**Chapter 53: The Last Glimmer of Hope**
In the sky, that golden light, carrying an unrivaled momentum, descended like divine judgment!
Meng Rui, who moments ago seemed invincible, couldn't help but appear somewhat harried when faced with this golden light!
She dashed rapidly in the opposite direction of the Covenant, attempting to shake off the golden light that relentlessly pursued her from the sky.
But the golden light seemed to have eyes, automatically tracking Meng Rui.
This golden light was incredibly fast!
Ren Arakawa, having unlocked the first Tier of the genetic lock and possessing the Cursed Seal, couldn't outrun it, and Meng Rui was in no better shape.
It was about to catch her within a few steps!
Just as the golden light was about to hit Meng Rui, her body suddenly underwent a strange transformation!
Her arms rapidly elongated, splitting into thick, sturdy tendrils of flesh!
At the tips of these tendrils were sharp blades that emitted a chilling intent!
These two unsettling appendages seemed to possess their own will, flailing wildly in the air.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"
Sparks flew everywhere in the air, each collision between the blades and the golden light producing a crisp metallic impact sound!
The immense force made one's eardrums ache painfully!
In the sky, Fu Ming's eyelids twitched involuntarily!
He had originally thought he could easily win with his Golden Core stage cultivation and Sword Control Technique.
But the mutated ability displayed by Team China's "Captain" forced him to re-evaluate his opponent.
He resumed his arrogant posture and muttered, "The ability of a parasitic beast, what was it again?"
On the side of the valley, Dio, who had exhausted half his mental power, looked stunned.
He deeply realized that he had truly messed around at the gates of hell just now.
"She can actually clash swords with the Captain? How many horror films has this woman survived?!"
As soon as his voice fell, Dio's expression turned horrified, and he suddenly looked towards the far distance behind him as if he had seen a ghost!
Seeing the familiar Ship's rear cabin, he instantly understood the specific situation!
Dio slapped his thigh in exasperation!
"Oh no! The Ship has been stolen!"
The Plunderer.
Inside the medical bay, Zhang Jie lay sprawled on the medical console.
The anesthetic had just worn off.
He looked up at the wound on his abdomen that was already stitched up, as well as the basketball-sized horror creature on a nearby table, still impaled by a kunai.
He knew he had temporarily survived.
"You're awake? You're the one with the worst aptitude among everyone who came this time."
Ren Arakawa's voice made Zhang Jie turn his head. He first looked in surprise at Ren Arakawa's almost unharmed appearance, then asked doubtfully, "What, what worst aptitude? Am I... am I very impolite?"
Ren Arakawa patted Zhang Jie's shoulder, "It's nothing, just a joke."
"You, you can still crack jokes at a time like this..." Zhang Jie said while wiping the cold sweat from his face, "You're too bold! How did you even think of stealing the Demon Team's Ship?"
Zhang Jie continued, thoroughly frightened, "What if, what if there were people on board? Wouldn't we be walking into a trap?"
"You see, you didn't even think I could steal their Ship, so how could they possibly think of it?" Ren Arakawa shrugged, sounding very reasonable.
As the two talked, Denise walked over, holding the kunai. "My authority still works on this vessel. Weyland Corporation probably only revoked my authority on the Covenant."
"It wasn't the company that revoked it," Ren Arakawa said, pointing to himself, "It was that woman who was with us."
Denise was very confused, "Why would she do that?"
Ren Arakawa shrugged, "Probably because she had a tragic childhood, both parents died, all relatives gone, even the neighbors were run over by a big truck. Since she was little..."
Denise listened for a while and understood that this was a curse, not an introduction, so she quickly interrupted, "Then let's go quickly! This planet is too dangerous. It's already incredibly difficult for the three of us to have survived!"
Denise wanted to abandon the remaining crew members and the six thousand cryosleep colonists and flee. This was already somewhat incongruous with her personality in the movie.
But this was also forced by circumstances.
The Denise in the movie, how could she compare to now?
Ren Arakawa's playful demeanor changed, and he said seriously, "You can't go. At least, not now. You have to wait for us. I mean, for the sake of sharing our predicament, wait for us."
"Why, why can't we leave?" Zhang Jie was the first who couldn't hold back.
Ren Arakawa shook his head helplessly, then pointed his hand to the dial of his reincarnation wristband.
"Tap, tap, tap~"
His fingernails tapped clearly on the dial. Zhang Jie was a bit puzzled, but he still looked up.
A moment later.
He trembled, his eyes devoid of vitality.
"What exactly is it?" Denise asked, confused.
"Alright then, let's just deduct points," Ren Arakawa sped up, "Because our Mission wasn't completed."
The Missions on the reincarnation wristband had seemed so simple and relaxed when Team China first appeared.
[Enter Engineer Planet.]
[Witness Xenomorph birth.]
[Protect Denise.]
These three mandatory Missions had no Rewards specified, nor any punishments mentioned. Ren Arakawa had initially attributed this to the Farming Team not being valued by the Main God.
Furthermore, that rule, which hadn't seemed very important, now looked so glaring.
[Bring six thousand colonists to a habitable planet.]
[Thirty-five crew members, one person survived, plus one hundred Reward points.]
[One death deducts one hundred of one's existing Reward points.]
With Meng Rui, Da Qiang, and Er Niu, these major players of the Farming Team, present, in a horror film that attacked people in physical form, the survival rate was bound to be high, seeming like a Reward-oriented instance.
But now.
The death of every crew member was like a heavy stone pressing down on everyone in the Central Continent Squad.
When Ren Arakawa encountered the Xenomorphs, his Reward points were already spent.
He snatched two Xenomorphs from Er Niu, gaining one thousand points, but immediately after, lost one thousand for killing Er Niu.
Based on the "best" circumstances, the final survivors would be Da Qiang, Meng Rui, Ren Arakawa, Zhang Jie, and Denise—five people.
Completing a horror film gave one thousand Reward points.
But the deducted Reward points would also be two thousand.
Ren Arakawa could afford to be deducted, but Zhang Jie couldn't.
But even if Ren Arakawa helped Zhang Jie pass the difficult stage, if the colonist Mission wasn't completed, neither of them could return to the Main God Space.
Or rather.
The entire Demon Team.
Ren Arakawa and Zhang Jie didn't dare think about this answer.
The only way for them to leave this horror film alive was to send the six thousand colonists to a habitable planet.
Fortunately, Ren Arakawa's bold move—stealing the battleship—caught the Demon Team off guard.
With the Demon Team's Ship, they gained partial initiative.
After Ren Arakawa finished explaining with thirty Reward points, he looked at Denise: "Did you check? How many colonists are on this Ship?"
Denise's worldview had suffered an extremely strong impact, but she still sighed and replied, "Four thousand seven hundred."
"Four thousand seven... still one thousand three hundred short."
"Ah?" Zhang Jie suddenly sat up, "Where are we going to get over a thousand people?"
Ren Arakawa gave an almost impossible answer.
"Cove!"
"nant!"
"!"
(end of chapter)