Jill still stubbornly didn't respond to him.
Zhou Yi was very familiar with women, but he was very unfamiliar with women like Jill.
He found it hard to fathom her true thoughts, because she was so unique, even making him think of Ororo at one point.
They were both unreasonably tough.
Compared to Ororo, Jill was even more so.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi felt a bit disheartened.
He stood up and said to Jill, "You just woke up, your body must still be a bit unaccustomed.
It would be better to lie down and rest for a while.
We won't disturb you here.
If anything comes up, just ask the person in charge here; he knows where to find me."
"In short, take care of yourself.
Raccoon City's reconstruction still needs your help!"
With that, he was the first to open the tent flap and walk out.
Ada Wong looked playfully at the silent Jill, made a goodbye gesture, and followed Zhou Yi out.
Inside the tent, only Big Cat, still happily gorging himself, and Jill, lying on the bed with her eyes tightly shut, remained.
Her heart was very complex; no one but her could decipher it.
Stepping out of the tent, Zhou Yi began to wander aimlessly.
The camp was full of survivors, undergoing various checks and receiving essential supplies.
Outside the camp, a continuous stream of survivors was still arriving.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had already begun broadcasting throughout the city, informing those still alive of the camp's location and the safe passages they had opened.
Those who wanted to live were desperately rushing here.
If S.H.I.E.L.D. hadn't been sufficiently prepared, the logistics alone would have been enough to make Coulson tear his hair out.
But now, everything was orderly; it was clear that Coulson had done very well.
Ada Wong followed closely behind Zhou Yi, like a true assistant, offering warm greetings and flattery along the way.
If Zhou Yi hadn't known her true capabilities, he might have actually believed she was a little secretary who relied on her looks.
Of course, this situation wouldn't last forever.
When they reached a somewhat secluded spot, this assistant whom Zhou Yi had just recruited, asked, "Boss, is there really such a miraculous catalyst?"
"Do you want this kind of thing too?" Zhou Yi smiled; he had already understood Ada Wong's meaning.
"I can only say it will be even more miraculous than you imagine.
In our language, it's bringing the dead back to life, regrowing flesh on bones, eternal youth, and immortality!"
He had already switched the last few words to Chinese.
"Boss, are you joking?" Ada Wong's breathing clearly quickened.
As a woman, nothing was more attractive than possessing eternal youth.
However, she was, after all, a person with great self-control.
In the face of immense temptation, she did not lose herself, but asked somewhat cautiously, "Why, don't you believe it?"
Zhou Yi chuckled; he didn't believe this woman would be indifferent to such temptation.
"You should have seen Jill's condition.
Doesn't her example prove anything?"
Ada Wong thought back, and the more she thought, the more tempted she became.
Jill's skin was a beauty she had never imagined; that crystal-clear and pure White could only be seen on newborn babies.
Ada didn't believe Jill could maintain such a state; the cost was not something a Police Officer could afford.
"But, doesn't such a thing come with a price?
Humans have researched for thousands of years and haven't created such a thing, so why would it appear in your hands?
Honestly, I'm very skeptical.
I'm worried the price is too heavy for me to accept."
"Believe me, the price is not heavy.
It only requires your loyalty."
Looking at Ada Wong, who was still hovering on the edge, Zhou Yi said calmly, "I know you won't wholeheartedly pledge allegiance to me.
In fact, there's never been such a thing as loyalty in this World.
I agree with one saying: so-called loyalty is just that the price of betrayal isn't high enough.
Similarly, if you want someone to be loyal, you just need to offer a price that makes betrayal impossible."
"Ada, you are very smart.
So the price I offer you is the power of eternal youth.
As long as you continue to serve me, I will continue to bestow this power upon you.
This is my promise, of course, you can also choose not to accept it."
Ada Wong didn't hesitate for long before giving Zhou Yi her answer.
"I have no reason to refuse, do I, Boss?
It seems I'll have to serve you forever from now on."
"Very good, I believe you won't regret it.
Because I'm sure I will be the most generous of all your bosses."
"I won't doubt it, Boss.
Your remuneration has already proven that."
Zhou Yi nodded; being able to subdue a top spy with something insignificant to himself was a profitable business no matter how you looked at it.
Of course, this was just the simplest form of bribery.
As for winning her heart, that was a long and sustained effort, and he was not in a hurry.
Continuing to wander around the camp, he was waiting for day to break.
According to his estimate, by day, everything would be nearing its end.
All the planning here was reaching its conclusion, and he was already eager to taste the fruits of victory.
