Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 446: Taking a break in the biochemical world, the next world is...

Biochemical world.

night.

The upper floor of the Trasever headquarters building.

With a soft "ding" sound, the elevator door slowly opened and Claire walked out holding a document.

Her appearance has not changed much, with a neat ponytail, a red jacket and dark jeans, looking very capable.

At this moment, she was wearing a headset and communicating with someone.

"——No, according to the information I received, there may be something deeper there. You guys take a break this time, I will go there."

"——Don't worry, I'll make arrangements."

At this point, she raised her hand, pressed a button on the headset, switched the frequency, and then said, "Angie, I'm going to Pananstein with the team tomorrow, please help me adjust the schedule."

After everything was arranged, she took off her headset and exhaled.

"The Pananstein Civil War, and the suspected use of biological and chemical weapons..." Claire shook her head. "When will this man-made disaster end?"

Sighing, she walked to the door of her apartment and opened it.

The upper floors of the Trasever headquarters building are apartments, which have three main functions: providing accommodation for members of the organization, temporarily housing rescued refugees, and serving as a temporary residence for foreign visitors.

Claire's apartment is right here. As a woman who has devoted almost all of her heart and soul to the business of Trasever, it is natural for her to live in the headquarters. As for her own home, she rarely goes back.

Although Claire has long been one of the most important core members of Trasever, her apartment is still simple, exactly the same size as the dormitories of other members, with nothing special about it.

Of course, she could choose to live in the luxurious suite on the top floor of the building, which was prepared to receive the most important visitors. However, such an environment would make her feel uncomfortable, so she would rather live in an ordinary apartment suite.

Besides, the ordinary suite was actually in pretty good condition, with a retro European-style décor, which was quite to Claire's liking.

Like countless days and nights in the past, Claire entered the room with a folder, closed the door, and then reached for the light switch out of habit.

But today, her hand had just been half extended when she suddenly stopped and then abruptly pulled it back.

The reason was simple. At this moment, there was a faint flickering fire in the living room of the apartment, and the fireplace in the room seemed to be lit.

But Claire never used the fireplace, which was more decorative than practical, and she would never leave a fire lit when she left the apartment.

Someone is coming in!
Claire's mind raced, and then she realized that if the intruder was still in the apartment, then the sound of her opening and closing the door must have attracted his attention.

So Claire didn't hide it anymore, she put the folder on the cabinet by the door, reached inside her jacket, and pulled out a pistol. The jacket was a close-fitting style, and it was impossible to see the gun underneath.

But it wasn't over yet. Claire reached out again, took out a flashlight, put it in her left hand, then raised her gun and walked carefully into the apartment.

In the small living room of the apartment, a strangely shaped spiral iron rod was inserted diagonally into the fireplace. There was no firewood in the fireplace, but the flame was still burning vigorously.

Seeing this scene, Claire was also slightly stunned.

At this moment, Claire suddenly felt a faint breeze blowing towards her from behind!
Claire was startled and turned around suddenly, her eyes had already swept over a dark shadow rushing towards her. She moved the gun in her hand and was about to point it backwards, but the attacker was incredibly fast and was in front of her in just a short time!
The black shadow raised his hand and pushed Claire's gun-holding hand aside, and with the other hand, he clawed towards her face!

But Claire also reacted very quickly. She realized that although the attacker used clever force, his strength was also exaggerated, so she immediately gave up the idea of ​​fighting hard. She turned around, keeping a distance while accumulating strength, and then kicked with a whip kick, sweeping her long legs high towards the opponent.

The black shadow didn't seem to intend to take it head-on. He took a step back to avoid Claire's powerful kick, then stepped forward again and reached out to grab Claire again.

Claire wanted to raise her gun to deter the other party, but the other party moved too quickly and grabbed her gun hand. With a slight twist, the gun in her hand slipped out of her hand and fell to the ground.

Claire had one of her hands grabbed and she couldn't break free, but she didn't panic. She reached into her jacket and pulled out a tactical dagger, and stabbed the other person with a straight grip!
And at the tip of the dagger, there were faint streams of transparent air entwined!
"……oh?"

The attacker uttered a whisper that was unclear whether it was surprise or sigh, but this time he did not dodge and even reached out to grab the tip of the knife!
This time it was Claire's turn to be startled, and she quickly retracted her strength, but the opponent was too fast and had already grabbed the blade. He seemed to be holding the dagger loosely, but he held it tightly, instantly leaving Claire unable to move forward or backward.

As for the energy wrapped around the dagger, it dissipated the moment it was grasped.

Claire was slightly startled and subconsciously tried to draw the knife, but failed. Then she came to her senses and wanted to let go, but found that her hand seemed to be stuck to the handle of the dagger and she couldn't let go at all.

Claire: “……!?”

Before she could react, the other person raised both of her hands high up, then grabbed them together and pushed them gently, pushing Claire back two steps and pressing her against the wall behind her, unable to move.

