80: One person's hive

He retracted his thoughts.

At this moment, as the Harvester completed its evolution, the surrounding blood mist gradually thinned, and the scene in the corridor became indistinct. With Li An's eyesight, he could even easily see everything inside the corridor.

At the same time.

Li An also sensed an inexplicable connection between him and the Harvester, just like the connection between the Magic Spirit Dog and him.

"Let's go, we still have things to do."

Li An first gave the Harvester a satisfied look, then turned around and walked in the direction the zombies had come from. He hadn't created the Harvester on a whim, but with a longer-term plan in mind.

From the original work, the story of Resident Evil 2 takes place several months after the first. At that time, the Umbrella Corporation's high-ranking officials, wanting to understand what had happened inside the Hive, opened the entrance to the Hive located beneath Raccoon City.

Little did they know, this decision directly led to the t-virus leakage, causing the virus to rapidly spread throughout Raccoon City, ultimately leading to the destruction of the entire world.

Li An's current idea was that the railcar to the mansion should have already been taken by Alice and Matt, and he still needed to find the progenitor virus. So, he planned to stay in the Hive until the Umbrella Corporation opened the entrance to Raccoon City, and then return to the human world from there.

During his time in the Hive, he also didn't waste it. He was not only searching for the progenitor virus but also for everything valuable within the Hive.

At the same time!

Li An was also trying to develop his abilities. The blood mist generated during the Harvester's evolution gave him many ideas, and during his time inside, he could further develop his abilities.

Of course, the main goal was still to search for valuable items!

There was no other way; Li An was genuinely too poor now. He only had 7 paradise coins left, but there were many places where he needed to spend money, so he had to work a bit harder.

And the role of the Harvester was evident here. He had to stay in such a dangerous Hive for several months, so he absolutely needed a strong subordinate to guard him, as he also needed to rest. He didn't want to wake up surrounded by zombies.

Just thinking about that scene made him feel incredibly terrified.

Just like that, time quickly passed. Li An traversed various laboratories in the Hive daily, but to his disappointment, there was no clue about the progenitor virus in any of them.

However, although he hadn't found any clues about the progenitor virus, he did discover a lot of information about genetics and biology. This information could be used to directly enhance his related abilities through the Paradise after returning.

Of course, this was for a fee!

Therefore, Li An became even poorer. He had to search for and collect more useful items, and they had to be items that the Paradise deemed valuable and recyclable.

That's right!

Recycling!

This was a Paradise function Li An discovered during this period. Contractors could directly sell their possessions in the current world to the Paradise through recycling.

Of course!

The prerequisite for selling was that one must have ownership of the item being sold, or it must be an ownerless item. Only then could it be recycled.

Therefore, during the recycling process, Li An discovered that this function could actually appraise the value of recycled items, which immediately excited him. He almost appraised all the equipment and data in the Hive, but truly valuable items were only a few scattered pieces of information.

Li An had looked at those materials. They were profound genetics that he couldn't understand, so he didn't recycle them. Instead, he planned to keep them and, after returning to the Paradise, directly use the Paradise's abilities to upgrade his Biological Codex.

The difference between knowledge-based abilities and other abilities lies here: knowledge-based abilities require a large amount of various types of knowledge to constantly enrich oneself, absorb their essence, and thus achieve level promotion.

This is the simplest, but also the most difficult.

After all, at low levels, knowledge-based promotions can be achieved by absorbing a large amount of low-level data and information, but once the level gets high, it can only be improved through one's own comprehension and research.

Today, Li An once again left his hiding place with the Harvester and the Magic Spirit Dog. Today, he planned to visit the last laboratory, which was located at the very bottom of the Hive.

Yesterday, he, the Harvester, and the Magic Spirit Dog were chased by thousands of zombies, which meant he had no time to stop and observe that laboratory. Today, he planned to go again, open it, and see what was inside.

Li An had already been in the Hive for over a month. Initially, Li An thought that the zombies in the Hive were just those researchers and some Zombie Dogs, Lickers, and the like, and their numbers shouldn't be very high.

But after three days in the Hive, he realized he was wrong, and even ridiculously wrong.

Besides thousands of researchers, this Hive also contained an even greater number of various experimental subjects, such as the semi-finished biological weapons like the Tyrant and the Nemesis.

It's just that, perhaps due to the lack of crucial decisive data, these semi-finished biological weapons, even if they could move freely, were extremely weak.

But even so, when the quantity reached a certain level, it could lead to a qualitative change!

Although Li An, with the Harvester and the Magic Spirit Dog, was among the strongest in the Hive, he couldn't withstand the sheer number of zombies. So, he had no choice but to avoid their direct confrontation.

Because the laboratory he was going to this time was located on the lowest level of the Hive, to avoid making noise and attracting zombies, Li An carefully led his pets towards the target laboratory.

He wasn't afraid of zombies; he was worried that making a commotion would prevent him from achieving his goal.

The lowest level of this Hive was filled with a damp and dark smell everywhere. This was a paradise for mosquitoes, insects, rats, and ants. Li An didn't know why anyone would build a laboratory here. If he hadn't been chased by zombies, he wouldn't have even thought that there was a laboratory here.

And this laboratory had never appeared in the show; it was a hidden area!

Drip!

Drip!

Walking through the damp passage, listening to the rhythmic sound of water droplets, Li An's face was incredibly calm. The experiences of the past month had also been a transformation of his character, making him more dangerous and aggressive.

Soon, Li An arrived at the door of the target laboratory. This time, being prepared, he reached the laboratory door very smoothly.

Looking at the rusty door in front of him, Li An grabbed the doorknob and pulled it towards his chest. A harsh scraping sound immediately rang out. There was no other way; without a better method to open the door, he could only choose to force it open and then quickly inspect the inside before the zombies arrived.

Boom!

In just a few seconds, under Li An's immense strength, the door only held out for a few seconds before Li An ripped it open.

At this moment, a huge booming sound immediately echoed far away.