Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

As usual, Shen Ye lay down fully clothed, resting his head on his arm and closing his eyes to pretend to sleep. However, after a while, he still couldn't fall asleep. Whenever he closed his eyes, he would unconsciously think of 2B's words. In the end, he could only open his eyes and look at the ceiling to clear his mind.

He didn't know how much time had passed when he heard the sound of doors opening and closing outside the bedroom, as if the twin sisters had left. Then he heard the sound of running water, and then A2 lay down next to him...

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(If I hadn't suddenly gone back to work to work overtime, this chapter would have been written much more smoothly. I was overwhelmed by a bunch of worries and my thoughts were all jumbled up.)

Chapter 293! Ruined City

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In the blink of an eye, several days have passed.

Meanwhile, 9S, who had been investigating Pascal's Village alone, returned. However, he had gained nothing during this time and had not found anything unusual about Pascal's Village. Nevertheless, he was not discouraged and even planned to rest for a while before going back to Pascal's Village to investigate again.

No one objected, including 2B. Shen Ye even went out of his way to find 9S and told him that he could help him build a house near Pascal Village to save him the trouble of traveling back and forth.

However, Shen Ye's idea was quickly thwarted. The day after 9S returned, the bunker suddenly issued new orders to 2B and 9S.

In the ruined city near the camp, Engels, a large mechanical weapon, and a large number of mechanical life forms appeared, prompting them to immediately go and engage them.

When Shen Ye received the news in the afternoon, he was initially very disappointed, since he had already prepared the axe.

Then he felt something was off. Although Engels appeared right after the Pascal village storyline in the game, according to the timeline, his appearance seemed to be earlier.

Confused, Shen Ye threw the axe he had commissioned from the twin sisters back, and then hurried to Annie Morning's command post to meet up with 2B and the others.

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A ruined city.

On the rooftop of a tall building, a long table covered with a white cloth appeared, and on the table were candlesticks with candles in them.

On either side of the long table sat two people, Adam and Eve, two humanoid mechanical lifeforms.

In front of the two brothers was a plate of food, a steak that was still bleeding.

"Brother, this outfit is so uncomfortable!" Eve tugged at her tie, seemingly struggling to breathe because of the tight tie.

"You'll have to get used to it. We're much stronger than humans, and if they can get used to it, so can you."

Although Adam also felt uncomfortable, as the elder brother, he was obviously much more composed than Eve. After speaking, he used his knife and fork to cut off a piece of beef and put it in his mouth to chew.

Eve looked at the beef on the plate, then at her brother who was enjoying it, and didn't understand what was so delicious about it. As mechanical life forms, they didn't need to eat at all, so she said, "We're not human, why should we get used to it?"

“You have to get used to it,” Adam said suddenly in a stern tone upon hearing Eve’s words.

But seeing Eve's suddenly aggrieved expression, his tone softened, and he said, "Just because it's not like that now doesn't mean it won't be in the future. From now on, you must treat yourself like a human being, learn and adapt to their lifestyle."

"Why?" Eve looked at Adam with some confusion.

Adam merely glanced at him without saying a word.

“Okay, I’ll try to adapt.” Eve nodded with a long face, and then, just like Adam, she used a knife and fork to cut the beef on her plate.

Just as he was painstakingly cutting the beef, a loud noise came from afar, immediately drawing his attention. He quickly put down his knife and fork, stood up, and looked in that direction.

Over there, a massive mechanical weapon, tens of meters tall—Engels—was wantonly destroying the surrounding buildings.

"Brother, do you think they will come?" After watching for a while, Eve turned to Adam and asked.

“Of course,” Adam said with a smile, then, as if sensing something, he looked up into the distance and continued, “They…are here.”

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Several aircraft were rapidly approaching from the sky not far from the ruined city.

However, 2B and 9S rode in the dedicated fighter jets provided to them by the bunker, while Shen Ye and his group rode in the old-fashioned single-soldier flying vehicles prepared by Annie Morning, which were not equipped with any weapons and could only be used for traveling.

When they were about a kilometer away from the ruined city, they stopped and began looking for a place to land.

"It seems the bunker's intelligence this time was accurate; there really is only one Engels." As soon as they landed, 9S said. Engels was so big that he could see it from a distance, and the ruined city was on land with no water around, so it was impossible for Engels to be hidden in the water like last time. Therefore, he looked particularly relaxed.

“If we take care of it, we can still get back before dinner,” 2B said, sounding somewhat relaxed.

"I'm afraid it's not as simple as you think." Shen Ye frowned. He only saw one Engels machine, not the two in the game.

Moreover, Engels's early arrival must have had other reasons, so he looked at Jakob who had followed him.

Yako shook her head slightly. She didn't know why either; she could no longer see what changes the future would bring.

A2 had already drawn her longsword. She ran her hand over the blade, glanced coldly at 9S, and said, "Whether it's easy or difficult, just take it down."

It was afternoon when she arrived, and she was cooking according to the recipes the twin sisters had given her. Suddenly being called to join the battle made her very unhappy, and her gaze towards 9S became even more unpleasant.

In her view, their life was peaceful and warm before 9S came back, but something happened as soon as 9S came back, which she felt was the reason for 9S's return.

