Chapter 5: First Encounter with the Licker

Chapter 5: First Encounter with the Licker

After using the Spade key to unlock the previously locked office on the first floor on the west side, the two came to the corridor on the east side of the second floor of the hall.

Elliot was already waiting at the door of a room.

"I hope you brought your keys."

Elliot smiled and knocked on the spade sign on the door.

Yang Ren took out the Spade Key and shook it:

"Of course I brought it~"

After unlocking the door, what comes into view is a corridor extending from left to right, and there is another door on the opposite side.

However, the way was blocked by a rolling door on the far left.

Pushing open the door opposite, Yang Ren glanced at the key card on the table and put it in his pocket.

There is also a one-armed statue of a king in the room, holding a scepter inlaid with a thumb-sized ruby.

"A ruby ​​this big must be worth a lot of small change, right?"

Yang Ren thought secretly in his heart, and directly took the gem off and handed it to Claire.

"Hey Claire, take it, I always feel like this thing is important."

Yang Ren didn’t know whether it was important or not, but he knew it must be valuable, so he just took it.

In response, Elliot on the side simply chose to ignore it.

Just take it. The city has fallen, who cares about these things? What’s more, these two kids saved my life before.

Leaving the room, the three were about to head to the atrium.

buzzing-

I seemed to hear the sound of a helicopter, and it was getting closer and closer.

"It looks like a helicopter is coming, go check it out!"

Elliot excitedly called the two to go and check it out.

Da da da da…

This seems to be the sound of a submachine gun?

The three of them ran towards the atrium happily. After a burst of gunfire, a violent collision was heard at the corner in front of their left.

The huge shock wave almost blew away Elliot, who was running in the front.

"what's the situation?!"

After stabilizing himself, Elliot felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, after the three pushed open the door and came to the second floor of the atrium, they saw the wreckage of a helicopter firmly embedded in the wall of the police station.

Most of the fuselage was sunk into the wall, and the ground was covered with bricks that flew off the wall.

"how come…"

Claire used a flashlight to observe, but the helicopter pilot seemed to have died on the spot.

"Hey! Claire, Nicholas!"

Lyon's voice suddenly came from below.

The three of them looked back and saw Leon looking up at them from behind a wire door.

"Leon! We'll be down right away!"

Claire said excitedly.

After coming down the spiral staircase at the side, the three people inside and one outside stared at each other through a wire fence.

However, just as the three of them came down the spiral staircase, the helicopter began to catch fire.

"Are you all right, Nicola, Claire?"

"The police helicopter just...appeared out of nowhere."

Leon was the first to speak and break the silence.

Claire looked back at Yang Ren, who shrugged.

Turning back to face Leon again, she didn't know whether she should tell him about Yang Ren being bitten.

After a moment of silence, he said:

"We...are fine..."

Now any normal person would know that something was wrong.

"Uh… I guess you guys didn't bring your keys, did you?"

Looking at Claire clinging to the iron gate with both hands, looking helpless, Leon smiled awkwardly.

"Indeed I didn't bring it... But it's nice to see you again. Are you okay?"

Claire smiled back.

"Just linger on... maybe."

"Did you find your brother?"

Leon continued to ask.

"Found him, but he's not in the police station. He's in Europe now..."

Claire replied.

"That's good too. At least he's not in this hell on earth."

"Who is this…?"

Leon noticed Elliot standing next to Yang Ren and Claire and asked.

"My name is Elliot Edward, and I'm your former boss."

"Rookie, I'm sorry to see you here. Didn't Chief Brian ask you to wait for notification at home?"

Elliot sighed, his face full of regret.

In the first few days after the virus broke out, Police Chief Brian Irons had already notified Lyon to report back later.

Now, everyone is involved in this mess, and it’s a question whether we can get out of it safely.

I don't know what happened to Kevin and Rita who escaped a few hours ago...

"I waited at home for a few days but there was no news, so I thought about coming over to see what happened..."

"And Raccoon City was also reported on TV..."

boom--!

Before Leon could finish his words, the wreckage of the helicopter suddenly exploded, and the loud noise scared several people.

The explosion was followed by the piercing sound of fire alarms, which echoed throughout the atrium.

"It's really like when it rains it pours..."

Claire said with a hint of worry.

Such a loud noise, if nothing unexpected happens, should alarm the zombies.

Sure enough, outside the barbed wire, several zombies pretending to be dead behind Leon slowly stood up after hearing the noise.

"Leon, you should go!"

Seeing this, Claire immediately spoke out to remind them.

Leon looked back, still feeling a little reluctant.

"Don't worry about me, just find a safe place first..."

Outside the high fence not far away, a large number of zombies were also attracted by the explosion and stretched their hands through the gaps in the fence.

The fence was shaking from the impact.

"Seriously, Leon... they're almost squeezing through the fence, let's go!"

Claire said anxiously.

Seeing this, Lyon could only leave a sentence:

"Then take care of yourselves!"

