Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 732 Wesker's Last Move, Li You's Response

By the time Li You was teleported back to the secret department headquarters, he had already figured out the situation.

In short, the current situation is that Wesker is dead, but the backup he left behind has been scattered, and there is no telling when it will break out.

In fact, if there were not many fungus whales escaping, Li You could try to eliminate them one by one, or use the final resort of stopping time.

But this group of mutant whales left in large numbers, and the world fragments that Li You had accumulated for so long were not enough to use up.

The three bases that controlled the fish schools have now been taken over by special personnel. Louis, Rebecca and Emma ran to one side, intending to study the mold whales, but no one knows whether they will be in time or whether they can find a way to crack it.

After reviewing the situation, Li You and his friends also understood Wesker's arrangement.

For him, the power brought by the fungus master is secondary. Instead, the functionality of its consciousness network connecting the world is the most critical.

Li You clearly killed Wesker's body and consciousness completely, V clearly isolated the research base from all signals from the outside world, and the special operations forces clearly cracked the main control computers in various facilities long ago... Their response should have been no problem, but Wesker's arrangement stepped on their blind spot.

——All the key links he arranged did not use electronic machinery or manpower, but all used Muta mold.

Fungal mutants are used to store and release blacklight parasites, and the triggering devices made of mold secretions are used to set traps in secret facilities. And it is probably with the help of the consciousness network of the fungus master that Wesker was able to convey the instructions in the end.

After all, V's signal blockade could not cut off the information transmission of the fungus master's consciousness network. The principle of that thing was not even clearly stated in the setting collection, but it was able to connect mold individuals all over the world. It was a completely magical ability.

At this point, Li You even suspected that Wesker might not be dead yet.

No, what he meant was that the Wesker who died under his knife was definitely gone. Li You also believed what this Wesker said about being the real one, but judging from the current situation, it is very likely that Wesker... has a copy of his consciousness in the sea of ​​consciousness of the fungus master.

Li You had never thought of this before, but just remembered it now.

The details of what happened can be discussed later. Right now, Li You is only concerned about one thing: whether Wesker's last base has been found. Logically speaking, the main body of the fungus should be there.

Li You originally thought that this might be a crucial step in the race against time, but he didn't expect that as soon as he was teleported back to the secret department, someone there reported that they had found the location.

Li You: "?"

So fast?
Then he soon found out why.

Because this base was discovered by their own detonation.

The information was delivered urgently, and Li You understood everything after reading it.

Because that was another video record left by Wesker.

"Oh, are you surprised to see me again?"

Although this was a simple video instead of a projection, Wesker in the video still looked arrogant and spoke in a provocative manner.

"If there is no mistake in the time, it should not be long before my death. What do you think, Li You? I should have told you that it is not the end of everything just because you kill me, right?"

Li You watched quietly.

"Perhaps you have some guesses now, or perhaps you are still clueless, but no matter which one it is, I will tell you my complete plan... After all, without you, there is no point in me preparing so much."

Wesker looks into the camera and begins to tell us all about his plans.

"First of all, the person you killed not long ago was indeed me. It was the real me, not a clone or a fake. You really killed Albert Wesker. Congratulations."

"However, unfortunately for you, my consciousness does still exist... in the sea of ​​consciousness of the Fungus Master."

Li You sighed slightly.

Sure enough.

It is actually not complicated to explain what is going on and why Wesker was killed by the Undead Sword but still claimed to be alive.

Simply put, there are two ways for the sea of ​​consciousness of the fungus master to absorb and infect individual consciousness. One is that it actively absorbs the remaining consciousness in the corpses of organisms buried around its body after death. Just like Miranda's daughter Eva, Eva was not infected with mold at that time, but because she was buried within the influence of the fungus master after death, her consciousness was absorbed and stored by it.

As for the second type, all individuals deeply infected with Muta mold will have their consciousness automatically uploaded to the fungus master network after death, unless the fungus master actively intercepts it. But so far, Li You has only seen Miranda in this world, a case where she was actively banned by the fungus master.

The second method is more interesting.

As those who have played the seventh generation know, Ethan Winters, the protagonist of the seventh and eighth generations, was actually dead when he was "knocked out" by Jack Baker shortly after the start of the seventh generation.

