[Chapter: 94 Doctor's Call]
"Help me, William!" Terry struggled, trying to get off the ground. Suddenly, a "howl" was heard, and the ground began opening up as zombies broke out one by one.
William had already run to Terry's side and kicked the zombie holding on to her.
"William!" Terry stood up in horror and hugged William's waist.
There was a smugness in William's eyes as he patted Terry's back gently, trying to calm her down. "It's okay, it's okay."
"Roar!" The zombies emerging from the ground made an unpleasant cry and walked toward Alice and Jill.
In fact, these zombies were all the dead people buried in the cemetery. When they had died, they were buried, but because they were infected with the T-virus, they crawled back out of the grave to hunt the living.
Alice rushed toward the zombies and kicked the head of a zombie, throwing it down as it hit the ground.
"Can't you see this is not the time nor the place for this?" Jill yelled at William and Terry in dissatisfaction, as they had started fighting the zombies while these lovebirds were...
Terry's face blushed, and she let go of William's waist, but she did not seem to care about the zombies because William was with her.
"Terry, you're following me," William said, watching a few zombies coming toward him.
"Um." Terry nodded hurriedly.
William didn't want to appear weak, so he broke a few zombies' neck bones with punches and a few kicks.
"Roar!" More zombies emerged.
Alice attacked wildly. Her movements were calculated and powerful, and the zombies could not get close to her.
Looking at the increasing number of zombies coming toward them, Alice exclaimed, "There are too many! We have to get away from here!"
William took Terry's hand and ran in Alice's direction.
The group escaped the cemetery and continued to walk forward, evading the zombies' pursuit.
"This city... this morning, everything was so beautiful, but in such a short period of time, everything has changed so much," Terry said sadly.
"This is called an unexpected situation. Who knows what will happen in the next few seconds or days? Maybe I will die, or the others might die, but that is life, isn't it?" William said with a laugh.
"Don't say that," Terry said, looking at William.
"I think it's quite possible," Jill said.
"Any one of us is likely to die. The world has changed. All we can do is work hard. If we don't want to die, we can only adapt quickly, and we need some luck too," Alice said lightly.
"Do you mean they will spread to the rest of the world?" Terry asked.
Alice smiled. "You said it yourself—that this morning, it was still beautiful. But how long has it taken, and what has the entire Raccoon City become? The spread will only grow faster and faster. How long will it take until it reaches the U.S.? Three weeks. The whole world? Three months."
"How can that happen? Will the whole world become like this?" Terry shook her head constantly. She could not accept these facts.
"Who knows? Maybe," Alice said indifferently.
Peyton gasped, saying, "I—I don't believe that the country won't do something to fix this."
"I think it's a beautiful idea, but by then the countries may no longer even exist," William said, spreading his hands as he spoke.
"What did you say?" Peyton asked, exasperated.
"Don't get agitated. Counting on other countries to solve this problem, or counting on higher powers—people with this kind of mentality are usually the ones who die early," William said, glancing at Peyton's leg injury.
Alice looked at William. "You are taking this quite easily. That is surprising."
"What's so surprising about it? Is it because I have such low standing in your eyes?" William asked, acting like he was hurt.
"That's it for now." A smile flashed in Alice's eyes, as though she knew he was acting.
"You're a bastard, you know that," Jill said disdainfully.
"Jill, why do you always aim at me? You are hurting my poor little heart so much."
Terry rushed in front of Jill and said, "Well, William is a good person. He protected me even when he didn't have to. He has a good attitude."
"Is he really as good a person as you said? You really are... hmm." Jill turned her face aside and snorted coldly.
"See? It seems there is something wrong with your eyes, since to others I am such a good person," William said proudly.
"Narcissistic bastard," Jill muttered, wanting to punch William's proud face and smash it in.
Alice said to Jill, "Your abilities are also good, so be proud of that."
Jill looked at Alice. "You as well. You were just like a star from an action movie. I'm fine, but not as powerful as you."
"You are lucky then," Alice said, envying her but not showing it on her face.
"What do you mean?"
"They have done something to me, and I don't think I can be regarded as human anymore," Alice said, her eyes holding a bit of pain, as she was not happy at all with having power that came at the cost of her humanity.
William certainly understood what Alice was talking about—it was because she was injected with the T-virus.
"Is it really that bad? There is always a loss when you try to gain something. At least you can still be yourself after what they have done to you. You are still breathing and helping others even when you don't have to," William said with a smile.
Alice smiled. "You're right."
Suddenly, they heard a "Ring."
The phone on the wall behind them rang.
"Let's get out of here quickly, lest the sound draw those zombies here," Alice said, walking forward quickly.
Every time they passed by a phone booth, the phone rang, giving them goosebumps and making them feel uneasy.
William stopped, smiling. He said, "Actually, I think we should pick it up. What do you say?"
"I think so too," Alice said, reaching out and taking the phone.
"I thought you wouldn't answer it," a man's voice came from the phone.
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