After lighting the desk lamp, she immediately saw the basement key on top.
Gauging her height, she realized with annoyance that she would still have to pull out the drawers to reach it, just like in the game.
Since she didn’t fall and make a huge noise after getting the key, no test subjects noticed her.
She quickly unlocked the basement door, entered, and shut it tightly behind her.
After descending the ladder and turning a corner, Chloe reached the small platform.
Ignoring the toy car nearby that was flashing an eerie red light, she carefully checked and confirmed that the path to the NEST did not exist.
But she was in no hurry to go to The Ark.
She first looked around for something like a long wooden stick; after all, she didn’t want to follow the puzzle-solving route.
She actually found something similar that could replace a key item.
At least she wouldn’t have to climb through coffins later.
Continuing down, she reached the chapel.
She didn’t dare stay for a second and headed straight for the entrance to The Ark behind the chapel.
Watching the door with the Umbrella logo slowly open to reveal the ladder inside, Chloe couldn’t help but complain, “Does Umbrella really lack this much funding?
Researchers have to climb ladders to get out, and they have to do it twice?”
After her nonsense, she used the wooden stick to pull the ladder down, bit the gun in her mouth, and climbed up.
Once at the top, she closed the hatch tightly to prevent any test subjects from chasing her.
Looking around, she found she was indeed inside The Ark.
She didn’t go deep inside or enter the Projection Room like in the game; instead, she hid at this corner to wait for an opportunity.
After a while, two researchers, their faces covered in blood, ran out from a locked red door.
“We’ve lost all contact with The Orphanage.
Hasn’t anyone been sent there yet?”
“From the surveillance, it’s mostly out-of-control test subjects over there.
It’s already fallen.”
“Contact the Arklay side quickly and tell them to send some people to get the situation under control!”
As the two spoke, they started walking toward a nearby laboratory.
Chloe thought for a moment and decided to reveal herself now.
“Who…
who are you?” she asked, intentionally acting timid while quietly hiding her gun-holding hand behind her back.
“Chloe?
Did you come from The Orphanage?” The two researchers exchanged a glance, and one of them approached Chloe while speaking.
She knew perfectly well that the man was hiding a Sedative in his hand.
While staying on guard, she pulled out the gun and shouted, “Don’t move!”
To ensure she was taken seriously, she shot the man in the back in the leg.
“Agh—!” After a scream like a slaughtered pig, the man collapsed to the ground, clutching his leg.
“Don’t come any closer!” she shouted again.
“Throw that Sedative in your hand over here!”
The researcher in front stood frozen in shock.
He hadn’t expected Chloe, who hadn’t lost control yet, to be armed, let alone that she would actually shoot someone.
“You, you, you…” After a moment of stuttering, he followed her demand and threw the Sedative across the floor to Chloe.
“Tell me all the exits of The Ark and the security situation.
Don’t try any tricks unless you want to die!” Chloe warned, waving the firearm in her hand.
“You can’t get out!
The Ark has been sealed, and everyone trying to leave must undergo inspection!” The researcher didn’t know how to describe the test subject before him.
Her intelligence was definitely not that of an eight-year-old child.
Her body must have mutated; this was a major breakthrough for the experiment!
He had to keep her calm first.
“Shut up!” She raised her hand and fired another shot into the other leg of the researcher lying on the ground.
“You only need to tell me the situation.
Any more nonsense and the next shot goes into your head!”
“Take the cable car!
You can take the cable car!
There’s a cable car leading outside!
But you have to pass the inspection; you can’t get out alone!”
“You’re taking me there.” Chloe kicked the Sedative on the floor toward the researcher.
“Inject him with this.” Chloe gestured for the researcher with glasses to drag the shot man into a corner to hide him.
The researcher picked up the Sedative, his hands shaking like a leaf as he tremblingly gave his colleague an injection.
Once the drug took effect, the man’s screams gradually faded into a low moan as he fell into a deep sleep.