endless horror

A Brush with Death

Ye Wudao and his companions followed the main group in a state of panic, unsure of what to do next. Having just transitioned from the real civilized world, they were suddenly confronted with these surreal experiences. At first, they truly believed it was all just a dream, or an experience akin to a dream. To be honest, at the beginning, Ye Wudao felt a surge of delight.

He had grown tired of the mundane, water-like reality, where life was nothing more than a cycle of working, eating, excreting, sleeping, and waking up. He craved enough excitement, sex, one-night stands, fights, and even methamphetamine use—yet, all of these were still part of reality. When you woke up from sleep, it was still the same reality. He didn't want such a world! He desired a life filled with more thrills, and now it seemed as if such a life was right in front of him.

So, at the start, he indeed felt a wave of joy, not only could he experience countless horror movie scenarios, but he could also use reward points to strengthen himself. As someone who had seen countless horror movies, as long as the first few were among those he had watched, then he would grow stronger and would absolutely not die. When he became powerful enough, even the characters in the horror movies would not be able to harm him. At that time, he could stay in any world, live as he pleased, enjoy the thrills, and keep getting stronger. Even if he grew tired of it all, he could return to reality. Yes! This was nothing less than paradise.

At first, Ye Wudao indeed thought this way, but when the two explosion sounds came, it was as if a hammer had shattered his illusions in an instant. There was no paradise, and this place was not paradise at all; it was clearly hell. He was just a tiny insect in the palm of the gods, and human life was worth no more than the sound of that explosion just now... He did not want to die! He did not wish to die!

The mercenaries and the male and female protagonists seemed not to have heard those two explosion sounds, and they didn't even notice that two people were missing. As they approached the end of the stairs, one of the mercenaries suddenly said loudly, "Sir, the Fire Queen has locked onto us; it knows we are here."

The female protagonist, Alice, asked strangely after hearing this, "Who is the Fire Queen?"

Matthew Addison glanced at her and said, "It is the best artificial intelligence system in the country. It controls the entire hive and is the central main computer here."

The mercenaries had already descended the stairs, and Zhang Jie looked back with a sneer at the panting crowd. He shook his head and said, "Keep going; you should thank God for surviving. To be honest, you have been lucky enough. This horror movie has a very low level of danger. In fact, it is one of the few where bullets can solve problems. Keep going; as long as you can survive this horror movie, you will have a thousand reward points to improve your physique."

As the team continued to delve deeper, isolated research rooms gradually appeared on both sides of the corridor. These rooms were all filled with water, and in addition to the water, there were many researchers' bodies floating in them. The pale appearance was quite terrifying. Ye Wudao and others knew that they had been infected with the T-virus and had become zombies. Once the central computer restarted, they would break free and start to move, eating people.

"Damn it."

One of the mercenaries said, "To get to the Fire Queen, these laboratories are a necessary passage, but now they are all flooded. I don't think we can get in anymore."

Matthew Addison nodded and said, "Rain, J.D., go check if there's any possibility of draining the water."

The long-haired female mercenary, surprisingly named Rain with such a masculine name, and another mercenary named J.D. both gripped their guns and walked deeper into the corridor upon hearing this.