68: An abnormal person appeared?

At the same time.

Just as the team gained a new member, Kaplan also opened the Hive's door.

Under everyone's gaze, the heavy door rumbled upwards, and a spacious staircase immediately appeared before them.

"Stay close to us."

Seeing the door slowly rise, James immediately moved. He first gave a look to the squad members, who immediately understood and spread out, holding their guns in a cross formation, their eyes vigilantly scanning their surroundings.

"Where are we going now?"

At this moment, just as the STARS Squad was about to proceed deeper, Matt unseasonably asked.

After entering the Hive from the old castle, this squad seemed to have a very clear objective, constantly leading them deeper, but until now, he still didn't know what their purpose was.

"Four hours ago, the Corporation lost contact with the interior of the Hive, and at the same time, Red Queen activated its autonomous defense system."

"During these four hours of lost contact, Corporation headquarters assigned us to investigate the Hive's communication blackout. We need to figure out what happened inside."

Seeing that action was imminent, James immediately stopped keeping it a secret. He first exchanged glances with his teammates, then told everyone the purpose of their trip.

"What!!!"

"Lost contact for four hours!"

Hearing this, Matt was immediately startled. In fact, at this moment, everyone except Li An and the STARS Squad members was shocked by this news.

However, at this point, before anyone else could speak, James first made a gesture, signaling the squad members to continue being vigilant of their surroundings, while he himself, holding a gun, spoke to everyone.

"That's right, so our mission is to investigate the reason for the Hive's communication blackout."

"And all of you now are to help us find out what that reason is."

James looked at everyone with a calm expression. After arriving here, they no longer had any retreat; they had to push forward!

Something is wrong!

Something is very wrong!

What James didn't notice at this moment was Li An, hidden in the crowd, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Li An had watched this show. Although he wasn't clear about everyone's true personality, he could glean some things from the show, and as the captain of the STARS Special Forces Team, James should have been the type who was outwardly cold but inwardly warm.

Therefore, in the show, he didn't act as sinister as he was now. Li An hadn't even expected that James would tie ordinary people to them, just to help them find the damned reason for the lost contact?

Li An was puzzled by this; the difference in personality between the James in front of him and the one in the show was too great, which made him have to speculate.

Could this person be Aberrant 1894894?

Somehow, a thought suddenly popped into Li An's mind, wanting to test the other party, but he immediately suppressed this idea, because if James had a problem, his close teammates should have discovered it immediately.

But from the current situation, the members of the STARS Squad were unconditionally obedient to James, which indicated that James might not have any problems.

Furthermore, there was even a possibility that James's portrayal in the show was merely the tip of the iceberg of his personality.

Of course!

Ultimately, another reason made Li An suppress his suspicion: Aberrant 1894894 was, after all, just one person. Even if the other party had the ability to control everyone, why would James alone show such a drastic change in behavior?

This doesn't make sense!

Temporarily suppressing the suspicion in his heart, Li An had no intention of leaving the team now; instead, he prepared to continue hiding himself. He wanted to see if this James truly had something to hide.

After all, once everyone entered the Hive, the main characters would soon face attrition. If he remembered correctly, after heading to the core area where Red Queen was located, James would meet his Death. At that time, he would know James's true identity.

Li An immediately reined in his thoughts. Although it seemed like a long time had passed, in reality, only an instant had gone by.

After James had completely stated his purpose, he stood in place for a few seconds. Seeing that no one objected, he immediately continued.

"Since no one has any objections, let's continue the mission."

As his words fell, James was not worried that the others would flee, so he directly led the team into the Hive. Their initial plan was to directly shut down Red Queen, first restart and restore the Hive's security system, and then investigate the specific reason for the communication blackout inside the Hive.

So the team headed directly to the area where Red Queen was located. They didn't encounter any danger along the way, but they did see many horrifying scenes: floating female corpses, groups of monsters confined in cultivation pods, and so on.

Finally, except for Rain and J.D., who waited in the monster cultivation area with Matt, Li An, and Spence, all the members of the STARS Squad entered the core area where Red Queen was located.

Red Queen!

It is a top artificial intelligence created by the Umbrella Corporation. Its actions and decisions revolve around protecting the Corporation's interests and supervising the "Hive" as its core mission, even though this principle could lead to extreme measures.

In the show, the character of Red Queen is complex. As the plot continuously develops, Red Queen transforms from a loyal guardian of the Umbrella Corporation into an internal traitor who helps the protagonists resist the Umbrella Corporation.

But the Red Queen at this moment was undoubtedly loyal to the Umbrella Corporation, and as for those who invaded the Hive, in Red Queen's eyes, they were all targets to be eliminated.

Because in its core principle, the virus is not allowed to leak, and the entry of outsiders would lead to the spread and leakage of the virus.

"This is the last barrier to entering Red Queen's core area."

At this moment, after passing through multiple areas, James and the others finally arrived at the last area near Red Queen's core. As long as they opened the passage door in front of them and passed through the corridor inside, they would reach Red Queen's ultimate core area.

James looked through the window of the closed door into the dark corridor inside, then turned to Kaplan and asked.

"Can you open it?"

"Give me a few minutes."

Kaplan immediately showed a confident smile, then began to act.

For him, a computer expert, although Red Queen's defense system was powerful, it was ultimately a man-made product. How could it compare to a truly human being?

Clatter!

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of Kaplan typing on the keyboard continuously echoing in the air.

Soon, several minutes passed. Just as everyone was anxiously waiting, Kaplan finally pressed the last keycap, then looked at James and said.

"It's done."