Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
Lin Xi took a deep breath, his nostrils and chest filled with the stench of corpses and blood, a reminder that he was about to face a fierce battle.
Lin Xi subconsciously touched the ion generator on her chest.
He was exhausted, even desperate.
He could clearly feel himself weakening bit by bit; the wound in his abdomen kept bleeding, and he felt pain, cold, and weakness. This made the animalistic part of his body increasingly active.
This is terrible.
Lin Xi thought.
If it weren't for the ion generator on his chest reminding Lin Xi that Alyssa and Bryce were still waiting for him to come back, waiting for him to go home together, Lin Xi would have even wanted to give up.
"Don't be afraid..."
Xavier silently approached Lin Xi and squeezed her hand tightly...
Its pair of already damaged wings tucked behind it and swayed gently, while its hands were icy cold and covered in a sticky substance—its own blood and some machine oil from the mechanical warriors.
Lin Xi glanced at it quickly, turning his head to the side. He tried to smile, but his lips seemed frozen.
"I will protect you."
Xavier paid no attention to Lin Xi's silence and continued speaking to himself, his tone quite serious.
Almost the instant it finished speaking, the machine warriors, who were already poised to attack, suddenly sprang into action.
Their movements were so swift and rapid that the tips of their metal tentacles sparked as they cut through the ground.
Lin Xi ducked, and he and Xavier separated perfectly. Xavier leaped high into the air, piercing the heads of the machine warriors with its claws. Lin Xi, meanwhile, lowered his body, and in the instant the machine warriors were immobilized by Xavier's insect limbs, he forcefully ripped the waving metal tentacles off their heads.
He and Xavier swiftly dismembered the metal monsters, the robotic warriors wildly waving their tentacles, making a whooshing sound in the air. During this process, Lin Xi and Xavier inevitably sustained injuries, especially Lin Xi. The intense activity worsened his abdominal wound; with every movement, he could feel large gushes of fluid gushing from his body, the blood draining away his body heat and life force. Lin Xi clenched his teeth tightly; he could feel his speed decreasing with each passing moment.
He looked up at what lay ahead, and damn it, even though he and Xavier had tried their best to fight back, the mechanical warriors were still surging towards them relentlessly.
If things continued like this, it seemed inevitable that he and Xavier would be torn to pieces by these machine monsters. Lin Xi pressed his hand tightly against his chest.
In that instant, he felt his heartbeat become extremely difficult, and his vision went black intermittently due to blood loss.
Even the monster corpses lying on the edge of the corridor distracted him. He felt a primal urge welling up deep within him; he craved rest, he craved escape, he craved survival…
Lin Xi realized that her thinking was becoming chaotic and sluggish, and that "His" will was stirring deep within her body.
This made Lin Xi increasingly anxious. Once he transformed into "He", it meant that Elisa and Bryce would be in a dangerous situation of isolation and helplessness, and even Xavier's life would be in danger.
We have to find a way, no matter what, to escape from this encirclement.
Where exactly is the way out?
Where exactly is the way out...?
An inconspicuous little box caught Lin Xi's eye at that moment.
It was a small box with black and yellow striped patterns, and in the middle was a transparent glass panel through which you could vaguely see a red emergency button.
Lin Xi suddenly turned her head to look at the end of the corridor—connecting the walkway and the corridor was an inconspicuous but unusually thick door frame, with black and yellow stripes representing emergency isolation doors inlaid on the edges of the door frame.
Why didn't I think of this before? Lin Xi controlled her excited emotions.
Those sturdy emergency isolation doors can even withstand the impact of an emotional outburst. These doors were originally designed to buy crew members time to board lifeboats and escape the spaceship in extreme circumstances.
And now it just so happens to be that damn "emergency situation".
However, the situation Lin Xi and Xavier are facing now is far more serious than an engine fire or a space pirate invasion.
There are two ways to open the isolation door. The first way is for the captain to issue an order from the main control room to lower the isolation door, and the second way is to press the emergency button, which allows one isolation door to be opened at a time.
