Clever Zhan Lan heard this and asked, "Then why didn't you just blow up the spaceship instead of coming back to find us?"
Xia Ren explained, "First, I'm not sure if the reward points for the aliens killed in the spaceship explosion would count toward my total."
"Second, if I bring you back, everyone will have at least a grade D side plot. When the time comes, I'll use a few minor tricks to make you willingly hand your money over to me."
Zheng Zha's face turned green again.
He still owed a debt of 500 points. Moreover, he had already experienced the "minor tricks" mentioned by this scumbag Xia Ren, making him the first victim of the China Team.
Zheng Zha asked, "Do you have a plan?"
Xia Ren waved his hand and said, "None. But I see this fellow Chu Xuan has an agile mind, perhaps he can think of a good method?"
He cast an unfathomable smile, leaving Chu Xuan baffled.
Yet, lacking any sense of modesty, Chu Xuan directly began his analysis:
"Judging from the surveillance footage, there are still 20 to 30 aliens on the spaceship. Xia Ren's machine gun can deal with 10; with proper planning, resolving 20 is also possible."
"However, besides the aliens, we must also face the alien queen. We must reserve at least one magazine of ammunition to pierce the queen's defense."
"Therefore, the key to breaking the deadlock is to use the machine gun as little as possible while dealing with more aliens!"
Following this analysis, everyone's thoughts instantly became clear.
Xia Ren said, "Besides the machine gun rounds, I also have some incendiary grenades, grenades, and gasoline to set traps."
Zhan Lan immediately raised her hand: "We have some grenades too!"
Zero Point gripped the rifle in his hand: "Too bad there's no sniper rifle."
"There is! Who said there isn't?"
Xia Ren snapped his fingers, and a greenish sniper rifle dropped to the ground.
"It's just a shame it's not a Barrett..."
"It's enough! With this gun, I can hit an alien's eye within 5 rounds!"
"Unfortunately, there is only one magazine."
Xia Ren spread his hands, showing helplessness.
Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses, a flash of light reflecting off the lenses. He looked at Zheng Zha and said:
"These methods are indeed useful, but they can at most deal with five aliens. I've observed Zheng Zha for a long time; after unlocking the first stage of the genetic constraint, his strength is sufficient to go toe-to-toe with two aliens."
It was a pity Zheng Zha hadn't learned how to throw spiral spikes, or he could have fought one more.
Zhan Lan shook her head: "Too bad the alien queen's intelligence isn't low; she won't be foolish enough to charge in one by one."
"Therefore, we must utilize the queen's intelligence! Create the most favorable combat conditions!"
Chu Xuan's chilling words invigorated everyone.
"What's your plan?" Xia Ren asked.
"Split our forces."
...
Good grief, after all that buildup, it was still selling out teammates. Yet this answer was precisely what Xia Ren wanted.
He chuckled and asked, "How do you think we should divide them? Look at the surveillance; the aliens seem about to make an all-out assault."
"What?!!"
Everyone's gazes turned to the screen on the wall, only to see dense swarms of aliens approaching the central control room from all directions.
The Art of War states: if ten times their number, surround them. The alien queen didn't know military strategy, but after a moment of thought, she found the most suitable tactic: using numerical superiority to zerg-rush the objective.
"What do we do! Chu Xuan, hurry up and think of something!"
"There is only one way: send people to lure a portion of the aliens away while we concentrate our forces to eliminate the rest!"
Xia Ren: "Who do you think is most suitable to send?"
Chu Xuan: "Anyone whose speed exceeds an alien's will do. Among everyone present, only you, Zheng Zha, and Zhang Jie meet the condition."
Immediately afterward, he added, "You and Zheng Zha are our main combat forces, therefore..."
Everyone looked at Zhang Jie.
Zhang Jie lit a cigarette and said speechlessly, "I lure the aliens away, and then what? I fucking can't beat them! Sooner or later my stamina will run out and I'll get run down; isn't this sending me to my death?"
Chu Xuan shook his head and said, "No, not only will you not die, but your probability of survival is higher than anyone else's here."
Zhan Lan had a flash of inspiration: "You're talking about the escape pod! But..."
Xia Ren shouted to interrupt: "Hey, hey, hey! You bastard Chu Xuan! That's my exit route! If you give it to Zhang Jie, what do I use?!"
Chu Xuan said calmly, "Using this method, I have a thirty percent chance of winning."
"Only thirty percent?"
The expressions of Zhan Lan and the others dimmed slightly, thinking: With such a low probability, this fellow Xia Ren will definitely disagree.
She glared fiercely at Chu Xuan and said, "And you, couldn't you just lie to him and say there's an eighty percent chance?"
Chu Xuan said, "Xia Ren is different from you; he's not someone who can be easily deceived."
"......"
Even Zheng Zha couldn't help laughing, looking helplessly at Xia Ren as he waited for him to refuse.
"I agree!! Thirty percent, it's actually that high!"
"Ah? You agree?"
Xia Ren nodded and said, "Why wouldn't I agree? There's a thirty percent chance of bringing you back, and if everyone gets scammed out of 500 points by me, that's 3,000 points. Why turn down free money?"
"But..." Zhan Lan hesitated, wanting to speak.
<span>"You want to say that if the plan fails, I'll lose the escape pod and die with you, right?"</span>
Everyone remained silent. Gambling on this thirty percent chance was out of desperation, but since he could leave in an escape pod, why struggle so hard?
Xia Ren burst into loud laughter:
"Hahaha! You guys overthought it! Tada!"
He waved his hand and pulled out a space battle suit.
"Didn't expect that, did you? I have a spacesuit! Hahahaha, heh heh heh~~~ You stupid fools, still want to die with me? No way!"
"Fuck! Asshole!"
Zheng Zha cursed aloud. Looking at that smug, villainous expression, he really wanted to go up and punch him.
Then, he chuckled again.
Damn it all, how could there be such an annoying person in this world?