Vol 9. Alien: Ressurection
Chapter 1
That same half awake feeling. It felt like an instant or perhaps years had passed. The
feeling wasn’t enjoyable no matter how many times one experienced it, or maybe you
could say half of them weren’t enjoyable. If it was going back to God’s dimension,
then one would still feel quite good despite the uncomfortable feeling.
Zheng was shocked when he opened his eyes. His body was bonded by steel bars
and his head held in place by a metal circlet. A large oval shaped egg stood in front
of him. It was obviously the first stage of an Alien.
Zheng opened his eyes wide to look around. Aside from being bonded by steel bars,
he was also enclosed in a glass chamber. Around him were more glass chambers
with people inside, and also an egg in front of each of them. Zheng could make
out Heng and Honglu inside the chambers. So the others were probably in similar
situations.
The plot of Alien: Resurrection was the main character from Alien became a host in
Alien 3. After a series of fights, she realized this then killed herself by jumping into
a furnace. Many years later, military scientists obtained her DNA and began to clone
her. After several failures, they created a clone that carried a mix of human and Alien
DNA.
Zheng remembered this scene as the scene where humans became hosts. Mercenaries
delivered humans in stasis. The military scientists used these humans as hosts.
They would get attacked by the Facehuggers soon.
Why were they in such a situation as soon as they entered a movie this time? Were
they going to become a host in the beginning?
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Zheng’s heart skipped a beat then he yelled. “Everyone wake up! What the fuck is
this!”
Perhaps because the movie hadn’t begun yet, or maybe the steel bars were too
tough that he couldn’t break free from them. The glass chamber also seemed to
have noise isolation properties so he couldn’t hear anything from outside. He could
see Honglu and Heng yelling, but they were separated by two layers of glasses so it
was normal he couldn’t hear them.
Zheng took a deep breath then used the Red Flame ability. Yet his flame didn’t melt
the metal on his body and head. The metal’s temperature didn’t even change by a
degree, which wasn’t supposed to happen. In the end, he had to accept that the
movie had yet to begin and all attacks were nullified.
Even though Zheng felt anxious but he realized it was futile to struggle and would
only waste his stamina. So he closed his eyes and stood there. After some time had
passed, the egg opened up, revealing the Facehugger. It was going to jump at his
face.
Zheng immediately opened his eyes while activating the Red Flame again. The Facehugger
was burned to charcoal as soon as it came close. The steel bars and metal
circlet also melted in just a few seconds. The Red Flame ability ranked up a tier after
he exchanged the Vampire Count bloodline. Its temperature and area of effect were
both several times stronger than before. Once he obtained freedom, he focused the
flame on his hand then put his palm on the glass.
The glass quickly softened then melted into liquid. It was quite thick that regular
firearms wouldn’t be able to penetrate it.
As soon as he got out, he looked around to find six new people aside from them. The
Facehuggers had already covered their faces and judging by their reactions, they still
hadn’t woken up from the transportation.
First timers usually couldn’t wake up. Zheng’s heart skipped a beat as he though of
this. He quickly looked for Lori and found her glass chamber. The Facehugger was
on her face already and since she was unconscious, she couldn’t activate the shield.
Zheng clenched his teeth and immediately ran toward his team members. The others
didn’t have an ability like the Red Flame to deal with the Facehuggers. Yinkong
was the only one who somehow broke free from the steel bars by herself. The Facehuggers
kept jumping at the other three people but were blocked by a translucent
shield every time, so they were still fine by now. However, he must free them as soon
as possible.
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The Flame was rather effective and easily freed them. Though Zheng couldn’t cover
the whole person in the flame like how he freed himself. He had to focus the flame on
his finger then soften a part of the steel bars and metal circlet. So they Honglu easily
break free without getting burned. To his surprise, Ran who was also unconscious
had a defensive shield active.
“Don’t overthink it. I gave her my pendant. I am using the defensive shield.” Honglu
coughed and said.
Zheng nodded. He then used the same method to free everyone else. He carried
Lori out of the glass chamber as the last one. The Facehugger on her face looked
horrifying.
Zheng asked calmly. “Are there any survivors in this movie after they become a host?
No, is there any way to survive?”
Honglu sighed. “There isn’t a survivor in Alien: Resurrection. But we are different.
We just have to go back to God’s dimension to remove the Alien. But do we have the
time? Another method is to do surgery. The military scientists successfully took out
an Alien from the host in this movie. I think they would be able to live if we do this.”
Zheng then turned to his watch. The mission was displayed.
The door of the shuttle opens after one hour. Any person arriving at the shuttle completes
his or her mission then returns to God’s dimension. Killing an Alien rewards
100 points. Killing a Queen rewards 1000 points and a rank D reward. Killing a Newborn
rewards 5000 points and a rank B reward.
Zheng took a deep breath then nodded heavily. “Ok, then we will reach the shuttle
in an hour. I will assign everyone’s responsibilities now.”
“This thing should break out in about half an hour.”
Suddenly a voice said. When they turned to the voice, it belonged to a young man
with dyed hair who was sitting on the floor with a piece of flesh on his hand, the body
of the Facehugger. He then took the Facehugger off another person’s face, and it
came off easily without struggling. The young man put his fingers on that person’s
wrist then said. “Alien? I’ve seen it but why am I here? Oh, yeah, there’s a thing inside
me. It has heartbeats or something similar. Its heartbeats are extremely slow but has
been increasing its pace. Judging by this speed, it should reach the rate of a normal
person in about half an hour. Well, I don’t actually know if it will break out from my
chest by then but our heartbeats will be at the same pace.”
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The others looked at him in surprise. Zheng took off the Facehugger on Lori’s face
with his trembling hands. It came off without moving like it was dead.
“The plot changed! How can the implantation process be so quick? The Chestburster
should also take one to two days to mature. What the heck is this! God, you’re going
too far!’
Zheng stood up abruptly. The Facehugger body was melted by his Qi as a faint red
light flashed on his hand. He then yelled like a mad man.
Everyone sighed and Lan’s expression changed. She felt a little guilty for thinking
if Lori dies. Although this didn’t have anything to do with her but she still felt guilty
when something did happen to Lori. She also felt despicable about herself.
The others didn’t notice Lan’s change. Honglu twirled his hair and said. “Let’s capture
a few scientists before the Aliens break free from confinement. Have them do surgery
to take out the Chestbursters from Lori and the other newbies. Maybe we can even
take control of the ship and kill the Aliens that are still in confinement. Ever heard of
farming? Happens in many games.”
Suddenly the sirens sounded sharply. They were in a military spaceship in space!
The only possible cause for the sirens was that the Aliens escaped confinement!
Zheng slowly calmed down then sighed. “It seems like the plot did change. The
change is quite drastic also. The six of you, say your name, occupation, and what
you’re good at. I will give you thirty seconds each.”
The other five newbies also woke up. Aside from that dyed hair young man, the other
five began to create a disturbance. They were three men and two women, all in their
twenties. There weren’t any teens nor seniors this time.
The dyed hair young man yawned then said. “Cheng Xiao, twenty one. Single. Uh,
son of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. I am half a Chinese medicine practitioner.
I had to learn some surgery techniques to make a living. Is it time for you to
tell us what this place is?”
Zheng took a good look at him. The other newbies ignored what he said and kept
asking what this place was, and how they got here. Five minutes later, Zheng said
calmly. “Honglu, explain the basics to them. Don’t waste time, just get the rewards.
