A convoy was speeding across the wilderness. Without Umbrella's interception, the protagonist Alice and her group did not suffer significant casualties, and even the previous biochemical crow swarm was completely eradicated by Alice using her telekinetic powers combined with gasoline.
Alice sat in the passenger seat of an off-road vehicle, holding a black walkie-talkie, and asked worriedly, "Carlos, how are you doing?"
The Carlos she spoke of was driving a tanker truck, but at the moment, his face was pale. Before arriving here, he had been attacked by zombies and infected.
Although all the survivors in their group already possessed a certain immunity to the T-Virus, they were still unable to be immune to such direct infection.
"I'm fine, I just want a cigarette..." His voice clearly carried a hint of weakness.
A pang of heartache flashed in Alice's eyes. Along the way, a certain fondness had developed between her and Carlos: "Hang in there, we're almost at Umbrella's North America base..."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely be fine..."
The crackling sound from the walkie-talkie was quite unpleasant to listen to, but in this apocalyptic environment, as long as it worked, it was fine.
Driving the off-road vehicle was a young woman who looked to be in her twenties. Her skin was tanned to a healthy wheat color by the sun. Hearing the conversation between Alice and Carlos, she said, "Carlos sounds like he's not doing so well."
"There must be an antidote at the North America base..."
Just as Claire was about to speak, a touch of green caught her eye.
Claire immediately picked up the walkie-talkie by her hand: "Everyone, pay attention, something's up ahead."
Soon, Carlos's voice also came through the walkie-talkie: "Everyone stop, observe the situation."
Claire's vehicle was at the front of the convoy. After hearing Carlos's order, she slowly stopped the vehicle, and then Claire and Alice both got out of the car.
Alice took out binoculars from her backpack and looked into the distance, then an incredulous expression appeared on her face as she said, "It's a barn..."
"Inside there's a pool surrounded by a grassy area, and there are people... but it's too far to see clearly."
Alice found it hard to imagine that in this situation, there could still be such a secluded paradise.
She put away the binoculars, took out a map, pointed to the marked location on it, and said, "This should be Umbrella's North America base..."
Claire, who was beside her, asked, "What do we do now? Go check it out?"
Alice put down the map, a look of determination flashing in her eyes, and said, "No matter what, we must go and check it out."
Carlos's injury could not be delayed any longer.
"I'll drive over and check out the situation."
"I'll go with you, that way we can look out for each other."
Claire said very firmly.
After informing the convoy, Alice and Claire drove the off-road vehicle towards the barn, while the rest of the convoy observed from a distance with binoculars.
"They must have spotted us too. Drive slower, I'll check the situation."
With that, Alice leaned out of the passenger side and, relying on her extraordinary physical fitness, began to examine the situation at the barn.
"There are people inside, it looks like... it looks like they're having a pool party."
But the next moment, she almost threw the binoculars in her hand away, because she saw the man by the pool reaching out and waving at her.
She was sure that the other party had truly seen her.
Yang Tao watched the off-road vehicle approaching from a distance, stood up, put away his fishing rod, and said to the people in the pool, "Alright, swimming time for today is over, Alice has arrived."
"She's here?"
Seven people walked out of the pool, then ran into the changing room nearby to put on their clothes and came out, curiously looking at the car in the distance.
They did not resent their original bodies for being avatars; they believed they were only sisters to their originals.
Claire drove the off-road vehicle to a stop outside the grassy area, looking at the lush green grass in front of the car, somewhat lost in thought. She had forgotten how long it had been since she last saw such greenery.
Alice opened the car door, checked her weapon, then opened the door and walked towards the barn not far away. Seeing this, Claire picked up her pistol, opened her car door, and followed her.
Upon getting closer and seeing the avatars who looked exactly like her, Alice stood rooted to the spot as if struck by lightning.
"This..."
"World Exploration Value 27.25%"
"Clone mod Activated."
Upon seeing the name of the new mod, Yang Tao felt everything was reasonable and logical. In a great mood, Yang Tao walked towards Alice.
"Hello, Alice."
Alice looked at Yang Tao walking towards her, finally recovering from the shock brought by the avatars.
"Who are you?"
Under the sunlight, a golden, shimmering business card spun and flew towards Alice, accompanied by Yang Tao's voice: "This is my business card."
After his gaze lingered on Alice for a few seconds, it shifted to the woman beside her: "Claire, you look so beautiful no matter where you are."
Claire heard this and asked, somewhat surprised, "You know me?"
"No, the Claire I know is another one, the one who wears a crop top..."
Yang Tao said jokingly, then remembered Carlos, who had driven a tanker truck to self-destruct in the movie to clear a path for Alice. He took out a tube of green T-Virus antidote and a pack of cigarettes from his backpack.
Antidotes were plentiful in the base, and MOSS, who managed the entire base system, could produce more antidotes at any time.
Carlos had left a deep impression on him, especially the scene after the tanker truck overturned, when he found the cigarettes hidden by his companions in the driver's cab and smoked with a smile on his face—he would never forget that image.
Alice, with quick eyes and hands, took the antidote and cigarettes Yang Tao threw over, then handed them to Claire, who was beside her.
She stared at Yang Tao with some apprehension and said, "Are you from Umbrella Corporation? What's going on with them?"
She actually had a lot of questions now, but she could only choose some key ones to ask.
"Don't worry, I'm not from Umbrella Corporation. As for them... they are your avatars. You are Umbrella Corporation's most perfect experimental subject, so they wanted to replicate this achievement, but... the T-Virus apparently underwent an unknown mutation in your body, so the experiment was not successful."
"And I unexpectedly came here and saved them. Do you have anything else you want to ask?"
Yang Tao answered almost all of Alice's questions, basically without any concealment. When one's strength is weak, one needs to use lies to cover up, but in this world, he can do as he pleases.
Alice had many questions in her mind, but for a moment, she didn't know where to start asking.
While Alice was deep in thought, Yang Tao asked the people behind him, "Now that Alice has arrived, whoever wants to leave can go."
The few people exchanged glances. This time, even those who had wanted to leave two days ago did not move.