Chapter 9-3

Jie disliked Xuan’s tone. He said in a cold voice. “So what if we are mortals’ wisdom? So what if I fucking created a woman? I am still living very well and it will just get better! You…”

Zheng stood in front of Jie and stopped him. “You aren’t ridiculing us out of boredom right? Perhaps you may be right, God gave that gift for us to make a strong bodyguard, but that’s only your speculation. What if the bodyguard can’t follow you into the movies? Even if he can get in, can you guarantee that he can help you survive? When we enter the movies, we have to stand inside a beam of light about one meter in diameter, how many people do you think can fit inside it?”

Xuan snapped his fingers, and replied calmly. “Your reasoning ability is getting more capable, obviously reached Lan’s level. I don’t have any intention of ridiculing you, but have you thought about why the movies have a limitation of twenty people? That’s because a team needs different types of talents. If everyone’s direction of growth is on enhancing their body, they can of course increase their survivability in the movies but at the same time the team’s abilities will lack diversification. If they encounter special situations, it will likely cause the whole team to wipe out!”

Then Xuan took out a bag and opened it. The bag was filled with tools and little gears. He pointed to them and said. “Aside from finished products, you can also exchange these tools and materials from God. In other words, if you have the relevant knowledge and ability, you can create those high cost items with minimal cost. You can even get around the limitation of ranked rewards. But do you have this kind of knowledge and ability? Definitely no!”

“People with these kind of talents are usually physically weak and has no means for combat. Then how are they going to survive the beginning? The only answer is bodyguards. Similarly, that size of the beam that you just mentioned can just about fit two people in. In other words, why did God only offer one free change to create a bodyguard? That’s because you can only bring one into the movies. This is God’s hint! People with special talents also have means to protect their lives, this is probably what God tried to tell us.”

(Amazing! He deduced all these with so little information, this kind of ability… you can only describe him as non-human.)

Zheng and the others’ eyes were filled with astonishment. They continued listening to Xuan. “So these twenty people should include all kinds of talents. I had been pondering how God chooses people. Other than being disappointed at the real world, God can actually also choose people with talents at every field. Yet there are people from young to old, people with real talents to housewives. God actually doesn’t know who’s more suitable for movies. That’s why it selected people of all kinds then let them go through natural selection. Perhaps this is the intention behind having newbies every time. So in order to let those people survive, the first human creation must not go to waste. A special agent bodyguard that’s twice as strong as a normal person, I don’t have to tell you how useful he can be in sci fi movies right?”

Xuan paused then packed up his bag. “This is the first thing I wanted to say. If I die in the next movie, then when newbies join in the future, if they are craftsmen or worked in other non laborious careers, you can tell them the correct usage of the first human creation. And not creating women for sex.”

Jie was about to lose his temper but Zheng stopped him. “Perhaps you are very right, but I don’t agree that creating the woman I love will be useless in horror movies. Mental support tends to be more useful than physical support. And God never stated the usage of the first human creation. In other words, this choice has infinite possibilities, no one can say with certainty that their hypothesis are correct, but I will tell these to newbies in the future… what’s the second thing?”

Xuan actually smiled to everyone’s surprise. He took out five printed documents then handed them out to the other four people. “These are the things you can exchange from God that I categorized. There are four categories. I wrote down the descriptions and functions of some practical items from low levels to high levels. Of course, some functions are just my guesses. This is the second thing, organize the exchange system. So we can know what we can exchange and better prepare for upcoming situations.”

“This is also another speculation that I have, perhaps we don’t need to appear in horror movies. God’s probably wants us to experience dangerous situations, and force us to evolve in danger. It’s only because horror movies are the most dangerous, that’s why we experience a lot of horror movies. Some very dangerous sci fi movies will probably appear also…”

Zheng got interested, then asked curiously. “Like what? What kind of sci fi movies?”

Xuan adjusted his glasses. “Starship Troopers. If God put us in an Arachnid colony and we don’t have any heavy firearms on hand, I don’t think we can survive. Of course God probably won’t put us in a truly hopeless situation. But to prevent this from happening, I suggest that we equip ourselves with three weapons. Close combat weapon, rapid fire weapon, and heavy firearm.”

“For close combat weapons, I suggest magical weapons. To be honest I don’t like to watch supernatural horror movies, because they have no scientific basis. I don’t waste my brain on things that can’t be explained. But the problem now is we are very likely going to face such horror movies. And in order to survive through them, I suggest a magical close combat weapon, that can both deal with normal life forms and also supernatural beings. Zheng did very well on this point, your Na ring included support ability and can attack supernaturals. Given your physical fitness, this is almost a perfect choice.”

“Rapid fire weapons are used against enemies in masses, like zombies. For heavy firearms, I suggest Zero pick the Ionic Gauss sniping rifle. It accelerates bullets with ions, the enormous kinetic energy it generates can almost destroy anything in front of you. This weapon is still in testing stage in the real world, but God already has the finished product… as to everyone else, I don’t suggest you buy any heavy firearms. Because your ability in handling weapons are horrible. You’re better off spending the points on special bullets for the rapid fire weapons. Like the new type of depleted uranium ammunition.”

“Basically that’s it for choosing weapons. I will add one last thing, these weapons can also damage supernatural beings, you just have to use magical bullets, but those will cost more than usual.”

Zheng praised him secretly. This was a real professional. He indeed never thought about any of these last time. Xuan’s words increased their chance of survival by a lot. Even though he didn’t like some of Xuan’s methods, Xuan was really a genius at analysis.

Zheng took a look at the document then said. “But unlimited ammunition version of these guns are all expensive. We don’t have that many points to exchange them. And the unlimited ammunition version of that Gauss rifle needs a rank D reward and 5000 points…”

Xuan laughed. “When did I say anything about unlimited ammunition weapons? Remember the first thing I said? Other than bodyguards, you can also exchange tools and materials from God. Gunpowder is very inexpensive, 1 point can get you one ton of high quality gunpowder. and bronze and other metals are also very inexpensive. I can exchange the materials to assemble a workshop and manufacture bullets in mass. Even though we won’t have unlimited ammunition, but as long as it isn’t the worst possible situation, we should have enough bullets to deal with it. Those magical weapons are expensive, even though we can’t create these items, we can at least exchange some bullets with magical properties to deal with possible situations. This is the second thing I want to say, our standard equipment!”

Zheng and the others exchanged a look, they could see the delight in each others’ eyes. As long as they can live, even if it was just hope, that was enough to make them feel delighted. Zheng said to Xuan with a smile. “Then continue, Xuan, you are really amazing, if it wasn’t for you, we wouldn’t be able to come up with these… continue to give us surprises, what’s the third thing?”

Xuan bit his finger, then said. “I found the option to go back to the real world… even though it’s only temporary and you have to pay a high price. But this is a way to confirm whether we entered this world with just our conscious or whole body, and also confirm whether we can bring these things out to the real world, and bring our enhanced bodies back… Yes, I fouond the option to go back to the real world!”

Chapter 9-2

Once inside the room, Zheng put Lori on the sofa. Her face had turned red since outside the platform. She closed her eyes as soon as she got into the room. As someone that just lost her virginity to Zheng, she immediately associated his actions with something, especially when Zheng put her on the sofa.

“Don’t, not here… inside the bedroom.” Lori said in a very light voice.

Unexpectedly, Zheng didn’t do anything weird. Instead he placed his head on her laps and just lay there without moving. Lori was surprised at first then after a while, she put her hands on his head silently.

Lori said in a low voice. “... I was worried about you, especially how you appeared in front of me… I was so scared.”

“Hm…”

“Zheng, I am scared. Nana said you will come back after a day. And maybe one of us will suddenly disappear, just like the other woman she knew. Or perhaps we will both disappear… I am scared that I might not ever see you again. Even if I am going to die, I want to see you one last time…”

She paused, then continued in a light voice. “I’ve been thinking the whole day today, Zheng. If I didn’t die back then, then you wouldn’t be disappointed with reality, and wouldn’t have been given the YES and NO choice… you also wouldn’t have gotten injured like this. I was scared when I saw you came back soaked in blood, and every part of your body was injured. Zheng, I am really scared of losing you…” Lori couldn’t continue anymore. She held onto his head and started crying quietly.

Zheng felt tired. Aside from physical exhaustion, his heart was really tired. Struggling in that hopeless place, every step had to be carefully considered, every crisis he had to put his life on the line, up until that last fight of desperation. He had exhausted every little bit of his energy mentally. Once it was safe, he didn’t even want to move a bit. He just wanted to lie on Lori’s laps and rest.