Coulson also appeared before him at the opportune moment.
He looked at the relaxed Zhou Yi and teased, "pal, aren't you a bit too idle?"
"That's because I've finished everything I needed to do.
Now it's your turn to work hard, isn't it?" Zhou Yi wasn't used to being spoken ill of; he retorted directly, "Compared to your subordinates who are so busy their feet don't touch the ground, aren't you the most idle fellow?"
"You know, overall planning is the most tiring thing.
Mental fatigue is far more painful than physical fatigue," Coulson naturally argued, looking like he had done this sort of thing many times.
"Are you in a lot of pain?
I really can't tell at all."
"I've already started using coffee to alleviate my pain, didn't you notice?"
While the two were engaged in a boring war of words, an aircraft had quietly approached Raccoon City.
Its performance was extremely Advanced, and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar couldn't track it at all.
By the time it was discovered by a patrol aircraft, it had already entered the airspace of Raccoon City.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot immediately reported the situation and simultaneously sent a communication to that aircraft.
"You are currently in an emergency war zone.
Please immediately report your unit, otherwise we will engage.
Repeat..."
The quinjet was fast, but this unknown aircraft was no less so.
It pulled up and climbed into the clouds, quickly shaking off the quinjet's weapon lock.
After several large-scale, difficult maneuvers, the quinjet pilot nearly lost its trail.
"Damn it, it must be an ace pilot.
Which unit's bastard is it?" The quinjet pilot cursed, then quickly accelerated and plunged into the clouds.
As soon as he burst out of the clouds, the quinjet pilot discovered a tragic problem: he had been rear-ended.
The unknown aircraft performed a difficult ascent and dive, reappearing behind the quinjet.
This made the pilot in front very uneasy; he knew their roles had now been reversed.
He was the target, and the guy opposite him was the shooter.
"Damn it, damn it!" The quinjet pilot desperately tried to shake off the guy behind him, but he had to admit that there was a huge gap in their skills.
And this gap was deadly.
Two missiles struck the quinjet's fuselage one after another, blowing it into a huge fireball in mid-air.
The raging Fire not only illuminated the night sky but also drew the attention of Coulson and the others below.
"What happened?
Has no one reported the situation to me?" Coulson shouted; he needed to know what had happened.
A quinjet was no cheap commodity; even within S.H.I.E.L.D., it was an Advanced piece of equipment.
"Officer, we detected an unauthorized aircraft.
Unable to determine its identification or affiliation.
It just shot down our fighter jet and is still above us."
"Damn it, it must be Umbrella's guys," Coulson cursed fiercely.
He had already guessed who the guys behind this were.
And precisely because he guessed, he felt worried.
Because this was Umbrella's last struggle; a cornered beast fighting back was the most terrifying.
"What exactly do they want to do?
Do they still have a chance to turn things around at this point?
pal, can you see that aircraft?"
The last sentence was directed at Zhou Yi, who had already locked onto the aircraft.
However, by the time he found it, it had already dropped something.
He saw it very clearly; there was a nuclear radiation symbol on it.
"nuclear bomb!" Zhou Yi gritted his teeth, leaving that single sentence, and had already flown out.
A deafening sonic boom swept across the entire night sky, and in an instant, he caught up to the fighter jet, or rather, surpassed it.
He was holding the nuclear bomb in his hand, while he himself had already smashed the aircraft into two halves in mid-air.
The scattered debris directly exploded into a huge fireball, but Zhou Yi was still desperately ascending.
He clearly saw a five-second countdown device on the nuclear bomb, which had activated the moment it was dropped.
And at that moment, he understood Umbrella's plan.
They wanted to detonate a nuclear bomb in the air, thereby destroying everything in the city in an instant.
This was a method of mutual destruction, a desperate measure, but one with a very slim chance of self-preservation.
This method was so cruel it was appalling, so insane it was unimaginable.
If he could, Zhou Yi truly wanted to personally kill these lunatics.
But he had no time; three seconds.
That was all the time he had left.
He had to make a choice.
His thoughts were so swift at this moment, taking only an instant.
Zhou Yi had already thought of the best solution.
Umbrella wanted to cleanse the sins they had committed with a nuclear bomb, but if the nuclear bomb exploded without achieving its intended purpose, it would instead become an even more deadly death warrant.
As for how to detonate the nuclear bomb without harming the residents of Raccoon City, Zhou Yi had plenty of ways.
With an acceleration, he was already tens of thousands of meters in the sky.
And at this moment, the countdown had already reached Zero.