"No, can Aliens evolve the ability to play dead?" Juan Er turned around. "Don't act like we've never seen anything before!"
Ye Xiaoshan looked bewildered. "This is the first time I've ever encountered something like this, too. I've never seen dried-corpse Aliens. If they haven't evolved, can they still move after they die?"
Juan Er was at a loss for words. The idea that the Aliens had evolved clearly made more sense. A corpse could move, but it couldn't act on its own; it would need some outside force. But the Aliens in front of them moved nimbly, running and making noises. They were obviously alive.
"They probably aren't playing dead," Darkness Under the Lamp said. "They must have gone dormant because they ran out of food. Their hunting instinct woke them up again. But from the looks of it, even if we do nothing, they won't last much longer."
The Aliens were so thin they were practically skin and bones. They didn't have enough energy to keep attacking the defensive barrier.
"This is so strange." Gao Dawei couldn't help taking a couple of steps toward the edge of the barrier. He watched the Aliens outside slam into it savagely. "I never knew anything like this was still alive..."
Before he could finish, a force suddenly knocked him aside. Before he could figure out what was happening, a blue arc of light rose from where he had just been standing. It passed straight through the middle of the defensive barrier, slicing it in half.
The howling Aliens rushed in. Gao Dawei hurriedly took out an Attack Artifact, but he was standing too close to the edge of the barrier, and three Aliens charged straight at him. He barely managed to block them with a Defense Artifact, then instinctively reached for