“Won’t die… Lori, won’t die! All of us won’t die! I promised you, I will bring you back to the real world, to watch that aurora, then cross the Pacific Ocean on a cruise, lie on the deck during midnight and count the stars, to see the statues in Easter Island, ponder all the secrets of mankind, then go listen to the pipe music of Scotland, and also pay tribute for the ancient civilizations under the Greek Pantheons, then we will go back to the Great Wall of China. We will walk up to Bada Ling holding hands… I will live no matter what! I haven’t done any of these I promised you… We will live no matter what!”

A whole night without words. Zheng was too tired. He slept peacefully holding onto Lori. The next morning at 10am, he slowly opened his eyes and saw Lori’s face right in front of him. She was still sleeping with her eyes closed, but it was like their hearts were linked, shortly after he opened his eyes, she woke up.

“Morning.” Lori yawned.

Zheng loved how she acted. In his memories, they sometime slept together when they were about eleven. When she just woke up, she would look so moe just like a cat. Before he realized it, he had already kissed her.

“That’s dirty! Doing this so early in the morning you pervert! You haven’t even rinsed your mouth! Get away, you lay on me for a whole night already…”

“Then… it wouldn’t matter if I lie a little longer…”

“No, pervert…”

By the time the two of them came out from their room, it was already 12pm. Zheng saw there were already a few people standing on the platform. Xuan, Zero and Jie stood in a circle, it seemed like they were discussing something. Considering Xuan’s ability, he realized something might have happened. He immediately grabbed Lori and ran over to them.

Xuan had changed to a new pair of glasses, dressed in black casual clothes. It looked normal but the cold and expressionless face gave Zheng a different feel.

Zero and Jie didn’t change much, they both changed to new clothes. When they saw Zheng came over, they nodded. Xuan was the first to speak. “Once Lan comes, I will let you know my analysis.”

Before Zheng could speak, Lori said with a blush. “Jie, where is Nana? Is she in the room?”

Jie laughed. “She’s making a fruit and cream platter with Lan. She had been talking about you since this morning.”

Lori pinched Zheng then hopped toward Jie’s room. Shortly after, Lan came out laughing.

Xuan saw that the five of them were all there then said. “I found three problems, first is human creation… according to the conditions, it seems like you can even create a God. Because it’s not limited to race, age, gender, ability, as long as you can imagine it, you can create anything. I tried it yesterday but there are actually hidden limitations… Arnold!”

Ten seconds later, a huge man of about 2.5 meters tall came out from Xuan’s room. He stood besides Xuan without moving. His face was emotionless and cold like Xuan's.

“Originally I chose Alien and Hunter, but God didn’t give me any response. It seems like living beings non native to Earth are not available. So I chose human. Height max out at 2.5 meters, I didn’t test gender, it’s not relevant to combat ability. Age is set at 22 when a person’s physical ability is at their highest. Ability wise, I originally imagined an all powerful god, but God didn’t create any life. So I gradually decreased his ability, I also tested the genetic mutations and bloodlines you can exchange from God, none of those can be created. So I assume it can only use humans as a blueprint.”

“Then I imagined the limit of a human, and gradually reduced his ability. When he was about twice the physical fitness of a normal person, God created him. At the same time I also gave him the experience and personality of a special agent. Basically that’s it. Because he looked strong, I gave him the name Arnold…”

Zheng and Jie laughed secretly. Little did they think that Xuan would choose such a name.

“This is not the key point!”

Xuan continued calmly. “He can also get enhanced! I tried to let God give him a point of intelligence, and God actually did enhance him. Do you know what this means? It means that the being you created can definitely go into the horror movies! It only takes 500 points to create a fighter twice as strong as a normal person. Then the rewards from one movie can give you two such bodyguards. You were all wrong! The free human creation God gives you isn’t to create women for sex, it’s so you can protect your life, to give you a chance to create a bodyguard!”

“Why do so many people die in this world? Especially the physically weaker people are more likely to die. I think it’s because a lot of people use the first 1000 points to enhance themselves, then use the free human creation for a woman. But what can you accomplish with 1000 points? Can it double your attributes? Why not make two loyal bodyguards instead! God actually gave you hints early on, how to survive when you are still weak. That’s bodyguards! Such is a mortal’s wisdom… the inferiority of human nature…”

Chapter 9-1

The repairing process took two hours. Zheng’s repairing took the longest, everyone else’s finished after an hour. As his repairing finished, the beam suddenly changed from sunlight color to a green light. Zheng kind of understood that this was God repairing his genetics.

He still couldn't explain what condition he was in after unlocking the genetic constraint. In that state, a lot of information rushed into his brain. Even though he could only reach this state during combat, it was still terrific. At least he survived after unlocking it. If he could reach this state under any circumstance, like when he was thinking, deducing, and coming up with plans… anyhow, when he can reach the state anytime he wanted, then he could become an almighty human.

Zheng looked below from mid air. Jie was laughing the loudest. He held his wife in his arms and laughed. “Shit, that was a close call but we also made a huge profit. 1000 points from the basic reward, 500 points from each Alien, 1000 points and a rank D reward from completing the mission. You have to take risks for profits but with so many points I am OK with it. Haha!”

Xuan also checked his rewards from God then said. “Body repair cost 107 points. Does it cost so much normally?”

Jie shook his head. “Repairing a part of your body doesn't cost much, like if you lost an arm or a leg and need to repair them, that is cheap. But if your life is in danger and you don’t know where to repair, you will need to use the whole body repair function. It will repair every little problem that you have and adds up to a lot of points. You have it easy with just over a hundred points. I used over two hundred points this time.”

Lan looked bitter. “My repair cost over four hundred points. I only have about 1600 points left. And this also included that 100 points from giving explanation to newbies. It takes too many points for repair. The only good thing is that rank D reward.”

Jie laughed and said. “Be content with it. Movies like this where God changed the plot usually end in a wipe. But we have five people survived. Do you really think it’s that easy to get the rewards? Thanks to Zheng, otherwise we would be inside the Queen’s stomach now.”

The mention of the word Queen turned their face pale. But they survived after all, this was the most important thing. Zheng then closed his eyes and connected to God. A big list of rewards was listed in his brain. 1000 basic points, 1000 points from killing two Aliens, 3000 points from killing the Queen, 1000 points and a rank D reward for the mission. Other than these, there was also the line ‘Breaking the genetic limit’...” Though aside from those words, there was no explanation.

That was 6000 bucks, no, 6000 points, and the reward was also good stuff. Zheng got excited from it. But when he looked at the amount of points he had, he was dazed. Only 4170 points left. He remembered having 276 points left from the last time. That meant his body repair cost over two thousand points. This made him laugh bitterly. You can imagine how critical his injuries were. He felt lucky that God could still save him from that.

Anyway, being alive and having four thousand points made him feel fulfilled. He disconnected from God and enjoyed the healing process inside the green light. It took over an hour before he was lowered to the ground.

Once on the ground, Jie gave him a big hug, then Lori jumped onto him crying. She immediately bit on his shoulder, tears were dripping onto his body.

She cared too much for her love and went through both extreme sadness and happiness in this time. Plus she was only a fifteen year old girl. You can’t expect a high school girl to get over issues concerning death so easily.

Lan originally held out her arms as if she was going to run into him, but when she saw Zheng and Lori’s faces, she put down her hands and stood aside with a smile.

Jie laughed. “Ok, ok. At least pay attention to where you are if you want to make out. Haha. Everyone, I will take my leave now. If you have anything to say, wait till tomorrow morning. The trial this time was too dangerous. I will have my wife make you guys a big meal tomorrow…” Then he picked up his woman and ran to his room.

Zheng shook his head and said. “You know how to activate your room right? Use your imagination to design the room. Other people can’t get in it without your permission. Oh right, about the points… wait till tomorrow, we will discuss how to use those points. If we had heavy firearms in this movie then we wouldn't had so many casualties. Xuan is definitely better than me in this field. We will discuss how to deal with future movies tomorrow.”

Then he picked up Lori just like Jie did and ran toward his room laughing. Xuan's voice suddenly came from behind.

“Thank you… for this time.”

“You don’t have to thank me, if you didn't save me with your gun at the last moment, we would have all been dead… So are we still allies? Haha…”

Zheng replied without turning his head around. Then he walked into his room laughing. Only three people were left in the platform, Xuan, Zero, and Lan who had been staring at his back...

