Sheyan glanced at the others again and found that they were listening attentively, so he continued.
"When I found that the captives were not eaten by the Violent Beasts, I began to think about their motive for capturing the humans. They were obviously very hungry and lacking in food, so the possibility of them rearing humans in preparation for a natural disaster can be ignored. So, what use do humans have for them other than to eat them? It's very likely that they're using humans as sacrifices to the superiors of their race — the Xenomorphs! They're the blueprint for the Xenomorphs' favorite parasites! "
"And why would they go through so much trouble to set up an ambush and use humans as bait to lure the Xenomorphs to rescue them? Their purpose should be to get more human materials for the Xenomorphs to parasitize!"
"Cough, cough, cough … No need to argue anymore. Those things are indeed Xenomorphs," a hoarse voice suddenly came from beside the campfire. It was Paul who had woken up. He asked tiredly, "Do you know how I managed to escape?"
At this point, everyone looked at Paul with admiration. This guy was indeed powerful. He could rely on his own strength to escape from that situation. Paul seemed to be enjoying everyone's gazes. He could not help but proudly say,
"I knew I was in a desperate situation, so I took the opportunity when Vassily self-destructed to summon my baby Achilles. Then, I took advantage of a blind spot in the enemy's thinking and rushed into the depths of the monster's nest with Herakles."
Sheyan asked curiously.
"The depths of the monster's nest? Where is that? "
Paul glanced at Sheyan helplessly.
"You escaped really fast. You definitely didn't know that a few centimeters under the feet of the two hostages was actually a huge pit. The Xenomorphs attached great importance to the two unlucky guys. They must have injected the facehuggers' eggs into their bodies, so they wouldn't allow the hostages to be rescued — it's like their offspring being kidnapped. As soon as we got within ten meters of them, the two hostages sank into the pit. "
"At that time, I followed the hole where the hostages were dragged away and chased after them. Those stupid monsters were also caught off guard by me. In a panic, a total of three Xenomorphs chased after me! Hmph! If I hadn't attracted the attention of those guys at that time, under the sniping of the swamp alien, only Seaman and Altaris could have escaped. "
"I followed the two hostages who were dragged away and came to a cave under the swamp. I found a total of five Xenomorph eggs in it. I left Achilles to destroy the eggs to attract attention, while Hercules covered my escape. In the end, Achilles successfully held them back for enough time. My trick worked, so I successfully escaped alive."
Ronnie suddenly frowned.
"That means that there's an aberration queen among the enemies we have to deal with?"
Paul shook his head.
"In short, I didn't see it. Well, I should be lucky. If I saw it, I would have been divided into many pieces and slowly digested in gastric juice."
Pokan said thoughtfully.
"When we were attacking the One-Horned Flying Ants, Dardanian said that a creature like the Queen, which has a single purpose and can't hunt, would not be born before a biological community has grown strong. This is because there is simply not enough food to feed it," said Dardanian.
"According to Dardanian's theory, there are only three Xenomorphs in this biological community, so one of them should be a female that can also fight and hunt. It's likely that it can't lay eggs as professionally as the queen, but it can still take care of this aspect."
"For example, if an aberration queen can lay one egg a day, then this female is likely to lay one egg a week. But once the number of Xenomorphs increases to a certain extent, the female will be able to provide enough nutritious food, so she will eat like crazy and burn her life force to lay the last egg in her life — the egg of the queen."
Sheyan let out a long sigh and shook his head.
"Hedi, Curry and the others are really unlucky. I originally estimated that their chances of survival were about 50%, but after what you did, there's almost no chance of survival for them. "
Everyone immediately understood what Sheyan meant. If the Xenomorphs still had eggs, based on their habit of parasitizing powerful humanoid creatures, they might have forcibly parasitized the contestants.
After being parasitized, the contestants would not die immediately. They would have to wait for the larvae to slowly grow and hatch before they could break out of the body. Even for ordinary humans, the growth cycle of the Xenomorph larvae was about 24 hours. Contestants who were much stronger should be able to last longer.
But now that all the Xenomorph eggs had been destroyed, and the Xenomorph females had a very long cycle of laying eggs, there was no doubt that the only value of Curry and the others was to fill their stomachs.
