The Only Player in Infinite Terror

"Time is precious, Captain. You'd better tell everyone what the bad news is quickly," Zero urged coldly.

Captain Dallas sighed and pressed a virtual key on the control panel. Instantly, a series of partitioned images appeared on the huge holographic projection screen.

The densely packed aliens either hid among the pipes or clung to the pillars, indistinguishable from the fungal carpet covered with countless fleshy buds, together forming a hellish picture.

In dim light, without careful observation, it is almost impossible to distinguish the aliens hidden in the fungal carpet of secretions with the naked eye.

In addition, a large number of previously captured crew members are being bound in the fungal carpet.

However, the vast majority of them had already been ruptured from their chests by the parasitized alien larvae, becoming cold, lifeless corpses.

Captain Dallas's face was full of bitterness and fear: "The bad news is that there seems to be some kind of interference nearby, and the ship's communication system has failed."

"Without reinforcements or aid, we must prepare to fight hundreds of these monsters with just our small force."

"Besides, Warehouse No. 3 is located deep within their lair, and I don't think we can sneak in without those monsters knowing."

Ming Yanwei stared intently at the screen when suddenly she noticed an alien grabbing a familiar figure as it flashed past in a separate view.

"Captain, could you please zoom in on the surveillance footage from C22 to C27?" she requested Dallas.

Although Dallas didn't understand why, she still helped her zoom in on the surveillance footage from C22 to C27.

In the picture, there is none other than Zhang Heng, who has been nowhere to be seen!

He appeared to have fallen into a coma and was being carried back to the mother hive in the cargo hold by the aliens!

Seeing that her friend was safe and sound, Ming Yanwei was initially relieved, but soon became worried again.

She knew without looking any further that Zhang Heng would soon be parasitized by facehuggers, just like those captured sailors!

Suddenly, Captain Dallas called out anxiously, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received more bad news. There is only one escape boat left in the escape compartments of Deck C: the Narcissus."

"The Narcissus only has ten hibernation pods, which is not enough to hold all of us."

"Unless we escape the ship in a lifeboat before it self-destructs, we'll be blown to bits along with the Nostromo, reduced to ashes!"

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the central control room immediately became extremely heavy.

There are only ten hibernation pods... which means that only half of the nineteen people present will survive.

"There are no more intact lifeboats. Are there any that are damaged but can be repaired?" Li Shuaixi asked, breaking the silence.

Captain Dallas gave a bitter smile and zoomed in on one of the monitoring screens on the holographic projection screen.

The remaining four or five lifeboats, even the one with the highest survival rate, had been corroded by the yellowish-green acidic blood.

It's not hard to guess that the aliens chased after them and went inside before these escape pods were even activated.

Captain Dallas shook his head and said, "If the 3D printing equipment were still intact, we might be able to find a way to fix it."

"Unfortunately, Ash, that corporate dog, moved the 3D printing equipment into the cargo hold in order to produce clones."

"During the previous battle with these monsters, the floor collapsed and crushed the 3D printing device."

The group, who had initially been energized by Li Shuaixi's words, were plunged into despair by a series of bad news.

Just then, Zero coldly asked, "Gentlemen, what makes you think we can all get onto the lifeboats alive?"

"Even from the most optimistic perspective, it would be good if half of us could make it onto the lifeboats alive."

The group exchanged bewildered glances, but looking at the dense array of aliens on the screen, they had to admit that Zero made a lot of sense.

The cargo hold area, being an alien's lair, is no exaggeration to call it a den of dragons and tigers.

Their mission was to retrieve the remains of the cyborg Ash from inside and then take them back to the control room to activate the self-destruct sequence.

After that, they need to fight their way back to the lowest deck, C, and escape to safety by boarding the "Narcissus" lifeboat amidst a sea of ​​aliens!

At first glance, this task seems as simple as putting an elephant in a refrigerator; it only takes three steps.

In reality, with only nineteen of them... no, now there are only eighteen left, it would be incredibly difficult for them to complete the above operation!

If they make a mistake at any step, they will face the test of death...

At this moment, even Zhu Wen began to doubt whether she had seen it wrong, and began to carefully observe the death aura on everyone's bodies again.

No matter how many times I observed it, the result was still the same as before.

Not to mention these reincarnators, even the death aura on the eight spaceship survivors was extremely thin, and they didn't look like they were in any fatal danger.

Just as Zhu Wen was still wondering if her special ability had failed, Chu Xuan said calmly, "It's okay, ten hibernation pods are more than enough. We can take turns going into the hibernation pods to hibernate."

"The reason we need hibernation pods is simply because we need them to sustain life and reduce energy consumption."

"So, Mr. Dallas, if we're just talking about cargo space, we could all squeeze into the 'Narcissus,' right?"

Captain Dallas nodded excitedly: "Of course, no problem! That's right, we can take turns hibernating in the hibernation pods!"

"Moreover, if we bring more food and water, we can theoretically last even longer!"

There are actually many other issues, such as whether someone might deliberately kill their companion in the hibernation pod in order to last longer, and how to deal with excrement after bringing food and water.

But everyone subconsciously overlooked those problems. Human beings often need hope to have goals to strive for.

Even if it's just a false hope.

Of course, the newlyweds were genuinely excited because the common sense that the "God" had directly instilled in their minds was very clear.

Once all the aliens are eliminated and the main quest is completed, the Reincarnators can be directly teleported back to the God Realm!

Therefore, they didn't actually need hibernation pods, and there was no need for them to worry about those distant issues!

Seeing that the team's morale had largely recovered, Chu Xuan continued, "There are too many aliens. It's impossible for us to fight them head-on."

"So, I have a plan, which I'll call 'Decoy' Plan."