Chapter 8-3

Zheng couldn't feel pain anymore. He bit on the Queen's claw and wouldn't let go of it, afraid that he would fall to the ground. He didn't have legs anymore, if he falls off, then he wouldn't be able to do anything even with the steel bar. This was his last chance!

His conscious was fading, Zheng could feel his body was turning cold. He knew this was the prelude to dying. It was said that someone struggled for several minutes after being cut in half from the waist. If it was in a freezing place, some people could even struggler for over half an hour. But he had already suffered critical injuries, after cutting him in the waist, he was about to die any second now.

Since he couldn't move his mouth, he tried to place the grenade's ring over the Queen's claw. Then he pulled it, but before he had time to do anything else, he heard an attack coming toward his head. It was either the other claw or the tongue.

Pah!Pah! A few gun shots came from not far away. Xuan stood trembling next to a steel case. One of his arms had broken in half. His waist was bent at a weird angle.

These gun shots came from Xuan's remaining hand. He accurately hit the Queen's tongue again. His short distance aiming was proven to be excellent again and the pistol he chose was exceptionally powerful. These shots broke off the front part of the tongue and changed the tongue's direction. The tongue barely scratched the side of Zheng's head.

"Hurry up and do what you need! My vision is going blind!" Xuan shouted while shooting non stop.

Zheng put his left hand on the claw. Then he let go of his mouth and concentrated all his strength to push himself up. He jumped over two meters from the claw and toward the Queen's head.

With a sizz, he pierced the steel bar into the side of the Queen's head and through her mouth. The Queen had raised her other claw halfway by this time, but before she could swipe Zheng, the grenade exploded with a bang. The explosion blasted Zheng's left arm into pieces and along with it, the Queen's head. Shrapnels, and pieces of the steel bar hit his body. Yet these shrapnels were so minor compared to the injuries he already had. He closed his eyes and let himself fell to the ground.

His Qi was all used up, his blood energy was almost empty, his body was reaching the limit from unlocking the genetic constraint, he had lost over half his blood. All these injuries could kill any strong man instantly… Zheng didn't have energy to move a muscle. Even just closing his eyes made him feel exhausted. He felt tired, he just wanted to find a place and sleep. Yet, he felt that there was still something he had to do…

"Fuck you God, hurry up and repair our bodies… The points, deduct them however you want…"

Zheng vaguely heard Jie's almost intangible shouting, and along with it, a very familiar weeping from a girl. This made him try to open his eyes, yet he was too tired to do it. If it wasn't for this weeping, he already would had fallen into a deep sleep.

Suddenly a warm sensation enclosed him. He felt as if he was in a hot spring. His whole body felt cozy and comfortable, yet it didn't last long. After the comfort was extreme pain. This pain stimulated him to wake up.

Once Zheng woke up, he felt startled. He recalled that last encounter with the Queen and it made his whole body cold. That was a monster over seven meters tall and almost twenty meters in length. Even an elephant would only take a few lashes from its tail yet he still fought it in close combat. The whole thought of it scared him.

It wasn't until now that he had a look of the surrounding. This was God's dimension, a large platform and a floating sphere of light, and the darkness to the sides. This was the only safe place in the world of horror movies.

He was floating in a beam of light shot from the sphere. There were four other dimmer beams. Xuan was floating in the dimmest one because his injuries weren't as critical. Then it was Zero and Jie. The luminance of Lan's beam was just below his.

Four? Zheng counted again, yes, only four. Kampa wasn't in this platform. That Russian mercenary didn't make it. This made him a bit down. Only those that survived could come back to this dimension.

Then he looked at his own body. The pain was subsiding yet it was still unbearable. His lower body was gone, both his arms were gone, his torso was filled with shrapnels. Luckily there were only scratches on his face, it didn't get hit by the shrapnels.

His muscles were wriggling like they were alive. Under this beam, his muscles and bones were growing back in visible speed.

Zheng didn't want to look at his body anymore, the visible grow of muscles, bones, organs disgusted him. He looked down beyond his body and saw two girls with teary eyes looking at them. One was the woman Jie created, the other was Lori. This fifteen year old girl looked so heart broken.

Zheng still couldn't talk. His throat was cut by a shrapnel. He opened his mouth at Lori and tried to send his message with his lips. Even though he didn't know if she could understand it.

"I came back alive… Lori, I kept our promise, and came back alive!"


P.S. I am taking a 2 day break.

Chapter 8-2

Zheng was knocked several meters away, but he didn't fall to the ground. Instead he kicked at the ground and jumped right back to the Queen's direction. He didn't pause a bit despite his whole right arm was dripping in blood.

That swipe from the Queen caught onto his right arm and the claw took over half his right arm when it pulled away. Immense pain struck him, a normal person would had fainted from the pain, but the moment Zheng felt pain, he instinctly blocked off the pain signals. Yet, he knew he didn't have much time left.

Blood! Yes, blood!

A human will go into a coma after losing twenty percent of his blood. And losing a third will be fatal.

Zheng didn't know how much blood he had lost already. He started bleeding since the first encounter with the Aliens. Then when his belly and intestines were cut off, he suffered a massive haemorrhage. Losing his right arm just then only bled a little. The amount of blood in his body was probably reaching its limit. But the lack of blood was only one of the danger he was in. The other danger was genetic breakdown from unlocking his constraint.

Everytime after unlocking the genetic constraint, aside from the pain he could feel that his whole body was breaking down. It was almost impossible for a normal organism to unlock the genetic constraint because big alterations in genetics were in themselves fatal to the organism. And this time that he was facing the Queen, he unlocked the constraint by a deeper state than the previous two times.

He knew he didn't have much time left. Critical injuries, loss of blood, genetic breakdown, any of those could erase him from this world. If he failed, it didn't even need the Queen to kill him. He was already half way toward death.

Must finish the battle within three minutes!

Zheng was rushing to where he dropped his rifle. The other steel bar was in Lan's hands, so in comparison the rifle's location was closer and a better choice. The Queen had lost her shell on the waist, even a semi automatic rifle could damage her. The only thing he had to be aware of was the Queen's attacks. That speed and power wasn't something he could stand even a hit.

The Queen screamed, that grenade wasn't too powerful. If it exploded on the shell instead of inside the Queen's body, then it couldn’t even break open the shell. As she saw Zheng running at her direction, she growled then raised her tail and lashed at Zheng.

As Zheng picked up the rifle, he could hear the sound of the lash approaching his head. He immediately stood up without thinking. It was impossible to dodge it, so instead taking the hit with his head, he rather make use of his remaining right arm… wasn't there still a fraction of his right arm left?

With a thump, he felt like his right chest had been hit by a truck. Blood gushed out from his mouth and new information appeared in his head, right ribs suffered a comminuted fracture, bones pierced into his right lung, internal bleeding and insufficient oxygen. He would die in two to three minutes!

Zheng had gone all out. The moment the Queen's tail hit him, he clampped onto the tail with his right arm desperately. Even though it wasn't too tight, he avoided getting knocked away again. He swung for almost a circle on the Queen's tail then landed on the other side of the Queen, the side where her shell broke!

He immediately aimed the rifle at her waist. With a few shots, yellow blood gushed out from the waist. The blood might be terrifying to normal people, but Zheng could resist the corrosion a bit. Blood got onto his body and burned his skin black. It didn't corrode his body like it did to Jie's arms.

The real danger was the Queen's follow up attacks. Zheng gritted his teeth then jumped at the Queen. Since he was risking his life anyway, he might as well give the Queen a little surprise.

"Die!"

Zheng jumped at the injured part of the Queen's waist. He stepped his feet into her flesh, stabbed the rifle into her waist and started firing. The Queen's growls gradually weakened.

After about ten shots, the Queen got him off her waist. And before he fell to the ground, her claw got a hold of him. The claw pierced through his left chest, and he gushed out more blood.

"Lan… Lan! Give me the steel bar!"

Zheng was exhausted at this point. All those actions had squeezed the last bit of his potential. His Qi was almost gone, the blood energy was being used to keep his body alive, his consciousness was fading. It was the will of living on that was supporting him, but this was also coming to an end.

Lan suffered the least injury among them. Even though the injury on her shoulder looked scary, it was nothing compared to the others. She immediately got herself up upon hearing Zheng, then ran at the Queen's direction without even looking at her. At the same time, gun shots came from the side of the Queen. Zero was lying on his stomach and throwing up blood, but he kept shooting at the Queen's waist with the submachine gun. Before he got a few shots off, the Queen's tail knocked him away. He was on the brink of death.