When the contestants thought of the fate of their former companions, they could not help but shudder. The most depressing thing was that! They didn't even have the chance to display their greatest abilities before dying. If they could face each other face to face and display everyone's strengths, they wouldn't have fallen into such a miserable state, even if they didn't win for sure.
For a moment, there was an awkward silence.
Looking at the bonfire, Sheyan was silent for a while before he said, "Everyone, take a rest.
"Everyone, let's rest. Mages must rest well, and the quality of your meditation should be higher. Because it's related to the MP recovery speed tomorrow, I will temporarily create two cultivators to guard the night."
***
At the same time, the unfortunate news had been transmitted to the Kitty Hawk base 2.7 million kilometers away.
Fiji paced back and forth in his office like a trapped beast, while Mungo sat in front of his desk with his head buried in his hands. He had a rare decadent look on his face.
"These idiots, these idiots!!! They're digging their own graves!! "
Fiji could not help roaring.
On the big screen in Fiji and Mungo's office, the images transmitted by the cyborgs were being played.
Sure enough, as Sheyan had guessed, neither the Violent Beasts nor the Xenomorphs were interested in the cyborgs made of plastic, rubber, and additives. What they liked were steaming internal organs, sweet blood, and firm and delicious muscles.
Therefore, the motionless cyborgs and the metal objects were all swept into the underground "utility room". No, to be precise, it was a utility room. Faint screams could be heard coming from outside the screen.
Mungo let out a long sigh.
"How many of them will survive?"
Mungo's experience could be seen from this sentence. When faced with a predicament, the first thing he thought of was not to complain or be angry, but to think about the future. He was like a gambler. After losing, he would immediately calculate how much money he had left to make a comeback and get out of the depression of failure as soon as possible.
Compared to him, Fiji, who was known as the Dark General, was still not experienced enough.
Fiji did not answer Mungo because he did not know either. Fortunately, an expert in the field soon answered Mungo's question through the internet.
"In that case, there are no more than three people who have a chance of surviving."
Mungo suddenly raised his head with a ruthless and resolute look in his eyes. He pressed a button on the communicator.
"Connect me to the commander of the Eleventh Fleet immediately. Tell him that we've made a major breakthrough here. Ask them to approach the Asil wormhole immediately and hold a large-scale exercise! Have the Predator's spaceship detour again. "
Fiji immediately looked at Mungo as if he was looking at an idiot.
"You … you still don't understand? We've lost! We've lost the bet, and now you still want to use the old man's resources? Did you lose so badly that you lost your mind? "
Mungo said coldly.
"Being demoted to Lieutenant Colonel or being demoted to First Lieutenant makes no difference to me. I can only win now, I can't lose! Since I already know that there are at least three people alive, even if these three people can only give me a 3% chance of survival, I'll work hard here to turn that 3% into 4%! "
"You're really a damn lunatic … I really didn't see it coming." Fiji's eyes were filled with horror. He then pushed the door open and hurried out. "I won't die with you. My family can still protect me. At most, I won't be able to ascend to the throne when the old man is still in power. Goodbye, Mungo.
Mungo watched as Fiji closed the door and fled in panic like a stray dog. He suddenly laughed wildly, but his laughter eventually turned into a bitter laugh, which eventually turned into a long sigh.
***
Sheyan's judgement was once again accurate. Indeed, there were humans searching for the whereabouts of their missing companions. Moreover, it was earlier and earlier than he expected.
Just three hours after everyone had fallen asleep, the two temporary trainees were the first to issue a warning. Then, Aldaris's' Psionic Guard 'exploded with a loud noise. Anyone who was not deaf would be woken up by the noise.
Then, under Pokan's evocation spell, a rectangular piece of ground quickly sank, exposing a group of fierce soldiers crawling forward. If adjectives could be used to describe them, they would be "ragged", "fierce", "well-trained" and other adjectives.
Sheyan was the first to step out. He was immediately pointed at by numerous weapons, including high-tech plasma guns and primitive throwing spears. Sheyan spread out his hands to show that he had no weapons and was not hostile. He then said loudly, "I'm a human.
"I'm a human, a normal human through and through. Are you interested in having a beer and two hot dogs with me?" If you like this work, you're welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my biggest motivation. "
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