As soon as Zhang Jie, Zheng Zha, and Zhan Lan wrapped themselves in thin Space Blankets, commonly known as emergency blankets, the three blurry yellow-red shapes dozens of meters away suddenly vanished from the aliens' infrared vision!
The two aliens, racing after the thermal images, had no choice but to stop. Their eyesight was only average due to their body shape, and they relied mainly on infrared vision, hunting by searching like snakes. This was especially true when pursuing prey from a distance, when they needed infrared vision to provide detailed information. So when Zhang Jie used Space Blankets that cost just a few yuan each on Taobao and Pinduoduo to cleanly KO the aliens' most trusted means of seeing, it left them blind!
After losing sight of Zhang Jie and the others' infrared images, the aliens stopped running and communicated in a way no one else could understand, deciding what to do next.
Because they could no longer track Zhang Jie and the other two without their infrared images, the aliens couldn't pursue them. But the two had been directly assigned to gather as much food as possible, so they didn't pick targets at random. Even without the infrared images, they still searched every inch of the areas where those images had appeared.
However, their mission was to gather food, so they couldn't spend too long searching one area for Zhang Jie and the others. The two aliens turned and charged toward three other infrared images a little farther away.
Although Wang Zhen had privately mocked Zheng Zha and the others, he had believed Chu Xuan and his companions' identities without question. He hadn't even bothered to look at their identity cards or household registration records, and had simply believed everything they said. But as it happened, the identities of Chu Xuan and the other two were genuine. And with Chu Xuan's IQ of 220, fooling someone wasn't difficult. So it made sense that Zheng Zha and the others had been taken in.
Chu Xuan also believed his intelligence was beyond anyone else's. So whether he was truly emotionless or simply lacked emotions, he hadn't taken Zheng Zha and the others seriously. It was no surprise that a hint of pride crept into his tone!
Overawed by Colonel Chu's astonishing intelligence, Zheng Zha and the others could only fall helplessly under the colonel's sway!
Just like now: Chu Xuan and his two companions had only just entered Infinite Space, yet they had split off from Zheng Zha, who had just killed an alien, and gone to fight on their own with Zero and Ba Wang!
"Move faster! I have a bad feeling about this," Chu Xuan said calmly, his face blank.
Zero and Ba Wang looked grim, too. If Chu Xuan could sense that something was wrong, then they could also feel the clear hostility closing in.
"Weren't those two aliens supposed to chase Zhang Jie, Zheng Zha, and Zhan Lan? Why have they turned around and come after us?"
"According to what they told us, after the mission ends, they'll return to a rest stop called the God Hall. There, they can exchange points with something called the Main God for special powers and miraculous items, from low-grade to high-grade. That man with the scarred face, Zhang Jie, had two Desert Eagles with unlimited ammunition. Those three probably have some ability or item that can conceal them from the aliens," Chu Xuan said, frowning slightly.
"Agreed! When I was on a mission in Canada, I used something called a Space Blanket. It's a thin sheet made of aluminum foil. If you wrap it around yourself, it reflects body heat and prevents you from losing warmth. It doesn't cost much, but it's very thin and light. Folded up, it's no thicker than a Playboy magazine. It's an essential piece of wilderness survival gear, since you can stuff it into any crevice without taking up much space or adding much weight." Ba Wang stroked the stubble along his sideburns, looking thoughtful.
"I've used one too! It works well outdoors, but I've never used it indoors," Zero added.
"We didn't gather enough information, so there was a flaw in our deductions. We wanted to use Zheng Zha, Zhang Jie, and the others to draw the aliens' attention, giving us a chance to search for weapons and a defensible position. But it takes two to play that game. We both had the same idea." Chu Xuan stopped in front of a tightly shut door and quietly spoke as he fiddled with the switch beside it.
"You mean we wanted to use them as bait, and they wanted to use us to lure the aliens away?" Ba Wang asked, a trace of awkwardness crossing his rugged face. "But how could those three be so sure that those crappy Space Blankets would hide them from the aliens?"
"We all guessed how the aliens sensed prey at a distance. As soon as I mentioned hiding from their senses, you two immediately brought up Space Blankets. That suggests we all guessed the aliens had infrared vision like snakes. Given how miraculous they say the Main God is, it wouldn't be hard for it to offer similar items that work better than Space Blankets. So it's only natural that they could hide from the aliens' senses, isn't it?" Though the situation was urgent, Chu Xuan remained unhurried. He answered Ba Wang while continuing to fiddle with the switch.
"F-U-C-K!" Ba Wang couldn't help cursing.
"There's no need for that. We're just strangers who've only recently met. There's no way to make someone trust you completely unless you hypnotize them. Besides, the aliens are coming, but we have weapons. We should be able to fight them. If we can't kill one alien, why should the others listen to us?" Chu Xuan replied.
Before he had finished speaking, the tightly shut door silently slid open to either side!
Knowing they were short on time and that the aliens could catch up at any moment, the three went straight into the plain-looking room. Inside stood a metal rack with several pistols, assault rifles, shotguns, a few magazines, and several boxes of shells tossed carelessly across it. The guns looked old, and they were in poor condition. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been left lying around on a metal rack.
The three had no time to complain. The spaceship was an industrial mining vessel, not a military ship. It might have a few weapons on board, but they were only for defense, so there was no chance it would carry brand-new, high-end gear. Each of them first tucked a pistol into his waistband, then picked up an assault rifle and several magazines. Ba Wang also took an extra shotgun.
Just then, all three got a very bad feeling. Zero and Chu Xuan moved to opposite sides of the room, while Ba Wang's bulky, bear-like frame proved surprisingly nimble. He ducked, circled the metal rack, and slipped behind it, using the rack, which was over two meters tall, as cover.
Just as they had found places to hide, two bluish-black aliens with a metallic sheen appeared silently outside the doorway, one after the other!
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang..." From behind the rack directly opposite the door, Ba Wang, the mercenary responsible for providing suppressive fire, didn't just stand by and let the aliens enter. He pulled the shotgun's trigger!
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