Guessing that the Xenomorph Queen was likely laying eggs, the three Royal Guard-class Xenomorphs were guarding her without stepping an inch away.
Wang Zhen was quite impressed with the Main God for arranging such a plot; was this meant to test his character?
That was simply looking down on him.
He was famously known for "sweeping the floor without harming an ant, and cherishing the moth by the lamp shade"—how could he possibly do something as sanity-draining as taking advantage of someone in a vulnerable state?
It was practically an insult to his moral fiber!
Wang Zhen looked at the Royal Guard-class Xenomorphs across the way that refused to budge, and the Queen crouching in the shadows behind them laying eggs, feeling quite frustrated.
In truth, he had hoped the three Royal Guards would split into two waves to attack him, the intruder. Of course, them coming all at once to take him out would have been fine too; whether it was one wave, two, or three, they just needed to come out!
However, because the Queen was likely laying eggs, these three Royal Guard-class Xenomorphs wouldn't budge, which was truly vexing.
The location of the Queen and the Royal Guards was in the deepest corner of the warehouse; if they wouldn't come out, he would have to go in.
It wasn't impossible for him to go over and attack, but his assumption that the Queen was laying eggs was just that—an assumption, not a certainty. Especially since that corner was also covered in that white, viscous substance which could scramble mental sensing, preventing him from perceiving all of the Queen's movements.
Forget it.
Stop thinking about it!
After all, this was the second plot world experienced by the newcomers of the Zhongzhou Team, and the plot had already gone off the rails. With only three people left now, if things continued like this, it would basically be a total wipeout.
"Therefore, there must be difficulty, but the Main God probably wouldn't allow a Xenomorph Queen at full combat strength. Although it's still a guess, I feel this possibility is very high, especially considering the earlier speculation about the Queen laying eggs..."
"After all, it can weaken the combat power of the strongest of the Xenomorph race without nerfing her too much. This egg-laying debuff is quite reasonable, and it can also coordinate with the time-limited mission. If I miss the window of the Queen laying eggs, I'll run into a Xenomorph Queen that is recovering her strength!"
"Damn! I wanted to study it more, but it looks like I have to take advantage of the situation now!" Wang Zhen said with a somewhat sour expression.
What?
The Xenomorph Queen isn't human, but an enemy of humanity?
Then there's no such thing as taking advantage of someone in a vulnerable state?
Wang Zhen activated the Flame Transmutation Circle again, using fire to turn the white, viscous substance on the ground into ash. Although he didn't know what other uses this stuff had besides scrambling mental sensing, its disgusting appearance alone was enough to make one want to clean it up.
Wang Zhen didn't go deeper. He stood in a position that allowed him to completely cover the Xenomorph Queen and the Royal Guards opposite him with his Metal Transmutation Array; in other words, he was standing exactly where he could place his targets within his effective range!
Since he had decided to act, Wang Zhen didn't dawdle. It was like putting an elephant in a fridge—it takes a few steps, but in fact, as a State Alchemist, Wang Zhen could confidently say it only took one!
Massive metal plates rose from the ground, instantly sealing the three Royal Guards and the Queen inside an incredibly huge iron coffin.
Just as Wang Zhen prepared to detonate the inner sides of the metal plates to create countless high-speed metal shards—using the principle of armor-piercing shells—to hack the old hero to death, an accident occurred...
"Pfft..."
A ball of highly corrosive mucus, twice the size of a basketball and composed of Xenomorph bodily fluids, suddenly corroded a large hole in the side of the iron coffin facing Wang Zhen, then continued toward him with only slightly reduced speed!
"Damn! That's ridiculous! When did they evolve into Hydralisks?" Although Wang Zhen always mocked himself for being a glass cannon, his four human transmutations had improved his physical fitness. Because of this, even though the Xenomorph's spit attack came suddenly, he still managed to dodge it!
Wang Zhen had just dodged one spit attack when he had to dodge a second, because another ball of spit came flying over...
Wang Zhen was decisive. Seeing that these Xenomorphs had secretly changed classes, all his previous guesses had to be thrown out and recalculated!
Moreover, Hydralisks—these spit-snakes—were not only capable of ranged attacks, but could also transform into another form: the Lurker, which could burrow underground and attack targets from a distance with ground spikes.
Although the change was sudden, Wang Zhen was mentally prepared. After all, when it came to not acting like a human, the Main God truly didn't act like a human!
"So you've changed classes into spit-snakes, and I have no way to deal with you?" Wang Zhen continuously dodged the corrosive balls, which were smaller but faster and more numerous.
Subsequently, Wang Zhen waited for the moment these corrosive balls naturally fell—that is, the moment they exceeded the range of these Hydralisks—and suddenly struck, creating a thick pillar of ice to block in front of him.
Calming his agitated mood, Wang Zhen couldn't help but laugh. Although he particularly hated variables—as they easily led to increased mission difficulty or failure—he also loved them. Because the existence of variables allowed him to experience freshness and excitement, and made him even more thrilled!
Wang Zhen slapped his hands onto the thick ice pillar. The pillar began to deform, gradually turning into the shape of a streamlined bullet train, and Wang Zhen stood in the driver's cabin, his entire body encased in crystal-clear ice.
"Come! Let me see what other tricks you have besides spitting!" Wang Zhen pressed his hands onto the ice-formed console and muttered to himself.
"Boom..."
The crystal-clear bullet train head, condensed from ice, suddenly slid forward rapidly...
Inside the ice train, Wang Zhen felt as if he were driving a real high-speed train. The ice-condensed train slid across the metal-plated floor at an extremely high speed. Thus, when this ice train head, carrying an unparalleled, violent, and domineering impact, charged straight at the two alien Royal Guard-class Xenomorphs—or rather, the spit-snakes that had changed classes—it slammed into them!
Just as the ice train was about to reach the Hydralisks, Wang Zhen suddenly moved his hands. The ice train head performed a silky little waist-twist, changing its target to the other spit-snake and continuing its charge!
At the same time, right where the ice train head had twisted to change targets, three arm-thick conical spikes suddenly drilled out rapidly from the ground, which had been covered in white, viscous substance once again!
If Wang Zhen hadn't steered the ice train head to dodge quickly, it would definitely have been pierced from the bottom by those three spikes!
"Just as expected, where there's a spit-snake's spit, there must be a Lurker's ground spikes!" Seeing the ground spikes erupt from the earth, Wang Zhen immediately slammed his hand down. The ice train instantly accelerated, and with a savage and domineering momentum, it crashed directly into the spit-snake that, in order to protect the Queen behind it, was unable to dodge!
"Did you think I'd never played StarCraft II? Did you think I didn't know what the Zerg had?"
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