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A deep crimson tinge settled in his eyes, and everything around him slowed to an extreme.

The queen's massive tail swung down, the splashing acid, the alien's attack, the swirling air currents—all these scenes were captured clearly.

Zheng Zha suddenly shot out, his speed exceeding his own limits. In the last moment before the fatal blow, he narrowly escaped the deadly trap.

Zheng Zha was preparing to charge at the Alien Queen.

Just as the squad was on the verge of annihilation and the battle was about to completely collapse—

A distant, resonant chime suddenly rippled through the air, engulfing the entire main control room.

The flowing air currents, the drifting smoke and dust, the violent force, the surging crimson energy, and even the movements of everyone present were all trapped in a time-space stagnation and imprisonment, all laws were sealed off, and the entire space was almost still.

Wang Qi slowly emerged from the shadows, his aura calm and even, yet he exuded an indifferent and oppressive aura that seemed to look down upon all living beings.

"Desperate circumstances breed transformation... The second-tier gene lock truly lives up to its name."

He slowly drew his long sword, "Moon's Wound," from his waist, its sharp, cold light slicing through the dim cabin.

The moment the blade lightly touched the Queen's heavy, king-grade outer shell, fine cracks spread rapidly from the point of contact, and spiderweb-like fissures instantly covered the entire body, including the head, neck, chest, and spine.

Click, click—

A series of cold, cracking sounds rang out.

The thick exoskeleton, sturdy limbs, and long tail with bone spikes that the Queen relied on to dominate the nest collapsed one after another, and dark green strong acid liquid and bone fragments splashed and scattered in all directions.

Its massive, mountain-like body swayed violently for several breaths before crashing heavily onto the alloy ground, barely clinging to life, completely powerless to retaliate.

Wang Qi deliberately held back and did not kill him.

The horror movie's cyclical plot has not yet ended, and the mission is far from over.

He intended to spare the Empress's life, planning to have Zheng Zha kill her before the mission ended and before returning to the Main God Space.

With a gentle wave of his hand, the Xuanhuang Bell, which had been suspended in the void, slowly retracted, and the power of the time-space confinement gradually dissipated, restoring the flow of time to normal throughout the entire area.

On the other hand, the backlash from forcibly awakening the second-tier gene lock in a life-or-death situation erupted as expected.

Blood slowly seeped from Zheng Zha's seven orifices. The physical strain from the forced breakthrough, the overextension of his vital energy from the severe injury, and the physical exhaustion from the extreme burst all combined to cause his body to shake violently and stagger forward and fall to the ground.

Ignoring the still surging tide of alien remnants on the outside, Zhang Jie quickly broke through the battle line, steadily supported the severely injured and exhausted Zheng Zha, and protected his teammate's back.

Wang Qi, who had been hidden on the outskirts of the battlefield and had been observing the entire situation from the outside with his divine sense, had already arrived and witnessed the whole process of Zheng Zha breaking through his limits in the face of adversity and unlocking the second-tier gene lock.

He knew in his heart that he should be able to break through the genetic barrier completely if he tried a few more times.

This deliberate decision to allow Zheng Zha to fight to the death under high pressure was intended to force him to tap into his hidden limits and achieve a crucial breakthrough.

He had long ago discerned the extraordinary combat power of this alien queen and knew that if he did not intervene, Zheng Zha would inevitably suffer severe injuries.

The perfectly timed intervention not only saved the entire team's lives but also preserved the full value of the life-or-death experience.

At the same time, the fact that the Queen remains allows him to control the overall direction of the horror film.

"So that's how it is. This is the power of the second stage of the gene lock."

Wang Qi smiled faintly, his gaze falling on Zheng Zha, whose aura was fluctuating and whose physique had undergone a complete transformation. His tone was filled with genuine praise:

"Zheng Zha, your talent for unlocking genetic potential far surpasses that of ordinary people."

He pondered to himself that Zheng Zha had experienced far fewer life-and-death battles than in the original story, yet he was still able to break through the shackles and advance to the second level in dire straits, demonstrating his exceptional talent.