As Lin Xi continued to evade, he kept calculating in his mind, while at the same time he opened his eyes wide and carefully looked at the situation on the other side of the isolation door.
It seems that God has finally decided to show them some favor at this moment: almost all the mechanical warriors have gathered in the corridor in order to hunt down Lin Xi and Xavier.
On the other side of the corridor bridge, apart from layers upon layers of monster corpses, there were no other mechanical warriors. In other words, if Lin Xi could find the right opportunity, before these mechanical warriors had time to return to the corridor bridge, and directly hide in the other side of the isolation door and lower the heavy isolation door, he could keep all these mechanical warriors outside the isolation door.
Of course, Lin Xi didn't expect to stop all the mechanical warriors with just this isolation door. These monsters were indeed the most terrifying killing machines ever created by mankind...
However, Lin Xi didn't need much originally. He only needed a short time to return to the warehouse, hand over the ion generator to Elisa and Bryce, and finally start the lifeboat to escape the planet.
That's all.
However, these robotic warriors are just too fast...
Lin Xi secretly calculated the speed of these mechanical warriors in his mind, and his heart tightened immediately.
Considering the speed of the mechanical warriors, Lin Xi had to wait until the isolation door was two-thirds or even three-quarters lowered before he could act. He had to seize that brief one or two seconds, before the metal monsters could react, and find a way to squeeze through the gap between the isolation door and the ground to the other side of the corridor…
The opportunities left for Lin Xi were very few, but the harsh reality left her no room for hesitation.
Just as he was distracted by observing the isolation door and the climbing speed of the mechanical warriors, a metal tentacle suddenly and silently stabbed out from the side. Lin Xi did not even realize that such a monster was hiding silently in such a corner.
Lin Xi suddenly used his arms to protect the ion generator in front of his chest, then turned around and used his back to guide the unavoidable metal tentacle.
He felt a sharp pain, followed by a deep wound left on his back by the tentacle.
Xavier watched this scene unfold, letting out a sharp, high-pitched roar. Then it pounced, its arms gripping the machine warrior's ugly, rounded head, tearing it to pieces with a series of cracking sounds.
Lin Xi leaned into its embrace.
"Do you see that...?"
He pressed his ear close to Xavier's and whispered.
Without time to think too much, Lin Xi hurriedly told Xavier about his plan, which could only be described as hasty.
"We started to act when the isolation door was lowered to one-half."
"I'll do whatever Lin Xi says."
Xavier nodded seriously.
The next second, Lin Xi reached out and grabbed a metal tentacle that was flying towards him.
Following his usual procedure, he tore the metal tentacle into many pieces, the only difference being that he secretly left the tips of the tentacles intact.
The thing was heavy and reeked of blood. Lin Xi weighed it in his hand. He chose a distance not too far from the isolation door, then suddenly reached out and threw the tip of the metal tentacle straight at the glass cover of the emergency device like a dart.
"Click".
It was the sound of glass clattering, but in this corridor now filled with the stench of blood and the sounds of fighting, the sound was very faint.
But Lin Xi's heart skipped a beat because of the sound.
The next second, the metal partition door, which had not been used for many years, began to slowly descend amidst a screeching sound.
For a brief moment, the mechanical warriors in the corridor suddenly paused.
Lin Xi's heart leaped into her throat.
He was worried that these inorganic metal monsters would realize what he was trying to do, but thankfully, at least for this moment, they acted like real command robots. They didn't notice anything amiss, and after a brief pause, these ugly metal monsters continued to focus their attacks on Lin Xi and Saville.
One, two, three, four...
Lin Xi silently counted in her mind.
As the isolation door slowly descended to a suitable height, Lin Xi suddenly tensed up and turned his head to look at Xavier.
"action."
He shouted.
The moment the words left his mouth, Lin Xi kicked off the metal wall and darted straight ahead.
Xavier immediately followed closely behind him.
