They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 383 A critical moment

Time seemed to stretch out infinitely at this moment.

Zheng Zha's pupils suddenly contracted, but the monster's speed exceeded the transmission of his nerve signals. His body had just made the initial reaction move when the deadly claws were already close to Zhan Lan's slender neck.

As the victim, Zhan Lan's mind went blank. Fear drained all her strength, and even her screams were stuck in her throat.

He could only watch helplessly as the hideous inner canine teeth magnified in his field of vision, the aura of death overwhelming him.

At this critical moment, a figure made a move that was completely opposite to everyone else's.

Instead of retreating, Zhang Qi took a step forward, a step that landed precisely between the alien's attack point and Zhan Lan.

He didn't look at the claws that could tear steel apart; his eyes were as calm as a deep pool. He simply held his right hand across his body.

"Om-"

An invisible wave emanated from his body.

It was not a physical force, but a strange "field".

The nascent and still weak Qi within his body was activated by his Bajiquan techniques from the "One Person" world, instantly boosting his internal energy several times over.

Although it was only for a moment, it was enough to stop the alien's attack.

It's now!

Zhang Qi's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he darted past the alien's empty claws, crashing into its massive embrace like a ghost.

He was like a bowstring stretched to its limit, his waist and abdomen exerting force, the muscles in his right arm bulging instantly, all his power concentrated into one point, and he struck out with a bang!

This punch, though lacking any earth-shattering force, caused the surrounding air to compress violently.

"Oh!"

A deep, muffled roar, like the beating of a war drum, exploded outwards. Visible shockwaves emanated from the point of contact between Zhang Qi's fist and the alien's body, spreading rapidly in all directions!

The enormous creature, two meters long and entirely composed of an exoskeleton, was forced back several steps by the terrifying explosive force contained in that punch, its claws scraping against the metal floor with a screeching sound.

"Good job!"

Zheng Zha's roar finally rang out. He snapped out of his brief shock and, seeing that Zhan Lan was unharmed, a mixture of elation and lingering fear welled up in his heart.

Like an enraged bull, he stomped his legs on the floor with a metallic groan, slamming into the monster that had just regained its footing with a ferocity even greater than when the alien pounced.

"boom!"

This time it was a true clash of metal. The alien's massive body could no longer maintain its balance and was sent flying by Zheng Zha's immense force, tumbling and crashing towards the other end of the passage.

Zhang Jie, Zero Point, and Overlord reacted incredibly quickly. The instant Zheng Zha charged out, they had already raised their pistols, forming a highly efficient firepower network.

Three pistols spat fire, their bullets accurately striking the alien's torso and limbs. Although they couldn't penetrate its hard exoskeleton, they successfully sent up a series of sparks, further slowing its movements.

Amidst the chaos of the battlefield, Chu Xuan remained remarkably calm.

He didn't look at the suppressed alien, but strode quickly to Zhan Lan, who was almost limp on the ground, and asked in a very fast voice:

"Bring out the hemostatic spray and bandages!"

His voice was like a bucket of cold water, instantly waking Zhan Lan from her dazed state.

She subconsciously looked at Zhang Qi and then realized that the man who had saved her life was standing there, his right hand hanging down in an unnatural position, with the outline of the bones even slightly protruding at the knuckles, obviously broken.

"Ah! It's in my bag!"

Zhan Lan then realized what was happening and frantically rummaged through her tactical backpack for first-aid supplies.

Chu Xuan took it without hesitation, walked up to Zhang Qi, skillfully cut open his sleeve, and began to treat him with the spray. Then he picked up the bandage and splint and, with the professional skills of a field medic, quickly immobilized his fractured right hand.

"Were you using internal energy just now?"

As Chu Xuan wrapped the bandages around his arm, he spoke calmly, his gaze sweeping over Zhang Qi's arm, his eyes behind his glasses flashing with calculation and analysis.

"Judging from its falling speed and size, this thing weighs at least 300 kilograms."

The explosive power of your punch exceeded the physiological limits of a human of this size.

"I guess so. It's just some basic skills passed down from my family, and I haven't mastered them properly."

Zhang Qi frowned slightly as he felt the sharp pain in his right arm.

He sighed inwardly.

Although he possesses knowledge and experience from other worlds, this body is ultimately just an ordinary person who has not been trained.

That strike just now was an explosive release of all that faint "qi," combined with the most exquisite power-generating techniques, barely achieving the desired effect.

Stopping the alien for even a moment was the limit, and the price was a comminuted fracture of the right hand.

Just then, a series of footsteps, even more hurried and chaotic than before, came from the depths of the passage.

