Chapter 96: Further Increasing the Stakes

Alice: 【All the people of Raccoon City and I will be grateful for the help Zhang Xuan has given us; he will always be my good friend.】

Alice popped up in the group to express her profound gratitude and thanks.

The chat group was filled with cheers and excitement; many characters were praising him, and it was from the bottom of their hearts.

Whether it was Zhang Sanfeng, Qiao Feng, Li Xiaoyao, or Meng Qi, all of them possessed a chivalrous heart. Recognizing the difficulty of saving a world and the extraordinary nature of what Zhang Xuan had done, they all praised him sincerely.

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly. If there were a favorability system, he reckoned the whole group would be floating with favorability points right now—plus ten, plus ten.

Not to mention anything else, just this attitude alone made people feel very comfortable.

As for the cultivation of the Indestructible Heavenly Art, it had actually embarked on the right path as well.

Meng Qi, who had already returned to secular life: 【Amazing! I didn't expect things to take such a turn for the better; Zhang Xuan is awesome, Brother Zhang, you're the best!】

Zhang Sanfeng: 【I have heard the whole story. Little Friend Zhang Xuan truly possesses great wisdom, but Little Friend also needs to be careful not to be caught by that... company of theirs. Once you fall into their hands, given their methods—which are even more sinister and ruthless than those of the Demonic Sect—I fear it would be dire.】

Zhang Sanfeng did not understand much about the various virus research and biochemical technologies of modern society, but he understood the methods of many demonic cultists very well.

Methods like those of the Umbrella Corporation were even more terrifying than those of the top demonic cultists he had known. In his view, the other party was certainly unscrupulous in achieving their goals, terrifying to the extreme.

Zhang Sanfeng: 【If you need help over there, Little Friend, I can take action. I have been slaying demons and eliminating devils here, and my strength and realm have had a small breakthrough; I should be able to provide some help to you, Little Friend.】

Hearing this, Zhang Xuan took a look and discovered that the tag above Zhang Sanfeng's head had changed to Tier 4. He was startled, yet he also felt it was only natural.

In the Xianjian World, all kinds of demons and monsters had cultivation methods, possessed various types of Inner Core, and there were Immortal Spirit Grass that could enhance one's strength. At the same time, there were martial arts cultivation methods that were relatively more complete and a notch more powerful.

The master of Lin Family Fort was a person who could call the Sect Leader of Shushan a brother. Zhang Sanfeng had passed through there, so it was reasonable to think he could obtain quite a bit of martial arts cultivation experience, and by utilizing various spirit pills and precious medicines, a breakthrough in his strength and realm was understandable.

Zhang Sanfeng's words warmed Zhang Xuan's heart. He felt more and more that his previous actions were correct; he did not shy away from practicing the Indestructible Heavenly Art, nor did he hide it during his overall explanation.

However, within the entire chat group, most of the characters who leaned toward the righteous path did not say much. Whether it was Qiao Feng or Zhang Sanfeng, neither gave too much evaluation regarding this.

In fact, neither of them minded very much. Both were not people who had just stepped into the world; Zhang Sanfeng had traveled north and south in the Jianghu for decades and had reached the age of one hundred, having seen everything in the Jianghu.

Using corpses, or rather, using the Origin of humans to cultivate—although there were various claims that it was a demonic path method, he had nothing to say about using such demonic arts to do righteous deeds.

Judging from the situations revealed in the pictures and videos, those people infected by the T-Virus were already walking corpses, no different from demons and monsters, and there was not much difference between this and slaying demons to obtain beast Inner Core.

He was not the type of person who was rigid and conservative. Qiao Feng, as the leader of the Beggar Sect, handled all kinds of affairs and was equally capable; he did not feel that Zhang Xuan's actions were in any way excessive.

Seeing the reactions of the group members, Zhang Xuan felt slightly relieved.

Then, he spoke further in the chat group.

Zhang Xuan: 【The situation is still far from improving. Order in Raccoon City is gradually recovering, but how to prevent the spread of the virus afterward is another big problem.】

【The virus has not been cut off yet. I see crows flying in the sky, as well as some rats, all carrying the relevant virus, scurrying around with red eyes.】

【This will be the big problem next. At the same time, an even bigger problem is the Umbrella Corporation; I am not sure if they will continue to release the virus later... I worry that the virus will spread further, just like the underground base of the Hive this time.】

In reality, Zhang Xuan felt that the spread of the relevant virus was inevitable. If he hadn't gone there, the Umbrella Corporation would have unhesitatingly continued to let the virus spread.

