The banquet was drawing to a close, but Zhou Yi had no intention of staying any longer. He and Alfred had both gotten what they wanted. There was no need to remain. Neither he nor Xia Ruis had any desire to continue socializing.
Leaving Ashford Manor with Zhou Yi, they returned to the hotel by car. The moment she entered her private space, Xia Ruis displayed a sense of relief. She couldn't wait to kick off her high heels, walking barefoot on the carpet in the room.
"What's wrong, darling? Didn't you have fun?" Zhou Lan, who had been waiting for Xia Ruis to return, immediately began to ask about her well-being upon seeing her daughter's state. After all, this was Xia Ruis's first time attending such a banquet, and it was under the condition of concealing her mutant identity. Therefore, Zhou Lan couldn't help but worry.
"I'm so fed up with all this nonsense, with annoying people everywhere, and not even being able to eat in peace." Xia Ruis unpinned her hair bun, trying to free her ears. "And this dress that's suffocating me, oh my god! I swear, I will never attend such a banquet again."
"My dear, this is just the beginning," Zhou Yi kindly reminded her. "You will definitely experience more things like this in the future, so it's best not to be too absolute in your words."
"Don't even think about it!" Xia Ruis gestured a big cross with her arms. "You can flirt with pretty girls there, but what can I do? Wait for others to flirt with me? Forget about it! You know, if that situation continued, I would really be unable to resist teleporting them into the wall."
"Whew! What a torture!" Zhou Yi, having been called out, whistled and consciously stopped this kind of dispute.
"Darling, you'll get used to it in the future. Just let things take their course, and it won't be unpleasant every time." Zhou Lan gave her son a look of disapproval, expressing her dissatisfaction with the elder brother's inadequacies. Zhou Lan embraced her daughter and began to soothe her mood.
Xia Ruis burrowed into Zhou Lan's embrace, her voice sweet, "Mommy is the best! I want to sleep with you tonight, okay?"
"You, you're such a grown woman. Why are you still like a child?" Zhou Lan pinched her nose, but didn't actually refuse.
Zhou Yi, seeing that it was getting late, said appropriately, "Good night, Mom and Xia Ruis! Sweet dreams!"
"You get some rest too, dear!" Zhou Lan nodded, pulling Xia Ruis towards the vanity mirror. She still needed some time to remove Xia Ruis' makeup.
"Go away, go away! You annoying brother!" Xia Ruis waved her hand at Zhou Yi like she was shooing away a fly. It seemed she really resented him for ditching her to chase girls.
Helplessly shaking his head, Zhou Yi pushed open the door and walked out. Now wasn't the time for him to rest; he still needed to arrange some things based on the latest news.
He entered his room and locked the door to prevent anyone from disturbing him. Zhou Yi had already put on his special tablet glasses and began to contact Medusa.
"Medusa, help me search for a detailed map of Raccoon City. Also, mark all the buildings under the name of Umbrella for me."
"Yes, sir. According to the data, Umbrella owns a total of one thousand seven hundred and forty-four buildings in Raccoon City. These include the Raccoon City Umbrella branch, the Raccoon City Central Library, the Raccoon City Sports Center, the Central Elementary School, the Umbrella Medical Center, and other large facilities, as well as various subsidiaries, employee dormitories, and cadre sanatoriums."
In Zhou Yi's field of vision, a massive 3D city map appeared. This was a new city built with investments from the Umbrella Corporation, encompassing several sparsely populated towns. It was also unique in that most of its industries belonged to a single company.
As Medusa responded to Zhou Yi's request and began to mark the buildings under Umbrella's name, red dots began to appear on the entire simulated city map. By the time Medusa finished speaking, most of the city was covered in these crimson colors.
It was clearly unrealistic to distinguish which of these city buildings were Umbrella's surface-level covers for its underground research centers.
"Medusa, remove the public facilities and keep only the buildings for internal Umbrella use, those with certain access permissions," Zhou Yi issued a new command, beginning to filter through the information. He believed the answer must be hidden within one of them.
"Sir, if you want to do this, I need your authorization to invade Umbrella's internal systems and consult its internal data. I need to remind you that doing so will largely expose our whereabouts and cause unnecessary hostility. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Considering the master's position, Medusa voiced her opinion. In her inherent logical thinking, such a thing was clearly against Zhou Yi's interests, and authorization was required to execute such a command.
"I am sure. Medusa, try to ensure your own safety, making sure you cannot be counter-tracked is the first priority. As for whether they will sound the alarm, don't worry about it."
