His plan was to wait for the projector to descend, and when the virtual projection began, he would first jump up and grab the projector, not destroying it immediately.
Then, he would tap it to create a noise, attracting the attention of the monsters outside.
It would take the monsters two seconds to wake up after hearing the noise, and another two seconds to reach the door.
What he needed to do was destroy the projector and open the ventilation shaft before the monsters reached the door.
Then, before the main door started scanning the monsters, he would initiate his own scan.
This way, the system would prioritize scanning him, which would take two seconds, and opening the door would also take two seconds.
This is where the mechanism came into play.
Since the monsters at the door also needed to be scanned to pass through the main door.
So, after the system finished scanning him, it would still need to scan the monsters before finally opening the main door.
This would buy him another two seconds.
And these two seconds were the key to victory.
Repeated reincarnations made Mu Xing no longer so afraid of death.
At worst, he would just start over.
With this confidence, Mu Xing became bolder in making various decisions.
It was a pity that he had nothing on him except a blue work uniform.
Otherwise, there would be more room for manipulation.
"46, 47, 48..."
As it approached the 50-second mark, Mu Xing was already prepared to jump.
When the projector on the ceiling began to descend, he leaped high, grabbing the projector.
At the same time, the projection began to play.
Mu Xing also started tapping the ceiling.
Bang, bang, bang...
After three taps.
Mu Xing knew from experience that the monster had begun to awaken.
He silently counted two numbers.
Then, using all his limbs, he directly pulled off the projector and the cover plate connected to it.
At the same time, he ran to one side of the main door, facing the sensor scanner on the door.
There would be a two-second delay when the main door scanned him.
During this scanning process, Mu Xing quickly retreated, then directly inserted the finger-thick projector he had broken off into the channel's protective netting.
Sizzzzzz...
The fan and the metal projector rubbed violently, emitting a piercing noise.
This was Mu Xing's previous discovery about the fan, and it was also his method for solving the second problem.
When all this was done, the main door was scanning the monster outside.
He grabbed the cover plate and jumped again, hooking one hand onto the edge of the ventilation duct.
He clamped the cover plate in his other hand between his legs, freeing his left hand, then used both hands to pull himself up.
Just as he climbed into the ventilation shaft, the green light on the door lit up.
He quickly squeezed his entire body into the duct.
The next second, hiss... The main door opened.
At the same time, Mu Xing gently placed the cover plate over the gap.
The moment the monster rushed into the channel, it was attracted by the friction sound of the fan and the projector.
It completely failed to notice Mu Xing on the ceiling.
Mu Xing dared not move, holding his breath and observing through the gap.
Although the monster had some intelligence, it did not realize there would be someone in the duct above its head.
So, after seeing that the noise was coming from the fan, it lingered for two turns before returning to the changing room outside.
Mu Xing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief; it seemed this path was correct.
This time, he waited for about three minutes, making sure the monster would not return to the channel, before carefully venturing deeper into the ventilation duct.
Driven by the fan, the airflow in the duct was very active, and there was no dust.
He crawled forward all the way.
He passed through the main door and crawled into the changing room.
He deliberately stopped in the changing room and saw that monster, sitting quietly in the dark like a piece of wood, unmoving.
Mu Xing observed the situation in the changing room through the exhaust vent.
He noticed a communicator on the rest chair, along with a supervisor's work uniform and a blue ID card.
He really wanted to get that communicator; having a communicator meant he could communicate with other survivors on the Ishimura and understand what exactly happened here.
Lack of information was the biggest problem Mu Xing faced at the moment.
The monster seemed to have completely quieted down, as if it had lost Control, becoming a robot in standby mode.
He had previously noticed that this monster seemed to be remotely Controlled by something.
Could these monsters be biochemical weapons researched by some military organization on the Ishimura?
However, the worldview here was the 23rd century; humanity had long entered the era of interstellar colonization.
This was Holy Shield 7, thousands of light-years away.
Wouldn't researching various robots be more appealing? Was it necessary to create such disgusting biochemical weapons?
No matter how powerful flesh and blood were, under gunfire, all beings were equal!
So he felt that this might be a biochemical leak.
Of course, it was also possible that someone wanted to cause trouble, using these monsters to seize the Ishimura, or even the colonial planet below.
That's why these biochemical monsters were released.
Even if the plan failed, it would be difficult for those above to trace the source.
Of course, this was just Mu Xing's guess; he was full of questions about the truth of the matter at this moment.
With various doubts, Mu Xing began to crawl deeper.
Passing through the changing room, he reached the lounge.
This was a lounge for employees during their leisure time, with a bar, recliners, coffee machines, beverage dispensers, and so on.
Now, blood stained this lounge red, and three employee corpses in work uniforms lay sprawled on the floor.
The two monsters he had seen before were also squatting on the ground, making meaningless movements.
Suddenly, Mu Xing saw one of the corpses begin to twitch.
Immediately after, rapid Alienation occurred.
Its arms stiffened, and scythe-like bone spurs grew out.
The other two corpses grew wriggling pus blisters, and those green pus blisters seemed to have viscous acid surging within them, which was very disgusting.
Mu Xing felt a chill down his spine after seeing this scene.
It was a good thing he hadn't stubbornly tried to force his way through the main door channel.
Even if he had avoided the three monsters, there were still three corpses waiting to mutate.
However, when these three monsters completed their mutation, they actually chose to leave the lounge.
They seemed to be summoned by something, heading deeper into the spaceship.
Before long, only one monster remained in the lounge.
This monster roamed the room as if patrolling its territory.
Whenever it walked to the main door, it would be scanned, and the main door would automatically open.
However, it would not pass through the main door to enter the changing room outside.
Sometimes, it would even wake up the monster in the changing room outside.
The two monsters stared at each other.
It was unknown if they understood communication; after exchanging glances, they each turned away.
It was clear that these monsters, even after mutation, possessed a certain level of intelligence and organization.
This further strengthened Mu Xing's belief that there was a Controller behind them.
As he continued to crawl forward, suddenly, a rapid crawling sound echoed in the ventilation duct ahead.
Mu Xing's expression stiffened, realizing something.
He quickly crawled backward.
However, that thing had already discovered him.
It was a monster different from the Scythe Bone Spur Monster.
Its form was like a mutated infant.
However, the infant's limbs had already undergone Alienation.
Its face was hideous, and its lower jaw was split open.
Its back was severely Alienated, growing three blood-red tentacles, making it look like a strange insect.
"Holy shit..." Mu Xing couldn't help but curse; he wanted to escape, but the monster wouldn't give him a chance.
The moment it discovered Mu Xing, it let out a sharp sound and instantly pounced on him.