To be precise, he was already dead as a human being at that time.

However, he was later infected by the fungus, and the power of the fungus brought him back to life. Since then, Ethan has actually been living on a body equivalent to a "humanoid fungus beast", but he is not aware of it. The reason why he and Mia's daughter, Rosemary, has such an extraordinary talent is also due to this.

But what would happen if the situation was reversed slightly, and Ethan was first deeply infected with the mold, then killed, and then resurrected?
Yes, the result is that his consciousness will be uploaded to the fungus master network when he dies, but after his body is resurrected, his consciousness will still be revived. At this time, there are two individual consciousnesses named "Ethan Winters" in his body and in the fungus master's consciousness network at the same time.

In other words, as long as a person infected with the mold experiences resurrection once, his consciousness will be copied and uploaded, which is equivalent to cloud storage.

If Wesker had a deep enough understanding of mold, he would probably choose this method to preserve his consciousness. As for the price of dying first, Wesker could do it without blinking an eye.

And if this is true, then it would be meaningless even if Li You used the Undead Slash to kill Wesker himself. This is equivalent to completely destroying the file in the computer disk and making it impossible to recover it, but the copy in the cloud storage cannot be affected even by the Undead Slash and the Fated Death.

Wesker probably used this method to keep his consciousness going.

But why? After all, his original body is already dead, right?

As if to answer his question, Wesker in the video continued: "I know you may be curious about how I did it and why I did it, so I'll keep it short."

"I was able to do this because of the power of the Fungus Master, which saved my consciousness in advance. As for the purpose of doing this..."

Wesker suddenly smiled: "Didn't I tell you a long time ago, Li You?"

Li You was stunned for a moment, then he reacted: "Wait a minute, could it be..."

The two were not in a conversation. Wesker in the video continued, "It is because of you that I want to be the creator of a new world and the god who commands new humans! And you are my biggest obstacle, the final hurdle!"

"I will defeat you, gain the qualification to become a god, and then reshape this world! What I said before was not a joke!" Li You didn't know what to say for a moment.

No, man, are you serious?

But why are you targeting me? Is it because I am stronger than you? But I don’t want to be the Kami of the new world!

Even if you want to find a decent character to fight against each other, why not find Chris? What does it have to do with me?

Li You, who has experienced many battles and is well-informed, is really at a loss for words this time. He thought to himself, I have been through so many worlds, and you are one of the most unique villains.

Li You just felt indescribable pain.

When he was still a player, he thought it was quite interesting to see Wesker and Chris fighting each other. Now, retribution has come, Wesker is pestering him... and he is even willing to use all of humanity as a bargaining chip.

Exhaling slowly, Li You finally understood Wesker's thoughts. This guy was obsessed with his own twisted ideas, the ideas inherited from Spencer, and he seemed to have become his knot.

After all, according to Spencer's theory that "those who are excellent both physically and mentally should lead others", it is obvious that Li You is far more qualified to be the god of this new world than Wesker...

On the other side, Wesker's video recording had not yet ended, and he could still speak.

"…I also know that your power is beyond the ordinary, so if I want to defeat you, I must prepare a suitable stage and the right battlefield."

Wesker's eyes glowed red again, "So I think you should have guessed my plan."

"In the sea of ​​consciousness of the Fungus Master, there is an entire world built based on the memories it has absorbed. This world is vast and complex, and even I still don't understand it - and here is our battlefield."

Perhaps fearing that Li You didn't understand, Wesker in the video tapped on the keyboard a few times, and then emphasized again: "Since you received this video, it means that I have verified that your powers that transcend this world cannot be brought into the consciousness world of the Fungus Master. Either you can't do it, or once you do this, the Fungus Master's consciousness network will temporarily collapse and exclude you."

"I can also tell you clearly that those mutant fungus whales are still under my control. If you do not accept my declaration of war, I will completely release them from their restrictions. Maybe Chris and his men can intercept a small number of whales, but I think most of them have already poured into the sea, otherwise you would not have heard of it now.

"Come, come to the world of the Fungus Lord, and we will have the final battle. As long as you defeat me, you will gain the highest authority of the Fungus Lord, and you will be able to easily prevent the destruction of the old world.

“In other words, the winner between you and me will be the immortal god who leads this world!
"… Is this new God you or me? We will soon have the answer."

