Zhan Lan forced a smile and said, "I'm just too excited..."

Hearing her say that, I couldn't help but think to myself, "What a stubborn woman."

A few dozen seconds later, the room lit up again, and everything began!

Matthew Addison and the female lead emerged from the central computer room. The black mercenary looked exhausted. After glancing at the corpses in the corridor, he said, "We can't settle them right now. Let's take the Flame Queen's motherboard back to the company first. Kaplan, how's the Hive?"

Kaplan pressed a few keys on the computer and said, "Great, all defense systems are off. We can leave the hive in a straight line without any problem."

Ma; Addison nodded and said, "Very good, then we will now..."

Before he could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out from outside "Restaurant B". Matthew, Addison, and Kaplan exchanged a glance, gripped their guns, and ran outside. The female lead, Alice, and the other two main characters followed. We exchanged glances and then followed behind them.

When everyone ran to the entrance of "Restaurant B", the long-haired female mercenary, Rain, was there, clenching her fists and cursing. Matthew Addison asked, "What happened? I heard gunshots."

A large chunk of flesh was missing between Ryan's thumb and forefinger, a bloody and gruesome sight. She gritted her teeth and said, "Sir, we found a survivor, but he's gone mad and bit me..."

Matthew Addison frowned. "So you fired?"

"Sir," Ryan shouted back, "he's gone mad!"

Matthew gestured for the medic to bandage them, then frowned, seemingly lost in thought. He continued, "What about the survivor?"

He's gone!

Zhang Jie's voice suddenly came over. He looked at the pool of blood on the ground and said calmly, "He was just here, but he's gone now."

Matthew Addison walked up to the bloodstain. He glanced at it; the blood was already semi-dry and thick, definitely not fresh blood that had just flowed from the body. He had a bad feeling.

Matthew Addison stood up and shouted, "Let's get out of the hive right now!"

Raine asked with surprise, "Sir? Weren't our orders to stay here and wait for reinforcements after we obtained the Flame Queen motherboard?"

Matthew Addison shook his head with a wry smile and said, "There are no more reinforcements... Let's prepare to leave!"

At this moment, Zhan Lan walked to Zhang Jie's side and asked softly, "Weren't you afraid that your sudden statement would change the plot?"

Zhang Jie sneered, "You guys are the real experts. As newcomers, you actually managed to change the plot and still survive... Take a good look at your watches, is Matthew Addison's name still on them?"

I didn't look, but Zhan Lan and Zheng Zha both looked at the watch at the same time. Sure enough, the name Matthew Addison on it had disappeared, and the space was now blank.

At this moment, Zhang Jie said with a sneer, "From now on, we are free to move around. Remember, you can do anything, as long as you can survive."

He continued, "If I were you, with your lack of stamina, reflexes, and firearms—except for you, Dong Tian, ​​of course—I would stay with the main force until we reached the Flame Queen's room. At least that way we'd be safe..."

At this moment, Zhan Lan said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be such a nice person, you're just not good at expressing yourself."

Zhang Jie scoffed, "Good people? Are you kidding me? I just don't want you guys to delay my earning of reward points. Don't get me wrong... There are no good people in this world. As long as I can survive, I don't mind using the three of you as my shields!"

The naked killing intent in his words sent a chill down the spines of the people around me. At the same time, the sound of metal scraping against metal came from not far away. Ryan and JD walked toward that direction with their guns. After a few steps, a man in a lab coat emerged from around the corner, dragging a hammer. Behind him were several staggering "people".

J;D cocked his gun and said, "Stop! Or I'll shoot!"

"Bang!"

"Oh!"

Matthew Addison was the first to fire at the zombies. The leader, who was wielding a hammer, was sent flying, but he quickly got back up, swaying from the ground. He had been hit by more than ten bullets, but he didn't bleed much.

Zhang Jie fired his Desert Eagle, the immense power of which shattered the zombie's head like a watermelon exploding. He then sneered, "You guys go find the exit, leave this to me!"

Matthew Addison hesitated for a moment, then said loudly, "Okay, everyone keep in formation! J.D., you go find the exit! Ryan, guard the prisoner, the rest of you stay with me!"

"Bang!"

Another gunshot rang out, blowing a zombie's head off, but it wasn't Zhang Jie, it was me. They looked at me, and saw I holding a silver pistol with beautiful roses engraved on the barrel. Then I turned to Zhan Lan and said, "Here, use this to open Matt's handcuffs." I handed her a pistol and several magazines. Seeing her stunned, I handed her a lighter, saying, "The gun is modified; it has very little recoil. The bullets are specially made and very powerful. Just shoot. The lighter is a high-explosive round; just light it and throw it far away. It's very powerful." After hearing what I said, she quickly understood and immediately caught up with the troops.

