Chapter 13: Main God, Hurry Up and Increase the Difficulty!
Fifteen minutes was short, yet also long.
Fang Ge felt that this wait was more agonizing than ever before, possibly due to the heightened sense of immersion.
Fortunately, life finds a way.
Around the fifth minute, James Shade’s heart rate and blood pressure began to rise, having been injected with a lethal dose of adrenaline.
Furthermore, his wound showed signs of “wriggling,” and his body visibly “shrank.”
The T-Virus greatly accelerated his metabolism, and his status as a suitable host meant he wouldn't easily lose his “rationality.”
Fat and muscle became sources of energy.
Strictly speaking, possessing the ability to break down fat and muscle into energy precisely indicated that the organ with the strongest regenerative capacity—the liver—had quietly resumed its function.
“There’s really a chance…”
This scene transcended normal human understanding, and Alice, having recovered her memories, finally began to realize that the T-Virus was not merely a simple bio-weapon.
It truly held the potential to alter human physique and promote human evolution!
However, this thriving scene lasted for less than five minutes.
Around the tenth minute, James began to twitch erratically, and the black captain’s skin gradually turned an abnormal “bluish-green”… although his dark skin made it less obvious.
His body temperature and blood pressure also reversed course, plummeting sharply.
Yet, quite unusually, granulation tissue rapidly grew from his abdominal wound, cells rapidly divided, intertwining to form new tissue.
“Should we administer the antidote now?”
Zhan Lan crouched beside Fang Ge, asking softly, “His condition… looks a bit off.”
As someone who had watched Resident Evil, Zhan Lan could easily tell that this was a sign of zombification.
She couldn't help but wonder… why fifteen minutes? Why was Fang Ge so certain it had to be fifteen minutes?
Zhan Lan had calculated while watching the movie that if the antidote wasn't administered within about 10 minutes, there would be no chance of saving them!
It wasn’t Fang Ge who answered her, but Chu Xuan, who was nearby.
“Not enough. The body’s repair isn’t complete. Injecting the antidote now would mean losing the regenerative ability provided by the T-Virus… and still wouldn’t reverse the fate of death.”
Chu Xuan was clearly knowledgeable; he also possessed exceptionally outstanding achievements in biology.
After a quick assessment of the current symptoms, he arrived at a startling conclusion.
The number Fang Ge stated… was unexpectedly precise.
Unbelievably precise.
—The wisdom of a multi-cycle player, learn it! Learning is endless!
Fang Ge suppressed himself, not wanting to show a smug smile.
Nearly another five minutes passed, and James Shade even seemed to develop lividity, his twitching becoming increasingly violent. Zheng Zha even suspected that in the next moment, he would suddenly lash out and bite off a piece of Fang Ge’s flesh!
At this moment, Fang Ge finally moved, injecting the green antidote he had prepared earlier into James’s body!
As the syringe was pressed, James’s body seemed to have a filter applied to it.
He rapidly transformed into a normal person from the inside out, once again experiencing a rise in blood pressure, an accelerated heart rate, and a return to normal body temperature, quickly becoming indistinguishable from an ordinary person!
Then…
“Whoosh!”
As if waking from a nightmare, James Shade shot up from the ground!
Then, he was startled into a cold sweat by the dark muzzles of the guns!
【Successfully completed a side quest, rewarded with 1 C-rank side quest, 1 D-rank side quest, and 2500 reward points.】
Hearing the Main God’s quest reward, Fang Ge breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, “You can put your guns down. Look at how scared he is… he should be fine.”
“Nice!”
“Mr. Fang Ge, you are truly incredible!”
“Haha, looks like we won’t need a new boss!”
Fang Ge could feel that the mercenaries’ gazes towards him had undergone a qualitative change. What was originally just reverence for a “Umbrella Corporation executive” now contained genuine respect from the bottom of their hearts.
This time, he turned the tide and propped up a collapsing building! On the way back, the mercenaries would revere him like a god!
He enjoyed the feeling of showing off in front of others… or rather, most people who play games enjoy this feeling of being omnipotent in front of NPCs.
There are many genres for virtual streamers selling save files; speedrunning is just one of them. There’s also the “showing off” genre, which Fang Ge had also dabbled in.
To put it bluntly, it was about showing off and slapping faces, following the “cool story” route, which could also greatly boost save file sales.
Even Chu Xuan was stunned; just this one incident meant this save file could sell for five yuan more and sell an additional ten thousand copies!
“Hiss…”
James’s mind was a bit muddled; he vaguely remembered being hit by a laser…
The black captain suddenly touched the injury in his memory. He focused his gaze and found his abdomen slightly cool, and that part of his combat suit was also gone, revealing an abdomen full of scars!
Moreover, a strong sense of hunger constantly assailed his brain.
“What happened? Am I still alive?”
“We used some extraordinary measures. Your physique is good; you didn’t turn into a zombie, nor did you die. You just probably lost about a fifth of your ‘body weight.’”