Abandon the other five people. ChengXiao follow us. Heng act as a ranged assist.
You can attack any time you are confident in taking out an Alien in a shot. The rest of
the time take guard against any ambush. Yinkong protect Honglu, Ran, and ChengXiao.
Lan, we will leave our safety to you. Make sure you check our surroundings
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carefully. The Aliens shouldn’t be able to ambush us with you here.”
Everyone nodded. Honglu began to explain this world and the movie they were in.
Two minutes later, he returned to the team while the five newbies were still looking
around confused. ChengXiao was the only one clever enough to stay beside the
team.
Zheng took a deep breath and said. “Ok, over twenty minutes left. Lan, scan the
ship. I want to know which spot has the most people. Right, also choose somewhere
close to us.”
Lan nodded then closed her eyes. She opened them a minute later and said. “This
ship is rather complex. It has six floors. The shuttle is in the top floor and we are
at the fifth floor, second to last. A big group of armed people is coming over. I still
haven’t scanned any Aliens yet.”
Zheng said. “Leave the Aliens for later. We are going to start a fight soon. I will take
care of it. The two of you can’t control your attacks. Lori, are you awake?”
Lori had opened her eyes. She looked around slightly confused. When she realized
Zheng was carrying her and everyone’s eyes focused on her, she blushed then
jumped off of Zheng. Lori gave a laugh and said. “I fell asleep. So this is the horror
movie world?”
Zheng felt a pain in his heart. He stroked her hair and said. “You silly girl. Wait for me
here. Remember to stay in the center of the team. Don’t run around. Understand?”
Lori nodded obediently. Then Zheng walked to a metal door. He activated the Red
Flame and focused it on his palms. He placed his palms on the door. In just ten
seconds, it melted a hole large enough for a person to pass through. Lan immediately
said. “Outside the room is a straight corridor. They are running from around the
corner. They will make a turn to this corridor in ten seconds.”
Zheng nodded. He sprinted out with the movement technique active. The others
followed him out the door afterward. He reached the corner in just several seconds.
Then he started counting silently. As he counted to ten, his eyes turned out of focus
and he jumped out at once.
Since he jumped out at such a high speed, he was heading straight toward the wall
in front. Zheng landed on the wall then made another jump. He charged into a group
of ten soldiers in an instant.
This group of soldiers received an alert from surveillance and headed to the hatchery
room with their weapons ready. However, the sirens sounded while they were on
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their way. But without receiving any further orders, they continued to the hatchery
room. Though the sirens left them with unsettled. So when the first person lost his
head, the others stared at his neck in shock. It wasn’t until another person’s head
flew off before they came back to their senses and opened fire. Unfortunately, it was
already too late. Zheng was in the middle of the group with his jungle knife.
Zheng was going slightly insane at the moment. He didn’t expect to be in such a
terrible situation as soon as he entered the movie, and this wasn’t supposed to be
a difficult movie. It was driving him insane. Just then, this group of soldiers came
over so he didn’t have to suppress his rage anymore. He was like a tiger among a
flock of sheep due to his high physical stats, his Qi, and the combat instincts from the
first stage of the unlocked mode. When he realized something was not right, there
were only two people left. They dropped their guns and fell to the floor. Everything
happened in less than a minute.
Zheng took a deep breath as he tried his best to suppress that insane desire to kill.
He said coldly. “Tell me, where are your scientists? Where is the medical room?”
The two soldiers were shocked. Zheng slashed at the wall, opening a wide cut on this
metal alloy that was used in a spaceship. Who else could slash it open so easily? The
two soldiers immediate replied simultaneously. “They are in room 14 upstairs. They
seem to be observing training progress today. The medical room is also upstairs at
room 17.”
Zheng stared at the soldiers coldly, until their heart rates were fluttering, then said.
“Drop your weapons and run for your lives. The Aliens have spread throughout the
ship. Run as far as you can if you want to live.”
The soldiers looked at him weirdly as if to say, weren’t you an Alien? Killing eight
fully armed soldiers with a jungle knife and even slashed open this wall. How could
a human do these? Of course, they wouldn’t dare to actually say these words out.
The two dropped their remaining firearms then ran away. They didn’t look terrified
but rather like they found a treasure in front. It just took moments before they disappeared
from the corridor.
The others were standing around the corner. Yinkong, Lan, Honglu, and ChengXiao
stood expressionless. Ran grabbed onto Honglu’s shirt tightly. Heng’s face was pale
white, and his body seemed to be shaking. Lori looked at Zheng tenderly as he stood
in a pool of blood. Tears were flowing down her cheeks silently.
The other five newbies also came out. They became dumbfounded as soon as they
saw the scene then began throwing up. Looked like all five were just normal civil-
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ians. They couldn’t have been in the military or were assassins. Their performance
reinforced Zheng’s decision to abandon them.
Zheng looked deep into the corridor and took a deep breath. “Lan, scan the floor
above. Looks like the scientists are observing the captured Aliens. Find their location.
Let’s go, scan while we walk. Also find out the entrance to upstairs.”
Lan nodded quietly. She walked in the center of the team with her eyes closed. Lori
was holding onto her. After a while, she said. “We have to speed up. The Aliens that
broke free from confinement killed a lot of people. Only four managed to escape from
the room. The Aliens were transporting the dead bodies into a corroded corridor. I
don’t know how much the four of them can still run.”
Zheng took a deep breath. “Let’s go! We should be able to make it in time!”
Chapter 2
The group advanced forward in the corridor. Zheng was carrying Lori while Heng was
carrying Honglu. Though Honglu felt quite upset as he watched Yinkong carrying
Ran. He couldn’t have been able to do the job with that little body of his anyway.
Lan and ChengXiao kept up with the team by themselves. As for the five newbies
who were struggling to catch up with them, they were unfortunate that their physical
fitness wasn’t up to par with the veterans. The newbies quickly fell behind and after
a few turns in the corridor, there was no sight of them.
Zheng said calmly. “I abandoned them. Perhaps they have someone with the talent
that we need. It’s my fault. If we can go back alive, I will offer a better apology. Sorry.”
The others didn’t know how to respond. Lan said. “They are still not a part of the
team. The decision was for the team. Their fitness, speed, and reaction are all out of
the limit for this movie. We may have casualties if we have to protect them.”
This reasoning felt forced. Since if there were talents that the team needed, like
people skilled with creating items, or had rare skills like Tengyi, it was worth the
risk to protect them. Furthermore, the difficulty of this movie shouldn’t be that high.
The only issue was the unexpected beginning that put them in a passive position.
But as long as they could remove the Chestburster from Lori, it wasn’t too difficult
to save the newbies. All it would take were just several more surgeries afterward.
Though taking them along would require extra time. No one wanted to carry buckets
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when the Chestburster may come out in half an hour. So Zheng was selfish with his
decision.
ChengXiao laughed. “Then I am rather lucky to get acknowledge by you guys.”
Zheng frowned and interrupted him. “You haven’t gotten our acknowledgement yet.
You’re still on trial and we needed a doctor.”
ChengXiao whistled. “No problem. Being a doctor is my profession, even though I
did it just to make a living. But I am still lucky. So many pretty ladies here. Oh. I don’t
know if this is heaven. My favorite baby face type with such a cold expression, and
this perfect physique.”
Pah! Lan slapped him in the face when she noticed him staring at her chest.
