Longzang

Chapter 794 Surprise and Unexpected Events (Thanks to the Alliance Leader for Sleepless Night)

Under the watchful eyes of the short-haired woman who resembled a peacock and Ji Liuli, Wei Yuan felt cold sweat welling up on his forehead.

The virus I designed is just a very ordinary, general-purpose virus. Apart from self-replication, it has no special functions. I didn't have time to design gene fragments that can infect various human cells, nor did I have the ability to infect plants.

This seemingly ordinary virus managed to destroy the company's latest cutting-edge virus and even absorb all its advantages? Wei Yuan felt that he wouldn't dare to film something like this, even if he were making a science fiction movie.

This is like a slacker taking the college entrance exam, scribbling nonsense on the test paper, but still getting a perfect score, which would be enough to make all the top students furious.

Given Wei Yuan's current knowledge of biochemistry, it's impossible for his self-designed virus to succeed, and even if it did, it wouldn't be so powerful. Therefore, the most reasonable explanation is that someone replaced his self-designed virus with an existing one.

However, extensive monitoring data shows that the truth is that Wei Yuan's virus wiped out everything.

The monster formed from the aggregated virus destroyed the container holding the virus designed by Wei Yuan, causing the original virus to leak out. Then, like throwing a match into gasoline, it instantly turned into a terrifying sea of ​​fire.

Driven by certain individuals, the underground experimental zone continued to receive organic microparticles that could support viral growth. These nutrient-rich particles could remain suspended in the air, serving as natural nourishment for the virus. Consequently, the underground experimental zone was completely compromised in a short period of time.

At the time, there were hundreds of samples in the virus storage cabinet. They were all released, and the air filtration system automatically captured multiple viruses. The test results showed that these viruses were killed by Wei Yuan's virus, and then it was the turn of the aggregated virus.

The cold, hard data rendered Wei Yuan's explanations weak and ineffective.

Wei Yuan suddenly recalled a detail: when he was designing the virus, he clearly felt something leaking out of his body. Ji Liuli had also mentioned this, and at the time, Wei Yuan thought it was due to the body's inherent special ability.

Now that he was fully awakened, Wei Yuan remembered this detail and realized that what had been lost was actually his luck. The fact that he could clearly feel it meant that he had imbued the virus with a large amount of luck, which resulted in this super virus.

Wang Bing suddenly pulled up a rapidly rising data curve and said, "Something's not right. These new creatures are evolving too fast. They already possess intelligence that's almost on par with humans, and their data processing capabilities far surpass ours."

Based on the monitored data, it's highly likely that a being resembling a central brain will emerge at the deepest level. It will possess intelligence far surpassing that of humans; we must absolutely prevent it from obtaining the data from the central brain!

Ji Liuli said, "So, we're going to save the world?"

"No, save ourselves. If we let these things spread, all of humanity will perish."

"Didn't Wells design a stop switch? If necessary, he could simply release a targeted virus to clean them up."

Wang Bing said with a solemn expression, "But I didn't see the stop switch in their cell genes! I don't know if it was overwritten by the new virus, or if Wells never designed it at all. I'll have to find him and ask him about this after we get out of here."

Compared to Wang Bing and Ji Liuli, Wei Yuan was quite familiar with Wells's story. He was a true tech fanatic and biochemical genius who had been in charge of the company's research department for thirty years.

It was during his tenure that Umbrella Corporation achieved major breakthroughs in several key projects, and a series of intractable diseases were overcome. As a result, Umbrella Corporation became the world's largest biopharmaceutical group, and subsequently developed a military business, thus becoming a biopharmaceutical and military conglomerate unlike any seen in history.

In the face of this newborn behemoth, all financial giants have become true service industries.

Wang Bing accessed the monitoring system and saw an orange passage leading into the underground area, and the orange area was continuously expanding. Orange represented the control range of the Superpower Alliance, which was slowly but steadily expanding, but the number of casualties was unknown.

Wang Bing tapped a few times on the monitoring system, opening all the important gates below the orange zone, thus creating a passage to the lower level for them, while simultaneously disabling most of the automated weapon systems along the way. All monsters were identified as airborne viruses, so these automated weapon systems were only targeting members of the Supernatural Alliance.

Ji Liuli watched from the side, but did not stop it.

She glanced at Wei Yuan and explained, "We're under too much pressure right now. The three of us might not be able to get to the bottom. We need others to share the burden. Ordinary soldiers are useless on this kind of battlefield; only those with superpowers can fight against aggregated life forms." Wei Yuan didn't object. In fact, he had never even met anyone from the so-called alliance, so naturally he couldn't have any feelings for them.

