Chapter 48: A Sudden Ued Move

  Previously, Alex had always thought that the so-called "protagonist halo" was just an exaggerated metaphor. But now, he relutly discovered that this thing actually exists!

  What? You ask why Alex is so sure?

  Nonsense, he used psioniergy against Tom Cruise thirty times with a zero success rate. you still attribute that to good luck?!

  The protagonist halo is just too btant!

  Damn it, those useless aliens kill Tom Cruise in seds, so why is it so difficult for him to just ihe guy enough to need a blood transfusion?\

  Alex would never believe there's nothing fishy going on here. Now he finally uands how frustrated the Grim Reaper in "Final Destination" must have been, w so hard to kill someone quietly, only to have them escape. Anyone would be pissed off.

  No choice but to take matters into his own hands.

  After reloading twice, Alex had no choice but to make this decisioiced that the plot was already progressing towards the ter stages.

  Tom Cruise had already figured out that the dam vision he saw earlier was a trap. The enemy had lured him there to slowly drain his blood and rob him of his abilities.

  Alex always thought the BOSS was really stupid. If you want to drain blood, why not do it otlefield where you have the advantage?

  Just send a few hundred moo surround the protagonist and slowly drain his blood; no one would dare bother you.

  Or simply knock him out and drag him away—that would work too. Instead, you gh all the trouble to lure him to some deserted dam.

  And then you get discovered. The intelligence of these alieures is really w.

  Uo rely on these pig-brained aliens or underharicks that get tered by the protagonist halo, Alex had to resort to Pn B—do it himself, ahings dht.

  In this cycle, with the help of psioniergy, Alex already khe general progress of the plot: Tom Cruise, after seeing his death vision at the dam, po single-handedly front the BOSS.

  Upon realizing it was a trap, he decisively itted suicide to reload. In this cycle, after discussing with the female lead, her assistaioned a signal geor he had made, which could enhahe signal between Tom Cruise and the BOSS, revealing the real location of the alien BOSS.

  This time, they were heading to the aer in London to find the officer who had previously sent Tom Cruise to the front lines ahe signal geor from him.

  Thinking about it, this story is full of holes. The female lead's assistant was demoted to a meic because no one believed his words, but the thing he made was well kept by the general.

  If the general didn't believe them, why keep the geor in a safe? Normally, he would have smashed it or thrown it away, right?

  Whatever, logic doesn't matter in Hollywood movies. As long as there are explosions, fights, and thrills, who cares? You bought the ticket, so you 't ask for a refund after watg.

  Those superheroes in Ameri ics don't necessarily have normal IQs, so let's not expeuch from these popovies.

  "Woo woo...!!"

  Alex pulled his thoughts back, looking at the road ahead. Through his psioniergy, he saw Tom Cruise and the female lead driving towards the aer. Fortunately, Alex had anticipated their route when he saved st time; otherwise, it would be difficult to find them now.

  Soon, the car appeared in Alex's view. The female lead remained as calm as ever, while Tom Cruise looked nervous, stantly turning his head.

  Alex uood why. His previous "pranks" didn't affe Cruise much but scared him. Tom Cruise always thought that after reloading, everything would restart in order, but Alex's irregur pranks, not in Tom Cruise's memory, still left him unscathed but worried and nervous.

  But this time, Tom Cruise could rex because Alex decided to do it himself and stop the pranks.

  "Remember, whe to the aer, you must... Oh, damn!!"

  Tom Cruise and the female lead were discussing in low voices what to do when, as they turned a er, Tom Cruise immediately noticed a young man standing in the middle of the road ahead.

  The man, dressed casually, stood there, watg their approag car. Seeing this ued person, Tom Cruise shouted in surprise. He hadn't expected su act—st time he came here, the road was empty!

  The female lead reacted quickly. Seeing someone ahead, she immediately turhe steering wheel, making the car swerve. At this moment, they saw the young man suddenly raise his right hand.