ChengXiao wasn’t mad and kept on laughing. “Being hit by a girl is a sign of honor.
Ha. Too bad most people don’t understand such honor. Anyway, it’s still a lucky event
when I can see so many pretty girls, even though I am brought into this weird world
of horror movies. Haha.”
Everyone else ignored him. Although these words were unpleasant to hear, they
couldn’t feel any bad intentions from him, at least nothing obvious. After all, the
three men didn’t think of anything wrong with liking women. Heng and Honglu even
nodded to themselves. The girls were feeling conflicted. They were mad to hear it
but also happy that someone called them beautiful.
As they were running, Yinkong suddenly asked. “I am curious. How come you are
so physically fit? You haven’t ran out of breath after running for so long.”
ChengXiao’s eyes immediately turned into hearts. “Lady, no, little lady, it’s because
I am from a Chinese medicine practitioner family. My old man forced me to drink
herbal medicines and practice crap kungfu since I was a kid. Haha, it’s not anything
useful. We can discuss in private if you like it. I am actually confident at brewing tea,
and singing. Look, I can move my larynx up and down.” He then opened his to show
it to Yinkong.
Yinkong gave him a punch without hesitation then kept running like nothing happened.
One of ChengXiao’s eyes had became black but he was still laughing. When
he noticed Yinkong’s chest, his eyes widened in disbelief and stared at it. After quite
a while, he said. “That’s not possible, is it really? Really such perfection?”
Heng seemed to hit it off with ChengXiao and asked. “What’s impossible? What
perfection?”
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ChengXiao’s eyes brightened. “My god, big breast loli. You know? My biggest dream
is to have a super loli in fabulous stockings. God, can’t believe my dream is half way
there.”
Bang! ChengXiao’s other eyes became black but he was still laughing. “Encountering
fulfills half my dream. The other half will need me to strive for. Haha.”
Yinkong responded by pulling out her dagger. ChengXiao’s face immediately
changed to a serious look. He touched his pulses and said. “About seventeen
minutes left. Haha, or else I will die.”
Zheng smiled. He felt this is an interesting person. Although he couldn’t behave in
front of women, his actions and words were careful not to cross a limit. He was a
pervert with a boundary. Furthermore, that calmness toward death he had was only
seen in Xuan, Zero, and Yinkong. He didn’t have the scent of blood from battles. So
as a normal person, this calmness was a rare quality.
The group reached the entrance to the stairs and stopped. This was a safety exit.
The elevator was not far off but everyone knew it was not the best option. Even
though taking the stairs takes more energy but it was insignificant with their physical
fitness and the stamina buff from Lan. No one was running out of breath from several
minutes of running.
Zheng looked at Lan. She nodded in response then scanned the stairs. Several
seconds later, she said. “No problem. There are no Aliens nor humans in the stairs.
The stairs lead up to room 1. Then we will reach room 13 in about five minutes of
running. There are several scientists in the medical room. They sealed the door and
was controlling the central computer remotely.”
Zheng took a deep breath and said to everyone. “Let’s run! Open fire when you see
an Alien.”
The others ran along Zheng into the stairs. This set of stairs was not short. They
climbed for over three minutes. There were only twelve minutes left to the thirtyminute
limit.
ChengXiao was still indifferent to the incoming death. He kept trying to strike up a
conversation with Lan and Yinkong but no one was in the mood to reply under their
situation. After a while, his face was full of bruises.
When they reached the next floor, they immediately smell the pungent scent. Lan
said. “The Aliens have began corroding this ship just like in the first movie. Hurry!
There are two Aliens attacking the door of room 13. Everyone hurry!”
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Zheng felt anxious. Those scientists were his only hope. Lori wouldn’t be able to live
if they die. He wouldn’t let that happen! As soon as he heard Lan’s words, he handed
Lori over to Lan and sprinted ahead with the movement technique.
The movement technique and the acceleration buff from Lan pushed his speed to
a height. He finished this five minute run in just two minutes. Two Aliens that were
three meters tall appeared in front of him. The one in front was attacking the steel
door with its tail. The door was already deformed.
Zheng felt a familiar pressure. These two Aliens were bigger than the ones he had
previously encountered and gave off a much higher feeling of danger. It seemed like
the monsters in the movies would become stronger the further into the series. But
was their growth more than Zheng’s growth? The answer was obvious!
Zheng took out a melting gun from the ring and pointed it at the Aliens. The Aliens
also noticed his appearance. They jumped at him simultaneously. In almost a blink
of an eye, they had moved within ten meters of Zheng. He pulled the trigger at once.
An energy ball came out of the gun barrel and hit the Alien in front. With a flash of
light, this Alien evaporated.
Zheng was blinded for a moment with the flash. He quickly looked around and the
other Alien was gone. Just then, he raised his head abruptly and saw the Alien hanging
on the ceiling. Then it jumped at Zheng.
It was too late for him to raise his gun. Even though the gun’s power was destructive,
Zheng forgot about the Alien’s swiftness. Aliens were a race that excelled in close
combat, if you couldn’t kill them before they close in, humans wouldn’t stand a chance
in close combat. Of course, that only applied to normal people or even those in the
special forces. Zheng could fight an Alien face to face with his powers compared to
when he was in the first Alien movie.
As the gap between Zheng and the Alien was closing in, he felt the familiar sense of
danger. This danger didn’t decrease after he became stronger. Because he would
still die if he gets hit in the heart by the tail, or crushed his head by the tongue. Furthermore,
it was difficult to block an attack giving how fast the Aliens were. The difference
he had compared to the previous Alien movie was higher offensive power.
Boom! Zheng began to dodge, the Alien’s tongue hit an empty area right above him.
A translucent field appeared over his head and vibrated like it was going to shatter.
Zheng was aware that a mature Alien had much higher power than their early forms.
The defensive shield was indeed on the verge of shattering. Judging by this, it could
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also defend against the Alien’s teeth but not their tail. Since the tail had a much
higher force.
Zheng felt a sudden chill. He threw the gun to the side then slashed horizontally
with the knife. It cut open a third of the Alien’s stomach. Its organs and acidic liquid
splashed out from the wound. Fortunately, Zheng wasn’t afraid of the acidity. Even
though his clothes were corroded instantly but it had no effect on his skin. The liquid
dripped off his body to the floor and continued corroding the floor.
The Alien wailed. It spat its tongue at Zheng’s head again. The speed of its tongue
was too fast that even Zheng couldn’t see its path clearly. The shield blocked it again
but the shield was becoming more transparent. Its energy was almost depleted.
Zheng immediately ran up to the wall on the side. He jumped from the wall and
headed toward the Alien’s head. At the same time, the Alien shot its tail at Zheng.
The shield instantly shattered. Zheng covered his hand with Red Flame and slashed
the Alien’s head. The knife went all the way down, splitting the Alien in half. Crushed
organs, flesh, and acidic liquid splashed all over. The scene was horrifying and disgusting.
Zheng felt pain coming from his arm afterward. The tail was so powerful that it broke
the shield and pierced a few centimeters into his arm. Fortunately, it didn’t damage
his bones or major blood vessels.
The whole fight lasted only several seconds. Even though it seemed like Zheng
finished the Aliens quickly, but the fight wasn’t so easy. The shield was a big factor.
He couldn’t catch up to the Alien’s speed with just the first stage of the unlocked
mode. The Aliens in this movie was just more powerful than the first movie.
