Terror Infinity Volume 9 Chapter 1

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.
They resisted Lan’s control and finally the remaining two plates shattered. The steel
also pierced into their heads by this point. The two Newborns fell to the ground
creating a loud bang. The whole corridor was in ruins after this short time. A large
portion of the steel was torn apart.
Lan’s vision blurred. She felt she had exhausted every bit of her psyche force, like
she was floating in empty space and about to rest peacefully.
“Done.” The scientist finally said the word Zheng had been waiting for. Lori was sleeping
peacefully when the scientist carried her out from the room. That innocent face
looked like she was not aware of anything that happened outside. Zheng couldn’t
help but kiss her. Then he turned to the scientist.
“Thank you. I owe you one. My comrades will definitely protect your wife to the
shuttle!” Zheng said but the scientist interrupted him.
“This is a fair trade. One for one. Please give me a gun and bullet. It’s about time for
you to leave also. The ship is going to explode in twenty minutes. It will announce
warnings at the ten-minute mark. Hurry and leave.”
Zheng took out a lot of bandage from the ring. He bound Lori to his body and after
everything was done, he took out the submachine gun and a magazine. He quietly
put the weapon on a table then walked out.
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As soon as he left the room, he heard a gun shot coming from inside. Zheng felt a
little sad but he stopped thinking and sprinted ahead. He stopped just a hundred
meters in and looked at the scene in shock. There were also two large humanoid
monsters in the center and Lan lying on the floor on the edge.
Zheng held her up but her body was cold. Her breathing was weak and her heartbeat
was faintly discernible. She was on the brink of death. Yet Zheng couldn’t find any
wound on her body.
“Won’t die. None of us will die, Lan. We will live on!”
Zheng inferred what happened by the metallic powder on her hand and the position
of the two monsters. It was probably mind control and forced the two monsters to kill
each other. However, controlling two monsters at a time and overloading her mental
capacity could cause the user to die!
Zheng’s eyes became wet. He knew Lan left the room along to buy him time. These
two monsters were probably the Newborns and judging by the destruction of the
scene, he wouldn’t have been able to survive against them. But Lan killed them
both.
There was no time to think. Zheng used the bandage to bind Lan to his back. Just
like how he promised her to carry her on his back and go back to God’s dimension
together!
“Let’s go! Let us go back alive!”
Zheng activated the movement technique and ran like a madman. His speed was
so fast but there was a problem. He didn’t know the way. Lan was unconscious so
Zheng could only keep going up. He climbed every stair he saw and entered every
elevator. After going up for a while, he saw a group two women and three men. Five
people he was familiar with. they were not his comrades but the movie characters!
And one of them was the main character with Alien blood.
The group looked at him in confusion and surprise. A naked man carrying two unconscious
women on his front and back. So they all pointed their guns at him at the
same time. The main character even walked toward him with a steel bar in hand.
Though Zheng let out a sigh of relief and said. “Don’t tell me you don’t know this ship
is going to explode. Don’t worry, I lost my clothes for other reasons. These two girls
also have close relationships to me. Let us leave this ship and head for the shuttle.”
The main character didn’t look at him but at the surgical wound on Lori instead. She
said coldly. “Took out a Queen? Then this is the fourth Queen.”
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Chapter 6
It was then that Zheng recalled the movie plot. A Newborn needed to be birthed by
a Queen unlike a normal Alien. Of course, with enough time, a Queen could give
birth to multiple Newborns. But the Newborn must not kill the Queen afterward and
was it possible for the Queen to give multiple births in less than an hour? No.
Zheng immediately asked. “How do you know there are three Queens? You wouldn’t
have been able to run with your strength.”
A Caucasian replied with discontent. “What do you mean? Shit, look at yourself.
Think I can’t break your head in one shot?”
Zheng shrugged. He started focusing his attention. Ripley shook her head. “Put
back your gun. He’s stronger than all of us combined. You have the smell of those
things but not one of them. Did you get their blood all over you?”
Another men in a motorized wheelchair yelled. “Those are acidic, how could nothing
happen to him? Unless he’s a robot, no, even robots couldn’t handle it. Those liquid
can corrode through the spaceship!”
Ripley ignored him as she focused on Zheng. Zheng couldn’t help but said. “I think
we should keep running instead of looking into this question. This ship only has over
ten minutes left. Do you want to die along with it?”
They looked at him in disbelieve then a synthesized voice announced over the whole
ship. “This spaceship will self destruct after ten minutes. All personnel please leave
the ship. Entrance to the shuttle has opened. Repeat. Entrance to the shuttle has
opened.”
Zheng suddenly understood why God needed them to wait an hour before entering
the shuttle. It was waiting for this last ten minutes so the entrance would open. God
had planned everything, self destructing the spaceship to force them to run.
Those five people were shocked to hear the announcement. As they turned to Zheng
and saw him running with the movement technique, everyone began running forward.
Yet, this made it difficult for him. He could easily outrun these people with his speed
but he didn’t know the route to the shuttle. So he had to slow down and run along
with them.
The Caucasian said panting. “You’re freaking strong. Do you even need to breath?”
He pointed out that Zheng didn’t run out of breath and was much faster than everyone.
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Zheng was getting too anxious that he didn’t have the attention to reply. Time slowly
passed and three minutes went by. Anxiety was growing within everyone. Fortunately,
one of the women comforted the group. She was the robot in the movie.
She connected the with ship’s main computer before and had its map. She said that
they were taking the shortest route and should take at most three more minutes, so
everyone could live.
At the same time, the other group finally reached the entrance. They were quite
lucky during the second half of the route. The scientists said that although they took
a longer route, the defensive electric net on the way was activated when they were
preparing to experiment an Alien. So that if something went wrong, they could take
this safe route to the shuttle.
“This is the shuttle? It doesn’t seem like it could take in too many people.” Honglu
twirled his hair.
“Yes, not many, so…”
The scientist carrying him said in a low voice. As soon as Honglu had a bad feeling,
this scientist pulled out a gun and pointed it at his head, then shouted. “Don’t move!
Or he’s dead! Hurry, go turn on the shuttle.”
The other scientist was surprised for a moment then he carried the female scientist
and headed for the shuttle. However, Heng pointed an arrow at him. He knew the
power of Heng’s arrow so he immediately stopped in place. There was no chance of
him surviving a shot. It wouldn’t even leave him with a full body.
The one holding the gun yelled. “Aren’t you afraid of him getting killed? Your friend
is under my gun! Throw away your bow!”
Honglu laughed. “Don’t think, Heng. Just shoot. Be careful not to harm that woman.”
Heng released his arrow. He only used a fifth of his normal strength to avoid damaging
the shuttle. However, the enchanted arrow still easily penetrated the scientist’s
head and turned it into powder. A stream of blood gushed out from his neck, causing
Heng to throw up.
The scientist was dumbfounded. He looked at Heng then at the headless body on
the floor. His hand was shaking until Honglu said. “ChengXiao, are you familiar with
attacking? Go attack, don’t worry about me.” Honglu said calmly.
