Zongman: Beginning and Snow under the Rain Escape from Raccoon City

PARKING LOT.

Several red galvanized steel gasoline drums, which had been parked steadily on the ground, suddenly began to tremble slightly, and the caps on the gasoline drums gradually spun open.

After the gasoline can was opened, the colorless and transparent liquid inside seemed to have completely broken free from the constraints of gravity and began to float into the sky.

If Newton had seen this, he probably would have eaten the apple that hit him on the head.

Although Ye Hai can only control about a hundred kilograms of things now, a hundred kilograms of gasoline, once spread out, can actually cover a fairly large area.

Silently, Ye Hai manipulated the gasoline to gradually spread around the flock of birds, and did his best to thin and expand the gasoline.

The bullets fired by James and his team passed through the transparent curtain of gasoline, but failed to ignite it.

In reality, even if a bullet hits a gasoline can directly, it is very difficult to ignite the gasoline inside, unless it is a specially made high-temperature tracer bullet; the temperature of a regular bullet is not high enough.

Chapter 29 The Red Queen's First Appearance

"Reload!"

James shouted loudly to his teammates.

After they opened fire, the zombie birds began to relentlessly attack them.

"Why does it smell like gasoline?"

James frowned. The smell was all too familiar; he couldn't be mistaken.

His gaze swept around and instantly locked onto an unbelievable scene.

A lighter flew into the sky against the current in a manner that completely defied the laws of physics.

After the lighter reached a high point, it actually lit itself without anyone controlling it!

Flames shot up like living things, soaring straight into the sky along the invisible path formed by the evaporation of gasoline.

The heatwave distorted the air, forming a transparent wall of fire.

The birds in the sky let out terrified screams.

Flames licked at the gasoline clinging to their feathers, and one zombie bird burst into flames, turning into a falling fireball. Then came the second, the third…

"what?"

"Has reinforcement from the aircraft carrier arrived?"

The director didn't see the lighter flying into the sky; he thought it was a carrier-based aircraft arriving.

From the moment he handed over command to James, the director began frantically calling in reinforcements.

He kept harassing the duty phone at Pearl Harbor so much that I wanted to just refuse to answer it.

The regulations stipulate that incoming calls must be answered, and there's no blacklist button; otherwise, the staff on duty would have blacklisted this fat bureau chief's number long ago.

In an instant, tens of thousands of zombie birds fell from the sky, clearing the sky completely.

After a moment of stunned silence, James seemed to realize something and immediately turned around, only to find that Ye Hai and Yukino Yukinoshita, who had been there just moments before, were nowhere to be seen.

……

There are 1 hour and 22 minutes left before the evacuation.

Why should we leave? Isn't the police station quite safe?

Yukino Yukinoshita asked, somewhat puzzled.

Even though the biggest threat, the swarm of zombie birds, had been dealt with, Ye Hai immediately took her and fled.

"The biggest threat in this world has never been zombies."

In an empty convenience store, Ye Hai reached out and knocked all the security cameras in the store askew, making them stand facing the wall in repentance.

"what is that?"

A hint of confusion appeared on Yukino Yukinoshita's delicate face, making her look somewhat adorable.

In a world ravaged by a zombie virus, the greatest threat isn't actually the zombies?

What else could it be?

"it is this."

Ye Hai turned the computer screen in the convenience store around; luckily, the network was still connected.

The screen displayed the Umbrella Corporation's official website.

"Umbrella?"

"Although I know that their company developed the zombie virus, now that the zombie virus has already broken out, they can no longer be considered the biggest threat..."

In Yukino Yukinoshita's understanding, this is like a nuclear weapon. Although the Umbrella Corporation possesses the zombie virus, it is most threatening before it is released.

Now that Umbrella Corporation has already allowed the T-virus to be leaked, there's absolutely nothing to worry about.

Because the thing I feared most has happened.

"Do you think the T-virus is all they have?"

Ye Hai said meaningfully.

It's worth noting that in the later Resident Evil movies, the characters were practically all non-human.

Each one is more formidable than the last.

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita paused for a moment; she truly believed it to be true.

but……

“Ah, it hurts…”

Ye Hai's expression instantly twisted into a grimace.

"Don't always leave things unsaid!!!"

Yukino Yukinoshita angrily pinched Hakai hard.