Zheng picked up the gun and sighed. The gun was indeed powerful, enough to
kill an Alien in one shot. However, its slow to fire another shot. It would be more
threatening to the Aliens if the gun could fire continuously like a machine gun.
But then he remembered this energy gun didn’t cost any ranked rewards. He could
exchange it in quantities as long as he had the points. If it could fire continuously,
then the cost would probably go up by at least a rank C reward.
Zheng walked near the door and shouted to the people inside. “Everyone back off!
Don’t stay near the door!”
He heard some bumps coming through the door then screams.
Zheng backed off a bit and pointed the gun at the door. The steel door melted into
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liquid after a flash of light, revealing a circular hole. The hole even went ten centimeters
into the floor.
There were four scientists in the room, three men and one woman, all Caucasians.
They were shocked when they saw Zheng and especially the power of the melting
gun. The passage was still extremely hot. Zheng said. “Do you have water inside?
Bring all the water out.”
The scientists paused for a moment then brought out several solid cubes. They threw
the cubes on the passage and the cubes instantly melted into water and filled the
area around the door with steam.
Zheng stood outside the passage and waited for a minute until the other team members
caught up. Everyone was surprised to see the hole on the ground.
“We will talk as we walk. Lan.” Zheng walked into the passage. The temperature was
still rather high but it was enough for them to pass through.
Lan knew what Zheng wanted to say. She stood there with her eyes closed for a few
seconds then said. “No problem. There are no Aliens around. Though three Aliens
are coming from the floor above. They might have noticed our existence.”
“That’s for certain. They could easily smell the scent of their kind.” Zheng let out a
sigh of relief then shouted to the room. “Come out, hurry. You heard it right? The
Aliens are coming if you don’t come out!”
It didn’t take long for the four scientists to come out. They were shocked to see
Zheng’s group. The female scientist asked. “Didn’t you become hosts? How are
you.” She stopped right there, noticing her mistake.
Zheng was mad as he heard this. His hand that was holding the knife trembled. The
female scientist backed off several steps in fear and hid behind a man. That man
seemed like her husband and he was also scared, but he stood in place firmly.
Zheng took a deep breath and said. “We have two people became hosts. I need
you to take out the Aliens inside them. I know you have done this procedure before.
Don’t fucking tell me you don’t know how. I will kill you!”
The scientists’ expressions changed and one person said. “We should run as soon as
possible. This ship is going to explode in fifty minutes. It takes at least forty minutes
to run to the shuttle from here. This procedure takes thirty minutes. We don’t have
the time! We will die!”
Zheng’s heart skipped a beat. He lifted the scientist and said. “What do you mean?
Why is the ship exploding in fifty minutes? You better explain it clearly.”
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Another scientist yelled. “Do you really want to bring these Aliens back to Earth?
The ship was programmed to return to Earth if anything goes wrong in the laboratory.
And we are the only ones who know the password to self destruct it. Don’t you think
we want to live? But I would rather die than bringing the Aliens to Earth. The self
destruction has been set. There’s no way to change even if you kill us!”
Zheng took a few deep breaths. He wanted to calm himself down but he just couldn’t.
The run was forty minutes. Perhaps they could lower the time a bit but there was no
way to squeeze thirty minutes for the surgery. These scientists also wouldn’t sacrifice
their lives to help them do the surgery even if he threatens to kill them. Since doing
the surgery meant death also. How could he save Lori?
Zheng’s mind was getting into a chaos. No matter how hard he thought, he couldn’t
find a way to save Lori.
Zheng’s face turned expressionless, as if everything was indifferent to him. He stared
at the scientists quietly until they lowered their heads. “You two are married right?
To let you know the truth, there are numerous Aliens in the ship. If its just the four
of you, the probability of dying on the way to the shuttle is at least seventy percent.
Perhaps one of you will die. You have seen the power of my weapon. One of you
stay here to do the surgery for me and my team will protect the other person to the
shuttle. Make your choice.”
“I’ve calculated our speed. My speed is about twice yours when I use the movement
technique. So if they need forty minutes, you guys need about thirty minutes, and I
only need about fifteen minutes. Once the surgery is completed, I will still have time
to reach the shuttle. Your mission is to complete the mission safely. My chance of
survival is higher than fifty percent.”
This expression and thinking with efficiency and probabilities of survival was like that
of Xuan!
Chapter 3
The female scientist stepped out. “I will do the surgery. I was the one who did it last…”
The male scientist hit the back of her head and knocked her out.
He carried her in his arms. His tears flowed down his cheeks as he kissed her. Then
he handed her over to Lan before turning to Zheng. “Let me do the surgery. I was
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the one who taught her. Rest assured. If I make any mistakes, you have her in your
hands.”
Zheng said calmly. “Smart. I need another volunteer.” He looked at
the other scientists.
ChengXiao immediately said. “No need. I am different from your woman. My blood
is poisonous. Any organism that enters my body will dissolve. How else do you think
I could wake up so fast? Haha. My mom is an expert with Gu.”
The others looked at him in shock. He seemed proud of himself and threw two kisses
to the girls. Though they ignored him.
Zheng said. “Gu? Can you use it to clear the Alien inside her?”
ChengXiao waved his hand. “It isn’t so simple. Do you really think those legends are
real? Perhaps, but not to my knowledge. There also isn’t any herbs or insects here.
How do you expect me to help you? Don’t worry. Look at the callus in his hands. He
had probably done this surgery numerous times.”
Zheng fell into silence. His eyes returned to normal. He couldn’t simulate Xuan’s
personality for too long. This was what Xuan would do in the same situation. Of
course, he was more likely to just abandon Lori in the first place. But Zheng wouldn’t
do it. And this was the result he obtained from thinking in Xuan’s personality.
“No time to waste. We will talk on the way.” Zheng took the lead into the corridor. Lan
ran up to him to give him directions. They headed to the infirmary at a fast speed.
Zheng yelled as they were running. “Just like what I said, I am much faster than you.
This path should only take around fifteen minutes. Don’t question it. I want everyone
to continue going forward. Complete this movie and return to God’s dimension. If
I die, the next Guide will appear in the newbies. One of you that unlocked the constraint
will get tested. The leader position will be passed on as long as you can pass
the test. Don’t worry about me. I won’t die!”
Heng and Yinkong opened their lips but at the end didn’t say anything. Lan was
silent. Honglu nodded and said. “Understood. This is the best solution for the team.
Don’t die or our strength will drop to the bottom. We will be in dangerous situations
the following movies. The two of you take the lead. Choose the shortest path. Get
to the shuttle as fast as possible, understand?”
The scientists were shocked by the series of events. They nodded immediately without
saying much like they were part of the team.
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Zheng said. “Don’t underestimate the Aliens. They are much stronger than the first
movie in power, speed, and maybe other things. Do your best to kill them from afar.
If they get close, Yinkong, stab their head. It should kill them in one hit.”
Yinkong nodded. She decided not to say anything and stood there without any expression.
ChengXiao clapped his hands and laughed. “So you like our leader. Haha.
You are my dream girl. Big breasts loli. Why do I laugh when you like another man?”
Bang! ChengXiao was sent flying several meters. He lay on the floor for a while then
ran back laughing. The atmosphere felt more relaxed. However, Lori said unexpectedly.
“I am not going. I don’t want to do the surgery!”
