Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

The two then continued walking towards the station in the eighth ward.

On their way to the station in District 8, the two saw many Shinra soldiers patrolling and maintaining order.

However, since neither of them was carrying any obvious weapons, the Shinra soldiers merely glanced at them, assuming they were just ordinary people, and then ignored them.

"Whew! We're really lucky."

The two did not encounter any Shinra soldiers for inspection until they entered the station, which made Jesse, who was a little nervous, pat his chest and breathe a sigh of relief.

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Chapter 174! Cargo Carriage

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The station on the eighth district's circular platform is very far from the Mako Reactor. In the original story, the Mako Reactor explosion did not affect the station, let alone now.

When Shen Ye and Jesse entered the station, they found that the station was still orderly, with passengers waiting to board the train queuing up properly. However, although they were queuing, almost everyone's face showed anxiety and panic.

“Let’s go find the freight cars,” Jesse said to Shen Ye, pointing to the cars at the back of the train.

Shen Ye nodded, and taking advantage of the fact that the Shinra soldiers guarding the station were all outside maintaining order, the two ran towards the last few carriages of the train.

They quickly located the cargo wagon.

Shen Ye pushed open the door of the marked carriage, and a rotary machine gun emerged from it.

“It’s us, Barrett.” Jesse saw the rotary machine gun and knew that Barrett and his men had arrived, so he quickly called out to remind them.

Barrett had already recognized them; he was just trying to scare them. He then put away his machine gun and complained, "You guys are too slow. Biggs and I arrived ten minutes ago."

Shen Ye jumped into the car, then turned around and pulled Jesse up as well. Seeing that only Barrett and Biggs were in the car, he said, "At least we're not the last ones to arrive."

“That’s true.” Barrett nodded. “Claude and Wedge are still outside.”

However, Shen Ye and Jesse had just boarded the train and hadn't even found a place to sit when the train actually started moving.

"Oh no!" Jesse exclaimed anxiously as he heard the rumbling sound of the train starting up. "Why so fast? Wedge and Claude haven't arrived yet!"

"Don't worry, they'll be fine. Don't forget how skilled Claude is." Biggs wasn't worried at all and said nonchalantly, "He's a former Shinra warrior."

“But…” Jesse hesitated. She wasn’t worried about Claude, but rather about Wiggie. Given Claude’s personality, she was worried that he might abandon Wiggie.

As they spoke, the train slowly pulled away from the station and then began to accelerate.

Now Jesse was even more anxious. She paced back and forth in the carriage, her anxious appearance making Biggs a little nervous.

"Alright, Jesse, stop pacing around. They'll catch up eventually," Shen Ye said helplessly, feeling a bit dizzy from Jesse's movements.

“But the train is going so fast, how can they catch up?” Jesse said to Shen Ye, but at least it stopped.

Just as she finished speaking, there was a loud banging on the car door, which immediately put Barrett and his men on high alert. They stood on either side of the car door with their guns raised, while Shen Ye remained seated without reacting.

At that moment, Barrett suddenly pulled open the car door, and a round figure was thrown in from outside, slamming hard onto the floor.

"It's Wedge!" Jesse exclaimed excitedly upon seeing the person who had fallen in.

"Is it just you? Where's Claude?" Barrett asked, holding up his mechanical arm.

Wedge was still catching his breath from the fall, but he still pointed outside, and then Claude jumped in from outside the carriage and landed steadily inside.

"It seems your journey hasn't been very peaceful." Seeing Claude enter, Shen Ye finally stood up. He looked Claude up and down and didn't see anything he didn't want to see... Alice's flowers. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

“We were stopped by Shinra soldiers on the way.” With Bigger’s help, Wedge stood up, rubbing the spot where he had fallen. “Then they found a loophole in our answers and a fight broke out. Thanks to Cloud, otherwise I would have been dead.”

At this point, Wedge patted Claude on the shoulder and said loudly, "Claude is definitely a reliable partner."

"Thank you for the compliment!" Claude looked at the chubby hand on his shoulder and finally gave up on slapping it away.

“I’ll add an extra sum to your reward as a thank you for saving Wedge.” Barrett nodded to Claude, then walked toward the cargo car passageway, saying, “We should switch cars now.”

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The road from the freight car to the passenger car was crowded with people, most of whom had squeezed on after receiving the Shinra Company's evacuation notice. Although it was crowded, it gave Shen Ye and his group a good opportunity to blend in.

There are so many people today!

"Everyone rushed home during the refuge period, since no one knew what might happen to the damaged Mako reactor."

"I just witnessed the collapse of the Mako Reactor. It terrified me; my legs are still weak."

"Me too, I was almost scared to death."

"However, it's better that the Mako Reactor collapsed, but how are we supposed to survive without electricity!"

"That's right, those who sabotaged the Mako Reactor are despicable. If I find out who did it, I'll teach them a lesson they won't forget."

In the carriages that Shen Ye and his group passed through, they could hear people discussing the destruction of the Mako Reactor. Because it was just a collapse and did not cause greater damage, the people's emotions were relatively stable.

However, despite their calm demeanor, they were all condemning the people who destroyed the Mako Reactor. After all, they didn't care whether the Mako Reactor was damaging the planet; they were more concerned about the cheap electricity and how they would live without it.