Lan kept running toward the Queen, but the Queen might had felt that Lan wasn't a threat. She banged Zheng against the corner of one of the steel cases. Zheng could hear the sound of his spine breaking in half. Aside from the immense pain, he realized he had lost sensation of his body below the belly. His whole body was bent at a sharp angle.

(Don't want to die, I don't want to die!)

Zheng started roaring. His final struggle before death allowed him to gather a small amount of Qi on his left hand. He also forced all the blood energy into his hand. Then he clawed at the Queen's shell. Inch by inch, the corrosive property of blood energy appeared for the first time. His fingers clawed five holes on the Queen's shell.

"Zheng! Catch!"

Lan's speed was rather limited. When she saw Zheng's body snapped, she rushed over and at the same time threw the steel bar toward him. Right after she threw the bar, the Queen's tail stabbed into her chest and opened up a large hole in the middle of her chest. It seemed like she wasn't going to live much longer also.

Zheng forced the claw off him before the steel bar arrived. Then he bit at the Queen's shell, while his remaining left hand caught the steel bar. Yet at the same time, the Queen's other claw slapped at him and totally crushed his lower body. That slap split his body in halves.

Chapter 8-1

This Alien was the Queen! And it was much bigger than the one in the movie.

The Queen's speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, her tail sent Zheng flying. With a loud bang, Zheng landed over ten meters away. The rest of them recovered from the initial shock, but they were already standing right under the Queen's mouth. There was no place to hide.

Zero's reaction was the fastest. The moment Zheng was hit, he rolled to the side and at the same time started shooting at the Queen's head. The bullets hit the Queen's shell but all of them were repelled. Their contact ignited sparks, you could see how hard the shell was.

Zero's aim was good enough that some of the bullets hit her tongue. Yellow blood splashed from her tongue. She started to scream like crazy and turned around as she swiped at Zero. Luckily Zero rolled forward with a close call. This swipe only scratched his back and blood started flowing out.

Xuan was the second one to recover. His eyes became sharp. He ran toward the Queen. When he was several meters away from her, he accurately hit the Queen's tongue with dual pistols. Consecutive shots crushed the front of the tongue into pieces.

The Queen's scream got even louder. She lashed her tail at Xuan. Before he could even react, the tail hit his left shoulder and knocked him over to one of the cases ten meters away. His whole body got embeded into the steel case.

Zero never stopped shooting with his submachine gun. He kept circling on the side of the Queen, avoiding her tongue and tail. But no matter fast he ran, the Queen was faster than him. She suddenly turned around, and as Zero tried to roll away, her claw had already got a hold of his left arm. At the same time that tongue shot into his right arm, no, it crushed his right arm. Zero's right arm had totally disappeared.

"Ah!"

Zero let out a cry of pain. Blood flowing out of his mouth. A piece of his lungs also disappeared from the attack, resulting in blood from his breathing. Fortunately, the Queen didn't immediately kill him, she started devouring the flesh of his right arm.

Lan only recovered from Zero's cry. She raised the desert eagle with trembling hands and started pulling the trigger, it was a unlimited ammo weapon after all. The power of this gun actually shot through the Queen's shell. Even though it didn't seem to damage her all that much. It created over ten little holes on the Queen.

The Queen threw Zero away and turned to Lan and Jie. Then she started screaming.

Zheng didn't die from the attack. Even though he was hit by the tail unprepared, his body was much stronger than a normal person. The attack only cut through the skin of his belly and the intestines, but didn't cut him in half.

When Zheng landed after the attack, his body went into a frozen state. Aside from feeling pain, he couldn't move his body. So he could only watch the battleground, from when Zero started attacking, to Xuan got knocked away, to the Queen crushed Zero's right arm, and now the Queen is facing Lan and Jie. Zheng was getting more and more anxious. And as he was losing more and more blood through the broken intestines, he was starting to get unconscious.

(I will die, will die… I am going to die right now! No, I can't die here, I want to live on, go back to the real world alive, go back with Lori, no matter what, no matter what I have to live… I don't want to die!)

Zheng felt that sensation of something within him unlocked again. Loads of information streamed into his brain, including how long he can last in this state, how to recover his strength as soon as possible, how to use the blood energy that he had, and much more information… on how he can survive!

"Ah!!!"

Zheng stood up. His instinct took control of the blood energy and circulated it through his whole body. This increased his vitality temporarily. Then he tied a knot with his intestines, so that they wouldn't hinder his movements. That pain was originally unimaginable, but at this moment, it felt more like a stimulant. The pain constantly stimulating him, keeping his mind conscious.

The Queen was now running toward Lan and Jie, her claw swiped at the two. Jie knocked Lan away as he tried to roll away. But the Queen was faster. Lan barely got away but the Queen caught Jie during his roll. She held him up with the claw pierced into his left chest. Jie cough out a a lot of blood. Not sure if his heart was injured or even if he was still alive.

Zheng's eyes were bloody red. He pulled out the steel bar from behind and charged at the Queen at incredible speed, every step he took crossed several meters. As he approached the Queen, he jumped up over three meters high. He pulled the grenade's ring with his teeth then stabbed the bar into the Queen's waist. At the same time, a claw knocked him away.

With an explosion came the Queen's cry. The grenade blasted a large hole in the monster's waist!

Chapter 7-3

The five of them continued onward. Gradually, they couldn't make out that this hall once belonged to a spacecraft. All the sides were filled with secretion, there were even big holes on the walls. These holes turned the path from room 3 to warehouse 3 into a maze.

Zheng suddenly said as he was walking. "I am totally lost. I've lost my sense of direction since the last turn."

Jie laughed. "Yeah right? This place looks the same no matter where you go. This disgusting stuff is everywhere. You want to find the direction here, that would be…"

"I can." Xuan said. "If it's only reconstructing the map, leave that to me. We will reach warehouse 2 by going straight down this way. But I am thinking if it's suitable to just walk straight in…"

Zheng interrupted him. "Suitable! We have five people here and that's all we have. Don't try to trick the majority into agreeing with you then force someone to be a bait or something. You know what they call it when the majority bullies the minority legally? That's fascism! Shit, if you want to be the bait I will instantly agree with it, but don't use other people's lives as disposable!"

Xuan replied calmly. "I can be the bait, but can you guarantee that you can kill the Queen immediately when she appears? If you don't want anyone to be the scout then come up with another plan."

As the tension became these two grew, Lan interjected with a smile. "Don't be so serious. Actually I don't think it's effective to have someone scout. The Aliens are intelligent, they are skilled in sneak attacks. If only two people were walking together, then they will attack the one nearest to them. But if they see one person walking in front while four people are on the back with firearms, they won't come out like idiots. They will probably sneak attack the four on the back first. What do you think of this deduction?"

Xuan bit his finger and said. "Your deduction is correct… Is my mind starting to become disorderd due to fear and nervousness? Then… I won't say anymore opinions. I will continue leading the way."

Zheng looked at Xuan's back, then turned to Zero. "Zero, the previous few times I felt a sense of danger when I encountered Aliens. I remember you and Kampa also have this ability to sense danger. Whoever senses danger first later, open fire at that direction, ok?"

"I am feeling in danger now… as if something is staring at us. It's feels cold, like it is regarding us as food. This feeling is terrible. Know why Xuan is getting so anxious? He's probably feeling the same thing. To be honest, I feel so agitated that I want to start shooting at all directions."

Zheng looked at Xuan again. This man was still looking so emotionless and calm, but when Zheng carefully looked at his eyes, he could see agitation and fear, emotions that wouldn't appear on an intelligent person like him.

The five of them had reached the end of the hall. In front of them was a wide open area. The floor was covered in Alien secretions. Other than that, there were several dozens of big cases. It seemed like this was warehouse 2.

Zheng was still pondering Zero's words. Suddenly his heart tensed, and he raised his head. There were four unconscious people hanging upside down on the ceiling. The two middle aged men and that young man and woman. Their whole body was covered in white secretions aside from their head.

Xuan looked up following Zheng, then immediately said. "Zero! Shoot them down! Doesn't matter if you kill them!"

Then he immediately turned to Zheng. "What's our mission? Kill all the Aliens! There are definitely Aliens inside them, so we must kill them before the Queen appears! Otherwise even if we manage to kill the Queen, her blood can corrode the spacecraft. So we have to be out of this place as soon as the Queen dies. But what if the Aliens within them suddenly hatch? Do we still have to chase those four little Aliens?"

Zheng watched as Zero raised his gun and shot at them. He nodded silently. "You're right. I don't have anything to say… We are all just struggling. I will only save my mercy for my comrades, don't think of me as so stubborn."

