# Chapter 109: Xenomorphization
"Shut up!" Gu Yu said angrily.
"Heh!" Lin Pei sneered. "Was I wrong? What's the use of saving someone who's destined to die? Better to free up your hands and kill a few more xenomorphs."
"But I think you're pretty lucky. The ones inside the walls are all xenomorphs with bad legs..."
"Boom!" Suddenly a loud noise came from the outer wall, startling Lin Pei into stopping mid-sentence to look back.
The darkness outside the door seemed the same as before, but he still immediately started walking toward Xu Huo and the others.
At this moment, the xenomorphs entangled with Shen Yi began climbing up on top of each other!
Shen Yi was filled with desperate courage. He looked up at Xu Huo: "Cut off my legs!"
The strings had already returned to Xu Huo's hands. He signaled to Gu Yu, then released them and quickly flew out of the suspension bridge. After putting some distance between them, he lowered his altitude slightly and raised the Crimson Sword.
But he didn't cut off Shen Yi's legs—instead, he killed several xenomorphs in a row!
Shen Yi was freed, and Gu Yu and the others easily pulled him and his sister up.
The siblings embraced and wept, while Xu Huo returned to the suspension bridge, now standing in front of them, walking toward Lin Pei.
Lin Pei stood still. Though his eyes were fixed on Xu Huo, he controlled his flying arrows to aim at Shen Yi, who was comforting Shen Xin behind them.
"Brother!" When the cold arrow pierced through his temple, Shen Xin let out a miserable scream!
Everyone present was caught off guard. Xu Huo immediately swung his sword forward, but Lin Pei used Shen Yi's elastic rope to leap into the air, avoiding the strike. At the same time, the flying arrow that had claimed Shen Yi's life returned to him, and when it flew out again, its target had become Xu Huo!
Xu Huo's sword strike had only cut through one steel cable. Lin Pei's flying arrows moved faster than the strings, so Xu Huo returned to the suspension bridge, deflected the incoming arrow with a backhand, and then rushed forward at high speed.
But just then, he suddenly felt a cold wind brushing past his side. He instinctively raised his sword, but was knocked off the suspension bridge by a powerful impact!
He quickly grabbed the strings to hover in midair, but saw a thin, gaunt shadow flash past at the edge of the flashlight beam. Unlike the xenomorphs beneath the suspension bridge with their poor jumping ability, this one disappeared from the light source, and then the iron nets on both sides began to sound with heavy impacts and shaking. It moved incredibly fast, changing positions nearly ten times in just a few seconds—sometimes to their left or right, sometimes in front or behind.
Lin Pei and Gu Yu, who were a bit farther away, warily tracked the sounds. The xenomorph changed positions too quickly—almost comparable to that white xenomorph from before. They had no room to escape, but strangely, the xenomorph didn't attack them immediately. For a moment, chewing sounds came from the darkness.
"It's eating its own kind!" Ke Liang said incredulously. "Can't it tell the difference between its own kind?"
"Who cares if it can tell the difference? This is our chance!" Gu Yu pulled Shen Xin up to flee, but at that moment, the gaunt xenomorph suddenly pounced toward them!
"Boom!" Ke Liang tackled both of them to the side, and the white xenomorph punched a hole in the suspension bridge, plunging directly into the swarm of xenomorphs below!
Countless xenomorphs swarmed toward it, biting and pulling until it was submerged.
"It won't come out again, will it..." Gu Yu said uncertainly.
Xu Huo returned to the suspension bridge, trapping Lin Pei in the middle.
Now he was near the town entrance, Lin Pei was in the middle, and Gu Yu and the others were near the outer wall.
Lin Pei glanced at Gu Yu and the others, then turned to look at Xu Huo. Suddenly he smiled. "You got scratched by that xenomorph!"
Gu Yu and the others looked up in shock, only to see a cut on Xu Huo's jaw, with dark blue-black blood vessels spreading along the edges like small tree branches.
Lin Pei laughed loudly. "I didn't expect that xenomorph's toxin to be so strong. Such a small wound can infect a person. From the looks of it, you didn't even have time to cut off the flesh!"
Xu Huo's expression was cold and grim. A few seconds after the gaunt xenomorph brushed past him, he realized his chin had been scratched. The pain was different from an ordinary wound, so he immediately drew his dagger and cut away the flesh around his jawbone, then poured self-healing agent and antidote into his mouth. But it still didn't slow the spread of the toxin.
And the rapid healing of the wound indicated that he was undergoing xenomorphization!
"You think that by getting Master Nise's props and opening the door, you'd win the rewards of this instance?" Lin Pei said with satisfaction. "Man proposes, heaven disposes. What a pity, Xu Huo—you're going to die here today!"
"Lin Pei, I'll kill you!" Shen Xin suddenly got up and charged at him, but before she could take two steps, the gaunt xenomorph broke free and crashed into the suspension bridge!
The bridge shook from the impact. Everyone standing on it grabbed the nearest steel cables, but Xu Huo, in that instant, reached Lin Pei's back and swung his sword at the back of his neck!
Lin Pei was prepared. He used his flying arrows to deflect the attack, then threw out his elastic rope to snare the gaunt xenomorph that had just climbed onto the bridge. He yanked the xenomorph toward himself, then leaped off the suspension bridge!
Of course, he didn't jump straight down. He grabbed the bridge planks and hung on the edge, simultaneously recalling his props!
The xenomorph that had been attacking Gu Yu and the others was pulled off course. It attacked any living thing it encountered indiscriminately, so the moment its gaze shifted, it locked onto Xu Huo!
At this moment, Xu Huo's jaw twitched, and his body trembled involuntarily. He could feel the toxin eroding his brain and body. His blood was boiling, and an unprecedented surge of power and violent impulse filled his entire being!
Facing the xenomorph charging at him, he directly slammed into it!
The two collided head-on, and Xu Huo and the xenomorph each staggered backward. But before they could steady themselves, they charged at each other again!
Gu Yu saw that he had even thrown away his sword and urgently said, "Xu Huo! Don't give up! Get out first—Jing City must have an antidote!"
At this moment, countless sounds were amplified in Xu Huo's ears. Things he could and couldn't hear before were instantly transmitted to his eardrums. His heart rate was climbing rapidly. His eyes were bloodshot. After knocking the gaunt xenomorph back again, he turned and ran toward the inner wall entrance!
The xenomorph toxin he had contracted was different from Professor Han's chronic poison on the preliminary review train. If there was still a way to save him, it had to be inside Decibel Town!
But as he turned, the gaunt xenomorph pounced on him from behind. He hit the ground, quickly turned around, and grabbed the xenomorph's lower jaw. The two wrestled together!
Gu Yu saw this and wanted to help, but Lin Pei, who had returned to the suspension bridge, blocked her. "Can't you see? He's about to become a xenomorph too!"
In just a few dozen seconds, Xu Huo's mouth was already splitting open, his expression wild. He fought the xenomorph with no technique at all, the power he unleashed matching the xenomorph evenly. Now it was purely hand-to-hand combat!
Enjoying his painful and ugly state, Lin Pei said smugly, "Special time, special props, hidden only where Master Nise might be found; unique shape, unique location, the only key to leave the town."
"This is a riddle I found on a note in the town mayor's office building."