Chapter 1059
Shirley
Just think about it with your brain and you'll know.
In a school full of zombie dogs and crawlers, there is one living person, and she is a helpless little girl.
It's fair to say that eleven out of ten points are off.
But considering this person's identity, it doesn't seem to be a problem.
After all, the little girl's father was the founder of the T-virus; in Chen Zilong's words, he was a powerful figure.
In the sight of the Zhongzhou team members.
The little girl clutched a raccoon toy tightly in her arms, her face streaked with tears and an indescribable mix of excitement and relief.
She carried a red backpack with a little rabbit painted on it.
Zhu Wen approached with a pained expression, took out a new pair of shoes, and knelt down to change them while speaking softly to the little girl.
Even Zhao Yingkong chose to step forward and help.
Although it's not confirmed yet, everyone here has a feeling that the person in front of them must be the one they're looking for.
After Zhu Wen and Zhao Yingkong comforted and communicated with him, their identities were finally confirmed after a few words.
It was Shirley Birkin, the doctor's daughter they were looking for.
She was picked up by Umbrella Corporation personnel yesterday morning, but by then the virus from Hive had already leaked.
The car accident happened right after I stepped out of the school gate.
Afterwards, Shirley listened to her father's words on the walkie-talkie and went back to school to hide.
And then we got to where we are now.
It was right after I helped Shirley change her clothes.
Zhu Wen then stood up while holding the little girl.
Almost at the same time, a sense of danger suddenly struck.
Li Xiao reacted the fastest, turning around immediately.
A huge, dark red figure rushed in through the glass of the corridor opposite the classroom.
With a gentle swipe of its sharp and massive claws, a large hole was torn open in the concrete and steel wall.
Then a hideous tongue shot out like a bullet towards Xia Yan, the short-haired newcomer who was standing at the very back.
Of course, it wasn't just the short-haired newcomer; Zhu Shasha was also right next to her. It's safe to say that if the fate of the two were to be sealed, neither of them would escape.
The two newlyweds were dumbfounded and stood there stunned. Of course, given their reaction speed, they didn't even have a chance to react.
However, at this critical moment, a large hand made of shadows reached out from the darkness.
They grabbed the two newcomers, Zhu Wen, and Shirley and backed away.
At the same time, a golden light appeared from Li Xiao's fingertip.
A soft snap.
A finger struck the tongue in mid-air, and the soft flesh exploded instantly.
Li Xiao's figure flashed past, and with a backhand palm strike, he pierced a large hole through the neck of the giant crawler.
Even so, the crawler still raised its claws and slapped at the four rapidly retreating people.
Seeing this, Li Xiao grabbed the other person's white spine below the neck with one hand and pulled it sharply.
The sound of muscles snapping is like steel bars twisting as a string of white spinal bones detaches from the body.
The reptile then collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.
All the blood, flesh, and flying bricks that had just been ejected were now suspended in mid-air.
With a gentle wave of Zhang Jie's hand, they all flew outside.
Not even a speck of dust landed.
Li Xiao looked at the outside of the broken wall and frowned, saying, "Only by strengthening the absolute control of the muscles in the limbs can one achieve silence."
"Plus, the main god restricts mental energy scanning, which indirectly increases the difficulty!"
"I knew it wouldn't be that simple."
"However, we shouldn't need to do anything about the rest."
It turns out that you can see outwards from this broken wall.
The surface of this castle-like primary school is now covered with dozens of crawlers.
These crawlers were not only much larger than the ones that had just appeared, but the muscles in their limbs were also bulging as if they were being inflated.
This is also the main reason why the reptile was able to launch a surprise attack silently.
Li Xiao had just finished speaking.
A gunshot rang out.
A crawler that had just leaped into the air was hit in mid-air, and the raging flames instantly engulfed the crawler.
Chen Zilong, standing nearby, shrugged at the wide-eyed newcomer and said, "Why are you so surprised? It's just an incendiary bomb."
The two newcomers didn't quite understand; were all ordinary incendiary bombs this kind of crisis?
It was at this moment that Li Xiao looked helplessly at Zhang Jie.
This person's expression was equally complex.
Because just after this crawler appeared.
Both of them heard footsteps coming from the darkness of the stairwell.
And there's more than one.
Perhaps sensing something, Shirley lifted her head from Zhu Wen's embrace and looked at Li Xiao.
"Brother and sister, could you...?"
At the very moment this person spoke.
The monotonous and indifferent voice of the Supreme God echoed in the minds of the Zhongzhou Team members.