Xuan smiled, he raised his head to look at those four. Zero had already gunned down two people, the other two were about to get shot down. Then he suddenly remembered something and his face changed. "Wait. Wait. Zero, everyone, hurry and get away from this place! It's a trap!"

As he finished, they felt their feet sunk. As if the whole floor was collapsing.

Xuan shouted immediately. "Stay where you are, listen to me! Warehouse 1 is right below warehouse 2. These four people are probably a trap set by the Queen. She wants us to stay in this place without moving! Zero, hurry up and kill them. The Queen must be below us. The floor has already corroded. Everyone…"

Just as Zero finished shooting the other two people, the floor under them let out a grating sound. Before they can react, the whole floor collapsed.

Fortunately that thick layer of secretion saved them. Even though they fell from ten meters high, the secretion kept them from any injuries. Especially Zero and Zheng could sit right up.

As Zheng sat up, he immediately started shooting above him. He could feel that danger is approaching, and the source was right on top of him! Since the start of this movie, he had sensed danger a few times, but never once was as strong as this time.

Sure enough, a large shadow dropped down from the ceiling. With a loud boom, it landed in front of the five people. As Zheng looked at it carefully, it's a especially huge Alien!

It's three times as big as a normal Alien, seven to eight meters tall, and over ten meters long including its tail. This monster was just like Death in nightmares! Zheng couldn't even see its movements before its tail lashed at his belly. With enourmous pain, he was sent flying over ten meters away.

Chapter 7-2

The five of them went toward room 15. The hall leading up was covered with a mucus like substance. A layer of the steel underneath was corroded. Fortunately, it seemed that their acidity lessens over time.

Xuan touched the secretion the wall with a finger cautiously. "The acidity has been oxidized a lot. This is good, even if our bodies get covered in this secretion during combat, we won't have to worry about it being lethal."

Zheng stepped on it then frowned. "But it's too slippery. If the floor is covered with this when we fight the Queen, I'm afraid it's difficulty to keep our balance."

Xuan thought for a moment. "No, even if the battleground is covered with secretion, it is to our advantage. Then we won't have to worry about the Queen's blood corroding the spacecraft. Compared to movement obstacle, I would rather the battleground covered with this."

Zheng smiled bitterly. He looked at Xuan. "To be honest, what are the chances of us surviving this movie?"

Xuan looked at him calmly. "I told you, 30%. This is considering that you will hit with the throw. If you miss your first throw, then two or three people will die within thirty seconds. Within this time frame you have another chance. If you miss again, then we will all die. Similarly, this is also our last chance. If we can't get a hold of it, we will all die after three days. Out of all the decisions I have made in my life, this one has the lowest probability. It feels rather depressing to think of it."

Zheng was silent for a while. He patted Xuan's shoulders and said. "Even though I don't know how to comfort you. And that you probably don't need any one to comfort you. But… live on, we can all live. No matter what, I won't die here!"

"Though our chance of survival is really only 30%..."

Xuan replied emotionlessly without taking a look at Zheng. Suddenly, Zero's voice came from afar. "There's something!"

The two looked at each other, then Zheng said to Jie and Lan. "Follow close to me. Don't fall behind or do anything else. Let's go!" He took the lead and headed toward Zero.

Zero was standing by a corner ahead of them. He waited for the four to come over silently then pointed to the front. "Can't get pass, it's full of this secretion."

Zheng looked forward and saw the hall behind Zero was blocked with a very thick layer of secretion. It looked like the inside of an organism.

He carefully sliced the secretion. By sense of touch, this layer isn't tough. In contrary he can easily slice through it and it's only a few centimeters thick.

So Zheng easily cut through the layer but the area behind it gave him a fright. A thick layer of secretion covered everywhere, the wall, the ground, and the ceiling. If where they just came from still belonged to the spacecraft, then from this point on, it was the real Alien's nest. It felt like walking on flesh, and the walls felt like a living organism.

Xuan suddenly said. "Zero, the lights are dim here. You have the best vision, take a look at the things on that side, are those Alien eggs?"

Zero focused his eyes and looked at it carefully. After quite a while he shook his head. "I can't see clearly. The lights are covered with this disgusting secretion. It's too dim here."

Xuan nodded then turned to Zheng. "These Alien eggs won't attack anything outside twenty meters. So we can safely approach it. Estimating by the distance we had passed, this should be around room 3. Moving onward is warehouse 1 and 2. The Queen is probably there."

Zheng nodded then said to the people behind him. "You guys stay here. I will go take a look at whether or not those are eggs… Zero, if something appears behind me, please take care of it. I trust your aim."

Zero nodded silently. Zheng walked inside the nest with a laugh. Stepping in, it felt soft, just like stepping on flesh. This feeling gave him goose bumps. Due to the lack of adequate lighting, he could only see things up to ten meters. It took him almost a minute to cautiously approach the eggs like things. When he reached ten meters of them, he finally recognized these oval shaped eggs.

"Yes, these are the Alien eggs!"

Zheng shouted without turning his head. He suddenly saw the eggs were slowly opening up. In this movies, this signified that the larvae were coming out. There were several dozens of eggs here, if all of them releases a larva, they would likely hide inside the layer of secretion and attack the people. Once someone became a host, he would become an Alien within several hours.

Without thinking, Zheng raised his semi automatic rifle and started shooting at the eggs. They were easily shot into pieces. Their shells weren't too tough, but even so, a few larvae came out. These larvae jumped at an incredible speed. They closed up on Zheng within a few jumps.

At the same time, gun shots came from behind. The larvae were shot into pieces midair. Zheng turned around and saw Zero holding a submachine gun.

Zheng smiled at him and Zero who had been acting cold this whole time smiled back. Xuan ran over calmly. He crouched beside the egg shells and studied carefully. He stood up after a while. "The Queen will enter a feeble state after laying eggs. The shells of these eggs are soft. They're different from the toughness that I remember… I think the Queen laid her eggs not long ago."

Zheng took a deep breath. "Since we are at this point already, we will have to do everything to kill that big thing… let's go! Kill that last Alien and go back to God's place alive!"

Chapter 7-1

"Although I don't want to admit it, our fighting capacity is at the lowest point." Xuan muttered with his head down.

Out of the six of them here, Kampa was critically injured. He could die any time without proper treatments. Jie had lost both his arms. He couldn't operate any firearms even though they obtained them. Zheng's the strongest one, but his right arm suffered a comminuted fracture and he spent the majority of his Qi already.

Zero had strong sniping skills, but the gun he had was a sub machine gun. Neither its accuracy nor power were strong enough to kill Aliens. Xuan excelled in analysis and planning, but he was inferior to Kampa and Zero in using firearms. And not to mention Lan, even though she trained for a few days, she was even worse than Xuan in handling firearms.

Zheng nodded. "Yes, we are basically all injured. Luckily… we killed all the Aliens. Since no Alien came out from room 15 after all this time, there should only be the Queen inside."

Xuan said. "Just that one Queen… can kill all of us. We basically don't have any meanst to deal with her. The Queen is approximately three times the size of an Alien. I will assume her exoskeleton is twice the thickness of an Alien. Even then, normal bullets can't penetrate it. Perhaps heavy firearms, sniper rifles, or AP shells damage it. But we can only find smaller firearms in this room. This is a normal commercial spacecraft afterall."

Zheng thought for a moment. "What if we can break its exoskeleton? Then all of us focus shooting the part of it without a shell. Will we be able to kill it?"

Xuan looked at Zheng and said. "I won't do any illogical analysis. If you can break its shell, then please show me evidence."

Zheng couldn't help but picked up a steel bar without grenade. Aside from two bars tied with grenades, this was the only bar left intact. He stood up, took a deep breath, focused his Qi then threw the bar. Just like it was before, the bar pierced deeply into the wall.

Xuan stared at the steel bar, then sighed. "You're not left handed. Your right hand is already… It's my fault. If I knew you have this kind of strength, I wouldn't let you get injured no matter what. Yes, like you said if you can break the Queen's shell, then we have a high probability of killing it. If your throw can be more accurate and hit her head, you may even be able to kill it instantly."

Zheng laughed bitterly. "I can't get that accurate, I'm using my left hand after all. I only have the stamina to throw one or two more. Instead of taking this risk to aim for her head, it's more practical to just aim for her body."

