This display had already gone beyond the bounds of humanity. Yet just a few seconds of looking into those eyes was enough to make the burly man and the curly-haired woman feel pressured. It wasn't the urgency of a mortal threat, but more like the brain's stress response. In moments, their minds went blank, and they even started to get headaches.
"Can you understand me?" Xu Huo looked at the thing in front of him. "If you can, stop roaring."
Its roar grew louder.
"Communication's going to be difficult." Xu Huo raised a hand and cut off its head.
The curly-haired woman and the burly man, who had already escaped the effects of gravity, immediately felt relieved. Looking at the dead alien on the ground, they could hardly believe it had been able to run them ragged before.
"Maybe there really is more than one alien," the burly man said.
Xu Huo was inclined to agree. In fact, he hoped there were more aliens. Otherwise, tearing this entire Punishment City apart would be pointless.
He swept the corpse aside, and the three continued onward. After a while, they finally found the room the curly-haired woman had described, where the aliens were kept.
It was a huge space, with more than thirty large cylindrical tanks. All sorts of aliens were immersed in nutrient solution, fast asleep. When Xu Huo's light shone on them, some of the aliens inside the containers began to move.
"Quick!" The burly man said just one word before covering the light-emitting Artifact in Xu Huo's hand as fast as he could. But the next second, a man-sized, milky-white alien resembling a gecko in the nearest container suddenly opened its mouth and let out a piercing scream. Everyone present felt a sharp pain in their brains, and then