Accompanied by a series of explosions, Yang Tao left Raccoon City.
Looking at the exploration value, which had reached 65.13%, he was only 10% away from the next mod.
'I forgot to bring Red Queen out...'
High in the sky, Yang Tao adjusted his direction and flew towards the North America base. He wasn't too concerned about Red Queen; with MOSS, a lower-tier AI could be created at any time.
When he returned to the barn, the sun had just risen, casting a ray of sunlight upon him.
"Morning!"
Yang Tao looked at Alice, who was drawing water by the pool, and greeted her with a smile. Alice's expression was quite spectacular, as if she had seen something incredible:
"You can fly?"
"You can't?"
Yang Tao's expression made Alice momentarily feel a delusion that she should also be able to fly.
However, seeing the smile on Yang Tao's face, she quickly realized that this strange man was teasing her.
"You can have telekinesis, so it's not a big deal for me to fly. Oh, right, I went to the Umbrella Corporation headquarters and the Raccoon City Hive these past two days..."
"Two days?"
Is flying really that impressive? Although Alice at this stage didn't know where the Umbrella Corporation headquarters was, she knew it definitely wasn't close.
Inside the barn, Monday and the others walked out, their faces also showing smiles upon seeing Yang Tao return safely.
Yang Tao found Alice's small expression very interesting. He took out the airborne T-Virus antidote from his backpack, shook it, and said, "This is the T-Virus antidote I got from the Hive."
"The only antidote that can be spread through the air. If you smash it, all T-Virus in the world will die."
Alice: "..."
The world is so strange... Monday suddenly asked, "What about us, who are infected with the T-Virus?"
Yang Tao deliberately smiled without speaking, intentionally leading them to think in a negative direction. In reality, this antidote could only eliminate the T-Virus and would not cause any harm to normal cells.
In other words, this thing would only make Alice lose her enhancements and superpowers.
"Alice, take this. If you smash it, you can save this world and become its savior."
He shoved the antidote into Alice's hand without explanation, then turned to Monday and the others and asked, "It's been about a week since you woke up, right? Before Alice smashes the antidote, I'll celebrate with you all. I'm afraid that later..."
"Sigh~"
With that, he left Alice, who was holding the T-Virus antidote with a very complicated expression, and walked into the barn to observe secretly.
Monday walked up to Alice, patted her shoulder, and said very seriously, "If you want to save the world, you don't have to worry about us. After all, if you don't use this, we only have three years left to live..."
She opened her arms and hugged Alice. Monday said with a hint of tears in her eyes:
"I'll go ask if there's cake for the celebration party."
With that, Monday walked into the barn and looked at Yang Tao, who was taking out food, and asked with a smile, "I think... this virus won't kill us, right?"
Yang Tao heard this and looked at Monday, smiling:
"Clever girl, this antidote can indeed kill the T-Virus in your bodies, but it has no effect on your normal cells."
As he spoke, Yang Tao walked up to Monday, looked her up and down, and said with a smile, "How did you guess? I thought my acting was pretty good."
Monday looked at the smile on Yang Tao's face and said, "Here, you can only fool Alice. Tuesday, Wednesday, and the others won't believe you..."
Sure enough, soon after, the others all returned to the barn, chattering and discussing Alice's expression just now. It seemed that teasing the original body was also a very interesting thing for them.
Yang Tao sighed, looking at these people who weren't worried about dying at all.
Much less fun.
Compared to the lively atmosphere inside the barn, Alice outside felt a mix of emotions.
Carrying the bucket and the antidote, she returned to the camp, sitting blankly on the open ground, gazing at the green antidote in her hand.
"Are you okay?"
Carlos sat beside Alice. In two days, his complexion had improved significantly, but compared to his physical recovery, the feelings between him and Alice had warmed up even faster.
"Did that man give you this?"
An antidote could be a life at certain times.
Alice nodded gently.
"He said this is an airborne antidote. If I smash it, the T-Virus in the world will be eliminated, and my avatars only lived for a week..."
Carlos instantly understood why Alice was like this. He reached out and pulled her into his embrace, but he didn't know how to comfort Alice.
No matter what he said, it wouldn't be fair to Alice herself. Sacrificing oneself to save the world sounded simple.
The two sat in silence.
At this moment, Claire's teasing voice sounded from behind them: "I say, you two, the kids are awake. Why don't you find a private place?"
...Approaching noon.
Alice, Carlos, and Claire came outside the barn. Yang Tao, who was grilling fish, looked at the three and said:
"Coming at this time... are you three here to freeload a meal?"
Carlos smelled the aroma of grilled fish wafting through the air, a smile appearing on his face as he said, "I'm here to freeload, Alice wants to talk to Monday and the others about something."
He pulled out the box of cigarettes Yang Tao had given him from his pocket. Originally a full box, only two were left now. It was already difficult for Carlos, with several adult males in the convoy, to still have two left after two days.
Taking the cigarette, Yang Tao reached into the grill, took out a glowing red charcoal, lit the cigarette, and then handed it to Carlos. Seeing this, Carlos almost popped his eyes out.
He quickly leaned in to light his cigarette.
"You..."
"Just good physical fitness."
He threw the charcoal back into the grill, flipped the fish, sprinkled some cumin powder, and looked at Carlos and Alice, saying, "You're here, so you've obviously thought it over."
"Monday and the others are busy with lunch inside the barn. Alice, if you want to discuss something, go find them."
His gaze fell on Claire. Yang Tao smiled and asked, "Alice is here to persuade herself and Monday, Carlos is here to drop off Alice and freeload, so... Ms. Claire, what can I do for you?"
Claire: "..."
"We want to stay..."
"Then what do I get?"
Yang Tao looked at Claire with a playful gaze and laughed, "A bunch of burdens?"
Claire's face flushed slightly. She glared at Yang Tao fiercely and said, "We're not burdens!"
"Very well, all of you combined aren't as strong as Alice, am I right?"
Although Claire wanted to deny it, the thought of Alice's powerful superpowers and physical fitness made her deflate.
Yang Tao stood up with a chuckle and handed the grilled fish in his hand to Carlos beside him: "Try my cooking."
Carlos took the grilled fish from Yang Tao, without interrupting the conversation between Yang Tao and Claire.
Yang Tao walked up to Claire, looked at her stubborn expression, and said, "If you want to stay, you at least have to prove your worth..."