"True." Xuan nodded. "We have a higher chance of success aiming for her body. The probability of killing the Queen is… about 30%. It's good enough for us to take this risk. Then lets arrange our responsibilities. Zheng…"

Zheng interrupted him. "Wait. You only have to be responsible for your comrades. Each party will take a separate role. Our responsibilites are to break open the Queen's shell and offer fire support. Your responsiblities are to protect us and also offer fire support. How's it?"

Xuan bit his finger and said. "Is this what you mean by ally? Ok, we will each be responsible for our roles. I agree with your suggestion but this way I won't have to make my plan with extra attention for your safety. We will share our risks equally."

Zheng sneered at him. "This is the equality we need. Why do we need your special protection? So you can discard us in the future? Don't joke wit me. I need your wisdom and you need our power. Our relationship is this simple."

Xuan didn't say anything more. He took out the weapons in this room then handed them to Zheng and the other two and also explained to them the advantage of each gun and how to use them. Lan chose the desert eagle that Zero wasn't using. Zheng took a short range semi automatic rifle.

Xuan said after they picked up the guns. "We are actually quite lucky. If we delay just one or two more days. Then we wouldn't be facing three but seven Aliens! Those four people probably became hosts already. So we have to kill the Queen in the shortest amount of time. Otherwise when those four Aliens come out, we will certainly be dead."

"Aside from that, there's one more thing you should be aware of. Once the Queen is injured and start to bleed, we have to kill her as fast as possible. Alien blood is highly corrosive and the Queen's location is on the edge of this spacecraft. If her blood corrode a large hole, then we will all be sucked into space."

Zheng praised him silently. If Xuan wasn't so cold blooded, he was definitely a genius in analysis. He could consider every detail including everyone's personality and reactions. Even though Zheng didn't agree with some of Xuan's methods, having such a person as an ally would be a big help in survival.

Xuan continued. "Everyone tuck the bottom of your trousers into your shoes, just like what I am doing. We will be going into their nest. Even though their secretions aren't highly acidic, they still have some corrosive property. So keeping your shoes and trousers closed can keep those secretions away in a short period of time. Also, don't touch the wall. If you see any cocoons, shoot them immediately. Don't get close. That's basically it. Everything else will rely on you to act accordingly."

They checked their weapons one last time. Jie and Kampa couldn't really fight anymore. Xuan originally planned to have them stay here but Zheng worried that an Alien may run past them and come to the arsenal. So he insisted on bringing Jie along. Though Kampa belonged to Xuan's team. Xuan's decision was to have him lie here and let fate decide his life.

As Zheng stepped out of the arsenal, he turned around to look at Kampa. This man could barely keep his conscious. Zheng felt a sense of melancholy then turned his eyes away. Looking straight ahead, the area was dim past room 15. That was the Alien's nest… it seemed like an entrance to hell. Will it be death… or the end of this movie?

Chapter 6-3

Jie didn't back off even when the Alien's tongue pierced his shoulder. He stood in front of Zheng and pushed the steel bar further into the Alien's head. He didn't back off when its blood dripped onto his hands. It wasn't long before all that was left of his hands were bones.

"Ah!!!"

Jie moved forward. He kept pushing the bar into the Alien's head. The blood corroded more and more of his arm. Until his forearms had became bones. Fortunately, Zheng reacted immediately. He pulled Jie backward. When the steel bar was pulled out from the Alien, most of it had already been corroded. Only a short portion of it was left.

Zheng shouted Lan's name, at the same time he took fresh water out of his ring and poured it on Jie's arms. Lan woke up from the shock, she used the hemostasis spray on Jie's arms.

When they were healing Jie's injuries, that Alien finally wobbled then fell to the ground. Yellow blood flowed out of the body. Pungent white fog started filling up.

Zheng dragged Jie out of the fog to the back of the hall. He finally saw that the corrosion of Jie's arms had stopped. At this time, both his forearms were gone, not even the bones were left.

Jie had already fainted from the pain. He didn't wake up until Zheng poured water on his arm again. Then he laughed. "Good god, an Alien is worth 500 points. You've been keep this from us, huh? Hehe. A little desert eagle means nothing, I can go straight for an unlimited ammo AK."

Zheng looked at his arms in silence. Jie continued. "That's no problem. As long as I can go back to God's dimension alive, it won't take many points to repair a body. Just that for the rest of this, I will become your burden… Hoho, when I think about it, it's better staying with you than Xuan. He would probably discard me by this point."

Zheng exhaled. "Rest assured, I won't give up on any comrades… You guys wait here. Don't come over until I call you. Otherwise… go back to the control room immediately. Then follow Lan's plan and let fate decide your future!" He picked up a steel bar and went toward the arsenal.

Since the Alien's blood corroded a big hole in the center, Zheng had to walk along the wall carefully. Halfway through, someone walked out of the other white fog. It was Zero holding a rifle. His left chest was roughly bandaged with cloth. Blood flowing through the cloth made him look horrible.

Zheng and Zero smiled at each other bitterly. They both seemed critically injured. Zero looked at the Alien's corpse and said. "The other one's dead? You're strong. You can kill them even without any guns?"

"You guys aren't bad either. Didn't you killed the other one?"

Zero sighed. "Come inside the arsenal, they are both there."

Zheng shouted at Jie and Lan. Zero looked shocked as they came over. He took a deep breath. "Let's go inside first… It seems your hemostasis spray and bandage are still effective? Kampa… may not make it." 

The three of them followed Zero into the arsenal. Zheng noticed that this door was thicker than the other doors, it was almost as thick as the wall. In the middle of this door was a hole about one meter tall. Obviously corroded using the Alien's blood. The other Alien was lying on the left side in pieces.

"It was luck. This Alien tried to get in before the hole was big enough. Then it got stuck on the door. We shot it for several minutes before it died. But we couldn't deal with the second one. If you were just half a minute late, then the three of us would had died here."

Zero explained as he walked in front.

Zheng immediately saw Kampa and Xuan inside the arsenal. There was a big hole in Kampa's chest. Going by the sharp shape of it, it was obviously stabbed by the Alien's tail,but because it didn't pierce through his body he didn't die immediately.

Among the three of them, Xuan looked almost unharmed. Aside from some blood, his outfit looked just like when he first arrived to this world. But one could see the exhaustion in his eyes. 

"I didn't expect the Aliens to be this powerful."

Xuan spoke before the three of them got a chance. He looked at them silently. "It's my miscalculation. The Aliens never actually fought humans with guns face to face in the first four movies. So I underestimated their strength. If even the normal Aliens are this powerful, then I don't know how strong the Queen is. Perhaps we're really…"

Zheng ignored him and went to bandage Kampa. After a while, Kampa finally stopped bleeding. But he looked so feeble as if he could die from any movement.

"Then let's ally up. You're a team, and we're a team. Neither of us can betray the other, nor is there any way to betray. Of course, you can refuse, but I won't be controlled by you and become your comrade. Your wisdom and planning are important and I indeed need them. But similarly you also need our ability and knowledge of this world. We hold some value to each other. So you can choose."

Xuan bit his finger, he looked at Zheng and said. "Ok, I agree with your proposal. But there's one point you must know… if you can't keep up with my pace, then I will give you up for the majority!"

"But I will save you!" Zheng smiled coldly. "I will save you for your wisdom!"

Chapter 6-2

Zheng didn't have Jie carry him for the last part of the way. It was not too far off so he wanted to use this opportunity to warm up and stretch his arms and legs. Though any movement on his right arm caused him severe pain. He had to tie his arm to his body. It was painful when he tied it, sweat streamed down like rain. Anyone can easily tell the pain he was experiencing. Lan's heart clenched as she watched. She could only held onto his left hand, and that's when she noticed Zheng couldn't even move his left hand a bit due to the pain.

Zheng was soaking wet from sweat after tying his right arm. He tried to move his body and forced a smile. "That's good enough, my right arm won't be troublesome now. Let's go, we have to speed up."

Lan was still holding onto his hand. She hesitated and said. "Can we… can we not go and go back to the control room? I know how to put down the walls. We can stay there until this spacecraft reaches Earth, then let the armies handle them. We don't have to take this risk, especially since you…"

Zheng was surprised for a bit, then he pulled back his hand without her noticing and pointed to the ground. "Take a look at the ground, aren't there a lot of holes from corrosion? Those are from the Aliens' blood, they are an intelligent species. When they feel endangered they will injure themselves to break through the wall. That's how these three Aliens escaped."

"If we are to block them off and go back to Earth, they will certainly break through the wall again when they're hungry. By that time there will be more Aliens. Remember those four people they brought beyond room 15? So we have to kill the Queen before there are four more Aliens. This is our only chance of survival. Otherwise, Xuan wouldn't take the risk and go to the arsenal. Because he knows this is the only chance."