Claire was held down in a rather weak position, but she did not resist. She just sighed helplessly: "...Have you had enough fun, Li You?"

The man who grabbed her didn't answer, but stretched out his other hand and flicked his finger. A ray of invisible energy flew out and hit the light switch in the living room accurately. With a "click", the room was suddenly illuminated by light.

And the person who "attacked" Claire also revealed his true face - of course it could only be Li You.

Seeing Claire's happy, helpless, and even slightly blushing face, Li You also smiled and asked, "How did you know it was me?"

Although he was talking, he didn't let go of Claire.

Claire twisted her hands subconsciously, but to no avail. So she said, "Isn't that new thing you put in the fireplace meant to remind me? And it easily broke the energy I had worked so hard to build up. I can't think of anyone else who could have done that except you."

Li You smiled even more: "You are worthy of being able to analyze so quickly, and you have already practiced your energy to the point where you can get a glimpse of the basics."

Claire shook her head. "I can't compare with you. You've been gone for several months. You must have improved a lot since you came back, right? I don't understand what you did just now. You should hold back, right?"

Li You certainly would not deny this, and he also sighed: "It wasn't too long this time, but... it was really tiring."

"It's okay. Now that you're back, take a good rest. If you want, we can chat." Claire was still so considerate in front of Li You, "But before that--"

She looked into Li You's eyes and said helplessly, "When are you going to let me go?"

Meeting her gaze, Li You suddenly smiled again.

Claire's heart skipped a beat, and the reflection in her eyes began to slowly enlarge.

——A moment later.

Li You sat down on the single sofa in the living room, fiddling with the spiral sword in the fireplace at his feet with one hand.

Claire boiled water in the open kitchen on the other side, poured it into a cup and brought it to Li You.

"...Take it. It's too late now, so I won't make coffee." Claire's face was still slightly flushed, but it was fading quickly. As she spoke, she also sat down on the small sofa in front of Li You.

Li You nodded, picked up the water cup and took a sip.

Actually, as a Westerner, Claire didn't have the habit of drinking hot water. But Li You once complained about them, saying that they were drinking drinking water when the biochemical virus was so rampant. After hearing this, Claire and the others thought that this made sense. So since then, most of the relevant personnel have switched to drinking hot water.

This is not Li You looking for trouble, mainly because there are real villains in the biochemical world who poison water, so we have to be on guard. Heating the water before drinking can at least block some inferior viruses.

At this moment, Claire sat opposite Li You, watching him holding a water cup in one hand and tapping the spiral sword with the other, and said, "You look... tired?"

Li You came back to his senses, looked at her, and nodded: "...Yeah, yes."

"This world... is quite special. It's a world that is almost hopeless. After staying there for a long time, I feel like I have also been infected with a bit of the smell of depression."

Seeing the barely perceptible heaviness between Li You's brows, Claire shook her head. She understood why Li You's behavior today was a little abnormal.

At first she thought that Li had done something wrong outside and was feeling guilty (that was not the case).

Claire thought for a moment, put down the cup in her hand, and went behind Li You, pressing her hands on his shoulders and kneading them gently. At the same time, she spoke softly:
"Don't think about it. Anyway, you are back, so take a good rest."

Li You was a little surprised by her reaction, but he did relax a little when he felt Claire's gentle fingers pressing on him. So he let out a breath and said, "Yeah, I have to adjust my state too."

After experiencing the world of Dark Souls III, although he sounded relatively relaxed when he was reasoning with Edge and Yuzu before, in fact, all this had an impact on him.

Even if you have seen the endings of those characters many times in the game, the impact they bring is different when they are actually presented before your eyes.

So even Li You's emotions were indeed affected.

This was also the reason why he had just returned to the biochemical world and sneaked into Claire's room alone to attack her... no, he wanted to talk to her.

Naturally, faced with the two choices of "returning to the biochemical world" and "directly to the next level", he chose the first one without much thought. When he returned to this world, it was the evening of that day, near the headquarters of Trasever.

So Li You thought about it and simply slipped into Claire's apartment.

When he returned, he didn't know the exact date and year, but when he heard Claire talking to someone in the corridor just now, Li You knew the approximate time.

Pananstein Civil War, Trasever Aid?
That's right, it's 2006 in the biochemical universe, and it's the time when the CG series "Endless Darkness" begins!
"Endless darkness? I don't want to get involved in this mess." Li You sighed in his heart.

Having just experienced the Dark Souls world, he was indeed a little tired.

Li You himself didn't realize that he had already regarded the biochemical world as half of his home. After working so hard for a long time and finally returning home, I'm afraid most people's reaction would be to collapse on the bed/sofa first and not want to care about anything else.

Li You is in almost this state now.

In fact, for him now, most of the "main storylines" in the biochemical world are as simple as eating and drinking, and he can pass them easily. After all, he has already traveled around the world of Dark Souls III and returned.

But right now, he really doesn't want to bother with all the intrigues in this world... He feels tired.

This pharmaceutical company and that secret organization are researching biochemical viruses again. Can't you just calm down?

