Chapter 22: Negotiation? More Like Nonsense!

“Four thousand in hand.”

The Rampaging Giant Bear was summoned by Qian Gu, so the kill counted toward him. Up to now, he had earned 4,000 reward points.

As for the other zombies, zombie dogs, and crawlers, they were left to his teammates.

After all, if he was going to feast on the meat, shouldn’t others be allowed to sip the broth?

“With this, I can exchange for several more spell scrolls,” Qian Gu thought to himself. “I couldn’t find any spell scrolls for animating objects before, so I had to rely on reward points to trade for them.”

Animating Objects.

This was a spell Qian Gu valued highly.

It could animate up to ten non-magical objects that were neither held nor worn, then execute the caster’s commands for one minute.

At first glance, it seemed unimpressive.

But!

Technological weapons were not classified as magical items.

In other words, Qian Gu could fully animate a tubular pulse gun and let it erupt continuously for a full minute, obliterating every living creature, building, and even artificial rocks and waters in sight into fragments.

Meanwhile, Qian Gu himself could carry out other operations, such as casting a monster immobilization spell to freeze enemies, or even draw another tubular pulse gun for himself.

Most importantly, the spell’s limit was not one object, but ten.

Even if he animated ten submachine guns simultaneously, sweeping for a minute, that would be an overwhelmingly terrifying firepower.

“Woo woo—”

While he was pondering, the Rampaging Giant Bear suddenly halted its advance.

“What’s going on?”

Zhang Jie peeked out, glanced quickly, then ducked back: “It’s the Flame Queen, and there’s a white man’s projection beside her!”

“A white man?”

Zhan Lan also stuck her head out briefly, then withdrew, quickly recalling the Resident Evil movies in her mind and shaking her head: “That character never appeared in the films.”

If you recognized him, that would have been surprising!

Qian Gu glanced over and identified the figure opposite as the final chapter’s mastermind—the notorious Dr. Isaacs.

Even his clones from the outside world appeared in the 2007 film Resident Evil: Extinction. For Zheng Zha and the others, who only knew two movies, this character was indeed absent from their cinematic experience.

“Let’s see who the troublemakers are—Japanese? Or Chinese?”

Dr. Isaacs’s voice echoed through the hive’s omnipresent projection system: “Your achievements moved me deeply. It’s hard to imagine that beneath Umbrella’s grand empire, such a brilliant and exquisite research team was overlooked.

“But, I’m also grateful for your self-invitation.”

He snapped his fingers, and the previously pitch-black corridor instantly illuminated brightly.

Zheng Zha and the others saw a completely new hive. At the end of the path were countless “cells,” like a real beehive, each containing a frozen Umbrella executive—though none of them knew this.

“This… this is…”

Zhan Lan didn’t finish her sentence.

A side quest!

This must be the side quest hidden beneath the hive.

However…

“I invite you to join us,” Dr. Isaacs’s projected hand extended. “Let us welcome the dawn of a new century together.”

“Ah?”

Zheng Zha’s mind blanked momentarily, almost unable to process it.

What was this middle-aged white man rambling about? He didn’t understand at all.

“Human territory is expanding; greed is swelling,” Dr. Isaacs turned around, preaching as if on a pulpit. “Earth’s resources are finite, but the human population keeps growing. The wise have always been a minority; the majority are wasteful ignoramuses.

“Over 99% of humanity is ignorant and foolish, recklessly depleting the Earth’s resources. One day, they will destroy this blue planet.”

Classic Western elitist ideology.

Qian Gu sneered coldly. “So? You’re planning to unleash a great flood?”

“The God’s flood?”

Dr. Isaacs turned around, seeming to see Qian Gu through the Rampaging Giant Bear’s form, laughing heartily. “A good metaphor, but no—it’s not a flood, but the plague of the apocalypse!

“The plague will cleanse all foolish and ignorant people, and I! We!”

He pointed at himself.

“We, the elite among humanity, will board the ark and sail into the new century as its creators!”

*Clap, clap, clap.*

Qian Gu applauded mockingly. “You think you’re Noah?”

“No, we are.”

Dr. Isaacs extended his hand again. “Do you want to come aboard this ark? I admire you all.”

“Forget it.”

Qian Gu snorted coldly. “I’m more interested in tearing you apart.”

Dr. Isaacs sighed.

“Unfortunately, you still refuse,” he snapped his fingers. “But it’s fine. With these materials here, Umbrella’s reverse engineering never disappoints.

“Flame Queen.”

“Present.”

“Take them down.”

*Thud! Thud!*

Heavy footsteps suddenly sounded, drawing Zheng Zha and the others’ gazes.

“That is…”

Zheng Zha’s mouth twitched.

Zhang Jie stared for a long moment, then cursed loudly, “What the hell is that?!”

It was a humanoid monster.

Standing five meters tall, its head covered in a pale exoskeleton, its chest bristling with dense spikes. Deep within the spikes was a grotesquely distorted face.

It had four arms; each hand’s five fingers were like long blades. The top pair spread out like angel wings. On the right shoulder was a huge crimson eye, now fixed on the Rampaging Giant Bear.

Its two thick legs resembled human legs the most, without mutation into claws; the toenails formed an exoskeleton layer, enclosing the toes. A massive eye grew on the left thigh’s hip.

Qian Gu rummaged through his scant memories of Resident Evil and finally identified this creature.

The third stage of G-virus infection: G-3!

The G-virus was another virus born during the T-virus research. Compared to the T-virus, the G-virus was uncontrollable, with a high mutation rate. The infected progressed through five stages, but due to its uncontrollability, the theoretical final stage was less terrifying than the third and fourth stages.

What stood before Qian Gu and the others was the third stage.

“Hiss—”

Qian Gu gasped. “Wait, there’s more?”

Within the detection range of good and evil, there was not just one response, but two.

Yes.

There were two G-3s.

Their combat power far exceeded that of previous Tyrants. Pure physical prowess alone could topple villas and houses, and they could withstand direct hits from anti-materiel sniper bullets.

“This is really…”

Qian Gu clicked his tongue. “The difficulty just got serious.”