[Side quest triggered: Sherry's companions evacuated the school survivors from Raccoon City before the nuclear explosion. Each member of the team who survived received a D-rank side quest and a reward of 1500 points.]
Looking at the updated text on their watches, both of them felt helpless.
"In the end, the side quest was still triggered, and it was a side quest without any penalty for failure."
Zhang Jie asked in confusion, "What is the Supreme God trying to do? Is he testing us?"
"Moreover, this reward is neither particularly good nor bad; it's just the right amount."
Li Xiao shrugged as well: "Indeed, this side quest is a bit inexplicable."
It was during their discussion that...
Shirley waved happily at the spot where she had come from.
The next moment, a flurry of footsteps sounded.
One by one, figures barely a meter tall emerged from the darkness and appeared in Li Xiao and the others' sight.
Upon seeing these dozen or so children, everyone was stunned for a moment.
Each of them had tear stains on their face, clearly indicating that they had been crying for a long time.
Zhang Jie murmured, "I thought it would be teachers or parents, but it turned out to be all children."
No wonder there was no punishment; the Supreme God was certain we would accept it!
"This is really uncomfortable..."
If they were still in the dark, Li Xiao and Zhang Jie might refuse, or even cover Shirley's mouth beforehand.
But now.
Li Xiao sighed, unsure of what to say for a moment.
“Let’s go. Since Chu Xuan brought that female reporter and the black policeman with him in the first place, he probably won’t refuse these children.”
Zhang Jie gave a wry smile.
"To be honest, I still don't understand why Chu Xuan brought those two people with him."
"After all, isn't Jill the only one we're tied to?"
Li Xiao also shook his head. He had asked this question before, but Chu Xuan had not answered.
Li Xiao led the way, and the group went down the stairs.
This section.
The roar of gunfire outside continued one after another.
When I came out from the first floor.
Several more craters with flames burning have appeared on the school playground.
Their powerful vitality allowed the crawlers to struggle and writhe in the flames even after their heads were bombarded.
Some crawlers even turned around and tried to run away after seeing the attack at midnight.
Upon seeing this, Saito, who was guarding the first floor, immediately took out his two-meter-long multi-barreled pulse catapult gun and pulled the trigger by feel without even aiming. A circle of blue energy was released instantly, and countless tiny bullets disappeared.
Saito spread out in a 45-degree fan shape in front of him, and buildings within a 200-meter radius collapsed instantly, with debris flying everywhere.
Along with the crawlers hiding behind, and the zombies in some corners, it was as if they had been pierced by a thousand arrows.
It was ground into a meat sieve.
Even the strongest vitality is useless in this situation.
After this attack, let alone midnight.
Li Xiao and the others who came over were all surprised.
Zhang Jie exclaimed in amazement, "My goodness, what kind of futuristic technology weapon is this?"
"Specializing in killing zombies?"
Saito Hajime quickly said, "Don't all look at me. I just suddenly remembered that we had this, so I took it out to try it out."
"I didn't expect it to work so well."
Li Xiao pondered and said:
"If I remember correctly, this multi-barrel pulse ricochet gun can fire 70,000 special bullets per second."
Each bullet is as small as a cow's hair. Because of its shape, it has extremely strong penetrating power and will explode directly after entering the body.
This level of area-of-effect damage is indeed suitable for dealing with physically enhanced monsters like the T-virus.
"However, the downside is that the ammunition capacity is insufficient, and it can only last for a few seconds."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiao snatched the item from Saito Hajime's hand, examining it as he said, "Not bad, not bad."
After Li Xiao finished speaking, he looked at the mess all around him and said, "Let's go, everyone. The commotion just now was quite loud, and most of the zombies around here have probably been attracted."
Actually, Li Xiao didn't need to say much.
As the building in front of Saito collapsed, hordes of zombies, resembling sardines in a can, appeared in their sight on the next street.
As a city that had just experienced an explosion less than three days prior due to a zombie virus outbreak, it was arguably at the peak of its zombie population.
Saito and his friends also saw the child following behind, and they all shut their mouths, even though they were about to say something.
Zhang Jie and the others looked at the string of children tugging at each other's clothes and all pressed their temples in unison.
After all, these kids are a bit of a headache just to look at them, because compared to the Reincarnation Squad, they are now more like a kindergarten that's reporting students on a field trip.
Just as Li Xiao was pondering how to continue his journey...
Chu Xuan said, "Alright, Li Xiao, take out the item on the ground from the 3842nd piece of the Demon Refining Pot. You've demonstrated enough power; now focus on conserving your energy."
Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, but still immersed his consciousness in the Demon Refining Pot and found the existence that Chu Xuan had mentioned in order.
