Chapter 97: Underground

Outside, the weather was terrible. In the dim light of night, the wind howled wildly, and a heavy rainstorm was about to break. Inside the train speeding underground, the atmosphere was no better. These mercenaries still harbored fears and doubts toward Ma Jun's group. Unfortunately, they could not communicate with headquarters at this time, making it impossible to verify their identities.

In the narrow carriage, two distinct factions were clearly divided. The mercenaries pressed down on Alice, Matt, and Spenser at the front of the carriage, while Ma Jun and more than twenty subordinates were crammed at the back. Only Ma Jun's expression seemed relaxed. He looked as if he were on a sightseeing trip, holding something resembling a phone in his hand, with a smile on his lips as he played with it seriously.

In this oppressive atmosphere, time passed very slowly. At least for the mercenaries, it was so.

Finally, the train reached the bottom of The Hive, and the external lights had automatically turned on. Pulling open the door, the mercenaries stood at attention with guns in hand, carefully and swiftly inspecting the area. Ma Jun casually tucked away his phone, lit a cigarette, and led his subordinates out of the train.

After a series of checks, the mercenaries signaled with hand gestures that it was safe. Everyone quickly reached the emergency exit inside The Hive. The black captain ordered his men, "Open this door!"

At this point, a bewildered Alice said, "Listen, I want to know who you are, what's happening here?"

Alice, dressed in a sexy red long dress, looked somewhat cold, arms crossed, her gaze shifting between Ma Jun and the black captain, her expression firm. The black captain hesitated, looked at Ma Jun, and signaled for him to explain.

At this time, Alice had not yet been injected with the T-Virus and was still suffering from amnesia, but in fact, as a former security personnel who had distanced herself from Umbrella Corporation, her skills were not to be underestimated. She was equivalent to a special forces operative on this plane.

Ma Jun knew the black captain was probing him. If he were a Umbrella Corporation person, he could definitely clear up Alice's doubts.

"Ms. Alice, you and us are all employed by Umbrella Corporation!" Ma Jun said with a smile. "This is the emergency entrance leading to The Hive. The Hive is a research base of Umbrella Corporation. Recently, an accident occurred here. These little guys' mission is to shut down the intelligent system, Red Queen, inside The Hive."

"How do you explain that?" Alice removed the ring from her hand.

"A false marriage to cover identities and guard the secrets of The Hive. Oh, right, your husband is this Mr. Spenser!" Ma Jun continued.

The mercenaries, referred to as little guys, stared unhappily at Ma Jun, but at least they had begun to believe his identity.

"Why can't we remember anything?" Spenser asked.

"The Hive's defense mechanism. The intelligent system Red Queen released a toxic gas, the effect being unconsciousness for four hours, along with various aftereffects including amnesia!" the black captain explained.

"In fact, sir!" After dismissing Alice and the others, the black captain turned to look at Ma Jun. "I received no message about reinforcements. Can you tell me your mission?"

"This is a research base!" Ma Jun laughed. "It holds a lot of valuable information! The company researched and found the situation here is worse than expected, so I had to come personally! Also, I remember you are just a small leader. Besides your own task, you'd better not inquire too much!"

"Speak more politely, kid! When we're killing and seeing blood, you were probably still in your mother's womb!" One of the mercenaries, a man named Jed, said angrily.

Consecutive provocative words made the group of mercenaries furious.

Ma Jun took a deep breath, smiled, and put the cigarette butt in his mouth. The next moment, in the blink of an eye, he suddenly appeared in front of Jed, grabbed his opponent's wrist, easily disarmed him, and struck with his other hand, also kicking.

At the same time, as Ma Jun acted, both sides reacted, but the final result was that the mercenary side was completely subdued, one by one.

Ma Jun tossed Jed's gun aside, continued smoking, still maintaining the previous smile. "All right, little guys, quiet down and complete the task. If there's no problem, let's proceed!"

The biohumans under his command released the mercenaries.

Now, these guys were shocked but convinced, no longer harboring any suspicion toward Ma Jun, and hurriedly opened The Hive's entrance.

The devices inside The Hive could pose a threat to Ma Jun, and with these obedient cannon fodder, Ma Jun was very satisfied.

"Captain, we can enter!"

Shortly after, after forcibly cracking the entrance's mechanism, a female mercenary exclaimed loudly.

The black captain looked at Ma Jun and signaled for him to command.

Ma Jun showed no courtesy. A group of people came to the entrance. The door opened, and inside was pitch black. Everyone stood guard outside.

Some faint sounds came from inside, seeming like footsteps or something else, making everyone's mood tense suddenly.

Ma Jun waved his hand. One subordinate put on night vision goggles and quietly stepped inside. After a moment, "Safe!" With the words falling, the room lights also activated.

Everyone entered. This was an entrance with elevator stairs.

"Take the stairs!" After the mercenaries carefully checked, Ma Jun said decisively.

So, everyone holding guns, hurried forward. Footsteps echoed through the vast building.

"We are locked by Red Queen. She knows our whereabouts." The dedicated computer expert in the mercenary squad said.

"When entering Alice's manor, she already knew!" Ma Jun shrugged. "Don't be nervous. She is like a little girl, very interesting!"

Red Queen was, of course, very interesting, an irreplaceable intelligence, but she was somewhat dangerous! And uncontrollable. Ma Jun had no intention of spying on Red Queen.

Many guys used their three-inch tongue to seduce Red Queen in just a few words. Ma Jun personally admired these guys!

Shortly after, everyone arrived at the underground laboratory.

Only, in the laboratory hall, in the partitioned sealed laboratories, all filled with water. And inside were the experimental personnel who had been forcibly destroyed by Red Queen!

Obviously, this place could no longer be passed.

"What happened here?" Amnesiac Spenser, who knew nothing that caused these things was himself, asked doubtfully.

The black captain glanced at Ma Jun. "Five hours ago, Red Queen killed everyone here! My squad was dispatched here to shut down Red Queen!"

"Why would she do these things?" Alice said in surprise.

"I don't know!" The black captain looked at Ma Jun, thinking Ma Jun would know these things.

"Continue forward, find another way!" Ma Jun of course knew, but he didn't want to answer this question.

"Let's go back, pass through B Restaurant, and we can directly reach Red Queen's position!" The computer expert in the mercenaries said, he had the complete Hive map.

"Good, lead the way!" Ma Jun said.