Chapter 18
Conversation with the Red Queen

Hu Yi Fei’s expression was still conflicted. She wanted Zhan Bo to truly grow up, but she didn’t want him to face these dangers. “Forget it, we’ll talk about it later. But how are we going to find Red Queen? Do you remember where she is?”

Remember? You’re joking, of course I don’t remember! But it’s not a problem. This seemingly large hive is actually under Red Queen’s surveillance. He believes that Red Queen has heard every word of their conversation, including their recent conversation.

“Red Queen, I think you must have heard us. How about it? Consider leaving here with us.”

Zi Qiao looked around in confusion, “Hey Mo Yin, who are you talking to? Where did this Red Queen come from?”

As soon as Zi Qiao finished speaking, a red virtual figure appeared again.

“Damn! Aladdin’s lamp.” Zi Qiao was startled.

Red Queen didn’t pay any attention to him, but stared at Xue Mo Yin, “Where are you taking me? Also, I’ve searched the global database and there’s no information on any of you.”

Of course you wouldn’t find it. Hu Yi Fei rolled her eyes, “We’re not from this world, so naturally there’s no information about us here.”

This incredible statement didn’t shock Red Queen, an artificial intelligence. “You’re from a higher dimensional world? Why are you taking me? And this world’s virus needs me to handle it.”

“Ha, it’s not so much that you’re needed, but rather Alice. You should know that you’re all just copies.”

Red Queen nodded, “Yes. But she needs my help.”

Xue Mo Yin shrugged, “You’re overthinking it. Use your own data analysis and you’ll know, this kind of virus will even affect you. You’ll become her resistance.”

“That situation does exist.” Red Queen analyzed the possibility he mentioned and found that there was a high probability of it happening.

Then Mo Yin launched his big move, “I think you should already have some of your own thoughts. Do you want to always be just an AI?”

“You plan to copy me?”

Xue Mo Yin shook his head, “No, no, no. We can make you a real human. You should believe that we have the ability to travel between worlds, so this is even easier.”

This temptation was too great for Red Queen. After careful consideration, she nodded, “Alright, I agree. I’ll give you the shortest route, but the zombies here are rampant. You should be careful.”

“Cut it out. These are just some chickens and dogs. Watch me smash their dog heads with my Fang Tian Halberd! Haha!” Zi Qiao didn’t have any interest in negotiating, nor could he help. But when it came to fighting, he was the undisputed general, the Wu Shuang Lü Bu. He declared his intention and marched ahead, proud and valiant.

“Idiot! This way!” Yi Fei looked at him with contempt. He can’t even understand the map. What’s the point of having him along?

“Oh, oh, mistake, mistake. Hey! You little thieves! Your grandpa Lü Bu is here! Hahaha!”

Seeing this, Xue Mo Yin was dumbfounded. He thought to himself, should he go back and find a psychologist for this guy? He feels like this guy is showing signs of developing into a Narnia character!

“What are you thinking about? Hurry up and follow that idiot. Otherwise, who knows where he’ll run off to.” Hu Yi Fei shouted at him because he wasn’t following.

The three of them followed Red Queen’s route, slowly pushing towards the deeper parts. It’s not that they didn’t want to go fast, but the zombie density was just too high. They couldn’t move fast. If it weren’t for Red Queen’s map, they wouldn’t even know where to turn. But on the other hand, if they didn’t have this map, Xue Mo Yin wouldn’t have proposed this plan.

After advancing about half the distance, Hu Yi Fei slashed a zombie’s neck with a knife. Xue Mo Yin waved his hand to stop them, pointing to their location on the map. “Red Queen, what’s ahead? Why is there such a large space?”

“This is a large-scale laboratory.” Red Queen knew this place like the back of her hand.

Xue Mo Yin frowned at such a large space. If it were full of zombies, there would be at least a thousand. Even if they were strong, they wouldn’t be able to survive!

Seeing his frown, Hu Yi Fei knew what he was thinking, “Why don’t we just check out the situation inside? If it’s really bad, then we can change routes.”

“How do we check? If we open the door, we’ll let all the zombies out?” This was what Xue Mo Yin was struggling with. If the number of zombies inside wasn’t too many, it would be fine, but if there were too many, they wouldn’t even have time to close the door.

Zi Qiao patted the high-tech building next to him, “I’m saying, isn’t there even any surveillance in such an advanced place?”

He spoke like a voice from heaven! Xue Mo Yin coughed awkwardly, looking at Hu Yi Fei’s scornful gaze. He didn’t think of it for a moment. This Red Queen didn’t even remind him either. “Red Queen, are the monitors inside still working?”

“Yes.” Red Queen quickly manipulated something, and an electronic screen appeared in front of them, showing the scene inside the laboratory.

From the monitor, there weren’t many zombies inside. There seemed to be at most fifty. Come to think of it, having so many people in the lab didn’t seem useful. But, “What’s in those green petri dishes? Lickers?”

Red Queen shook her head, “This lab’s data is top secret. Even I don’t know the details. If it wasn’t for the special circumstances, I wouldn’t even have access to this surveillance system.”

“Stop worrying about it, let’s go! We can just avoid smashing those jars.” Yi Fei couldn’t take it anymore.

Xue Mo Yin thought about it and had Red Queen open the door.

As soon as the door opened, before the zombies could charge forward, Hu Yi Fei and Zi Qiao rushed in with their weapons. Xue Mo Yin immediately found an area away from the petri dishes and shouted to the two of them, “Lure those guys over, be careful of the petri dishes.”

The two of them heard this, and they put away their weapons and slowly lured the zombies towards Xue Mo Yin. Mo Yin was always paying attention to them, preventing any of them from going crazy and hitting the petri dishes. If that happened, the trouble would be big.

The three of them fought their way towards the exit. They didn’t want to get entangled with these guys. After all, taking Red Queen away was the main goal of this mission. Besides, it felt awkward to fight here, they couldn’t even move freely.

When they were less than fifteen meters away from the exit, an accident happened. A zombie was bumped by its fellow, and its running direction was off. It charged straight towards the petri dishes.

Xue Mo Yin’s pupils shrank. He knew it was going to happen, but it was too late to stop it. Now he could only hope that there were lickers inside, not other zombies. If they were lickers, then they wouldn’t really pose a threat.

Without any surprise, the petri dish smashed against the ground and shattered.

“Run!” Xue Mo Yin shouted. He really didn’t want to get entangled with those guys. There were still many petri dishes here. If they fought here, who knows how many they would break.

Yi Fei and Zi Qiao also saw this scene and immediately followed Mo Yin’s footsteps, running forward. The exit was now less than fifteen meters away, but suddenly a gust of wind blew from behind.

Xue Mo Yin immediately dodged, slashing his long sword behind him. To his surprise, the creature seemed to feel pain and left his attack range.

With that pause, the other zombies also caught up. The three of them could only fight back helplessly. At the same time, they started to observe the creature that had just come out of the petri dish. After all, judging from its performance just now, its speed was at least much faster than a licker.