Zheng laughed and stroke her hair. "Just follow behind us. Rest assured we won't give up any comrades. We also won't put our hope to fate. I will live no matter what!"

Due to Zheng's determination, the other two had to follow him toward the arsenal. The gun shots were getting clearer and more intense. Zheng tensed his body. His running looked wobbling due to having one arm tied up. But even so he adapted to this style of running after a while.

"Jie, take this longest steel bar. I don't know if I can kill them instantly with the grenade and steel bar. If I can't kill them, then stand behind my back and hold them away with the bar. I will block them, whether it's their tongues or tails, I will block their attacks. But you will have to hold their body away, don't let them get near. With my current condition, I can only throw the steel bars and block their attacks, I can't get into close combat. Jie, no matter what happens, you can't take a step backward."

Then Zheng took the steel bars from Lan and handed the one without a grenade on it to Jie. They were now only one corner away from the arsenal. After this turn, they would either see two Aliens or pieces of human flesh.

(The gun shots are intense. Xuan probably heard the explosion from before. In other words, they kept the Aliens' attention right now. Two stage three Aliens… The first throw has to hit no matter what! Otherwise we will be dead. Can't die no matter what! I will live!)

Zheng took a deep breath, then sprint forward. That speed left the two in shock. He didn't slow down when he approached the corner and ran straight into the wall.

The air became thick and dense again. Zheng was getting used to this condition as his body reached a limit and but before unlock the genetic constraint. He could push his physical abilities, vision, and reaction speed to the limit, but those combat instincts, and unlocking the constraint would only appear when he was on the brink of death. He still couldn't control them.

Zheng made use of his speed and ran up the wall. The moment he stepped on the wall, he could see the back of an Alien on the door of the arsenal. The front half of its body was already inside the room. The other Alien was not in sight. In other words, the other one was probably already inside the room.

As he was still in mid air, he pulled the ring of the grenade with his mouth. Then he threw the steel bar. Though he was not left handed after all, so this throw wasn't comparable to when he did it with his right hand, in both power and accuracy. He aimed at the Alien's belly but it hit just below its waist. The Alien backed out from the arsenal, when it turned around and looked at Zheng, the grenade on his waist exploded!

That grenade was inserted into the Alien's body. The explosion blew up its waist. Internal organs and yellow blood splashed everywhere. The hall was like splashed with acid and steel started to corrode. Then the hall was filled with white smoke. Zheng could see a faint shadow lying on the ground.

"Is it dead?"

Zheng rolled on the ground as he landed. He couldn't pay attention to the pain from hitting his right arm. He focused his attention on the shadow on the ground. As he was ready to throw another bar, that shadow jumped from the ground and charged toward him. Its speed was too fast, he couldn't throw another bar in time. An Alien with a hole on its waist ran out from the smoke then jumped at Zheng.

As he was going to stab the Alien's head, a hand from behind pushed him away. Jie ran out from behind. He stabbed into the Alien's mouth as it shot it's tongue out. That tongue pierced Jie's shoulder.

For a moment, blood splashed everywhere, it painted Zheng's world red.

Chapter 6-1

The pain came and went quickly. It didn't bring more injuries to Zheng aside from exhaustion. After the pain had passed away, Jie and Lan immediately laid him on the ground. They took out the bandage and spray and once again covered up the hole in his belly.

Zheng let them do the bandage without moving, while he tried to listen carefully. After they were done, he said to them. "I heard gun shots. Jie, did you hear it?"

Jie immediately listened carefully for a while, then nodded. "Yes, I heard some very faint gun shots… Does this mean they succeeded? They found guns at the arsenal?"

Zheng smiled bitterly. "They probably found the guns, but I think they're fighting against those two Aliens. Otherwise the gun shots wouldn't sound so intense. How many grenades do you still have? Give me all of them. Lan, give me the steel bars also."

Jie put out his palms with a bitter smile. "None, I gave the grenades to them back then. These bastards…"

Though Lan took out two grenades from her pocket. She smiled. "Thankfully I kept an eye on this… What are you planning to do? These are the last two."

Zheng also took out two grenades from his ring. He bit onto the ring with his teeth then threw one of them far off with his left hand. The explosion sent Jie and Lan to the ground.

"I have the timer for the  detonation delay now…"

Zheng kept staring at the site of explosion, then said to Jie without turning his head. "Hurry, tear some cloth off from your shirt and tie the grenades on the steel bars. Make sure they're tight!"

Jie took off his shirt without a word. He tore it up and started tying the bombs. Lan sighed as she saw this. "You're planning to risk your life again? Your injuries…"

Zheng turned around and smiled at her. "No problem. That explosion was loud. They probably all heard it. I don't know about the other two but with Xuan's wisdom, he will definitely keep the Aliens' attention. I only have to sneak in from behind and attack them. And as long as I can pierce the steel bar into their body before the grenade detonates, the explosion will deal major damage to them. So rest assured."

Lan sighed and didn't say anything more. Jie said as he was tying the grenades. "I was mistaken about you. Zheng, you are talented in combat. Using the words of my instructor is, you're born to be a fighter. The more desperate the situation is, the more potential you unravel. Whether it's the physical combat or planning."

Zheng took the steel bars from Jie. He tried to aim it with his left hand, then smiled bitterly. "I'm no fighter. I just want to do everythihg to live. Anyone in my situation will probably come up with something. If even people like me are considered fighters then what are Xuan and them? Super fighters? Or super geniuses?"

"You can't say that." Jie laughed then handed him the last steel bar. "They were already doing this kind of jobs in the real world. And they were also at the top of their field. What about you? You were only a normal white collar. Even though there's luck in your enhancements, but you kept putting your life on the line and staying alive, while gradually adapt to these battles… This is your hidden talent. You're a fighter that never gives up!"

"Fighter, huh?"

"I just want to stay alive…"

In order to recover as soon as possible, Jie continued carrying Zheng on his back while Lan carried the steel bars. As they were running, Lan muttered. "Why do we have to save them? Wouldn' that put us in danger?"

Zheng was circulating his Qi. He exhaled and said. "We are actually in danger all along. If we can't eliminate the Aliens, we will die sooner or later. So Xuan's ability to analyze and plan, Zero and Kampa's skills in using modernized weapons are important factors."

Jie asked suddenly. "Then why did you split up with them? If we stayed together then we would have gotten weapons by now instead of having you do all the fighting. Also I don't think Xuan would give us up."

Zheng sighed. "Yes, if we stayed with them, we won't be given up. And we will be safe before Zero and Kampa die… At least Jie and I will be safe. But! This is also one of the reasons."

"One reason is I can't stand his methods. Using comrades like a disposable piece. The other reason is I won't put my fate onto the hand of another person. Perhaps we will be safe in the beginning, but what will happen after some time? I don't want to think about how I will die, I will only think about how I can live! As comrades I will do my best to support and protect them. In return my comrades will not give me up when I need the help. Xuan can't accomplish this, so I chose to leave. This way I can stand on the same level as him."

"Yes, if he can discard his comrades, then we will be someone that can make use of his wisdom while not being his comrades… allies! We're both independent, yet supporting each other. This is the only method to cooperate with him that  I can think of."

Lan thought for a moment and said. "Why can't he give up on allies? What's the difference?"

Zheng smiled. "The biggest difference is allies are independent. We will support each other but we can also fight independently. We won't become a burden to the other party, and don't have to be responsible for the other party's mistakes. Comrades are formed by a group of people each with different talents. They have to protect each other. I can't trust Xuan on protecting his comrades. So in order to obtain their power, I can only choose to become their ally."

"We can only get them to understand the importance of our group after leaving them. This way they will accept us as allies and not disposable pieces… That explosion before was to measure the detonation delay and also to let them know… their allies are here!"

Chapter 5-3

Along with the scream came a loud bang on the door. It only took one tackle to bend the whole door. Zheng could see half the Alien’s body stuck on the door. Two of the steel bars hit the Alien. One pierced its left chest and the other right under its neck. Both hit the vital spots of the Alien, though not enough to take its life.

This was the second time Zheng fought against an Alien face to face. Even though the situation was better than last time, it was not to be optimistic. This Alien was fully matured, about 30% larger than the previous one. Its black exoskeleton was thick and tough as a piece of metal. In fact, the steel bar only penetrated one third its length. A large section of them were hanging outside the Alien.