Neither Lin Xi nor Xavier could care less about the attacks that were raining down on them at that moment.
It was only natural that Lin Xi was injured, but he barely felt any pain at that moment.
His eyes were fixed on the slowly descending isolation door.
10 meters to go.
The glass door has been lowered to two-thirds of its original position.
The mechanical warriors surrounding them seemed to sense something, and the red dots in their eyes flashed even faster.
Two mechanical warriors suddenly lunged at Lin Xi. Lin Xi vaguely felt a surge of heat rush from his heart to his arms, and his fingernails instantly grew larger. Those sharp fingernails were like some kind of ion-cutting weapon, and in the instant he spread his arms, he easily sliced the two obstructing mechanical warriors in two.
There are still 5 meters left.
Xavier's wings were suddenly grabbed by the metal tentacles of a mechanical warrior.
It let out a painful roar.
At that moment, its instinct was to turn around and fight the mechanical warrior that dared to touch its wings, just like before. But at this moment, Lin Xi's blood-covered back came into its view, instantly crushing its instinct.
To keep up with Lin Xi...
It thought.
And that creaking door that was about to fall down—Lin Xi had said that the two of them should hide behind it together.
Xavier could almost hear Lin Xi's hoarse whispers.
So it stomped its feet hard on the ground and then lunged forward.
With this action, its wings were instantly ripped off by the mechanical warrior.
Xavier let out an extremely painful scream.
Lin Xi paused, turning to check on Xavier's condition, but in that instant, Xavier's painful screams turned into human voices.
"I'm fine—"
But Lin Xi couldn't help but turn around and glance at Xavier.
The machine warrior was still standing there, its tentacles wrapped around its blood-soaked wings—though the once magnificent wings were now just a pale gray membrane.
A surge of rage instantly welled up within Lin Xi. His mind went completely blank for a moment. He wanted to pounce on the mechanical warrior and tear it to shreds.
However, the scraping sound of the isolation door descending instantly brought him back to his senses.
In that brief moment of pause, the isolation door had already been lowered to a very low position.
"Come on."
Lin Xi pulled Xavier hard and then shouted.
Xavier paused slightly. After its wings were pulled out, it broke free from the mechanical warriors' grasp and pressed itself tightly against Lin Xi's back.
In that moment of unbearable pain, only Lin Xi could make it feel a little better.
One meter left.
A hint of relief flashed in Lin Xi's eyes. Without saying much, Lin Xi pressed the ion generator on her chest, then suddenly fell to the ground, rolled over, and slid into the gap between the isolation door and the ground.
At this moment, the isolation door was less than 40 centimeters from the ground.
Xavier immediately crouched down, preparing to follow Lin Xi inside...
But at that moment, a sharp pain shot through its back. It struggled, but an excruciating pain, as if its very soul was being torn apart, surged from its lower body directly into its brain.
It turned around in disbelief, only to be met with two robots whose shapes were completely different from the other mechanical warriors.
They even look a bit like some kind of insect—except that all the parts are made of metal.
Now, the jet-black metallic tentacles sprouting from their bodies are like nails, firmly pinning Xavier's body to the ground.
This scene came directly into Lin Xi's view.
"No—Xavier—"
He shouted instinctively.
The black robots leaned forward slightly, extending a tentacle that wedged between the isolation door and the ground, seemingly trying to lift the door back up.
However, this attempt quickly failed.
The tentacles slowed the descent of the isolation door by a tiny bit—but it was still descending.
More mechanical warriors followed closely behind, rushing frantically towards the now extremely narrow gap in an attempt to squeeze through, but their enormous, ugly heads made them stuck.
And Xavier...
Xavier is struggling.
But at this moment, such a struggle is meaningless.
"Lin Xi—"
Its bright red compound eyes stared intently at the figure on the other side of the slowly closing door.
Then it muttered that name under its breath.
"Lin Xi..."
Just like every time it's happy or sad, it will subconsciously repeat that word.
Because that name makes it happy.
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