Fang Ge gestured with his chin towards the box containing the virus, then instructed the medic:
“Treat Zheng Zha’s wounds… We really wronged him.”
“Alright, alright!” The medic smiled, nodding repeatedly, and approached Zheng Zha with the medical kit.
Zheng Zha had many contusions and bruises, but the most severe were several shattered shrapnel pieces embedded in his arms. The bleeding had stopped, but it could still cause secondary injuries.
However, his own mood was quite good, presumably the relief of surviving plus the substantial reward had a rather good analgesic effect on him.
It wasn’t until Fang Ge showed concern for his injuries that he suddenly felt pain everywhere on his body… Perhaps, struggling on the brink of death multiple times had made him start to adapt to survival in horror films.
“Why is it always me who gets hurt?”
The refined white-collar worker showed a wry smile.
He was the one falsely accused of being a spy and almost shot to death. Now, he was the one who entered the laser corridor and barely survived!
The most infuriating thing was that he suspected the reward he received might not be the highest.
Zheng Zha hadn't contributed much to saving James, yet he still received two D-rank side quests and 1000 reward points!
God knows why this mercenary captain, who had so little screen time, was so expensive!
Matt was the male protagonist of two consecutive movies; what are you, a bald guy, to be more expensive than Matt?
If Fang Ge knew what Zheng Zha was thinking, he would surely burst out laughing.
Didn’t you yourself inflate James’s unit price?
The medic simply treated Zheng Zha’s wounds, and then James kindly stepped forward and gave Zheng Zha a big hug, which flattered Zheng Zha.
“Regardless, I’m very sorry for wronging you, and thank you for your help despite what happened.”
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, everyone began to discuss the next course of action—going to the server room to retrieve the evidence.
“I don’t want to go into that corridor again, whoever wants to go, go!” JD shook his head like a rattle drum as soon as he heard they still had to go to the server room.
“This is the only way. We are certain that the defense system has been shut down.”
Chu Xuan said, leading the way to pack up the box and walking towards the corridor without looking back.
It seemed… no, he truly didn’t know what fear was.
“If you’re really scared, you can go one by one.” Fang Ge smiled and followed closely, passing through the corridor and arriving at Red Queen’s server room.
Almost the moment he arrived in the server room, a red holographic image appeared in his field of vision.
It was a projection in the form of a little girl—it was the Red Queen!
It seemed even the Red Queen acknowledged his current “leadership position.”
The little girl spoke, in a strange electronic synthesized voice, warning:
“You cannot shut me down!”
“Are you going to give us that line again about not having permission to disclose company secrets? I advise you to save your breath; we won’t shut you down… at least not yet.”
Fang Ge looked down at the Red Queen before him; now it was the lamb to be slaughtered!
He rubbed his temples, softly instructing:
“First, bring up the footage of Spence stealing the T-Virus, and tell us the distribution of the ‘zombies’… ah, I mean ‘personnel’ right now.”
“If you don’t cooperate, we’ll smash your mainboard, release the creepers and zombies, and turn Raccoon City into a living hell.”
This was a naked threat; he knew the Red Queen always responded to force, not softness; it fell for this trick.
“…Alright, Mr. Fang Ge. Here is the data you requested.”
A light screen was projected, displaying surveillance footage from the laboratory.
Spence, wearing a protective suit, took the T-Virus and antidote, and then shattered a vial of T-Virus before leaving.
This scene unfolded before the eyes of the others who had arrived successively.
Spence got what he deserved, confirmed as a spy. This way, the Reincarnators were completely absolved from the virus leak incident.
“Currently, six hundred personnel remain in various offices, elevators, research labs, and other areas. They are currently in quarantine and there is no risk of loss of control. Areas that remain open are not dangerous.”
The Red Queen described this while pulling up surveillance footage of the corresponding areas.
One could see a large number of researchers “submerged in water, at a loss.”
Unfortunately, the T-Virus’s characteristic of zombifying people would not be weakened by immersion in water.
“HOLY SHIT!”
James felt his scalp tingle upon seeing all this.
“Kaplan, copy these files. We’re evacuating now. We have about fifty minutes left before the Hive’s entrance closes completely!”
“Okay! Okay!” Kaplan agreed repeatedly, then pulled out his laptop, intending to connect to the Red Queen.
Fang Ge, however, knew he wouldn't succeed…
Having completed so many side quests, apart from Zheng Zha’s near-death experience, the others had not faced many challenges relying on their “wisdom.”
This was not what the Main God wanted to see.
The increase in difficulty would have a delay; it might arrive late, but it couldn't not arrive.
—Main God, come out and increase the difficulty!
“Buzz!”
As expected, the moment Kaplan inserted the data cable, everyone’s vision suddenly dimmed.
At this moment, the Hive—Umbrella Corporation’s most precise, most high-tech, and most central underground experimental facility.
Like child’s play, it tripped a circuit breaker!