A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

"Come on, bishop..."

He cheered himself up, looked back at the central control room that was completely sealed by steel armor, bent his tall body, hunched over and ran towards the gate of the base.

In the central control room, several people were watching the bionic man's every move through the surveillance video screen that fortunately was not destroyed by Burke.

"There is an enemy situation!"

Hicks yelled suddenly, and saw a black paw protruding from the shadows on the side of a certain building.This is an adult alien, with all fours on the ground, stretching out the long head armor in the direction of the bishop, as if listening to something.

Although they noticed the danger, the people in the central control room had no way to help the bishop except to whisper a reminder on the radio.

The bishop obviously heard the reminder from the central control room, because he stopped, and then disappeared from under the surveillance camera in a flash.

The alien in the rain was also quite confused. It slowly moved its arms and legs, and walked towards the infantry fighting vehicle along the shadow under the wall.

Just when everyone held their breath and was extremely nervous, the sound of metal clashing suddenly came from the radio, followed by the bishop's still calm report: "I have entered the car and am about to open the air brake! I will give you 10 seconds. Countdown, always ready-"

As soon as the words fell, the infantry fighting vehicle in the camera jumped out of the back suddenly, knocking the alien over, and with a beautiful flick of its tail, it rumbled towards the central control room.

Chapter 11 Death Run

The airlock door opened at the fastest speed. Vazquez and Hudson held their machine guns and stood on both sides of the doorway. After the last pair of track wheels of the infantry fighting vehicle passed the gate, they pulled it against the rear of the vehicle. trigger.

The black figure chasing this large target was hit by bullets like a torrential rain before rushing into the gate. The killing surface formed by the two machine guns could completely cover a doorway of this size, and strong acid blood splashed everywhere. The ground boiled together with the rain, and as the water sprayed out, pits smoking one after another were etched on the ground.

"Go to hell, bastard, go to hell!"

Vazquez cursed while suppressing the vibration of the machine gun with both hands. Fortunately, the weapon in his hand is electromagnetically driven... If it was the traditional gunpowder thrust projectile machine gun, she would have been shaken to pieces by the recoil.

The rate of fire of the two heavy machine guns at 50 rounds per second finally repelled the charge of the aliens in the area at the entrance. After those clever hunters found that they could not break through the line of defense and the airlock was closed tightly, they retreated silently in the rain. Throwing his companion's body in front of the airlock, he let the rainwater merge into a river, flushing the dirty acid blood into the drain, leaving black marks on the ground.

"Safety!"

Vazquez unloaded the drum with a snap and shouted back.

Everyone who was holding their weapons and waiting for orders ran over immediately, and watched as the sloped hatch of the chariot opened, and the bishop came out of it with a short body.

"Don't be in a hurry to get in the car." He said, "The alien has noticed this place. If you want to get to the engine room, the firepower of this car needs to be strengthened!"

Ripley looked up to the roof of the car.She didn't know much about military weapons, but even she could see that the bishop was right, the chariot was indeed slightly underpowered.

There are only two heavy machine guns on the car, just like the firepower put in front of the airlock just now... After going outdoors, you will face threats from all directions, and two machine guns are definitely not enough to cover.

"What about the shooting window? The side of the M577 infantry fighting vehicle has an openable viewing window, and several seats can be transformed into shooting positions." Hicks, who knows these ordnance best, also suggested that if four If there is a firing port, then the heavy machine gun on the roof can focus on the front and rear sides, forming a "no dead angle" defense; even if it is more urgent, it is enough to deal with the distance from here to the engine room.

But Ripley still shook her head: "They still have strong acid blood... It's okay to be in the car all the time, after all, the car body is coated with special anti-corrosion paint; if you open the window, will the acid splash into the car? ? That thing is too strong, I have never seen such a strong acid."

The bishop agreed with Ripley and added: "I have analyzed their acid blood in the laboratory... Its acidity is ten times stronger than concentrated sulfuric acid, but it is less volatile than sulfuric acid and can It quickly corrodes metals and organics, and can even corrode silicon compounds, that is, glass. If acid is splashed through the window, we will be finished with our cars and people."

Now everyone was in trouble, not knowing how to drive the car out and reach the destination safely.

