Chapter 93: The Cleansing Plan

"I don't ask for much; first, give me the highest authority for the Red Queen. I don't think this is difficult."

Zhang Xuan connected the Red Queen's host to the computer in front of him. The other party hesitated for a moment, looked down at the relevant display screen, and then immediately agreed.

"Of course, if we are to cooperate, you count as the most important guest of our Umbrella Corporation. It is only right and proper that you should receive Hong Hao's supreme authority."

Countless pieces of information flashed on the computer screen, and then the image of that little girl dressed in white appeared.

A moment later, the Red Queen occupied a corner of the computer screen. The camera above turned naturally, locked onto Zhang Xuan's pupils, and then collected Zhang Xuan's fingerprints.

Then, a mechanical, electronically synthesized voice sounded.

"Ding, Zhang Xuan, you have obtained the highest authority for the Red Queen!"

"Then hand over all relevant Umbrella Corporation data to me and print it out on the side. I want to know the specific situation!"

The Red Queen in front of him glitched in a human-like manner, then said: "Authority is subject to certain restrictions; it requires authorization from the supreme controller to be approved!"

The expression of the middle-aged man in front of the computer screen opposite Zhang Xuan suddenly became very ugly.

He saw that Zhang Xuan's expression had not changed at all; he was just smiling as he picked up that bottle of blood, tossing it up and down in his hand. His own spirit seemed to freeze along with the tossing of the bottle, his entire person becoming somewhat rigid.

"Wait a moment, wait a moment, I can explain, I can explain. My authority can only authorize you to the level of Umbrella's highest-ranking management personnel. If you want to transfer the supreme authority, it requires the consent of the supreme controller. This process is very complicated..."

Zhang Xuan did not speak, but his hand shook inadvertently. The manager watched the bottle disappear from his field of vision, seemingly about to make intimate contact with the ground, and his whole body immediately began to twitch.

The next moment, Zhang Xuan lightly tapped his toe underneath. The jade bottle, which had already fallen under the table and was about to collide with the floor, was tossed back up once more and caught lightly in his hand. The other party let out a long sigh of relief, his forehead covered in sweat.

"Do not do this kind of thing again. You have already obtained the highest authorization."

Behind that middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, a huge screen projected an elderly manager with graying hair; that appeared to be one of the controllers of Umbrella Corporation.

He only appeared on the screen, looked directly at Zhang Xuan, and made a promise.

Zhang Xuan did not say much, only calmly instructing the Red Queen in front of him: "Print out the corresponding data of Umbrella Corporation. I think I need it!"

On the Red Queen's face, a mechanical stream of data flashed, and then she responded crisply: "Highest authority obtained. Data printing in progress, data printing in progress..."

The printer in the Broadcasting Building automatically connected to the relevant network and then continuously spat out documents.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly. Facing the nervous Umbrella senior manager on the video call, he casually placed the jade bottle on the desktop.

"I think we have established a foundation for cooperation. As for this bottle, one of the highest research achievements of our institute, with your capabilities, you don't need me to deliver it personally, do you? I think you have people who will come to take it."

"However, you must be careful in the process of coming to retrieve it. I am afraid that the person who comes to take the goods might accidentally eat this bottle of Origin directly."

"There will absolutely not be any problems!"

That senior manager of Umbrella Corporation looked overjoyed.

He watched Zhang Xuan place that bottle on the desktop of the Broadcasting Building, seemingly not caring at all, and then directly cut off the video call.

Looking at the screen that had gone black, this Umbrella Corporation manager opened his mouth, speechless for a moment, then turned to instruct the White Queen, who also belonged to the artificial intelligence.

"Call up all surveillance of that Broadcasting Building and its vicinity. I need twenty-four-hour, dead-angle-free monitoring. In that area, absolutely do not let anyone take that bottle of blood."

"Obeying your command!"