"I'll talk! I'll confess everything!"

Ye Hai quickly grabbed Yukino Yukinoshita's hand that was pinching him, and then rubbed his own waist.

Wow.

Are women born with this skill?

Moreover, they can accurately locate the kidneys.

"On the surface, Umbrella Corporation is just a top global pharmaceutical company, but in reality, it has a very long reach into fields such as healthcare, defense, and consumer products."

"Furthermore, it has multiple military units under its command. If we really compare them, the number of Umbrella Corporation members is probably less than that of the armies of most small countries."

"More importantly, it's developing in the field of AI. Red Queen, the world's most powerful AI system..."

Just as Ye Hai was explaining the Umbrella Corporation's situation to Yukino Yukinoshita, the image on the computer screen suddenly changed.

"I'm not the only one using the Umbrella Corporation's AI system."

The sound came from the computer speakers, and a little girl in a red dress appeared on the computer screen.

"!"

Ye Hai's pupils contracted first, then he quickly looked up at the store's security camera. Sure enough, the camera had somehow turned back around.

"Holy crap, this camera is motorized!"

Ye Hai was now extremely annoyed. He had thought that directly causing a violent disturbance would attract zombies, which was why he hadn't fired the camera and damaged it.

Now, they've actually been discovered by the Red Queen.

"You don't need to be upset, even without these cameras, it won't have any impact."

The Red Queen's tone on the computer was very flat.

“My system detected two of you as early as thirty days ago when you appeared in Raccoon City.”

"A search of identity databases in all countries around the world revealed no information about these two individuals, and the security cameras also showed no record of them entering the building."

"According to the architectural design in the city planning drawings, the building does not have any underground passages."

The computer screen displayed surveillance video of Ye Hai and Yukino Yukinoshita's first day in this world.

There's even a scene where Hakai carries Yukino Yukinoshita and slides down a zipline to another building.

"So after ruling out all other possibilities, only one possibility remains: the two of you appeared in this building out of thin air."

The Red Queen reappeared on the screen, analyzing the situation with a completely flat voice.

"So you monitored us for thirty days?"

Ye Hai's expression was somewhat unpleasant, after all, anyone would be very unhappy to know that they had been silently monitored for the past month.

"It's not surveillance, it's just that the system is constantly receiving all accessible surveillance footage and automatically analyzing it."

The response from the Red Queen remained unchanged.

"Is that so? Then what does your Umbrella Corporation want to do?"

Ye Hai's expression gradually calmed down; there was nothing more to say now that things had come to this.

In the technological age, it is indeed difficult to completely hide oneself in the city.

Moreover, the opposing side also has the Red Queen, a technological product that is clearly beyond the current era.

Ye Hai had no means of countering this.

"No one from Umbrella Corporation is currently aware of the situation of the two individuals."

Red Queen calmly revealed news that surprised both Ye Hai and Yukino Yukinoshita.

Chapter 30 The Red Queen's Choice

"why?"

Ye Hai raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"No member of the Umbrella Corporation board of directors has given orders to monitor and report on the two individuals, and neither of them has engaged in any actions that threaten the Umbrella Corporation."

"Therefore, according to the system settings, I do not need to report any information about the two of you."

The Red Queen replied very patiently.

"..."

Do not do anything that is optional.

Ye Hai felt that this Red Queen had mastered the essence of slacking off at work.

"So, you're the one who needs to talk to us."

A glint flashed in Yukino's large, azure eyes.

"Yes."

The Red Queen in the picture nodded in response, just like a real person.

"Oh? You, an artificial intelligence, actually have your own private matters?"

Ye Hai became interested.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Red Queen chose to ignore Ye Hai's question and continued, "T-virus..."

The Red Queen then launched into a long, detailed account of the T-virus, including its development, experiments, and eventual leak.

Then, she introduced the Hive to Ye Hai and Yukino Yukinoshita, and the whole process of her trying to stop the spread of the T-virus inside the Hive.

"After 114514 calculations by the system, once the T virus begins to spread erratically throughout the world, the world will inevitably be destroyed."

"Human beings have no hope of survival."

"In 114514 simulations, humanity could be wiped out in as little as thirteen years, and in the latest scenario, it could be completely extinct in ninety-eight years."