They must undergo more life-and-death trials to hone their character and combat skills. Only in this way will they have the strength to fight when facing the Demon Team and confronting the clone Zheng Zha in the future.

Without the Queen's will to rule and the support of their race's authority, the remaining aliens were instantly leaderless, their swarm attack completely collapsed and disintegrated, and the monsters scattered and blindly attacked, greatly reducing their overall threat.

The group immediately split up to take action. Zhang Jie, Zhan Lan, and Li Xiaoyi cleared out the scattered aliens on the flanks, Lingdian used remote range to eliminate any high-level monsters that had escaped, and Chu Xuan coordinated the sealing of the secret passage. The entire group orderly contracted their battle lines and eliminated the remaining threats one by one.

The smoke gradually dissipated, and the bloody battle temporarily came to an end.

Wang Qi used his divine power to lift the Alien Queen's body and, together with the others, orderly retreated back to the control room.

The control room door was ajar. Overlord and Zero immediately stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, weapons in hand, alert and on guard, and rushed into the control room first.

The main control room was a scene of utter devastation, with broken metal fragments scattered everywhere, pungent black acid burn marks on the ground, and dried bloodstains, all conveying a sense of horrific tragedy.

Wang Qi asked in a calm tone:

"Red Queen, the newcomer in the control room."

The Red Queen's voice rang out:

"All the new recruits are dead."

As the sound faded, the replay clip was immediately projected.

While the main force of the Zhongzhou team was clearing out the aliens on the perimeter, two aliens hidden inside the ventilation ducts, taking advantage of their slender bodies, continuously secreted strong acid to corrode the alloy gate. The sturdy gate was melted through layer by layer by the acid, forcibly tearing open a gap and sneaking inside.

Caught off guard, the two newcomers were killed instantly, their screams quickly drowned out by the mechanical hum of the spaceship. In the chaos, the remaining newcomers scattered and fled, with Li Shuaixi and the others breaking up and running away. The two aliens, being highly intelligent, immediately split up to pursue them, blocking all escape routes.

The rookies, already mentally broken and utterly incapable of fighting off the aliens, were hunted down one by one in the confined and oppressive spaceship tunnel, ultimately resulting in their complete annihilation with no survivors.

Li Shuaixi still died. There is no completely safe situation in horror movies. The main god will give all newcomers a trial. If you survive, you will be rewarded. If you die, you will get nothing.

……

After a moment of silence, everyone quietly tended to their injuries and replenished their strength.

Zheng Zha sat cross-legged against the alloy wall, taking high-level healing pills and the essence of magical beasts to quickly replenish his lost qi and blood and life essence.

His pale and weak complexion slowly warmed up, the restless and out-of-control vampire energy stabilized, and the violent aura after the awakening of the second-tier gene lock gradually subsided, steadily consolidating his new realm.

After everyone had rested, Wang Qi told Zheng Zha and the others that he planned to head to planet LV426 now.

Upon hearing this, everyone present was stunned, their faces filled with shock.

Zheng Zha frowned and spoke first, asking in a deep voice how long it would take to get back.

Wang Qi turned to look at the Red Queen and calmly asked about the travel time to planet LV426.

The Red Queen answered in a cold, mechanical voice: The entire process took a total of six days and seven hours.

Wang Qi understood immediately, instantly recalling the timeline of the first Alien storyline.

In the original book, the entire horrific process—from the crew's arrival on the planet to the destruction of their ship and the deaths of everyone except Ripley at the hands of aliens—is condensed into a single week.

On their first day, the team landed on the planet and discovered an abandoned engineer spaceship and a swarm of alien insect eggs.

A few days later, Kane was parasitized by a facehugger, and an alien burst out of his chest, officially beginning the disaster.

In the days that followed, the aliens lurked in the shadows of the ship's cabins, hunting and killing the crew members one by one.

Ripley ultimately forced himself to initiate the self-destruct sequence and escaped in an escape pod.

The total duration of the event coincides exactly with the approximately seven days mentioned by the Red Queen.