Zheng asked her in confusion. “Lori. Don’t be stupid. Listen, there’s anesthesia. It
wont hurt. Don’t worry.”
Lori suddenly cried out and said. “But what about you? Fifteen minutes is a lie. They
need forty minutes. I don’t believe. It’s all fault for coming to the movie and getting
attacked by the Alien. I don’t want you to die…”
As she was crying, a hand pressed the back of her head lightly and she fell unconscious.
ChengXiao said calmly. “A good girl won’t make things difficult for her
man! When a man made his decision with resolution, whether it’s right or wrong, she
shouldn’t try to change his mind by throwing a tantrum! And the man shouldn’t be
affected, or else he’s not qualified to be a man!”
Zheng looked at ChengXiao in surprise. This was the first time he took a serious look
at this man.
“Thank you.”
“Take good care of her, even if it costs your life. This is what a man should do!”
Before long, they had reached room 17, the infirmary. The scientist who decided to
stay behind looked at his wife quietly. He didn’t touch her. He just looked at her then
turned around into the room.
Zheng sighed. He carried Lori inside. The others kept going in the corridor. There
were only a few minutes left for the thirty-minute limit.
Zheng said in a rushed tone once they were inside. “Hurry. I will act as your assistant.
What do you need?”
The scientist took out a can of gas and said. “This gas can put Aliens to sleep for a
short period. It also works on the Chestburster. This can will last about five minutes.
There’s only one due to its high cost, you are very lucky. I will cut off the nutrition
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tube between the Alien and the host. It will stop growing then we will have time to
take it out. The whole procedure takes about thirty minutes. Now show her chest.”
Zheng hesitated for a moment then did as he was told. Life was the priority at this
point. This man had also basically given up his own life. There was no reason for him
to hold back. Though at the end, only the center of her chest was shown. The other
areas were covered in sterile drapes.
The scientist was a proficient surgeon. The anesthesia shot was almost instant. It
only took him three minutes to put Lori in an isolated room with the can of gas. Then
he focused on the scalpel with all his heart like completing a piece of art.
After opening Lori’s chest with a cut, he searched inside with a pair of surgical pliers.
After a while, he inserted the scalpel into the chest seriously. When he pulled out the
scalpel, blood also shot out from the chest.
Zheng immediately asked in panic. “Did you cut any major blood vessel? Anything
wrong? What happened?”
The scientist said calmly. “Relax. I haven’t had any accidents in the last dozen years.
The nutrition tube is cut. I just have to take the Alien out now. But judging by its size,
I am afraid.” He sighed.
Zheng took a deep breath and calmed down. “What’s the problem? Tell me. What
did you see from its size? Don’t hide anything!”
The scientist moved the pliers then said. “Just as I thought. This is a Queen. The
Queen only gets born every several hundred Aliens. The situation is terrible.”
Zheng asked. “What do you mean? Is it difficult to take out?”
“No. We took the Queen out last time. But have you heard of queen bees and queen
ants? They have special connection with their bees and ants. So when their lives
are in danger, the bees and ants will attack the cause of danger. Aliens are a similar
species. When I forcibly take this Queen out, the Aliens will come charging at us in
frenzy. Then we will likely get torn apart!”
Just then, they heard banging from the door.
At the same time, the other group was following behind the two scientists. But before
long, Yinkong suddenly said calmly. “Lan is gone.”
Honglu nodded lightly. “She returned to Zheng. Hoho. What is love that binds two’s
lives together?”
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ChengXiao laughed out loud. “Boy, have you even reached puberty yet to question
love? Haha. Didn’t know you have such fetish. This lady is a mature beauty.”
Bang! Honglu fell into rage from embarrassment and threw the gun at ChengXiao,
knocking him down again.
The banging on the door shocked the two in the infirmary. Fortunately, it was accompanied
by the footsteps of a human so it couldn’t be an Alien.
Zheng opened the door to find Lan standing outside. She smiled at him as if it wasn’t
strange for her to be here. She walked around Zheng casually and entered the room.
“Why did you come back?” Zheng couldn’t help but asked.
Lan laughed and said. “How can you tell the path to the shuttle by yourself? What
happens if an Alien ambushes you? I only weight 45kg. It shouldn’t be difficult for
you to carry an extra person right?”
Zheng stared at her deeply. She looked back at Zheng with tenderness. Her eyes
had so many words that couldn’t be expressed. The two stood there for several
seconds before Zheng muttered. “You don’t have to come back. You don’t have to
do this for me.”
Lan shook her head with a smile. “That’s not right. I owe you a lot from before. Now,
I am paying you back all at once. Hehe. I can’t leave you behind when Lori needs
help the most. If you feel the need to thank me, then carry me on your back later on,
not over your shoulder.”
Zheng sighed. He couldn’t say anything else and stood next to the scientist quietly.
Looking at the scientist’s surgical skills, it should be done in twenty to twenty-five
minutes. Zheng felt a bit more at ease but also guilt toward this scientist.
Ten minutes later, they could see the Queen’s head. It opened its mouth and shot
out its tongue. The tongue hit the scalpel. The Queen was so fierce before it even
matured. Zheng could still remember that huge body from back then. They almost
wiped at the end of the first Alien movie.
Lan said with worry. “Why is the Queen only worth 1000 points and a rank D reward
when its so strong already? Yet the Newborn is worth 5000 points and a rank B
reward. Isn’t this strange? Or is it really so powerful?”
Zheng also pondered. “Perhaps the Newborn is just that powerful. Although the
movie didn’t show the Queen’s power explicitly, you can tell how powerful it is when
the Newborn smashed the Queen’s head with one hit. Have you found the Newborn
yet?”
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Lan shook her head. “No, not yet. It seems like their secretions block off my scan. I
can’t reach any area covered by their secretions. I don’t know why.”
Zheng said. “Are these areas growing in size? Where are they?”
Lan said with her eyes closed. “Yes. These areas are growing. I found eleven Aliens.
Six of them are heading this way, two are following behind the other group. They
couldn’t catch up to them for a while. The other group is approaching the elevator.
They can go up two floors through the elevator and would be close to the shuttle.”
Zheng sighed. “Don’t worry. I will bring you back safely. If we die together at the
end…”
Lan laughed brightly. “If we die together like that, then that’s even…”
The scientist let out a sigh of relief. “I have separated its muscles from her. I am going
to begin separating its nerves, but that will stimulate the Queen’s sense of danger. I
need about ten minutes uninterrupted to do this. I will leave the safety of this room
to you two.”
Zheng nodded. “Thank you. Your wife is safe with them. My comrades will take her
to the shuttle safely! I will take care of the safety here and leave the surgery to you.”
He replied calmly. “This is just equivalent exchange. My wife’s life for your love’s life.
This is fair. I will finish the procedure in time. Afterward, please give me a gun and a
bullet. Thank you.”
Two minutes passed. Lan’s expression suddenly changed. “They are here. The two
Aliens in the front are getting near. They should reach this corridor in a minute. There
are also four more coming.”
Zheng took a deep breath. He held onto the melting gun with his left hand and the
knife with his right. He walked out the door quietly. When the door was closing, Lan
said. “Be careful.”
“I will.”
Was being careful enough? It was almost impossible to avoid all damage when fighting
an Alien. Zheng had expected to put his life on the line. As he held onto the gun,
he knew he only had the chance for two shots. If there were more than two Aliens
then he would have to fight the remaining in close combat. He wanted to avoid being
in such situation because life wouldn’t be under his control. Any accidents like if
the tail pierced his heart, then he would die. Because the weakness of the Vampire
bloodline was the heart and brain.
