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The experimental sample area on the west wing of the third floor has been unsealed.
The warning lights started flashing, but Wesker ignored them.
Operator identity confirmed: Albert Wesker. Security level: S. Unblocking procedure initiated.
Wesker turned to Lei, indicating that everything was ready.
Lei lightly jumped off the chair, his wooden clogs making a crisp sound on the ground. He took a few steps forward and stopped in front of the surveillance wall.
Since it was my spider that delivered the message...
His arm suddenly extended, his nails transforming into sharp claws, slashing a gash on his wrist. Dark black blood, tinged with red, flowed out.
They need to be given enough motivation.
A distorted smile appeared on his exhausted face. Several tiny, almost transparent spiders crawled out from his sleeve, quickly climbing up his arm and greedily sucking the special blood.
The spiders rapidly swelled and deformed, their eyes turned blood red, and spiderweb-like patterns appeared on their backs.
Go forth, my children.
Lei said softly, and the spiders, enhanced by the strange blood, quickly crawled off his body and disappeared into the ventilation ducts of the monitoring room.
Wesker watched all this, his face expressionless. He pushed up his sunglasses again.
how long it takes?
Not long. Lei licked the healed wound on his wrist.
They know where to go and what to do.
He sat back down in his chair, legs crossed, in a relaxed posture.
It's like a pack of wolves smelling blood.
Wesker nodded and turned to the few remaining working cameras on the monitoring wall.
So, let's begin this little test.
He pressed a red button, and some of the emergency lights inside the mansion began to flash. In the distance came the dull thud of a metal door being opened, followed by dragging footsteps and hoarse groans.
Those zombies who were imprisoned are now free.
Their sole purpose is to find fresh flesh and blood.
Wesker and Lei waited quietly, like two cruel gods, waiting for the game they had set up to begin.
Silence fell again in the monitoring room, broken only by the hum of the equipment and the occasional, increasingly close groans of zombies coming from the speakers.
On the other side, Zhou Ye and the others, who had eaten and drunk their fill and were taking a short rest, were discussing when the [Heat Source Detector] suddenly started flashing wildly, and a sharp alarm echoed in the small room.
What's going on? Nami walked to the table and checked the screen.
On the screen, a large number of red dots suddenly appeared in the previously empty area, so many that they almost covered the entire display area.
The location of the staff dormitory area on the first floor.
The mechanical dogs guarding the perimeter also emitted piercing alarm sounds.
Master! Danger! A large number of heat-generating creatures are approaching!
The synthesized voice of the robotic dog was filled with panic.
Jill rushed to the door and pressed her ear against it. Her expression froze instantly.
Zombies. A large number of zombies.
She turned to the others, her face deathly pale.
They're moving... coming this way.
How many?
Zhou Ye asked, having already begun to retrieve the weapons from the imaginary space.
Jill shook her head.
It sounds like... dozens, maybe more.
They've all come from the second and third floors.
Zhou Ye looked solemn as he gazed at the detector's display screen.
Indeed, the red dots are converging on their location from both above and below.
Someone released them. I knew something was wrong here! The heat source detector didn't detect the zombies on the second and third floors from the beginning?
Nami said through gritted teeth, her Magic Circuits already lit up.
Zhou Ye couldn't help but roll his eyes and say:
"Please, it's already quite impressive that this type of heat source detector can detect a range of about 10 meters in front of and behind us."
"What I'm concerned about is why all the zombies are coming here. What attracts or guides them here?"
Saeko Busujima suddenly pointed to the corner of the wall next to the window.
There.
All eyes turned to where she was pointing. An unusually large spider was crawling on the wall, about the size of a palm, with strange spiderweb-like patterns on its back and eight blood-red, glowing eyes.
Even more bizarrely, it seems to be...bleeding?
Dark liquid dripped from it, leaving small bloodstains on the floor.
That's—a spider?
Before Zhou Ye could finish speaking, Saeko Busujima's sword was already drawn.
A flash of silver light, and the spider was cleaved in two, its deep red blood splattering onto the wall.
"Lower Moon Five, Retired Blood Demon Art." Saeko Busujima said coldly.
“I recognize this spiderweb pattern.”
So this is a trap?
Jill's voice was filled with anger.
Did someone deliberately lure the zombies here?
Zhou Ye didn't answer. He looked towards the door, where the groans and dragging footsteps of the zombies grew clearer. They were attracted by something—most likely the scent of blood carried by these spiders.
We are surrounded.
His voice was unusually calm.
The zombies from the second and third floors have arrived and are tightening their encirclement.
Nami clicked her tongue, took out a few gems from her pocket, and examined them in her palm.
I knew this would happen. Those bastards of Umbrella.
Saeko Busujima stood by the window, her fingers lightly stroking the hilt of her sword, her expression calm and serene.
Breathing in water, ready.
How to break through?
Jill asked anxiously, looking at Zhou Ye. The shotguns simply didn't have enough bullets.
Outside the door, the low growls of zombies were already close at hand. Heavy footsteps came from both ends of the corridor; their numbers were far beyond what a few people could easily handle.
Defending where we are is not an option. We need to break out.
He looked at everyone with a determined gaze.
are you ready?
The zombie's fists began pounding on the door, and the old wooden door creaked under the strain.
At the same time, several spiders exactly like the ones from before crawled in through the cracks in the ceiling, dripping eerie blood, as if luring more zombies in.
It seems the game has officially begun.
In the monitoring room, Wesker and Lei watched the few remaining camera feeds. Although they couldn't see directly into the dormitory area, the hordes of zombies swarming the corridors were enough to tell the story.
"Your spider has arrived," Wesker said calmly.
Lei's lips curled into a cruel smile.
Let's see how far these mice can run.
Chapter 18 The Destroyed Zombies
Zhou Ye immediately made a judgment, pointing to the newly appeared spider and saying:
"Nami, destroy the spider that's in the corner first!"
His tone was urgent and left no room for argument.
"receive."
Nami also noticed the strangeness of those spiders; they were the same type as the ones that had attracted the zombie horde earlier.
Without the slightest hesitation, she raised her right hand, and her fingertips glowed with a ghostly blue magical light.
call out!call out!call out!
Several condensed [magic bullets] were accurately fired at the spider in the corner.
There was no explosion, no loud noise.
The moment the magic bullet struck the spider, the dark red monsters seemed to be pierced and disintegrated by an invisible force.
They emitted a sharp but weak hiss, their bodies suddenly deflated, spurting out more foul-smelling, deep red blood, before falling to the ground, twitching a few times and then ceasing to move.
Crisp and neat.
However, the crisis has not been resolved.
The very next second after the spider was destroyed—