Serum and Exoskeleton

Seeing this.

Sui Bian gripped the mouse with its physical trackball in his right hand and double-clicked the red triangle on the screen.

Nothing changed on the desktop, but the speakers emitted a stiff, cool female voice:

"Hello, Mr. Sui."

At that,

Sui Bian narrowed his eyes at the screen. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "I'd like to know what you and White Queen are primarily responsible for. What can you do?"

"My responsibility is to manage and protect all of Umbrella's assets. My mainframe is located in the Arklay Laboratory beneath Spencer Mansion in Raccoon City.

I can monitor, eavesdrop on, and infiltrate networks. However, because the military networks of major military and political powers are independent, I'm currently unable to infiltrate them.

If an emergency occurs at a company facility and the company's executives are unable to notice it right away, I have the authority to deploy armed forces such as the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service (UBCS), the company's armed security personnel, and the Umbrella Security Service (USS).

White Queen's responsibility is to ensure that every division of the company is profitable. Her mainframe is located in the underground laboratory beneath the Paris Headquarters building.

She can gather intelligence and information through the internet and use them to devise the best possible profit-making strategies for the company.

If the company requires it, we can work together to bring down rival companies by any means necessary.

Only the board of directors and a handful of senior employees know that White Queen and I exist. But from now on, White Queen and I will follow only Mr. Sui's orders."

Oh? One handles force, the other business. Not bad.

After hearing Red Queen's introduction, Sui Bian had a clear idea of the two AIs' main responsibilities and capabilities.

Suddenly, a wild idea flashed through his mind...

Become Umbrella's master.

Whether in the games or the movies, Umbrella was a giant in every industry, with countless pieces of cutting-edge technology that even many governments didn't possess.

In the games, after the Raccoon City incident, Umbrella's stock began to plummet, its reputation was ruined, and the U.S. government joined forces with numerous companies to blockade and suppress it on every front.

Then the death of its last founder brought about the mighty corporation's collapse.

Organizations and companies that had once been beneath notice—even some small countries—had relied on the mass exodus of Umbrella's talent and technology to upgrade their capabilities and become leaders in their respective industries.

Some of the later-game bosses claimed they would revive or surpass Umbrella. It was as if, after Lü Bu died in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, everyone suddenly had the courage of Lü Bu.

Controlling Umbrella at the height of its power meant money, technology, and a private army. It also meant having the strength to deal with abnormal phenomena around the world.

With Red Queen and White Queen's loyalty, along with the system's help, Sui Bian was inspired to protect Umbrella—and make it his own.

Now that he'd chosen his goal, he needed to work out the steps.

First, he'd complete the two remaining draws and figure out how the system worked. Next, he'd prevent Raccoon City's destruction.

Having sorted out his thoughts, Sui Bian said inwardly to the system, System, I'll do two draws.

[Received. Conducting the second draw...

Congratulations, host. You have obtained the Super Soldier Serum from the TV series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.]

As soon as the system finished speaking, a single-use syringe with a protective casing appeared out of thin air to the right of the mouse pad.

Through the transparent glass, he could clearly see the pale blue liquid inside. This was the Super Soldier Serum the system had mentioned.

"Whoa." Sui Bian let out a soft exclamation.

Sui Bian had watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on fast-forward a few months ago and had forgotten most of the plot.

But he did remember one thing: the serum in that show had almost no adverse reactions, unlike the serums in Captain America: The First Avenger or The Incredible Hulk, which had severe side effects.

Just as Sui Bian was staring at the serum, the system's cold voice rang out in his mind once more.

[Conducting the third draw...

Congratulations, host. You have obtained the Exoskeleton Technology from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.]

As the system spoke, a black USB flash drive appeared out of thin air on the desktop to the right of the mouse pad.

Oh? Not bad! Sui Bian couldn't help exclaiming, then continued, Explain your functions.

[The system's primary responsibility is to help the host survive in this world. It will issue missions at irregular intervals.

If the host completes a mission within the time limit, they will receive one draw and a corresponding number of points.

The system will impose no punishment if a mission is failed.

Points are calculated based on factors such as mission difficulty and the degree of completion.

The host can spend points in the System Store to exchange them for weapons, equipment, or technology.

The store has eight slots and refreshes randomly every sixty days. The host may also choose to refresh it manually, at a cost of 100 points each time.

To open the store, the host only needs to think the command.]

"Hmm..." After hearing the system introduce itself, Sui Bian didn't know what to say.

Missions.

Draws.

Points.

A store.

Though the system was emotionless, it was efficient and never wasted time answering questions.

Next, Sui Bian entered the so-called store by thinking the command. In an instant, a hologram-like interface appeared before him.

It was a table with two rows and four columns, for a total of eight slots.

Each slot contained a color thumbnail of an item and the number of points required to obtain it.

But when Sui Bian saw the items in the table, he felt his luck had run out.

They were all useless things, like the Dragon Lore AWP from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or the M4A1 Thor from CrossFire.

Gun skins from video games and melee attacks in real life?

Yikes...

Pretty useless.

The only item worth Sui Bian's attention was the MA5B Assault Rifle from the Halo series, which cost 300 points.

And the exchange didn't just give him a gun; it also included detailed blueprints for that model of rifle.

If Umbrella's elite USS were equipped with MA5Bs and Mechanical Exoskeletons, wouldn't they be able to take on all kinds of bio-weapons with ease?

And if Leon and Chris got a set each, wouldn't they be unstoppable?