Chapter 27: A Pre-Battle Training Ground?! (Seek Follow-Reads! Seek Collection!)

Because Zhan Lan had only recently enhanced her bloodline, her psychic scanning and psychic link abilities were still in early development, with a very limited effective range.

To ensure greater safety during this horror film, Wu Xian had installed miniature computers in everyone’s battle suits before departure, linking them to Friday’s program terminal.

Thus, the members of the Central Plains Team could achieve long-distance voice communication and real-time sharing of surveillance footage, a capability not much different from having a mature psychic controller.

By the way, let me briefly explain this.

Although Wu Xian had become a psychic master due to his golden finger, he was specifically a controller among psychic masters and was not skilled in psychic perception abilities.

For instance, psychic scanning could be Mianqiang used, but its maximum range was only about five hundred meters, with extremely poor clarity—barely sufficient for combat warnings, in short, it was terrible.

Wu Xian had once considered enhancing these abilities through the Main God, but he sadly discovered that the Main God classified psychic masters more as telekinetics.

To exchange for psychic scanning or similar skills, he would need to raise his psychic attribute to over 1600 points.

Although not impossible, considering Zhan Lan’s existence, he abandoned the idea and planned, as in the original story, to cultivate her into the Central Plains Team’s exclusive psychic controller.

Of course, nothing in the world is absolute; in the future, when the Tunshi Wu Xian raises his psychic mastery to the “planetary level.”

At that time, his use of psychic energy will undergo a qualitative transformation, and what he can accomplish will not be much worse than that of a true psychic controller.

Back to the matter at hand.

Thus, within less than three minutes, Friday transmitted the message that the task was complete.

Simultaneously, clear surveillance footage appeared inside the helmets of the Central Plains Team’s official members, showing all areas of the ship where the aliens had moved.

Seeing the grotesque monsters rapidly moving across the screens, the Central Plains Team’s expressions turned serious instantly, yet they showed little fear.

Understandable—they had already faced down Tyrants and Lickers; these aliens, though more bizarre in appearance, were merely a matter of big witch versus little witch, and could not frighten the current Central Plains Team.

Only Wu Xian’s expression seemed off; he asked with a hint of doubt, “Friday, is that all? Are there any other aliens or mutants?”

【Report, Master. According to calculations, there should be other aliens aboard the ship, but surveillance in those areas has been destroyed; I cannot obtain accurate information.】

“So it seems… I hope I’m just overthinking.”

To be fair, the number of aliens currently displayed is not small—at least thirty or so—far exceeding the situation Zheng Zhe and others encountered in the original story.

Yet even this seems insufficient to justify a full B-rank subplot reward.

After all, the Central Plains Team is already very strong; even without any bloodline enhancements in the Main God’s evaluation system, this should not feel so “easy.”

Of course, there’s another possibility: because Chu Xuan exists, the Central Plains Team now has three members who have unlocked their gene locks, and if luck holds, Zhan Lan might soon become the fourth.

But if that’s the case, the next horror film will undoubtedly trigger team battle mode.

Precisely because of this, the Main God has treated this “Alien 1” as a training ground, aiming to further boost the Central Plains Team’s strength in preparation for the upcoming team battle.

But the problem is, according to the original plot, the next horror film is “Ju-On”!

Remember, in the Main God’s space, Wu Xian refrained from injecting the T-virus into the Central Plains Team to unlock their gene locks precisely to avoid team battles in the hellish “Ju-On” Fuben .

Yet despite all his precautions, he still couldn’t escape this fate?

“...Friday, calculate the ship’s speed—how long until we return to Earth?”

Forcing down the flood of curses in his mind, Wu Xian asked in a low voice.

【Without incident, the ship will return to Earth’s orbit in 1 hour and 57 minutes.】

Damn! That’s almost exactly the movie’s runtime—are you pulling a hidden ending on me?

Wu Xian’s lip twitched; he finally understood why the Main God’s reward was so extravagant.

Returning alive to Earth isn’t hard; the hard part is eliminating all the aliens before then.

So far, the surveillance footage hasn’t shown any images of the Alien Queen or the hatching nest.

What if I just finish killing them off, and then the Alien Queen lays another clutch, and I fail the main quest, losing 7,000 reward points—who do I complain to?

“Time is tight—less than two hours—so to ensure mission completion, after leaving here, we’ll need to split up.”

Wu Xian turned to his teammates and said seriously, “Zheng Zhe, you, Li Xiaoyi, and Mu Gang will form a group, leading the five newcomers; everyone else follows me.”

“Remember, don’t just charge in blindly—follow Friday’s prompts, avoid areas flagged as potentially dangerous, clear out the regular aliens first. In one hour, regroup at the ship’s central control room… understood?”

“Understood, Captain. Don’t worry—I’ll do everything I can to protect everyone.”

Zheng Zhe patted his chest, then pulled from his space bag a metal great-axe purchased with a D-rank subplot, looking full of vigor, radiating a passion for life far beyond what he showed when he first entered the Main God’s space.

And all this change began when he created Luo Li.

Wu Xian didn’t quite understand—maybe this is love?

“Move out!”

After Wu Xian gave the order, the group exited the room and split at the first corridor junction.

By the way, besides Lingdian and Chu Xuan, Wu Xian specifically brought along the three hooligans—effectively keeping all the unruly elements close at hand to prevent any mishaps on Zheng Zhe’s side.

“May I ask—how strong are you? Now that we’re splitting up, if we’re surrounded by multiple aliens, what are our chances of survival?”

As they walked, Chu Xuan suddenly spoke up.

Perhaps out of testing and observation, he had remained silent during Wu Xian’s tactical deployment, only asking this crucial question after Zheng Zhe and the others had left.

“Are you worried we can’t handle the aliens?”

Wu Xian turned to Chu Xuan: “Little Chu, I know you weren’t ordinary in your original world, but don’t underestimate the veterans of the Lunhui teams.”

“Let me put it this way—if the aliens here are only as strong as in the movie, even if four or five attack at once, Zheng Zhe and the others can pick them off one by one.”

Even if the Main God unfairly boosts the aliens’ strength, their battle armor provides enough protection for them to escape easily… though the newcomers are another matter.”

“As for our group…”

His voice cut off abruptly; the surrounding environment fell silent.

Simultaneously, Zhan Lan and Lingdian tensed their entire bodies, clearly entering combat readiness.

“Aaaaaaahhhhh—”

Suddenly, a terrified scream rang out—one of the three hooligans, for no apparent reason, shouted loudly and, ignoring his companions’ startled glances, bolted down a side corridor.

Wu Xian made no move to stop him; instead, he smiled toward the spot where the man vanished. Almost instantly, a scream of utter terror echoed from the corridor, followed by the sickening sound of flesh being torn apart.

In an instant, the corridor’s atmosphere grew heavier; accompanied by heavy footsteps, the group soon saw the true protagonist of this horror film—

The Alien!

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