Chapter 12

The dead USS forces predictably turned into new zombies and were lured onto the walkway by the Red Queen using a broadcast. A spray of concentrated nitric acid finished them off, leaving them dead beyond any doubt. The entire offensive and defensive battle lasted over six hours, ending completely at 3 PM, with nine hours left until the return.

Chuci sat in the central computer room, his fingers tapping the desk rhythmically, lost in thought.

Although the Red Queen initiated radio interference when the USS forces descended to ensure that underground information was not leaked, after so long, the Umbrella Corporation must have noticed something. Unfortunately, they had no idea about the situation on the surface. If the Raccoon City bio-infection got out of control, the Umbrella Corporation might not have enough strength to handle it again.

"Phew~" Chuci exhaled heavily, straightened his back, and his hands clattered on the keyboard, initiating a network connection to the surface building's network. He then stealthily hijacked data packets, modified the reading mode, and secretly siphoned off a small amount of network traffic under the noses of the surface technicians.

"Fortunately, foreigners are still so rigid in their readings, unlike the talented people of our country." Chuci smiled like a fox that had stolen a chicken. As a world-leading military-industrial enterprise, the Umbrella Corporation's branch building had a network speed of 500MB, which is 512,000KB. The person from a certain unscrupulous education system directly modified the measurement method, changing 1024KB = 1MB to 1000KB = 1MB, hijacking a total of 12,000KB of network speed. If the people on the surface did not notice the algorithm, they would never suspect that someone was "freeloading" on the network.

Stealthily hacking into the surface company's system, Chuci easily understood the current situation.

The bio-contamination had escaped the control of the Umbrella Corporation 23 minutes ago, baring its lethal fangs to Raccoon City. The branch manager, Cain, evacuated Raccoon City 8 minutes ago, leaving behind a unit to maintain the information point, stationed in this soon-to-collapse building. Meanwhile, a laboratory on the surface had completed its mission, with Alice, codenamed "Goddess," successfully implanted with the T-virus. The treatment bed began to reverse the anesthesia and muscle relaxants, with Alice expected to regain consciousness in three hours, ready to be thrown into a massive arena.

Notably, the Umbrella Corporation had deployed the military to build a defensive wall around Raccoon City. Thanks to the terrain, the city, located in a basin, had a dense population, allowing the lockdown to be completed within half a day. The only checkpoint was set up at the mountain-crossing bridge. Raccoon City residents could leave the city after passing the inspection, which was the only exit. The rest of the areas were equipped with numerous machine guns, with a policy of "better to kill a thousand innocents than to let one guilty person go."

Chuci also found out about the flights of other new arrivals, who were transported by helicopter to a nearby oil tanker and then exiled to a desolate place in South Africa, where all their ambitions would be drowned in the sea.

"Hmm, who is this sneaky guy? He looks familiar." The Red Queen intelligently filtered out useless surveillance footage, leaving only a dozen cameras monitoring moving objects in the surface building, including a USS unit responsible for maintaining information, the awakening Alice, and a man hiding behind a pillar to avoid patrols.

"He is Spence Parker. His position is the security guard at the Hive's safety exit. 39 hours ago, he leaked the T-virus, causing the Hive to enter lockdown mode." The Red Queen helpfully provided the information.

"Oh, it's him." Chuci suddenly realized, staring at Spence's face on the screen with a hint of curiosity. "Red Queen, can you eavesdrop on his phone call?"

"Yes." The Red Queen, being a top-tier AI, had already integrated all the electronic control facilities on the surface, including an interception and eavesdropping device used by the Umbrella Corporation.

In less than three seconds, Spence's magnetic male voice came through the broadcast.

"I am very sorry, Mr. Ashford. The T-virus fell into the hands of the S.T.A.R.S., but it has been recovered by the Umbrella Corporation. My identity has been exposed."

"Hmph! Useless thing, I had high hopes for you. Come back, and I'll have someone give you a makeover. Don't show your face again."

"Mr. Ashford, please give me one more chance. I have important information. Please give me a chance to make amends."

"Spence, do you have anything else to say?"

"While hiding in the Umbrella Corporation, I overheard a piece of information. Alice, who works with me at the Hive's exit, has been detected as a perfect host for the T-virus."

"Perfect host?" There was a long silence on the other end, so long that Chuci wondered if the call had been hung up.

"Very well, I will give you one chance. Bring Alice back, and I will give you more money than you can spend in ten lifetimes."

"Yes, thank you for your leniency, Mr. Ashford."

After Ashford hung up, Spence's face showed relief and a sense of luck. After all, Alice was his wife in name, even if it was a cover identity. As long as Spence displayed enough male charm, he believed Alice would choose a man who deeply loved her over the Umbrella Corporation, which used her for experiments.

What he didn't expect was that everything was seen by Chuci, who, not knowing the full story, only knew that this man had caused the Hive's downfall and that Zhong Ziyun said he was the antagonist.

"Alright, as they say, bad people must be educated." Chuci despised this man who betrayed women and was determined to cause him trouble. "Red Queen, expose Spence's location and let the Umbrella Corporation deal with him."

"As you wish, sir."

