"Jill Valentine, senior detective with the Raccoon City PD." As Ling Yi spoke, he tapped the projection, and a square personal profile interface appeared before them, displaying Jill Valentine's information.
"Did you hack into the PD's database? That's a crime." Jill sat down right beside Ling Yi, her eyes fixed on the projection.
The image switched back to the Hive's interior.
"The T-virus has already leaked. These are zombies infected with the T-virus."
"Zombies?"
"You can think of them as the living dead. They have no consciousness, only instinct."
"What instinct?"
"Feeding. They only eat the flesh of living people. Anyone bitten or scratched by a zombie will turn into a zombie in a very short time."
"Are you saying the whole world will soon be crawling with these disgusting things?"
"Yes!"
"Fuck that! We should stop this. We should expose Umbrella Corporation's crimes. They're destroying all of humanity." Jill truly was a police officer whose heart brimmed with justice.
"It's pointless. A global outbreak simply can't be stopped."
Charles chimed in, "And humans aren't the only ones that can be infected. Insects, rats, and birds can all be infected. They'll carry the T-virus to every corner."
Just then, chaos suddenly broke out on the street. Looking outside through the restaurant's windows, they saw some "people" frantically attacking others.
Then several SUVs came racing over at tremendous speed and stopped outside the restaurant. A dozen burly men got out and headed straight for Ling Yi's group.
"Sir, the situation has changed. We need to evacuate." Without allowing any argument, one of them stepped forward to haul Charles away, while another reached for Angela.
Clatter! Jill instantly drew her handgun and pressed it straight against one man's forehead.
"Let them go, or I'll put a hole in your forehead."
Click, click... The other Umbrella Corporation men instantly raised their guns and aimed them at Jill.
Jill paid them no heed, merely staring them down.
"Ling, can you do something?" Charles looked at Ling Yi. He knew Ling Yi was far from ordinary and hoped he could turn the raging tide.
Just then, an order came through all the Umbrella Corporation men's earpieces at once.
Then they left, without the slightest hesitation.
"I sent them a fake order, but I expect their higher-ups will discover it soon," Ling Yi said.
"How did you do that? I didn't see you do anything," Jill asked curiously.
"Probably something like brainwave control," Charles guessed.
Ling Yi nodded without explaining further. Instead, he looked at the two of them. "The apocalypse is bound to happen. We can't stop it. All we can do is fight for more opportunities for humanity."
"Such as?" Jill asked.
"For instance, I'll use my hacking skills to expose Umbrella Corporation's atrocities, then clear out the zombies in Raccoon City and turn this place into a safe base."
"We can't do that," Jill said with absolute certainty. They had no one under their command, and others wouldn't simply obey them on a whim. Besides, how much material, manpower, and resources would building a base consume? Where would they get all that?
"So we need to wait. Within twenty-four hours at most, ninety percent of the living people in Raccoon City will turn into zombies."
"What?"
"That fast?" Both turned pale with shock.
"And if my estimate is right, Umbrella Corporation will definitely carry out a purge of Raccoon City. One high-yield bomb will erase every trace. They can use any excuse to cover up what happened here and buy time for their plan."
"Plan? What plan?"
Ling Yi tapped his wristwatch, and a document was projected before them.
"The Rebirth Plan. Broadly speaking, before the viral outbreak, they'll send their senior leadership and some of the elite to a safe base and enter cryogenic hibernation. Once most of humanity has been spent in this disaster, they'll emerge to take charge."
"Then this planet will belong to them. They'll become its sole rulers."
Charles and Jill both looked ashen, their teeth clenched.
"Fuck that! How dare they do this? How dare they?"
"They're already doing it. I've already released this document to the public. It won't change anything, but it'll still give those bastards a bitter cup to swallow."
"What do we do next?"
"I'll find a way to take complete control of Umbrella Corporation's network and part of its databases to prevent them from deploying high-powered bombs."
"I'll go gather some people." Jill slipped her gun back into its holster, turned, and left.
"The doctor and I will go to Central Hospital. It's both an entrance to Umbrella's base and the best choice for establishing a base," Ling Yi called after Jill.
Jill made an okay gesture and left the restaurant.
"Are we leaving now?" Charles asked.
"Don't you need to go home and gather your research materials?"
Charles shook his head. "I'm afraid they've already taken all my research materials."
"True!" Ling Yi nodded. How could Umbrella Corporation's people pass up Charles's research materials? They had probably visited his house long ago.
After a moment's thought, Ling Yi took a Senzu Bean out of the Ling Realm and handed it to Charles.
"What's this?"
"Eat it, and you'll be able to stand."
"What? Is this another result of your research?"
"I'll explain later. I'll give you a few to study then."
Charles immediately nodded excitedly, then ate the Senzu Bean with doubt and anticipation.
Ten minutes later, Charles carried Angela as Ling Yi led the way, and the three headed toward the hospital.
The streets had descended into complete chaos. The number of zombies was increasing exponentially, and Raccoon City had spiraled completely out of control.
Whenever a zombie foolish enough to get in their way appeared, Ling Yi disposed of it with a wind blade. Compared with his other moves, wind blades were more direct and effective, as well as silent.
Yet every time Ling Yi killed a zombie, he felt a tremor in his mind.
It was caused by the vibration of laws. Ling Yi examined it with his senses and couldn't help feeling a little startled.
Killing zombies actually produced Law Fragments, which he absorbed.
For laws Ling Yi had already mastered, the Law Fragments automatically became nourishment for the existing laws.
For laws Ling Yi hadn't mastered, absorbing their Law Fragments immediately initiated automatic deduction. The more he absorbed, the faster the deduction proceeded. He believed it wouldn't take long to finish deducing a new law.
"There's actually a windfall like this?" Ling Yi was pleasantly surprised.
Ling Yi knew very well what this meant. Not only could it increase his strength, but it also meant that this world's rules had already withered and faded.
This world... was undergoing dimensional reduction.
Once all this world's rules had withered away, the world would become a space. Although a space still contained certain rules, it would lose the opportunity to advance.
Of course, that wasn't the point. The point was that if Ling Yi could restore this world's rules and breathe new life into them, he would have a chance to become this world's absolute master.
Merging it into the Ling Realm then would greatly benefit the Ling Realm.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Ling Yi standing motionless with what seemed to be a happy expression, Charles couldn't help asking curiously.
"Looks like I'm going to be a real savior for once," Ling Yi said with a smile.
The hospital had long since emptied out, leaving only wandering zombies.
Of course, Ling Yi knew there was an entrance leading to the Hive in the hospital's basement. By now, both Alice and Matt had already been injected with the T-virus.
Alice had been dumped in a sealed hospital room, while Matt had already been taken away by Umbrella Corporation.
Ling Yi eagerly awaited Alice's awakening. She was this world's protagonist blessed by fortune, and strengthening that protagonist was also a way to restore this world's rules.
Originally, Ling Yi hadn't wanted to use cheats in this world, especially major cheats, but now he had changed his mind.
Ling Yi took out several Capsules and tossed them onto the ground.
Boom... After a series of explosions, a warehouse and a laboratory appeared before Charles and his daughter.
"Don't tell me this is another ability of Qi practitioners," Charles said incredulously.
"Spatial folding technology," Ling Yi explained offhandedly.
The warehouse opened, and squads of robotic puppets marched out...