The cold, mechanical synthesized voice issued, and then the large screen in front of him divided into one small screen after another, showing the Broadcasting Building where Zhang Xuan was located, as well as the surrounding surveillance, all of them staring at that bottle of blood placed on the desktop.

Although there were countless images, this person in charge could not help but fix his gaze on that bottle of blood. His throat moved, and a strange desire arose in his heart.

Every time the blood in the bottle flickered, revealing a peculiar luster, and faint patterns seemed to emerge on the surface, he felt the desire in his heart reach its peak. He wished he could swallow that bottle of blood into his stomach in one gulp; his instincts were telling him that it could allow him to obtain great strengthening.

But fortunately, most of the time, he could barely maintain his sanity.

"Send two special teams over. Do not let them come into contact with this final image; only transmit the relevant information and requirements to the machines, and let the machines go take it. It can be obtained at any cost."

After finishing his instructions, seemingly thinking of something, the person in charge continued to order: "During the entire process, you must absolutely not have a conflict with the person named Zhang Xuan. His life safety level is the highest priority; you must absolutely not let him die."

"Obeying your command!"

The cold, mechanical, electronically synthesized voice responded.

After the person in charge finished ordering everything, his eyes could not help but fall back onto that image.

He used his strong willpower to suppress himself, turned to go into a conference room, and sat in his own seat, while the other seats were empty.

But as he pressed a switch, a virtual projection appeared on the rows of seats. Those were one after another of Umbrella Corporation's managers, the true supreme controllers.

That bottle of blood was projected onto the largest screen. This person in charge faced the many supreme managers of Umbrella Corporation and introduced the corresponding cause and effect.

"This is the highest creation developed by an unknown research institute. I suspect it is the ancient Eastern power, because the other party's behavior and manners, after corresponding analysis, have the style of an Easterner in every move. At the same time, the bottle he used to hold this blood is also a special Mutton Fat White Jade, which is only a habit used by the ancient Eastern power..."

"I hope to obtain higher authorization!"

Many figures of Umbrella cast their gazes toward that image. A moment later, even through the projected image, one could see these figures looking intoxicated, seemingly falling into a state of obsession.

When the blood inside the bottle no longer flickered with the relevant runes, the group's expressions returned to normal.

Having experienced such a wave, there was no need for this Umbrella Corporation person in charge to explain too much; the group immediately understood the extraordinary nature of that bottle of blood.

"The Nuclear Bomb Project is temporarily cancelled!"

An elderly man with a full head of silver hair issued the order. When he issued this command, the surrounding figures looked at each other, seemed to exchange a few words in low voices, and soon obtained consent.

The other party had already brought out a research achievement with extremely special significance. Before understanding the value of this research achievement, it was best to delay the Nuclear Bomb Project for a while.

"But delaying the Nuclear Bomb Project temporarily will cause us no small loss, especially since the relevant data and information might leak on a large scale, which will have a great impact on our reputation. We must find a way to deal with it."

"We can push all of this onto our competitors, push it onto the relevant environmental protection organizations."

Just as the question was raised above, the middle-aged man who was the base manager here immediately spoke up and made a concrete plan.

"From the data uploaded to us by the Red Queen, it can be concluded that the virus leak was an accident, caused by spies from other commercial companies infiltrating the company to cause the virus leak. This part can be released to indicate that this leak was an accident."

"At the same time, we can use political contributions to satisfy the gentlemen at the White House, help us release the news together, and invite relevant top biologists to publish corresponding arguments that the research of the virus is absolutely correct and that all characters in the world have such research institutes."

"The reason for the leak is because of environmental protection companies, because of other commercial spies, not because of us."

"As for the relevant persons in charge of this project, they have all died in the Hive Base. This point alone can minimize our relationship..."

As a company with extremely high global visibility, Umbrella Corporation had perfect processes and plans in all aspects. Facing the superior's requirements, this person in charge easily came up with another feasible plan.

A group of supreme controllers looked at each other, and after a simple vote, they all expressed their agreement.

"Then next, let's discuss some issues regarding Zhang Xuan."

