I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

"Red Queen, help me call up the virtual world images of Alicia and Alice."

As soon as Zhang Hong finished speaking, two light screens were projected in front of him, showing the scenes that Alicia and Alice were experiencing in the virtual world at this moment.

Alicia was traveling in the Alps with a middle-aged couple who looked about 60% like her, riding the cable car and climbing mountains.

Alicia was all smiles. She addressed the middle-aged couple as Mom and Dad. It was obvious that they were digital people based on her parents.

On the other side, Alice was busy in the kitchen of a seaside villa, dressed like an ordinary housewife.

While cooking, she would occasionally look out the kitchen window at a father and daughter who were playing games on the beach.

The father was handsome and the daughter was lively and cute. As Alice looked at them, a smile subconsciously appeared on her face.

Zhang Hong recognized this handsome man.

This man is called Carlos, and he seems to have had a relationship with Alice.

In the fifth Resident Evil movie, the Umbrella Corporation designed a clone town for experimentation, where Alice's clone and Carlos' clone lived together as a couple and had a daughter.

Perhaps it was this memory that made Alice fantasize about another possibility in her life.

So she finally couldn't resist the temptation and tried to experience another life in the virtual earth. It turned out that this was exactly the life she had dreamed of, and she no longer had any illusions about someone who didn't understand romance.

In this regard, Zhang Hong expressed his pleasure. He was very happy that Alice found her true happiness, instead of being trapped by love with him, a time traveler.

In addition to the protagonist and his group, Zhang Hong is also paying attention to the performance of other people in the virtual earth.

Among them is Old John, John Wick.

The reason why we pay special attention to this old man is that he was one of the first few people to actively apply for the reunion plan.

Old John applied to resurrect his family of five, and later applied for five more brothers, sisters and cousins, using up all ten resurrection spots.

His performance in the virtual earth also satisfied Zhang Hong. Old John seemed to have developed a deep affection for the digital people, and he accepted them sincerely and treated them as family members.

After half a year of operation, the virtual earth has been thoroughly integrated into the lives of citizens, and almost all citizens have developed a deep emotional bond with the digital people in it. The official "resurrection" of digital people in reality has already had sufficient public opinion and psychological expectations.

But this is not enough.

Zhang Hong has higher expectations for Virtual Earth.

After browsing the performance of everyone in the virtual earth, Zhang Hong said to Red Queen: "It's time to start the catastrophe event."

[Received. Please confirm the command again. Do you want to start the virtual earth catastrophe event? ]

"Yes."

【Command confirmed! 】

At the same time, the citizens of Republic City who were enjoying a wonderful life in the virtual earth were suddenly shocked to find that the time in the virtual world had come to a standstill.

[Network-wide notice: Virtual Earth is about to start a catastrophe event. The server will be temporarily shut down in 30 minutes for data update. All users are requested to prepare to go offline in advance. Please consult the guide for specific details. ]

The AI's electronic synthesized voice announcement rang in everyone's ears.

随后，视野正中央出现一个不断减少的倒计时：29:59，29:58，29:57……

Everyone exited the virtual earth and asked the guide who had the image of Zhang Hong what was going on.

The guide Zhang Hong smiled and explained, "It's like this. After more than six months of operation, the digital personalities of the virtual earth have matured. In reality, the clones of the resurrected people in the Reunion Plan will be fully mature and offline in two weeks. At that time, the digital personalities will enter the bodies prepared for them."

"In order to ensure a smooth transition of digital personalities from the virtual world to the real world and to protect them from serious cognitive biases or psychological problems, the virtual earth needs to launch a special event as a buffer."

"That is the Cataclysm event. It is to reenact the biohazard crisis that happened before, allowing the digital personalities to survive in a reasonable way and allowing their memories to smoothly transition to the real world."

After the guide explained it this way, everyone understood.

It is to allow digital people to come into the real world in a reasonable way.

After all, if we directly tell the digital people that they are clones and their personality memories are artificially created, most of them will probably not be able to accept it and will go crazy or even commit suicide.

After all, in the digital people's cognition, they are the original genes themselves, natural persons, and they are not dead.

After understanding the key relationship, everyone cooperated and went offline to wait.

