Chapter 53: Looking for This?

Casimir's mind has gone crazy. Everything had been going according to plan, and he thought he could finally wash away the shame of his previous defeat in Edonia. But in the final step, they messed up.

"You're just going to let the Deep Sea Pineapple be opened?" asked the shocked Casimir.

"We released a B.O.W., codenamed Cerberus, from our Indian branch the moment we detected the enemy attempting to open the Deep Sea Pineapple, but it failed. Cerberus was killed by X," explained the subordinate in black ops gear after wiping the coffee off his face.

"Then activate the monitoring system on the ship and see what happened!" commanded Casimir.

"We couldn't activate the monitoring system on the Orianna. It seems that the ship's monitoring system has been infected with a virus, and our technicians are busy adjusting the computer," replied the subordinate.

"Who could have done this?" Casimir raged, grabbing his hair and gritting his teeth. "Could it be that fat, dead Parker? Does he want to negotiate with us over our things? That doesn't make sense..."

He gritted his teeth, then suddenly laughed, at first with a sinister smile, then gradually turned into a crazy laugh.

The subordinate standing aside looked anxiously at the insane Casimir, asking carefully, "Do you need me to lead a team to recapture the Deep Sea Pineapple?"

Casimir, who was laughing madly, suddenly stopped and showed a gentlemanly smile, turning his head to look at his subordinate, and making the subordinate's heart tremble.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter. It's just a disposable experiment..." he shrugged and asked, "How's the data collection going?"

"Report, boss, all the data has been collected except for the Deep Sea Pineapple."

"That's fine. Although it's a bit disappointing, the mission is still complete."

"Are you sure it's okay not to collect data on the Deep Sea Pineapple?" asked the subordinate.

"Of course, there's a problem!" Casimir's expression instantly turned a bit fierce, but then he changed back, "But it's not a big problem. It's just the leftover scraps of the B.O.W. that Umbrella disposed of as waste. That kind of uncontrollable thing, in my opinion, has no development value except for being a fun toy. It's ridiculous that Freeman treated that thing as a treasure when he was alive."

"So what do we do next?" asked the subordinate.

"We'll do what we need to do. When the time comes, we'll fire the torpedo and then head back home," Casimir replied, sitting back down in his chair. He waved his hand at his subordinate and said, "Now, get out, and don't bother me again."

With that, he put his headphones back on and started rhythmically shaking his head, which was covered in messy brown hair.

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At this time, Li Yexing and the others were quickly leading a group of people through the lower deck.

The journey was relatively smooth.

Although there were more infected in the corridor than before, they were still manageable compared to the middle deck. Everyone had a gun in their hand, so ordinary infected could not stop them.

The only thing that affected their progress was the dog-type B.O.W. they had seen in the cargo hold earlier. This type of B.O.W. was extremely fast and even more agile than traditional zombie dogs. They had killed three of these creatures on their way.

"We're almost there," Li Yexing said to the people behind him as he saw the huge A letter sign on the wall.

The group quickly moved toward the direction of the gate. During this time, Li Yexing kept looking at his phone and giving directions to the people behind him. Soon, they arrived at the gate.

"The next part is the most critical. There will be many infected in the middle deck, and we need to rush to the location of the lifeboat as quickly as possible, or we will be caught by those monsters. Do you understand?" Li Yexing looked at the people behind him and nodded.

After taking a deep breath, he led the way and rushed up through the gate, with the others following closely behind.

Indeed, the density of infected individuals in the middle deck cabin compared to the lower deck was like night and day. As soon as they turned two corridors, they could see a large number of infected individuals gathering in the hallway.

Two monsters that had already turned into Lickers were crawling on the ceiling of the hallway. They noticed the group of people and rushed forward.

Li Yexing picked up his gun and fired while advancing.

Lilith and Ada were behind him, dealing with the monsters on the ceiling similar to Lickers.

