"...Yes." Colonel Chu paused for a moment, then began setting the merchant ship's return route to Earth in this timeline. (Search "All Heavens and Myriad Realms Wish Star Elite Literature" on Baidu for the latest chapters, available for free reading immediately.)
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Chapter 261: Cultivating Aliens
Following Li Ling's orders, Chu Xuan began setting up the return route to Earth.
The expressions on everyone's faces were all different.
Zhang Jie, Lingdian, and Bawang remained expressionless, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Li Ling's actions.
People like Li Xiaoyi and Li Shuaixi somewhat agreed with Li Ling's approach. They didn't want to go head-to-head with the alien queen and many other aliens on the merchant ship…
Although "Little Fatty" Zhang Li killed three aliens after activating his gene lock, there are still many more aliens, including an alien queen that is more than ten times stronger!
Letting them fight the Alien Queen head-on with their small arms and legs is simply courting death; it's better to just be an obedient follower.
Zhan Lan's expression shifted, a hint of reluctance in her heart. After all, if the Alien Queen came to Earth, who knew what kind of turmoil it would cause? If humanity wasn't a match for her, it would be wiped out... But she didn't voice her objections.
Zhang Li, nicknamed "Little Fatty," is Li Ling's most loyal supporter, expressing his obedience to his boss's commands in all matters.
Only Zheng Zha hesitated for a long time before saying, "I don't know what you all think, but even if I'm not from this timeline, I can't watch the aliens go to Earth..."
At this point, he hesitated a bit, after all, he also wanted to live and didn't want to die at the hands of the aliens.
Li Ling glanced at Zheng Zha indifferently, showing no dissatisfaction with this saintly guy opposing his decision. Instead, he patted Zheng Zha on the shoulder and said with a faint smile, "Don't worry, the situation you're imagining won't happen."
Everyone was a little confused, wondering where Captain Li got his confidence from. Could the Earthlings in this timeline really eliminate the aliens?
Li Ling smiled, offering no explanation. He went to Earth to find more hosts for the Xenomorphs. Then, he could happily use the Xenomorphs to rack up points...
The aliens are much more powerful than the crawlers. According to the chubby guy, killing an alien earns 500 reward points. He had previously killed three aliens and received 1,500 reward points.
With more reward points, you can exchange them for more spiritual medicines, herbs, and rare treasures in the God Space, which you can use for alchemy and weapon crafting.
Those high-grade spiritual herbs and rare treasures also require a large number of reward points.
Although Li Ling really wanted to turn all the humans on Earth in this timeline into hosts for the aliens and then rack up hundreds of billions of reward points, he wasn't that ruthless.
When the time comes, we just need to find some damned people to be hosts for the aliens. As for who deserves to die and who doesn't, that's naturally up to Li Ling to decide.
No one knew Li Ling's plan; otherwise, they would have thought it was a pipe dream.
Although Zheng Zha still disagreed with Li Ling's approach, he clearly couldn't make the decision himself.
While operating the merchant ship system, Chu Xuan said, "This plan has two loopholes."
First, no one can guarantee that the Earth in this time and space won't blow our merchant ship to pieces outside the atmosphere.
Given the technological level of Earth in this time and space, there should be outer space defense measures in place.
Secondly, can the isolation layer of the space merchant ship completely block the aliens, allowing us to safely return to Earth in this time and space?
It's important to know that their blood is extremely corrosive and acidic, which could potentially destroy the isolation and defense measures.
"The first vulnerability is unlikely; Earth is unlikely to take extreme measures. The second vulnerability is more likely."
In that case, we'll have to face the aliens head-on, so we need to be prepared for battle!
Everyone nodded in agreement, looking at Chu Xuan with a mixture of surprise and admiration. This research fanatic's intelligence was truly remarkable! To be able to come up with so much in such a short time, and to consider every aspect so thoroughly, was truly impressive!
Li Ling nodded in agreement. In fact, Chu Xuan's plan was somewhat different from his own, because he didn't intend to use the humans on Earth in this timeline to eliminate the aliens. Instead, he wanted to directly control the alien queen as an egg-laying tool.
Therefore, he needs to solve the alien problem inside the merchant ship first. Even if the alien doesn't break through the isolation layer and find his way here, he still has to go find the alien.
Li Ling didn't elaborate further, saying that it would take some time to return to Earth in this timeline, and there was no rush; they should rest first.
After a while, Chu Xuan stopped what he was doing and said, "The route has been set, and the isolation and defense system has been activated. Next, we need to prepare for battle; and also prepare to return to Earth, including the weapons and food we need..."
The veterans in the team all looked at Zheng Zha. This guy had previously used the remaining reward points after the enhancement to exchange for a storage ring, which was a spatial ring that could store things and also had the function of attacking spirits and ghosts.
Following everyone's gaze, Chu Xuan also looked at Zheng Zha with some confusion. Zheng Zha smiled and took out food, fresh water, and some other items from his storage ring. These were all prepared in advance when they were in the Main God Space.
The newlyweds' eyes lit up when they saw this magic trick.
Chu Xuan, however, excitedly grabbed Zheng Zha's hand, examining it closely as he exclaimed, "Is it a cultivation artifact? Is it really a cultivation artifact...?"
Feeling awkward as a grown man grabbed his hand and scrutinized him closely, Zheng Zha admitted he was a little embarrassed.
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Time flies, and several days have passed quickly.
The following days were peaceful. The aliens on the merchant ship were isolated, and everyone stayed quietly in the control room.
Under Chu Xuan's control, the merchant ship passed through several space jump points and approached Earth in this time and space.
On this day, Li Ling stood up from a comfortable chair, stretched, and prepared to go and talk to the Alien Queen when he saw a sudden change on the large screen in the control room.
The group, who had been preparing for battle, also noticed the changes on the big screen at the same moment.
The surveillance footage showed more than a dozen aliens moving in this direction, clearly indicating that they had breached the merchant ship's isolation and defense measures.
"Ten...eleven...twelve aliens!"
Looking at the scene on the big screen, Chu Xuan counted and said, "If I remember correctly, there weren't this many people on the merchant ship. It seems that the newcomers who left the group were also parasitized by the aliens!"