This middle-aged man from Umbrella Corporation, the person in charge of this incident, skillfully displayed on the screen a portion of the captured battle scenes of Zhang Xuan. He saw Zhang Xuan cross the distance of several zhang in one step, walk to the side of the relevant mercenary team, and then the figures of the mercenary team collapsed to the ground and died completely.

Meanwhile, the relevant data and videos transmitted from The Hive made a group of people widen their eyes in shock.

Zhang Xuan moved as if he were flying; wherever he went, zombies and Lickers fell in his wake, and not a single one could survive.

"After joint discussion and research by myself and the relevant research team, this person on the other side must possess a higher level of advanced research results. He seems to kill using some kind of special magnetic field; our cameras have no way of capturing it at all, and we can only sense slight changes in the magnetic field."

"Whenever the magnetic field changes, a person or a zombie dies, and there is no movement or change during this interval..."

The person in charge of this incident for Umbrella Corporation spoke in great detail, and the many top executives of Umbrella Corporation around him listened just as intently.

"... After this series of arguments, I have reason to suspect that the other party has obtained a higher level of biological modification, and this is very likely a correct path."

"... Judging from the current surveillance videos, the other party has maintained the same posture for many consecutive days, yet shows no signs of fatigue. His energy far exceeds that of an ordinary person, and his physical strength and movement speed far surpass those of an average human; he can easily cause death..."

"... Although I am very reluctant to admit it, after our many research teams jointly analyzed the mysterious Eastern Region ancient country, it seems they have once again, to some extent, gotten ahead of us. The other party possesses the most cutting-edge scientific research results; he is the most perfect creation, and the research value of his body even 【exceeds】 Alice's..."

The person in charge for Umbrella Corporation gave the highest level of evaluation. Facing a group of people with varying expressions, he knew that many were still not convinced by him, especially those few old white men with silver hair.

For many years, they had maintained their pride, believing that the West was far superior and that the mysterious Eastern Region ancient country could absolutely not be surpassed by the other party; at the very least, in biotechnology, the other party could absolutely not compare to Umbrella Corporation.

Of course, the bottle of blood contained in Mutton Fat White Jade now indicated that the other party was very likely already ahead of them in a certain field; it was just that this group of people was unwilling to believe it for the time being.

He was not yet the highest-ranking manager of the company, so he did not dwell too much on this topic and instead said.

"After our unanimous verification and analysis, the other party should still possess even higher-level results. At the very least, many psychology experts analyzed the other party's behavior and posture just now; he did not care much about that bottle of blood..."

"What are you trying to say? You can go straight to the conclusion; our time is very precious."

On the highest control seat, a top-level manager spoke.

This person in charge of the operation to capture Zhang Xuan paused, then said in a deep voice: "My opinion is that we cannot have any actions targeting this person named Zhang Xuan for the time being. We need to prepare subsequent relevant plans, especially regarding the information about Raccoon City and the incident of our research being leaked..."

"As for Raccoon City, if the other party is willing to stir up trouble, let him stir up trouble as he pleases."

"We have analyzed that if such a person with transcendent-level abilities actively hides, it is very difficult for us to determine his specific location, just like how he suddenly jumped out as he did before, and we still cannot find any data on him to this day."

"If we can let the other party stir up trouble as he pleases—from the current situation, he is very interested in many humans, especially in protecting the lives of relevant individuals—if possible, I would like to obtain authorization to spread the relevant T-Virus."

"At a suitable location and a suitable direction, appropriately spread a certain amount of the T-Virus so that this incident can be brought under control, but it is not so easy to control, which will involve the other party's energy, and at the same time, we can also negotiate with the other party."

The group of top controllers at the table looked at each other.

"The cleansing plan has long had relevant planning and will not be changed because of the arrival of others. However, what you said is very reasonable and also very valuable. This matter is temporarily shelved; wait until the research report on that bottle of blood comes out before conducting the next round of discussion."

(End of this chapter)