Black Blood in the Heart (2)

After everyone had finished eating, Chu Xuan activated the surveillance systems on all channels. The large screen was instantly divided into many smaller ones. Chu Xuan waved his hand in the air as if painting something, and after a long while, he said with a pale face, "Alright, I've memorized the sequence for closing the isolation walls. The closest Alien is currently in room twenty-two. Another one is moving from room twenty towards nineteen. If we start attracting their attention within five minutes, we can isolate one of them and lure the other towards us. Then, we'll proceed with the decoy plan."

Zheng Zha looked at Li Shuaixi, sighed, and asked, "What should we do then?"

Chu Xuan continued to operate the console, pressing buttons. After a moment, he stood up and said, "In one minute, the isolation walls outside will open. The closing sequence for the remaining walls has also been set. Let's go, we'll head to the corridor now. I'll explain the detailed process of the decoy plan to him."

Upon hearing this, everyone moved to the corridor. Overlord had also modified the six grenades into two combined bombs. The thick isolation walls gradually rose, and everyone saw that the walls outside were covered in dents, claw marks, and scratches. These were walls made of pure steel, and the scene sent a chill down everyone's spine.

Chu Xuan took the two combined bombs and pointed to the corridor. "You need to stand at the other end of this corridor. From there, you can see a hundred meters in a straight line. As soon as the Alien charges from the other end of the corridor, pull the pin and throw the bomb. I specifically asked Overlord to shorten the fuse time. After you throw it at the Alien, it will explode in mid-air. Once you throw the combined bomb, you must immediately retreat. Remember, your escape route is to turn left at every junction; you must run left down every passage."

"This way, you'll end up running in a large circle back here. The injured Alien chasing you will be blocked by the isolation wall that drops behind you. So, as long as you run fast enough through the two isolation walls, you'll be completely safe."

Li Shuaixi lowered his head and asked, "What about this isolation wall leading to the control room? Will it close after I go out?"

Chu Xuan nodded. "Yes, this isolation wall will close after you go out. I will open it one minute after the explosion. Based on your previous running speed, this timeframe is not tight at all. Oh, and to attract the Alien, you'll probably need to draw some blood. In short, for this mission, you just need to keep running left!"

Then, Overlord tossed a dagger to Li Shuaixi, and Chu Xuan handed him the combined bombs simultaneously. As Li Shuaixi took the bombs, everyone felt a surge of tension. Zheng Zha even saw Zero Point reach behind his back; he was holding the Desert Eagle with infinite bullets in his other hand, though no one knew when Zhang Jie had given it to him.

To everyone's surprise, Li Shuaixi calmly turned around. Everyone let out a sigh of relief, but then Li Shuaixi suddenly spun back and, with a flick of his wrist, threw a combined bomb behind the group. Just as Chu Xuan had said, the combined bomb with the shortened fuse exploded in mid-air. Fortunately, Li Shuaixi, due to his nervousness, had thrown it quite far. The group was only shaken by the blast wave and didn't suffer any real damage.

Zheng Zha, standing at the very back, was somewhat afraid to look Li Shuaixi in the eye. Unexpectedly, he was the most affected by the explosion. He was almost blown off his feet by the shockwave. When he landed, his mouth and nose were full of blood, and his vision went white. After a few seconds, he could barely see again, and the first thing he saw was Li Shuaixi holding the pull ring of a combined bomb, his face contorted into a ferocious grin.

Li Shuaixi laughed ferociously. "What's wrong, genius? You wanted to kill me, didn't you? Weren't you all pushing me away? Just for a little bit of food and water? Just to hide with you? Damn it, are you all really that pushy? Why should I be the one to go die? Huh, why? Tell me! I've already thrown caution to the wind. If we're going to die, we'll die together. I'd rather die than in the mouths of those Aliens!"

As Chu Xuan was knocked to the ground by the shockwave, his head hit the wall, causing blood to flow. He stood up and asked calmly, "I'm curious, why aren't you afraid of death? My plan is dangerous, but it's not a hundred percent fatal. If you follow my instructions, your chances of survival are very high. Tell me, why are you..."

Li Shuaixi's face was still contorted. He interrupted Chu Xuan. "Damn it, don't lie to me. Do you know why I asked that question earlier? I asked you what would happen to the isolation wall after I went out. How did you answer me? That it would open within a minute after the explosion? Don't fucking lie to me. Do you remember my specialty? Even though I'm useless, I've read a lot of books, yes, including some military-themed ones. Aircraft isolation walls like these usually cannot be opened within half an hour of closing. This is to prevent someone from controlling the entire aerospace equipment with a computer. Within half an hour, even a computer can't open the isolation wall. I even took a look at your control method earlier. You only set the command to close; you didn't set the command to open at all!"

Saying this, Li Shuaixi burst into crazy laughter. "When I asked you that question just now, it was my last struggle. Damn it, who doesn't want to live? As long as there's a shred of hope, I want to live too. But you bastard are pushing me into the mouths of the Aliens! Damn it, tell me! Why are you forcing me into a dead end!"

Chu Xuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I underestimated you. It was my mistake... I said that there's no need for idle people in this team. You are a complete burden to this team. I hadn't planned to abandon you, but you showed dissatisfaction when I was formulating the plan. The human heart is like this; once there's a hint of dissatisfaction, it can easily grow into ugly murderous intent. Rather than letting you become an uncertain factor in future plans, it's better to eliminate you now... I didn't intend to sacrifice you. Although the isolation wall can only be reopened after half an hour, as long as you keep running forward, I would have isolated you in a passage without any Aliens. You could have been released after half an hour. However, you shouldn't have shown that venomous expression then."

Li Shuaixi's expression grew increasingly frantic. He twisted his face and shouted, "Damn it, why should I go die, and I can't even show a venomous expression? Are you the leader of this team? What the hell are you! If I can't live, none of you will live either. You'll all die with me!"

With that, Li Shuaixi let out a yell and yanked the pull ring in his hand!