Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 50: Are there two more?

The force of that blow was considerable; even Mu Xiang felt a sharp pain.

Zero and Overlord immediately turned around, and then Mu Xiang heard the roar of the pulse rifle.

With the knife still in his hand, Mu Xiang stood up and looked at the previous spot. He saw that two joints of an engineering robotic arm had been broken off by Zero and Overlord's precise shots, and it fell in front of the three of them amidst sparks.

"Is this what it is..." the Overlord said, then opened his mouth wide.

Mu Xiang felt a chill and looked ahead. The spacesuit he had noticed earlier started to move and "reached out" to pull out its charging tube.

Is this supposed to be Alien? What's wrong with the art style...?

The scene immediately turned bizarre, but Zero calmly fired a shot into the spacesuit's visor. Looking at the bullet hole and fine cracks on the visor, Mu Xiang estimated that ordinary firearms probably couldn't break the bulletproof glass.

The caseless ammunition exploded inside the helmet, and through the sparks, the three men could see what was inside their masks...

Nothing at all!

At this moment, the spacesuit raised its right hand, revealing a strangely shaped machine on its arm, the only thing that could be made out was the three dark gun barrels.

"Don't shoot in the head, it's useless! Find cover!"

Mu Xiang roared, leaped forward, and slashed at its right hand with his sword.

The spacesuit stood up from its original position, and a small mechanical arm on its left arm slammed directly into Mu Xiang's back.

Mu Xiang wasn't seriously injured, but the mechanical arm was quite powerful, knocking him off course in mid-air and causing his attack to miss. Fortunately, Mu Xiang managed to control himself, slamming into the right arm of his spacesuit and knocking the fire-spitting gun into empty air.

At this moment, Zero and Overlord, who had found cover, also opened fire on the spacesuit. After blocking for less than a second, the front protection of the spacesuit was penetrated, and a dense barrage of caseless bullets entered it, exploding out white liquid.

"So that's how it is. His body is hidden inside? That means he implanted his chip into this spacesuit." Mu Xiang was hit in the calf by its bullet, but he remained calm and dodged the next shot. "If we can't find its weak point, let's just destroy it completely!"

As he spoke, Mu Xiang dodged and slashed at the muzzle of its gun. The spacesuit seemed to be controlled by someone, not only moving its right arm to the side but also raising its left mechanical arm, ready to punch Mu Xiang again.

But having prepared, Mu Xiang wasn't about to let it have its way. Seeing his first strike miss, he turned his blade to cleave its abdomen. Facing the mechanical arm's attack, he merely raised his right shoulder slightly, blocking it. This didn't send Mu Xiang flying; he used his shoulder and leg strength to firmly hold the mechanical arm. Seeing that Zero and Overlord had already pierced its left side, he stopped entangled and punched its abdomen with his left fist, sending the spacesuit flying far away.

“The feel is definitely wrong; its body is indeed inside.” Mu Xiang looked at the two people not far away. “But its body inside is probably for support; it’s actually controlled by the spacesuit. So focusing on one point is useless…”

After making a hand gesture, Mu Xiang was about to step forward, while Zero and Overlord also stood up from behind their cover, ready to press their advantage.

Just then, a cry of alarm came through Mu Xiang's earpiece, followed by a frenzy of gunfire. The gunshots were from Zhang Jie's M56!

"Can you hear me? Ripley isn't here, but there are still Xenomorphs!" Zhan Lan's urgent voice rang out. "Two of them!"

Mu Xiang was stunned: "Which two?"

[Even including that thing, isn't the remaining alien supposed to guard the nest? Where did these two come from? Could Ripley have been parasitized as well?] "Two aliens that are only a little over a meter long..." Zhan Lan seemed to have been hit, and a chaotic clattering sound came from the other end of the headset, "But they're more difficult to deal with than the previous ones! Zheng Zha has unlocked his genetic lock and can't speak!"

Mu Xiang finally understood why Zhan Lan had said "more than a meter long"—because that alien creature did indeed walk on four legs, so its body length was more accurate than its height…

But why are there two ends?
Chu Xuan's voice came through the headset: "The situation is worse than we thought... but there's still room for maneuver. The isolation wall has been lowered, but we can use that to divide the battlefield. After that, we just have to wait for Mu Xiang to come and support you."

"Listen to Chu Xuan. I don't know the situation on your side, only he can command." Mu Xiang gritted his teeth and said to Zhan Lan, "Both spells can be used in critical situations, the most important thing is to preserve your own condition!"

"Mu Xiang, the situation on your end shouldn't be too critical. Try to resolve it as quickly as possible." Chu Xuan's voice came, but it wasn't as calm as Mu Xiang had expected; clearly, something had exceeded his expectations.

Mu Xiang stepped on the chest of the spacesuit and then cleaved it open from the shoulder and neck with a single slash, but even so, the mechanical arm still tried to lift up. At this point, its movements were somewhat sluggish, and a burst of fire severed the mechanical arm on its left arm from its connection point.

“If there’s more than one of those things, then I guess there are more than two… I suggest you be careful.” Mu Xiang reminded Chu Xuan, and as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a Desert Eagle’s gunshot came from the other end of the headset.

This gun belonged to Zhang Jie, but after the division, it was lent to Chu Xuan as a weapon.

Zero and Overlord were unaware of what was happening on the other side; they were simply focused on completing their immediate mission. Just as Zero was reloading and Overlord continued firing from all directions, the sound of machinery starting up alerted all three of them.

Turning around at midnight, I saw an inspection vehicle parked not far behind me start up; the sound was coming from it.

Then, the patrol car crashed into us at an extremely high speed.

"Watch out!" Zero only had time to roll over and shout, but his calf was still scraped hard.

Just as Ba Wang was about to be hit, Mu Xiang reached out and pushed him away, then was himself slammed against the wall.

This inspection vehicle was supposed to be a small robot that routinely performed spacecraft maintenance, but Mu Xiang hadn't expected it to be so heavy and fast. Although it wasn't completely immobilized, after Mu Xiang knocked it over with a knee, the spacesuit that had been completely suppressed stood up again.

It pointed a welding torch-like object at its waist at Mu Xiang, but Mu Xiang gave it no chance. With a single stroke, he cleaved it in two at the waist, pipe and all. Now it could no longer attack. Although it was still trying to struggle, it posed no threat to the three of them.

"Who knows how long it will take to find the chip again..." Mu Xiang looked at the android body exposed by the spacesuit and the white fluid leaking out. After thinking for a moment, he took out a flamethrower from his left wrist. This was something Mu Xiang had casually slipped into the oath when they searched the room earlier. He thought he would use it to deal with the alien eggs, but he didn't expect it to come in handy here.

At midnight, he crouched down and pressed his calves, reminding others, "Some equipment over there has started up again."

“It’s alright,” Mu Xiang said, walking away and pressing the flamethrower. The spacesuit and the android’s remains were burned together in the flames. Finally, the welding torch canister on the spacesuit also exploded, leaving nothing behind. The other activated equipment in the room also went out of control.

"Completely kill Ash, the whole team obtains a C-level side quest, and a reward of 2000 points..." The notification from the main god rang in his mind. Mu Xiang had no time to be happy. He turned around and rushed out, with Zero and Overlord following closely behind.

Although his and Chu Xuan's plan to force Ash into a decisive battle succeeded, some things were beyond their expectations... Mu Xiang dared to say that even Chu Xuan could not have foreseen this.

Because this has nothing to do with strategy or scheming itself.

Is it that the main god has no morals, or is there an Easter egg in the work of the "author"?

(End of this chapter)