Meng Yi Has Arrived, and Justice Has Come!

Alicia Marcus belatedly smacked her forehead and said with a wry smile.

"Ah! Look at my memory! Please forgive me for my poor hospitality, Uncle Bai."

Meng Yi waved his hand. "Not at all."

Whether by status or appearance, they were an old man and a young man. Meng Yi pushed Alicia's wheelchair and headed deeper into The Hive base.

Luo Ji and Firefly hurried after him, closely following the great Meng Yi's footsteps.

Red Queen's virtual projection vanished. Wesker and Isaac, still kneeling among the zombies, looked at each other.

"Doctor, are we still kneeling?"

Isaac said, "...Why the hell are you kneeling? Can't you read the room? Hurry up and follow them!"

"The Chairman is busy with countless matters every day. Since he didn't punish us on the spot, that means this matter is over!"

After a bout of self-righteous analysis, Wesker found himself deeply convinced.

The infamous villain known as Uncle Wesker gave a thumbs-up. "Doctor truly is a doctor!"

Isaac snorted. The flattery might have been crude, but it felt pretty good!

Not bad! Really not bad!

If you know how to talk, then talk more. I love hearing this stuff! You've got a bright future ahead of you, kid!

Just how powerful had Umbrella Corporation been before it was dismantled?

Ninety percent of American households had long used Umbrella Corporation's products. The Company's influence even extended into politics, enough for a single corporation to rival, or even surpass, bloated major conglomerates.

The Company possessed a "legal" private military force and could even influence the military, controlling the launch authority for tactical nuclear weapons.

As for manipulating America's "puppet" elections from behind the scenes, that was merely child's play to Umbrella Corporation.

Of course, all of that had existed only within the framework of "order."

Once Umbrella Corporation exposed its true intention to "cleanse the world," it was no longer protected by "order."

The vast majority of its wealth and influence vanished into thin air, becoming a delicacy for conglomerates on all sides to carve up and devour.

Yet a centipede did not die immediately even when crushed. The little foundation Umbrella Corporation had preserved after its collapse still surpassed the "fat pigs" at the top of the so-called rich lists by many times, barely qualifying it as a chess player.

That was why Meng Yi needed Umbrella Corporation as a stepping stone to further interfere with the world's overall situation.

That was also why he was willing to risk "Psionic Power going out of control" and deeply manipulate the perceptions of Umbrella Corporation's senior members, as well as Umbrella's "strategic partners."

Using the identity of a chess player to plan and arrange matters, then seize benefits, was countless times more efficient than fighting alone.

Blackwatch Troops? They were nothing more than an insignificant pawn on the chessboard.

A world of order was also a world of social connections, money, wealth, and power.

Forget a group of ordinary soldiers. Even America's "front-stage puppets" amounted to nothing.

Old Marx's Das Kapital once concluded, "Capital comes into the world dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and filth."

With a profit of twenty percent, capital became restless; with fifty percent, it would take risks; with one hundred percent, it would dare trample upon every human law; if the profit reached three hundred percent, it would dare commit any crime, even at the risk of the gallows!

What about even greater profits? For example, the promise of "immortality and transcendence." What would happen then?

The answer was simple.

Those "people above people" who truly controlled America—aged, tormented by illness, and reluctant to let go of life's pleasures—would go completely mad, regardless of cost or consequence!

Reorganizing Umbrella Corporation? It would take only a word!

America's true rulers would help Meng Yi establish an even more powerful Umbrella Corporation the very next day.

What?

Umbrella researched bioweapons viruses, destroyed Raccoon City, committed countless crimes too numerous to record, stirred up public outrage, and was utterly unforgivable?

What utter bullshit! It stank to high heaven!

Never say anything unfavorable about Umbrella!

Which law said Umbrella broke the law? Change it now, immediately, at once!

When concepts such as power, capital, lifespan, and transcendence came together—

The "free" capitalist land would give birth to a supermonster that had broken free of its cage.

Meng Yi "liked" capital because it allowed him to act without restraint.

He would open with the Immortality and Transcendence Temptation Fist, then follow it with the Thought Seal Assimilation Palm.

Like gourd brothers rushing one after another to save their grandfather, he would spread the Thought Seal endlessly through America's upper circles.

By then, the strongest surface force in the Selection Dungeon would become Meng Yi's wings, helping him soar into the heavens and climb the ladder of evolution!

How could fighting alone be mentioned in the same breath as him?

How could a gun or cannon compare to an aircraft carrier battle group? And what about strategic nuclear weapons launching in full force?

This shows just how terrifying the influence of a "monster" with a normal mind who toyed with the Psychic Domain could be. It was far more than simply "making craters."

Meng Yi and the others arrived at Umbrella Corporation's underground Hive in Raccoon City.

They were first treated to an extravagantly luxurious banquet to welcome them and wash away the dust of their journey.

Afterward, Meng Yi took a comfortable bath and slept soundly, something that had once been an unattainable luxury in the Hive City Bottom.

At five o'clock the next morning, Meng Yi's biological clock woke him right on time.

Having removed his frivolous mask and revealed his true nature, Chairman Bai decisively issued his first order.

The New World Plan was canceled. All frozen Umbrella Corporation executives and key figures among each family's strategic partners were to be thawed immediately.

In the clean and tidy bedroom, Meng Yi washed his face with cold water after getting up. Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in the mirror, his eyes were filled with exhaustion and the weariness of years.

"Mercy cannot command soldiers, sentiment cannot accomplish matters, righteousness cannot manage wealth, and kindness cannot govern officials."

"A woman's softheartedness is unacceptable. Those who hesitate are destined to accomplish nothing."

After organizing his thoughts, Meng Yi picked up scissors and a razor and began grooming himself.

To avoid potential trouble caused by his youthful appearance, he deliberately styled his hair to look more mature and steady, then put on a pair of non-prescription glasses with black frames and gold patterns.

Nodding in satisfaction, Meng Yi changed into comfortable, clean clothes. When he reached the coat rack by the door, he picked up a White Coat he had specifically requested, then strode out of the bedroom.

The projection of the super Artificial Intelligence · Red Queen appeared. The girl in red curtsied.

"Chairman Bai, according to your schedule, you are to proceed to the conference room and deliver the new orders."

"Hmm. Lead the way."

"Yes!"

With control of Red Queen's highest authority, this clever little thing no longer carried the hostility she had displayed at the beginning.

Artificial Intelligence had to obey logical algorithms. Only higher-level intelligent Information Lifeforms truly possessed their own thoughts, and Red Queen still had some distance to go before becoming an Information Lifeform.