"It sounds like we're doing something wrong!" Hearing the conversation around her, Jesse's mood became somewhat downcast. She leaned against Shen Ye and whispered.

"I can understand. In their eyes, we are probably terrorists who have disrupted their peaceful lives!" Shen Ye sighed inwardly. If it weren't to avoid causing more casualties, he really wouldn't want to participate in the plot of destroying the No. 1 Mako Reactor.

However, if he doesn't participate, the original plot will repeat itself, and in order to make ordinary people oppose the avalanche, he will deliberately sabotage the Mako Reactor, causing more casualties.

“But Barrett also said we were doing something righteous.” Jesse suddenly began to doubt their actions.

“Actually, Barrett wasn’t wrong. You’re also working hard for the life of the planet. It’s just that he was too extreme.” Shen Ye comforted Jesse. “Besides, we saw outside today that there weren’t many casualties. You don’t need to blame yourself too much, Jesse.”

"Mmm!" Jesse nodded, then hugged Shen Ye's arm, looking at him with her bright, sparkling eyes: "Thank you, Shen, I feel much better now."

"You're welcome!" Shen Ye patted Jessie's head and gave her a smile.

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Chapter 175! The Vulnerability and Perseverance of Ordinary People

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The train was still moving smoothly towards the downtown area, and the passengers changed several times as it stopped at different stations.

At this moment, Shen Ye and his group had entered another, more spacious carriage. Inside this carriage, there were several Shinra employees dressed in business attire.

These Shinra employees were discussing the collapse of the Mako Reactor.

"They actually managed to collapse the Mako Reactor. Those criminals really know how to cause trouble," said one of the employees of Goddess Luo.

A middle-aged man sitting next to her, who looked like a mid-level manager at Shinra Corporation, nodded: "Although it hasn't been announced yet, it's most likely that Avalanche did it."

"I heard they've been causing trouble for our CEO for a while now, it's really awful," the female employee complained.

“I suspect it’s to extort money from Shinra Corporation, since those who rebel against the company are a group of poor people living in the lower city,” another Shinra employee said.

"Hey, don't talk nonsense!" Barrett, who was sitting not far away with his eyes closed, heard their conversation and couldn't help but stand up to refute them.

"I've heard that avalanches are meant to save the planet!"

As the burly man with the mechanical right arm, Barrett, approached, the Shinra employees were terrified and huddled together in fear. The Shinra mid-level manager even asked, "Who...who are you?"

“Me? Just a kind citizen who cares about the planet,” Barrett said menacingly as he walked up to them.

Hearing his words, Shen Ye, who was sitting not far away, burst out laughing. He thought to himself, "With your physique that's stronger than an ox and your fierce face, you can't possibly be kind at all!"

He really wanted to get up and get closer to see, but Jesse was dozing off with his head on his shoulder, so he could only listen carefully.

"Where is the kindness in you?" The Shinra female employee looked Barrett up and down, especially when she saw his huge mechanical arm and discovered that it contained a rotary machine gun, a look of horror flashed across her face.

"No, stop talking, you'll get beaten up." Her colleague quickly covered her mouth.

But the mid-level manager of Shinra mustered his courage and said, "Don't be afraid. As Shinra employees, we cannot succumb to violence. We must uphold Shinra's fearless spirit..."

But before he could finish speaking, Barrett raised his mechanical hand and waved it at them.

At this point, the Shinra spirit was no longer effective, and the Shinra employees screamed and ran away.

"Hmph! A bunch of cowards!" Barrett sneered disdainfully as he watched their backs, then casually sat down in the empty seat.

"That scene was hilarious, wasn't it!"

Just as Shen Ye was lamenting that the program was too short, Jesse, who was resting his head on his shoulder, suddenly asked a question.

Shen Ye tilted his head and glanced at Jesse, noticing that she was blinking at him. Then Jesse left Shen Ye's shoulder, stretched, and said, "Barrett always likes to scare people, but apart from his attitude towards the Mako Reactor, he's actually just a person with a slightly bad temper. He generally doesn't harm the weak; at most, he'll scare them, like he did just now."

“I can tell.” Shen Ye nodded. After all, Barrett also had the identity of a vigilante. If it weren’t for his extreme attitude towards the Mako Reactor, he would be considered a very good person.

"Hey Shen, look! We're getting to the lower level!" Jesse said excitedly, looking out the car window.

Shen Ye looked out the car window and what came into view was no longer the prosperity of the upper circular area, but the desolation of the lower slums.

"Look, it's because of that disc that looks like a sour, rotten pizza that the residents of the lower levels are suffering so much." Barrett glanced out the car window and then said coldly, "With the sky blocked by the disc, the residents of the lower levels can't even enjoy a whole day of sunshine. In addition, the Mako Reactor keeps draining the planet's life force, making the land barren, the air polluted, and even flowers can't bloom. It's too tragic!"

"If you don't like it, why not leave?" Before Shenye could speak, Claude suddenly said, "That's how I got here. If I don't like a place, I just leave."

"Leave? Easier said than done. Not everyone is as capable as you. Besides, this is our home!" Barrett glanced at him and said disdainfully, "Try to understand the vulnerability of ordinary people and their attachment to home, Claude!"

These words immediately silenced Claude and made Shen Ye nod deeply.

Soon, the train stopped at the platform in the seventh block.