84: Fall of Raccoon City

Three days later!

Inside a research facility belonging to the Umbrella Corporation, Alice suddenly opened her eyes on a cold surface. The moment she regained consciousness, an unbearable sharp pain quickly spread throughout her body, causing her to instinctively let out a scream!

Ah!!!

As she let out a piercing scream, Alice also saw her current state. She was covered in needles of various sizes, and she now understood the source of the pain.

It was her movements upon waking that caused her body to touch the needles embedded in her, triggering the pain.

Rip!

The next second, Alice gritted her teeth, enduring the pain, and raised her hands to forcefully pull out the needles from her body. This process was extremely painful, and even with Alice's extraordinary endurance, she couldn't help but let out groans of agony.

But fortunately, Alice ultimately persevered. After pulling out all the needles, she picked up the clothes hanging nearby and put them on.

The room was silent, with only Alice's own sounds echoing. This eerie atmosphere immediately made Alice feel uneasy, so she turned to look at the tightly closed door leading outside.

The next second.

Alice pushed the door open from the inside. With a wary gaze, she cautiously poked half her body out of the room. After confirming there was no danger, she finally stepped out.

However, what greeted Alice's eyes was a scene of disarray. From the layout she saw, Alice realized that she seemed to be in a hospital.

Clang!

Suddenly, a crisp sound echoed in the quiet corridor. This sudden noise immediately made Alice tense up, and she quickly turned her gaze to check, seeing a swaying chandelier hanging in mid-air, constantly swinging.

Seeing this, Alice was about to let out a sigh of relief, but then a beast-like roar suddenly came from her left.

It's a zombie!

A zombie wearing a nurse's uniform staggered out of a room. More than half of this zombie's head had been gnawed away, and it had a hideous face, staring intently at Alice.

“...”

At this moment, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet. Alice held her breath, watching the zombie, and the zombie also fixated on Alice.

Roar!

The next second, the zombie moved, lunging at Alice with extreme speed!

Boom!

However, just then, a black spear suddenly appeared, tearing through the air. While causing a powerful sonic boom, it also impaled the female zombie, pinning her to the ground.

“It's you!”

“Long time no see.”

The sudden appearance of the spear truly shocked Alice. As she instinctively reacted, she also looked in the direction from which the spear came, and immediately saw a familiar figure.

It was Li An!

As Alice's gaze fell upon him, Li An gently flicked his right hand, dispersing the invisible blacklight particles from his palm.

This was a further development of his Blood Demon Spirit ability. Although Hunter inherited everything from the previous blacklight virus, Li An was still the master of this ability. Even though the ability had been stripped away, he could still use everything of the blacklight virus through Hunter.

The spear that had just been thrown was actually an application of the blacklight virus's materialization, condensing blacklight particles into a weapon, and then launching it with immense power. Such a powerful strike, unless the enemy had extremely tenacious vitality, it would be impossible for them to withstand it.

“Why are you here?”

Looking at the suddenly appearing Li An, Alice subconsciously tightened her clothes, watching him with some wariness.

“Hey, hey, hey, we're old acquaintances now, no need to be so wary of me.”

“As for why I'm here, it's naturally just a coincidence that I happened to see you.”

Li An's appearance here was certainly not a coincidence. Who knew how many hospitals Li An had visited after leaving the Hive three days ago, but there were simply too many hospitals belonging to the Umbrella Corporation.

He needed to find Alice, whether in the shadows or openly. In the original story, Ashford's daughter, Angela, was trapped in the zombie-infested Raccoon City. Ashford used the computer to guide Alice, Jill Valentine, and others to find Angela. As Ashford's weakness, Li An needed Angela's help.

Li An needed to see Ashford; he needed to obtain the progenitor virus from him. However, Li An's memory no longer recalled which school Angela was hiding in at the time, so he could only rely on the help of Alice, the Child of the World, to find Angela.

“Such a coincidence?”

Alice was not a fool; she naturally wouldn't believe Li An's words. But now was clearly not the time to dwell on such things. After glancing at Li An, Alice walked towards the security room not far away.

Because this hospital belonged to the Umbrella Corporation, when Alice entered the security room, she immediately saw a dazzling array of various firearms and weapons, as well as combat uniforms.

Alice didn't hesitate. Upon seeing these weapons and ammunition, she directly ignored Li An, who had followed her, and stripped off her clothes, then changed into a combat uniform.

“What?”

“Do you want to keep watching me here?”

“Or do you actually have some other motive?”

A few minutes later, Alice, now mostly equipped, looked at Li An, who was leaning against the door, and said indifferently.

Although she hadn't gone outside yet, she had already guessed from the zombie earlier that a zombie crisis had likely broken out in this city as well.

“Where is this place?”

Alice, having just woken up and seeing a familiar face, immediately asked.

“This is Raccoon City.”

“It should have been three days ago when Umbrella opened the Hive entrance and released the zombies inside.”

“And I also benefited from them, following them out of the Hive.”

Facing the inquiry, Li An said calmly.

However, when Alice heard that Li An had just come out of the Hive, her eyes suddenly narrowed. She knew the dangers within the Hive, but Li An had actually stayed inside until now!

“How long was I unconscious?”

Alice asked another question, but clearly, even Li An couldn't give a specific answer to this, so he could only shake his head and say.

“Perhaps two months, or maybe more than two months.”

“I'm not very clear either.”

Li An looked at Alice, shrugging his shoulders, and said with some uncertainty.

“That long!”

Alice was immediately startled. At the same time, she also realized that if she had indeed been unconscious for so long, then how had Li An survived in the Hive for over two months?