Fortunately, the update only took a few hours, and everyone was able to go online normally the next day.

Old John was online first.

Seeing that everything at home was safe and sound in the virtual earth, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong? You don't look well."

Jenny saw that he was distracted and asked worriedly.

Thinking of the biohazard disaster that happened in reality, Old John said quickly: "Something big has happened. We must leave town immediately! Jenny, go pack your things, food, water, and medicine. I'll call Kevin and Jennifer!"

Seeing her husband suddenly become like a different person, panicking, Jenny felt even more uneasy and asked, "What happened? Why are you so panicked? Did aliens attack the earth?"

Old John opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain, and felt very bitter.

Tell your wife that the world is about to end? Billions of people are going to turn into zombies? Predict the future?

Just when he was having a headache and was getting anxious like an ant on hot pan, the TV screen in the living room suddenly switched, and the commercials were cut off and the news broadcast began. In the center of the screen, the golden-haired president of Amei Country was sitting upright at the desk in the white house, solemnly reading out an announcement.

[Fellow citizens of the United States, I want to declare an emergency. 】

[Just now, countries around the world were attacked by biological virus weapons released by the Umbrella Organization. This weapon can turn humans into bloodthirsty monsters. Our scientists call them zombies.]

[While everyone was watching my live broadcast, more than 300 cities in North America had already experienced biochemical crises...]

The screen was split into several parts, showing the horrific scenes of a biochemical crisis breaking out. People were fleeing in terror on the streets, hordes of zombies were attacking the living, and the world was in chaos.

[…We have activated the first level of war. All citizens of Amei Country who see this live broadcast are requested to seek refuge in the official safe zone, where there are troops stationed.

[Don't stay in the town! If there is really no way to escape, please find a safe and solid shelter nearby and wait for rescue. ]

[Please rest assured, we will definitely get through this crisis. No one knows more about biohazards than me...]

Jenny looked at the TV in shock.

Old John looked peculiar.

He remembered it clearly, and this scene definitely did not happen in reality. The sister country had never organized a proper evacuation.

This should be the "game plot" deliberately designed by the official.

Just then, Old John's cell phone rang.

The caller ID read "Kevin."

He quickly answered, "Hello? Kevin, are you guys okay?"

"Dad, have you seen the news?"

"I see!"

"Zombies have appeared here! It's chaos everywhere, and we are trying to find a way to leave. Don't worry about me, go to safe zone 101 first, we will meet there!"

"Kevin? Hello? - Damn it!"

The phone signal was suddenly disconnected. When you called again, it turned out that the user you dialed had turned off the phone. Please call again later.

Old John was so angry that he wanted to smash the phone.

No, I can’t let my son take risks alone!

In reality, he was not with his family when the biochemical crisis broke out, and failed to lead his family to survive... To be honest, even if they were really together at that time, Old John could not guarantee that he could lead his family to survive. After all, he was just an ordinary retired old man, not some Rambo tough guy.

But at least the family can die together, which is much better than living alone, isn't it?

"Let's go! Let's go get Kevin!"

Old John was about to rush upstairs, grab guns and ammunition to rescue people.

Jenny grabbed him and shook her head, saying firmly: "Kevin is a policeman, he has the ability to protect himself and his family. Let's go find Jennifer first, she doesn't know how to use a gun."

Old John thought about it and nodded. "Okay, let's go save our daughter first!"

He quickly took the shotgun and pistol, all the ammunition, some necessary food and medicine. Old John found that he was very skilled in doing these things, and his heart was very calm. It suddenly occurred to him that he had already been tempered in reality.

[This is just a simulation game, they will be fine...]

Thinking of this, Old Joe felt relieved.

Since the authorities are going to resurrect their families, they will be fine in the virtual earth. Although I don't know what kind of script the authorities will create to interpret this disaster.

When I opened the door, the town outside was in chaos. Countless people were fleeing with their families. The sounds of gunfire, screaming and crying filled the air. It was like the end of the world.

Jenny nervously grabbed her husband's arm, her face pale.

Old John held her in his arms and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

Feeling her husband's strong chest and the confidence and calmness in his tone, Jenny slowly calmed down, her eyes became firm, and she nodded and said, "Let's go rescue our children."