The Alien Queen was probably laying eggs, which was why the three Royal Guard-level Xenomorphs never left her side.
Wang Zhen had to hand it to the Main God. It had arranged quite the scenario. Was this supposed to test his character?
It was underestimating him.
He was famous for "sweeping without harming a single ant, and loving moths enough to shield the lamp with gauze." How could he possibly take advantage of someone in their time of need? That would cost him so much SAN!
It was practically an insult to his character!
Wang Zhen stared at the Royal Guard-level Xenomorphs across from him, who refused to come out no matter what, and the Queen crouching in the shadows behind them, laying eggs. He couldn't help feeling frustrated!
Honestly, he'd rather the three Royal Guards split into two waves and come attack him, the intruder. Of course, he wouldn't mind if they all came at once to finish him off. One wave, two waves, or three—whatever the case, they just had to come out!
But with the Queen probably laying eggs, the three Royal Guard-level Xenomorphs weren't budging, which was frustrating as hell.
The Queen and the Royal Guards were in the warehouse's innermost corner. If they wouldn't come out, he'd have to go to them.
It wasn't that he couldn't attack them himself. It was just that he only suspected the Queen was laying eggs; he wasn't certain. Especially since that corner was also covered in the same white, sticky substance that could interfere with mental sensing. He couldn't sense everything the Queen was doing.
Forget it.
No point thinking about it!
After all, this was the Zhongzhou Team rookies' second scenario world. The world had already gone off the rails, and only three of them were left. If things kept going like this, they'd basically be wiped out.
"So, there's definitely some difficulty involved, but the Main God probably wouldn't leave the Alien Queen at full fighting strength. That's still just a guess, but somehow it feels very likely—especially considering my earlier guess that the Queen is laying eggs..."
"After all, this would weaken the strongest member of the Xenomorph species without weakening her too much. The egg-laying debuff makes perfect sense. And it could go hand in hand with the timed mission: if we miss the chance while the Queen is laying eggs, we'll run into an Alien Queen whose strength is recovering!"
"Damn it! I wanted to study this some more, but now it looks like I'll have to take advantage of her while she's vulnerable!" Wang Zhen said, looking a little pleased.
What?
The Alien Queen wasn't human, but humanity's enemy?
Then it didn't count as taking advantage of her while she was vulnerable?
Wang Zhen activated the Flame Transmutation Circle again, using fire to burn the white, sticky substance on the ground to ash. He didn't know what else it was used for besides interfering with mental sensing, but its disgusting appearance alone was enough to make him want to clean it up.
Wang Zhen didn't go any farther. From where he stood, his Metal Transmutation Array could cover both the Alien Queen and the Royal Guards across from him. In other words, his position put his targets within effective range!
Once he'd decided to act, Wang Zhen didn't waste time. Building a fridge was supposedly a matter of a few steps, but as a State Alchemist, he could confidently say it only took one!
One enormous metal plate after another shot up from the ground, instantly sealing the three Royal Guards and the Queen inside a gigantic iron coffin.
Just as Wang Zhen was about to detonate the inner sides of the metal plates again, using the principle behind armor-piercing shells to create countless high-speed metal fragments and hack the old hero to pieces, something unexpected happened...
"Pfft..."
A glob of highly corrosive slime, twice the size of a basketball and made from Xenomorph bodily fluids, suddenly ate a huge hole through the side of the iron coffin facing Wang Zhen. Then, slowing only slightly, it kept hurtling toward him!
"Damn, that's ridiculous! When did they evolve into Hydralisks?" Wang Zhen was always calling himself a glass cannon, but four Human Transmutations had improved his physical abilities to some extent. So even though the Xenomorph's spittle attack came out of nowhere, he still dodged it!
Wang Zhen had just dodged one spittle attack when he had to dodge a second. Another glob was already flying at him...
Wang Zhen reacted decisively. Seeing that these Xenomorphs had quietly changed classes, he knew he'd have to throw out all his earlier assumptions and start over!
And Hydralisks weren't just ranged attackers that spat acid. They could also change into another form—the Lurker—which could burrow underground and attack targets from afar with ground spikes.
The sudden change caught him off guard, but Wang Zhen was prepared. When it came to doing unreasonable things, the Main God truly was unreasonable!
"Just because you changed into spitting snakes, you think I can't deal with you?" Wang Zhen kept dodging the smaller but faster and more numerous acid globes.
Then he seized the moment when the globes naturally fell out of range and made his move, conjuring a thick pillar of ice in front of himself.
After calming his turbulent emotions, Wang Zhen couldn't help laughing. He hated surprises, since they could make missions harder or cause them to fail. But at the same time, he loved surprises, because they brought novelty and thrills—and made him even more excited!
Wang Zhen slapped both hands against the thick pillar of ice. It began to transform, gradually taking the shape of a streamlined bullet train. Wang Zhen stood where the driver's cabin would be, his entire body encased in crystal-clear ice.
"Come on! Let's see what tricks you have besides spitting!" Wang Zhen pressed both hands against the ice control panel and spoke to himself.
"Rumble..."
The crystal-clear locomotive, formed from solid ice, suddenly shot forward...
Inside the ice train, Wang Zhen felt as if he were driving an actual high-speed train. The ice locomotive raced across the floor made of metal plates. Then, carrying an overwhelmingly ferocious force, it charged straight at the two alien Royal Guard-level Xenomorphs that had changed—or rather, the two spitting snakes they'd class-changed into!
Just as the ice locomotive was about to reach the Hydralisks, Wang Zhen suddenly shifted his hands. The train made a smooth little sidestep, switching targets to the other spitting snake and continuing its charge!
At the same time, right where the ice locomotive had swerved to change targets, three arm-thick conical spikes suddenly drilled up at tremendous speed through the white, sticky substance that had covered the ground again!
If Wang Zhen hadn't maneuvered the ice locomotive out of the way in time, those three spikes would have pierced right through its underside!
"Just as I thought. If there are spitting snakes, there are bound to be Lurker spikes!" Seeing the ground spikes erupt, Wang Zhen immediately slapped the controls. The ice locomotive accelerated in an instant and, with brute force, smashed straight into the spitting snake that couldn't dodge because it was protecting the Queen behind it!
"You think I've never played StarCraft II? You think I don't know what the Zerg can do?"
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