Two Xenomorphs!
And they were taller, bulkier, and stronger. They were clearly an evolved form of Xenomorph!
If the previous Xenomorphs were Drone Workers, then these should be Drone Warriors. Nearly three meters tall, they had likely undergone the complete parasitic process—from Xenomorph egg to facehugger, chestburster, and mature adult. The earlier Xenomorphs, by comparison, seemed more like they'd hatched directly. Those had usually moved in pairs, supporting and cooperating with each other, while these larger ones acted alone. Clearly, they were better suited for combat.
Zhang Jie and the others were in trouble!
But I was too kindhearted to stand by and do nothing. Watching my allies get beaten to a pulp just wasn't my style!
These two Xenomorphs should be worth more reward points, too, so there was no way I could let them get away!
The two Xenomorphs were even using a pincer maneuver?
They sure knew how to put on a show!
But I liked it!
Wang Zhen quickly charged at the Xenomorph closest to him. All that talk about being kindhearted and unable to stand by and do nothing was just his usual way of poking fun at himself. After all, as a seasoned killer who'd grown up in an assassin organization and started killing at the age of ten, he would've gone mad long ago if he hadn't found ways to relieve the mental pressure.
The moment Wang Zhen spotted his target, he saw the difference. The earlier Xenomorphs had been over two meters tall, but beside this one, which stood over three meters, they seemed downright small. This creature had a streamlined build and was certainly terrifying, but compared with the one before him, the others were amateurs next to a master!
This Xenomorph stood nearly three meters tall. It was not only muscular, but its joints were no longer smooth and streamlined. Spikes had grown from its leg joints, while sickle-shaped bone blades jutted from its elbows. Even the weaker parts of its body were reinforced with spikes or bone blades. The earlier Drone Workers were impressive predators in their own right, but compared with this one, they were amateurs facing a professional!
After examining the Drone Warrior's unusual features, Wang Zhen understood the difference. Unlike the versatile, jack-of-all-trades Drone Workers, this one had to be specialized for combat. So he decided against any flashy, last-second counterattack.
The first to strike had the advantage. Hesitate, and you're done for!
Wang Zhen stuck with his most practiced one-shot strategy. He started by activating the metal passage, then wrapped the Xenomorph in metal bands. The bands exploded all at once, blasting the creature into scraps!
But the Drone Warrior reacted with astonishing speed. Before Wang Zhen could order the metal bands to cinch tight, the Xenomorph used its spikes and bone blades to cut through the bands wrapped around its body!
"Damn it! You alien scum, couldn't you just die already? You're going to die in the end anyway, so why make me work so hard?" Wang Zhen grumbled, annoyed that the Drone Warrior had easily foiled his plan to bind it with metal bands.
Other overpowered protagonists took down their enemies in a few quick moves, wrapping up the fight in no time. But when it was my turn, they either endured fire and ice without going down or casually sliced through my metal bands, wrecking my one-shot plan.
Main God, this isn't funny anymore!
Sure, I've got a cheat, and I use it to show off. But I'm a good person!
Main God, don't you feel even a little guilty about picking on a good person?
Wang Zhen kept running his mouth, but his mind was as calm as still water. The Xenomorph had acted alone, was armed from head to toe, and had seen through his little trick. There was nothing surprising about that. In fact, its movements showed him that the Drone Warrior wasn't just covered in blades; it was smart, too. Wang Zhen realized he'd need to use a few tricks if he wanted to kill it.
Wang Zhen kept controlling the metal bands, but this time he didn't try to bind the Xenomorph. Instead, he sent them dancing around it, harassing it and drawing its attention.
Then he controlled the metal bands extending from the walls, floor, and ceiling. He merged them together, raising two thick metal plates half a meter in front of and behind the Drone Warrior. Together with the walls on either side and the ceiling above, they formed a massive iron coffin!
Before the Drone Warrior inside could attack the metal plates, Wang Zhen activated a Transmutation Circle and made the inner surfaces explode. He didn't blow up the entire plates, only the metal layers facing the Xenomorph. The effect was like a shaped charge: in the confined space, the force of the explosion shattered the inner metal layers into fragments, which then sprayed wildly around the enclosed space, inflicting tremendous damage on anyone trapped inside.
His understanding of Alchemy wasn't advanced enough to transmute things from nothing, since he lacked the necessary raw materials. Without bringing materials with him, he couldn't do what he'd fantasized about and clap his hands to create anything he wanted.
So, of course, Wang Zhen couldn't make a shaped charge. But he could imitate one using the same principles!
As it turned out, if you couldn't pierce armor, you either needed a bigger caliber or a heavier charge to increase the projectile's speed. The explosions Wang Zhen had carefully designed to imitate a shaped charge created a veritable storm of metal inside the iron coffin he'd built!
The Drone Warrior was larger and stronger than a Drone Worker, and its exoskeleton was tougher. But under the crisscrossing barrage of more than a hundred metal fragments flying at 200 meters per second, it didn't last even ten seconds before it became a honeycomb riddled with holes.
The result was spectacular!
But it had cost Wang Zhen a great deal of energy. Compared to simply activating the metal walls, wrapping the Xenomorph in metal bands, and blowing them up, this was far more difficult. Imitating a shaped charge was especially demanding. Wang Zhen had to concentrate completely and use all his mental energy to precisely control the Transmutation Circle and detonate the inner layers of the metal plates with pinpoint accuracy. He had to shatter the inner metal into fragments, then use the explosion to accelerate and fire those fragments in an instant!
And he had to do it quickly. If he took too long, the Drone Warrior would break through the walls!
So when Wang Zhen dispelled the Transmutation Circle and saw the Drone Warrior lying on the ground, its body riddled with holes, he was exhausted—but thrilled!
"Modern firearms sometimes struggle against alien creatures that don't exist on Earth or monsters with special abilities. But that doesn't mean the principles behind those weapons are useless! It's just that modern firearms are designed to deal with humans and Earth's creatures!" Wang Zhen's idea was to use Alchemy to imitate the effects of modern weapons!
"I can't say I'm Invincible, but once I've got enough materials, I'm sure I'll be terrifyingly strong!" Wang Zhen said with his hands braced on his hips, full of confidence.
"Who... else... wants some?"
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