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Zheng stood in the corridor quietly. He closed his eyes and focused all his attention
on his ears. He could hear the the faint scratching noises between metals. These
noises grew louder and louder. Finally, Zheng opened his eyes, raised his gun and
pointed at the corner of the corridor.
“Three.”
“Two.”
“One!”
He pulled the trigger despite there was no Alien in sight. However, as soon as the
gun fired, a large black figure charged out from the corner. The energy ball hit its
body and its head immediately evaporated, along with a part of the wall. Almost
immediately, another black figure charged at Zheng. He just barely relaxed his finger
from the trigger. The figure already advanced several meters into the corridor. Zheng
immediately jumped backward as he fired another shot. The Alien was hit while it was
in the air jumping at Zheng. Then it evaporated after a flash of light.
Zheng took a deep breath. However, before he had the chance to put down his gun,
he sensed danger coming from the infirmary. He immediately charged inside in a
panic. The room was quiet as before. Lan looked at him with a bitter smile.
“On top. Four Aliens were in between the metallic layers. No idea how they got in.
Look! The metal is getting corroded!” Lan pointed at a corner.
The two of them raised their heads. The metallic ceiling was becoming soft. It
wouldn’t take more than several seconds for it to corrode a hole.
Then a tail pierced through the layer. However, the attack didn’t come. And instead,
the ceiling of the isolated room where the surgery was taking place started to corrode.
The Aliens had located their Queen. They planned to enter the isolated room directly
and obtain their Queen!
“Ah!”
Zheng shouted in frenzy. He charged at the opened ceiling and jumped up. His hand
grabbed onto the edge of the hole then flipped himself inside, colliding with an Alien.
There were four Aliens above the ceiling.
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Chapter 4
Heng was still carrying Honglu. ChengXiao willingly offered to take the task with a
laugh but Honglu denied it straight out. The reason was left to everyone’s guesses
but there might be a fear of revenge.
Honglu asked one of the scientists. “Is that elevator really as safe as you said? What
if the Aliens corroded the cables?”
The scientist replied immediately. “It shouldn’t. The area around is surrounded by an
electrified safety net. Any little attack will cause it to counterattack. The Aliens have
little defense against high voltage attacks. Of course, this refers to normal Aliens.
The Queen’s exoskeleton resist higher voltages but I don’t think the Queen will go
near the elevator.”
Honglu thought for a moment. “Ok then. We will take the elevator up. How much
longer will it take to reach the shuttle?”
The other scientist replied. “According to our current speed, we only need twenty
more minutes. There should be security guards on the way. They have weapons
that can damage the Aliens. Why don’t we take them along?”
Yinkong said coldly. “I am not comfortable working with strangers. I am afraid of
getting hit if they use firearms. Furthermore, are you sure they will help us? Your test
subjects?”
The scientist’s face reddened without any words in reply. The other scientist said. “I
don’t understand. How did you escape from there? The glass chambers are bulletproof
and the metal bars and circlets are made of an enhanced alloy. You shouldn’t
be able to escape by yourselves. Did someone release you?”
Honglu gave a cold smile. “Release us? Who? Stop thinking other stuff and lead the
way. Unless you want to explode along with this ship.”
The scientists shut themselves and kept moving silently. Several minutes later, they
reached the elevator. The door was almost three meters tall. Three soldiers were
guarding the door. They turned around upon hearing the footsteps then immediately
raised their guns. “Put down your weapons, get down with your hands over your
head!”
Honglu said in a low voice. “Yinkong!”
Yinkong had put Ran down. She stepped in front of the group and waved her hand.
The soldiers watched in terror as their bodies separated along their chests. The
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upper halves fell to the floor. That wound was flat as a mirror. It wasn’t until then that
their blood started bleeding from the wound, and their organs splattered on the floor.
The little girl pulled back the hair thin weapon. It was sharp and tough when she
threw it out but silky soft when she pulled it back. It easily cut the soldiers and their
weapons in half. Then she wrapped the wire around her wrist like a bracelet.
The two scientists stood there in shock looking at Yinkong. Not only them but everyone
else was shocked, though not because of the scene of the corpses. After
several movies, they had toughened up. Heng was the only one trembling with a
pale face. His problem seemed to be getting worse. This type of trembling wasn’t
just regular fear.
ChengXiao and Ran looked at the bodies in both surprise. Honglu was surprised at
the destructiveness of this weapon and Yinkong’s control over it. Judging from this
attack, it was difficult to defend against and could easily kill a person. It also had a
range of seven meters.
Honglu calmed down a bit then looked at the scientists. “Is this the elevator? Are
you sure it’s still working?”
The scientists immediately looked at the display above and nodded. The number
was going down. “Yes. This elevator is still working. Since they were waiting here,
there should be people upstairs. That’s good. I was afraid the higher floors were
filled with Aliens.”
Honglu twirled his hair. “That’s strange. Don’t you think the elevator is taking too
long to come down? ChengXiao, come carry me. Heng, do you still remember what
I told you? No matter what happens, you only have one hit. Just think that you are
safe once you killed your enemy. They won’t be able to hurt you.”
Heng couldn’t put his eyes on the corpses. His body was still trembling a bit. He
handed Honglu over to ChengXiao and asked curiously. “What’s happening? Make
it clear. Or I might get too scared that I can’t draw my bow if I am not prepared.”
Honglu laughed. “Isn’t that the best? You’re not deliberately going into battle so
you won’t hold yourself back as much. Just shoot your arrow out. Don’t think about
whether you can hit the target, or what happens afterward, or if you will die. The only
think you need to focus on is your arrow.”
Heng took a deep breath. He drew an enchanted +3 sharpness arrow. Just like
Honglu said, he stopped thinking about everything else, whether it was fear, or death,
or fights. He would release the arrow as soon as he feels any danger. Any thoughts
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could wait until afterward. This was probably the fighting style that suited him the
most. At least he didn’t have to think about getting attacked or killed.
Heng drew his bow as the elevator was coming down, just waiting for the moment it
opens. He could smell the scent of Aliens and blood, blood like the bodies behind
him.
Yinkong was also getting ready. She held onto the dagger with one hand and the
wire with the other. She prepared herself for any danger coming from behind the
door, whether it was Aliens or humans.
Honglu also held up his gun and pointed it at the door. As the door slowly opened,
the first thing that came to sight were torn human bodies, like they were bit apart by
teeth. The scene was bloody and disgusting. ChengXiao and Yinkong walked up,
which in turn also carried Honglu up. That scared him and he yelled. “Put me down
first, put me down first! Even though I am not scared of dead people but this is too
disgusting. Don’t get me near them!”
ChengXiao pretended to throw him over to the bodies which made his body trembled.
Then he put Honglu down while laughing and walked over with Yinkong.
“The blood is fresh. Shouldn’t be more than ten minutes. Judging from the bites,
hoho, we hit the lottery. The mouth that chewed it was at least three times the size
of the Alien I saw. Uh, what’s up there is probably…” ChengXiao laughed.
Yinkong nodded. “Right. They died to a mouth that big and it was less than ten
minutes since their death. It’s probably up there.”
“The Queen?” Honglu smiled bitterly.
