Chapter 50: Human—Iron‑Blood Warrior—Xenomorph

Bo Handong: discovered the second Iron‑blood youth corpse.

Chris looked at the wreck before him, his brows slightly furrowed as he reported.

The Iron‑blood youth lying in the neon‑green pool of blood is neither the Ke Er Te who had previously crossed paths with Chris, nor the cat‑faced one who first took the lunch, but rather Dao Ba, who should have been one of the film's protagonists.

Dao Ba's corpse lies face down, a blood‑filled cavity in the back of the head, apparently the result of an alien's rear ambush and a crushing blow from the alien's inner‑groove teeth.

In contrast, the Ke Er Te who originally died from carelessness has now, because Chris and the others differ from the film's hero team, curbed his sadistic mindset early and has already achieved a double kill.

According to custom, Ke Er Te removes his mask and, using the worker bee's strong acidic blood, carves two symbols resembling a slash and a bent line onto his forehead and the mask.

This signifies that Ke Er Te is no longer a youth, but a qualified adult Iron‑blood warrior.

The hug‑faced bug attempted a sneak attack while Ke Er Te was carving the symbols, but unlike Dao Ba in the film, Ke Er Te, being the strongest of the trio, naturally thwarted the bug's ambush.

The hug‑faced bug was sliced in two by a boomerang.

After carving the symbols and donning the mask, Ke Er Te prepares to reclaim the shoulder cannon; first, he must eliminate the stray fish—

Chris.

Ten minutes later, the secret room's door opens, allowing Chris to continue searching for an exit out of the pyramid.

As Chris crosses a cliff and reaches a corridor in the mid‑level of the pyramid, he meets Ke Er Te at a corner, who wields a double‑edged wrist blade in his right hand and a war spear in his left.

Ga… Ga…

Ke Er Te emits the Iron‑blood clan's unique vocalization, shaking both weapons as if inviting Chris to a duel.

After all, surviving the cat‑faced attack and managing to kill an alien, lucky or not, Chris is worthy of Ke Er Te's one‑on‑one duel.

Understanding Ke Er Te's intent, Chris also halts his steps to confront him.

In an instant.

Bang bang bang!

Whoosh—!

Chris and Ke Er Te simultaneously launch attacks at each other.

The MA5B erupts in fire, and the spear is hurled with force.

Chris barely evades the spear, then readjusts his stance to continue precise long‑range fire at Ke Er Te.

Ke Er Te, however, uses the armor on his left arm to shield his unarmored abdomen and charges at Chris without fear.

Bang! Clap~! The projectiles are deflected by the armor.

The young Iron‑blood's armor cannot resist acid, yet it is not something the MA5B caliber can easily pierce.

Seeing this.

Chris immediately adjusts the barrel and fires point‑blank at the unarmored thigh.

Puff! Puf! The attack proves effective; three projectiles successfully drill into Ke Er Te's right thigh.

Roar!! The projectiles' violent rolling inside his flesh makes Ke Er Te let out a howl.

But Ke Er Te is Iron‑blood, not human; his muscle and bone density far exceed a human's, and three shots are insufficient to halt Ke Er Te's sprint.

Conversely, the pain causes Ke Er Te's body to flood with adrenaline‑like hormones.

The span of over ten meters vanishes in an instant as Ke Er Te swings his double‑edged wrist blade at Chris with all his might.

!!!

The speed is such that Chris instinctively lifts the MA5B to block.

Clang!

The titanium‑alloy and polymer‑made MA5B indeed slows the wrist blade's slash to some degree; though it cannot prevent being sliced into pieces, it grants Chris enough time to counterattack.

Chris merely steps back, then, seizing the moment, delivers a powerful straight kick to Ke Er Te's abdomen.

A muffled "Pong!" rings out.

"Awo…~!" follows, Ke Er Te's wail.

Struck by the ton‑scale force of the Mechanical exoskeleton, even Ke Er Te, who weighs over half a ton, is violently knocked down by Chris's kick.

Thud! Ke Er Te crashes heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

If Chris had angled the kick a bit lower, Ke Er Te might have become the first ever 'Iron‑blood eunuch' in history.

If that were the case, Chris would die without completing the task of earning the Iron‑blood clan's respect.

As Ke Er Te falls, Chris already draws the. 40‑caliber STARS Warrior Blade from the gun holster on his right leg.

Having just completed the draw, Chris hears a cold gust behind him and immediately dodges to the right.

"Sss—!" The worker bee alien, having failed its sneak attack on Chris, charges straight at the fallen Ke Er Te.

"Roar…" Ke Er Te, pinned to the ground by the worker bee and unable to rise, hasn't even recovered his strength and cannot push the bee's grip away.

"Cha! Cha!" The worker bee repeatedly fires its inner‑groove teeth at Ke Er Te's head, but Ke Er Te dodges them.

The two sides remain locked in a stalemate.

However, any clear‑sighted observer can see that, at this rate, Ke Er Te will eventually be killed by the worker bee.

So…

Chris strides forward and delivers another "Pong" kick to the worker bee, using the Mechanical exoskeleton's powerful ton‑force to fling the bee away.

After kicking the bee off Ke Er Te, Chris aims at the bee's unarmored spot and pulls the trigger without hesitation.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Puff! Pfft!

To show sufficient respect, Chris empties the extended magazine that holds 24 rounds, which is loaded with high‑velocity armor‑piercing projectiles.

Following Sui Bian's re‑arming directive, Chris reloads a full magazine and fires five shots at the same spot on the bee's head.

Thus, the worker bee, which failed its ambush and was instead slain, is completely dead and will not produce the startling effect seen in the film.

Sss—!

Having just dealt with the worker bees, a large number of alien howls again came from the end of the corridor.

Chris turned around and saw that at the dim end of the corridor, at least seven aliens were advancing toward their position.

The number has already exceeded the six in the sacrificial chamber, which means that during the initial ambush in the narrow hall, quite a few D‑level personnel didn't die outright and were dragged away by the aliens to breed and increase their numbers.

Seeing this, Chris turned his head to the struggling Kelte beside him, who was trying to get up, and tentatively proposed:

"Hey, big guy, I know your mask can translate my words. Now we two are trapped here; if we don't cooperate, we'll both die here."

After saying that, Chris first put his pistol back into its holster, freed both hands, quickly took off the backpack behind him, and then pulled out the longest silver shoulder cannon from the backpack.

Pulled out the shoulder cannon.

Zipped up the zipper.

Chris, having put the backpack back on, gripped the shoulder cannon with his right hand and handed it to Kelte, then said: "What do you think? Time is pressing."

Kelte, who had mostly recovered, did not roar angrily as usual; instead, he stared at Chris in silence for two seconds.

In the end, Kelte chose to take the shoulder cannon.

At the same time.

Inside Bo Handong's war meeting room.

【Detected anomaly: Chris Redfield's special attribute 'Good Luck' activated.】

(End of chapter)