ChengXiao pointed at the gun and said. “Are you really not scared of death? That
thing on your head isn’t a toy.”
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The scientist just then remembered he still had a gun and yelled. “Fuck, I have a gun.
Do you really want to die?”
Honglu sighed. “You call this a gun? ChengXiao look carefully.” He pulled the trigger
on the gun to everyone’s surprise.
Bang! There was no exploding of a head after the gunshot. A translucent field appeared
next to hi head and Honglu smiled. “See? How can you call this a gun? It
can’t even pierce through this defensive field. You may as well call it a toy.”
The scientist was staggered but he immediately moved the gun to ChengXiao instead.
However, ChengXiao had already closed up on him. He grabbed the scientist’s
wrist and twisted it. The scientist immediately fell down screaming in pain.
Honglu could see that the hand was twisted to a weird angle and the bones broke
out through the skin.
“Haha, this is the legendary kungfu. You’re lucky. If it was my mom here using it, you
won’t even be screaming right now.”
ChengXiao acted cheerfully as he massaged the scientist. Every time he moved his
finger lightly, the bones would separate from the flesh at where he touched. Yet,
due to some unknown reason, the scientist couldn’t even faint. He suffered this
excruciating pain consciously. After a while, he couldn’t even move anymore. From
the look of his face, he’d rather just die.
Honglu looked at the scene quietly as he twirled his hair. “Who are you? Don’t tell
me you’re a normal civilian. Even though a normal person can learn to fight like this
but you were laughing the whole time you attacked. Unless you are a maniac.”
ChengXiao let go of the scientist. He stopped the smile and saluted solemnly. “Army
doctor of the special forces entered with the information and method Colonel Chu
Xuan proposed. I am the second to enter.”
Honglu was surprised to hear it. He pulled a strand of hair then said. “I have heard
about Xuan. I never expected you to deceive God and enter this world. But judging
from the time, you have been trying this method for quite some time already. Why
did it take so long? And who was the other person?”
“WangXia, a scout of the special forces. From our testing, it seems like with each
expertise, only one person can enter this world. After WangXia disappeared from
our laboratory, nothing happened to the other scouts. So we changed to people
with other expertise. I am part of the medical field. Haha. Didn’t think I would be
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chosen. So you can create any person you want? Shit, that’s like the ultimate dream
of a man. What’s the best choice? Loli in stockings? Or MILF with small breasts?”
That change of tone was so sudden. He was just talking about serious things from
the real world and now about creating woman with a perverted face. He also spat out
words that Honglu couldn’t understand like otokonoko, yuri and such. He couldn’t
understand this man.
ChengXiao picked up Yinkong from the floor and muttered in a deep voice. “Is
WangXia dead?”
Honglu shook his head. “I don’t know if this person entered. The last movie was too
complicated. Anyway, let’s go back to God’s dimension first. You will have to wait for
Zheng to ask about WangXia. He was the one with the newbies in the last movie.”
ChengXiao sighed. “Yes, let’s go to that God’s dimension. It’s unfortunate for that
person called Zheng. He’s really strong. I can’t defeat him even with four people
like me. He’s also sharp with his decisions. If he can be the leader and you be the
strategist, this will become a strong team.”
They entered the shuttle while talking. All of them disappeared once they stepped
in. Before long, they returned to God’s dimension. God’s announcements left them
in daze.
On the other side, Zheng was running with the movie characters. Everyone was
getting more anxious as the time was getting near. Just then, Ripley suddenly fell
into the floor. A layer of Alien secretions covered that area, which shocked the other
characters. It wasn’t until the Caucasian shouted before people continued running.
(This scene has begun. After the main character fell down, she will find the Newborn.
This Newborn will kill the Queen and identify her as its true mother. Then it will chase
after her until everyone boarded the shuttle. The Newborn will also enter it. Then I
shouldn’t have to worry about getting chased.)
Zheng let out a sigh of relief. There were five minutes left, enough time for them
to reach the shuttle. The only thing he was still worried about was Lan’s condition.
Was her mental capacity totally emptied out? Her body temperature was getting
lower, her breathing was light, and her heartbeat was barely noticeable. All of these
signified her life was on the line.
“Everyone run faster! Don’t stop!” Zheng shouted. He so wished he could just speed
up and forget about the movie characters. But that could only be a dream. He would
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spend more time looking for the route and might even fight an Alien without their
guidance. So he had no choice but to continue running along with the group.
The robot suddenly said. “Everyone just keep running along the corridor. The shuttle
is at the end of this corridor. We will reach it soon. Run!”
Zheng was stupefied. Then he was about to activate the movement technique when
a howl came from behind. The voice was so loud that everyone couldn’t help but turn
around to take a look. The scene was shocking. A five-meter tall humanoid creature
was running at them. Its hand was holding onto a broken body. The body only had
its head still in a piece. It was Ripley’s body.
“Fuck, another plot change! Go to hell God!” Zheng cursed. He wouldn’t dare to stay
here for another moment. He activated the movement technique and ran as fast as
he could.
At the same time, the humanoid creature ran up to them at such a high speed. Its
legs were three times the length of a normal human but the frequency at which they
moved were faster. It only took him slightly over ten seconds to reach the other movie
characters. It slapped with its hand knocking the three men into the wall. The whole
wall was pressed in, like it was struck by a hammer. When it released the hand, there
was only a paste of flesh and blood left.
The robot had the emotions and feelings of a human. She immediately screamed but
the Newborn stepped on her, creating a big dent on the floor. She disappeared and
became one with the metallic floor.
The Newborn howled again. It chased after Zheng, which scared the man to run
even faster. The power of those two hits was horrifying. The Newborn lost the Alien’s
tongue and tail attacks but gained such enormous power, much higher than how the
movie depicted.
Zheng was confident to fight face to face with a normal Alien because the Aliens
couldn’t kill him in one hit, but he could finish them with one attack. He believed he
had a chance even against a Queen alone. However, there was no way he could
fight this Newborn. Its power overwhelmed any technique and skills. Even a scratch
was enough to damage him. If he was slapped like that, he wouldn’t be far from how
those three men were. The only thing he could do was run!
The sound of the Newborn running was like a chariot. Its speed surpassed Zheng
using the movement technique. Fortunately, it was lacking a bit in flexibility. Every
time they made a turn, the Alien would charge right into the wall, while Zheng used
the wall to make a jump that gave him a sudden burst of speed. The multiple turns
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along the way delayed the Newborn, so their gap remained about twenty meters
away. Yet, the Newborn was getting impatient.
Zheng felt the threat coming from behind. This sense of danger had become weaker
since he grew in strength, but it finally surfaced again. The threat was getting closer
and closer. For a moment, he felt that Death was right behind him with its scythe next
to his head. Any slow down or pause meant his life.
“Shit, faster! Don’t die here! Ahhh!”
Zheng howled. The movement technique was at its fastest speed already. He also
entered into the third stage of the unlocked mode and simulated the steps Yinkong
used. After the final turn, the shuttle came to sight at the end of a straight path!