Rita held her Uzi and guarded the others behind her.

Helen was squeezed in the middle and seemed a bit at a loss. After thinking about it, she followed Rita's example and held a gun toward the back.

Li Yexing casually hit an infected person that rushed towards his face with the butt of his gun and then shot three times to kill it. He quickly changed the empty magazine and dodged the falling monster corpse from the ceiling. The pressure ahead was enormous, and infected individuals kept pouring in.

However, Li Yexing could not retreat. Once he retreated, all the people here would be entangled by infected people. Those guys would rush towards them from all sides.

Following the map route in his memory, Li Yexing rushed forward while shooting. Finally, he saw the huge white cabin door with a red valve at the end of the hallway.

"We're here! Cover me!" Li Yexing shouted and rushed forward, trying to turn the valve.

However, the valve did not budge.

Li Yexing saw a card slot next to the cabin door, and without thinking much, immediately inserted the captain's authority card he was carrying into the slot. With a crisp unlocking sound, Li Yexing saw two small buckles holding the valve automatically open.

"This ship's design is so damn stupid!" Li Yexing cursed and grabbed the valve with both hands, trying to turn it.

The valve made a harsh metal friction sound under Li Yexing's turning. At this moment, the infected individuals behind him rushed towards him like flies smelling meat. They crowded in the hallway, and white liquid with blood squeezed out from their bodies. At this moment, it seemed that all the infected individuals on the entire ship were gathering towards this side.

"HURRY!" Ada shouted from behind. The group of people crazily unleashed their firepower toward the tide of corpses coming from behind. Seeing that these monsters were about to rush over, Li Yexing pushed the thick cabin door that blocked the group of people.

"COME ON! QUICK!" Li Yexing quickly pulled out the captain's authority card from the card slot and shouted at the group of people.

As the infected were about to rush towards them, everyone immediately rushed into the cabin.

Li Yexing guarded the door, and as soon as everyone entered, he fiercely closed the door. Instantly, a tremendous force struck the door, and the infected went crazy, wanting to squeeze through.

Li Yexing stood his ground, veins bulging, and then saw Lilith and Ada turn around and fiercely brace against the door. With the pressure on their bodies suddenly decreasing, Li Yexing immediately stood up and quickly turned the red valve on the cabin door.

With the mechanical buckle making a light-clicking sound, Lilith and Ada stepped back half a step, watching the door vigilantly. The infected and monsters continued to crazily strike the door, and even through the door, their unwilling roars could be heard.

"Finally..." Li Yexing collapsed and sat on the ground, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "I can't go on, let me rest for a while."

"How can a man say he can't go on?" Ada laughed and pulled Li Yexing up. "Let's go, aren't you in a hurry to take a break?"

"Dammit!" Li Yexing cursed with a laugh. He stood up and patted Lilith's shoulder. "Let's get ready to go home."

The group went down the wide stairs and arrived at a very large open space. It was as big as several basketball courts, and outside the field, there were two lifeboats that could seat seven or eight people. As long as the gate was opened, the sea was outside.

"Ada, you and they go check the boats, I'll go open the gate."

Watching Ada lead the group to the boats, Li Yexing smiled. He came to the control panel of the gate, looking at the red indicator lights and valves on the controller, and inserted the captain's permission card into the slot on the controller.

*Buzz...* Accompanied by the insertion of the card, the controller made a piercing sound.

Li Yexing's smile froze.

"Li Yexing, the speedboat can start. How's it going over there?" Ada shouted to Li Yexing next to the boat.

Li Yexing's expression was extremely ugly. He pulled out the card and inserted it again, but the response was still a *Buzz* sound.

Ada saw that Li Yexing's face was not right, and walked over to ask, "What's wrong?"

"This card... it's not working..." Li Yexing repeatedly pulled out and inserted the deformed card, feeling a little panicked.

Just then, a low male voice sounded in the open space.

"Are you... looking for this?"

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