The Only Player in Infinite Terror

"Hey buddy, that's so cool! Is this some kind of magic?" The handsome guy with the parted hair excitedly stretched out his hand and said, "My name is Leon, Leon Kennedy, and I'm a rookie cop in Raccoon City."

"However, since I hadn't received any notification to report for duty, I drove here myself, only to find that this place is full of monsters."

Ling Qi shook hands with the green-faced Leon and joked, "Hello, rookie. It's a good thing you didn't come sooner, otherwise you might have become one of them too."

Just then, all the phones in the phone booths next to the gas station rang at the same time.

With a thought, Ling Qi felt all the landline phones being lifted off their sockets by an invisible hand.

"How about we make a deal, Director Yuan Zhisheng?"

With the aid of telekinesis, everyone could clearly hear the voice on the phone; it was a hoarse, middle-aged male voice.

"Oh? So that's who would be looking for me at this time. It's Dr. Charles Ashford, the chief scientist of the Gene Virus Research Department."

"The deal you're talking about, is it about helping you save your daughter Angela?"

Ling Qi took the initiative and asked the question.

There was a brief silence on the phone, followed by a wry smile and the reply: "Yes, it has been seventy-two hours since the company released the T-virus into the Raccoon City water plant, and the virus has already fully broken out."

"The vehicle that took my daughter Angela to safety was in an accident, and she was trapped in Raccoon City Academy as a result, but she has a tracking device that I installed on her."

"I hope you can help find her and get her out of Raccoon City at least 20 kilometers away within 6 hours."

"As a gesture of goodwill, I can tell you that at a recent board meeting, the company's senior management reached a deal with some bigwigs on Capitol Hill."

"Six hours later, a nuclear bomb with the equivalent of 5000 tons of TNT will land here, and the entire Raccoon City will be 'sterilized'."

"Afterwards, government announcements and various media news reports will say that a terrible virus that can be transmitted through the air and turn the living and the dead into zombies is spreading around the world."

"After that, the company will sell the virus antibodies at a high price, and the profits will be split 30/70, with 30% going to the company and 70% to the bigwigs on Capitol Hill."

"Besides that, Kane has gone mad for some reason and is now arresting rebels indiscriminately at the company."

"Mr. Marcus has been branded as the leader of the rebels, and Director Yuan, you, Mr. Marcus's students and subordinates, are naturally also rebels within the company."

"The Lickers you encountered before were the ones Kane sent to eliminate you."

"But this is just an appetizer; there are far more terrifying biological weapons waiting for you in the city."

Ling Qi wasn't intimidated. Instead, he countered, "I expected this. Since it's a deal, I'll help you save your daughter, but what will we get in return?"

"An even more terrifying biological weapon, I guess, is 'Nemesis'?"

"Besides, you said there's a 'Nemesis' waiting for us in the city, shouldn't we turn around and leave this city that's destined to be destroyed by nuclear bombs?"

Dr. Charles Ashford fell silent, and after a few seconds, he seemed to have made a difficult decision.

"The T-virus antibody is the result of my research, and I can share its formula with you."

"Believe me, this is a huge reward enough to buy half the world."

Ling Qi waved his hand and said, "That's not enough. I also need you, and Ashford's full support behind you."

"Are you and your family truly content with this? Mr. Edward and your family were clearly the largest shareholders when Umbrella Corporation was founded."

"As a result, thirty years ago, Mr. Edward died under mysterious circumstances, and your family lost control of the company."

"So? How about joining us to defeat Spencer and his crew and take back the company?"

"On behalf of my teacher, I can make a promise that we will jointly run the company and together lead humanity to evolve into the gods of a new world!"

"It's a very tempting lure, and I don't seem to have the right to refuse," Dr. Charles Ashford replied with a wry smile.

"In fact, I not only mobilized several elite squads from UBCS to rescue my daughter, but I also contacted the Raccoon City Police Department to have them send STARS' elites to Raccoon City Academy."

"But, for some reason, someone bypassed me and gave them other orders, telling them to go to Flower Street and Central Street in the city center to suppress the riots and rescue the citizens."

"Now, I've lost command of them, and even the networks near them are blocked. I can't contact them even using hacking techniques."

Ling Qi reminded him meaningfully, "Dr. Charles, I need to remind you that not only us, but also your Ashford family, are within the scope of Spencer's faction's purge."

"Alright, the deal is done, but before I go collect my payment, Dr. Charles, you'd better protect yourself and not die at the hands of Spencer and his gang."

Charles Ashford, as a brilliant scientist, naturally possessed a high IQ.

Ling Qi's reminder, combined with everything that had happened recently, suddenly sent a chill down his spine.

He had always thought that his daughter Angela being trapped in Raccoon City was an accident, but what if it was all a conspiracy orchestrated by Spencer and his group to get rid of him and the Ashford family?

Spencer had been trying to get the formula for the T-virus antibody from him, but he had never agreed.

The T-virus has begun to spread globally, and whoever controls the T-virus antibody controls the world.

Based on his understanding of Spencer, this guy was no good, and Spencer wouldn't give up easily after being rejected.

It's connected, everything is connected.

Although there was no evidence, he was 100 percent certain that the car accident that trapped Angela was deliberately orchestrated by Spencer.

The purpose was to make him anxious and confused, so that he would mobilize his UBCS confidants to go to Raccoon City to rescue people.

In the words of an old Eastern proverb, this is called "luring the tiger away from the mountain".

There's also "Nemesis," a bio-weapon designed not only to deal with Ling Qi, but also to eliminate the UBCS forces he controls in Raccoon City!

Once his confidants are eliminated, he will be left alone, a useless person who can't even walk without a wheelchair!

At that point, one bullet will be enough to take care of me.

Without their leader, the Ashford family's remaining strength is nothing but a disorganized mess! They simply cannot withstand Spencer and his men!

"Thank you for the reminder, Director Yuan. But you can rest assured that although the Ashford family and I have lost control of the company, we are not people who can be easily manipulated."

"I'll go and convene the company's board meeting right away to question Spencer and his men."

The phone call ended, but the cold, authoritative voice of the Supreme God echoed in the ears of every reincarnator.

"Enter the horror movie world ahead of time to preview the storyline. The difficulty is increased to the maximum. Completing the mission will grant double the side quest content and bonus points."

"Trigger the main mission: Rescue Dr. Charles Ashford's daughter Angel and Dr. William Birkin's daughter Shirley within six hours and protect them to evacuate them within a 20-kilometer radius of Raccoon City."

"Completing the mission will reward each member of the team with two C-level side quests and 4,000 reward points."

"For each person rescued in failure, two C-level side quests will be deducted from the entire team, and four thousand points will be awarded."

"A side mission has been triggered: Protect Chris, Claire, Jill, Leon, Rebecca, Alice, and Ada Wong and evacuate them from a 20-kilometer radius around Raccoon City within six hours."

"For each person successfully evacuated, the entire team will be rewarded with two D-level side quests and two thousand reward points."

"For each person who fails to evacuate, two D-level side quests will be deducted from the entire team, and two thousand reward points will be awarded."