Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

Shen Ye nodded, and just as he was about to say something more, Yakoll behind him looked up at the distance and then said to him, "Shen, let's go in first, they... are here."

Shen Ye looked up at the sky, then strode into the gate of the underground base.

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Chapter 324! Closing the Net

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As the base gates slowly closed, countless mechanical life forms flew in like dark clouds from the direction he and Yako had previously looked. Wherever they passed, the sunlight was blocked, and the earth was plunged into darkness.

However, there was light even in the darkness—the light produced when the android anti-aircraft forces on the ground retaliated as they flew in.

Amidst a barrage of beams of light, plasma spheres, and dense missile attacks, countless mechanical lifeforms fell like raindrops. Although their numbers were terrifying, they were decreasing at a visible rate.

When the mechanical lifeforms finally managed to break through the outer layer of firepower, they entered the firing range of the city's anti-aircraft weapons, and even denser firepower rained down on them.

However, Adam and Eve, who were in charge of them, did not care about their lives or deaths. Under their command, the remaining mechanical life forms condensed into a ball and rushed directly to the ground.

"Androids, prepare to fight."

On the ground, White put on her helmet, gave the order to engage the enemy, and then shouted, "Fight for the Commander!"

The androids, already fully prepared, shouted in unison, "Fight for the Commander!" Then they rushed towards the mechanical lifeforms that had landed on the ground.

This was a pure battle. Mechanical lifeforms attacked from all directions, and androids fought back from all directions. The entire Hope City was engulfed in battle, and every second, a large number of mechanical lifeforms or androids fell.

Adam and Eve did not intervene from the mechanical lifeforms' side; under their protection, they kept a close watch on the situation on the battlefield.

Suddenly, they heard an android shout: "All members of Squad B111, proceed to support Block A! Machine lifeforms are attacking our commander's residence!"

Adam keenly spotted the android who had spoken amidst the chaos and immediately said to Eve beside him, "You take the main force and focus your attack on Block A. Just follow that support team."

Eve nodded and followed with the mechanical lifeform beside her, but before leaving, she turned back to her brother and said, "Brother, be careful."

"Don't worry, my brother. Once this battle is over, we'll be real humans again." Adam waved casually, then led the remaining mechanical lifeforms to find the androids' command center.

Unbeknownst to them, White was watching their every move from inside a house across the street, as their appearance was far too conspicuous among the mechanical lifeforms.

Of course, they would also stand out in the android camp, because apart from Commander Shen Ye, there was not a single male in the entire city.

“The big fish has taken the bait.” White smiled and said to the android beside him, “Notify the androids near Block A to all support Block A and create the illusion that it is heavily defended.”

"Yes, Commander."

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Generally speaking, an army's command post is very easy to find; just look for the area with the most signal towers.

And that's exactly what Adam did. With White's deliberate arrangement, he quickly found the androids' command center without encountering much resistance. The reason he was so sure was that only that area had a large number of androids and was heavily guarded.

"It all comes down to this." Seeing the command post, Adam remembered a proverb he had once read in a book. He then waved his hand, and the mechanical lifeforms beside him launched a fierce attack on the command post.

The androids didn't resist for long. Under the fierce attack of the mechanical lifeforms, they quickly withdrew from the command center. Although this scene puzzled Adam, time was of the essence, and he didn't have time to think about it.

After successfully entering the android command center, Adam arrived at the room where the central control system was located. He then took out a large number of parts and assembled a small mechanical life server on the spot.

In theory, the brothers and N2 could teleport anywhere there was a mechanical life server, but because the androids had cleared out all the nearby servers, they could only carry a small server to locate N2's coordinates.

After all, N2 has no physical form.

However, N2 also appeared in the android bunker base because Nine left a back door there, which she discovered, allowing her to freely enter and exit the bunker and triggering the series of subsequent developments in the game's storyline.

Shortly after the small server was plugged in, N2 appeared in the room, though her figure was somewhat blurry, clearly due to the unstable signal caused by the server being newly set up.

However, as time passed, N2's form became more and more solid, proving that they had transmitted all of their network consciousness.

“Let’s begin.” N2 has no physical form and cannot be physically manipulated. The two women glanced at Adam and said in unison.

Adam nodded, walked to the central control system, and began operating it. Soon, he had implanted a hacking program into the system.

Sensing a vulnerability in the central control system, N2 immediately transformed into a digital streak of light and entered the central control system.

The moment they entered, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the room, and bright red alarm lights flashed incessantly.

At first, he thought it was a normal phenomenon of N2 intruding into the central control system, but as the sounds of gunfire continued to emanate from outside the room, he gradually frowned.

"What's going on?" he muttered to himself in confusion.

Just then, a voice from outside the room answered his question: "The big fish has been caught; begin hauling in the net."

Adam was startled and looked outside sharply, where he saw a tall android walking towards him, surrounded by a large number of YoRHa androids.

“We’ve been waiting for you for a long time,” White said calmly, looking at Adam.

"So, this is a trap?" Adam glanced back at the central control system. A long time had passed, and the androids still hadn't changed. Clearly, the logic virus implanted by N2 hadn't activated.

“Yes, it was a trap that our commander prepared specifically for you,” White answered his question. “Humans are indeed a great race. Even though their computing power is not as good as ours, they can use their wits. Although the commander always says that this is not wit, but just a despicable trick, in my opinion, this is what makes humans great.”

"Humans are indeed amazing." Adam murmured after hearing White's words, and in that instant, he longed to become human even more.

