At this point, Henry Clark raised his hand to look at his watch. A few simple words were displayed there, the meaning very clear and simple... Survive, seven days...

"The most likely time for the aliens to arrive is two days from now, and not only can we not leave this city, we actually have to get closer to the main characters..."

Henry Clark lifted his head and looked seriously at everyone, saying, "Within the remaining two-day safety period, before the aliens arrive, we need to find a safe shelter, and then..."

"We kidnap the male and female leads, and bring them into our shelter!"

Chapter 8: Henry Clark's Calculations

"Clone improved experimental subject, prototype born..."

"Data normal, nerves normal, hormones normal..."

"Initiating mental synchronization test..."

"Failed... Second mental synchronization test... Failed..."

"Clone improved experimental subject, prototype..."

"Abandonment order, execute..."

Henry Clark sat up abruptly in bed, drenched in cold sweat. He looked around blankly, and only after several seconds did he let out a deep breath, but he could no longer fall asleep. At this moment, the sky outside was still a bit dim, so he got up from bed and walked to the bathroom.

Today was already the second day since he disappeared from the base and arrived here. Yesterday, he and his five temporary teammates discussed the upcoming team actions. Meanwhile, with the sponsorship of James Evans, the wealthy doctor, the six of them were staying in the presidential suite of this five-star hotel, temporarily free from worries about food and clothing.

After coming out of the bathroom, Henry Clark sat down at the bedside, lit a cigarette, and began to carefully ponder this operation, as well as the things he had said yesterday.

"Why kidnap the male and female leads? Because I don't know if you noticed this when watching 'Skyline Catastrophe'—the male lead seems to have a natural restraining effect on alien bio-weapons. In the plot, he can make the brains of alien bio-weapons explode out of thin air. This ability is extremely important to us. From what we saw in the movie, all human weapons are ineffective against the aliens. This means that if we hide in a shelter, our survival depends entirely on luck. If we're unlucky and the aliens find us, we're truly doomed. But if we have the male and female leads, as long as the male lead is alive, he... is a weapon of resistance against the aliens!"

This was the explanation Henry Clark gave to everyone. In fact, there was something Henry Clark was hiding in these words; he hadn't told the whole truth to the team. He was hiding another option... escape.

Yes, to survive seven days, besides hiding in a safe little corner, there was another way: escape. The farther you run toward remote suburbs and wilderness, the safer you are. If you can reach a desolate, uninhabited place, then you are basically completely safe. The aliens' primary targets are definitely the major cities. Only after the cities are destroyed will they move on to mid-sized and small towns, then villages, and finally human extinction. Before that, the more suburban the area, the safer it is.

By comparison, staying in the city is already a risky move. Even the most remote underground shelters could be discovered by the aliens. It's not a 100% safe zone. His previous explanation about kidnapping the male and female leads actually concealed this escape option, shifting the choice to whether or not to kidnap the leads.

(But... I have no choice but to do this...)

Henry Clark took a deep drag on his cigarette, letting the smoke swirl in his lungs. He forcibly suppressed the last trace of guilt in his heart and continued his contemplation.

The reason he hid this safer option was because he was becoming more and more convinced of the reality of the reincarnation world. Before yesterday's discussion, he had taken some time to use the computer in the five-star hotel to go online, but he couldn't find any information about the sci-fi movie 'Skyline Catastrophe.' At the same time, he tried to access a perfectly normal discussion forum—actually an external forum of his organization—but unfortunately, that forum address didn't exist...

All of this showed that this was no longer the world he originally came from. Although it was still Earth, still the same era, unfortunately, the specific people and organizations were completely different. So from that moment on, he began to seriously consider what he would do if the reincarnation world was real.

First of all, the danger of the reincarnation world was beyond doubt. Not to mention anything else, just this 'Skyline Catastrophe'—even if his entire organization mobilized, they would be completely unable to resist those terrifying aliens. The technological and civilizational gap was simply too vast; they weren't even on the same scale.

But at the same time, absolute danger meant absolute rewards... all kinds of enhancements from the Lord God Space...

If what Jenny said was true—no, even if only a tenth of it was true—then all of this would be worth risking his life for!