I turned to look at Zhang Jie. He didn't fire immediately; he twirled his Desert Eagle on his finger, letting the zombies get closer. Then, he gripped his pistol and fired a burst, instantly killing the closest zombies with headshots. His shooting speed and accuracy far surpassed that of ordinary people. If I was shooting at long range, then he was shooting at close range. We formed a small defensive line, fighting and retreating, closely following the main force but still maintaining a distance. After killing the zombies, Zhang Jie looked at me and said, "Not bad! I didn't expect your marksmanship to be so good!"

Hearing him say that, I smiled slightly and said, "Actually, my marksmanship is terrible!" With that, we chased after the main force.

When we caught up with the group, Zheng Zha was unleashing his power, blowing the zombies' heads off one by one. Zhan Lan was helping out with the gun I had given her. Although her marksmanship wasn't great, the modified bullets exploded immediately upon hitting the zombies, causing some to lose limbs instantly and slightly slowing down their movement.

Just then, the mercenaries behind them were about to open the door to the research lab. I immediately shouted, "Don't open it!" Hearing my voice, they hesitated for a moment. In that instant, I drew a soft sword from my waist at speeds ten times faster than a normal person. With a flash of sword light, all the surrounding zombies were decapitated. I rushed to the mercenary's side, and the instant he opened the door, a visible red sword aura grazed past his ear, instantly piercing through dozens of zombies that squeezed out of the doorway. While the mercenary was still staring in astonishment at the headless zombie before him, I was already beside him, pulling him back. At the same time, I heard the voice of the Supreme God again…

Chapter 10 Parting Ways

"Rescue Mercenary C complete, reward 1000 points, 1 D-rank side quest!"

After hearing the notification, I smiled at the still-surprised mercenaries and joined the zombie-eliminating team.

Just as the mercenaries were thanking me profusely, Zhang Jie arrived and yelled at Zheng Zha and the others, "What are you doing? Didn't I tell you to stick close to them? Huh! Haven't you seen the movies? A crawler will escape from here!" With that, he fired his Desert Eagle repeatedly, and zombies coming towards him were blown off one after another. He then took off chasing after the mercenaries. I immediately turned around, picked up Zhan Lan, and followed, saying to Zheng Zha and the others, "Hurry up and go!" Zheng Zha and the others, realizing what was happening, quickly followed.

With Zhang Jie and I leading the way, we finally rushed into the central computer room before the mercenaries could close the door. With a loud bang, the zombies behind us, emitting low groans, were shut out.

“Not bad…” Zhang Jie tucked the Desert Eagle into his waistband and said to Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, and the other two with a sneer.

Zheng Zha asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Jie turned around and looked at the mercenaries in the corridor, whispering, "Actually, the most dangerous thing for newcomers is their first horror movie. Mindset is key. First, you need to understand your situation. I've seen many newcomers who think it's all an illusion or some TV program, so they die the fastest and in the most gruesome way. But the newcomers this time, including the three of you who are still alive, have all been able to adjust their mindset quickly. Especially you and Zhan Lan, your qualities are the best I've ever seen. You not only adjusted your mindset, but you were also able to overcome your fear quickly. That's a testament to your qualities."

"Secondly, overcoming fear is not enough to survive. In the first horror movie, you are just ordinary people. If you are lucky, you know the plot, but even so, the possibility of death is very high. So, for newcomers, the first horror movie is actually a process of elimination based on luck. As long as you can survive the first horror movie, you can get the exchange items and enhance your own qualities, such as this Desert Eagle, or physical enhancements like mine. Do you understand?"

After Zhang Jie finished speaking, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, first offering one to Zheng Zha, then offering one to me. I shook my head, and he looked at me before saying, "Congratulations, newbie. How does it feel to survive? Doesn't it feel amazing? Like the climax of sex, that kind of excitement, hahaha..."

At this moment, Li Xiaoyi also reached out and said, "Brother Zhang, give me one too."

But Zhang Jie didn't give it to him and even teased him a bit. Just then, we suddenly heard a rapid knocking on the door, and at the same time, the female lead Alice's voice came from outside the door: "Open the door! Open the door quickly!"

The mercenaries in the corridor also ran over. Before they could speak, Zhang Jie opened the door himself. Alice and Matt immediately squeezed in through the crack in the door. At the same time, countless zombie hands were pulling at them from behind. Zhang Jie grinned and fired several shots with his Desert Eagle. The zombie arms were immediately broken off. Then, with a bang, he slammed the door shut again.

