Chapter 33: One Day in the Zhongzhou Team, Forever in the Zhongzhou Team (Seek Follow-Read!)

At that moment, before Zheng Zha and Li Xiaoyi’s astonished gazes, a burly figure stepped forward.

“Uncle Mu…”

Seeing Mu Gang step forward on his own, Li Xiaoyi—who considered himself the weakest present—first felt a wave of relief, but then immediately flooded with intense shame and self-loathing.

Yet before he could say anything, Mu Gang raised his hand to stop him.

“Don’t misunderstand—I’m not sacrificing myself; this is a decision made after careful thought.”

“All of you have trained under the Captain. You should know—I may have strength, but I’m not skilled in combat.”

“That’s why I chose to enhance my Giant bloodline—to serve as the team’s shield, at least so I won’t hold anyone back.”

“Right now, you’re going to eliminate the remaining Xenomorphs. With your strength, my presence makes little difference.”

“But Zhan Lan’s ability can guide everyone—her safety is paramount. Someone who can take heavy damage must protect her, and I’m the one who fits that role…”

This middle-aged man, even quieter than Lingdian, suddenly spoke so much that even Zheng Zha and Li Xiaoyi, his “acquaintances,” were momentarily stunned.

Then Mu Gang turned his gaze to Wu Xian, who stood silent. On his rugged face, hardened by Giant bloodline enhancement, he wore a simple, resolute smile.

“Finally… I trust the Captain. When we were in the Biohazard scenario, you saved me. From then on, I, Mu Gang, trust only you!”

Saying this, Mu Gang, whose towering frame neared two meters and thirty centimeters, bent slightly to meet Wu Xian’s eyes, his expression serious.

“So now I want to ask you, Captain—this time, do you have the confidence to bring us all back to the Main God Space?”

“...I never overpromise. Sometimes, plans simply can’t keep up with change.”

Wu Xian took a deep breath. He wasn’t a hot-headed youth like Zheng Zha, who liked to stir up morale with empty words—that wasn’t his way.

He fixed his gaze steadily on Mu Gang’s eyes and answered in a solemn tone, as if swearing an oath:

“The only thing I guarantee is that, whether this mission succeeds or fails, I will find a way to revive every fallen team member.”

“Not just in this horror film—no matter how many times you die in future missions, I will spare no effort to bring you all back to the Main God Space.”

“And don’t forget—you all still owe me reward points!”

“One day in the Zhongzhou Team, forever in the Zhongzhou Team. Thinking you can escape my debt by dying? That’s not so easy.”

As he spoke the final line, Wu Xian suddenly smiled. Beside him, Zheng Zha and Li Xiaoyi also smiled, as if recalling their time in the Main God Space—suddenly, the heavy silence lifted by half.

“Hah! Then I’m good.”

Mu Gang grinned, swept his gaze over the group, and slapped his chest. “I’ll hold this position. I, Mu Gang, swear to you—I won’t let Zhan Lan suffer a single scratch, even if I die doing it!”

“Thanks for the guarantee—but can you guys PLEASE hurry up?! I’m about to collapse!!”

Amid the warm atmosphere, a discordant voice suddenly rang out—it was Zhan Lan, blood streaming from all seven orifices, roaring before her eyes rolled back and she collapsed backward, unconscious.

“Damn it!”

“What’s wrong with Sister Zhan? Do we need mouth-to-mouth resuscitation…?”

“Move aside! I’ve got medicine!”

…

In short, amid frantic chaos, Wu Xian pulled a Gene Recovery Serum from his space bag and revived Zhan Lan from the gene lock’s side effects. Once her condition stabilized, the group moved at maximum speed.

As previously agreed, Wu Xian would eliminate the Xenomorph Queen and her nest.

Meanwhile, Zheng Zha led Li Xiaoyi and Lingdian, under Zhan Lan’s and Friday’s guidance, to clear every Xenomorph detectable by the ship’s scanners.

Finally, Chu Xuan would make the final call: if no main mission completion prompt arrived in the last five minutes, he would trigger the self-destruct sequence—ensuring Zhongzhou Team members could evacuate safely—to attempt mission completion.

BOOM————!!

Amid a muffled explosion, a dark shadow flashed through the steel corridor like a phantom, covering a hundred meters in an instant.

Along the way, explosions erupted intermittently—upon closer look, they came from nearby ventilation shafts, where hidden Xenomorphs or mutants had been lurking. One by one, they now fell dead.

Their cause of death? Without exception, every one had been pierced through the skull’s carapace by a blade, its brain tissue shredded instantly—no acidic fluid even dripped from the wounds…

【Killed one Xenomorph Stalker, +300 reward points】

【Killed one Xenomorph Stalker, +300 reward points】

【Killed one Drone Xenomorph, +300 reward points】

【Killed one Xenomorph, +500 reward points】

【Killed one Facehugger, +10 reward points】

…

One after another, the system alerts rang in his mind—but the shadow… Wu Xian—ignored them all, sprinting full speed toward the location he’d pinpointed in his mental scan, fearing the Xenomorph Queen might react with new countermeasures.

Faster! Even faster!

Five minutes vanished in a blink. Wu Xian’s speed surpassed the speed of sound—a black lightning streaking through the labyrinthine corridors of the Nostromo.

Finally, after killing twenty hidden Xenomorphs or mutants, he reached the vicinity of the target chamber.

Before Wu Xian lay a path of acid-eroded flooring, coated thickly in snot-like secretions. The walls were riddled with holes, turning the corridor ahead into a spiderweb-like maze.

His mental scan swept over it—just as expected, blocked. But Wu Xian remained calm, for he remembered this scene from the original story.

He could almost picture it: a dozen Xenomorph guards hiding beneath the acid path, suppressing their presence entirely, waiting for prey to fall into the trap before swarming.

“Heh! Trying to ambush me, huh?”

His lips slowly curled into a grotesque, terrifying grin.

“Then let’s play… properly!”

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