The Queen was several times the size of a normal Alien. Its exoskeleton was also
several times thicker. In other words, normal weapons couldn’t damage it. Although
energy weapons were powerful but they were not confident taking a hit from its
tail, since the Queen’s strength was also several times stronger. Honglu had been
thinking of how to avoid the Queen but they ended up encountering this monster.
“Then let’s fight. It’s up to you guys. I have heard Zheng talk abou the Queen’s power.
He said he almost wiped and barely made it out. We are stronger than his team was
so we have a chance, even if this Queen is more powerful than the one in the movies.”
“Yinkong, hinder its movements. Heng, use burst shot with three arrows! We put our
lives on you!”
Everyone felt unease standing with a floor of shattered flesh. Heng had it the worse.
He was scared of blood to begin with. Now that he was standing on the pile of
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flesh, he felt a nauseating sensation coming from his feet. He usually would have
just fainted, yet he was assigned an important task.
Everyone’s lives were entrusted to his triple burst shot. This pressure took away his
right to faint.
He had told Honglu about the ability when he finally succeeded it. At the same time,
he also told Honglu its weakness, horrible accuracy. If he had an accuracy of 100 for
regular shots, a double burst shot would decrease it to 90, and the triple burst shot
would further decrease it to 50. His chance of hitting the target was only half and
half. Worse yet, even if he managed to hit the target, he might miss the vital spot.
Just like the shot’s power, its weakness was just as big.
Heng took a deep breath to stabilize his body. He asked Honglu carefully. “The
triple burst shot is powerful but the risk is too big. What if it doesn’t hit? Trust me, the
double burst shot is enough with this enchanted arrow. Don’t use the triple!”
Honglu shook his head. As the elevator was approaching, he said. “Sure, you can
abandon us and run away by yourself. Just like how you abandoned your woman
and let her get r-“
Heng punched him into the pile of flesh. He then grabbed Honglu but the boy just
looked at him with a smile. ChengXiao took over the boy and said coldly. “A man
won’t his own fault to another person’s pain!”
Heng lowered his head and nodded. He sighed. “He’s right. I am a coward. I abandoned
her and ran away alone! What am I if not a coward? He said it right!”
Honglu touched his face and felt the pain then said. “Know the origin of the Sirius
bow? Draw your bow to a full moon and aim for the brightest star. Now!”
With a ding, the elevator reached the top floor. Heng’s eyes lost focus. He drew the
string without thinking, three enchanted arrows on hand. He released the arrows
one after the other, and each accelerated the arrow ahead. The arrows shined with
enchantment. Then the first arrow hit a head that was reaching for them. The arrow
pierced through without slowing down. That head turned into dust and disappeared.
A huge body fell to the floor.
“This is the special effect of enchanted arrows. It can turn everything into dust and
also increase the shot’s range and power. That’s why I said you don’t need the triple
burst shot, a single shot should be enough.” Heng walked out of the elevator. He
discovered the unlocked state by accident. This feeling of combat instincts surfacing
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in his head was amazing, he felt like he had become a super human. Of course, the
after effect was just as big.
Honglu saw Heng fell down in pain. He was rolling on the floor right outside the
elevator. ChengXiao pressed his acupoints to no avail. Honglu scratched his head
and said. “So that’s how it is. It’s unfortunate. A double burst shot should have been
enough. I underestimated the power of enchanted arrows. Oh, are you alright?”
Heng wanted to eat Honglu alive at this moment. He took several deep breaths and
said. “You’re too awful.”
Honglu laughed. “Not really. Didn’t you also punch me? We are even. Don’t you feel
much better now? Just stop being scared. Haha, enemies are just paper tigers. They
seem threatening but isn’t actually scary. Just kill them and they won’t hurt you.”
Heng got up with ChengXiao’s assistance. He wanted to punch Honglu again but he
was exhausted. That was the after effect of the early stage, feeling exhausted for a
period of time. So they had to let one of the scientists carry Honglu while ChengXiao
carried Heng on his back. They were rushed for time after all and must reach the
shuttle within the time frame.
“Haha, you killed the Queen easily after all. Didn’t you say the previous team almost
wiped? People back then were too weak.” ChengXiao said as he ran.
Just then, a dark slender object whipped out from the side. Yinkong jumped up to
block it but was knocked away and hit the wall. ChengXiao was the one supposed
to get hit. He looked at Yinkong in shock then dropped Heng. He grabbed Honglu’s
gun and charged at the Alien.
An Alien of about ten meters tall and ten meters in length including its tail stood in
the corridor. Its black exoskeleton gave off a sense of pressure. Though ChengXiao
seemed as if he didn’t feel any pressure from the Queen. He pulled the trigger at the
Queen’s leg when its tail was still out. With a flash of light, ChengXiao was knocked
away but the shot only opened a hole in its leg, didn’t seem to even damage its bone.
However, the pain caused the Queen to go frenzy.
ChengXiao jumped up from the ground like nothing happened. The gun was crushed
from that tail hit. If that tail aimed for his chest instead of the gun, he might not have
been in one piece afterward.
The Queen howled then charged at the group. Those huge legs gave them an illusion
that they would be crushed with a step. So everyone subconsciously backed off. Yet,
no one noticed Yinkong was charging over at the Queen instead. She ran slightly
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over the Queen’s leg, and that leg was cut in half. The acidic blood splashed out.
The Queen fell to the ground from being out of balance.
Yinkong jumped on top of its body. Before the Queen could turn its head, she took
out the flaming dagger and stabbed it into the back of the Queen’s head. The fire
burned the inside of the head.
Did Aliens have a soul? No one was certain, but the Queen howled in pain. Its
body struggled. The whole floor was corroded with numerous holes from the acidic
splashing out. They couldn’t take a step without stepping into a hole. After quite a
while, it stopped struggling and died.
Yinkong walked over to the Queen. She pulled back the dagger with the memory
wire. The dagger was intact. Its unknown materials were resistant to corrosion, which
made her smile.
Everyone else came over and cheered. ChengXiao embraced Yinkong, acting like
he was considerate. “How can girls fight? But you’ve done well. Haha, too bad I
don’t have a weapon or else I can fight along you. Yinkong?”
She didn’t struggle out of his arms. Right after she sheathed the dagger, she fainted.
Blood came out the corner of her mouth and her body felt feeble. ChengXiao immediately
checked her back. She suffered critical injury from her left shoulder to the left
side of the abdomen. Her bones were probably broken, and her internal organs were
also damaged. ChengXiao said. “Hurry! We have to run. Shit, hurry! She only has
less than twenty minutes. She’s bleeding internally. I slowed her blood circulation
by pressing her acupoints but I don’t have the needles to stop it. Run!” He picked
up Yinkong and started sprinting.
Heng was still a little exhausted but he clenched his teeth and followed behind. Everyone
else also started running. Honglu was the only one still getting special treatment
but his face was pale. He kept twirling his hair as he was thinking.
Chapter 5
Zheng had been enraged since he entered this movie. This emotion persisted until
the Aliens attempted to corrode the ceiling then it exploded. So he jumped up
without further thinking.
The Aliens were surprised for a moment when he appeared. As he knocked away
the first Alien and were charging at the other three, he had entered the second stage
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of the unlocked mode. His muscles puffed up and he could see the Alien preparing
its tongue.
The one that was knocked away moved its head and pointed its mouth at Zheng’s
head. It was as if the world turned into slow motion, the Alien opened its teeth and
shot out its tongue like a bullet.