All the people saw was Li Xiao walk to a slightly flat area at the school gate.
Then he waved his hand.
A massive, all-black off-road motorhome, the size of a locomotive, appeared before them.
The front and sides of the vehicle were equipped with unidentified special equipment, and this was after the vehicle landed.
A dazzling electric blue light quickly swept across the car body.
Then a slightly hoarse voice came from it.
"Bopai Olympia is at your service!"
After speaking, one of the car doors folded open, revealing a one-piece metal seat.
Jill's eyes widened as she pointed at the obviously illogical object in front of her and looked at Li Xiao and the others.
She knew that the world had changed since she saw the zombies yesterday.
But now it seems that this change is a bit too big.
Not only magical creatures have appeared, but robots have appeared too.
Seeing Jill's wide eyes, Li Xiao shook his head, too lazy to explain, and let them fill in the blanks themselves.
Faced with this suddenly appearing behemoth, the children who were originally timid showed excitement instead.
Even Shirley jumped off Zhu Wen and ran up with her friends.
"Get on the bus, everyone, at least this way you can rest for a bit."
Everyone touched and looked at it from left to right, and finally sat down inside.
As the car door closed, the monstrous beast lying on the ground began to start.
But what's amazing is that the sound of such a huge machine moving around is so quiet that it's almost negligible.
They didn't even realize a car had just passed by until the zombies directly in front of them were crushed.
The interior of the vehicle.
Seeing that there was no space even for a driver's seat, the two newcomers became unusually excited and huddled together from time to time, having a lively discussion.
After all, compared to mysterious and unpredictable magic, future technology is more in line with their worldview.
Illuminated by the soft blue and white light from the roof.
Shirley sat quietly with the children on the metal chairs, waiting for the pretty young lady to praise them.
Yes, in order to get these children to behave and quiet down, Zhao Yingkong had no choice but to resort to her magic weapon: lollipops made by the main god.
As for why this person has so many lollipops on them, that remains a mystery.
Many people wanted to ask, but they all tacitly refrained from speaking up.
Looking at the children around them, everyone in the Zhongzhou team was deeply moved. They had also considered triggering a mission to rescue survivors.
But I never imagined it would be in this form.
Seeing that Chu Xuan was about to speak, Li Xiao spoke first:
"Alright, Chu Xuan, I know what you're going to say."
"If Zheng Zha were here, he would make the same decision. They would be a bit troublesome for us right now, but not a major problem."
"Of course, if other situations arise, I..."
Chu Xuan interrupted, "You're overthinking it."
"I just wanted to see the backpack on Shirley's back."
After saying that, Chu Xuan walked over, lowered his head, and smiled: "May I take a look at your backpack?"
"I think that's why you were able to save them."
The little girl with the lollipop in her mouth nodded, then left her friends and walked to the front of the car, where Li Xiao and the others were.
Shirley gently placed her backpack on the metal table and then unzipped it.
The backpack contained not books or notebooks, but rows of neatly arranged yellow medicines.
These drugs, like the T-virus, are spiral-shaped and have a portable injection needle at the tip.
Jill looked over curiously: "What is this?"
"It's the original T-virus solution, the most primitive T-virus."
"It was also a medicine that my father developed for me."
Shirley looked up and said in a clear voice.
Li Xiao, standing behind him, also recognized it, because it was something he and Zheng Zha had found in the beehive and brought back to the Main God Space.
They went through a lot of trouble to bring one back.
There were several rows, at least a dozen, of cigarettes in Shirley's schoolbag.
Thinking of this, Li Xiao couldn't help but rub his forehead.
After all, if they had known this, they shouldn't have gone back to the Hive; they should have gone to Raccoon City Elementary School to find Sherry instead.
However, Li Xiao also realized that if he had actually gone to look for it back then, it would probably have directly started the plot of Resident Evil 2.
Who knows what might happen then?
Hearing what Shirley said.
Jill and her two companions had already learned about the relationship between the so-called zombies and the T-virus along the way, so they were taken aback when they heard this.
Then they noticed that the little girl's skin seemed too pale, an unhealthy kind of pale.
Moreover, according to what Li Xiao just said, Shirley should be thirteen years old, but she still looks like an eight or nine-year-old girl.
It's as if it has stopped growing.
Jill stroked the other's hair with a complicated expression.
"So you also have the T virus in your body? And why is the T virus a drug?"
Shirley replied, "The T-virus my father injected me with was a medicine."
"But for healthy ordinary people, it's a virus, and the most terrifying genetic virus at that." (End of Chapter)