Geralt of Rivia: The White Wolf

Chapter 20 Geralt Takes Action Again

"No, it wasn't me!"

Spence looked at himself in the image with disbelief, and kept backing away.

At this moment, everyone looked at Spence with eyes full of anger, as if they wanted to devour him alive.

Upon seeing this, Spencer turned around and ran back.

But before Spence could reach the laser tunnel, an arrow pierced his chest, and he fell to the ground with a look of resentment on his face.

Geralt calmly put away his crossbow, glanced at the crowd looking at him, and casually said:

"This guy has killed so many people, there's absolutely no reason for him to live."

Zheng Zha, Zhu Peng, Zhan Lan, and Li Xiaoyi were pale-faced. They had rarely seen such scenes of people dying in front of them, and they had not yet fully adapted to it.

In their entire lives, the only times Zheng Zha and his companions had witnessed someone die in person were this time going down the stairs and this very moment.

Apart from Zheng Zha and his three companions, no one else present seemed uncomfortable with the scene before them.

Just then, Geralt heard the expected notification from the main god in his mind: "Reveal Spencer's identity ahead of time and kill the target. Reward: 1 C-rank side quest and 2000 points."

This time, the message from the main god also confirmed Geralt's last guess about how to obtain side quests: "The way to obtain side quests, besides saving characters who are destined to die at the original time, also includes killing characters and changing the course of the story ahead of time."

However, Geralt had another guess about how to obtain side quests, but he didn't want to verify it because doing so was against Geralt's principles.

Alice looked at Spence lying in a pool of blood and suddenly felt a sense of disorientation as indescribable fragments surfaced in her mind.

After Alice absorbed these memory fragments, she looked at Spencer on the ground with some disgust. She never expected that in her security work, she would actually fall in love with this profit-driven devil on the ground.

Matt, still somewhat unwilling to give up, looked at Red Queen and asked:

"Are all the original staff members of the hive still alive?"

Upon hearing this, the Red Queen responded in a completely emotionless voice:

"I have carried out the necessary actions without any mistakes. Now, apart from you people, there is no other living human in the entire Hive."

Upon hearing this, Matt looked sorrowful and knelt on the ground.

The Red Queen looked at Matt and said:

"You look very sad. According to our analysis, your police identity is fake."

"You have a criminal record in many places, including the Naval Intelligence Service, the Security Service, and the Violent Crimes Investigation Bureau."

Geralt interrupted, "Nobody cares about his true identity right now. Tell us, besides the monsters from Restaurant B, what other infected monsters are currently inhabiting the Hive?"

Upon hearing this, the others also looked at the Red Queen.

After listening, the Red Queen released several more videos: "The video shows zombies wearing Hive work clothes, now moving slowly and wandering around the house, and eight zombie dogs that are also infected with the T virus and whose flesh is already rotting, wandering in another room."

Seeing the obvious fear and disgust in everyone's eyes, the Red Queen continued:

"You don't need to worry, I've sealed off a fixed area for them, and the lickers at Restaurant B are also being continuously supplied with anesthetic drugs."

"As long as you don't take my motherboard, the main power supply to the Hive won't be cut off, and I won't let these things escape."

At this moment, everyone understood the subconscious meaning behind the Red Queen's words.

Kaplan, Matthew, and the other mercenaries looked at Geralt with considerable lingering fear.

At this moment, Zhu Peng looked at Matthew and the others with a smug expression and said:

"Now you know why my older brother insisted on stopping you, right?"

"Unless you're willing to risk your lives to complete the mission, but even that won't work. You might not care about your lives, but we do!"

Geralt glanced at Zhu Peng, then said to Matthew and the others:

"The Red Queen's motherboard can't be touched. We must ensure the Hive's power supply, otherwise, if these monsters swarm out, we'll have a hard time getting back to the train alive."

"But we can't just head back like this!"

At this point, Geralt glanced at Red and continued:

"This machine's purpose is to kill us all in the hive, so we need a way to control it."

At this point, Kaplan no longer considered immediately removing the Red Queen's motherboard, and the other mercenaries shared the same thought.

Even if Matthew were to issue an order now, requiring them to complete the mission, retrieve the Red Queen's motherboard, and return to the ground, none of the other mercenaries would listen to him.

Normal people wouldn't do something that's suicidal.

"I have a way!"

As Kaplan spoke, he began to act, saying, "All I have to do is shut down one of Red Queen's circuit breakers and then remotely control it."

"All I have to do is press a button and I can burn her to a crisp."

The Queen stopped her, saying, "Please don't do that."

Nobody paid any attention to it; no one would risk their life to trust an artificial intelligence that had previously tried to kill them.

Meanwhile, at the gathering place of Zheng Zha and the others, Zhan Lan whispered to Zhang Jie:

"Will the distance restriction imposed by the Supreme God never disappear?"

Zhu Peng, standing next to him, also looked shaken and asked, "Yeah, Brother Zhang Jie, we'll be going up stairs on the way back!"

Zheng Zha patted Zhu Peng's shoulder sympathetically and comforted him, "It's okay, you can hold me up when the time comes. If I can't hold on anymore, you can ask Geralt for help."

Zhu Peng's expression softened somewhat upon hearing this, but he still rationally refused:

"Forget it, I'm afraid you'll drag me down and we won't be able to keep up with Matthew's speed, which will only slow you down. I'll just ask Geralt for help."

"I hope you'll help me one more time, Geralt. I'll do anything to repay you."

Seeing how pitiful Zhu Peng looked, Zhan Lan, who was standing to the side, also said:

"Alright, who knows, we might end up back in the Main God Space before we even get to the stairs."

Zhang Jie watched as the rookies in front of him finished their discussion before speaking:

"It seems that the God's distance restriction won't disappear this time."

"And you'd better be on your way back. The God isn't a philanthropist; pulling you into a horror movie isn't child's play."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha and the others' expressions turned grim. Zhan Lan asked directly, "You mean, we'll be in danger on our return journey?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha couldn't help but ask in confusion, "If we don't remove the Red Queen's motherboard, as long as the Hive stays powered, won't those monsters be unable to get out?"

Zhang Jie gave a cold laugh, didn't respond, then lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled.

The gray smoke blurred Zhang Jie's face, and his thoughts seemed to drift into past memories.