This path was several hundred meters long but there was no time to worry about
anything. Zheng just kept running forward, then he heard the crash from behind
again, the Newborn ran into the wall. It came out and continued to chase after Zheng.
However, it was just much faster than Zheng and this was a straight path. Their gap
was getting closer by the second.
Zheng was thinking of what to do nonstop. If he jumps forward and get hit, then he
should still survive at the cost of a part of his body getting crushed. Of course, if he
was selfish enough, he could use the girl on his back to take the hit.
He clenched his teeth as he calculated the distance between the Newborn and him.
There was fifty meters between him and the shuttle but the Newborn was only four
meters away.
“Fuck it!”
Zheng was still in the third stage. His face turned expressionless. He needed this unemotional
thinking the most. He adjusted his position and angle using the calculation
ability in the unlocked mode then made his jump.
The Newborn slapped him right at this moment and hit the right half of his body. Since
he was jumping, it reduced a part of the impact but he still felt the enormous force
sending him flying right at the direction of the shuttle. During the Newborn’s howl,
his vision turned black as he entered the shuttle.
“Completed the last episode of the Alien series. Completed the highest difficulty.
Received 5000 points, one rank B reward. Alien series will no longer appear.”
This was the last voice Zheng heard before he fainted.
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Chapter 7
Zheng slowly opened his eyes. He was showering in a beam of light. His body felt
painful and itchy, such a horrible sensation. However, accompanying this sensation
was the healing of his wounds. The wounds were being repaired in visible speed.
The right side of his body nearly disappeared in whole. He looked like two-thirds of
a person. The remaining third of him was forming up.
Zheng raised his eyes. Everyone else was also inside the light beams. The beam on
Lan was purple instead, different from the others, who all had the same color.
Anyway, being in God’s dimension meant that she was alive. Honglu, Heng, and
ChengXiao were having a conversation on the floor, Ran was standing behind
Honglu, so no one in the other group died, which was fortunate.
Zheng closed his eyes and immersed himself in the sensation of the light. Although
it was still painful and itchy, he felt as though he was in heaven.
Before long, the beams dimmed down. Zheng was the last one to get down. Lori
immediately jumped to his arms while crying. This experience gave her too much
of a scare, scared of separating with Zheng, scared of dying, and scared of Zheng
dying with her. So many things weighted on her up to this moment. She could finally
release her feelings with tears.
Zheng stroke her hair then looked at Lan. She smiled back at him without any hint of
sadness. In fact, she looked delighted and relieved.
“Ok, ok. Go back to your room if you want to get intimate. Or do you want to teach a
lesson of sexual education?” Honglu laughed. Then Ran knocked his head.
Zheng let go of Lori, who was blushing, and let out a sigh of relief. “I was afraid that
you would all die. We are so lucky everyone’s alive.”
Honglu said. “We are indeed lucky this time. Didn’t you hear the information at
completion? We completed the last movie of the series, the highest difficulty. There
won’t be anymore Alien and we each obtained 5000 points and a rank B reward.
Don’t you feel this is extremely lucky? Haha.”
Zheng recalled what he heard before he fainted. This was such a pleasant surprise.
Honglu twirled his hair. “You didn’t inform us about this. Don’t you think we are lucky
for surviving the highest difficulty of the series? Didn’t you know that completing a
series gives points and ranked rewards?”
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Zheng shook his head with a bitter smile. “I really didn’t know. I can learn about many
things from God but it won’t tell me anything concerning the missions. Think about
it, if we know about these side missions and how to complete them, we will be able
to grow so much. We can keep completing side missions in every movie and it will
be like farming in an mmo.”
Zheng walked under the sphere. He closed his eyes and connected with the system.
He had 6300 points and a rank B reward. The points exceeded what he expected.
The rewards for each of them were enough to offset the horror they experienced.
The group took a good night of rest as usual. All enhancements and exchanges
would be discussed the next day. To everyone’s surprise, ChengXiao, who had been
talking all kinds of women, created a girl with some freckles and a braid. Her beauty
was a step below the other girls in the platform, but ChengXiao’s eyes had a sense
of tenderness when he looked at her.
Of all the people, Heng, Lan, and Yinkong still hadn’t created any humans. Yinkong’s
reason was pretty straightforward. When an assassin needed someone to comfort
her, then this assassin would be disqualified.
Heng and Lan didn’t say their reasons and the others didn’t continue asking. Everyone
had their secrets. They will reveal them when they feel the need to. It was
unreasonable to force the answers.
The group gathered for a meal in Honglu’s room because Ran’s cooking was much
better than that of Lori’s. Although the boy didn’t seem willing, everyone ignored him.
Ran was very welcoming in contrast.
“So you encountered two Queens on the way? That was lucky of you.” Zheng took
a bite then said loudly.
The others looked at him in confusion. Honglu seemed to get it as his hand went
for his hair again, but Ran slapped his hand with her chopsticks. “I was curious as to
the wound on your right body. Even if you get hit with a wrecking ball, the wound
wouldn’t be so terrible. You are aware of it, right? As your physical stats increase,
your body’s toughness also increases. Your muscles won’t get crushed like this even
if you are hit by a truck at high speed. The force this wound took was horrifying. Is
this from the Newborn?”
Zheng nodded. “I can still feel a chill up my spine as I recall it. It was too horrifying.
You can’t even imagine the power of a Newborn. I need to use Qi or Red Flame to
break open that metal alloy of the spaceship, but the Newborn could just smash it
and tear it apart. If a normal person has a strength of 1, my regular strength is 3-4, my
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strength with Qi is 5-7, and 10 when I am in the second stage. The Newborn was at
least 100.”
The others shivered as they heard this. Honglu nodded in confirmation. “Right, that’s
more on point for the 5000 points and a rank B reward everyone received. I was
confused as to why the Queen only worth 1000 points and a rank D reward while
the Newborn was so much. The difference in points was too big, but comparing their
powers, this difference actually wasn’t big enough. Haha, that’s why I kept saying we
were lucky.”
“From the beginning when we were confined, we would have become hosts if not for
the defensive field. Any team was almost certain to get wiped at that point without
a mean to defend themselves. This was our first luck. The second one was our
splitting up. Although it seemed like we spread out our powers but the Aliens could
only choose one group to attack. That group was you. There were only two Queens
on our way and we easily completed the movie. Third, you were almost certain to
die. I don’t know how you survived the first wave of the Newborns.”
Zheng looked at Lan. She had been quiet since she came back, and she looked
calmer than before. She laughed when Zheng looked at her. “The Newborns were
strong physically but mentally weak. I took control over their minds and have them
kill each other. Even though I also took some damage but I still killed both in the end.”
Honglu snapped his finger. “So that explains it. Think about it, God’s goal isn’t to
kill us but rather force us to evolve. Why do we encounter so many dangers in the
movies? I think there’s a solution to every movie. The solution shouldn’t be too
difficult, but we didn’t find them in the past. Like, if Lan’s mind control is stronger, she
could use these two Aliens as our fighters and clear the way to the shuttle. We could
have killed everything we saw. Haha. If we had a computer expert, he could stop
the self-destruction. If we had someone that can operate the ship, he could isolate
the areas, drive the ship to Earth and get the government to kill the Aliens.”
