Chapter 139: Beneath Psychic Power, I Am Invincible

Sensing the thoughts in Ye Hai's mind, the system could not help but let out a cold snort and say:

"Put away those unrealistic ideas of yours!"

"It is simply impossible for these adult Xenomorphs to let you modify their genomes!"

"Even if you have the ability to capture these Xenomorphs, the success rate of modification is extremely low!"

"The success rate of modifying a mature Xenomorph is less than 1%!"

Scolded by the system in this manner, Ye Hai instantly slumped. He asked with an expression of utter displeasure:

"Then what on earth are you talking about when you mention gene modification?"

The system replied:

"Modify it from the source!"

Ye Hai was slightly stunned: "The source?"

"You mean... a Xenomorph egg?"

"By reorganizing the genetic structure of the Xenomorph egg, you can achieve the purpose of controlling the Xenomorphs."

"It seems you are not completely hopeless yet!"

"Besides Xenomorph eggs, you can also try to directly modify the Xenomorph Queen..."

"If you have a successfully modified Xenomorph Queen, she can naturally lay Xenomorph eggs under your control."

"Thus hatching an army of Xenomorphs that obey your commands!"

The system replied calmly.

Ye Hai nodded and then suddenly asked:

"If I find the chemical substance A0-3959X.99-15 that produces these Xenomorphs, what can you do?"

After a brief silence, the system answered:

"Upgrade and unlock a new Xenomorph module..."

"Then analyze the Xenomorph pheromones... and control all Xenomorphs of this category right before your eyes!"

Suddenly, Ye Hai burst into loud laughter.

"Since in the end I can still control these guys..."

"Why bother with so many twists and turns?"

"Once we find the Black Goo, won't everything be settled?"

Although Ye Hai said this, deep down he had no confidence whatsoever regarding whether he could penetrate deep into the secret experimental base of Karan Gene Biotech!

According to the plot of the Xenomorphs, the spores produced by the Black Goo after combining with certain plants possessed extremely powerful infectivity and extremely high danger.

Looking at the massive Xenomorph army before him, one could easily imagine what kind of terrifying scene must exist inside the secret experimental base.

Trying to penetrate deep into the experimental base to find the Xenomorph Queen or the Black Goo was definitely no easy task; one might even have to risk their life and still not succeed!

Seeing the number of dismembered Goblins dwindling before his eyes, Ye Hai knew it was time to retreat.

Without any hesitation, Ye Hai retreated toward the upper section of the tunnel.

Using the two hundred dismembered Goblins to stall the entire Xenomorph army for several minutes should be enough for everyone to widen the distance between themselves and the Xenomorphs.

***

However, after running for a short while, Ye Hai suddenly noticed a large amount of white frost appearing on both sides of the tunnel.

His gaze instantly sharpened.

"This is? Psionic energy belonging to Prelate in Red, Baran?"

"Damn it, the commotion of the glacier landing was too loud. Did it alert the Shesha Cult?"

Ye Hai immediately started running at full speed, and after a short while, he saw that both sides were already engaged in battle within the tunnel.

The incorporated survivors were now at an absolute disadvantage.

The power the Holy Crusaders obtained through the giant snake's blood was far greater than the virus from the missionaries within the bodies of the second-generation parasites.

After transforming, the physiques of those Holy Crusaders did not expand in a particularly exaggerated manner, but both their strength and speed far surpassed those survivors who had entered a zombie-like state utilizing the second-generation parasites.

It was almost a crushing defeat of the sixth stage by the seventh stage.

Coupled with the prelates in the rear launching psionic attacks from time to time, Ye Hai's team was practically beaten into a defensive rout.

If not for the resurrection ability of the parasites, this team composed of survivors would have been wiped out long ago.

Even so, in this brief span of time, the team had already been cut in half.

Fortunately, the casualties were only the survivors who had just been incorporated not long ago, and the Veronica combat team had not suffered any losses; otherwise, Ye Hai would have been heartbroken.

Seeing Ye Hai arrive, Javier hurried forward and asked, "What's the situation with those Xenomorphs?!"

Ye Hai shook his head and said helplessly, "They can catch up in a minute or two at most!"

"I didn't expect the Shesha Cult to arrive so quickly!"