For the next hour, Spence experienced the treatment of a rat in the street. No matter where he hid, the building's guards would arrive first and drive him away with guns and ammunition, leaving him no better than a destitute, drenched dog.

What made Spence even more frustrated was that under the relentless pursuit of the guards, he was getting farther and farther away from Alice's laboratory, with almost no chance of getting close. The guards' patience was also wearing thin, and Spence sensed that the USS forces were starting to interfere with the pursuit, making his next actions even more difficult.

While Spence, as a rat, attracted everyone's attention, Chuci had already shifted his focus to the entire Raccoon City. With the Red Queen's assistance, he used the wireless network devices of the surface building to successfully hack into all the computers in Raccoon City that could access the internet. The Red Queen, for the first time with so many botnet nodes, demonstrated terrifying computational power.

"Activate the wireless network devices in the Eucalyptus District, activate the wireless network devices in the Oak District, locate the A-MFHL112 patrol satellite, locate... Eucalyptus District wireless network devices activated, Oak District wireless network devices activated, capturing A-MFHL112 patrol satellite, capturing... transmitting worm program... worm program transmission complete, starting to crack satellite permissions..."

Using four hours and 5,000 botnet computers in Raccoon City, Chuci successfully hacked into a dozen American satellites that would pass over Raccoon City in the next 12 hours, making them his eyes. Combined with the police cameras spread throughout Raccoon City, by nightfall, Raccoon City was within his sight.

Raccoon City, a picturesque basin city, had become vibrant with the injection of substantial funds by the Umbrella Corporation, with smiles and ease on everyone's faces.

All of this, however, was brutally cut by the ugly reality behind the beautiful city, leaving countless bleeding and festering wounds.

In the city's surveillance cameras, countless cars were jammed together, with various expensive and luxurious cars discarded like junk everywhere. Car accidents! Car accidents everywhere, with some cars still on fire! Smoke spread with the gentle breeze, and the tangled vehicles paralyzed the already narrow streets, making it impossible for large vehicles to pass.

In the cameras Chuci brought up, there were almost no human figures, only dark red blood and scattered pieces of flesh. Zombies wandered in groups, and occasionally, a few frantic and panicked human figures would appear, only to be quickly surrounded and devoured by the zombies, leaving behind a chilling human flesh vortex.

After the "training" in the Hive, Chuci was not too afraid of blood and flesh. He frowned and, with the Red Queen's help, found the more powerful armed groups within Raccoon City.

"Former S.T.A.R.S. elite unit, located at 45 Westwood Game Store on Raccoon 9th Avenue, with the best combat record for 'Special Operations and Rescue,' a group of tough old men."

"Raccoon City Police Department team, equipped with two riot control vehicles, moving toward the exit bridge, with the most automatic weapons and the most baggage, over 15 children."

"Alice, located at a civilian firearms store on Raccoon 18th Avenue, on a motorcycle, with an undetermined direction, the 'Goddess' in the Nemesis Plan."

"Original S.T.A.R.S. elite combat unit, located in the 5-12 experimental incubation rooms of the surface Umbrella Corporation branch building, not yet awakened, the 'Avengers' in the Nemesis Plan."

Chuci was surprised that the Red Queen had included the forces within the surface building. However, seeing the once familiar S.T.A.R.S. team now turned into ugly and terrifying monsters, he felt a sense of melancholy.

"Avengers? Why did they become like this, and is there any hope of saving them?" After a moment of reflection, Chuci's rationality took over, and he asked about their potential value.

"Due to the S.T.A.R.S. team's poor performance, Mr. Cain used them as materials for the Nemesis Plan. From the experimental logs, the T-virus has completely eroded their bodies, and their brain memories have been erased with a memory eraser. There is no possibility of them regaining consciousness."

"I see." Chuci was slightly disappointed but quickly shifted his mood. "Since the Umbrella Corporation used them as test subjects, there must be a way to control them, right?"

"Yes, the company implanted the latest control chips in their brains, with built-in firearm combat templates, elite combat templates, and anti-reconnaissance combat templates. Their eyes were also modified with glass optical cameras, and they have internal control bombs with an explosive force equivalent to 50 kilograms of C4, releasing energy... enough to destroy a city block." The Red Queen, considering Chuci's expertise, hesitated for a moment before quickly finding an appropriate way to describe the explosive force.

"In other words, if we can crack the waveform and code of the chips in the Avengers' brains, we can also control them." Chuci's eyes narrowed slightly, and the Red Queen's brief pause, though undetectable, made Chuci sense a hint of danger.

"Yes, sir, do you want to crack them?"

"Yes, create a command token for me. I want to do it myself."

"Sir, there is some good news."

"Go on."

"The G-MFHL109 high-orbit synchronous satellite received an encrypted command. The decrypted content confirms it is the order to activate the Avengers."

"..." Isn't this like a pillow being handed to you?

PS: I originally planned to add an extra chapter on New Year's Day as a red envelope, but I couldn't finish it, so I accumulated it until the second day. I hope it's not too late now. Also, thank you to the book friends Cardzh, sjhx, God`of`Death, ZuoSiWeiBiHuiSi, and hscmsw for your support. I will continue to work hard and bring you better stories.

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