Changing the Nature of the Game 7.5k

Location: The bottom level of the Umbrella Labs Hive.

Inside an irregularly shaped room encased in cold metal, only blue emergency lights flickered, making the whole space seem eerie and strange.

Deep inside the room, sitting outside the Hive Supercomputer's management terminal, were Shi Xinglan and Sherry, chatting.

Shi Xinglan: "Are you still feeling unwell?"

Sherry looked at something wriggling beneath the skin of her arm and frowned slightly. "I feel dizzy and nauseous. I want to throw up..."

As she spoke, Sherry couldn't help coughing. She coughed up quite a lot of blood.

Shi Xinglan took out a towel and carefully wiped the blood from Sherry's mouth. "You've been seriously infected by the G-Virus. Even with the vaccine, it'll take some time for your body to adjust."

"The process will probably be rather unpleasant." Sherry's condition made that clear.

Sherry hesitated at her words, then asked after a moment, "Um... if I've had the vaccine, I'll definitely be okay, right?"

Sherry had always been rather guarded and wary toward Shi Xinglan, but she was still a child, after all, and she was afraid.

Shi Xinglan: "No. You're the only human infected with the G-Virus who has received the vaccine."

"According to the data, there's a high probability that the G-Virus parasite in your body will be killed and then absorbed normally, without causing your body to mutate."

"But in the end, it still depends on you."

At this, Shi Xinglan smiled reassuringly. "You'll have to be strong enough, and tough enough, to overcome the virus yourself."

"I believe you can do it. After all, you're Dr. William Birkin's daughter."

Sherry nodded, clenching her little fists. "Yeah, I can definitely do it!"

Sherry clearly admired her father. Shi Xinglan's words made her expression much more resolute and confident.

At that