“So, any mission can become simple. We can earn more points and rewards. The key
is to find the solution instead of following God’s orders! This is the real evolution!”
Everyone went back for a rest after dinner except Lan. She quietly walked to the
sphere of light. She was shocked at her points and rewards when she first checked,
15000 points and a rank A reward. It was such a pleasant surprise that she received
the points from the Newborns killing each other. These points were enough for her
to power up a tier.
“Soul Link ability. It can connect the user’s mind with her comrades so they can see
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what she sees. Can connect with up to three people at the same time, which means a
group of four people can share their visions. The ability also allows the user to mind
control people with a weaker mind. However, it will backfire if the target’s mental
capacity is too high. Requires 5000 points and a rank B reward.”
This was the ability Lan had wanted. There was also an item that she want, an item
she noticed long before.
“Revival Cross. Requires 7000 points and two rank B rewards. The holder of this item
will revive five minutes after death. All body conditions will return to half the normal
value. At the same time, the holder can choose to leave the current movie and give
up the base reward of 1000 points.”
This was an item she wanted to give Zheng.
During the previous movie when she was overloading her psyche force, she calmed
down and felt as though she had woken up. Loving someone didn’t mean that she
had to possess him. Giving the other person happiness was also a show of affection.
She suddenly wanted Zheng and Lori to obtain happiness. She felt that human lives
were so fragile after this movie. Even people strong as Zheng could die in one hit
from the Newborn. She didn’t want him to die, or that she didn’t want to see anyone
she liked dies in front of her again. That was why she decided to exchange this
expensive item, even if it only meant a tiny bit of extra chance in this world.
The second day, everyone gathered under God with smiles. After all, they came back
alive and no one from the old team died. This was enough to make them happy.
Plus, everyone obtained so many rewards. They could power up quite a bit after
enhancements.
Lan was the last one to arrive. She gave them a smile then closed her eyes. Zheng,
Heng and Honglu was confused for a moment then looked excited.
They whole platform appeared in their minds. It wasn’t actually seeing the platform
but rather a scan of it. This was the ability Lan just obtained, sending the image in
her mind to theirs. Everyone could see the enemies’ locations, the map of the area,
and all the monsters. This was the core ability of a team.
“This is amazing!” Zheng picked her in excitement and spun in a circle before putting
her down. “Haha, this is great. This ability is the most necessary in a team battle. We
won’t have to be scared of those monsters anymore.”
Heng was also excited. “The Sirius bow has a long range and the Charged shot
extends its range to up to ten kilometers. But this bow doesn’t have a sight system.
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Plus, I won’t be able to continue if I have to see the flesh and blood after hitting a
target. This ability can help me lock onto the target and I just have to release the
arrow. Isn’t it just like a sniper rifle?”
ChengXiao also laughed in excitement. He opened his arms and walked up to Lan,
but she gave him a kick in the face. Lan stared at him with caution. ChengXiao
quickly got up with a footprint on his face and continued laughing. “Come on, just a
hug. Look, everyone’s so happy. I want to feel happy too.”
“Hug Yinkong.” Lan shook her head and said jokingly.
ChengXiao immediately turned to Yinkong but she pulled her dagger half way off the
sheath and his arms stopped in place.
Everyone calmed down a bit after the drama. Honglu said happily. “This ability increased
the whole team’s chance of survival. Hoho, if we can get a hold of the environment
and the enemies locations, then we can set up the area in our advantage
before a fight. We won’t get in such a difficult position as the last movie. Right, what’s
the range of this ability?”
Lan smiled. “It’s effective within my psyche scan range. My scan currently has a
radius of 70km and can reach up to 700km in a straight line. If I keep increasing my
mental capacity, this range will also increase.”
Zheng said. “Then splitting up will no longer affect our team’s power. We can keep
in contact as long as we are within range and don’t have to use the communication
device which may reveal our location.”
Lan nodded. Then she took out a sachet. “Hoho, this is something I made. Thank
you for saving me in the last movie, and multiple times before that. It took so long for
me to give you this gift. Keep it with you at all times, ok?”
ChengXiao whistled and was making weird noises. Zheng also felt a little awkward,
but Lan maintained her eyes on him with a smile. He couldn’t refuse it. So he took
the sachet and put it in the ring, returning a rushed thanks.
After this, it was time for ChengXiao to introduce himself. Zheng smiled bitterly when
ChengXiao said that he was an army doctor from the special forces and that there
were several thousand people gathered together and hypnotized in front of the computers
in the real world right now. Zheng never thought his mistake caused this
consequence. No wonder they encountered an army elite in the movie before and
now a medical talent in this one.
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“If this world only takes in one talent from each field, then there will be soldiers from
the artillery squats, missile squats, and various mechanical operators. Team China
will overpower all other teams and achieve the final victory!” ChengXiao said with a
serious expression.
Zheng said. “Scouts and doctors are useful but what do you need artillery and missiles
for? Are we actually bringing a cannon into the movies? Or save enough points
to exchange a Gundam for the operators? Eh, how do you know the existence of
other teams? We never mentioned this to you.”
ChengXiao shook his head. “You didn’t mention it. The data we obtained from
Colonel Xuan contained information about a writing system. You should have heard
him mention about an unknown writing system from excavations and ruins. Those
writings recorded the existence of this world, but we weren’t able to decipher those
characters back then. After obtaining the data, a lot of the ancient writings were
translated and we learned about what happened in the past.”
The group became curious, especially Zheng and Lan who had heard this from Xuan.
However, Xuan didn’t explain much to them.
“What happened in the past?” Honglu asked.
ChengXiao shrugged. “I don’t know the details. It was roughly about the first humans
unlocked their genetic constraints and led humans as they fought against various horrifying
creatures. These creatures were too powerful which caused humans to unlock
the deeper levels of the constraint. When they reached the fifth stage, they created
many bloodlines, weapons, and abilities. Humans eliminated the creatures in the
end. They learned that the genetic constraint was the key to evolution and therefore
created God’s dimensions. When our civilizations reached a certain point, they
will influence some people’s minds to film horror movies containing those ancient
creatures. Which means that the monsters we see possibly existed in the ancient
times and fought against humans. Then God will select people into this world to experience
the same fighting process as ancient humans to make them evolve. There
are multiple God’s dimensions, split up according to the continents in ancient Earth.
Each one represents a team. Each team will fight against the others.”
“The team that leaves this world alive will change humanity.”
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Chapter 8
ChengXiao said with bitterness when he learned of WangXia’s death in the movie
before. “A good warrior with strong combat skills, and an expert in setting traps and
mines. He was known for his grappling techniques.”
Zheng patted his shoulder. “Before you become strong enough, death is more likely
in the movies for everyone. Don’t overthink it. Carve his name onto this stone tablet.”
This was the tablet the team exchanged together. It recorded the comrades who
once fought with them.