  The moment, their car seemed to be hit by something with great force. With a loud "boom," it flew off the road and crashed into a nearby wall, ing to a stop.

  "Phew... This time, I won't believe I 't ha."

  L his right hand, Alex let out a long breath. He ignored his surroundings and walked straight to the car, looking ihrough his psioniergy, Alex saw that both octs were unscious but not dead.

  Satisfied, he nodded. It seemed his trol over the psioniergy, derived from Luna, was still quite adept.

  He shouldn't have tried to mimic the Grim Reaper's antics earlier; a direct, forceful approach would have been much simpler and effective.

  With that thought, Alex extended his hand. Uhe influence of his psioniergy, the car began to disassemble.

  He then pulled the two people out, leaving the female lead by the roadside and swaggering off with Tom Cruise.

  This i quickly caused an uproar iy. Many had witnessed Alex's as, especially the moment when he disassembled the car using psioniergy.

  This mysterious young man with formidable powers soon became the focus of various fas. The city went into lockdown, and many soldiers were deployed to search for any trace of Alex.

  Meanwhile, the female lead was unfortunately captured for questioning. Waking up in despair, she had no idea who the young man was or why he had taken Tom Cruise. She felt utterly hopeless—Britain seemed doomed.

  While everyone else was busy, Alex had already brought Tom Cruise back to the Zerg hive. It seemed that the protagonist halo had its limits; Alex couldn't undermine him covertly, but a direct frontation was a different story.

  The protagonist halo had no effect against overwhelming power.

  "You're back, Master."

  As Alex stepped into the hive, Miruune greeted him, boung forward. This broodmother increasingly resembled a tree sprite.

  "Yes, I'm back."

  Hearing Miruune's greeting, Alex o her and casually tossed Tom Cruise to the ground.

  "This is...?"

  Miruune was momentarily stuhen curiously approached Tom Cruise.

  "A human? Master, I seime gene sequence power within him."

  "A lucky one."

  Alex gestured to Miruune.

  "Is there a way to extract the gene sequehout harming him?"

  "Of course, Master."

  "Then do it."

  "Yes."

  Following Alex's and, Miruune bowed areated. Several drones came forward, dragging the unscious Tom Cruise away.

  In terms of bioteology, the Zerg were unmatched. Less than half a day ter, Miruued to Alex that the extra was plete.

  Tom Cruise had beeuro his ordinary human state, but there was an ued bonus.

  "Master, the gene sequeracted from this human is much strohan what we've previously ed..."

  "If you want it, take it."

  Before Miruune could finish, Alex uood her desire. The Zerg's instinctive craving for powerful genes was insatiable.

  The alien blood in Tom Cruise was just a leftover product. Alex's real target was the energy core of the alien BOSS. pared to that, these appetizers didn't i him.

  "Thank you, Master."

  Miruune was visibly pleased by Alex's response. She thanked him and bounced away. Alex then looked at the unscious Tom Cruise and shook his head. He spped Tom Cruise awake.

  "Ugh... Where am I... Who are you?"

  Tom Cruise, waking up, instantly sensed something was wrong. He leaped up, warily eyeing Alex. Seeing his rea, Alex smiled faintly.

  "Don't worry. The reason I brought you here is not malicious. In fact, I just want to tell you that your abilities..."

  Alex was about to say "your abilities are gone," but before he could finish, Tom Cruise suddenly drew a gun from his waist and shot himself in the head!

  "Bang!"

  "............"

  Alex looked at Tom Cruise's lifeless body on the ground, speechless.

  "Master? What happened?"

  Hearing the gunshot, Miruune hurried over with a group of Zerglings. Seeing the se, she was also stunned.

  "This human... How did he die?"

  "Just a little act. Find a mi and bury him."

  What else could Alex say? At least Tom Cruise proved with his life that his abilities were indeed gone.

  Whether he died tentedly... Alex couldn't tell.

  e to think of it... This ts as suicide, right?

  (End of this chapter)

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