The wind howled.
On the Plunderer, Dio Brooke hurried toward the captain's quarters.
"Fu Ming! Zang Ting."
The black-robed man with a sword on his back tapped his temple lightly with his left index finger. "No problem."
He opened his eyes. "I'm clear on Zang Ting's enhancement path. She has roughly ten thousand reward points, and the three missing B-rank side quests weren't reported."
Dio Brooke scratched his head. "You mean… she redeemed the Rebirth Cross?"
Fu Ming smiled. "Yes. Knowing her personality, after something like this, she'd play it safe. Her soul has definitely returned to the plaza, waiting for our return."
"Such a pity!" Dio Brooke rubbed his forehead. "Her Hogwarts Radiance Bracelet took us ages to earn during the Resident Evil mission. It restores inner energy, magic, chakra, and so many other powers."
"Now that she's gone, such an incredible piece of equipment has surely fallen into the Breeding team's hands."
Fu Ming drew an unassuming, ancient black sword. "Whatever is lost can be regained. The light in my hand will illuminate the lost, returning them to their rightful owner."
Dio Brooke didn't understand such complex words and could only nod repeatedly.
"Captain," Dio Brooke looked toward the forest battlefield. "Breeding got the Blackwater Technology first. So what about us now?"
"Don't rush." Fu Ming stood slowly, confident. "A breeding team cannot produce more than three top-tier experts."
"They must be avoiding a full-scale team fight."
"Whoever pushed Zang Ting this far must be the captain of the Breeding team."
Fu Ming closed his eyes, feeling the wind blowing through the spaceship.
"Let's begin! Search for all the members of the Breeding team!"
"Let me personally meet the captain of the Breeding Team."
After saying that, Fu Ming leapt out of the cabin!
But Dio Brook seemed completely unfazed, as if he knew his captain wouldn't fall to his death. He silently activated his spiritual power scan.
In the sky, the Plunderer looked like a drone spraying pesticides.
Dio Brook's spiritual scan was at full power, as if he intended to search every inch of the Origae-6!
He was determined to eliminate every member of the Breeding team!
Even those turned into breeding pig wouldn't escape their fate of slaughter.
In the forest, Arno and Da Qiang's brutal hand-to-hand fight raged on.
A camera emerged from underground, capturing the intense duel between the two.
Deep beneath the surface, outsiders like Ruan Wei watched the reality-shattering battle and had long lost any initial ambition.
Xiao Yehui had shrunk into a corner, giving up entirely, abandoning any thought of showing off her intelligence.
She believed that no amount of scheming could make up for the difference in combat strength.
Ordinary people—how could they possibly take part in a fight like this?
Even standing ten meters away could get you crushed by flying rocks.
In the corridor, the sharp "tap tap tap" of high heels echoed.
Meng Yao appeared, carrying a pot filled with black liquid.
Her appearance immediately made everyone tense.
"Don't be afraid," Meng Yao said, shaking the pot of black liquid. "You can choose to drink this, or you don't have to."
Xiao Yehui, having seen movies, had already explained this kind of black liquid to the others.
Drinking it would cause a Xenomorph to incubate inside the body.
Unlike the face-hugger method of implanting Xenomorph embryos, this one was painless and itch-free at first.
But he would still be gutted.
Aunt swallowed nervously. "Th-then I won't drink it!"
No sooner had she spoken than she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her elbow!
Before anyone could react—
"Pfft!"
Blood splashed across Xiao Yehui's face!
"Ahhh!"
Aunt hadn't even made a sound yet, but Xiao Yehui, her face covered in blood, screamed in terror first!
She had exposed her weakness—her fear of blood.
"You! You!" Aunt was in so much pain she nearly fainted. Meng Yao stepped forward and delivered a kick that knocked Aunt unconscious.
Then she pulled out a spray and lightly sprayed it on the wound.
Miraculously, the severed joint immediately stopped bleeding!
Ruan Wei swallowed nervously and looked at Meng Yao. "What… exactly do you want me to do?"
"It's simple." Meng Yao pointed to the black liquid on the table and pulled out four small pellets. "Take this with the black liquid. Nothing else matters."
Even someone with low intelligence could understand what would happen if they didn't comply.
Ruan Wei, clearly someone who valued the bigger picture, decided that staying alive for now was better than dying.
He took the pellets, lifted the black liquid, and with a face as if he had swallowed something disgusting, gulped them down with the liquid.
"Cough! Cough!"
After finishing, Ruan Wei was drenched in cold sweat. "Now… can you tell me what I just drank?"
"Of course, darling. Since you were obedient," Meng Yao spoke unusually politely. "The liquid, you should already know, can nurture something… Xenomorph."
"The effect… lasts about five hours."
"And the pellets…"
Meng Yao couldn't help but smile. "They're tiny bombs!"
"Ah!"
Ruan Wei panicked and tried to gag, wanting to spit it out.
But one look from Meng Yao stopped him immediately.
"Don't worry," she said. "These small bombs at most will just kill you. They won't cause a disaster like the engineers' trap that the Devil Team accidentally triggered."
In her words, Mengyao had already attributed Zang Ting's death to a trap in an unexplored area of the Origae-6.
"B-but… why do this? Even after drinking the water, wouldn't we still be killed by the Xenomorphs?" Ruan Wei asked, trying to muster courage.
"No, it's different."
"The bomb was meant to give you a dignified death."
"As for the black water…"
Mengyao tore a piece of her own lip with her teeth, licking it carefully as she chewed, "The Lord God wouldn't punish me with such a small gesture alone."
"The original movie plot is useless as a reference."
"Biochemical David didn't tell the truth."
"I suspect that underground, there's a much larger Xenomorph nest! There might even be a Xenomorph Queen!"
"What you need to do is simple. Use the 'pregnant' characteristic to get close to the nest."
"Before the bomb explodes, or before the Xenomorphs tear you apart, report to me accurately whether this happens," Mengyao said, pointing to the walkie-talkie hanging on her body. "Contact me immediately if you see anything."
A spark returned to Xiao Yehui's eyes as she asked, "Why are you doing this? Can you tell me? Maybe I can give suggestions, like how to deal with a Xenomorph Queen or the Devil Team."
"Of course, it can't deal with them," Mengyao said, staring at Xiao Yehui as if she were foolish. "Your only task is to tell me if this happens. Everything else isn't your concern!"
At this point, Xiao Yehui didn't dare to trouble Mengyao any further.
At that moment, the walkie-talkie rang!
"The Xenomorphs have hatched! What should I do next!? Can I leave?"
Mengyao pressed the talk button. "You did well, but I'm sorry, your task is to sacrifice yourself."
"Ah! You didn't say that! You didn't say that, Covenant! Covenant! Open the hatch for me! Covenant! Ahhh!"
[Team member Yan Hui Qian has died. Crew reduced by one. All members lose 100 reward points!]
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