Section 11: Changes in the Situation

Cheng Xiao and Zero glanced at each other, and they saw a touch of solemnity in each other's eyes. Both of them can see what kind of person each other is in their bones, so there is no need to say anything superfluous.

Two minutes ago, Chu Xuan issued an announcement towards the monitoring black domain here through the broadcasting system in the main control room. At that time, it was the time when Jiang Yu's thundercloud armor approached the warehouse lair. Chu Xuan operated the machine at that time, and put down all the safety gates in the entire spaceship partition, except for the main road directly connected to the main control room.

The road is a bit detouring, as some places have been destroyed in previous engagements - but for those who have walked once, it is not too much of a problem to go back the way you came. The newcomers only needed to follow Chu Xuan's instructions, cross one or two aisles at most, or even simply wait in place. can take advantage of the gap in the attack of the alien lair, and they can wait for the support and guidance of Zero Point and Cheng Xiao in a few minutes.

This shouldn't be overlooked - Chu Xuan even asked Zhan Lan to scan the newcomer's surroundings once after issuing the order. Make sure that no aliens are located in the zone and that the broadcast in the zone is not broken. And when Zhan Lan was putting all her energy into supporting the main battlefield, the newcomers in her scan had already raised their feet in the right direction according to the instructions on the radio.

Did you miss it?

Cheng Xiao frowned, driven by the Gu thing in his abdomen, his nose and ears immediately opened slightly. The sensitivity of smell and hearing has been greatly improved, driven by the Miao Jiang Magic. And there was no sound or smell in the air that he had predicted for the worst.

"There was a fresh smell of blood, but that was the direction of the aircraft...... There were no escaping footsteps either. They should not have been harassed. ”

Zero nodded and looked underground. "There are no new footprints here, they haven't passed through here...... No, at the intersection over there, there are some abnormal footprints. ”

Ordinary people can't see the footprints on the ground at a glance, let alone footprints a few meters or more than ten meters away. However, Zero clearly has a much higher observation ability than the professional average. He was one step ahead of Cheng Xiao and found the problem first. Then the two quickly approached, and found a complex trail of footprints at the intersection not far away. And in the end, the footprints point to another area.

Newcomers have been here...... The newcomers were originally only one intersection away from the confluence and outside the surveillance black zone. But they chose to go to another area. The footsteps they left were not large, and they were not fleeing. They even had a small argument or conversation at the intersection. Eventually, they chose to go in the other direction.

What are they doing?

The two of them did not stop, and quickly moved in the direction where the footprints pointed. Zero points in front of him to confirm the route, while Cheng Xiao's nose and ears dilated back and forth as they went.

"I heard crying...... Over there! And a little bit of fresh blood! Cheng Xiao found the target. This clue clearly points to a bad possibility. The two who failed in the middle of the execution of the first team commission couldn't help but sink their hearts. The speed of running and galloping couldn't help but increase a little again.

It's a door.

A door blocked from the inside by something. The light behind the door was dim, accompanied by the suppressed sobs of the woman. Cheng Xiao heard the voice and knew that the woman was not standing near the door. And inside the door, apart from the woman, there was only another very faint heartbeat!

"Don't go near the door!" Cheng Xiao didn't hesitate any longer, and as soon as his figure jumped, he hurried to the door that left only a gap before zero o'clock. With a flick of his hands, the door that had been stuck in something popped open, accompanied by the sound of cabinets and some kind of soft weight rubbing against the floor.

Everything in the room appeared in front of his eyes, and he was stunned at first. Then step in. And the next moment, the panorama in the room was also presented in the zero point eye of the flashlight that was turned on later.

Four newcomers, two dead. The thug clutched his throat and collapsed diagonally across the room in horror. The white-collar man was crushed under the collapsed metal cabinet, his head smashed, and a blood-stained trophy that might have been placed on top of the cabinet rolled down not far away. The man's hands corroded and twisted, and the arthropod of a face-hugging insect fell to the ground. The white-collar woman who was still alive hid in another corner of the room and sobbed. And in the center of the room, the body of the middle-aged man in the briefcase, covered with a face-hugging worm, collapsed next to a corpse whose body was torn apart, but stripped out of the pipes instead of blood.

The wreckage is the synth, the eyes and ears of the company, the synth Ash who was killed by the protagonists with a flamethrower in the original game. It is tasked with bringing extraterrestrial life back to the company. According to Chu Xuan's inference, it was this synthetic man who successfully contacted the company through some way before he died, so there would be an attack by the advance team.

So, where do facehuggers come from? Zhan Lan had obviously scanned this area. If there is a face-hugging bug, it is obvious that it will be detected in advance.

