Matthew Addison turned to look at her, then waved to the other mercenaries, who quickly took out some machinery from their packs and began to hack at the gate.
Matthew Addison said to the foreign beauty, "We are employed by Umbrella, including you... This gate leads to the 'Honeycomb,' and you are a registered gate security guard for the company, which is why we brought you along."
Zhang Jie, Li Ling, and the others also sized up the foreign beauty; this was Alice, the female protagonist of the Resident Evil series.
Everyone only knows her as Alice, not her real name, because she lost her memory from the first season of the Resident Evil series until the sixth season, and she never regained her memory. Therefore, no one knows her real name.
It's quite an oddity...
Alice was formerly a senior executive at Umbrella, but an accident led to the deaths of all Umbrella personnel at the hands of the intelligent robot, the Red Queen.
But they weren't truly dead; they had turned into zombies. Alice, along with Umbrella forces and a fake policeman named Matt, entered the Hive and shut down the Red Queen.
Along the way, they encountered Alice's husband, but he ultimately betrayed everyone, causing everyone to die. In the end, only Alice and Matt escaped from the Hive.
During their journey, the two were captured and experimented on by Umbrella's researchers. Because Matt was attacked by a Licker during his escape, the researchers decided to have Matt participate in the 'Nemesis Project' and Alice participate in the 'Alice Project'.
After a process of evolution, Alice gained non-human superpowers, while Matt entered a mutated state.
When Alice wakes up, she finds herself in an unknown experimental room. Having escaped, Alice goes through countless hardships to find survivors...
At this point, Alice had become a perfect evolved T-virus user. Her reaction speed and strength were far beyond that of ordinary people, and she could use psychic powers. (The remaining text appears to be unrelated and likely refers to a separate entity or event.)
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Chapter 240: Remember the Threat of Death
Alice spoke with the mercenaries for a while, then suddenly pointed to Zhang Jie, Li Ling, and the others, asking, "What about them? Who are they?"
Apart from Zhang Jie and Li Ling, Zheng Zha and the girl with glasses were all surprised, as they had always thought they were people outside the plot.
In other words, horror movies are horror movies, and the characters in the plot cannot interact with them; they only need to avoid those terrifying monsters.
Unexpectedly, the female protagonist of Resident Evil 1 pointed at them and spoke.
Mercenary captain Matthew Addison said, "They're also security guards here; the company keeps their records..."
However, I highly doubt whether the company's upper management's instructions were wrong. Apart from that Asian man being a qualified soldier, these people were simply ordinary citizens.
As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Jie, and in his eyes, only Zhang Jie possessed fighting ability.
Everyone then realized that the "God" had assigned them identities in this world.
Alice asked again, "Why did I lose my memory? I can't remember anything from the past."
Matthew Addison explained, "The hive has its own defense system, controlled by the central computer, the Flame Queen."
When a hive is identified as under attack, the central computer releases a nerve gas that renders the user unconscious for about four hours. Upon awakening, a series of side effects occur, one of which is memory loss.
Alice asked, "Amnesia? How long will this state last?"
Matthew Addison shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Another young man, who wasn't a mercenary, suddenly asked, "You mean the hive has been attacked? Are there terrorists inside?"
Matthew Addison looked at him, paused for a moment, and then said, "...maybe it's even worse than that."
This young man is Matt, a non-company employee who came to find his sister.
His sister, a senior researcher within the company, learned that the company was researching the T-virus and, after discovering its terrifying nature, attempted to inform the government about the company's situation.
The outsider his sister contacted happened to be Alice, and before she could steal the virus, it had already been stolen and leaked by "Ryan".
His sister also turned into a zombie after inhaling the virus.
Ryan is a corporate spy and Alice's nominal husband.
At this moment, Alice, Matt, and Ryan were all in the group, but they had all inhaled nerve gas and lost their memories.
The stolen T-virus and antidote serum are now in Li Ling's hands; he took them with him when he got out of the car.
According to the voice prompt from the "God," this is a prop from a C-rated horror movie.
The T-virus and its antidote serum can induce genetic evolution, enhancing various attributes such as strength, speed, and mental power. They can also unlock the first-order gene lock, making them quite valuable.
At that moment, a voice came from the gate above the platform. A long-haired foreign female mercenary reported, "Sir, the gate has been opened. We can enter now."
Matthew Addison nodded to the group, then looked at Li Ling and the others, sighed, and led the mercenaries toward the gate.
These security guards, who were just ordinary people in his eyes, were clearly facing a life-or-death situation if they entered the Hive!
The door gradually opened under the control of the computer. Looking inside, it was pitch black; apart from the darkness, no one could see anything.
Matthew Addison said to one of the mercenaries beside him, "J.D!"
The man nodded and put on his night vision goggles.
Matthew Addison hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Zhang Jie: "Zhang Jie!"
Zhang Jie didn't say much, picked up his Desert Eagle and swaggered inside.
Zhang Jie was also familiar with the plot of Resident Evil 1. At this point, as long as the main computer wasn't shut down, the place would be safe. But once the main computer was shut down, it would become a haven for zombies and crawlers.
Soon, Zhang Jie turned on the light switch, and gradually the room lit up.
The windows on the wall, in particular, reveal the scenery between the city's high-rise buildings. Outside, the sun shines brightly, the sky is azure, and the view is quite beautiful.
The mercenaries and Li Ling and the others entered the room. A female mercenary held a detector, looked at it for a long time, and said, "The poison gas has been dissipated, and it is safe here now."