Chapter 29: Ch.29 Down time before a Boss Battle
"Although I dont want to admit it, our fighting capacity is at the lowest point", Xuan muttered with his head down.
As soon as Zero brought Kris and the rest of their group was brought into the arsenal, A heated discussion started. Talking about their current situation and what to do next.
Kris took this time to slump down by some crates of goods stored in the room. Having fought the aliens a couple of times is taking its toll on his body.
Contrary to what the group believes, Kris have not unlocked the genetic constraint. The feats he performed were the effects of the brew he made and the focus state of mind; compensating for his currently weak Newtype abilities. And now the effects are stating to fade.Which made him looked endured.
While doing his best to endure the withdrawal from the brews effects, Xuan's continues to explain their predicament.
Out of the seven of them here, Kampa was critically injured. He could die any time without proper treatment. Zhengs the strongest one, but his right arm suffered a comminuted fracture and hed spent the majority of his Qi already not to mention the leg injure has. Kris was the tired and seem to suffer some damage as well.
Zero had strong sniping skills, but the gun he had was a submachine gun. Neither its accuracy nor power were strong enough to kill Aliens. Xuan excelled in analysis and planning, but he was inferior to Kampa and Zero in using firearms. And not to mention Lan, even though she trained for a few days, she was even worse than Xuan in handling firearms. Jie is almost ready to keel over from carrying Zheng and the after effects of the explosion a couple of hours ago.
Zheng nodded. "Yes, we are basically all injured. Luckily we killed all the Aliens. Since no Alien came out from room 15 after all this time, there should only be the Queen inside."
Xuan said, "Just that one Queen can kill all of us. We basically dont have any means to deal with her. The Queen is approximately three times the size of an Alien. I will assume her exoskeleton is twice the thickness of an Alien. Even then, normal bullets cant penetrate it. Perhaps heavy firearms, sniper rifles, or AP shells could damage it. But we can only find smaller firearms in this room. This is a normal commercial spacecraft afterall."
"Kris do you still have the AA12?" ask Xuan. Kris shook his head, "It was melted in the last fight."
Zheng thought for a moment. "What if we can break its exoskeleton? Then all of us focused on shooting the part of it without a shell. Will we be able to kill it?"
Xuan looked at Zheng and said, "I wont do any illogical analysis. If you can break its shell, then please show me evidence."
Zheng couldnt help but pick up a steel bar from the side. He stood up, took a deep breath, focused his Qi then threw the bar. Just like it had before, the bar pierced deeply into the wall.
Xuan stared at the steel bar, then sighed. "You're not left handed. Your right hand is already... Its my fault. If I knew you had this kind of strength, I wouldnt have let you get injured no matter what. Yes, like you said if you can break the Queens shell, then we have a high probability of killing it. If your throw can be more accurate and hit her head, you may even be able to kill it instantly."
Zheng laughed bitterly. "I cant get that accurate, Im using my left hand after all. I only have the stamina to throw one or two more. Instead of taking this risk to aim for her head, its more practical to just aim for her body."
"True." Xuan nodded. "We have a higher chance of success aiming for her body. The probability of killing the Queen is about 30%, the odds will only increase from there if Kris can still hold off the queen; given his current state."
Kris just gave Xuan a middle finger.
" Its good enough for us to take this risk. Then let's arrange our responsibilities. Zheng..." Xuan was about to continue.
Zheng interrupted him, "Wait. You only have to be responsible for your comrades. Each party will take a separate role. Our responsibilities are to break open the Queens shell and offer fire support. Your responsibilities are to protect us and also offer fire support. Hows that?"
Xuan bit his finger and said, "Is this what you mean by ally? Okay, we will each be responsible for our roles. I agree with your suggestion but this way I wont have to make my plan with extra attention for your safety. We will share our risks equally."
Zheng sneered at him. "This is the equality we need. Why do we need your special protection? So you can discard us in the future? Dont joke with me. I need your wisdom and you need our power. Our relationship is this simple."
Kris added, " I'll only follow if Zheng agrees with your plans ."
Xuan didnt say anything more. "He took out the weapons in this room then handed them to Zheng and the other two and also explained to them the advantage of each gun and how to use them. Lan chose the desert eagle that Zero wasnt using. Zheng took a short range semi automatic rifle."
After they picked up the guns, Xuan said, "We are actually quite lucky. If we delayed just one or two more days. Then we wouldnt be hunting the queen she will be hunting us! Those four people probably became hosts of the alien that attack us meaning there's a high chance that's the one with the MC and left with her already."
"So we have to kill the Queen in the shortest amount of time. Otherwise other unknown variables might appear, we will certainly be dead by then."
"Aside from that, theres one more thing you should be aware of. Once the Queen is injured and starts to bleed, we have to kill her as fast as possible. Alien blood is highly corrosive and the Queens location is on the edge of this spacecraft. If her blood corrodes a large hole, then we will all be sucked into space."
After some more instruction from Xuan. They checked their weapons one last time. Jie and Kampa couldnt really fight anymore. Xuan originally planned to have them stay here but Zheng worried that an Alien might run past them and come to the arsenal. So he insisted on bringing Jie along. Though Kampa belonged to Xuans team. Xuan's decision was to have him lie here and let fate decide his life.
As Zheng stepped out of the arsenal, he turned around to look at Kampa. This man could barely keep conscious. Zheng felt a sense of melancholy then turned his eyes away. Looking straight ahead, the area was dim past room 15. That was the Alien nest it seemed like an entrance to hell. Will it be death or the end of this movie?
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