“Chu Xuan, Zero, Qi Tengyi, Zhang Jie, WangXia.”
When a person looked at this tablet, these names would be printed in his mind like
a magical effect.
“We fought together. We live on the power and sacrifices of our comrades. That’s
why we must live on. Carrying these sacrifices and live on together!”
The last line took Zheng a long time to come up with. Similarly, it would be printed
in the person’s mind when he looked at the tablet. So that the person would never
forget these words!
It was finally time for the most important topic in God’s dimension, that was discussing
enhancements and exchanges. Since Zheng became a leader, they would need to
know what the next movie was and exchange items necessary for the movie.
“Didn’t you and Yinkong each killed a Queen? The extra rank D reward can be used
to buy their freedom. Whew. It would be much better. Bringing in extra people put
a lot of restrictions on us. Oh yeah, everyone give me the defensive shields. I will
recharge them. They may come in use in the next movie.” Honglu said to everyone.
Hong and Yinkong nodded. Two rank D rewards couldn’t get any worthwhile enhancements,
and it felt like a waste to get another weapon. So the rewards were
best used to buy freedom for the two girls. After all, the rank B reward and the large
amount of points were more than enough to make up this little loss.
Zheng had been in connection with God the whole time. His face looked pale when
he finally opened his eyes. It took him a long time before he spoke with bitterness.
“The next movie is Resident Evil: Apocalypse, but we are going to encounter another
team. The team will randomly selected. We have to enter the movie to know. This is
going to be troublesome.”
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The others’ weren’t looking so well at this point. Everyone except ChengXiao had
experienced a team battle. In these life and death encounters, as soon as one team
opened fire, then one of teams would be certain to get wiped. Not only were veterans
counted in the score but also newbies.
Honglu pulled a strand of hair and said. “This is probably normal. The previous movie
gave us a lot of points and rewards so we can deal with the next team battle. Isn’t that
the reason for the plentiful of rewards? I had this question for a while, if someone
reached a high level of enhancements then started saving his points to leave this
world, will he also be able to cause a change in humanity? The answer is no.”
“Human society is an enormous system. An individual has to be powerful enough to
break this system to change it. Like, a god. Otherwise, he is still just an individual.
So God setup this countermeasure to increase difficulty at random, and increase
difficulty along with your level of enhancements. If you don’t enhance, you are dead
when you encounter another team. If you do, the movies will become more and more
powerful, until you to survive movies of full scale wars, disasters, and unexplainable
phenomenons. This prevented people from saving up points, so no one can leave
this world that easily.”
Hong asked in confusion. “If this is so, then aren’t we trapped here our whole life?
Never going to go back?”
Honglu laughed. “That’s why you have to unlock the genetic constraint. It doesn’t
cost any points and the deeper stage you achieve, the more powerful you as an
individual gets, excluding the enhancements and weapons. I still can’t grasp what
the fifth stage is like, but its literal description belong to god’s domain.”
Zheng nodded. “Then let’s discuss the enhancements we need. Lan had already
gotten the Soul Link ability, so we will start with Honglu. Uh, since you are younger
than us, your body isn’t really suitable for close combat or using long range weapons.
I think you should learn magic or the like. There’s a rank D enhancement, initial
contact with the Weave. It allows you to contact levels 0 to 3 of the Weave. The rank
C counter part increases it to 4 to 5, and the rank S enhancement increases it to 10
to 11. This enhancement should be the best for you.”
Honglu’s eyes shone with light. He said excitedly. “This is the magic system from
Dungeon and Dragons. Is this real? That’s really…” Then his eyes dimmed down.
“This enhancement needs a lot of magic to support it. Abilities are expensive. Furthermore,
the number of uses for its spells is limited. There are only so little uses in
a day. I am afraid it won’t be too useful in the movies.”
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Zheng messed his hair with a laughter. The boy was smart but still acted like a child
a lot of the times. “It will still be stronger than the current you. Don’t worry, we will all
grown strong gradually and leave this world together. Haha, don’t you think this is a
good start?”
Honglu nodded and accepted this enhancement. He split up the rank B reward to
two rank C’s and three rank D’s. He exchanged the rank D and C enhancements,
allowing him to use spells up to level 5. However, that only left him with 2500 points,
a rank C and two rank D rewards. He spent both rank D’s for a level 0 and a level
1 spell, Ray of Frost and Summon Monster I. He could use the Ray of Frost 7 times,
and Summon Monster 5 times a day.
The others watched as the boy expressed excitement from the enhancement. He
stood there with his eyes closed, then pointed at an empty area on the floor. A beam
emitted from his finger. About a cubic meter of the floor was covered with a layer of
frost. The intensity wasn’t strong, even weaker than items taken out of the fridge.
But Honglu said excitedly. “Haha, this is good enough. In the rules, this level 0 magic
is only a cantrip. Its damage will increase as my level increases. Let’s take a look at
the summoned creature.” He raised a hand then chanted in an unknown language.
A hexagram magic circle appeared in front of him. Special particles floated out of the
magic circle then a hound’s head emerged from the center. Several seconds later, a
hound of about 1.7 meters came out. There was a little horn on its head but overall,
this hound looked like a strong creature.
Honglu studied the hound carefully then circled around it and laughed. “Haha, this
is the level 1 magic. How’s it? What do you think? Doesn’t it look cool?”
The hound crouched down following his order. Honglu sat on top of it and let it
carried him running around. The platform was filled with the boy’s laughter.
The others’ moods were brought up along with Honglu’s enhancement. They all
turned to Zheng, then Zheng said to Heng. “You should be able to get the rank B
Elf archer bloodline, but I don’t recommend it. Judging from your performance, what
you lack isn’t strength but a calm mind. So I recommend you to enhance the ability
Focused State of Mind.”
“Focused State of Mind, rating 79. Suitable for users with strong power but has weak
willpower. While the ability is active, the user will enter a highly focused state, greatly
increases awareness, will not be controlled by any psyche force ability, calm and cautious.
Suitable for the majority of movies. Passive effect, reforms the mind. Every use
of the ability changes the user’s mentality by a bit. Long term uses can permanently
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increase the user’s concentration and calmness. Requires 2500 points and a rank B
reward.”
Zheng read the description and said. “I hope you can enhance this ability. Its duration
is based on your willpower. However, you will be able to face any situation calmly
while it is active. This ability has no offensive power but its description is very similar
to the first stage of the unlocked mode, though not as strong. You have also reached
the first stage. Your problem is your personality, so get this one.”
Heng was surprised and delighted. He quickly connected with God. After enhancing,
he looked around with a strange expression.
“Zheng, let me use the knife.” Heng said to Zheng.
Zheng took out the jungle knife and threw it over to him. Heng looked at the knife
carefully then made a small cut on his finger. Blood bled out from the cut, then he
licked the cut and laughed. “Haha, I am finally not scared of blood and pain anymore.
This is amazing, finally. Haha.”
Everyone smiled but then was shocked by Heng as he made one cut after another
on his arm. Major blood vessels were cut and blood splashed on his face, but he
laughed out loud in madness.