In the end, Hicks, who was also the most flexible in the Marine Corps, thought of a way. He turned to his brother and asked, "Hudson, did we bring down a batch of directional mines? Are those things still there?"

Those directional mines are being well stored in the ammunition box on the side of the command platform in the central control room.

Wieland-Tangu has not been too involved in the field of military equipment manufacturing. These directional mines are directly applied to the US military, and they have both positive and negative signs.

On the front with a slightly raised arc, engraved with the ancestral instruction: "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY", facing the enemy.

Hicks carefully picked up a directional mine from the box, turned his head to the others and said, "This thing will definitely make the alien drink a pot. The back of this generation of mines has a reinforced structure and a buffer layer. When it is fixed on a hard bunker, it can greatly reduce the impact of the back and side, coupled with the weight of the tank and the outer armor plate, we will not suffer any damage in the vehicle... At most, we will be shocked enough."

"I didn't eat dinner today, so I shouldn't vomit in the car."

Ripley took the lead in expressing her opinion, which means she agreed to Hicks' plan.

"You are crazy, Hicks, and I will never ride in your car after returning to Earth." Vazquez also said.

The bishop shrugged helplessly, and looked at Hudson aside.

Hudson was still a little nervous, but he couldn't speak clearly. He just snorted and said, "Don't ask me to vote for things that have already been decided in the future, okay? Do you want me to start applauding now?"

Now that the decision was made, several people started to move immediately, and began to install a whole box of directional mines on the outer armor plate.Hicks also specially set up the lead wire of the pressure hair, and told the bishop in charge of driving: "Be sure to drive steadily after you go out, and don't hit the wall."

The two heavy machine guns on the roof do not have shooting positions. The personnel in the car control the firing according to the monitoring information of the radar and camera, so they will not be affected by the explosion of the mines, but Hicks still sets the mines away from the car. The roof and hatch are farther away.

Several people raced against the clock to complete the transformation of the body within an hour.It's not long before the time agreed by Ripley and Barbaria. After checking the equipment, everyone boarded the car and set off immediately.

"Any last words?"

After sitting down on the infantry fighting vehicle, gun gripped, Hudson said inappropriately.

"...please fasten your seat belts and pressure bars, the impact of the mine explosion will not be easy to bear." The bishop in the driver's seat said, pressed the temporary radio switch on the car, and reopened the air brake.

Like a wild boar emerging from the forest, the infantry fighting vehicle roared and rushed out of the building. After stirring up a large splash of water, it rushed towards the engine room.Almost at the same time, Vazquez, who was in charge of operating the heavy machine gun on the top of the vehicle, shouted: "Accept the enemy!"

Then, she pressed the button, and the heavy machine gun on the roof of the car started up with a buzzing sound, firing bursts to the side.

In the camera, the strange-shaped life form with a glowing head armor is like a strange and fast black ghost, emerging from every shadow, every manhole, and every darkness, attracted by the violent movement of the chariot , rushed towards this side, so fast that even left afterimages on the surveillance camera screen.

"It's the 22nd century, why is the surveillance camera still at 30 frames per second!" Ripley cursed loudly.

"Obviously the company feels that the money spent on upgrading the electronic system of the infantry fighting vehicle is better spent on buying a few more boxes of ammunition." The bishop replied in a hurry, and glanced at the camera, then turned around and shouted: "Hold on—"

There was a bang, and a directional mine on the side of the car exploded, causing the whole car to shake, and the occupants in the car felt like their brains were about to be blown out.

Facing this landmine head-on was a certain alien that pounced on the car from the side and rear. Its attention was completely attracted by the heavy machine gun spewing deadly projectiles on the roof, so that it didn't pay attention to an inconspicuous steel plate under its claws. .

The high explosive in the directional mine drove a large pile of metal spikes, steel balls, and ceramic pieces to spray out, directly hitting its body head-on.Acidic blood sprayed out more than ten meters away with black pieces of meat, its entire upper body disappeared in an instant, only the sturdy head armor flew out in a whirl, and hit the ground of the base with a bang At this moment, the mouth where the gums were exposed was slowly closed.

Its lower body was also thrown away, and a part of its relatively strong spine grew out, driving the lower body lying on the ground to twitch non-stop.