"Yes, sir. Please wait a moment!" Medusa began to carry out Zhou Yi's orders without hesitation. In the world of the network, she infiltrated Umbrella's internal network through limited external access and began searching for the information Zhou Yi needed within it.
In front of such an advanced artificial intelligence, Umbrella's firewall was as defenseless as if it didn't exist. Medusa quickly obtained what he wanted from the internal data.
"Sir, I have found the information you requested. According to your requirements, there are a total of three buildings that meet your criteria."
Medusa spoke, beginning to display the detailed information of these three buildings in front of Zhou Yi.
"Umbrella's Raccoon City branch headquarters building, requiring employee access to enter. Located in the heart of Raccoon City."
"Umbrella Medical Center, some areas are only for use by Umbrella's high-level executives. Located in the southeastern part of the city, near the commercial center."
"Umbrella Cadre Sanatorium, only for high-level cadre training and vacation use. Located in the southwestern suburbs of Raccoon City."
"Three choices, this kind of thing can't just be put out in public," Zhou Yi muttered to himself, continuing to issue commands. "Medusa, gather all the information about this Cadre Sanatorium for me. I want to know everything about it."
"Data acquisition in progress. Detected high-level encrypted data. Continuing search." It seemed that Umbrella had implemented extremely strict protective measures in this regard. Although Medusa was working hard, the speed at which she obtained information was far slower than at the beginning.
Fortunately, she hadn't disappointed Zhou Yi yet.
"Umbrella executive convalescence center, high-level corporate property. The following confidential information has been searched: personnel roster, building expansion report, material import report, and experimental reports. Details of the data are as follows!"
Just as Medusa began to report her findings, a large expanse of red flashed in Zhou Yi's vision. Medusa's voice also became urgent.
"Warning, unknown data is beginning to impact the system. Reverse search has begun, firewall under attack, expected to fail in ten seconds. Disconnecting all external links."
The image in the eye flickered a few times and immediately dimmed. About a minute later, the image was transmitted again. At this time, Medusa's voice came from his ear.
"Sir, we have been attacked by an unknown program. It can be predicted to be an internal intelligent program of Umbrella. The following conclusions can be drawn: Umbrella possesses a high-level artificial intelligence no less capable than me. Your previous command has triggered the opponent's defense system. I'm sorry, the data wasn't completely preserved. To ensure safety, I abandoned the data that hadn't been fully downloaded."
"That's enough, Medusa. As long as everything is safe!" Rubbing his temples, Zhou Yi felt that watching Medusa conduct a network intrusion was even more exciting than going out and fighting. Although he didn't know why artificial intelligence was so rampant, it was good to have made some gains.
"Show me your findings!"
"Most of the highly classified personnel files have been destroyed by the other party. We currently only have a partial list of security personnel. This is the highest-ranking individual we have information on."
Medusa displayed an image of a woman with dark brown hair. She was quite attractive, and seemed to have undergone professional military training, exuding a capable aura.
"Alice. Jovovich. Security Director of the Umbrella Executive Rehabilitation Center, graduate of West Point, has executed special orders on multiple occasions. She was dismissed for disobeying orders, and was invited to join the Umbrella Security Company, receiving three years of training. Due to her outstanding performance, she was promoted to an executive position in the security center. She was transferred to Raccoon City a year ago, as the Security Director of the Executive Rehabilitation Center."
"Not bad, but not what I need. Anything else?" A security director wasn't the information Zhou Yi was looking for, so he continued to query his intelligent assistant.
"There are also some experimental reports, but they have been damaged, and only parts remain."
"Show them to me!"
Two documents appeared before Zhou Yi. They included a description of the experimental materials, photos from different periods, and parts of the experimental reports.
The experimental materials were incredibly diverse. From the reports, he saw not only the usual white mice, chimpanzees, and humans, but also less commonly used species like lizards, pythons, and sharks. It seemed their experiments weren't limited to humans.
Looking at the reports, Zhou Yi found that most of the materials had death reports. The most frequently mentioned phrase in the reports was "rapid changes in cell chromosomes, significant changes in the organism, the experiment developing in an uncontrollable direction, experiment terminated."
This seemed to indicate that the experiment wasn't going smoothly, as it didn't seem to have stable controllability. Such a thing couldn't be considered a success.
As Zhou Yi continued to flip through the reports, he discovered a problem. There were no records of human experiments, which were obviously deleted by the attackers. This situation could only indicate one thing: human experiments had different results. But what was the difference?
Flipping through the limited available materials, Zhou Yi began to analyze them carefully. By the time he reached his final conclusion, his expression was far from pleasant.
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