The wind howled.
On the Ravager, Dio Brook hurried toward the Captain's Cabin.
"Fu Ming! Zang Ting!"
The black-robed man with a sword on his back tapped his left index finger against his temple. "No problem."
He opened his eyes. "I know Zang Ting's Enhancement Path. She had roughly ten thousand Reward Points, and three unreported B-Rank Side Quest slots."
Dio Brook scratched his head. "You mean he exchanged for a Rebirth Cross?"
Fu Ming smiled. "Yes. Based on my understanding of his personality, after something like this happened, he would play it safe. His soul must have already returned to the square and be waiting for us to return."
"What a pity!" Dio Brook rubbed his brow. "His Hogwarts Bracelet of Radiance was equipment we spent a long time saving up for in Resident Evil. It can restore Internal Energy, magic power, Chakra, and many other forms of energy."
"Now that he's been killed, such top-tier equipment must have fallen into the Central Continent Team's hands."
Fu Ming drew an inconspicuous, ancient black longsword. "All that is lost may be reclaimed. The light in my palm shall illuminate that which has strayed, guiding it back to its former master's side."
Dio Brook could not understand such complicated words and could only nod repeatedly.
"Captain." Dio Brook looked toward the forest battlefield. "Black Water Technology was seized first by the Central Continent Team. What do we do now?"
"Don't rush." Fu Ming rose slowly, full of confidence. "A mature Farming Team cannot cultivate three overly powerful experts."
"They must avoid a team battle."
"The one who forced Zang Ting into such a state must be the Central Continent Team's captain."
Fu Ming closed his eyes and felt the wind blowing in from outside the ship.
"Begin! Search for every member of the Central Continent Team!"
"Let me personally meet the captain of this Farming Team."
After saying that, Fu Ming actually leaped out through the hatch!
Yet Dio Brook acted as though nothing had happened, as if he knew his captain would not fall to his death. He silently activated Mental Scan.
In the sky, the Ravager resembled a drone spraying pesticide.
Dio Brook pushed his Mental Scan to its limit, seemingly intent on searching every inch of Engineer Planet!
He was determined to kill every member of the Central Continent Team!
Even the Human Pigs raised by the Farming Team would not escape the fate of slaughter!
In the forest, Arno and Da Qiang's hand-to-hand fight continued.
A camera extending from underground captured the scene of their duel.
Deep underground, the outsiders Ruan Wei and the others watched the reality-shattering battle, their initial lofty ambitions long gone.
Ono Kei had even curled up in a corner and given up completely, abandoning all thoughts of showing off her intelligence.
She believed that no amount of scheming could make up for the gap in Combat Power.
How could ordinary people possibly take part in a battle like this?
Even from ten meters away, they would probably be killed by the flying sand and stones.
The clacking of high heels echoed down the corridor.
Meng Yao appeared, carrying a pot of black liquid.
The moment she appeared, everyone grew tense.
"Don't be afraid." Meng Yao swayed the black liquid in the pot. "You may choose to drink this, or not drink it."
Having seen the movie, Ono Kei had long explained this sort of black liquid to everyone.
Drinking this water would cause an Alien to incubate inside the body.
The difference from having an Alien Egg implanted by a Facehugger was that it caused no pain or itching at first.
But they would still have their chests torn open.
Auntie swallowed. "Then... then I ain't drinking it!"
The moment she said that, she suddenly felt a stabbing pain in her elbow!
Before anyone could react!
Splurt!
Blood sprayed across Ono Kei's face!
"Ahhh!"
Before Auntie could even make a sound, Ono Kei, her face covered in blood, screamed first!
She had exposed her weakness!
Fear of blood!
"Y-you!" The pain nearly made Auntie pass out. Meng Yao stepped forward and delivered another kick, knocking Auntie unconscious.
She then took out a spray bottle and lightly sprayed the wound twice.
Miraculously, the bleeding from the severed joint stopped!
Ruan Wei swallowed and looked at Meng Yao. "What exactly do you want me to do?"
"Very simple." Meng Yao pointed at the Black Water on the table and took out four more pellets. "Swallow these with the Black Water. Don't worry about anything else."
Even someone with low intelligence understood whether they should ask questions at a time like this, and what would happen if they refused.
Ruan Wei was clearly someone who "considered the bigger picture." Staying alive for now was better than dying immediately.
He took the pellets, lifted the pot of Black Water, and, wearing an expression as if he had eaten shit, swallowed the pellets with the Black Water!
Cough! Cough!
After finishing everything, Ruan Wei broke out in a cold sweat. "N-now, can you tell me what I drank?"
"Of course, sweetheart. Since you were so obedient." Meng Yao was unusually polite. "You must already know about the water. It can incubate Aliens."
"The time frame is around five hours."
"As for the pellets..."
Meng Yao could not suppress the smile curling at the corners of her lips. "They're Micro Bombs!"
"Ah!"
Ruan Wei hurriedly shoved his fingers down his throat, trying to vomit them out.
But with a single glance from Meng Yao, he immediately stopped what he was doing.
"Don't worry. Bombs this small can at most blow you to death. They won't cause a commotion as big as when the Demon Team accidentally triggered an Engineers' trap."
With those words, Meng Yao had already attributed Zang Ting's death to a trap in an unexplored area of Engineer Planet.
"B-but why do this? If we drink the water, won't the Aliens kill us anyway?" Ruan Wei asked, forcing himself to be brave.
"It's different."
"The bombs are so you can die with dignity."
"As for the Black Water..."
Meng Yao tore off a piece of skin from her lip with her teeth. Her tongue licked against the tip of a fang as she carefully chewed it. "The Main God is punishing me. It definitely won't make such a small fuss."
"The original movie plot is no longer a reliable reference."
"The Synthetic Human David did not tell the truth."
"I suspect there is a larger Alien nest underground! There may even be an Alien Queen!"
"What you need to do is simple. Use the fact that you're 'pregnant' to approach the nest."
"Before the bombs kill you, or before the Aliens tear open your chests, tell me accurately whether such a thing exists." As Meng Yao spoke, she pointed at the walkie-talkie hanging from her body. "Contact me the moment you see it."
Light returned to Ono Kei's eyes. She asked, "What is your reason for doing this? Can you tell me? Maybe I can offer advice, such as whether the Alien Queen can deal with the Demon Squad."
"Of course it can't deal with them." Meng Yao looked at Ono Kei as though she were an idiot. "All you need to do is tell me whether it exists. As for everything else, it is none of your concern!"
With the matter put so bluntly, Ono Kei did not dare keep bothering Meng Yao.
Just then, the walkie-talkie rang!
"An Alien has already incubated! What do I do next!? Can I leave now?"
Meng Yao pressed the talk button. "You did very well, but I'm sorry, your mission is to sacrifice yourself."
"Ah! That's not what you said! You didn't say that! Covenant! Covenant! Open the hatch for me! Covenant! Ahhh!"
Team Member Yan Huiqian has died. Crewmate count decreased by one. All members lose 100 Reward Points!