In any case, the high-level executives of the Umbrella Corporation were basically hiding in underground bases like the Hive or other quite safe places they had built, and they would basically not be troubled by the virus.

When the virus leaks, it is mostly the vast number of ordinary people in this world who get infected and then become walking corpses.

For the true high-level executives of Umbrella, it is not a big problem; even if they are bitten, they have the relevant Antidote.

And looking at the subsequent chapters of Resident Evil, the leakage of the virus is basically inevitable. Whether it is the countless dead Alice clones or the zombie virus transmission experiments conducted by the Umbrella Corporation in the corresponding facilities, all will lead to the occurrence of the relevant results.

If he remembered correctly, the Umbrella Corporation replicated Tokyo and then used cloning technology to clone countless normal living people, letting them live in the city, and under such conditions, they released the biochemical virus to test the relevant reactions and collect the relevant experimental data.

In this situation, the Umbrella Corporation must be crushed to truly usher in the light.

Alice: 【The spread of the virus is basically impossible to cut off. We must use strong means to take the initiative and block all of this. I need more people's help.】

Ding, Alice has authorized the permissions for the Resident Evil 1 to 6 movie series; all group members can watch them.

Zhang Xuan was stunned; he had not expected Alice to have such a sudden change.

And in the Broadcasting Building, Alice sighed.

Having witnessed Zhang Xuan's ability to turn his hands into clouds and rain, she had long understood the limitations of her previous thinking, and at the same time, she deeply understood the malicious intentions of the Umbrella Corporation.

A single vial of peculiar blood with extremely high research value could make the Umbrella Corporation give up on dropping a nuclear bomb on Raccoon City. This could show that Zhang Xuan's methods were brilliant, and at the same time, it showed that the countless population of Raccoon City meant nothing to the Umbrella Corporation; they didn't care at all.

What the Umbrella Corporation cared about were scientific and technological achievements with higher research value; they cared about Chang Sheng.

After realizing this, Alice understood that even if the virus crisis in Raccoon City was alleviated, future crises would come at an even more ferocious speed. Today, we solve the T-Virus; tomorrow, we might have to solve the G-Virus and even more terrifying toxins.

Without truly exposing the ugly face of the Umbrella Corporation, without truly restricting the Umbrella Corporation, and letting the many high-level executives of the Umbrella Corporation go to prison, such things would happen one after another and would never be able to stop.

Alice: 【I hope someone can come to help me together. The Umbrella Corporation will absolutely not stop; they will still continue to act and continue on. Even if the T-Virus is temporarily contained, it is no use; there must be more brilliant means to make the Umbrella Corporation face sanctions.】

Zhang Xuan's brows couldn't help but twitch, and he couldn't help but look at that Alice who was currently explaining many things with a serious face.

Just a few days ago, Alice was still a person whose mind was influenced by American blockbusters and who only had strong individualistic heroism. Now, after only a few short days, her thinking had actually changed so quickly; it was indeed a bit beyond Zhang Xuan's expectations.

However, this kind of change was a good thing. If she didn't recognize reality early, Zhang Xuan would have to worry about how to handle it next.

Now that the Resident Evil matter had come to an end and most things were on the right track, the next thing to do was further improvement.

The crisis in Raccoon City was temporarily resolved, but it was not completely resolved.

Zhang Xuan: 【Indeed, everyone, let's think of a way together. Saving a world is far from as easy as imagined.】

【A world can be infected by the spread of the virus, and once spread, it is death. If no one is deliberately spreading it and there are no more sources of infection, there is still a way to solve it, but if someone is deliberately releasing the poison, the problem is very difficult.】

Zhang Xuan needed to practice the Indestructible Heavenly Art, but after walking this path, he found that the efficiency was not high. Unless he really killed everyone in the Shengxia Crisis World, it would be very difficult for the Indestructible Heavenly Art to make a large-scale breakthrough.

But to really let a world perish for this would be too terrifying. Anyway, there were backup options; there was no need to do this.