"Right now, we are surrounded in the middle of the tunnel, which is extremely dangerous!"

"Why did you guys end up fighting them directly?"

Javier could only smile bitterly and say: "These guys forced us to return underground!"

"We told them that Xenomorphs had appeared underground, but no matter what, they simply wouldn't believe it!"

"They just thought it was an excuse we made up because we wanted to run away!"

"Damn it, couldn't those stubborn blockheads have sent someone to scout ahead?"

"Naturally, we refused to turn back, and that's how the fight broke out!"

"The enemy's strength is formidable. As for those Holy Crusaders... perhaps the Veronica combat team could still put up a fight against them!"

"These survivors who have never received any training at all are being completely crushed!"

"The tunnel is so narrow that it's simply impossible to charge out."

"Ghost knows how many more people these guys have behind them!"

Just as Javier finished speaking, Ye Hai suddenly felt a fierce gust of wind coming from behind him.

He hurriedly performed a leap-dive, narrowly dodging a sneak attack from an alloy fist.

He could not help but widen his eyes, looking at Javier with a face full of question marks.

He saw Javier helplessly raise his antimatter cannon and blast that alloy fist into fine powder with a fierce shot.

Turning his head, he said to Ye Hai: "It's the psionic power of Prelate in White, Li Ya!"

"It seems she can merge into any metal to launch an attack!"

"Quite a few survivors were beaten into powder by these suddenly appearing alloy fists!"

***

"This tunnel is their natural home turf!"

As he spoke, Javier stamped his foot on the hard ice on the ground and said helplessly:

"Prelate in Red Baran's psionic energy has sealed off this section of the tunnel with ice!"

"Leanna's abilities have suffered severe restrictions; the vines cannot be used smoothly!"

"There is also a Prelate in Black, Lucal, who can cast an energy shield on others!"

"Under the protection of such an energy shield, Lister's nanobots and Leanna's Veronica-derived virus are completely useless against the Holy Crusaders!"

"Coupled with that blood-controlling guy, Qi Beishan..."

"If you have a wound on your body, your blood will be drained away immediately..."

"Even if you don't have a wound, the occasional feeling of a cerebral hemorrhage will make your head spin."

"In short, we are completely countered in every aspect."

"You better think of a way, otherwise I'll have no choice but to increase the output power of the antimatter cannon and blast right through this tunnel..."

"By then, whether this place gets completely buried by rocks and mud won't be something I can care about."

"Perhaps... we can hold out until reinforcements from the biochemical fortress arrive."

Hearing Javier's terrible idea, Ye Hai could not help but roll his eyes.

Right at this moment, a Xenomorph suddenly appeared in Ye Hai's vision.

"They've actually come this far so quickly?"

When the first one appeared, everyone was slightly startled.

Qi Beishan looked in horror at the increasingly numerous and closer Xenomorph army before him, and cried out, "What are those?"

Just as Ye Hai and the others stood in strict formation, ready for battle, everyone was surprised to find that these worker Xenomorphs did not charge forward directly.

Instead, they cleared a path.

Before long, a praetorian Xenomorph appeared once again in the vision of Ye Hai and the others.

Suddenly, a chill ran through Ye Hai's heart: "Damn it, these Xenomorphs sensed the strength of the zombie-fied survivors and the Holy Crusaders, and want to parasitize us..."

The moment they saw Javier raise his antimatter cannon, the praetorian Xenomorph actually retreated behind the dense mass of worker Xenomorphs.

At the same time, a large number of individuals among the survivors and Holy Crusaders began to scream in agony.

Their skin began to exhibit symptoms of swelling.

Ye Hai knew these were the symptoms of being parasitized by Xenomorphs.

"No, if so many Holy Crusaders get parasitized by Xenomorphs..."

"The monsters bursting out of their bodies will become utterly terrifying!"

"We must absolutely not let the Xenomorphs initiate parasitism!"

Thinking of this, Ye Hai called upon the system.

"If I absorb the consciousness of the Holy Crusaders into the Silent Hill module, will it cause the module to break?"

The system replied calmly: "Under psionic energy, you are invincible..."

Ye Hai nodded, understanding instantly!

"Activate the Silent Hill module, and capture the consciousness of all the Holy Crusaders for me!"