Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 15 Solo Talk
Zhan Lan then walked over to Zheng Zha and said, "You deserve this. I kept reminding you not to change the plot, but you wouldn't listen. Zhang Jie was right before. Our biggest advantage here is not luck, but our familiarity with the plot. Your luck can't last forever. Don't be so impulsive in the future. After all, none of us want to die here."

Zheng Zha shook his head, unsure what to say. What had just happened was indeed extremely dangerous; he had almost died inside, and he had nearly killed the middle-aged man, Mu Gang, as well as another teenager! Therefore, he dared not try to change the plot further, and Zhang Jie and the others probably wouldn't let him either—because if the plot were to change in ways no one could predict, everyone might die here…including them, the characters, and even the main characters in the film!

Hearing Zhan Lan's words, Mu Xiang, with his back to Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, sneered inwardly. Zhan Lan's statement was certainly incorrect, but he would express his opinion at the appropriate time; now was not the time.

Several minutes later, everyone came to their senses from the bloody death.

James walked over and gratefully patted Zheng Zha on the shoulder. This mercenary captain, who should have died in the passageway, was now alive—a change to the plot. His original fate was now void; how his life would end was anyone's guess, neither Zheng Zha nor the others could predict.

[Actually, the B+5000 rating has always been suspected of being inflated... No amount of reasoning can be as reliable as the "protagonist's grand prize." Could there really be some reason behind this? Perhaps there's some important reason hidden in a corner the author hasn't written about.]

[For example, James is actually an important individual of Umbrella Corporation... In the game, Umbrella Corporation seems to have a pre-selection system for the Tyrant's prototype, and then look at the novels where James was actually transformed into a stronger Tracker, you know what...]

[Let's consider anything else that can be changed after this, but it will definitely be before the server room changes after Gou Hong.]

On another note... is it really necessary to hide in the server room?

In a sense, rescuing Matthew Addison was a hidden trap unintentionally planted by Zheng Zha in *Infinite Terror*—he would intervene at a crucial moment in *Resident Evil 2*, saving the Central Continent Team from complete annihilation. If Mu Xiang doesn't intervene in other ways afterward, James will likely play a similar role.

Thinking of Resident Evil 2, Mu Xiang's face darkened. If he survived, he would inevitably face the Demon Team... the strongest force, the strongest intellect—how could he possibly defeat this formidable team? Even lowering his expectations, just escaping the Demon Team wouldn't be easy. To truly defeat them, he would definitely need to invest heavily in the early development of the entire Central Continent Team.

Mu Xiang suddenly had a brilliant idea: since the clone Zheng Zha was copied into the Demon Team after Resident Evil, if Zheng Zha were killed in this Resident Evil movie, would there be no clone Zheng Zha? That would be a bit of a shame, since he could have easily killed Zheng Zha without leaving a trace in front of the laser beams just now…

He immediately dismissed the idea… Without Zheng Zha, the next Alien movie might be a flop, which is truly contradictory… Besides, as a model young man of the new era, how could he betray someone without any legitimate reason? Even Li Xiaoyi now hadn't tempted him to kill.

[You're thinking too far ahead... Now is not the time to dream about the future. This horror movie isn't over yet; you might accidentally die in another danger.]

James walked past Zheng Zha to Mu Xiang, nodded gratefully to him, and then asked, "Mu Xiang, right? You just said you participated in the design of this passage system, so I believe you are a researcher in the security department... Do you remember anything?"

Mu Xiang glanced at Kaplan and the others, gesturing for James to speak privately.

Mu Xiang looked rather small next to this tall and burly mercenary, who was estimated to be over 1.9 meters tall... He and James couldn't help but laugh as they walked to another corner.

He looked at James and said softly, "Do you know why the company sent you here?" James was silent for a moment. "The company's orders are to shut down the malfunctioning Red Queen, bring her back to the motherboard, and completely seal off the Hive's connection to the ground... It's a very simple order, but the situation we're facing is not so simple."

“That’s right… The company only judged that the Red Queen had a problem based on the report data before she completely lost control, but the fact is that the Red Queen was not out of control, but was just executing a protection procedure.” Mu Xiang glanced at the laser channel. “Unfortunately, your restart, shutdown and rescue work are below the priority of this protection procedure.”

The tall mercenary frowned: "What protection program?"

"Regarding the protection program for the virus that Hive is developing..." Mu Xiang sneered as he said this, "It's laughable, there are many details I haven't recalled, but I can still remember the content about the Red Queen, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to dodge the third laser back then."

James nodded, glanced back at the crowd, and said, "Please tell me, I believe you now."

“You mercenaries have the most say, but I can’t guarantee that everything I say is correct. The content outside of Red Queen is deduction…” Mu Xiang sneered, his words carrying a hint of pressure. “You are welcome to verify it.”

James remained silent, simply waiting for Mu Xiang.

"Do you know why the Red Queen implemented a quarantine and lockdown after killing everyone in the Hive? This is the Red Queen's measure to deal with biological hazards and prevent dangerous substances from leaking out of the Hive. The treatment for sealed laboratories is to flood them, and the treatment for other office areas is to use Halon..." Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses, "If I'm not mistaken, the report the company showed you should have mentioned unauthorized fire drills?"

James thought for a moment: "That's right. Actually, there were no signs of fire in the Hive, but the Red Queen deceived most of the employees under the guise of a fire drill, slowing down their escape, and finally injected an excessive amount of halon..."

"That's right, this is exactly the standard procedure for Red Queen to handle biohazards... Halon is used to alter the air structure inside the hive, diluting the leaked material, and secondly, to suffocate people in the confined space, killing everyone... The flooding of the laboratories is to assume all laboratories are the source of the leak, blocking airborne transmission and killing the organisms within." Mu Xiang sang enthusiastically, "Instead of analyzing why it went out of control and triggered the biohazard containment procedure, let's think about whether something could have triggered this procedure? Whether in my memory or in the design logic, high-priority procedures also require a high standard of judgment, otherwise wouldn't the company be having problems every day?"

“It’s not that I don’t trust you, but…” James frowned again. “This doesn’t make sense. If the lockdown was carried out according to procedure, why would they kill everyone? They even attacked those of us who came in later. It’s clearly a planned murder.”

Mu Xiang smiled; this was exactly what he wanted to guide James to ask. Only by gradually revealing his core argument and quickly validating it could he get James to lower his guard.

"That's all I wanted to say. The key issue is what was leaked..." Mu Xiang's smile faded. "I don't know what level of security your rank allows you to access, but these are special circumstances. In order to survive, I can only tell you this. I need you to abide by the company's regulations. You cannot disclose this information to anyone except the subordinates who will be fighting alongside you today."

This serious statement stunned James. He turned around to make sure no one could hear him before nodding solemnly: "Don't worry, I've been carrying out missions for the company for a long time."

(End of this chapter)