Matthew Addison quickly asked Alice and the other woman, "How's it outside? Is the road we came by still passable?"

Alice shook her head and said, "Those ghosts are everywhere outside. They're waiting for us on that road. There's no way we can get through."

The mercenaries fell silent. Kaplan, who was very skilled with computers, clutched his head and said, "We can't escape! There's no other exit in the Flame Queen's main server room! We're finished!"

Ryan, the male protagonist who caused all of this in the story, suddenly said, "Can't we stay here? When they find out we haven't gone back, they'll definitely send reinforcements. I think it should be safe here! I don't want to face those unkillable monsters again."

Upon hearing this, the mercenaries looked somewhat embarrassed. Ryan asked curiously, "Is something wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Kaplan coughed and said, "Perhaps there are no reinforcements coming..."

Ryan grabbed his collar angrily and asked, "What do you mean? What do you mean there might not be any reinforcements?"

Matthew Addison sighed and said, "Our orders were to retrieve the Flame Queen motherboard and seal off the entire passage between the Hive and the outside world. Remember the passage between the building and the Hive? If we can't get back there within three hours, the entire passage between the building and the Hive will be sealed off... Damn the company's upper management, I finally know why we received such an order. This place is full of such monstrosities!"

Ryan released Kaplan, but he looked even more panicked. He shouted, "No, they can't do this! Are they planning to bury us alive down here?"

The long-haired female mercenary, Ryan, whose hand had been bitten, said, "This is the safest way to protect our research secrets from being leaked... If we all die, we won't have to worry about anyone leaking the secrets." As she finished speaking, she frowned and clenched her hand, the wound still bleeding profusely.

Everyone fell silent. Ryan calmed down slightly, but he became even angrier and said, "You're only telling us this now, half a mile below the ground? Why didn't you tell us beforehand?"

The mercenaries all kept their heads down in silence. Alice suddenly spoke up, "Stop arguing, let's think about how to get out! We have to find an exit to leave this room!" With that, she picked up the bag containing the Flame Queen motherboard from the table and turned to walk towards the server room.

Matthew Addison quickly asked, "What do you want to do with the motherboard?"

"Of course, we should restart it!"

Watching the mercenaries and the male and female protagonists gradually disappear into the distance, Zheng Zha asked, "Aren't we going in to take a look?"

Zhang Jie sneered, "What's so interesting about this? It's not like we've never seen a movie before. Instead of wasting time watching the plot, we'd be better off conserving our energy here so we can kill more zombies later."

Zhan Lan came to my side and said in a voice that only the two of us could hear, "Dong Tian, ​​when I heard you tell me to use the gun you gave me to unlock Matt's handcuffs, I heard the main god say something about how I got 1000 reward points and a D-level plot. Did you already know the outcome before you told me to do it? These are reward points that you can only get from a horror movie, and there's also that D-level plot."

I looked at her and said in the same voice, "I just saved those mercenaries, and that's when I got reward points and that D-level side quest. So I figured if I saved the protagonist, I should get a reward too, so I'm just giving you a hint. It's nothing serious, after all, you're a woman."

She looked at me, her face full of gratitude. I smiled, then, with a look of sudden realization, took out a vial of the antidote I had obtained earlier and whispered, "I got this in the carriage I came from. It should be the antidote for the T-virus. When they come back later, get the syringe from the medic and use it to treat the female mercenary who was bitten. Also, when they ask you why you had it, just say you don't know." After saying that, I handed her a test tube filled with blue liquid.

She looked at me gratefully, put away the test tube, touched her forehead, and said, "By the way, Zhang Jie, I have a question I want to ask you."

She laughed and said, "How did we get back to the 'Chief God'? Did it send down a beam of light from the sky? Or did we gradually disappear, or did a spatial passage suddenly appear and allow us to pass through?"

Zhang Jie said, "I don't know how I got back either. Either the mission was completed or the time was up, and the next second, I was directly in the 'God's' hall. So you don't need to worry about not being able to get back due to various circumstances. As long as you can survive, that's fine. By the way, even if you are infected with the T virus or something else, as long as you still maintain your consciousness when you return to the 'God,' the virus and everything else in your body will disappear. Similarly, if you lose a limb in a horror movie, you can repair it by spending ten reward points."

She frowned and asked, "You mentioned a mission earlier, right?"

Zhang Jie sneered, "Of course, as I said, we're just insects struggling to survive. Who knows what special requirements will be issued at any time? For example, when you first arrived here, you couldn't leave within 100 meters of the characters in the story. That's a special task. My last horror movie was disgusting... Anyway, that's the situation. We might also complete some special tasks in horror movies to make it harder for us to survive."

