters spit out highly concentrated acid capable of corroding steel?
That special company envoy, a true high-ranking big shot, dared to put himself in danger. He should not be that easy to deal with, right?
Hadn't they already easily killed three other infected and learned a little about how to handle them...
For the first time, Lein realized that she might not be as brave as she had thought. Just a few painless words from an artificial intelligence had thrown her state of mind into disarray.
"I have now begun thawing Number One. It should awaken in about two minutes and emerge within three. Prepare yourselves and protect Lord Xu Yue."
The Red Queen's tone had shifted into a grave mode as well.
She could not refuse some of Xu Yue's minor "requests" that did not involve core interests, but she absolutely could not allow Xu Yue to be put at risk!
Of course, the Red Queen knew the power of Lickers. They were killing machines, true monsters.
Still, with so many battle-hardened mercenaries, plus the four bodyguards at Xu Yue's side who would protect him with their lives, her logical analysis put the chance of Lord Xu Yue emerging unscathed at over ninety percent.
This group might suffer grievous casualties, but as long as Lord Xu Yue, protected at the center, was unharmed, whether the others lived or died had nothing to do with her.
But soon, through the cameras, the crimson glow of high-load calculations