"Roar!"
"Don't touch him!"
Unfortunately, it completely ignored Xu Lun's threat; whenever Xu Lun or Saeko Busujima approached the corpse, it would immediately lose its mind, roaring incessantly with its gaping maw.
"What if I do touch it?"
Xu Lun kicked it, provoking an even more violent roar from Hili Alice, but it still dared not approach.
"How should we deal with this monster?"
Saeko Busujima asked Xu Lun; their brief exchange clearly showed that this monster was beyond their capabilities.
"Busujima, why do you think this monster is called Hili Alice and emits such a strange child's voice?"
"Did it also mutate from a human?"
"But it doesn't have any human features on its body."
Xu Lun and Saeko Busujima exchanged glances and said in unison: "Inside its body."
Both of them almost simultaneously thought of the answer.
"Perhaps its essence is still human, and that's also its weakness."
"We need to verify it."
Verification wasn't difficult; Xu Lun pulled out a grenade from the Workshop. Killing it was unlikely, but breaking its defenses should be fine, enough for them to see what exactly was going on with this monster.
He pulled the pin and threw the grenade in front of the monster. As the blast swept through, the monster let out a shriek.
Its flesh shattered and quickly regenerated. Even so, this monster dared not approach the door, only staring at them with violent eyes.
Although it was only for an instant, Xu Lun was absolutely certain that what he saw inside its body was human.
"The weakness of zombies is their head. What we need to do now is find the location of the human body's head inside it."
This monster was unwilling to approach the door and also unwilling to leave, which gave them an opportunity to experiment with firearms.
"At the monster's head."
Xu Lun and Saeko Busujima concluded that only by attacking this spot would the monster show more obvious signs of dodging.
"Now, we need to do some preparatory work."
Given Hili Alice's size, normal attacks would certainly be ineffective. The Galactic Bat Hero was already over, and now he needed to leave the Hospital to find a new weapon.
When he returned, Xu Lun had a steel street sign, two and a half meters long, in his hand.
Looking at the twisted cross-section of the street sign, Saeko Busujima looked at Xu Lun with some surprise: "Is your strength a bit too great?"
Xu Lun shrugged and complained to Saeko Busujima: "Actually, this is nothing. I've even seen people kick down telephone poles."
"Can you use a sniper rifle?"
Xu Lun pulled out a large sniper rifle from the Workshop again. Unfortunately, it wasn't an anti-material one; otherwise, he could have tried to shoot directly through its outer shell.
"I'm just a high school student."
Saeko Busujima was already unfazed by Xu Lun occasionally pulling weapons out of thin air; she didn't even show surprise.
"Then we can only shoot at close range. I'll help you find an opportunity."
"I understand."
Before, it was a sudden situation with no information. Now, with preparation, Xu Lun was confident in himself.
Picking up the street sign with his left hand and swinging it a few times, Xu Lun took a deep breath and charged in.
Hili Alice, already on the verge of losing its mind, immediately began to spew flames, rushing directly at Xu Lun.
At this moment, the corpse outside was thrown in by Saeko Busujima, causing the monster to abruptly stop its attack and even retreat backward, unwilling to approach.
"Taste my street sign attack!"
Not missing the opportunity, Xu Lun swung the street sign. Under immense force, the sharp edge cut through flesh, embedding itself into the monster's cheek.
The monster showed hateful eyes, and the spraying blood suddenly turned into raging flames, sweeping towards Xu Lun's body.
But the street sign was two and a half meters long, and the time the flames swept was enough for Xu Lun to take other actions.
For example, catching the corpse in mid-air.
His right hand was only injured, not crippled, and after two days of rest, it was now functioning.
"You deserve to die!"
The sweeping flames turned back into blood, dripping from the sky.
Bang!
Saeko Busujima fired, but it wasn't a sniper rifle; it was a shotgun, aimed at the monster's eyes.
The monster was wounded again. Xu Lun threw down the corpse and pushed the street sign in his hand with all his might, driving it into its skull, then pressing down, successfully prying open its mouth.
It worked!
At its throat, a face was completely exposed!
It was a youthful face, with pink hair and pink eyes, unlike the gray and twisted appearance of normal zombies. Instead, it was still vibrant, like a normal person.
However, the sniper bullet that should have appeared did not.
"Busujima?"
Xu Lun turned back in surprise, only to find Saeko Busujima's pupils dilated, frozen in place, the sniper rifle held to her chest not firing.
"Ah!"
Sensing a true life-threatening crisis, the human face inside the dog's head let out a violent roar. The dog's head outside instantly turned bloodshot, its ferocious fangs glinting with a cold light, attempting to close its mouth and hide again.
"Busujima, what's wrong with you?!"
Xu Lun quickly applied more force, prying, and shouted at Saeko Busujima.
This shout woke Saeko Busujima. She suddenly came back to her senses, gritting her teeth, a flicker of struggle in her eyes, but she still gripped the sniper rifle in her hand without hesitation, rushed forward, and plunged the muzzle into the monster's mouth.
Pulled the trigger—
Bang!!!
A deafening bang echoed. The human face was instantly blown into a bloody mist. And the entire monster, as if losing its support, gradually went limp and fell heavily to the ground.
[You have killed Special Infected - Hili Alice]
[Your mission evaluation has greatly increased, settlement rewards have been boosted]
[You have greatly exceeded the mission requirements. You can settle and leave the trial world at any time]
"It's dead!"
Seeing the Paradise's notification, Xu Lun finally relaxed. This monster was truly dead.
Of course, he couldn't settle early. His purpose here was the Umbrella Corporation base. Since killing a special mutant could greatly increase his rating, to what extent would Umbrella Corporation increase it?
But now there was still a problematic girl he needed to deal with. Saeko Busujima stood blankly in front of Hili Alice, her body still trembling slightly, still holding the sniper rifle to her chest.
What exactly happened?
Ever since she saw Hili Alice's true form, Saeko Busujima had been in this state, almost missing the chance to shoot.
She wouldn't happen to recognize that face inside, would she?
She had always been a heroic and valiant figure before. Suddenly becoming like this, Xu Lun didn't know how to console her. He could only let her calm down first.
Xu Lun began to inspect the morgue. Fortunately, he hadn't found the wrong place; the basement of this Hospital was indeed the Umbrella Corporation base.
A typical morgue usually consists of a mortuary, a farewell room, an autopsy room, a specimen room, and a duty room, changing room, and toilets.
Xu Lun found a hidden door with the Umbrella Corporation logo in the autopsy room, and the Paradise also updated its information.
[You have encountered a hidden worldview - Resident Evil]
[Trial World - City of the Dead difficulty has fluctuated significantly]
[World Difficulty lv1~lv3 → lv1~lv8]
[Please explore the hidden worldview cautiously, as this action may lead to unpredictable consequences]
"Increased to lv8?"
The lv8 difficulty cap should be the cap for the Resident Evil worldview. Perhaps there's a nuclear bomb hidden in the base below.
Fighting a special infected that dared not attack was already a close call, so Xu Lun naturally couldn't risk entering the Umbrella Corporation base right now.
He still had five days of preparation time.