However, he also knew that given the current situation, they had no chance of winning. Even if he died now, he might be able to be resurrected in the mechanical life network. But seeing that N2 had not come out of the central control system, he guessed that she was probably in grave danger.

They lost miserably.

"We lost, we lost completely, but I'm really unwilling to accept it. We clearly had a chance."

After a moment of silence, Adam suddenly smiled with relief. Looking at the androids surrounding him, he slowly loosened his clenched fists and decided to stop resisting.

He understood that any resistance was now futile. Even if he and his brother managed to escape, the android forces would remain unaffected, while they would lose N2's help. Further resistance would be completely pointless.

Then, he pondered for a while and began to mutter to himself, "I have read the records left by humans, which say that a person's life goes through many stages: birth, growth, illness, marriage, having children, aging and death, etc. It is a pity that mechanical life cannot get sick, cannot die of old age, and cannot marry and have children. Although I have experienced birth, I still feel so regretful. There are so many things I have not experienced."

Listening to Adam's soliloquy, the androids were completely bewildered, not knowing what he was trying to say. Nevertheless, they slowly tightened their encirclement and pointed their weapons at him.

Adam showed no reaction to the actions of the androids around him, as if he hadn't seen them at all, and continued to mutter to himself, "However, even if I die, I can be resurrected in the network, but actively cutting off the connection to the network would probably mean I would truly die. That's good, at least I can experience being human again."

He kept talking, slowly moving his body towards White.

Upon seeing this, the androids nearby immediately took action, and several long swords instantly pierced through his body.

"What a pity, I don't feel pain, otherwise I should be screaming right now. But how do you scream?" Adam looked down at his wounds and continued, "However, I can feel my life slipping away. My body is weakening. So, this is what it feels like to be near death?"

At this point, Adam could no longer stand. He slowly knelt on the ground and tried to look up at White in front of him.

"Have you ever thought about becoming a real human?" he asked weakly.

White looked at him, and after a while, nodded: "I had thought about it, but only after I met the Commander."

As she said this, White suddenly had a lot to say, but after glancing at the android beside her, she kept quiet and didn't reveal why she wanted to become human.

But Adam seemed to see through her thoughts, and a smile appeared on his lips: "I know what you're thinking. Although it's impossible, I still wish you the best."

White frowned at him, remaining silent as if deep in thought. After a while, she relaxed her brow and smiled, saying, "Thank you."

Adam's body was growing increasingly weak. Mechanical lifeforms, after all, carry the word "life," and their core possesses characteristics of plants; when weakened, they are not much different from living organisms. Hearing White's words, he laughed, then slowly closed his eyes, murmuring, "So, this is what death feels like!"

After saying this, Adam died completely, and the androids surrounding him lowered their weapons after they could no longer sense his signals.

“Reporting to the commander, we have eliminated Adam and captured N2.” White said to the communications-type android beside him, turning his gaze away from Adam’s corpse.

"clear."

Meanwhile, in Block A of the city, Eve, who was leading a fierce attack by mechanical lifeforms, suddenly clutched her chest and knelt on the ground. She sensed Adam's death.

"Why, brother, why did you leave me?" Eve angrily pounded the ground. In an instant, a strange black pattern appeared on his chest and was spreading rapidly all over his body.

If Jacques were here now, she would surely recognize that the pattern on Eve's chest was somewhat similar to the pattern of a church called the Church of Angels in the world she had once visited.

Although Yakol did not see any changes in Eve, she suddenly looked up in the direction where Eve was while she was with Shen Ye in the underground base.

"Magic element... thankfully, it's just the magic element's influence; that guy didn't come." After closing his eyes and sensing for a while, Yako breathed a sigh of relief. As long as that guy didn't come to this world, Shen Ye was safe.

At that moment, a communications-type android guarding the room suddenly spoke up: "Commander, the commander reports that they have captured N2."

Shen Ye, who was playing a game specially made for him by the artificial being, immediately threw down the game console, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go take a look."

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As Shen Ye emerged from the underground base, he saw that the androids had already begun cleaning up the battlefield.

The battle ended surprisingly quickly, mainly because without N2 and the command of Adam and Eve, the mechanical lifeforms, devoid of any thought ability, were nothing more than a bunch of grunts in front of the androids whose numbers were not inferior.

"How are our losses? They shouldn't be too big, right?" Shen Ye asked the person beside him on the way to the command post.

"Aside from the severe damage to the city and the need to reactivate a batch of prosthetics, there are basically no other losses," 2B responded, looking at the information projected by the auxiliary machine.

"That's good." Shen Ye nodded. A city can be rebuilt if it's destroyed, and a prosthetic body can be recreated if it's lost. It's nothing.

They talked as they walked, and soon the group arrived at the command post.

At that moment, White was in the command post directing her men to clear away the corpses of the mechanical beings. When she saw Shen Ye enter, she immediately stepped forward and said, "Commander, you've arrived."

Shen Ye nodded and asked, "What about N2?"

White pointed to the replicated central control system: "It's in here, Commander. Would you like to take a look? I can have them projected onto you."

The N2 is also a Gemini model, so she used the word "them".

"Just take them out." Shen Ye waved his hand casually, then asked, "We should be able to take them out, right?"

"In the end, it's just a bunch of data. Without the support of a mechanical life network and servers, killing her is still quite simple," White said after thinking for a while.

"Then I'm relieved." Shen Ye looked at the central control system and smiled.