Michael Bolton thought for a moment and said, "Actually, there's nothing particularly special. After finishing a horror movie, you'll return to the 'Main God.' The 'Main God' is a big ball of light floating in the central area. If you want to exchange or check anything, you can communicate directly with it using your mind. Around the central area are twenty individual rooms, but unfortunately, no one has ever filled them all. You have your own room, and you can choose and change its size however you like. Only you and people you allow can enter your room. Besides that, after each horror movie, you can rest in the 'Main God' space for ten days. That's basically it."

Laura James smiled and was about to ask something else when suddenly Michael Bolton stood up abruptly. He rushed to the steel door's window and looked out, startling the other three, who quickly followed behind him. But when they looked through the glass window, there was only bright light in the corridor—nothing else.

Michael Bolton turned his head and shouted, "Red Queen, report what's happening outside the control room!"

A little girl's voice immediately sounded in the room: "Two Lickers are attacking the outermost door. The door can hold for another forty seconds."

Michael Bolton immediately cursed and turned his head, saying, "Damn it, I knew it wouldn't be that simple! Those Lickers must have smelled us. The outermost door can't stop them at all. Luckily, we hid in here. I wonder how long these two doors can hold." After speaking, he raised his watch and looked at it carefully.

Brian Carter and the others also looked at their watches. The countdown showed seventeen minutes left. They didn't know if these three doors plus the laser defense corridor could hold off the Lickers. With the weapons they had, it was impossible to harm such powerful mutated creatures.

Brian Carter definitely didn't want to die here, especially when there was still hope of survival. He wanted to live even more. He quickly shouted, "Red Queen, quickly calculate how much longer we can hold out!"

The little girl's voice didn't sound again. After waiting a moment, Brian Carter suddenly pointed his pistol at the mainframe and said, "Red Queen, I know your programming is to prevent the T-virus from spreading. In other words, you have to kill any lifeform that could cause a virus outbreak, including us, right? So now, make a decision: either activate the defense system to protect us, or let the Lickers outside break in. But before they get in, I'll smash your motherboard first. Once the Hive loses your control, imagine how many virus carriers will rush outside!"

The child's voice paused for a moment, then finally spoke: "May I ask something? Since you've all stayed here, why do you keep struggling? Haven't you already decided to sacrifice yourselves?"

Before Brian Carter could reply, Laura James behind him had already shouted, "A computer can't just question humans at will, you know! You need to have the awareness of being a computer, understand? Besides, we're already staying here. Whether we die or not, the virus won't spread, right? So why don't you protect us, Red Queen?"

The child's voice paused again before saying, "Understood. The Lickers cannot get through the final defense facility."

During this conversation, the steel door in the corridor was already making loud noises. The huge bodies of the Lickers could vaguely be seen through the glass window of the steel door. After several loud bangs, everyone could even see some sharp protrusions starting to appear on the steel door.

"What terrifying strength. No wonder they're monsters worth a hundred reward points each... If only we had a rocket launcher with unlimited ammo, we could open the door wide and earn reward points here, haha." Michael Bolton laughed heartily as he spoke.

Brian Carter casually asked, "A Desert Eagle with unlimited bullets is a hundred reward points, but there's also a rocket launcher with unlimited ammo?"

Michael Bolton replied, "Of course, but it's really expensive. Even the most basic single-soldier rocket launcher costs two thousand reward points. If I had that many points, I'd rather enhance my own attributes. Besides, you can't always rely on weapons to get through every horror movie safely."

As they spoke, the steel door opposite had already completely deformed. The Lickers' sharp, massive claws were terrifyingly powerful, actually tearing open the steel plate, which was more than ten centimeters thick. With a thunderous crash, two Lickers appeared before their eyes.

Their bodies were several meters tall, covered in muscular, crimson flesh. They had no eyes and seemed to locate living things by sensing heat and smell. Their tongues could stretch over a meter long, and their two huge foreclaws had evolved to an indescribable size and hardness, comparable to steel—maybe even stronger!

Brian Carter looked at the two Lickers, then at the pistol in his hand. He couldn't believe that a pistol alone could kill such terrifying creatures. Let alone killing them, even hurting them would be considered extremely lucky.

The two Lickers glanced toward the corridor, then one of them suddenly lunged forward, with the other following close behind. With a loud bang, everyone felt the steel door in front of them shake violently. This was already their last line of defense against the Lickers. With a single leap, one of the Lickers had already pounced onto the steel door.