The others quickly got a hold of him. Heng started crying as he kept repeating he
was not scared. They didn’t know what to say to him at this moment.
ChengXiao said with a bitter smile. “This team is interesting, kid, big breasts, two of
them…”
Bang! ChengXiao massaged his pair of black eyes and continued. “Then a SM fanatic,
and finally a sex maniac. It has been tough for you, leader.”
“Good that you are aware of it.” Zheng looked at Heng with a bitter smile. He had exited
the focused state and began shivering again. Then he had God started repairing
his body.
Zheng didn’t know what to say to him. He underestimated how much Heng’s personality
weighted on him. Though thinking about it, this seemed reasonable because this
cowardice personality made him abandoned his lover and ran away. Even though
he returned to the scene afterward, but that was already enough to make people
dislike him. He probably hated his cowardice also, or he wouldn’t have shown this
madness. He was probably thinking if he had this state of mind at the time, his future
would have been different.
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Heng was still shivering after he came back down. The others kept their eyes on him
to prevent him from doing anything insane again. Heng smiled bitterly. “Don’t worry.
I still have self control. I was just too excited. It won’t happen again. I promise.”
Zheng sat next to him and patted his shoulder. “This ability is still an external force.
You will need to overcome your issue yourself. When you finally do so, that’s when
you finally become strong, and not dependent on an ability to support your faith.”
Heng clenched his fists. “Faith?”
“Yes, to live. For your comrades, for your brothers, for your lover, for your family, for
the nation, or even if it’s just for the justice you believe in. When you are able to carry
out this faith, you will really become strong.” Zheng said.
After Heng calmed down, Zheng said to Yinkong. “I have thought about your enhancements,
and here are two directions you can take. First is to enhance your
weapon, and second is to enhance your ability. I lean toward choosing the ability
because it can come into use immediately for the team battle next movie. There are
several abilities unique to the Shining bloodline.”
Yinkong nodded without any hesitation. “Ok, ability then.”
Zheng smiled. “These abilities are Wind Step, Enhanced Shining, Shining Symbiosis.
Unfortunately, two of them are too expensive, so choose the Enhanced Shining. It
increases your Shining ability from ten seconds to one minute. Think about it, when
you can sustain several folds your speed for a whole minute, you can even defeat me
in close combat. It requires 3000 points and a rank B reward. Very cost effective.”
Yinkong nodded. She didn’t plan to choose anything else but still asked. “What are
the effects of the other two abilities? How many points do they require?”
“Wind Step needs 8000 points and a rank A reward. It refracts light on your skin so
people can’t see you, but you won’t be able to see anything either. And increases
movement speed for three times. This ability can combine with Lan’s psyche scan.
You will almost be invincible. Just be aware of your body scent.” Zheng laughed, not
noticing Yinkong blushed as she tried to smell something.
“Shining Symbiosis needs 10000 points and a rank A reward. It creates a spiritual
being that blocks any attack for you, both physical and magical. The being lasts for
a minute or when an attack destroys it. Its endurance is probably linked to your own
stats.”
Yinkong nodded. She walked over to God and exchanged the enhancements. A
silver light flashed across her eyes then she walked ten meters in what seemed like
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just one step. She sat down next to the group and said something, but no one could
hear her words clearly.
A minute later, she said again. “The ability is good but it’s difficult to control. I feel
like my movements are too fast. It will take some time to learn to control it. I also
won’t be able to speak normally because my tongue moves too fast.”
As everyone looked at her in shock, Zheng said. “That’s great already. That speed is
much faster than my movement technique. Go practice it, there is still time until the
next movie. Don’t worry.”
Yinkong nodded then sat there quietly, as if she didn’t want to say anything extra.
The others were aware of her personality by now, so Zheng turned to ChengXiao.
“You are already very fit. At least two to three times stronger than a normal person,
and equal to someone who has been through two to three movies. But you
have one critical weakness, haven’t unlocked the genetic constraint. Because of
this, your sense for danger is low. If you want to survive the movies, you have to
walk the edge of life and death. Go unlock your constraint. I don’t think you need
any enhancements. You won’t be able to utilize their effectiveness without unlocking.
You should get a defensive item, and a sci-fi weapon instead.”
“Of course, since you are skilled in both modern medicine and traditional Chinese
medicine, I suggest you to get a rank C defensive item, a rank C mid range sci-fi
weapon, because Heng already covers long range, and a rank C medical item. The
medical item can be Gu, modern surgical equipments, or Xian enchanted needles.”
ChengXiao’s eyes were shining. “Of course the Xian enchanted needles. Is there
really Xian energy?”
Zheng shook his head. “There isn’t Xian energy, that’s just in the name. The description
of this item is, forged using method of the Xians. It is said that even if you miss
the acupoint while inserting it, the needle can still increase the subject’s recovery
rate. However, if you know acupuncture, this item can be a great medical equipment.
Though the surgical equipment is also a sci-fi item.”
ChengXiao interrupted him. “The Xian enchanted needles without question. Think
about it, will you use knifes in a SM play? Needles, whips, candles are the thing.”
“Let’s continue. For the defensive item, I think the Dharmacakra is great for you.”
Zheng was having a headache and quickly changed the topic.
But ChengXiao shook his head. “No, you forgot that I already used a rank D reward.
So I don’t have an extra C reward to get a defensive item. Go on with the rank C
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weapon.”
Zheng looked at him in confusion then remembered the girl that he created and
nodded. “For close to mid range weapon, I suggest the MM8 beam tomahawk. It
has a ten meter long gravity chain. When you throw it at your target, it will cause an
explosion if the microcomputer detects the distance between you and the tomahawk
is higher than five meters. This weapon can be used in both close range and mid
range.”
ChengXiao pointed at himself and said. “You mean you want someone this handsome
to use an axe? An axe that only appeared in anime? Do you know how ugly
the robot that uses this axe is? I don’t want it! I would rather use a beam saber than
the tomahawk!”
Zheng laughed. “You are out. The current trend is not about cool anymore. It’s about
getting hardcore. But it’s difficult for a handsome lad like you to act hardcore, so you
may as well just use a weapon that shows it. It complements your handsomeness
perfectly.”
ChengXiao scratched his head. “Haha, I am flattered. I am not that handsome, just a
little bit. It’s the tomahawk then. Haha.”
Zheng let out a sigh of relief. He was quite impressed with ChengXiao not choosing
a defensive item, because that meant throwing away a chance to live. Even though
Honglu would make one of the defensive shields for him, but that’s not on par with
a magical item like the Dharmacakra, which should be able to block one hit from a
Newborn. ChengXiao’s choice of getting the needles was a sacrifice for the team.
Zheng thought for a moment then said. “I have only considered these three points.
However, since you have two rank D rewards left, I think you should just save them
in case there’s a sudden need for them. If we had the extra rewards before the last
movie, we wouldn’t had been in a passive position.”
ChengXiao nodded then closed his eyes under the sphere as everyone else did.
