Chapter 101: Return and Harvest

(PS: The previous chapter is still under review; it should be released after some time. Sorry!)

"Phew, finally back!"

Looking at the familiar furnishings in his home, looking at the shoes placed on the shoe cabinet in the entryway, Zhang Xuan let out a light breath, a trace of a smile appearing on his face.

Going into the Resident Evil world, he had been at ease the entire time, and he crushed low-level characters with his high-level realm.

The zombies, which could cause countless people to die, leave countless people in dire straits, and even destroy the world, were nothing more than existences he could kill with a casual wave of his hand in front of him.

Logically speaking, going to such a world shouldn't have brought much pressure, but Zhang Xuan still felt a hidden pressure building up in his heart, feeling that it wasn't all that safe.

After all, the T-Virus in question could infect an entire world and plunge the whole world into destruction. Although Zhang Xuan felt that his own evolution had reached such a point that it was generally impossible for him to be infected by the virus, he still felt a hidden pressure in his heart.

And going into the Hive underground base in Raccoon City, killing hundreds of infected researchers and security personnel with his own hands—although he didn't show too much on the surface, Zhang Xuan still felt significant pressure in his heart. Before this, he had only ever killed chickens and ducks; he had never truly harmed a human.

In the Resident Evil world, with the mercenary squad and Alice before his eyes, Zhang Xuan could not show a worried or fearful expression, so he could only remain calm; after all, he was the backbone for everyone.

Returning to the Zhetian World, returning to his own home, Zhang Xuan immediately felt incomparably stable in his heart, and that sense of crisis he felt at any time and place vanished along with it.

Although there are all sorts of bad things in the Zhetian World, and likewise there are powerful cultivation families on Earth, and in the future of the Zhetian Universe there is the terrifying Dark Turmoil, at least for now, back in a familiar environment, Zhang Xuan felt incomparably at ease.

Here, no one would just casually throw a nuclear bomb at him.

"Comfortable!"

His whole body lying casually on the sofa, Zhang Xuan didn't want to get up after lying sprawled out for quite a while; it is hard for those who haven't experienced it to imagine this feeling of relaxation.

Zhang Xuan's mood was quite pleasant. After lying on the sofa for a good while, he finally pulled himself together to start thinking about the harvest of this round.

The biggest and most numerous harvest was undoubtedly the motherboard in his hand.

That was the Red Queen from the Resident Evil world, which already counted as artificial intelligence; in the current world, on the current internet, it was basically an invincible existence.

The technology in the Zhetian World was about the same as in Zhang Xuan's previous life; basically, it had entered modern society, and there was an internet, but it hadn't developed to an exaggerated degree.

And the Red Queen from the Resident Evil world was at least thirty years ahead of the current era.

Assigning a good server to the Red Queen and giving it enough computing power would be enough for the Red Queen to gallop across the current internet without any opponents.

"With the Red Queen, at least for a long time to come, I don't have to worry about exposing myself while walking outside, and I don't have to fear accidentally exposing some abnormal situations. The Red Queen can erase all traces of me on the internet."

Zhang Xuan had always lacked a sense of security, and now, holding the Red Queen, he immediately felt overall much safer.

After being processed by the Chat Group, the Red Queen's volume became much more compact, and its appearance was basically no different from an ordinary USB Flash Drive.

Moreover, Zhang Xuan had carefully inquired that, having been processed by the Chat Group, it was basically impossible for the Red Queen to experience the kind of artificial intelligence betrayal, and it was impossible for it to suddenly go crazy and want to wipe out all of humanity.

From this point, it provided Zhang Xuan with a very heavy insurance policy.

After pondering for a moment, he took the notebook he used for daily work and plugged the Red Queen into it. The notebook's screen flickered twice, and the Red Queen's iconic appearance emerged. The little girl dressed in white looked at Zhang Xuan, the expression on her face seeming even more vivid than in the past.

But looking at the little girl in white, Zhang Xuan felt slightly uncomfortable; after all, he didn't have much actual contact with this real little girl in the Array Diagram in Raccoon City.

The daughter of a top researcher at the Umbrella Corporation didn't have much to do with him.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Zhang Xuan said: "Can you change the relevant image? Change it to Alice's image. You don't need to change it to her combat appearance; changing it to her urban professional look will do."

"As you wish, Master!"

The classic image of the Red Queen in front of him flickered, and the next moment it changed to a state of Alice in her daily attire.

In the image, Alice wore a simple blue camisole dress, with blonde hair and blue eyes, a simple silver necklace hanging on her slender neck, her sexy red lips slightly curved, revealing a generous smile.

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but raise his hand; on his fingertips, it felt as if there was still that faint fragrance from Alice's body.

Before going to the Resident Evil world, Zhang Xuan hadn't thought about having such close contact with this blonde, blue-eyed "big foreign horse."

He didn't expect that before leaving, he would be able to receive such a warm reception.

