"Bang-!!"
A dull boom echoed around, and everyone underfoot felt the clear tremor. They all looked at Wu Xian in surprise, obviously feeling the ripples from an explosion just then.
This guy actually planted a bomb. When did that happen? How did we not see it?
"You... When did you install the bomb?"
The Red Queen asked out the question on everyone's mind at the same time. Meanwhile, the young face, formed by optical projection and coagulation, was slightly concentrated, as if thinking about something, and looked very cute.
But in reality, Red Queen was pulling up the entire hive's surveillance footage, rapidly reviewing Wu Xian's every move since entering the hive, and searching for possible bomb locations, yet she had found nothing at all. She was so focused that she almost overheated her CPU.
Red Queen didn't know that Wu Xian wasn't installing the bomb through conventional means. Instead, before entering the Resident Evil, he had exchanged a nanobomb from a science fiction world with the main god.
And throughout this journey, he also remotely controlled the installation with his mental power. With Red Queen's current level, it's natural that she couldn't find anything.
"Don't be silly, do you think I would tell you?"
Wu Xian coldly laughed twice before withdrawing something resembling a remote control button from his bosom. He spoke in a low voice:
"Now, I give you three numbers. Agree to my request as I just proposed, or when I press the button, all the bombs in this hive will be detonated. At that point, do you think these things inside can still be hidden?"
"You wouldn't do that."
Red Queen's voice was still robotic and cold: "If the hive is exploded, including you, everyone else will also not survive. Humans wouldn't do such foolish things."
The moment the words were out, everyone present was looking at Wu Xian with some tension, fearing that he might do something stupid. Even members of the Zhongzhou Team like Zheng Zhang were no exception.
At the end of the day, they were all just ordinary people who had just entered the God Space. Faced with the threat of possible death, even knowing that Wu Xian was probably acting, they couldn't help but feel afraid.
"Laughing to death! What do you know about humans, you artificial intelligence computer!"
Wu Xian scoffed mockingly: "Besides, after seeing the bullet I caught just now, do you really think I'm just an ordinary human?"
"You should be well aware of the experiments conducted by Umbrella Corporation. If the hive is bombed, the others here might die, but I have a good chance of returning to the ground. What do you say... Are you willing to take a bet?"
"You can't do this..."
"One!"
Wu Xian didn't bother to pay attention to Red Queen and started counting out loud.
"I can follow your orders, but you must also promise not to leak the secrets here."
As an artificial intelligence, Red Queen made a decisive decision, but also put forward her own conditions.
From this, it can be seen that the other's anthropomorphism is already very mature. Even if it's not as powerful as strong artificial intelligences like Ultron or Judgment Day, it still has great potential.
Without exaggeration, if given decades to develop and evolve, it might even create a scenario similar to the Skynet AI crisis in Terminator.
"The advantage is on my side. You have no right to negotiate with me."
Wu Xian narrowed his eyes at the other and then smiled, "But since you're so cute, I'll give you this face. In exchange, I want you to replicate a copy of your core code and hand it over to me; otherwise, let's not talk."
"Okay."
With a few words, Wu Xian completed two PY deals with Red Queen. Without mentioning movie characters like mercenaries and Alice, the members of Zhongzhou Team were already stunned, feeling that their brains were not turning around.
This is what a veteran feels like, it's amazing!
"Oh, I remember!"
Wu Xian reached back and took out a small U disk from his buttocks. Suddenly, he remembered something and said: "Red Queen, show me. What would you do if someone entered this passage? Let these idiots see how much they owe me."
"Understood."
Red Queen nodded and immediately saw the lights inside the passage start to flicker. Then, just like in a movie, laser beams began to appear, making the faces of the mercenaries turn pale and sweaty.
Especially Matthew, after seeing the final laser grid, his whole body trembled as if he saw himself cut into countless pieces of meat, sweating profusely.
"Did you see that? That's the fate you should have had, but my people and I saved you."
Wu Xian smiled playfully at Matthew, withdrawing the iron rod that was pressing against his throat.
"You can tell us the truth!"
Matthew snorted lightly, sounding still very resentful.
"At first, I really didn't remember about this, and besides, my people had already warned you. It was you who didn't believe and nearly killed them. Just based on that alone, do you think I would talk to you nicely?"
Wu Xian coldly laughed and pointed the stick at Red Queen: "Regardless of the process, but the current result is that I saved all of you. Don't you think you should say something?"
"Thank you..."
Matthew's face turned even darker, but seeing Wu Xian's black and thick stick, he muttered to himself in a small voice anyway.
"Just 'thank you', is there anything else?"
"I'm sorry..."
"Speak up! Are you not eating enough!"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Finally, Matthew roared in self-abandonment, and then took a deep breath again. It seemed that saying this sentence had exhausted all his energy.
The mercenaries who had followed him to the hive, upon seeing this, were fiery-eyed. If they had been able to fight back, they would definitely have rushed forward to beat Wu Xian up and make him understand what political correctness is.
"This is better... Alright, let's call it a day. Return the weapons to them, and send your two team members back from B Restaurant. I remembered something, and that place is very dangerous."
After Wu Xian finished speaking, he did not continue to argue, leading the way towards the laser channel. Along the way, there were no accidents at all. He walked smoothly to the end and made his way towards the central computer room.
Seeing this, everyone else followed suit. During this time, the mercenaries retrieved their weapons from the Zhongzhou Team, but their faces grew colder, and the atmosphere instantly became awkward.
"What kind of person are you?"
The image of Red Queen didn't disappear, flickering occasionally and appearing beside Wu Xian, asking the question again.
"Who knows?"
Wu Xian's steps didn't stop as he turned his head to look at Red Queen, a mysterious smile appearing on his face: "Maybe one day, I will become the savior of this world, or maybe..."
...
[Ding!]
[Branch quest B completed... Award 8000 points.]
[C-class side quest completed... Award 1500 points.]
Taking out the U disk from the slot, followed by two cold prompt sounds echoing in Wu Xian's ears.
"Oh? Besides the laser passage scenario, is copying Red Queen's core code also considered as altering the plot? That's an unexpected joy."
Wu Xian secretly thought in his heart, then turned to look at the others with a serious expression, passing his gaze over the fatty, before looking at Matthew and saying:
"Captain Matthew, I know your task is to take the Red Queen's mainboard and leave here before the passage to the outside of the hive is sealed off."
Now that the mainboard is right in front of you, half of your task is done, and it's time to part ways."