Zheng had entered into a frenzy. This state appeared once when he was fighting
the leader of team India. His hatred from comrades getting killed, and the tortures
done to the newbies drove him to this state. And now the Aliens’ attempt to enter the
surgery room, which threatened Lori’s life, drove him to the same level of madness!
Zheng stabbed his hand forward right into the Alien’s opened mouth. He activated
the flame before the Alien could bite his arm. The flame instantly flared through the
Alien’s head. He then pulled that grilled tongue out and burned it into ashes.
Aliens had a high level of intelligence and no sense of fear. Their intelligence was
focused on killing. When the other three saw Zheng killed one of them, they all
leaped at him. The first Alien shot its tongue at Zheng’s head. The second one threw
its tail right at Zheng’s chest. The third one was still some distance away.
The second stage of the unlocked mode didn’t only increase his strength but also
his speed, reaction, and precision. So he saw right through the paths of the Aliens’
attacks. He jumped back half a meter using the movement technique, causing both
attacks to miss, then using the wall behind him as support to dash forward at the
nearest Alien. Zheng grabbed the tongue that was still out and pulled it out. Then
channeled Qi to his left fist and punched its head while it was pulled forward along
with the tongue. The corrosive property of Qi allowed him to punch right through the
Alien’s head.
At the same time, the second Alien leaped forward and shot its tongue. It was too
late for Zheng to dodge. He had to block the tongue with his left arm, and the tongue
pierced right into it. Fortunately, he backed half a step and the tongue couldn’t reach
any further. Otherwise, it would have broken his arm in half.
Even then, the wound was deep enough to reveal his bone. Though he had shut off
the sensation of pain in the unlocked mode. He raised the jungle knife and cut off
the tongue. However, before he can attack any further, he and the remaining two
Alien fell down from the ceiling. The corrosion had reached a point that the ceiling
could no longer sustain their weight.
Zheng and the Aliens were both extremely fast but he was slightly ahead while in
the second stage. He activated the movement technique mid air then kicked at an
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Alien. The force pushed him down to the floor first. He raised the knife and slashed
the second Alien in half before it landed. Its acidic blood started corroding the floor.
The last Alien didn’t charge at Zheng. It saw the scientist who was doing the surgery
and the Queen that was screaming. The Alien howled as it charged at the scientist.
However, its body stopped after a few steps. Zheng grabbed its tail, lifted it then
threw it to the corner of the room. He leaped at the Alien with his knife going wild
all over its body. The Alien struggled initially but after several slashes, it was cut
into pieces. The whole corner of the room was corroded with the splattered blood.
Zheng’s clothes and shoes also disappeared.
When Zheng came back to his senses, he had killed all four Aliens by himself. Even
though that was due to the second stage of the unlocked mode but this still shocked
him. His intuitions and attacks were unimaginable during that madness. The two
fights with team India’s leader and the Aliens made him realize his power had reached
so far already. He didn’t know how he made it to this point. The first Alien movie was
still like yesterday.
“Lan, do you still remember the first Alien movie? How things would have been different
if I have this kind of power back then. Lan?” He said to his back but there was no
reply. When he turned around, only the scientist was there and Lan was no where to
be seen. She suddenly disappeared. Zheng felt a pain in his heart, like he had lost
something precious. He immediately ran to the door.
Then he suddenly stopped when he touched the door. The scientist behind him
had no ability to protect himself against an Alien. At the same time, he was doing
the surgery for Lori. If Zheng left this room right now then any Alien could kill the
scientist and Lori. This was unacceptable to Zheng.
“It’s close. Just one to two minutes. Lan, don’t die!” Zheng struggled as he stood
there. After a while of hesitation, he walked back to the scientist. The Chestburster
was about to be taken out.
Lan kept the scanning active when Zheng was on the ceiling. Before the fight was
over, she scanned one, no, two large humanoid creatures. These two creatures were
five meters tall and looked like a fusion of Alien and human. They had some human
features and the head of an Alien. As someone who watched the movie, she knew
these were the Newborns.
Whiling cloning Ellen Ripley, the military scientists also cloned the Alien within her and
created Aliens containing human DNA. Aliens were a species that could constantly
evolve. When the Queen created enough regular Aliens for defense, it gave birth
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to this evolved Alien containing both Alien and human DNA. This was the Alien that
was worth 5000 points and a rank B reward, much higher than that of a Queen.
Lan didn’t know what to do. The two Newborns were coming at them at a high speed.
It would take at most twenty seconds but Zheng was still fighting four Aliens. If these
two joined the fight, they may as well just kill themselves to avoid getting eaten alive.
“No, I can’t let Lori die. They should be together. Right, I have to let them be together.
If he must choose someone to abandon, then it would be me. Right, Zheng?” Lan
felt painful. She wanted to cry but the current situation stripped her of the right to do
so. She quietly opened the door and walked out.
Lan held onto the three pieces of metallic plates that could buff her psyche force.
These plates were the keys to using mind control. The plates were expendable and
wouldn’t guarantee anything, but there was no time for her to think. She walked
toward the Newborns with determination.
Lan’s head was in a chaos. She wanted to go back but whenever Zheng’s face came
up, it only reinforced her decision. In the end she remembered the kiss from the last
movie when Zheng tried to save her, and started to cry. As she held onto the plates
tightly, her eyes went out of focus. The two Newborns were coming at her in extreme
speed.
Lan clenched her teeth. Her psyche force entered a plate through her arm and she
could feel the increase immediately. She even sensed the flames of psyche force
(spirits) of the Aliens. She ordered her own psyche force to surround the weaker of
the flames. It gave her the unusual feeling of having two bodies. This contradiction
was difficult to describe in words. And following this feeling, she gained full control
of the body.
The first of the two Newborns saw Lan and became excited. It immediately increased
its speed, but just then the Newborn behind it struck its back and knocked it to the
side. The strike was so powerful that it became embedded into the steel wall. Lan
was shocked at its power. How could any human take a hit like this? Even more
scarier was that the Newborn came out of the wall uninjured. It charged at the other
one and knocked the Newborn under Lan’s control into the wall, bring down the steel
wall spanning tens of meters wide.
Just like the ghost in The Grudge, when God altered the plot, it also increases the
power of the creatures to far beyond that of the original movie. Even though the
Newborn lost its tail and tongue attacks, their strength was more than enough to
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compensate. Lan didn’t question that Zheng, or even five of him would be done in
one hit.
Was this coincidence? In contrast to the Newborns’ physical strength, their psyche
force was so weak. Lan felt the floor shaking as the two Newborns fought. Yet, neither
of them damaged the other. Their bodies were just as invincible as their strength.
Even if they got hit hard enough to break the wall, they could quickly recover and
continue fighting. The plate had shattered after this short period of time. One of the
Newborns stopped attacking. It looked at Lan then howled.
(This isn’t going to work. I can’t kill them by just controlling one.)
Lan clenched her teeth and activated the two remaining plates. She almost fainted
the moment she gained control of both Newborns. The Newborns would probably
break free if she wasn’t persisting with all her will.
Blood came out of her mouth from biting too hard. Lan controlled the Aliens to each
tear out a piece of steel and pointed the sharp corners at the others’ heads. However,
the two creatures started resisting violently. Humans were not the only species that
fear death. These Newborns with human DNA also showed fear as they howled.
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