When he opened his eyes, his hand was holding onto a box made of jade. There
were twenty golden needles inside the box. Touching the needles gave him a chilling
sensation. Looking carefully, the needles were emitting a very faint light.
“Good stuff! Living up to its name!” ChengXiao exclaimed. His medical knowledge
was solid. He could tell the value of the needles as soon as he took one out. The
reason it only cost a rank C reward was because they were not weapons. ChengXiao
believed its value could compare with rank A items when used by people skilled with
them.
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In contrast to the little box, the white tomahawk was huge. However, it only weighed
twenty kilograms, probably due to its materials. ChengXiao grabbed the axe. A flash
of light blinked on the axe. He could felt an invisible chain connected to its handle,
the gravity chain.
ChengXiao held up the tomahawk and laughed. “How does it look? Handsome?”
Everyone started laughing along at his pose, a somewhat handsome young man
laughing while holding an axe. It took them quite a while before they stopped.
ChengXiao grabbed the invisible chain and threw the tomahawk out. When it
reached ten meters away, it caused an explosion and a meter wide hole on the floor.
The platform was very special. Its floor was a layer of granite, but any damage done
to it would be recovered the next day. So no one said anything about the hole and
was just impressed with its power. The lightning sparkles during its explosion also
looked flashy.
Zheng laughed then said to everyone. “I am the only one left. I have two options,
enhance my Qi to rank B but I am not sure if it will retain the corrosive property. I also
don’t have any ability other than the movement technique that requires Qi. So I am
not too dependent on it. My second option is exchanging an ability. I want to get a
close combat fighting ability. Best if it works with a weapon.”
Honglu thought about it then said. “I think the first option is better. Enhancing Qi will
also increase your stats and the effectiveness of the movement technique. In contrast,
if you get an ability, you might not have the Qi to utilize it. If the corrosiveness
goes away then let it be. You will eventually have to enhance the Qi.”
Heng also nodded. “Yeah, you don’t have to exchange an offensive ability. Like the
Focused ability is more useful to me than anything else. I think enhanced Qi is pretty
good.”
The others agreed because enhancing Qi would increase Zheng’s survivability more,
but getting a combat ability might have him just end up killing the enemy when he
gets killed.
Zheng nodded. “Ok, it’s Qi then. Hoho, there are so many abilities that utilize Qi.
Most of them are rank B and above. There’s a rank AA ability called Ten Steps Kill. It
sounds so cool and rank AA, so it should be quite powerful too.”
After saying that, he had no choice but to enhance high level Qi.
“High level Qi, rating 87. Suitable for movies requiring close combat. Greatly increases
the quantity of Qi, can also buff stats temporarily. Requires 2500 points,
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rank B reward, and intermediate level Qi.”
After selecting the enhancement, he floated up just like before. Countless particles
entered his body. When the enhancement was completed, he gave off a sense of
filled with power.
The pool of Qi in his navel circulated throughout his body, giving him a comfortable
feeling like being submerged in warm water. It took quite a while before the Qi returned
to its pool.
“Great!” Zheng howled then activated the movement technique. He used to be able
to jump two meters high and he could now jump up to four meters. This was only
the most basic movement technique. He couldn’t imagine how strong were the ones
that were given a name, and what about the combat abilities?
Zheng was lost in his imaginations.
Chapter 9
The first five days were spent testing new enhancements and abilities. Everyone
took a peaceful rest in the remaining days. The previous movie was probably too
stressful. Even though it was only an hour, but everyone was running for their lives
the whole time. The time was short, yet the stress was more than any other movie
they had been through.
The other reason was the team battle next movie. Although the preparations were
made but who could say they would live? A few days of training wouldn’t make
much of a difference, so they’d rather just enjoy life for a while. These are the days
everyone wanted.
50 points could turn the basement into a realistic world with sunrise, wind, and rain.
The only thing strange was a set of stairs out of no where.
On the sixth day, the group planned a field trip together in Zheng’s room. He and
Lori studied a documentary of the Alps to create its scenery in the basement. The
area spanned 100 kilometers. Aside from the snowy mountains were a green prairie
with a little river. This looked like a natural, unpolluted resort. It would have been
destroyed by tourists in the real world.
Everyone gathered in Zheng’s room the next day. Four men and five women entered
the basement each carrying food and drinks, charcoal and plates. The main ingredi-
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ent for barbecue was the fish from he river. Zheng specifically put a wide variety of
freshwater fish in it. Fishing was also a part of spending their time leisurely.
Everyone exclaimed at the scenery as soon as they entered. The entrance was on a
little hill. Looking ahead of them was a green field of grass waving from the wind. Further
away was a set of slowly mountains, then a clear blue sky, and golden sunlight,
making this place seem like heaven.
They walked down the hill into a forest with a river not far away.
“It’s beautiful!” Lan was the first to compliment, followed by Ran and ChengXiao’s girl.
They laughed then took Lori and Yinkong’s hands as they headed toward the river.
Each of the girls had their unique beauty that was complemented by the scenery.
The girls played by the river and looked so happy. Even Yinkong had a smile on her
face. Zheng and the other men had begun setting up the grill, clearing the field, and
set up a big pot.
“Ok, ladies. Let’s go pick some mushrooms. Haha.” ChengXiao laughed pervertedly.
The reply was a punch each girl. Yinkong’s first was the hardest and destroyed all
his dreams at once.
ChengXiao was very resilient. He quickly flipped back up and laughed. “Such lovely
girls. They’re so cute even when they’re hitting.”
“Don’t think so…” The other three men wiped the sweat on their forehead.
After setting up the place, they each took a fishing rod to the river. Zheng brought
out a little box and said. “Haha, super baits, 5 points for a box. The description said
that every type of fish will like them.”
They smelled an exotic scent as soon as they opened the box. The bait was a high
density paste. Even though it was small but there was more than enough to use.
Honglu put a little paste on the hook and cast it in the river. “Are there a lot of fish
here? What varieties?”
Zheng also cast the hook out and sat down by the river. “Don’t underestimate this
little river. It’s only six meters wide but also several meters deep. If you don’t know
how to swim, you should sit back a little more. There’s ayu, eel, giant sword minnow,
saury, roughskin sculpin, etc. All of them are rare species since the fish don’t cost
any points. Following down the stream, you will see a lake. There’s a crocodile in
the lake. I heard crocodile meat tastes delicate. Find a time to give a a try.”
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Honglu sighed. “To be honest, I don’t like to eat fish. The little bones are too easy
to get stuck in your throat. In contrast, I think insects taste good. Give them a try.
Like honey bee pupae, or fried centipede, or grilled spider. These insects taste very
flavorful.”
Zheng and Heng massaged their stomaches. ChengXiao went up to Honglu with a
laugh. “Insect feast? I had been eating them since I was a kid. My mom liked to give
me these insects and said the more venomous they are, the better they taste. Haha.”
Honglu nodded then he felt a pull on his fishing rod. The string was also pulling away
from him. Heng immediately grabbed the rod and pulled it up.
Zheng also came over to help. “These strings are made of glass fiber, not even a
whale can snap them. Here it comes!”