The answer wasn't complicated, Zero just slightly deflected his gaze and saw a dry alien egg. The eggs are housed behind the wreckage of the synths and are blocked by another small cabinet. It was a completely blind spot, and Zhan Lan might not be able to spot it immediately if it didn't move. Theoretically, the eggs laid by the queen should not appear as far away from the brood.

Obviously, this is a trap. The Xenomorphs noticed that synths were unusual among the survivors, so they set up the setup. It's just that I didn't expect that the first few advance teams had no interest in Ash's wreckage. But it was a newcomer in the reincarnation who happened to collide.

I see.

Cheng Xiao was comforting the white-collar woman and helping her up. And at this moment, everything that happened in this room was also presented on the deduction thinking of Zero Point as a professional killer.

It's a chain reaction.

The middle-aged briefcase man discovers Ash's wreckage, but is caught by the facebug trap - he is hugged in the face, and the young white-collar worker subconsciously tries to rip the facehug off him. However, the Xenomorphs have a well-established way to deal with this situation. The capture of the face-hugging insect is extremely firm, and the male white-collar workers only tear off one arthropod with all their might.

However, the face-hugging insect is not on its mission long before it completes its mission. The strength of acid blood in the body is equivalent to that of conventional aliens. The torn off knuckle threw out an arc-shaped line of acid etching. And this line cuts right into the thug's neck. And when the latter suffocated and collapsed in the pain of cutting his throat, the white-collar worker who was frightened to subconsciously retreat knocked down the cabinet behind him - his head was broken by a heavy object, and his body was crushed by the cabinet. And his body and the cabinet also happened to block the door behind him.

If all this is a coincidence, then it is a bit too much of a 'death is coming'. Zero prefers to believe that the alien has made some arrangements in the room when it comes to placing the eggs. Make it more likely that the 'unexpected' will happen.

However, there is still a question that is difficult to answer......

- Why, would these people give up obeying Chu Xuan's command and come here? They...... How did you know that Ash's wreckage was here?

Crying interrupted Zero's thoughts. The female white-collar worker who was put on a coat by Cheng Xiao finally cried loudly, and then stammered to explain.

"Brother Jin...... Brother Jin said that he was engaged in architectural design. To go this way...... is the right way. Here we are...... He, he went to see the corpse...... And then...... "Woo woo woo...... "I couldn't cry, but the experience was roughly explained. She clutched Cheng Xiao's arm tightly, like a drowning person holding on to straw.

The doubts were partially resolved – but not completely. Cheng Xiao comforted her while exchanging glances with Zero. The latter immediately understood, stretched out his hand, and touched the face-hugging worm. Unexpectedly, the face-hugging worm, which was supposed to be unraveled until it was about to hatch, had already appeared large-scale calcification, and with just a slight push, it fell to the ground.

Briefcase man, motionless. But whether he is awake or not, there must be a reason for appearing here.

Zero's gaze shifts to look at Ash's wreckage. Unlike ordinary city men and women, he was easily able to spot some of the more hidden details. For example...... Ashna clenched his fist, his right hand still hidden behind him.

"Cover me." He whispered, and saw that Cheng Xiao still raised the gun easily under the drag of the female white-collar worker. Then, he reached out and broke Ash's clenched fist with his right hand.

He saw a chip, as well as ...... A crisis!

'Bang——! Ash's left hand exploded, but faster than his left hand was the trigger pulled by Cheng Xiao. The synthetic flesh and pipes shattered into pieces, accompanied by a mechanical voice from the synth's torn skull.

"Protection...... Trump - the company's property ......" The synthetic man's eyes lit up slightly, and they dimmed again. The final stress trigger action also has the ability to hurt ordinary citizens.

And the zero point that was originally unfazed, but his eyes suddenly tightened!

- [Complete the side quest to obtain the coordinates of Planet 426 and the transition route from Ash.] Earn 500 bonus points. 】

This is...... What the hell!?

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At the same time, another place in the spaceship. With a flickering thunderbolt, an alien who was cornered by the encirclement and interception finally died under the bombardment of the lightning pulse cannon.

The world is not over.

In the thundercloud mecha, Jiang Yu frowned slightly.

"Strange...... This should be the last one. Could it be that the face-hugging insect is also an alien? In that case, wouldn't even the eggs of the face-hugging insects be classified as aliens? ”

Unconscionable, even illogical. After Chu Xuan put down the isolation door, the remaining aliens couldn't escape the pursuit of the reincarnator no matter how hard they tried. And now, he couldn't even hear his comrades firing.

But he received a communication from Zhan Lan.

"Zhan Lan? What happened? Are we missing anything? He asked before Zhan Lan could speak.

Then......

"Uh...... Come back first. On the other side of the communication, there was a slight hesitation in Zhan Lan's tone. There were some unexpected casualties among the newcomers. And...... Indeed, some special circumstances have occurred. ”

"The kind of situation that we don't handle very well."