After saying goodbye to this quick meeting, Leon nimbly avoided several zombies and disappeared around the corner.

The zombies who couldn't catch up with Leon turned around and walked towards the three people behind the iron gate, pounced on the barbed wire and bared their fangs and claws at them.

Claire and Yang Ren had a clear division of labor, and they stabbed the victims one by one, specifically targeting vulnerable areas such as the eye sockets and chin.

Elliot took out the intercom:

"Marvin, we are in trouble. We are surrounded by zombies."

"…Marvin? Marvin, are you there? Damn it!"

There was a crackling sound from the intercom, but no one answered.

The path back from the second floor was covered in flames, and the door to the hall was locked with an iron chain.

Claire noticed a pair of hydraulic pliers on the toolbox nearby.

Pick it up, cut the chain on the door and enter. On the right is the guard room where Elliot was rescued before.

There were still a lot of zombie corpses lying on the window on the left, which were previously shot by Yang Ren.

There were so many of them that they almost filled the entire window.

After cutting the chain on the office door in front of them again, the three of them entered the office on the first floor of the East District.

After dealing with the zombies that woke up after hearing the noise in the office, the three found a valve and a fuse in the office.

Walk through the office and come to the roller shutter door you climbed through before.

The zombies behind the door seemed to have wandered away and disappeared.

Insert the fuse into the fuse box on the side, and the rolling door slowly rises.

After entering the hall, turn around and pull down the gate to close the rolling door.

Then the three of them quickly returned to Marvin.

I saw him lying on the sofa with his eyes closed, his whole body trembling and groaning in pain from time to time.

"Let's go, we have to hurry!"

Elliot still stayed to look after Marvin, while Yang Ren and Claire went to the West End again.

With the hydraulic clamps and valves, you can head to the locked room in the command room and the shower room on the second floor.

After entering the west area through the reception room again, several zombies had broken the windows and were wandering aimlessly in the corridor.

After easily solving the problem, the two returned to the command room where they had jumped out of the window before.

I cut the chain on the door, pushed it open, and found an electronic timer on the table, but there was no battery.

The locked door on the side leads directly to the office and storage room on the first floor on the west side. After unlocking it, at least you don't have to climb through the window anymore.

Go to the storage room and insert the key card you got from the king statue.

The bulletproof glass door opened, revealing a brand new GM79 grenade launcher and several incendiary bombs.

However, Yang Ren did not reach out to take it.

"Don't you need it?"

Seeing Yang Ren staring at the grenade launcher in a daze, Claire asked in confusion.

"You should just take it..."

Rather than facing the situation where he didn't know when he would mutate, Yang Ren thought it would be better to let Claire hold it.

If Claire can't bear to shoot, cremation on the spot would be a good idea...

Claire frowned deeply, pursed her lips, and said nothing more.

After picking up the grenade launcher, the two men went up to the locker room on the second floor and installed the valve found in the office on the first floor of the East District.

After turning off the steam, the two walked through the shower and into a dimly lit corridor.

There were several bodies lying on the ground, and some hanging from the ceiling.

It looked like it had been attacked violently by some creature. The wounds were extremely hideous and the scene was in a mess.

The windows on the right side had no glass at all. The wind and rain outside made the curtains rustle, and the rain wet the floor.

Coupled with the dim lighting, the scene has the atmosphere of a horror movie.

As Yang Ren took a step forward, a hissing sound came from the ceiling not far away.

Immediately afterwards, a tongue at least 3 meters long shot out from the ceiling like lightning.

The tongue pierced into the chest of a corpse on the ground, rolled it up to the ceiling, and then there was a horrible eating sound.

In the dim light, the two could see the creature's appearance clearly.

The brain seemed to be exposed to the air without any protection, and the whole body seemed to be skinned.

The red muscles are exposed, and the latissimus dorsi and pelvic area are covered by a layer of bone armor.

The teeth are thick and sharp, and the tip of the tongue is like a steel needle with barbs.

It lay on the ceiling with its limbs bent and twisting constantly, and its two front paws were also abnormally large.

It is the very classic monster "Licker" in the Resident Evil series.

Claire behind him had already raised the grenade launcher and aimed.

Yang Ren signaled her not to act rashly, and gently took Claire's wrist, and slowly walked towards the door on the left side of the corridor.

Claire was visibly stunned, but she didn't struggle to break free.

While following quietly behind Yang Ren, the grenade launcher was always aimed at the licker on the ceiling.

As long as it shows obvious intention to attack in this direction, Claire will not hesitate to offer it a firebomb.

It didn't seem to notice until the two men arrived at the door, almost directly under the Licker.

It left behind the gnawed corpse and crawled darkly and twistedly on the ceiling.

The eyeless head felt around, trying to find the source of the subtle sound.

Yang Ren gently turned the doorknob, entered the room, and gently closed the door. Only then did the two of them finally put their minds at ease.