She sighed and said, "This is terrible. I was thinking... never mind, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Zhang Jie was taken aback for a moment and asked, "What did you originally intend to do? Tell me."

Zheng Zha suddenly said, "You mean you want us to stay here and not leave, right?"

She paused for a moment, then smiled and said to Zheng Zha, "That's right, that's exactly what I was planning to do."

After saying all that, she looked at me and said, "Dong Tian, ​​you stay here too."

I smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I don't want to stay here and wait for the time to run out. I still want to live a thrilling life, so I will continue to work with the mercenaries." After saying that, I took out a few magazines and a lighter-shaped bomb and gave them to Zhan Lan, saying, "Take good care of yourself, you must survive."

After the discussion, the four of them greeted the mercenaries with smiles as they came out.

Zhang Jie took a drag of his cigarette and said to the mercenary captain, Matthew Addison, "The four of us will stay."

Zhan Lan asked the medic for a syringe and was about to inject the female mercenary, Renn. At first, she was reluctant, so I had to say to her, "Ms. Renn, my memory has returned a little, so I can tell you clearly that Ms. Zhan Lan is not the security guard mentioned in the documents, but a researcher from UMBELLA Corporation. Those monsters are highly infectious. If you are bitten and injected with the antidote within 30 minutes, you will become a monster like them. So please accept the injection."

Upon hearing my words, Raine immediately showed a look of fear. Although she, as a mercenary, was not afraid of death, no one wanted to become a mindless monster. She hurriedly stretched out her arm, signaling Zhan Lan to inject her with the antidote. After Zhan Lan injected her with the antidote, both Raine and Zhan Lan looked at me with grateful eyes, and at the same time, I saw a hint of tenderness in Zhan Lan's eyes.

By this time, Zhang Jie and Matthew Addison had finished their discussion. Matthew Addison glanced at me and said, "Dong Tian, ​​are you coming with us?"

I smiled and nodded. Matthew Addison looked back at Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan and the others, and remained silent for a long time before saying sadly, "I understand... Kaplan, activate the defense system for that laser channel. You all stay in the Flame Queen's mainframe room; that's the safest place... Wait quietly. If we're still alive, we'll report your situation to the company... Don't die."

Zhang Jie led Zheng Zha and the other two into the Flame Queen's main control room. Then Kaplan activated the defense system of the laser corridor, and the lights on both sides of the corridor shone brightly again. Zheng Zha and the other three looked at me and the mercenaries through the glass windows of the steel door. The mercenaries were also looking over from the steel door at the other end of the corridor. Both sides saw pity in each other's eyes. However, I seemed to see a determination to survive in Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan's eyes. I gave them a reassuring look and then turned and left.

Chapter 11: The Biohazard Ends

Then I heard the voice of the Supreme God again, because it gave me a mission: "Protect the mercenaries to leave safely. For each one who survives, you will be rewarded with 1000 points and 1 D-level side quest. For each one who dies, you will lose 1000 reward points and 1 D-level side quest. If you complete all of them, you will be rewarded with an A-level side quest, 10000 reward points, and each member of the team will receive 1000 reward points!"

"I didn't expect there would be a mission like this," I couldn't help but think to myself.

"Beep~ Beep"

As we walked through the sewers, the mercenaries cautiously moved forward, guns at the ready. It was very dark, with only a little light shining in, and they didn't know if the monster from before would return.

"By the way, Dong Tian, ​​did you use Chinese Kung Fu to save me just now? We only saw a flash of sword light, and you killed those murderous monsters. That was amazing! I thought you could only see that on TV. If it weren't for you, I probably would have been killed." The mercenary I rescued from the zombies said to me with a smile.

I smiled and replied, "It's nothing, I just did what I was supposed to do, you don't need to thank me (this was the truth, because I wanted to get a reward)."

He looked at me seriously and said, "That may be true, but for us mercenaries, saving a life is the greatest favor, and I will definitely repay you."

Hearing him say that, I smiled slightly and said, "Since you put it that way, then I'd like to thank you for your help in advance."

They walked for a while longer. Since they hadn't found any zombies, the tension from the beginning had eased, but they weren't completely relaxed. Matthew and Mercenary A were walking ahead when, at a bend in the road, a dark figure suddenly lunged at them. Matthew and Mercenary A were momentarily caught off guard, but their warrior instincts kicked in, and they raised their guns and opened fire. However, they couldn't stop the figure. Just as the figure was about to bite Mercenary A, a gunshot rang out, and the figure fell backward.

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