He said before that he would wipe out Wesker, Alex, and Miranda at the same time when he came back this time, but now he just wants to be a salted fish.

Li You sighed.

But the "main line" of this world involves his friends after all, and some things cannot be ignored.

So Li You took a sip of water and said, "I don't think I came back at the right time?"

Claire paused while massaging his shoulders: "Hmm?"

Li You didn't hide anything and said directly: "I heard you contacting someone outside the door - I didn't mean to do that, I just happened to hear it - are you going to Pannenstan tomorrow?"

Now that they were talking about serious matters, Claire became serious. She stopped what she was doing, sat down in front of Li You, and picked up the folder she had just brought in.

"Yes, I'm going to Pannenstein tomorrow."

She opened the folder to a page of information and handed it to Li You.

"The Republic of Pananistan, this country had a civil strife six years ago, and the war broke out. At that time, the United States got involved in it under the pretext of evacuating its citizens, and expanded the scale of the war... Over the years, the war there has never really stopped, and the refugees are living in hardship.

"Trasef has been providing humanitarian assistance to those war refugees, and this time is no exception. We will soon have a batch of relief supplies delivered to the refugee camps set up by the International Coalition.

"Originally this was a normal aid, but not long ago, our secret department received intelligence that traces of suspected biological and chemical weapons were found there, so I decided to go with the team to take a look."

Li You simply scanned the document, which was all about Panenstein's information and Trasever's aid plan. Trasever was not limited to rescuing victims of biological and chemical terrorist incidents, and the strength of Trasever in this world was even stronger, and it was their function to assist war refugees.

Behind these public materials, there is a confidential intelligence, which was written by the secret department. It mentioned some traces of biological and chemical viruses found in the Panenstein War and the suspected involvement of the US military.

"...Kara's secret department is really getting more and more organized."

Although he was tired, Li You still nodded, agreeing in his heart.

If he remembered correctly, in the original worldline, the US military participated in the Pananstein Civil War and used biological weapons, but they wiped out all traces afterwards. Finally, when Claire led the team to distribute supplies, she accidentally saw a painting left by a refugee child of zombies attacking the army. Only then did she realize that something was wrong and began to investigate.

Although this small detail is actually insignificant to Li You, for Claire and the others, it has been a big step forward from the original "accidental" discovery relying on the protagonist's halo to now being able to find clues in advance.

More than half of Li You's brain was idle. He only used a small amount of his brain power to go through the information briefly, and then said, "Okay, I'll go with you."

Claire was slightly startled, and then a hint of joy appeared on her face: "Really? Don't you need to rest?"

Li You smiled and said, "It's not a battle, it's just an investigation. Besides, going with you is also a break."

"That's a good point." Hearing this, Claire smiled with satisfaction, her lips curved, "Okay, I'll arrange it then."

Of course she would not refuse Li You's request to go with her.

With that, Claire stood up and went to look for her communicator again.

Li You looked at the document again and flipped through it. The next page was about Wilson, the major general of the U.S. Army stationed in the Panamistan region in the past few years. This year, he has become the U.S. Secretary of Defense.

This Wilson, if Li You remembered correctly, was one of the culprits behind the Endless Darkness incident, and his collaborator was none other than Sanlian Company.

"Wilson..." Li You looked at the photo in the file. Wilson's profile was somewhat similar to Mei Xizong's in his original world, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

It's still early now, so to save trouble, why don't we just bury him in the ground?

After all, following Claire on a trip to Pananstein was one thing, but he really didn't want to start the side quest of Endless Darkness in the biochemical world. He just wanted to have a good rest and prepare for the next world travel.

Because this time it is different, where the next world will go has already been decided when he returned to biochemistry.

【Ding! 】

【Please note that based on your past choices, 3 worlds have passed since the "This War of Mine" game world, so the next world will be forced to be locked to "Devil May Cry ". 】

[Your remaining stay time in this world is: 165:40:12, after which you will start traveling through the world. ]

[After entering the new world, a new main mission will be released. 】

【Stay tuned. 】

Yes, the "suffering" that was previously postponed by relying on Jiulang's amulet, the world of Devil May Cry 4, is finally coming back, and this time, he can't hide from it no matter what.

"I don't know what level my current combat power is in the Devil May Cry world."

Li You shook his head imperceptibly.

"It's useless to think too much. Now that things have come to this, let's... go to sleep."

When Claire arranged tomorrow's itinerary and came back, what she saw was Li You leaning on the single sofa, with his head tilted, breathing evenly and steadily.

Claire was slightly stunned, but then a smile appeared on her face.

She thought about it, found a blanket, and gently covered Li You with it. Then she moved the sofa next to him, sat down next to him, picked up the folder, and began to look through the information.

The night outside the window is quiet, the lights inside the house are soft, and the flames in the fireplace are flickering.

As if he was aware of something even in his sleep, a smile appeared on Li You's lips.

A peaceful night.

(End of this chapter)