Resurrection

Zhang Jie's consciousness swayed amid the Havok of the explosion, his world filled with chaos and noise.

As his vision gradually cleared, he found himself pinned beneath a pile of ruins, heavy stones crushing his body and leaving him barely able to breathe.

He felt as though he was about to die. Intense pain came from every part of his body, especially his legs—a severe pain he had never experienced before.

Yet at the brink of life and death, the obsession in his heart blazed like fire, burning with determination!

He had to live. He had to make it to that place alive and see that face once more.

That obsession with life awakened Zhang Jie, and a surge of strength suddenly welled up in his body!

The power made his muscles tense. He erupted with strength unlike anything he had ever possessed and shoved away the rubble pressing down on him!

"Pant... pant..."

After struggling out of the pile of rubble, Zhang Jie looked back at his flattened foot.

It seemed... it didn't hurt as much as he had imagined?

He painfully crawled out of the ruins and looked toward the distant crater, his heart jolting with alarm.

Fang Yu, at the center of the blast, was probably dead.

A complicated emotion rose in Zhang Jie's heart.

Having once been a soldier, Zhang Jie had already come to see Fang Yu, his brief teammate, as a companion.

He also understood very well that even if he survived, once he returned to the Main God Space, he still would not escape being turned into a Human Pig.

Could he really not see her one more time, or even greedily hold her in his arms?

Suddenly, Zhang Jie remembered something!

He hurriedly raised his wrist and looked at his Reincarnation Watch!

When he saw the number "seventeen" displayed on the watch, a flash of delight crossed his eyes. "Great! Great!"

Before the team battle began, the number on the watch had been seventeen Crewmates. It was still seventeen now, which meant—

The explosion just now had caused no casualties, including Fang Yu and the female lead.

Zhang Jie looked around, and a pair of eyes in the ruins happened to meet his!

"Daniels!"

Zhang Jie was overjoyed. "Are... are you okay?"

Daniels gritted her teeth. "I... I'm pinned down. I think my arm is broken."

"Don't move yet. I can't lift a rock this big."

Dragging his injured body along, Zhang Jie painfully crawled toward the crater.

Every inch he moved seemed to drain every ounce of strength from his body.

When he finally reached the edge of the pit, the sight within the crater was something he would never forget.

Fang Yu lay there, his entire body torn and mangled, his clothes shredded beyond recognition by the explosion.

His body was covered in irregular black, cloud-like "tattoos"—the marks of the Heaven Curse Mark.

Half his body was submerged in water, making him look especially miserable.

His eyes had rolled white, and he had lost consciousness, yet his hands remained pressed together. Even unconscious, his body still held its final posture.

The sight stirred complicated emotions in Zhang Jie's heart.

He suddenly wondered whether, if he had gone through everything Fang Yu had endured, he would still possess such a strong will to survive.

He probably would have collapsed long ago, suffering a mental breakdown, right?

Suddenly!

Something emitting a faint glow caught Zhang Jie's attention!

He turned his head and discovered that the light came from a corner of the crater.

He painfully crawled over, gritting his teeth as he endured the severe pain in his leg, and picked up the glowing object.

It was a bracelet radiating purple light, with human skin tissue still attached to it. It looked extraordinarily eerie.

This was—

The bracelet the woman from the Demon Team had been wearing on her wrist?

This thing was glowing. It couldn't possibly be a mere decoration, could it?

A thought flashed through Zhang Jie's mind. Without thinking further, he plunged headfirst into the pit where Fang Yu lay!

"Splash!"

Because Fang Yu had used Water Wall, the water in the pit made Zhang Jie choke twice. Still, he quickly hopped up on one foot, helped Fang Yu to the edge of the crater, and slipped the bracelet onto Fang Yu's wrist.

Second by second, time passed.

Zhang Jie's condition worsened by the moment.

He tried calling out to Fang Yu, but it did nothing.

If not for Fang Yu's upper chest rising faintly from time to time, and the unchanged number on the Reincarnation Watch proving he was still alive, Zhang Jie would have truly felt like he was waiting for a corpse to resurrect.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

What... what was that sound?

Zhang Jie abruptly looked up!

The instant their eyes met, his blood ran cold!

A Facehugger!

This was a Facehugger that had been soaking in Nutrient Solution before the explosion, but had broken free from its restraints and awakened!

One of them had followed the scent here!

The Desert Eagle with Infinite Ammo had long since been thrown somewhere by the blast. Zhang Jie, utterly defenseless and unable even to stand properly, froze on the spot!

In a panic, he searched for a handy stone to attack the Facehugger with.

The next second, his heart stopped!

Another Facehugger appeared above the crater!

As though they had planned it beforehand, the two Facehuggers pounced at Zhang Jie and the recovering Fang Yu together!

(No way, Yanzu, you can survive this too?)

Zhang Jie's heart pounded wildly in his chest cavity, his eyes wide as he watched the black shadow leap onto Fang Yu first!

He had no time to think, because immediately afterward, a Facehugger leaped onto him as well!

His heart filled with despair!

But at that critical moment between life and death, an overwhelming desire to survive erupted from the depths of his heart!

He gripped the Facehugger's body tightly, using all his strength to fling it away.

The Facehugger's mouthparts swayed less than five centimeters from Zhang Jie's nose. The threat of death was right before him.

Zhang Jie could feel the Facehugger's feelers brush across his face, cold and slick, raising goosebumps all over his skin.

Zhang Jie and the Facehugger fell into a brief stalemate.

But soon, Zhang Jie felt dizzy, and a powerful wave of vertigo overtook his mind!

The aftereffects of opening the First Order Genetic Lock were not something an ordinary person could withstand.

Zhang Jie's consciousness began to blur, and strength drained from his fingertips.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Facehugger shoved its mouthparts into Zhang Jie's mouth!

He could feel that cold sensation burrowing into his throat, and an indescribable terror and nausea surged through him!

Having seen the movie, Zhang Jie knew that an Alien Egg had been implanted into his burning stomach by the Facehugger.

He did not know how long it would take before the Alien burst from his chest and tore him apart.

The feeling of waiting for death was more torturous than death itself.

Zhang Jie gradually gave up resisting and let the Facehugger cling to him.

The next second.

"Splurt!"

Scalding green fluid exploded across Zhang Jie's face! The sensation was like having his face melted by sulfuric acid, leaving him wishing he were dead!

He hurriedly flung away the now-dead Facehugger on his face, tore off his clothes, and frantically wiped the areas irritated by the corrosive fluid!

"Being disfigured is better than getting your chest torn open."

Fang Yu's hoarse voice reached him. Zhang Jie struggled to open his eyes. First, he saw two Facehuggers lying on the ground with kunai embedded in their heads.

Then came the Farming Team's only savior—Fang Yu.

"Th-that's great..."

Fang Yu waved a hand to cut off Zhang Jie's sentimentality. "The Facehugger implanted Alien Eggs. Cough, cough, cough."

"If it forcibly disconnects from the host again..."

Fang Yu rubbed his uncomfortable adam's apple. "The Alien Eggs should take anywhere from several hours to hatch. Cough!"

"There are only two paths before us."

"First, wait to die."

"Second..."

Fang Yu toyed with the bracelet on his wrist. "Go back to the Covenant and remove this damn thing!"

"Ah, go back like this? Meng Yao and Da Qiang must know you killed a veteran. She'll dismember you and take your reward points!"

Fang Yu narrowed his eyes. "No, she has no time to worry about me."