Chapter Eight: New Skill! Marksmanship Level 2!

Inside the mansion, the atmosphere was stifling. With the signal cut off, their only means of contacting the outside world had vanished.

"Captain, what should we do now?" The members of the assault team turned their eyes toward Captain James.

James remained silent. However, the hot-headed Rain spoke up directly. "Why waste time thinking about it? Let's just take down this trashy Umbrella Corporation!"

As soon as these words were uttered, they gained immediate support from several others.

"That's right! Let's hit them!"
"Treating us like cannon fodder? I can't stand it!"
"I've despised this filthy Umbrella Corporation for a long time!"

Seeing this, Captain James couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. "Don't be so hasty. Things haven't reached that point yet; there's no need for us to do that!"

While attempting to persuade them, he cast a glance at Yu Fei. Yu Fei understood the meaning behind that look perfectly. To put it bluntly, they still didn't trust him.

In response, he stated frankly, "If you still don't believe me, you can go into the laboratory and see for yourselves. But I'll say this first: once you go in, you'll have to bear the consequences!"

"Uh!" James hadn't expected Yu Fei to be so direct, which left him momentarily embarrassed. "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that... all of this is so sudden, so I..."

"You don't need to explain that to me! You all decide for yourselves!" Yu Fei cut him off directly.

This made James feel even more guilty, as if he had been judging a gentleman's heart with the mind of a scoundrel. But... in the end, he was a man of the Umbrella Corporation. If he were to change his attitude—or even turn against the company—based on just a few words from Yu Fei, it would be difficult for him to do. Unless he was presented with irrefutable evidence.

"What do you guys think?" James looked toward his squad members.

"I... what do you want to do, Captain?"
"I want to go into the laboratory and see for myself!"

"Well, all right then. We'll go with you!" James held a high level of prestige within the squad, and he soon gained everyone's support to enter the laboratory together.

Yu Fei had no objections to this. Compared to entering the laboratory, storming the Umbrella Corporation's armed troops outside would be infinitely more dangerous.

*With my current strength, as long as I don't run into a Licker or get surrounded by a large horde of zombies, I shouldn't be in any major danger,* Yu Fei thought, feeling confident in his current abilities.

*However... it would be best to upgrade once more.*

Yu Fei checked his Merit Points: 14 points! Of these, four were leftover from before, and ten had just been acquired.

*Upgrading combat skills requires 100 points, so that's a direct pass! Constitution attribute... let's hold off. Mental attribute... also a pass!* Perhaps the mental attribute would be useful in the future, but right now, it wouldn't be of much help to him.

*Then that only leaves the Constitution attribute?* According to his previous calculations, where it took six points to go from 1.1 to 1.2, 14 points would at most raise his constitution to 1.4, and there was a high probability it would only reach 1.3.

Based on previous gains, a constitution of 1.3 would at least boost his punching power to over 250 kilograms—a level of strength surpassing that of a world boxing champion.

*So... I'll choose to upgrade my marksmanship! System! Upgrade my marksmanship!*

One merit point vanished. In the mysterious space, Yu Fei began a month of intensive firearms training.

Marksmanship LV.1 (0/10)!

Yu Fei's marksmanship jumped to a professional level. Simply put, it was now slightly inferior to that of special forces members like James or Rain.

*System! Continue upgrading!*

Ten merit points vanished. In the mysterious space, Yu Fei practiced shooting for ten full months.

Marksmanship LV.2 (0/100)!

Yu Fei's level had leaped from professional to world-class. He was at a level where, with a bit of luck, he could potentially win a world shooting championship. He was effectively a marksman-in-the-making. Within a hundred meters, hitting the bullseye every time was the bare minimum.

*Now, as long as I have enough ammo, I won't have any problems even if I'm surrounded by a large number of zombies!* Yu Fei was brimming with confidence. This was something a constitution of 1.3, 1.4, or even 1.5 could never achieve. A constitution of 1.5 was still just a mortal, a body of flesh and blood. Compared to the power of firearms, it was far too weak. This was one of the reasons he didn't want to force his way out—in a hail of bullets, his constitution wouldn't offer any protection at all.

*The only problem is that the amount of ammo is a bit low.* Yu Fei looked at his gun and bullets, feeling a headache. Since they were on Umbrella's own turf, the assault team's mission was only to retrieve the Red Queen's motherboard; they hadn't been prepared for a full-scale combat operation, so they naturally hadn't carried much ammunition. Yu Fei had "borrowed" Rain's gun and bullets, but he had less than forty rounds. In the laboratory, the number of ordinary zombies alone exceeded one hundred, not to mention the powerful freaks like zombie dogs and Lickers. Such a small amount of ammo simply wouldn't be enough.

*Should I go and "borrow" some more from James?* He immediately dismissed the thought. Not to mention that James and his team were low on ammo themselves, the very act of trying to "borrow" more would easily arouse suspicion.

*Let me think... I've got it!* Yu Fei suddenly remembered that in Alice's room, there seemed to be a few firearms and some ammunition. Alice was an Umbrella security chief responsible for maintaining the facility's security; it was perfectly normal for her to have guns.

Just as Yu Fei was about to go find Alice and take her gear, a commotion broke out nearby. An assault team member was marching over with a strange man in custody.

"Captain, we found this sneaky guy nearby. I've checked his records; he's not with Umbrella. He must be an outsider! He's likely a corporate spy!"

"Corporate spy?! Watch your mouth! I'm an Interpol agent!" The man shouted, threatening to make them regret their actions.

The assault team members fell silent. They all turned their eyes toward Yu Fei.

Yu Fei: "..."

Damn it!