9S felt a little flustered by A2's cold glare, wondering what he had done to offend her. However, he didn't have time to think about it now, because after A2 finished speaking, A2 and 2B rushed into the ruined city.

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The group quickly traversed the streets, taking care of any mechanical lifeforms they encountered along the way. Of course, the "taking care of" part was mainly because A2 didn't want to let any mechanical lifeforms go. Whenever a mechanical lifeform appeared, she would actively approach it and then eliminate it as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

"What's wrong with her?" Shen Ye's eyelids twitched in surprise as he looked at A2, who had suddenly reverted to her original personality from when they first met. He asked Jakoll in a low voice.

Yakoll looked at him with a puzzled expression: "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

"Okay." Shen Ye realized he had asked the wrong person and shrugged helplessly.

Fortunately, A2's changes only targeted those mechanical lifeforms. After taking down another batch of foolish mechanical lifeforms, she noticed Shen Ye looking at her with concern, so she returned a "I'm fine" smile.

Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief; A2 was still A2, it hadn't changed back.

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Chapter 294! Self-Destruction

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Relieved, Shen Ye refocused his attention on the present situation. He pondered what might happen while observing his surroundings, but apart from the mechanical lifeforms that were attacking them like madmen, he found nothing.

As the group ventured deeper into the ruined city, the number of mechanical lifeforms attacking them increased dramatically. These mechanical lifeforms surged from every street like a tide, and some even jumped down from the buildings on both sides of the street like rain.

Apart from Yakol, all the androids made their move, including Shen Ye.

The G3 Predator and Gale Aerial Combat Robot he summoned played a significant role in the face of the sea of ​​mechanical lifeforms. The G3 Predator, capable of autonomously locking onto and launching automatic attacks, and the Gale Robot, with its endless supply of missiles, bombarded the surrounding streets several times over. However, even so, the number of those mechanical lifeforms did not decrease.

This phenomenon was completely unexpected by everyone and also alerted Shen Ye.

Although there are far more mechanical lifeforms on Earth than androids, most of them are scattered, and some of them mainly reside near the manufacturing plants of mechanical lifeforms. To form the sea of ​​mechanical lifeforms they face today, at least ten large manufacturing plants would be needed to reach such a scale.

However, most mechanical life forms do not have independent thinking, and in order to bring these mechanical life forms together, a leader is needed.

When Shen Ye thought of this, the first thing that came to mind was the Forest Kingdom, the mechanical life form tribe with a hierarchical system.

But does their king truly possess such charisma?

Thinking of the king who was easily defeated by A2 in the game, Shen Ye shook his head again, thinking that it definitely wasn't him.

But since it's not that, then... it can only be those two guys.

Adam...and...Eve!

But although he knew that the brothers were evolving very quickly, it shouldn't be this fast. Moreover, they seemed to prefer imitating humans, or rather, they wanted to become like humans. They didn't seem to have a sense of belonging to mechanical life.

Therefore, Shen Ye hesitated again.

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After expending a great deal of effort, they finally arrived before Engels, the large mechanical weapon.

At this moment, the large mechanical weapon was still standing in the same place, but the surrounding buildings had all been destroyed by it, as if it was venting its boredom.

“When we arrived, this guy was standing right here, and he’s still standing there, as if he was waiting for us.” 2B looked at Engels and frowned.

The android was just simple-minded, not stupid, so she immediately noticed that something was wrong.

9S nodded, he thought so too, but since they had already come all this way and gone through so much trouble, they couldn't just leave because something felt off. So he said, "2B, don't overthink it. Maybe it's just your imagination. Besides, isn't it better if it doesn't run around? It saves us from having to chase it around. So, let's go now."

2B hesitated for a moment, but still charged forward with her sword drawn, while her support unit began to fire fiercely at Engels.

A2 and 11B didn't immediately join them. Instead, they glanced at Shen Ye, who was currently sharing vision with the aerial combat robot Gale high in the sky, searching his surroundings. He didn't notice their gazes. So, after exchanging a look, they decided to assist 2B and the others in attacking Engels.

"Shen, have you found anything?" Yako asked, looking at Shen Ye whose pupils were almost shrunken into a dot.

Shen Ye shook his head slightly. Due to the battle, the surroundings were filled with smoke and dust, which greatly interfered with both visual perception and the instruments carried by the strong wind. He couldn't find anything.

After searching for a while, just as Shen Ye was about to disconnect the visual sharing, he suddenly saw an unusual white spot on the rooftop of a building. His heart skipped a beat, and he immediately controlled the Gale Robot to fly over. He then saw a long table covered with a white cloth on the rooftop, and on the table, he saw candles that had not yet burned out and leftover steak.

"Looks like it really is them... They know how to enjoy life, all that's missing is a bottle of wine. Hmph, just a clumsy imitation of humans."

Looking at the food on the table, Shen Ye curled his lip and said with some disdain. Then he interrupted the visual sharing, and his pupils instantly returned to normal.

Upon hearing his words, Jakob asked, "What did you discover?"

“A dining table,” Shen Ye said.

"The dining table...Adam and Eve?" Jakoll realized.

Shen Ye nodded, and while directing the aerial combat robot Gale to attack Engels, he said, "They must have known we were coming, so they were waiting for us there in advance."