Chapter 1: A Hellish World

"Damn it, what kind of world is this?" In a small garden corner, a young black-haired boy, looking no older than fourteen or fifteen, couldn't help but exclaim as he read the newspaper in his hands.

The left side of the newspaper featured an entire page introducing a company and its products, a new type of drug for treating rare diseases. At the top of the page, there was an overview of the company's history and its mission to "maintain human health." This was all normal; it was just an advertisement.

But the problem was the company's logo. This was what caused the black-haired boy to shout. It was a red and white umbrella—Umbrella Corporation.

To others, this might seem like a normal company, but to the black-haired boy, it was anything but normal because he was not from this world.

To him, Umbrella Corporation was just a company from a game, ostensibly a pharmaceutical company but secretly conducting bioweapon research, creating zombies, tyrants, and other bioweapons, causing massive casualties.

In the game, this was fine, even interesting, but if it appeared in reality, it would be anything but interesting.

"Could I have traveled to the world of Resident Evil? Damn, I can't be this unlucky." To ordinary people, the world of Resident Evil was extremely dangerous, and the black-haired boy was just an ordinary person.

"I hope it's not the movie version of the Resident Evil world." The Resident Evil world could be divided into two: the game and the movie, with vastly different levels of danger.

In the game world, as long as you avoided certain dangerous places or went to the East, it was generally safe. But if it was the movie world... well.

Unfortunately, whether it was the game or the movie world, it made no difference to the black-haired boy because he was now in the legendary Raccoon City.

The newspaper he held was the Raccoon City Daily.

"I might be the unluckiest time traveler or reincarnator ever. Compared to my peers who become kings or at least big shots, this is embarrassing."

The black-haired boy's name was Daniel Davis. In his previous life, of course, he wasn't called this, but now that name no longer mattered to him.

Daniel's consciousness from his previous life had emerged a few days ago because the black-haired boy had an accident. As a result, Daniel's consciousness appeared or awakened. Due to the boy's previous experiences, Daniel also had those memories.

This black-haired boy was of Chinese descent, a mixed-race child. His father was Chinese, and both his parents worked for Umbrella Corporation. It should have been a very happy family.

In this world, Umbrella Corporation was known for its high salaries and great benefits, and every year, countless people would do anything to join.

But when the black-haired boy was ten, his parents never returned. According to Umbrella Corporation, they had an unfortunate accident. After that, the boy became an orphan and lived in Raccoon City's orphanage.

The Raccoon City orphanage housed many children whose parents worked for Umbrella, which was why this orphanage had excellent conditions, incomparable to others.

*Cough cough.*

"Damn, looks like I got infected with the T-virus." Daniel thought as he looked at the bandage on his arm after coughing vigorously, even tearing up.

He had no good thoughts about Umbrella Corporation. On the surface, this orphanage, heavily sponsored by Umbrella, seemed to provide a happy life for the children.

But every year, some children mysteriously disappeared. Umbrella's explanation was that these children were adopted, but what really happened, only Umbrella knew.

Because of Umbrella, Raccoon City was very prosperous, yet also very isolated. To leave Raccoon City and reach another city, even by car, took at least three days.

Originally, Raccoon City was a remote mountain town until Umbrella settled there. Over decades, it turned into a very prosperous city.

The city's people were grateful to Umbrella, which also strictly controlled all industries there.

Sadly, the residents had no idea of the cost they paid for their town's transformation.

"If I turn into a zombie, I'd rather end myself. Why am I so unlucky?" Daniel was very anxious about his condition but had no solution.

Reporting Umbrella Corporation? That's a joke. He knew he'd become one of Umbrella's test subjects before he even finished speaking.

"I remember there's an antidote for the T-virus. I can only rely on that now."

"Daniel, Officer Jill is here to see you." At that moment, a nun-like figure approached, followed by two young women dressed similarly.

"Hello, I'm Jill, and this is Rebecca." The taller woman squatted in front of Daniel, smiling as she spoke. Despite her smile, there was no warmth in her eyes.

"Hello." The other woman, who was petite, waved and smiled.

"Jill, Rebecca... Looks like it's the game world." The Resident Evil world had no Rebecca in the movies. Daniel didn't know much about the Resident Evil games; his knowledge came from researching online after watching the movies.

Daniel had played Resident Evil games, but only for a while before giving up. He was terrified of horror games; he could watch videos, but never play them himself.

"What exactly happened that day? Do you remember?" Jill asked, smiling.

"I'm not sure. I just heard screams, saw blood and a shadow, and because I was scared, I ran away. After that, I don't remember."

The reason Daniel's consciousness awakened was due to an accident a few days ago when he and some friends went to the suburbs to play and were attacked by zombie dogs. Only he escaped.

Of course, he couldn't tell Jill and Rebecca this. Even if they believed him, a young man with a cold face and sunglasses stood by a distant rockery, arms crossed, watching them—Wesker.

In Resident Evil, Wesker was the villain Daniel remembered most, comparable only to Ada Wong. Even Leon and Chris, the protagonists, were behind them.

"Ah." At this moment, Daniel suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head and couldn't help but scream loudly.

"Daniel!" The nun rushed over, looking worried, while Rebecca also hurried over to check on him.

"You'd better come back another time," the nun said to Jill and Rebecca once Daniel calmed down.

"Alright." Jill was reluctant but left with Rebecca.

"Any findings?" Wesker asked as they reached him.

"He didn't see anything." Jill replied coldly.

"I have some clues. Let's investigate." Wesker glanced at Daniel and said.

"Damn Wesker." In the games, Wesker was cool, but in reality, he was deadly.

"Hopefully, he hasn't noticed me." For Daniel, it was best to stay far away from Wesker.

"Now let's hear from Tony Stark, the chairman of Stark Industries and winner of this year's Turing Award."

As he walked into the cafeteria, hearing this, Daniel collapsed to the ground, causing a stir among those around him. Before losing consciousness, he had only one thought:

"What kind of hellish world is this?"

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