There were no shortage of top-tier physiques in the Zhetian Universe, many living corpses, and one could also discuss things with Dugu Baitian in the Shenmo Lingyuan.

There was no need to just follow the current rhythm.

Meng Qi, who had returned to secular life: 【This... since it has already reached this point, I feel you can go a step further.】

【The intelligence of zombies is not high. You can build one fixed defensive line after another, one layer of walls after another, just like that anime Giant or whatever I once watched.】

【You don't need to build them that high; just build them outward in circles. It can be similar to the ancient Great Wall, constructing a safe zone. In this way, you can preserve a large part of your strength and let people develop outward step by step.】

Zhang Sanfeng: 【...】

Qiao Feng: 【...】

In this aspect, neither of the two ancients had much say. Even though their martial arts were top-notch, in this aspect, it didn't have much significance.

Without having experienced modern society, it is hard to imagine how terrifying modern technology and the speed of construction are.

The Great Wall, a miracle in history that required several dynasties and hundreds of years of continuous effort to build, could be completed in not too many years with current technology, provided one is willing to pay the price and has enough manpower and material resources to do it.

Moreover, what needs to be built is not a true, literal Great Wall, but wall after wall to isolate the zombies.

At this suggestion, Alice's eyes lit up.

She felt it was quite good.

Alice: 【That is indeed a good method, but such structures can only isolate the relevant humanoid zombies; I fear it would be difficult to stop the true, relevant animal-type zombies.】

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and also took the initiative to speak.

Zhang Xuan: 【There is no need to nip all danger in the bud; currently, the most aggressive ones are still the humanoid zombies. Clearing out a portion of a safe zone is effective for everyone, and in terms of biological virus prevention and control, this is also a quite useful method.】

【First, clear out a safe zone, and within the safe zone, ensure there is no virus and that no viral transmission occurs; only in this way will there be the conditions and methods to manage the relevant virus...】

【Moreover, the current idea does not need to be perfectly complete; as long as there is a way, that is enough. We need to find more experts in biology and virus prevention, listen to their suggestions, build the relevant safe zones together under their guidance, and then expand the safe zones as much as possible.】

Speaking to this point, Zhang Xuan paused.

With his way of thinking, he still cannot understand why a world could be destroyed by zombies that are slow-moving and have low lethality.

Under normal circumstances, as long as there is a portion of a safe zone, with humanity's existing level of technology and production, even if there are three billion zombie-related active figures, it would be easy to dispatch large-scale armies and use large-scale weapons of mass destruction to clean the zombies and monsters out completely.

There is no need to even use so-called nuclear weapons; as long as there are enough relevant personnel and small-scale firearms are used, the many existing zombies could be killed off completely.

Zhang Xuan: 【Furthermore, we are not completely without a solution. I just looked at the situation in the Resident Evil 6 series; the Umbrella Corporation had already developed an antidote for the T-virus at that time period. Any creature that mutated based on the origin of the T-virus would be disintegrated after the antidote is released.】

【We only need to oppose the Umbrella Corporation, not countless zombies. As long as we secure enough time, establish enough safe zones, and then negotiate with the Umbrella Corporation, or destroy the Umbrella Corporation, that will be enough.】

Alice bit her red lip, and she considered such a suggestion and statement to be acceptable.

This is indeed a quite good method.

Zhang Xuan smiled and observed the bottle made of Mutton Fat White Jade filled with Origin not far away; in the morning, a figure who looked exactly like the staff member here had already taken that Origin away.

And Zhang Xuan had already seen at that time that the staff member was not a normal human; their exterior was covered in simulated skin, but the interior was entirely a mechanical structure.

Their movements were still somewhat stiff while acting.

It stands to reason that it was a mechanical warrior sent by the Umbrella Corporation, and by this time, the Umbrella Corporation should have already begun research on that bottle of Origin.

Zhang Xuan: 【We even already have the ability and the right to negotiate with the Umbrella Corporation now.】

Calculating in his mind, Zhang Xuan continued to speak.

Zhang Xuan: 【The other party has already received my gift, and that gift is very difficult to replicate with the existing level of technology, but that gift can extend life and enhance physical constitution; it is the top-tier creation. The chips we have placed on the gambling table are already enough, and we can proceed to the next step of the plan.】

(End of this chapter)