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

Chapter 386
After defeating the worker bees, the next step is to strike at the heart of the enemy's lair.

However, they still need to make some preparations before that.

The group proceeded along the passageway deeper into the spaceship, eventually stopping in the engineering laboratory.

This place houses various large pieces of equipment used for repairing spacecraft.

"We need to prepare armor and weapons for Zheng Zha."

Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses and gestured for Zheng Zha to release the two alien corpses.

"No way……"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha's face turned green. He instantly realized why Zhang Qi had asked him to bring the alien's corpse; it turned out that Zhang Qi was waiting for him there.

Soon, the alien corpse was taken out of the storage ring and placed on the cutting platform.

The laser beam, at extremely high temperatures, precisely swept across the alien black exoskeleton, emitting a slight "buzzing" sound.

Even the most resilient carapace is vulnerable to industrial-grade cutting tools.

Soon, pieces of the shell with their graceful curves were dissected, revealing the solidified tissue inside.

Zheng Zha stood aside, watching the grotesque body being dismembered, his stomach churning.

There's still a psychological resistance to him wearing something like that.

Chu Xuan and Zhang Qi completely ignored the sensory discomfort.

Chu Xuan was responsible for calculating the cutting angles and splicing methods, while Zhang Qi found a tactical vest and had Zhan Lan attach it to it.

Breastplate, backplate, shoulder armor, arm armor, leg armor... Soon, a set of black armor, pieced together but looking exceptionally sturdy, began to take shape.

To verify the effect, Zhang used tweezers to pick up a small piece of gel-like acidic blood collected from the alien corpse and carefully dripped it onto a piece of discarded carapace fragment.

"Zi-"

A wisp of smoke rose, but only a faint white spot appeared on the surface of the carapace, far less severe than when metal is corroded.

"The defense is sufficient; the key is to isolate it from acidic blood. Wear it."

Chu Xuan handed the modified armor to Zheng Zha, his tone leaving no room for argument.

Zheng Zha stared at the black armor that emitted a faint fishy smell, his expression stiffening.

But thinking of the excruciating pain he felt when he was splashed with acid blood during the previous battle, and the strength this thing had shown, he silently accepted it and, with the help of the Overlord, put on the "Alien Cloth".

The cold, hard texture against his combat uniform made him feel uncomfortable all over.

After that, Zhang Qi had Zheng Zha disassemble the laser emitting unit of the laser cutting machine and, together with the battery inside the pulse gun, made a simple laser emitter.

As we just verified, the alien's exoskeleton is difficult to withstand high-energy lasers. Although this thing can only be used for ten seconds after the modification, it is enough to support a battle.

Zheng Zha took it and looked at the laser emitter, which resembled the hilt of a Jedi lightsaber, and nodded in satisfaction.

"This thing requires internal energy to activate, and I'm afraid I won't be able to concentrate on using it during battle."

As if remembering something, Zheng Zha took off the antique ring on his left hand and handed it to Zhang Qi.

"Both of us can use it. You can take it first; the contents inside might come in handy later."

He did consider asking Zhang Qi for some exquisite methods of using internal energy, but when he learned that it required years of painstaking practice, he completely gave up the idea.

In the world of horror movies where death can come at any moment, time is the most precious thing.

Zhang Qi accepted the [Receiving Ring] without hesitation.

As a wisp of Qi was injected, he instantly sensed the small storage space inside the ring.

With a thought, he took all the bottles and jars he had prepared in the laboratory, as well as several bundles of specially treated wires, and put them into the container.

"Set off."

With everything prepared, the group embarked on their journey once again.

According to intelligence obtained from the control room, the Alien Queen's lair is in Warehouse 2.

The reason for choosing that place is simple: it's where food is stored.

After walking for a while, the ground beneath their feet was still hard, cold metal deck, but gradually, a layer of slippery, translucent secretion, like thick phlegm, began to appear on the ground. Stepping on it made a soft "plop" sound, which made their scalp tingle.

The neat pipes and embedded panels on the walls have long since disappeared, replaced by huge holes corroded by strong acid.

The originally straight passageway is now connected and traversed by these irregular caves, forming an intricate spiderweb-like maze.

