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Chapter 66: Minutes of Life and Death
🕑 Added 2025-10-20 04:06:54 +0000 UTCIn addition to the shapeshifters already blocking the entrance, several more aliens appeared during the conversation and joined their companions. The alien army was rushing toward this location from all directions!
"Asher, your watch..." Gwen looked at Asher beside her with concern.
"Not enough time."
Asher glanced down at his wrist. The Omnitrix was still glowing red in its charging state, though the light was rapidly pulsing as it recharged.
He had an idea. Looking up at the group of aliens, he suddenly pulled out his stolen mobile phone from his pocket and hurled it at the shapeshifters. "Let's test how powerful this bomb is!"
Whoosh!
The phone flew toward the aliens in a perfect arc!
"It's a bomb! Look out!"
"We may not get injured, but it's still an extremely uncomfortable feeling!"
Several shapeshifters in the back hurriedly warned Fake Max and the others. The entire group dove to the sides in unison as the mobile phone sailed through the air and landed squarely in the middle of their formation.
"Now! Go!" Asher quickly lowered his voice and said urgently to the three people beside him. He reached out, grabbed Gwen, who was the weakest physically, and sprinted directly toward the spaceship entrance!
Outside.
Several tense seconds passed.
The phone remained completely silent.
Fake Max stood up slowly, walked over to the device, and stomped down hard with one foot. Crack! The phone shattered into pieces beneath his heel!
He looked at Asher and the others, now growing smaller in the distance, his expression twisting with fury. "That brat deceived us!!"
"What?! How dare he make fools of us!"
"That kid must die!!"
"The other three can't be allowed to live either!"
Every single alien, without exception, leaped to their feet from the ground, their gazes locked onto the retreating figures!
This feeling of being played for fools... worse yet, the humiliation of being tricked like idiots by a human child!
It made them absolutely livid!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
One after another, the shapeshifters launched themselves forward, chasing after Asher and his family!
Asher heard the thunderous footsteps behind him, and his expression tightened. His strategy of delaying the army hadn't bought them much time, only those precious few seconds!
He quickened his pace. Together with Gwen, he rushed through the open spaceship entrance and into the hall!
The lights inside the hall were quite bright, illuminating everything clearly!
Countless special pods lined the walls, and inside each one lay a person, including their Aunt Vera and Uncle Frank!
"There's no other way out of here!"
Asher scanned the surroundings, his expression growing grave.
"Then... what should we do?" Gwen moved closer to Asher instinctively and asked in a hushed voice. Her hand was still being held by his, and neither of them seemed to notice anymore, it had become natural.
"..."
Looking through the entrance at the aliens pouring in from outside, Asher took a deep breath, released Gwen's hand, and said, "We can't just stay here waiting. So I'll go out and distract them while you find a way to rescue as many people as possible!"
If something went wrong, at least the Omnitrix would still be in Ben or Gwen's hands!
"Asher, you... be careful!" Max looked at the determination in Asher's eyes. He opened his mouth, wanting to say more, but all that came out were words of caution. He understood there was only one option left!
"I'm going!"
Asher didn't hesitate. He rushed toward the spaceship's entrance, maintaining his composure. The more dangerous the situation, the calmer he needed to be!
"Asher, please come back safely..." Gwen whispered, worry filling her voice.
"I really wish I could help Asher too!" Ben clenched his fists, frustrated by his own powerlessness.
Both Gwen and Ben felt the slight helplessness that came with being ordinary human children!
Just like during the last Vilgax robot attack, it had been Asher who risked his life to draw the enemy's attention!
They could only pray in their hearts.
Ding!
"Signable objects detected: all shapeshifters and the alien ship!"
"The host must transform into any alien hero. As long as all the shapeshifters are driven back, or none remain, the sign-in can be completed!"
As Asher ran out through the entrance, the sign-in system notification appeared once again. This task made his stress levels spike even higher!
It was an ultimate mission!
Glancing down at the Omnitrix, it was still in its charging state, but the red light had grown significantly weaker, as if it would convert to green and become available at any moment!
Just need to stall a little longer!
Asher encouraged himself mentally as he ran toward the area adjacent to the spaceship entrance, deliberately making his footsteps louder so that all the shapeshifters could hear him!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The eyes of every single alien immediately locked onto Asher, all of them gnashing their teeth in fury!
This was the kid who had tricked them, who had made complete fools of them!
He must die!
More than a dozen shapeshifters charged forward, with new ones constantly emerging from the cave passage. All of them accelerated toward Asher as if they were a horde of zombies pursuing their prey!
The scene was absolute chaos!