Zheng Zha, Zhang Jie, Ling Dian, and Ba Wang, at a speed several times faster than when they were chasing each other, were running towards them without looking back.

"Run! There's more than one behind, there are three!"

Zheng Zha's roar echoed through the passage, filled with anxiety and horror.

Three heads! This number sank everyone's hearts to the bottom.

No one dared to linger for even a moment; they immediately turned around and fled for their lives in the direction they had come from.

That last strike had almost exhausted all of Zhang Qi's strength, and the intense pain in his right arm made him dizzy. He staggered and his speed slowed down significantly, instantly falling to the back of the group.

"This way!"

Upon seeing this, Zhan Lan did not hesitate at all. She grabbed his left arm and took on most of his weight.

Although she was also panting heavily from running, her will to survive and her determination to repay her debt of gratitude gave her strength far exceeding her usual level, and she managed to keep up with Zhang Qi and not fall behind.

Zheng Zha and the others brought up the rear, but they intentionally or unintentionally controlled their speed, always maintaining a safe distance from Zhang Qi and Zhan Lan behind them.

Led by Chu Xuan, the group navigated a winding path and finally rushed into a room with a sign that read "Supplies Storage Room."

"Bang!"

As the sound of the valve locking rang out, all the noise of the outside world was shut out.

Inside the room, only the heavy, rapid breathing of the group remained.

For now... we're safe.

As soon as her tense nerves relaxed, Zhan Lan felt her legs go weak and she was about to fall to the ground, but a steady and strong arm caught her in time.

"Thanks……"

She looked up and saw Zhang Qi's pale but still calm face, and said gratefully.

"We're all teammates, no need to be so polite."

Zhang Qi shook his head and replied.

This attack was strange, and Zhan Lan is a mental controller, so it would be troublesome for her to leave now.

"Now... what should we do now?"

Li Shuaixi leaned against the wall, breathing heavily, and looked at Zhang Qi and Chu Xuan, the only two people in the room who remained calm, and asked in a trembling voice.

Although Zhan Lan and another veteran, Li Xiaoyi, were still in the team, the backbone of everyone had unknowingly become these two men who displayed extraordinary wisdom.

"First, we must find a way to contact Zheng Zha and the others to confirm their location and safety."

Secondly, we need to locate the ship's central control room and obtain complete structural diagrams and control permissions for the spacecraft.

Zhang Qi spoke clearly and logically, then turned his gaze to Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan nodded in understanding. Without saying anything more, he walked straight to a control panel in the corner of the room.

It was covered with all sorts of complicated buttons and a black screen.

"This...isn't this a spaceship from the future? Can you even understand it?"

Li Xiaoyi curiously leaned closer and watched Chu Xuan's fingers fly across the control panel.

"The language and user interface may differ, but the underlying logic is the same."

Chu Xuan spoke without turning his head, his glasses reflecting the constantly jumping data stream on the screen.
"Any information system, in order to maintain and repair it, will inevitably leave ports and backdoors. What I have to do is find them and then get what we want."

"Take out everything you exchanged with the [God] and let me see it."

While Chu Xuan was cracking the system, Zhang Qi turned to Zhan Lan.

Somewhat embarrassed, Zhan Lan rummaged through her backpack and found that besides the first aid kit she had just used, all she had left were a few high-energy compressed biscuits, a bottle of water, and a multi-functional military knife.

Zhang Qi was speechless when he saw this configuration, which could only be described as "beginner-level".

In a horror movie, the items you exchange for would hardly play any decisive role.

Most of the survival supplies and powerful items are in Zheng Zha's storage ring.

Besides, we only finished one horror movie...

Zhan Lan's cheeks flushed slightly as she explained in a low voice.

Zhang Qi shook his head noncommittally. While this made management easier, it also exposed a huge drawback: once the team was divided, the survival ability of the others would be greatly reduced.

He said no more, got up and walked to Chu Xuan's side, looking at the rapidly scrolling code on the screen.

"found it."

Chu Xuan's voice rang out.

The torrent of code on the screen stopped abruptly, replaced by a complex blueprint that clearly marked every room and passageway of the entire Nostromo spacecraft.

"We're lucky; the terminal access in this supply room is pretty high."

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses. "I obtained temporary access to the internal surveillance system."

With a light tap of his finger, the screen was divided into dozens of small squares, each displaying a real-time monitoring view of a different area.

In one scene, Zhang Jie, Zero Point, and Ba Wang stand back to back, nervously pointing their guns at the shadows around them. In the center of the circle they form, Zheng Zha lies on the ground, his body twisted in a bizarre way, his limbs twitching uncontrollably, and white foam seemingly oozing from his mouth...

(End of this chapter)