The aliens used a special method to modify the spaceship's structure into a nest more suitable for their hunting.

The surrounding lighting system was also completely paralyzed, and the darkness was as thick as ink. Only a few tactical flashlights in the hands of a few people shone out pale beams of light, flickering on the walls of the eerie biological tissue and illuminating a small area.

The air was thick with a damp, fishy, ​​and sour stench; every breath felt like swallowing poison.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the view suddenly opened up ahead. A sweep of their flashlights revealed them to be in a relatively spacious, flat area, seemingly the central area of ​​Warehouse No. 2.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of white secretion, like a swamp.

What's most chilling is the view from the ceiling.

Three figures were enveloped in a semi-transparent viscous liquid, like insects in amber, hanging upside down from the warehouse ceiling, motionless.

Their tattered clothes revealed them to be the three newcomers who had initially left the group and disappeared without a trace.

"At midnight, take them down!"

Chu Xuan's voice sounded particularly cold in the silent space.

Almost the instant he finished speaking, Zero raised his pulse rifle and pulled the trigger without hesitation. A short, muffled shot rang out, and the bullet precisely tore through the slime-covered base of one of the men.

The figure fell from the ceiling.

Zheng Zha was already poised to strike. He exerted force with his feet, and his body, clad in alien armor, burst forth with astonishing speed, catching the falling newcomer steadily in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, two more gunshots rang out, and Zheng Zha used the same method to take down the other two as well.

He laid the three of them flat on a relatively clean surface and reached out to touch the chest of one of them.

The sound coming from my fingertips was two faint heartbeats with completely different frequencies.

His heart sank.

It has already been parasitized.

Given their current medical conditions, it is simply impossible to remove the parasite from their bodies.

The only hope is to end this horror movie before the alien inside them bursts out of their chests, return to the main god space, and then seek a possible cure.

Zheng Zha remained silent as he moved the three unconscious people to a relatively safe corner and simply covered them with some miscellaneous items.

"The kindness of women."

Chu Xuan looked at his actions, shook his head, and his tone was neither sarcastic nor a simple evaluation.

At such a critical juncture of life and death, any excessive sympathy could become a fatal hindrance.

"That's precisely why he's suitable to be the captain."

Zhang Qi, who was standing to the side, spoke up, his gaze calmly fixed on Zheng Zha's back.

"really……"

Ba Wang echoed in a muffled voice, touching the pulse rifle in his hand, recalling the scene not long ago when Zheng Zha rushed towards the alien to save him without regard for anything else.

This man can be as naive as a fool at times, but as a teammate you can rely on, he is more reliable than anyone else.

The team moved on.

Soon, deeper into the warehouse, they came across a horrifying sight.

Dozens of human-sized, alien eggs, resembling a patch of eerie fungus, stood silently on the sticky ground. These eggs had a translucent, leathery texture, their surfaces covered with disgusting wrinkles and vascular patterns. Under the beam of a flashlight, one could vaguely see dark shadows wriggling inside.

Zhang Qi stopped, took out a simple incendiary bomb from his storage ring, and threw it out.

The next moment, flames roared up, and the orange-red light illuminated the entire space, making it flicker between light and shadow.

"squeak--!!"

A piercing scream came from the flames, and the alien eggs, scorched by the high temperature, burst open. Facehuggers, which looked like a combination of scorpions and spiders, sprang out from the flames, only to be instantly engulfed by the fire.

A series of notification sounds rang in Zhang Qi's mind.

Destroy the alien egg, reward 10 points.

Destroy the alien egg, reward 10 points.

……

Five notifications in a row, exactly fifty points of reward.

Ignoring the reward, Zhang Qi braved the heat and stepped forward, using a metal rod to clear away the still-burning wreckage. He quickly picked up several half-burnt facehugger corpses and stored them in his storage ring.

These things might come in handy later.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened!

The thick, carpet-like biological tissue beneath their feet began to tremble violently without warning!
The tremor did not originate from the surroundings, but from directly below.

Immediately afterwards, a strong feeling of weightlessness suddenly came over me!
"Rumble--"

The entire "ground" beneath their feet began to collapse in an alarming manner...

(End of this chapter)