Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!
Chapter 783 - 782

Chapter 783: 782

Soon, Fang Zheng found out what Umbrella wanted to do.

Not long after their yacht had entered the Inland Sea, they quickly received a radio signal.

"Hey, can you hear me? This is ’Revelation’. We need a rescue, we’ve already arrived at the dock, currently at warehouse number twenty-three! Help us! There are dangerous mutant zombies here! We’ve ignited the smoke, if you see it, please save us!!"

It had to be said, it really sounded convincing.

Listening to the distress call from the radio, Fang Zheng exchanged a knowing glance with Little Hei, who cheekily winked back. Clearly, both of them understood what was happening, but their knowledge didn’t mean that Rea and the others did, too. After drifting on the sea for so many days without seeing any survivors, suddenly hearing a response excited them tremendously.

"Mr. Fang Zheng! Let’s quickly go and save them!!"

"Of course, that’s what I’m here for."

After giving Rea and the others a meaningful look, Fang Zheng chose not to dampen spirits at that moment. There were many things, rather than explaining them himself, it was better to let these naïve kids experience them firsthand. Though they had already gone through quite a lot, zombies are merely straightforward enemies, whereas humans... often are not that simple.

"So, Little Hei, Rea, Walnut, prepare yourselves, follow me and let’s go ’rescue’."

At this point, Fang Zheng paused, then he turned to Natsuse.

"Natsuse, you’re in charge of the rest staying on the yacht... if anything troublesome happens... you know what to do."

"Of course, Brother Fang Zheng."

When Natsuse nodded in response to Fang Zheng’s words, unlike Rea and Walnut, those born in the Pitch Black world knew all too well the malice in humanity. Perhaps for them, the Intestinal Creatures are just a visible threat, but the real, unseen devils are those around them.

These children once could do nothing, but now... the situation was different.

As soon as the yacht docked at the pier, Fang Zheng immediately took the three girls off the yacht and rushed toward the distant warehouse area that was emitting black smoke.

It was undeniable that Umbrella Corporation had chosen quite a decent place; it seemed to have once been a container loading dock. However now, it had clearly been completely abandoned. One could see containers left unattended everywhere. Not only that, Fang Zheng could also keenly feel the life force hidden in those containers...

What did Umbrella want to do? Capture people?

Why would they do that?

Unlike the overjoyed Rea and Walnut, Fang Zheng followed quickly behind the two, all the while rapidly contemplating this issue. He had encountered the Resident Evil series of movies and games, but many elements, though fine within the context of the games, seemed foolish when considered in reality.

For instance, why would Umbrella choose to capture ordinary people who escaped during a disaster? Just to let them play a virtual life in a virtual city? If so, why not simply clone them? After all, Umbrella’s cloning technology was incredibly advanced—having cloned thousands like Alice without blinking an eye—so why couldn’t they just clone ordinary people en masse for any virtual world they wished to create? Why go through the effort to capture live ones?

Moreover, Umbrella’s reasons for releasing the T-virus were also quite nonsensical, giving the impression of a wholly cultist group. And how did complete societal collapse benefit Umbrella? They had the technology, not to conquer the stars and seas, but squabbled over biochemical weapons. Was there any sense in that?

Although in the final movie of the series, Umbrella Corporation did provide their reasons, but for Fang Zheng, this seemed less like reasoning and more like a summary of a story. In short, whether you believe it or not, he believed it.

Fang Zheng also remembered someone’s review when watching the movie—"Given Umbrella’s track record with bio-weapons, they’d have a better future in civil engineering... And with all that free time, why not work on nuclear fusion, or conquering space? The universe is so vast, why fixate on a mere virus?"

What kind of spirit was that?

Of course, in the games, none of this was an issue. After all, it’s just a zombie game, and Umbrella was just there to take the blame for continued sequels. But in reality, if Umbrella really did this... then Fang Zheng felt he had to have a serious talk with the company’s top brass to understand their journey of thoughts.

"This is it, this is warehouse number twenty-three!"

Just then, everyone had arrived at the entrance of Warehouse No. 23. Not far from the door, Fang Zheng saw a pile of burning fertilizer emitting thick black smoke. And the warehouse door not far in front of it was wide open, with faint cries for help even audible from inside.

"Help... help..."

"Mr. Fang Zheng, let’s hurry and save them!"

After transforming into zombies, Rea and Walnut’s senses had significantly enhanced compared to ordinary humans, so upon hearing the cries for help, the two quickly gripped their weapons and rushed into the warehouse.

However, what they didn’t expect was that the moment they entered the warehouse, suddenly, a large net fell from the sky, enveloping both of them. Following that, they were surprised to see dozens of soldiers, wearing gas masks and fully armed, magically appear from all around and raise their guns to surround the group!

"What? What’s going on?"

Facing these suddenly appearing soldiers, Rea and Walnut were completely dumbfounded and didn’t know how to react. Just moments before, they were thinking about rescuing the survivors trapped here, but in the blink of an eye, they themselves had been captured?

"Fire!"

With the command from the leading soldier, the others immediately aimed at their targets and pulled the triggers.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Aah—!"

Facing this sudden attack, Rea and Walnut were thoroughly terrified. At this moment, their disadvantage was clearly displayed; although they had fought against zombies during this period, they had never thought they would face humans pointing guns at them. Thus, at that moment, both of them reacted in a way that suited their identities.

That is, they threw down their weapons and crouched down with their heads covered.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of gunfire rang next to their ears, scaring them into trembling. Rea and Walnut had grown up in Japan, a country with strict gun control, where they had only ever seen gunfights in movies or on TV. However, they had never thought they would personally experience this situation.

After who knows how long, the gunfire finally stopped, and at that moment, Rea and Walnut realized something was off... they had prepared themselves to be shot, but it seemed they were completely unharmed?

Could it be that the other party was just trying to scare them?

With this thought, the two of them fearfully lifted their heads and looked forward, then they surprising widened their eyes in astonishment.

Just ten centimeters in front of them, rows of bullets were suspended in the air as if frozen and solidified, densely packed in formation, looking like something straight out of a movie special effects prop.

What in the world was going on?

Not only were Rea and Walnut unable to comprehend the situation, but even the soldiers sent by the Umbrella Corporation apparently had never seen such a thing before. They unanimously took a step back, their eyes wide open in terror, staring at the scene in front of them that they couldn’t understand.

Could this be some kind of electromagnetic shield? Or a new type of shield from another organization?

"It seems this is all you guys are capable of."

As Fang Zheng’s voice rang out, the bullets that were suspended in midair started to fall to the ground, one by one. Everyone turned towards the direction of the sound, only to see Fang Zheng raising his right hand, and as a radiance flashed, a pitch-black giant sword appeared in his hand the next moment.

"Little Hei, it’s your turn."

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