Chapter 19: The Tyrant Makes His Entrance
The entire deployment of the Central Continent team revolved around Qian Gu.
Detect Good and Evil.
At this moment, the effectiveness of this first-tier spell was almost infinitely amplified.
In the darkness, countless Crawlers, zombie dogs, and zombies were detected as soon as they stepped within a 100-meter radius. They were then focused on and wiped out, falling under the barrage of modern firearms.
Crawlers were indeed formidable in combat, but what did it matter?
Qian Gu’s team never fought head-on.
Upon entering the main god realm, without any enhancements and armed with nothing but a blank sheet and no weapons, they naturally proceeded cautiously, fearful that a single misstep would result in being torn apart by Crawlers, becoming the next Li Xiaoyi.
But!
Once they survived a horror scenario, even if they only earned a basic 1,000 reward points once, everything changed.
Cheap, effective modern weaponry with unlimited ammo was truly the optimal choice for rookie reincarnators. Returning to the Hive in the Resident Evil world to farm points and explore side plots was more than sufficient.
Qian Gu’s only concern was the bizarre military strength of Umbrella Corporation within the "Infinite Multiverse."
For example, an armed helicopter equipped with death rays and Gauss weapons—just a hundred of those could annihilate a Demon Team led by a fourth-tier commander.
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Beneath the Hive.
Scarlet light particles drifted, coalescing into a virtual projection of a little girl.
Before her lay the entire monitoring system of the Hive.
This Hive was unlike any known to the outside world, resembling two inverted pyramids stacked together. The Umbrella research base, originally overrun by zombies, was merely a facade; the true Hive lay beneath this disguise.
Rows upon rows of cryogenic human suspension pods were displayed, each containing a person frozen in ice.
From where one looked, all were high-ranking Umbrella executives.
“An unplanned intruder,” said the little girl—Umbrella Corporation’s super AI, the Flame Queen. Watching the Central Continent team steadily advance deeper into the Hive on her monitors, she opened a massive door, awakening formidable bioweapons to shred the intruders.
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“Hell yeah!”
Zhang Jie sprayed bullets and laughed heartily. “This is f***ing exhilarating!”
The Central Continent team had exchanged for guns with unlimited ammo. Unlike the cursed sets that required spirit-infused bullets, here there was no need to worry about reloading, solving their biggest logistical issue effortlessly.
Naturally, Qian Gu’s group began farming reward points.
Though a global outbreak of the bioweapon crisis had yet to occur, this site was Umbrella’s experimental base, the origin of the T-virus leak and bioweapon modifications. The number of zombie dogs and Crawlers here was truly vast.
By the time they reached their estimated destination, each member had farmed around 2,000 reward points, already earning back the points needed to exchange for days of play.
Zheng Zha rubbed his submachine gun and asked, “Qian Gu, what’s next?”
“Next…” Qian Gu began, but suddenly his expression changed. He aimed his gun into the darkness and pulled the trigger.
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Special bullets capable of piercing tank armor burst forth, creating a miniature sonic boom as they shot through a thick metal wall and struck a hostile target behind it.
“How is this possible?” Qian Gu’s face darkened.
“What’s wrong?” Zheng Zha asked hurriedly.
The target was not dead!
Still within the "Detect Good and Evil" radius of the alert zone, even after taking Qian Gu’s anti-material special bullet, it remained alive.
This was definitely not a Crawler, but…
“Tyrant!”
Boom!
The thick metal wall, over ten centimeters thick, was ripped open by a giant claw, creating an opening large enough for a car to speed through. Behind it stood the claw’s owner.
Towering over two and a half meters tall, each muscle exaggerated in size, like a steroid-fueled Olympic bodybuilder—solid, robust, and resilient. Qian Gu’s bullet was embedded in its shoulder.
Umbrella Corporation’s bioweapons far surpassed Crawlers. This one was codenamed “Tyrant.”
“What the hell?” Zhang Jie glanced over, his face changing drastically. “How is there a Tyrant inside the Hive?”
“A plot twist,” Qian Gu said, taking a deep breath and reaching into his pocket calmly. “Zheng Zha, you two, be careful. The Tyrant’s combat power is very high. Looks like you’re going into melee.”
“Huh? Seriously?”
Rat-a-tat-tat!
Zhan Lan fired first, his submachine gun blazing, bullets streaming nonstop.
The Tyrant swung its massive claw-shaped hand violently, swiping away the hail of bullets. The tough muscle tissue beneath was only superficially torn, not even a drop of blood splattered.
“Damn!” Zhang Jie cursed.
Rip!
Qian Gu pulled out a scroll and tore it open.
A scroll of Enhance Attribute.
‘So, spells inside scrolls can be deciphered,’ he thought, massaging his throbbing temples. A vast spell model formed in his mind, far beyond the scope of a first-tier spell.
This was normal, as Enhance Attribute was a second-tier spell!
The "Enhance Attribute" spell integrated several attribute enhancements, such as the brute strength of a bull, the toughness of a bear, and the elegance of a cat. However, each casting could only enhance one attribute.
The scroll was inexpensive, at least relative to the spell itself.
It cost 200 reward points, and adding 100 more would allow purchasing another Legendary Dragon Blood; the exchange price for second-tier spells was 1,500 reward points.
“Huh? I feel stronger already.”
Zheng Zha clenched his fists, sensing his strength had risen to roughly five times that of a normal person.
“That’s Bull’s Brute Strength.”
A roar suddenly echoed.
The ground trembled as the Tyrant charged like a full-speed tank, an unstoppable force hurtling toward Zheng Zha and the others.
“Charge!”
Zheng Zha shouted, charging forward in kind to collide with the Tyrant.
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