Zero Point’s reaction was the swiftest. The moment Zheng Zha was blasted away, he rolled violently towards the Queen’s flank. While rolling, his submachine gun spat a rapid volley directly at the Queen's head. The bullets struck the Queen’s carapace, only to be entirely deflected by the shell itself. Sparks even flew from the friction between the projectiles and the armor, illustrating the sheer hardness of the Queen’s exterior.

Fortunately, Zero Point’s accuracy was sufficient. Several rounds struck the massive tongue the Queen had extruded. With dull pats, several blossoms of yellow blood erupted from the tongue, causing the Queen to shriek madly. It turned and swiped a claw at Zero Point. Luckily, Zero Point dodged in time, ducking and rolling in a perilous maneuver. This single swipe tore a massive gash across Zero Point’s back, and blood immediately surged forth.

Chu Xuan was the second to react. His usually placid gaze snapped into sharp focus. Wielding two heavy handguns, he charged directly toward the Queen. A few meters out, his bullets accurately hammered the Queen’s tongue. Successive rounds found their mark, and with sharp pats, he managed to shatter the tip of the Queen’s tongue.

The Queen’s roar intensified. Its tail whipped out suddenly. Chu Xuan didn't even have time to react before the Queen’s colossal tail slammed into his left shoulder, flinging him over ten meters away. He crashed violently into a shipping container, the impact echoing with a deafening boom, embedding him against the steel surface—a testament to the blow’s immense force.

Zero Point’s submachine gun never ceased firing; pitter-patter sounds continuously hammered against the Queen’s body. He maneuvered himself around the Queen’s sides, desperately trying to avoid its tongue and tail. Yet, no matter how fast he was, he could not outpace the sheer bulk of the Alien Queen. The massive monster suddenly pivoted. As Zero Point attempted to roll away, the Queen’s claw clamped down on his left shoulder. Almost simultaneously, the Queen’s enormous tongue struck, grazing past his head before impaling his right shoulder. No—it wasn't merely impaled; the tongue had pulverized and erased his right shoulder entirely. Zero Point’s right shoulder was simply gone.

“Ah!” Zero Point screamed in agony, a torrent of blood pouring from his mouth. A section of his lung tissue had vanished under the tongue attack, causing every breath to expel blood. Whether by luck or misfortune, the Queen’s tongue hadn't killed him outright; instead, it began to suck at the flesh and blood around his ruined right shoulder.

Yan Lan only snapped out of her shock when Zero Point screamed. Her hands trembled as she gripped her Desert Eagles, and then she began squeezing the trigger with reckless abandon, knowing the weapons possessed infinite ammunition. The others heard only the deafening boom-boom of gunfire. The sheer power of the Desert Eagle rounds actually managed to dent the Queen’s carapace. While these strikes seemed to cause no major damage, under the continuous barrage, more than a dozen small indentations began to appear on the Queen’s body.

The Queen violently flung Zero Point aside, its massive body turning fully to face Yan Lan and Zhang Jie. It then unleashed a colossal roar from its maw.

Zheng Zha was not dead. Although he had been struck unexpectedly by the Queen’s tail, his physical constitution was far superior to an ordinary man, granting him vastly superior resilience and hardness. The Queen’s tail had only completely eviscerated his abdomen, tearing his intestines in two, but it had failed to break him in half. This was a small mercy amidst the catastrophe.

Upon landing, Zheng Zha’s body locked into a rigid state. Aside from the pain, he could not move an inch. Thus, he could only stare intently at the Queen’s actions on the battlefield: Zero Point’s desperate offense, Chu Xuan being struck and his fate unknown, Zero Point’s shoulder being pulverized, and now the Queen turning its attention to Yan Lan and Zhang Jie. His anxiety mounted with every passing second. As the severed intestines bled increasingly more, his consciousness began to grow hazy.

(I will die, I will die, I will die… I’m about to die! No, I can’t die here. I want to live. I want to return to the real world, to go back with Lori. No matter what, I must survive… I don’t want to die!) Zheng Zha felt that sensation of something unlocking within him surge again. Vast amounts of information flooded his mind like a tide: how long he could survive in this state of severe injury and blood loss, how to rapidly restore his combat effectiveness, a momentary application of the Blood Race energy within his mind, and more crucially… how to keep him alive! “Ah!!!” Zheng Zha abruptly surged to his feet. Instinctively, he commanded the Blood Race energy in his mind to surge through his entire body. This instantly magnified his life force dramatically. He grabbed his own intestines and rapidly tied several knots, haphazardly bundling the severed portions together so they wouldn't impede his next actions. The agony, beyond what any normal person could imagine, felt like an adrenaline shot to him at that moment. This intense pain constantly stimulated him, keeping him lucid.

The Queen was currently charging toward Yan Lan and Zhang Jie, its massive claws descending upon them mid-air. Zhang Jie reacted fastest, tackling Yan Lan as they rolled toward the ground. But his speed was no match for the Queen. Yan Lan managed to roll clear, but Zhang Jie had only managed half a rotation before the Queen snatched him up. Its claw pierced directly through his left chest. He let out a gush of blood, and whether his heart was damaged was unknown, but he was clearly rendered unconscious or worse.

Zheng Zha’s eyes turned blood red. He ripped the Spiral Sting Bomb from his back and charged toward them with a shout, his speed terrifyingly unnatural; each stride covered several meters. As he neared the Queen, he launched himself upward, leaping over three meters high in a single bound. He bit down on the bomb’s release ring and drove the Spiral Sting deep into the Queen’s midsection, even as the Queen’s claw simultaneously struck him, sending him flying.

A thunderous explosion! The Queen’s mournful cry echoed with the blast. A massive section of the colossal creature’s waist had been blasted away by the Spiral Sting Bomb!