The three arrived at a nearby workstation. Ji Liuli activated the workstation with his authorization and found a considerable amount of raw materials in a nearby warehouse. The workstation then began continuously emitting green biochemical bullets of various sizes. As for the purple bullets, the active gene-decomposing agent filled in the bullet head had to be synthesized in a laboratory, which this workstation could not manufacture.

An hour later, the three replenished their ammunition with over a thousand rounds, while the Superpower Alliance also entered this level, albeit from a different area. By this time, Wei Yuan could already hear distant booming sounds, indicating that the battle was extremely fierce.

The three set off again, and this time there were indeed far fewer obstacles.

The three men's weapons were unevenly distributed. Ji Liuli's pistol was 12.7 caliber, while Wang Bing's shotgun was loaded with slugs and had an exaggerated 20 caliber. Only Wei Yuan had a standard 9mm pistol, which, apart from having a slightly better rate of fire, had vastly different damage output.

But as the battle progressed, Wei Yuan gradually figured out how to use the green energy he channeled, and began to add a bit of energy to each bullet, resulting in critical hits with every shot, which made Ji Liuli and Wang Bing take notice.

Wei Yuan covered the surroundings with his divine sense. No matter how many monsters came, they would be marked and dealt with, and the optimal shooting plan would be automatically derived.

Even if the monsters came in overwhelming numbers, each one would first be shot in the head by Wei Yuan. In addition, Wei Yuan hit their weak points, so the damage was amazing. The weakest monsters died instantly, medium-sized ones were seriously injured, and large-scale operations were also affected, and then they were easily hunted down by Ji Liuli and Wang Bing.

The deeper Wei Yuan went underground, the more primal energy the monsters carried. Moreover, most of it went to him after being killed, with only a small amount going to Wang Bing and Ji Liuli. Before long, Wei Yuan discovered a pattern: basically, whoever killed the monster got the primal energy.

It seems that after this world was destroyed, cause and effect became particularly prominent, resulting in the bizarre effect that whoever kills the enemy benefits.

However, judging from Wang Bing and Ji Liuli's expressions, they probably couldn't perceive these things. Wei Yuan only noticed the migration of the primordial energy because his newly acquired Void-Color Imperishable Technique greatly enhanced his ability to perceive cause and effect.

The battle was exceptionally arduous and protracted; the deeper they went, the more numerous and stronger the monsters became. Later, Wei Yuan activated his Wisdom Eye using the Void and Color Imperishable Technique, and was able to see a distinct spiritual radiance on the monsters. This level of spiritual radiance was enough to classify them as sentient beings.

Even if they return to their original world, it would be enough for the immortals to create a separate small world for them to live and reproduce, to see what kind of flowers they can bloom and what kind of fruits they can bear.

By this time, the progress of the Superpower Alliance had long since stalled, but two of the three were among the three giants of the Umbrella Corporation, so their combat strength was undeniable. Wei Yuan, on the other hand, was currently well-supplied with ammunition and had inexhaustible luck, and his actual results surpassed those of the other two, as he seized the largest portion of the Origin Qi.

Although the monsters were numerous and powerful, they were still unable to stop the three from advancing, and a passage was forcibly carved out of them.

Time passed, and the three of them followed the fire escape down to the last floor, which was also the location of the central processing unit of the entire underground experimental center.

After slaying another wave of monsters, Wei Yuan entered an exceptionally tall hall with his gun in hand. In the center were dozens of giant pillars that shimmered with light. These were the central processing units, capable of generating billions of gene fragments instantly.

At this moment, however, the giant pillar was covered with soft, mud-like biomass, which was also shimmering with light, having already merged with the central processor.

A smartly dressed man stood in front of the central processing unit. He turned around and said to Wei Yuan, "I've been waiting for you for a long time. Why are you only arriving now?"

Wei Yuan's body activated on its own once more, and a consciousness emerged, appearing before him as a phantom figure. Just as the figure was about to speak, Wei Yuan, whose expression had been somewhat blank, suddenly flashed a sharp light in his eyes, extended a large, golden hand, and grabbed the figure's head!
With a burst of force, Wei Yuan crushed the figure in his golden hand, as if popping a soap bubble. The figure materialized into a face, its expression filled with terror and surprise, but it could no longer utter a word; it simply vanished.

"Haha! I've put up with you for so long, and you finally came out on your own!" At this moment, Wei Yuan was in high spirits, his face beaming with joy, like a wild man who had lived deep in the mountains for a long time finally entering a bathhouse and scrubbing off all the grime on his body.

Then Wei Yuan smiled and said to the man, "You don't need to wait anymore."

(End of this chapter)