All the heavens begin with the mind-monkey.

"Next, I will have Overlord and Zero set up booby traps along the way. I will connect these booby traps to the computer for control. There will be a delay in the explosion, but it will still be within the controllable range. Your task is simple: just run in a straight line."

"The route is 600 meters long, with one turn along the way, but the most difficult part of this mission is not that you have to run 600 meters at full speed, but that you have to stop while running and attract the attention of those aliens."

Upon hearing this, Li Shuaixi immediately growled, "How could I possibly stop! Even running at a normal pace, I couldn't possibly outrun those aliens. Are you going to make me stop and wait for them?"

Chu Xuan explained, "As you run, I will use those booby traps to slow down the aliens' pursuit. At the same time, every time you run through a passageway, I will lower the gate to block the aliens' advance."

"However, the gate cannot completely block the aliens' pursuit route. They will come around from other places, and different aliens may choose different directions, which gives us the opportunity to contain them one by one. But if you run too fast, those aliens will not see the opportunity and may turn back halfway, and then our mission will fail directly."

Chu Xuan explained the details of his plan, including calculations of the aliens' movement speed, Li Shuaixi's running speed, and the potential delay in the aliens' movement speed and duration after the booby trap explosion.

He recorded and compiled all this data, and even created a simple pursuit route map on the computer in the control room so that everyone could see it intuitively.

Upon seeing this image, even Zheng Zha had to admit that Chu Xuan might not have intentionally targeted Li Shuaixi, because the plan did indeed have a chance of being completed, and even he felt that the plan was very safe for Li Shuaixi.

"So what should we do?" Zhan Lan asked.

Chu Xuan marked a few more points on the map and said, "Overlord, Zero, Zhang Jie, use heavy firepower to guard this road. Because this road is the fastest route from the unknown area to the main control room, and it is also the main road with the largest space. If the Alien Queen launches a surprise attack on us, it can only come from this road."

Zheng Zha said with some worry, "Can the three of you alone stop this road?"

Chu Xuan said, "If even a frontal barrage of heavy firepower can't stop it, then you can't possibly withstand it either."

Chu Xuan paused for a moment, then continued, "Your and Wukong's task is to guard these two entrances. Because there might be other aliens in the lair, and those aliens could launch a surprise attack on us from these two entrances, so your task is particularly challenging."

"So what about the rest of the people?" Zheng Zha asked again.

"We'll stay in the central control room with some weapons. I have to operate the main control panel here, always on alert for any emergencies. If an emergency occurs, I can also go to provide support with weapons at any time."

Chu Xuan paused here, then turned to look at Zhe Xingsun and said, "Wukong, do you have any more questions?"

Upon hearing Chu Xuan's words, Sun Wukong replied, "Brother, your wisdom is as deep as the ocean. You have already arranged everything for that strange beast so clearly that I have no further questions."

Chu Xuan said, "In that case, let's proceed accordingly!"

Zheng Zha was stunned for a moment: Why did Chu Xuan only ask Sun Wukong what questions he had, but not him? Nevertheless, he followed Chu Xuan.

Seeing this, Zhan Lan opened her mouth as if to say something: Doesn't Zheng Zha feel that his leadership authority seems to be being gradually stripped away by Chu Xuan?

However, seeing Zheng Zha's delighted expression, Zhan Lan ultimately said nothing.

Before long, everyone was ready.

Li Shuaixi was also placed by Chu Xuan in a corridor near the restricted area. He was carrying a piece of clothing with many bloodstains on it.

Some of this blood was collected from the places where the newcomers had died, and some was from their own cuts on their wrists, from which the blood had congealed.

Zhe Xingsun originally wanted to offer his blood, but Chu Xuan refused.

He said, "You are a creature born of nature, who knows what is so special about your blood? If a species like the Xenomorphs, which can absorb the genes of others to grow, were to obtain your blood, who knows how far they would evolve? So we must never let your blood fall into the hands of those Xenomorphs."

When Zhe Xingsun heard this, he looked somewhat confused, but he nodded in agreement.

Once preparations were complete, everything was ready.

Li Shuaixi stood in the aisle, taking the blood-stained clothes out of the sealed box and letting the smell of blood permeate the air.

He gritted his teeth and stared into the depths of the dark corridor, where he could hear faint, grating sounds. He felt his heart pounding at its fastest.