Recalling it now, he seemed to be able to remember the fiery response that happened not long ago, thinking of how the other party was limp like mud, yet still stubbornly wanted to straighten her body to respond to Zhang Xuan on top.

"Sure enough, a big foreign horse is very different from an orthodox Chinese woman."

Zhang Xuan shook his head, waving the amorous thoughts out of his mind.

Straightening his expression, he began to seriously take stock of this round's harvest.

The cultivation progress of the Indestructible Heavenly Art had leaped forward by a large margin. By Zhang Xuan's own estimation, his current physique and corresponding Bitter Sea were not inferior to an ordinary King Body.

"However, I haven't competed with a normal God King Body or similar constitution, so it's hard to measure who is superior. On this point, I still have many deficiencies."

"And even if we talk about energy and physique, I am not inferior to any God King Body or Heavenly Demon Body, but since I started cultivating, I have experienced too few relevant battles. Fighting for real, I should be much worse than them. This shortcoming needs to be made up for as soon as possible."

Although he had confronted the Wudang Seven head-on in the Yitian World and swept through the entire Hive underground base of hundreds of zombies in the Resident Evil world, Zhang Xuan's mind was still very clear.

The contest with the Wudang Seven only gave Zhang Xuan a certain amount of experience in basic responses; he had an understanding of various common defensive means, and the changes in various forces were as easy to use as his own arms.

But at that stage, he hadn't seen blood, hadn't experienced truly cruel battles, and for the real Jianghu, his understanding was still insufficient.

"Going to the Resident Evil world was originally intended to let the Indestructible Heavenly Art evolve to a very exaggerated degree, but by a stroke of luck, it instead supplemented my knowledge in another aspect."

The terrifying zombies in the Hive underground base, the hideous Lickers, and all kinds of bizarre and strange terrifying figures—their combat ability wasn't considered strong, but the corresponding scenes were very testing of a person's stomach capacity and psychological quality.

Having experienced such a wave, Zhang Xuan already felt faintly that he was no longer as ignorant about life and death as he was at the beginning. When he first went down to the Hive, seeing that tragic scene, he almost vomited, but now all that was just ordinary to him.

Although compared to those who are the real deal, tempered through a hundred battles, and have terrifyingly strong strength and realms, Zhang Xuan's overall strength was not yet strong enough, but he was quite satisfied.

"It's impossible to become a fat man in one breath. Just like Ye Fan in the Zhetian World, he wasn't born as Ye Hei; he only truly transformed after experiencing one tragic change after another, becoming a generation of invincible Heavenly Emperor. At the very beginning, he might not have been better than me at handling various things."

Regarding his own growth, Zhang Xuan had a clear and definite plan.

"The Resident Evil world can still be visited later. At the very least, before the Umbrella Corporation goes bankrupt, and before the Umbrella Corporation brings out the antidote, every once in a while, a large group of people will die unnatural deaths. Those zombies are all very useful to me..."

"Hmm, not only that, people who die normally also have a very special effect on me. Of course, they have to be fresh."

The Origin required by the Indestructible Heavenly Art is not restricted to whether they are dead or alive, as long as the relevant body remains generally intact, it can be utilized. However, this point is easier to use in a supernatural world; it is more difficult in an ordinary technological world. After all, modern technology is developed, and most are cremated; it's not easy to find relevant bodies.

"Hmm, I can keep an eye out."

Zhang Xuan heavily wrote down this passage in his notebook, and at the same time couldn't help but mock himself: "If I go to Beidou, I could definitely become friends with Duan De. Regarding the topic of grave robbing, we could definitely talk many times."

Zhang Xuan was just about to continue writing when the notebook in front of him suddenly popped up, and the Red Queen said: "Master, the relevant plan can be recorded directly using me. At the appropriate time, I will give Master a prompt."

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment, only then realizing that he was not a lonely person now; he had an artificial intelligence.

Not an "artificial idiot" like those current AIs, but a true artificial intelligence that possesses recording capabilities and can stir up monstrous waves on the internet.

"Hmm, record my relevant data."

Zhang Xuan held the notebook he had manually recorded up to the camera, and a moment later, even though no one was operating the keyboard, it clattered away, typing out a long string of text that was identical to the achievements and subsequent gains Zhang Xuan had recorded.

Even Zhang Xuan was slightly amazed at such a strong artificial intelligence.

During a pause in the recording, Zhang Xuan thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Right, do you still have the detailed data on The Hive, especially the related T-Virus synthesis and experimental records?"

Alice did not answer directly; instead, she turned around and, in a lifelike manner, took out file after file from the house within the image formed by the computer screen.

Zhang Xuan glanced at them and saw the T-Virus synthesis path, T-Virus control experiments, T-Virus Antidote, the Licker synthesis path, the Nemesis Project...

Seeing these documents, Zhang Xuan immediately took a deep breath, thought of the terrifying misery in the Shi Jie of bio-hazards, and said in a deep voice, "Classify these documents as top secret; no one is allowed to view them without my permission and authorization."

"Obeying your command!"

(End of this chapter)