At this point, Wesker finally finished speaking, the video ended with his low laughter, and the projection screen returned to darkness.

Li You was silent.

He was not the only one present. Kara, Claire, Leon, Chris, Jill and others were also present. They were also teleported back directly by Kara.

At this time, Kara said: "This videotape was found in the last base. According to our investigation, that is indeed where Wesker himself had been hiding before, but the main body of the fungus is still missing."

"And in the base over there, there is a 'Gift' potion that Wesker left for... Master. It seems to be the key for you to enter the sea of ​​​​consciousness of the Fungus Lord."

Everyone looked at him now, and Claire asked directly, "What are you going to do? Are you going to... use this?"

From her personal perspective, she certainly didn't want Li You to do such a dangerous thing. If what Wesker said was true, then in the consciousness world of the fungus master, Li You couldn't even use his magic power, which was too dangerous.

And even without mentioning that, just using the "Gift" potion is dangerous enough. Even if the information left by Wesker said that this is an improved version, it would only make people feel more suspicious.

However, looking at it from another angle, it seems that only Li You has the ability to stop Wesker now.

So Claire actually hopes at this moment that Li You has a third choice besides doing what Wesker said.

However, Li You just shook his head slightly: "Since he has already specifically asked me to come, then of course I will accept it. And to be honest, this is already the safest solution. It would be even more risky for me to use other methods to solve Wesker's plan."

Claire was silent for a moment, and Leon and the other two looked at each other, and they all agreed with Li You's approach.

"However, using the gift potion is still too dangerous. Before that, you have to let Louis and the others study it carefully." Leon said, "Or mobilize the family members as well? In short, at least make sure there are no troubles or traps..."

Chris and Jill agree.

But Li You smiled at this time and said, "Don't be nervous. Although I said I would accept the challenge, it doesn't mean I will follow Wesker's arrangements in everything. I don't plan to use the gift potion. I will think of another way to enter the consciousness world of the fungus master."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Claire even asked, "Is there any solution?"

Li You stretched out his hand to Kara: "Give me the potion, and then you follow me."

Kara and everyone else did as they were told, and then Li You took them, and called on Yuzu and Edge, to the deepest part of the research area.

Louis and the other two were not there at the moment, so the place was rather deserted. Li You chose a large empty room and then took something out of his backpack, a spindle-shaped black stone.

The core of the Living Night Demon's lair.

Under the gazes of everyone with different expressions, Li You activated it and then placed it in the center of the room.

Seeing the core of the nest expanding at an extremely fast speed and occupying the entire laboratory, Chris finally couldn't help but ask: "What are you planning to do...?"

Li You smiled, tossed the gift potion in his hand, and said, "Wesker only left me one potion, obviously because he was afraid that I would get people in to beat him up. To be honest, I didn't think so at first, but he reminded me."

"Although the sea of ​​consciousness of the Fungus Master is magical, it cannot escape the scope of the existence of the spiritual network. In this case, I think we also have experts on our side."

Everyone immediately understood what was going on and turned to look at Edge who was standing behind them. Edge also guessed what Li You was thinking: "Are you planning to let the core of the nest absorb the gift, and then use the characteristics of the mold to connect the Night Demon consciousness network in the core of the nest with the sea of ​​consciousness of the fungus master?"

Li You nodded: "Exactly!"

"Although Wesker has issued a challenge to us, if I really follow his steps completely, I'm afraid I will be at a great disadvantage when I go in. After all, he is right. I can't use much magic power in the consciousness world of the fungus master, otherwise I will be squeezed out.

"But he has already revealed his plan. If I still can't think of a way to deal with it, then I have traveled through so many worlds in vain.

"By connecting the consciousness network of the Night Demon's Lair to the Master's Sea of ​​Consciousness, we are essentially opening a back hole in Wesker's base camp. If it works well, we can even try to interfere with those mutant whales in return. This way, even in the worst-case scenario, we will not be without a way out."

As he said that, Li You smiled again: "Of course, I have no intention of fighting him alone in the conscious world. There is no need to talk about the code of conduct when fighting against such a guy. We just need to fight together and it will be over!"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up!

Does this mean that they can go together to kill Wesker?
(End of this chapter)