Zheng’s body trembled as he looked at the terrifying appearance of the Alien. Especially when that tail stabbed at the door and opened up a big hole. If that stab lands on a human… No matter how much Zheng enhanced, he wouldn’t think his body was tougher than steel.

(It’s this pressure, as if my whole consciousness is gone. All that’s left is fear and those instincts…)

Zheng felt something unlocked within his body again. Countless instincts appeared on his mind. These instincts also included ways to use Qi efficiently.

He guided his Qi to raise up through the spine in a spiral, cross over his head and into his right arm. This process only took a blink of an eye. Zheng let his instincts take control over his Qi and the result was notable.

When the Qi crossed over his head, he felt something came from his brain then added into the Qi. He focused this mixture on his right hand. The moment the Alien knocked off the door, he threw a steel bar with a shout. At the same time the Alien’s tail hit his belly.

Jie and Lan gave out a cry. Zheng got knocked off the ground and flew into the wall with a bang. The spear he threw was even more powerful. It easily penetrated the Alien’s head and went into the wall behind. A third of its head was gone. It wobbled a bit then fell to the ground. On the wall behind the Alien was a fist wide hole.

Lan took some clothes to cover her chest then ran toward Zheng in a hurry. “How’s it, how’s it? Zheng! Are you alright?” The anxiety sent her crying as she saw Jie standing there in a daze. She kneeled beside Zheng. But as she got down, she saw him stroking his head with an expression of an idiot. She suddenly felt angry and hit his belly without thinking. "You scared us! You attacked it without saying anything, what happens if you failed? You will... and also get both of us in trouble! You will get us killed!"

Zheng groaned with pain as she hit his belly. Lan saw the blood on her hand then went into a panic again. She said as she cried. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't know you're injured. I'm really sorry..."

Zheng took his hands off his belly and looked at it carefully. There was a hole about three fingers wide. Luckily it only pierced the skin and didn't damage the intestines and organs.

Jie went over to where Zheng was at. He found a deep footprint embedded on the ground. He stood up and said in amazement. "That was incredible. You jumped backwards as the Alien's tail hit you. That's why it only got through your skin. If it was me standing there, it would have probably pierce through my intestines."

Jie got more excited as he spoke. He went over to Zheng and patted his shoulder. "Dude how did you do it? That was godlike. If I didn't see it with my eyes I would had thought some martial artist killed it. God, how did you do it, teach me!"

Zheng smiled bitterly. "You two, help me bandage it up first. If you continue like this I will probably die from bleeding. And someone should go fix her clothes..."

Lan then noticed her clothing. She blushed and glared at Zheng. Then ran into a shower room. Zheng took out the hemostasis spray and bandage from his ring. WIth the help of Jie he bandaged the hole on his belly.

By the time Lan came out, he immediately said to them. "There's no time to explain. Jie, carry me on your back and move toward Xuan. Don't stop no matter what happens to me. Lan, my right arm is broken so carry those steel bars for me. Remember to keep up with us. Let's go."

Zheng now firmly believed in his hypothesis. The genetic constraint unlocks during danger and terror but a normal body couldn't bear the power that comes with it. Even with his enhanced physical abilities, his right arm suffered a comminuted fracture from an all out attack. And following that would be the unbearable pain. What if this happened to a normal person?

This is like a double edged sword, and it has to be under a life threatening situation and experiencing terror for the constraint to unlock for just a little while. This is the human's final struggle against death.

"... ha, the only fortunate thing is, I discovered a way to possibly use blood energy, not sure..."

Before he could finish, that feeling of death spread from his internal organs throughout his body. He started to have a seizure on Jie's back. The pain rendered him unable to even open his mouth. His muscles felt like they were ripping apart. The wound on his belly started bleeding through the bandage. Blood flowed along his legs and dripped to the ground.

Chapter 5-2

This was the first time Jie saw Zheng threw the steel bar. His mind went blank for a moment then he started patting on Zheng’s shoulder and laughed. “Damn dude when did you get this kind of power? Were you hiding it from me the whole time during training?”

Zheng smiled bitterly, he pulled out the bar from the wall. “No, I just discovered it not long ago. And I can’t last long. Every time I throw, it will spend some Qi. According to the amount of Qi I have and its recovery rate, I can only throw five bars at a time then I have to rest for five minutes.”

“Five bars huh?” Jie scratched his head. “Five is still good. I don’t believe the Aliens’ exoskeleton is tougher than this steel wall. Too bad we only found out about it now and didn’t have the opportunity to practice your aim. Otherwise, the Aliens probably wouldn’t be a problem for you.”

Zheng smiled bitterly again. Those Aliens weren’t as easy as Jie thought. Aside from their strength and speed, the most terrifying thing was that they would hide and wait for a sneak attack. He encountered them two times in this spacecraft. People only died from the sneak attack. Even though they could still kill anyone face to face but it was more terrifying when they were hidden.

“Actually the most terrifying thing about Aliens are their sneak attacks, last time Lan and me…” As Zheng was talking, he noticed Lan spacing out. He asked. “Lan, what are you thinking?”

“I am thinking why would Xuan bring them away. With his wisdom he can’t possible not be wary of the danger beyond room 15, yet why is he willing to take the risk? Perhaps there is something more dangerous here?”

A thought struck Zheng’s mind. He and Lan said it at the same time. “The Alien’s blood!”

Jie looked at them in confusion. “What Alien blood? I don’t get what you’re talking about.”

Zheng looked bitter as he said. “The Aliens that are trapped. I have also seen Alien Resurrection. The Alien that was isolated injured its own body then used its blood to help it escape. If we only trapped them, they wouldn’t injure their body at once. But if we are moving toward room 15. These Aliens may do everything to escape, in order to protect their nest. At that time we will be the ones facing these Aliens because we are behind them! Such a ruthless person, did he planned it all out when he was setting up Shuai?”

Lan shook her head. “No one can have this kind of ability. He’s also not familiar with our personality, how can he plan so far ahead. He probably came up with the plan on the spur of the moment. He saw that we decided to split up then used us as their shield.”

Zheng calmed down then started searching for something on the screen. After a while, he said in a cold voice. “I will let him know we are not his pawns. Let’s see who’s the first to die!”

Room 22, bathroom.

Zheng and the other two hurried to this place. After they entered the room, he had Lan locked the door. Then he rushed to one of the individual shower room and said. “Hurry up and clean all the scents on your body. Then smear the food that I gave you on your body. Remember to cover it all up. Understand?”

Lan immediately ran into a shower. Jie also started to clean his body, after a while he heard Lan shouted. “Zheng… I can’t move my arm to clean the blood. Come… help me.”

Jie stopped what he was doing and put his ears to the wall. But before Zheng and Lan could do anything, they heard scratching sounds outside the door. That sound was so harsh it’s like someone is scratching the floor with metal.

The three of them immediately stopped everything they were doing. They didn’t even dare to move a bit. Zheng just walked into Lan’s room and looked at her with embarrassment.

That sound stopped in front of the bathroom. The three of them felt their heart had stopped beating. The only sound in this room was the sound of running water. Other than that they didn’t even dare to breath.

The stress coming from outside lasted how long, it felt like several seconds or maybe several minutes. By the time that sound went away they were almost at the point of suffocation. They immediately started to breath in air deeply.

The three didn’t say anything. Jie stopped trying to eavesdrop on them and smeared his body with cheese. Zheng and Lan also smeared liquified food on their body. The whole thing only took one minute. You can see the potential of humans here.

Just then that scratching sound came back again. They held their breath. They weren’t as nervous as the first time. And just like the first time, that sound stopped in front of the door then went away quickly.

A thought struck Zheng. He suddenly ran out of the shower room and picked out several steel bars. Jie and Lan put their head out of the shower and looked at him with confusion.

“The two Aliens reacted in the same way, I hope it will be the same this time…”

As Zheng said it in a low voice, another scratching sound started approaching them. There was a hint of nervousness from their breathing, especially since Jie and Lan didn’t know what Zheng was planning to do. Though Lan could sort of guess.

The sound moved closer and closer to the bathroom. They were so nervous that they could almost hear their heartbeats. Zheng’s finger had turned pale from gripping the bar too tight.

The sound indeed stopped in front of the door. Zheng could even hear scratching on the door.

He didn’t hesitate and filled the steel bars with Qi. He threw three bars at quick successions. The bars penetrated the door and followed by screams from the outside.

P.S. There are a lot of character development for both the MC and other characters throughout due to the themes of this novel, survival and evolution. Just a reminder that everyone selected by God had at least once genuinely thought about dying, even if they didn't choose YES.