An eel like fish was pulled from the water. Zheng studied these fish the day before
and said. “This is the marbled eel. It was said to be delicious and doesn’t have the
little bones.”
Just then, Heng pulled his own rod and a large flat fish came out of the water.
The baits lived up to its name. Their buckets were filled with fish within just ten
minutes. They had to release some back into the water to prevent overflowing. The
girls still hadn’t come back so the men lay on the grass and chatted as they smoked
cigarettes.
“So the government isn’t selecting people from the army but from the special forces
and people with special abilities?” Zheng asked.
ChengXiao said. “Right. This is Colonel Xuan’s order. To be honest, I was shocked
when I just entered, because he was dead. Do you know how excellent he was? He’s
strong in combat, aside from locking techniques, I can’t win against him in any area.
His wisdom is unimaginable. He’s the person I look up to.”
Zheng fell into silence for a moment then muttered. “Are you also from the same
military base? How do you know Xuan?”
“My uncle is a researcher in the military. I went along with him and entered the periphery
of the base when I was a kid and met Colonel Xuan. He’s like a classic representation
of ‘don’t come near’. Even though he doesn’t say anything cold but that
apathetic expression rejected everyone.”
Zheng sighed and didn’t say anything.
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As the singing of birds came from afar, this was a leisure he had not felt in a long
time.
When the time the girls came back with a full basket of mushrooms, ChengXiao was
sent to identify the poisonous ones. Everyone else began preparations for cooking.
ff
“I despise you guys! Kicking your bro away when the girls are here. You little…”
ff
Suddenly, his girl came over to him and he said tenderly. “Girl, don’t run around. Go
back, I will be over when I am done with this.”
ff
She cleaned a few straws of grass off his body then kissed him on the face and ran
back. ChengXiao stopped the cursing then started counting the mushrooms with a
smile.
ff
Skewered the fish onto a stick then sprinkled with spices. The fish was then left
beside a firepit to cook. A large pot was boiling mushroom and fish soup over another
firepit.
ff
Ran tasted the soup with a little plate and nodded. The others cheered and immediately
filled themselves with a bowl. Although simple, the fresh flavor was more
natural than anything else. Something people in the polluted cities would never get
a chance to taste.
ff
After the soup and grilled fish, it was as though everyone had forgotten about the
movies as they chatted. Forgotten about the team battle coming up and the possibility
of death. Everyone had a smile and the rare opportunity of feeling relaxed.
ff
No one wanted to move during this afternoon as they lay on the grass. By the time
they woke up from their naps, the stars had filled the sky. Fireflies flew over the river.
The girls laughed as they ran over, even Yinkong seemed interested.
ff
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Heng muttered. “When I was together with her, I brought her to the village every time
I visited my grandma. She said she liked fireflies. The tiny lights glowed like the eyes
of a lover. Haha, I am the sinner who ruined this lover’s eyes.”
ff
Zheng sighed. He had learned from the conversations that Heng’s lover was the
woman who died in The Grudge. He never expected that slut like woman was caused
by Heng running away. Who was the one to blame? Heng was a kind man but that
cowardice personality ruined him and the one he liked. No wonder he was so happy
when he obtained the Focused ability. He probably hated himself so much.
ff
Zheng said. “Why don’t you create another her? Someone the same as her.”
ff
Heng immediately replied. “No, it’s not that same. It will never be her. I know the
principle of creation, creating a person according to your mind. But the her in my
mind should hate me. I don’t have the courage to face her if I created her. Let her
live in the real world peacefully. I hope she can forget everything, and forget me. I
hope she can find happiness.”
ff
“Happiness?” Perhaps the peace after death was also happiness for this couple.
ff
Zheng noticed Honglu sighed then rolled his body around and asked. “Honglu,
what’s wrong? Why are you feeling down?”
ff
He said. “Nothing, why would I feel down all of a sudden?”
ff
Zheng touched his head and said. “What is there to be worried for a kid. Is it because
you didn’t get any insects today?”
ff
Honglu slapped his hand away. “Stop the nonsense, who made the rule that kids
can’t have their worries? Yet what does saying it out do? Someone that’s been lost
will never come back. I know the human creation is fake. No, not fake, but it’s not the
same person you knew. This is just a mean to comfort myself. I am such an idiot.”
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ff
“I was an orphan. There was a crease on the back of my head when I was born. I
don’t know who my parents are. They abandoned me in the hospital. I know you are
pitying me, but for what? The real ones you should pity are them. They lost a genius
kid.”
ff
“Then the doctors determined it was due to abnormal growth of my brain and will
return to normal as I grow up. Since this case is rare in the world, along with the
intelligence I had shown, the hospital decided to keep me in a research institute and
assigned a nurse to take care of me. She was 22 and I was 6.”
ff
“Life was peaceful for several years then suddenly, the institute caught a huge fire.
The fire reached my room. She was the first one to came into my room. She smiled
with a can of oxygen on her hand. Then she knocked me out. When I woke up, I was
already in a hospital.”
ff
“That fire blocked the hall leading up to my room. The room was in the eighth floor
so I couldn’t jump out through the window. The stairs were also covered in fire. She
found a can of half empty oxygen. But the storage room for it was actually not in this
floor. She put the mask on me and died to the smoke. She gave away her chance to
live. I hated myself. Why was I a kid! Why didn’t I have the ability to save her? How
can you call yourself a man when you put the women in danger? Wah…”
ff
Honglu curled up and started crying. The other three men didn’t know how to comfort
him. Who would have thought this genius boy had such a childhood?
ff
Zheng sighed. “It’s in the past. This is your home now. We are your family. We live
and die together. We depend on each other! I don’t have much to say, but live on
with the happiness you now have!”
ff
Honglu stopped crying and looked at Ran at the distance. Her smile was so beautiful
at this moment.
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ff
Everyone did their own things the following few days. Heng liked MMOs, so he exchanged
a computer from God. The NPCs in the games all had artificial intelligence.
They could interact like real humans.
ff
Yinkong’s interest was reading, from world classics to novels to magazines. She
enjoyed all types of literature. She also liked to sit in the platform alone and read the
poems out. Who would have guessed that she was an assassin?
ff
Honglu and ChengXiao researched recipes containing insects. Some of them were
mind blowing, like termite sashimi, lettuce with maggots, or cabbage worms. These
recipes were enough to give normal people heart attacks, but they seemed to be
enjoying them.
ff
The rest of his time, Honglu studied the designs of various weapons. He didn’t have
the knowledge to begin with, so he had to learn on his own starting from the basics.
This process wasn’t something that could be done in a few days.
ff
Zheng went on walks with Lori in the prairie everyday. Then he spent most of his
time training without exhausting himself. He needed to be strong for the upcoming
battle after all. The others could slack but as a leader, he had to be responsible for
himself and for the team. He was the strongest member of team China!
ff
On that day, everyone stood in the platform waiting for the beams quietly.
ff
“Enter the beam within thirty seconds. Target locked. Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
Beginning transportation.”
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