Although killing a Xenomorph without getting hurt was something to be proud of, that was true for ordinary people, like Ripley in the movies. She had faced an enormous gap in strength between herself and the alien monster, and only by fighting with everything she had managed to kill it. That was what made her an iconic heroine whose legend would never fade!
But Wang Zhen was different!
As a transmigrator, one who had been embraced in turn by twelve Dayun Trucks, and one with a cheat, he was destined to be anything but ordinary like those who relied on the Main God to enhance them. So killing a Xenomorph without getting hurt wasn't enough to satisfy Wang Zhen!
After all, there were more than a dozen Xenomorphs still waiting for him to kill. If every fight went like the one with this Xenomorph—roasting it with fire, then freezing it, and using an Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill to finish it off—that was just too lame. It wasn't even remotely cool or explosive, and it was a hundred thousand miles away from being simply handsome!
Looking cool was a lifelong pursuit!
If the protagonist couldn't kill his enemies with dazzling style, how could the readers feel satisfied? How could they enjoy that smooth, fireworks-like rush?
Wang Zhen walked up to the Xenomorph's remains and picked up a piece of its exoskeleton. He shook off the corrosive bodily fluids clinging to it, then began using Alchemy to analyze its tough shell. Before long, he discovered that although this chitinous shell could withstand 7.62 mm rifle rounds and had a metallic sheen like steel, it wasn't actually steel. It merely contained some metallic elements; in essence, it was still the natural polymer chitin found in crustaceans and insects.
However, the chitin in a Xenomorph's shell differed from ordinary chitin, which dissolved easily in strong acid. Its composition was based on an entirely new formula.
"So it really was an artificial creation! This formula doesn't look like the result of natural evolution at all. It has a unique industrial elegance!" Wang Zhen couldn't help praising the Engineers, who were said to have created the Xenomorph species. Neither human technology nor the Alchemy he had mastered could create something from nothing. At best, they could improve and synthesize something based on a known organism. Yet the legendary Engineers had created life out of thin air—and had truly brought the Xenomorph species into being. Their level of technology was simply astounding.
Still, Wang Zhen didn't feel inferior. With the Main God capable of completely restoring his body, all he needed was enough reward points to communicate with the "Gate of Truth" countless times and glean more of the boundless knowledge contained in the consciousness of the great universe. Catching up to and surpassing the Engineers wasn't an impossible task.
Silver-white light shimmered in Wang Zhen's eyes, radiating a detached chill. Deep within them, the faint image of the "Gate of Truth" could be seen! He tried to use the knowledge of the "Gate of Truth" to break down and reconstruct the piece of exoskeleton.
Once Wang Zhen could break down and reconstruct a substance, it meant he had fully mastered it. From there, he could break it down and reconstruct it as another substance, or rearrange it with other substances to create something new!
As Wang Zhen activated the Alchemy Transmutation Circle, the piece of exoskeleton in his hand crumbled into a fine pile of sand before his eyes. Then, beneath a layer of red light, the grains fused back together into a piece of exoskeleton!
It was exactly the same as the original. Even if someone had watched the whole process, they wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between the two.
"Just as I thought!" Wang Zhen weighed the fragment in his hand, then tossed it back onto the ground. "Next, I'll test out a new fighting style! It'll take a little time, but even though Zheng Zha and the others have numbers on their side, they aren't united, and they're short on weapons and equipment. Even if Chu Xuan and the other two are professionals, without guns they're only a little better than Li Shuaixi. They won't stand a chance against the Xenomorphs. They're still useless."
Wang Zhen clapped his hands. The scattered pieces of Xenomorph exoskeleton on the ground were squeezed together by an invisible force, forming a standard human-shaped target that stood upright on the ground a short distance away.
Then Wang Zhen clapped his hands again. Without warning, dozens of arm-thick metal bars thrust out of the walls around the target, pinning it firmly in place. Next, he slapped the wall beside him, and several palm-sized metal bricks dropped to the ground. He casually picked one up and threw it at the bound target made of Xenomorph exoskeleton.
"Boom..."
Amid a muffled explosion, the target assembled from Xenomorph exoskeleton was blown into fragments of various sizes!
"A little too slow!" Wang Zhen muttered, dissatisfied. "Looks like making weapons and equipment on the fly once I enter the story world was too optimistic. I need to prepare thoroughly beforehand, like I did on past missions, and do my best to account for every unexpected situation! I shouldn't have left behind that large hiking backpack full of materials just because carrying it wouldn't look cool. I could've just carried it by hand!"
"Still, using the Metal Transmutation Array to restrain the Xenomorph and then blowing it up directly with the Explosion Transmutation Circle is easier than using fire and ice to make an Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill. I should see if I can optimize it further and take them out in one go!" Wang Zhen stared at the fragments of Xenomorph shell in the distance and murmured to himself. "The more elaborate the Transmutation Circles, the more openings there are for things to go wrong. And my body is the biggest weakness! These clothes offer a lot of protection, but a Xenomorph's tongue can pierce a Yautja's armor. My clothes probably wouldn't fare much better!"
"So I need to take the Xenomorphs out in one go, as quickly as possible. That's the fighting style that best suits my situation!"
Wang Zhen gathered the scattered pieces of Xenomorph shell again, this time shaping them into an empty Xenomorph shell.
Then Wang Zhen clapped his hands. Dozens of arm-thick metal bars shot out from the walls, floor, and ceiling around the empty shell, wrapping tightly around it. At the same time, the bars coiled around the Xenomorph began glowing orange-red!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."
A string of explosions rang out as the metal bars wrapped around the empty Xenomorph shell detonated violently!
This time, the method was far more devious and swift than first wrapping the target up and then throwing a metal brick at it. And since the metal bars far surpassed a palm-sized brick in both number and weight, the explosion was naturally much more powerful!
The Xenomorph shell fragments on the ground were now no bigger than fingernails, and some had vanished altogether!
"According to the information online, the most common Xenomorphs should be Drones, which are relatively weak. This fighting style should be enough for now! But if higher-ranking Xenomorphs show up, like the Sentinels that parasitize cats, the Royal Guards that serve as bodyguards, or the strongest of them all, the Queen..."
"Then I'll have to adjust my approach! Those higher-ranking Xenomorphs are either extremely fast or enormous, with thick exoskeletons. Metal bars alone might not be enough to restrain them!" Wang Zhen said casually as he walked toward a passageway, murmuring softly to himself.
At that moment, not far behind Wang Zhen, two Xenomorphs were using the passageway's deep shadows to approach him swiftly...
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