Opening the Door to Joy - Space Terrorist Attack Edition

If Wang Zhen wanted to slip away and solo the Xenomorphs right under the noses of the "Old Silver Coin" and the "Humanoid Computer," he had two small problems to solve.

Literally, they were just two small problems.

The first was how Wang Zhen could smoothly slip away from the Old Silver Coin and the Humanoid Computer without being noticed or suspected.

The second was how Wang Zhen could solo-farm monsters; after all, in the movie, there were four men and one woman on this spaceship, including the heroine Ripley... plus a cat and an android!

That's right!

There were only five living humans and one android on this ship! If the plot hadn't changed, only one Xenomorph Sentinel, skilled in stealth and ambush, would appear. This was logical, because given the combat power of a Xenomorph, if there were any more, there wouldn't be a sequel—everyone would be dead, rather than Ripley surviving with the Xenomorph parasite inside her as seen in the film!

Now, with the addition of these people and eleven newcomers, the plot world would definitely have to change. A single Xenomorph would actually become the weaker side. The plot world likely wouldn't play by the rules; there was a fifty-percent chance that the crew members would all become hosts, and a thirty-percent chance that the eleven newcomers who ran off plus the crew would all become hosts.

In that case, it would be either four unknown-form Xenomorphs or fifteen, and one had to be careful—there would be a Cat Xenomorph!

Although Wang Zhen had been quite confident when he decided to solo the Xenomorphs, now that he had carefully deduced the number of them, even as a cheater, he felt immense pressure!

What he dreaded most wasn't the unknown-form Xenomorphs, but the one confirmed to have a cat as a host!

As a veteran assassin who began carrying out hits at age ten, no one knew better than him how terrifying an assassin with refined combat skills and the stature of a child could be. Once that Xenomorph grew based on the cat's genetic blueprint, the result would inevitably be a combination of a cat—one of the most highly evolved hunters among terrestrial mammals—and the powerful predatory Xenomorph, creating a near-perfect hunter.

If that thing really shows up, I have to prepare in advance, or I'll die in a really pathetic way! Although Wang Zhen didn't want to see such a special Xenomorph appear, the Main God was always like that: the more you didn't want to see something, the more it would force you to.

Therefore, Wang Zhen was almost certain this Cat Xenomorph would appear; he just didn't know when, where, or how.

Wang Zhen carefully studied the instant Transmutation Circles he could use, trying to find a way to deal with these Xenomorphs.

"Wang Zhen, hurry up and keep up! I heard someone screaming ahead! Something must have happened!" Zheng Zha patted Wang Zhen on the shoulder and then ran out the door, with the others following closely behind.

Wang Zhen's train of thought was interrupted by Zheng Zha's slap, so he could only shrug his shoulders and follow slowly at the back.

These corpses are clearly crew members, and combined with the screams ahead? It looks like the second scenario. It will be much easier to leave later. Wang Zhen looked at the four corpses the others had stepped over, especially the large holes torn from the inside out in their chests and abdomens, and felt a bit heavy-hearted.

When everyone arrived at the location of the screams, Zheng Zha, who had been running in the lead, suddenly stopped, turned his head, and ran to the corner of the wall to retch.

Chu Xuan and the other two followed with professional poker faces, crouching down in the crimson pool of blood formed by the splattering gore, sifting through pieces of flesh and organs. These scattered limbs and organs varied in size—some as large as a human head, others as small as a palm—and looked very fresh, clearly having just been torn and bitten into this state. Although as a professional assassin who had been killing for nine years, Wang Zhen had seen plenty of dead bodies, this scene, more bloody than a slaughterhouse, was a first for him!

Despite it being his first time seeing such a thing, Wang Zhen felt no discomfort. At most, he sighed that no matter how intelligent a beast was, it was still a beast. It killed and ate people; even if it were a mess, it was just sloppy, but to make the whole room look like this was excessive—worse than the most destructive husky!

However, this didn't stop Wang Zhen from following Zheng Zha to the other side of the wall, leaning against it with one hand and holding his leg with the other, dry-heaving!

Since he felt no discomfort, he naturally couldn't vomit his guts out, and he didn't want to force himself to throw up—that would be too miserable—so he just put on a show of how to dry-heave quickly and realistically.

Fortunately, Zhan Lan and Li Shuaixi soon joined the vomiting brigade, so Wang Zhen's dry-heaving didn't attract any attention.

Is it really necessary to make such a big scene? How much did you guys eat before coming here? Just retching twice is enough to get the point across! It's just a bit intense and the smell is strong, it's no big deal. You've all seen Resident Evil, you've already played a battle royale with those zombies, aren't you used to it yet? Wang Zhen thought to himself, dry-heaving intermittently while glancing at the others, watching Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, and Li Shuaixi retching their hearts out.

It wasn't that Wang Zhen was wrong to complain; dry-heaving a few times was fine, but doing it continuously made it easy to actually vomit!

It ruined his cool, and it could easily affect the upcoming battle!

Good grief! Seriously! There's a reason the Xenomorph is hailed as the perfect predator! This damn thing actually snuck up on us! While complaining, Wang Zhen suddenly sensed a vicious, tyrannical killing intent appearing diagonally across from him!

At the same time, an arm-thick, dark red, strip-like muscle shot out from the other end of the dark corridor!

The tip of this muscle strangely had an open hole, its edges lined with sharp teeth.

Then, this bizarre thing pierced through Li Shuaixi, who was crouching there vomiting, as if it had encountered no resistance at all.

For a moment, everyone was stunned!

Looking at the strange thing protruding from his chest, Li Shuaixi, an ordinary middle-school student with a bit of awareness, was so terrified and in such pain that he went limp and collapsed to the ground, letting out a shrill scream. Instantly, the strange thing erupted with immense force, dragging Li Shuaixi rapidly back into the darkness!

Although Wang Zhen had sensed it, he was too far away; unless he exposed his ability to use instant Transmutation Circles, he couldn't save Li Shuaixi.

What kind of person was Wang Zhen?

How could he possibly expose his true trump card to save a stranger?

Therefore, Wang Zhen instead quickly scanned his surroundings, especially behind him! It was his first time discovering the terrifying nature of an alien creature like the Xenomorph—not only could it lurk and ambush, but it also used this kind of long-range attack without any warning. You could say that unless your perception was sharp enough to detect it in advance, this kind of ambush was almost guaranteed to hit!

Thus, Wang Zhen focused on sensing behind him. If a beast were to lurk behind a professional assassin and launch an ambush, that would be a real laugh!

And a huge joke at that!

"Damn, it really isn't just one!"