In the blink of an eye, another week passed.
The destruction of the underground laboratory on the outskirts of Raccoon City did not attract the attention of any factions, other than leaving the mayor of Raccoon City completely overwhelmed.
At least on the surface, that was the case.
The appearance and intervention of Matthew Lawrence completely changed the original trajectory of the plot.
In the original plot, after Dr.
William Birkin was severely injured, he injected himself with the G-Virus, leading to the subsequent large-scale leak and spread of the T-Virus.
But now, this key plot point had not occurred, and that biohazard disaster that should have swept through Raccoon City had vanished into nothingness.
…Hmm, another day of preventing the destruction of the World.
It was precisely because of this successful intervention, which caused the disaster to not unfold according to its predetermined path, that the system granted Matthew a reward for his act of “benefiting the public.”
A total of 2,000 system points.
…
New York.
Inside a spacious bedroom, Matthew, dressed in a brown wool coat, stood before the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his back, his handsome face appearing calm under the moonlight.
Outside the window was the bustling night view of New York as always, the bright lights and colorful city life all within his view.
And held in his hand was the G-Virus sample obtained from the last operation.
Logically speaking, Matthew should have been happy to have obtained the G-Virus, but now he felt inexplicably troubled.
[G-Virus: After injection, the virus will interfere with and affect the organism’s own DNA, changing its external form in a “staged, progressive” manner, frantically undergoing ‘mutated evolution’.]
[Pros: The host will gain extremely strong physical power and terrifying recovery capabilities.]
[Cons: Evolution is completely uncontrollable; the host’s consciousness will be gradually altered by the virus and eventually devoured by the virus’s reproductive instinct.]
[Optimizable Cons: Uncontrollable evolution, consciousness dissolution, killing the virus carrier.]
[Enhanceable Performance: Evolutionary potential, cell activity, strength, Neural Reflexes.]
The pros and cons of the G-Virus were equally obvious.
Its unique evolutionary potential was one-of-a-kind among all biohazard viruses.
But the cons were as well.
The evolutionary mutation that ignored the host’s own condition would only eventually turn the host into an indescribable, grotesque creature, unable to even retain its own consciousness.
Although Matthew could eliminate all these side effects, compared to the cost of optimizing the T-Virus, optimizing the G-Virus was far more expensive.
The three cons required at least 2,000 system points to optimize, with the highest reaching 5,000.
“As expected, the more heaven-defying the effect, the more system points it requires.”
Matthew sighed helplessly and moved his gaze away from the virus sample.
Compared to simply holding the G-Virus, acquiring more system points was the urgent priority.
Looking at the 2,000 system points stored in his account, he pondered for a moment before opening the system interface.
A bright blue light screen unfolded before his eyes.
“What is this?”
After clicking it with curiosity, a system prompt popped up: [Do you want to place ‘Matthew Lawrence’ into the experiment panel for optimization?]
What the hell?
For a moment, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
…It wasn’t an illusion.
So, what the system had previously said about being able to place himself in the experiment slot for optimization was actually true.
“…Yes.” After a brief moment of contemplation, Matthew confirmed.
As the Q-version avatar dropped into the experiment slot, a system prompt suddenly popped up.
[Matthew Lawrence (Optimizable)].
[Stamina LV1… Cell Regeneration LV1…]
The optimizable items that should have been displayed on the T-Virus were now placed on Matthew himself…
Compared to last time, the options for optimizable upgrades had only changed for’Strength’.
[Strength LV2 upgrade to LV3 effect—Instant explosive power can easily shatter concrete structures, tear through 1cm thick steel plates, and full-speed movement reaches 60 meters per second. (Consumes 1500 system points)]
His gaze swept across the various optimization projects.
Without much hesitation, Matthew immediately began the enhancement.
Since optimizing the G-Virus was so expensive, he might as well start with the cheaper ones!
“Optimize Cell Regeneration, Neural Reflexes.”
[Optimizing and upgrading Cell Regeneration, Neural Reflexes, total consumption 500 system points.]
“Consume one ‘Low-Level Optimization Count’ to optimize Stamina.”
[Low-Level Optimization Count – 1, ‘Stamina’ has been optimized and upgraded to LV2.]
“Continue to optimize and upgrade’Strength’.”
[Optimizing and upgrading’Strength’, total consumption 1500 system points.]
Three optimization commands were issued in succession!
The moment the optimization was complete, Matthew felt his spirit jolt, and a much deeper sense of power surged throughout his entire body!
Those deep black eyes now revealed a hint of pale red from within.
His gaze fell upon the sky of this city.
The gloomy, heavy sky seemed as if it had been smeared with a layer of lard, appearing exceptionally oppressive.
The dampness in the air allowed people living in this city to know that it would soon rain just by smelling the air.
Drip…
A few scattered raindrops fell on people’s shoulders, causing pedestrians to stop and look up at the sky.
And soon, the scattered raindrops gathered into a torrential downpour, shrouding the entire city.
Those who had stopped to look at the sky were also soaked to the bone.
Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window, Matthew directed his gaze toward the sky.
The upgraded Neural Reflexes speed made him see the dense raindrops outside the window as if he were watching an animation slowed down countless times.
He had only seen such a magical scene in certain movies.
“What is this? Bullet Time?” Matthew muttered to himself.
But soon he shook his head, denying this claim.
Calling it Bullet Time was still too exaggerated.
This ability of his was more like a weakened version of Bullet Time; for things that were too fast, he still couldn’t clearly distinguish their trajectories.
For instance, sniper rifle bullets.
When it came to reacting to things exceeding the speed of sound, he was probably the same as an ordinary person.
He couldn’t react in time either.
In short, the road to becoming stronger was long and arduous.
Therefore—
“It is still better to benefit the public.”
Thinking of this, Matthew quickly put away the G-Virus in his hand and, disregarding the heavy rain outside, walked downstairs alone.
Still with a cigarette in one hand and liquor in the other, still keeping the neighborhood chaotic for his bros.
Of course, handing out more umbrellas on a rainy day would earn more system points.
That night, Matthew transformed into an ambassador of public welfare.
He kept handing out umbrellas on the street to residents who didn’t have one, giving cigarettes to bros who had nothing to smoke, and giving liquor to bros who had nothing to drink, while also handing out a knife to bros who didn’t have the ability to make money.
Don’t misunderstand; handing out the knives was to let them find a job gutting fish so they wouldn’t keep loitering on the streets.
It was definitely not to let them hold knives against others to make the young, middle-aged, and old folks drop some gold coins.
As the saying goes, giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish, and teaching him how to fish is not as good as letting him go to the fish market to gut fish.
Therefore, he believed that with this knife, the other party would definitely be able to find a good job to support themselves!
However, his strange behavior…
actually attracted the attention of the street patrol Police.
A patrol officer named Walls, whose uniform was stretched tight by his fat and who was eating a donut, locked his gaze tightly onto Matthew.
Watching him disappear around the street corner, Walls pressed the walkie-talkie on his shoulder and said in a serious voice:
“This is Walls. A lunatic has appeared on the street I’m patrolling who is handing out kitchen knives to everyone… According to my observations, he is heading to another street. Please, all units be advised.”