Just then, Chu Xuan's voice came through the walkie-talkie on the wall next to him: "Li Shuaixi, you can run now. Remember to run in a straight line, turn right at the end of the corridor, the aliens are coming. Just remember not to run too far ahead, so that the aliens can catch up with you and won't be able to catch you from other directions."

After Chu Xuan finished speaking, Li Shuaixi turned and ran without stopping.

The aliens, seeing their prey flee, gave chase.

"Survive! Damn it, I must survive! Zheng Zha, Chu Xuan, and Sun Wukong—Zheng Zha was able to be strengthened by the Main God to the point where he was comparable to Sun Wukong before he started cultivating. I must continue to live! I must complete the Main God's mission, I must earn reward points, I must strengthen myself, I must become a god, I must become an immortal, I absolutely cannot die!"

At that moment, Li Shuaixi suddenly felt his heart beating at its fastest.

He ran through corridor after corridor, the gates closing one by one, separating him from the aliens, but the aliens could also find their way to pursue Li Shuaixi through the other corridors.

Finally, when Li Shuaixi finished the last leg of the race, he collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Shortly after, Chu Xuan's voice came through the communicator on the wall: "It's alright, you can come back now. The Alien Queen hasn't made any move, and the other aliens are trapped in the isolation door and can't leave for the time being. We can proceed with the next step."

When Zheng Zha and Zhe Xingsun returned to the control room, everyone else had already arrived, except for Li Shuaixi, who was the last to arrive.

He pushed open the door, saw Chu Xuan, and immediately rushed over, looking like he wanted to tear him apart alive, but quickly forced himself to calm down—

Because both Overlord and Zero, who were standing next to Chu Xuan, were subtly pointing their guns at him, their expressions wary.

Seeing this, Li Shuaixi had no choice but to stop his attack, but he cursed without hesitation, "Chu Xuan, are you trying to kill me? Why didn't any of those grenades explode? Do you know that if I hadn't run fast enough, I would have been killed by those aliens!"

At this moment, Zheng Zha, who was still confused about the situation, walked over and said to Chu Xuan, "Yeah, Chu Xuan, I didn't hear the grenade explode over there either. Why didn't the bomb explode?"

Chu Xuan calmly replied, "That's because you didn't follow my instructions. When I told you to escape, you were to stop at each gate and wait for the aliens to get close. I would then detonate grenades to slow down their pursuit. But you didn't listen to me, and you even ran 20 percent faster than I expected."

"In this situation, I naturally can't control the grenade to explode. If I do, the aliens will turn back because they can't catch you. If a large number of aliens gather together, they might use self-harm to allow their acidic blood to break through the isolation door and escape. Then all our previous efforts will be wasted. You brought this on yourself."

At this point, Chu Xuan turned on the surveillance footage and played back the process of Li Shuaixi's escape. As expected, everyone saw that Li Shuaixi did not slow down at all and was running with almost all his might.

Chu Xuan added, "If I hadn't adjusted the timing of the gate's descent midway, you would have completely disrupted the entire plan."

Chu Xuan's words left Li Shuaixi speechless for a moment, unable to refute them.

Zheng Zha then stepped in to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, anyway, the plan has been successfully implemented, and those aliens have all been locked up. Chu Xuan, what do you suggest we do next?"

Chu Xuan seemed to have no intention of arguing with Li Shuaixi and immediately began to plan the next operation: "Afterwards, we will all go to the power distribution room, repair the power switch, and then obtain intelligence through the surveillance. In the previous operation, we have already imprisoned all eight aliens. Apart from the queen, there may be no other aliens in the alien nest, so our operation is relatively safe."

"Only after we have obtained all the relevant information about the aliens can we determine the next steps. At that time, whether we go straight to the lair and kill the alien queen, or we first wipe out all the aliens that have been separated and then find a way to kill the alien queen, it will be easy for us."

Hearing Chu Xuan say this, Zheng Zha finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally saw hope of completing this mission of the main god.

Moreover, thanks to Chu Xuan's arrangements, their operation went exceptionally smoothly, and it was even possible that everyone except the newcomers who were taken away earlier would be able to return safely to the Main God Space.

Just then, Chu Xuan suddenly spoke, addressing everyone, or more precisely, Zheng Zha, saying, "However, before we take action, I must apologize to you all."

Zheng Zha asked with a puzzled look, "You want to apologize? Apologize for what?"

Chu Xuan then began to explain the reason.