"Roar!!!"
"Hold the line! Watch out for those frog-type skinless monsters!!"
Bang bang bang bang.
Gunfire and roars, howls and death.
In the outer perimeter of the Umbrella Corporation, the battle between the army and the zombies was still going on, but the very first second that cry rang out, everyone felt a wave of bewilderment.
The baby's cry was far too loud. Even the dense gunfire could not drown it out. It had an incredible penetrating force, piercing straight into the depths of everyone's hearts.
"What happened?"
"I heard crying."
"I heard it too!"
"This is a battlefield! How could there be a baby here?!"
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The dense gunfire began to thin out, and the horde of zombies surrounding the army also fell silent. The colonel commanding the troops stood inside the makeshift combat command post and confirmed that the sound had actually spread across the entire New York area.
"I can't believe it. What kind of creature could make a sound that loud? And these zombie hordes—the way they're acting is completely abnormal too."
With both hands braced on the tabletop, the colonel swept his gaze over the computer in front of him, only for his attention to be drawn by the water glass trembling nonstop to one side.
Ripples spread across the water in the glass, and a few droplets splashed onto the table from the vibrations. Unease suddenly rose in the colonel's heart. He reached out and pressed his hand over the mouth of the glass, and that sensation of vibration seemed to vanish completely in an instant.
It was a very strange feeling, as though the entire world had suddenly gone quiet, and he could no longer hear any sound beside his ears.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
He stood where he was, maintaining