There was also a chirping sound outside the body of the chariot, and the acid blood splashed on the body began to corrode the armor of the body. It seems that the so-called "anti-corrosion coating" can't resist this level of acid .However, it has delayed the speed of scrapping the body, and it seems that there will be no problem in the engine room.

Only at this time, the bishop shouted again: "Hurry up!"

I heard the landmines outside the car bang, bang, bang in succession, shaking everyone in the car upside down.If it weren't for the fact that there was nothing in the stomach, I'm afraid the car would really smell like vomit.The only one who was not affected was the bionic bishop. He firmly held the steering wheel, stepped on the accelerator hard, and controlled the chariot to go in the predetermined direction amidst the impact of the mine explosion.

Ripley simply took off her seat belt, rolled to the ground and clung to the fixed things around her, and shouted at Hicks: "Too many, we can't get out of the car when we stop...the flamethrower is on where?"

"Aren't you crazy? Using a flamethrower at a time like this, do you want the muzzle to backfire and burn us all to death?!" Hicks also yelled amidst the explosion.

Then the bishop's calm voice sounded: "It's almost there."

In the monitoring screen directly ahead, the airlock of the engine room is already in sight.The marines clenched their guns tightly, while Ripley threw herself to the back of the carriage near the hatch, grabbed the fuel tank and carried it on her back.

"Stop talking nonsense, Hicks, I obviously have other ways to retreat safely, but I still stayed, not to listen to your complaints!" Ripley said, standing up straight after the chariot stopped.

The directional mines hanging outside the vehicle had obviously all exploded, and the acid blood of the alien had eaten through the armor of the vehicle somewhere. Several people could hear the whining of the wind, but there was eerie silence.

"Load it." Hicks nodded and said to several people.

The hatch is facing the engine room, only a few meters away, but the aliens should already be waiting outside.Next, it's just head-to-head.

Only the bionic bishop stepped down from the driver's seat and said to them: "My underlying logic strictly forbids me to use any form of weapon, so I can only..."

"Stop talking nonsense, Bishop. You are responsible for opening the airlock."

Ripley said, nodding to Hicks.

The hatch of the chariot slowly opened, bullets and flames poured towards the shadows lingering outside.

Chapter 12 Queen Bee

"Close the door, close the door!"

Hudson ran back in a hurry, and hurriedly took off the body armor on his body after the airlock door closed, and threw it far away.

When he retreated into the airlock door, he was a little slower, but as a result, he was splashed on his chest with strong acid blood, and his life was almost lost.Fortunately, apart from this little scare, no one was injured and all survived.

This short distance seems to have exhausted all the energy of several people. Except for the bishop, everyone sat on the ground, planning to wait until they had recovered their breath before proceeding to the next step.

But time is still moving forward relentlessly, and will not stop for anyone... There is less than half an hour before the shuttle lands, and that is already the best window for a safe evacuation.If the aliens also recover, the engine room may not be very safe... After all, there are ventilation ducts here.

The bishop knew that urging others would definitely not be popular at this time, but he could only say to a few humans: "We have to act quickly, the longer we stay here, the more dangerous it will be!"

Ripley gritted her teeth, stood up from the ground with the help of the wall, and said angrily: "Okay... let's go, let's set up the automatic surge device."

That's right, it's not a surge protector, but a surge protector... Its function is to inject a huge current into the current-limiting tube of the FTL engine in a short period of time, causing it to be overloaded and burned, so that the "running speed" of the engine is getting faster and faster. Quickly, within two or three hours, the output energy will be increased to a level sufficient to create a singularity and destroy itself.

The marines had no choice but to stand up, raised the guns in their hands, and nodded to the bishop and Ripley.

The FTL engine was right under the center of the engine room, looking down from where the guys were, through the iron railing.At this time, it was running quietly, revealing a blue light, providing energy to the entire base through the thick cables passing through the tunnel under the feet of several people.To install the surge device on top, from here you have to go down to the underground area, close to the core of the engine.

Several people glanced at each other, Ripley took the lead with the flamethrower, and the female soldier Vazquez picked up the machine gun and then walked down the stairs.

But before they arrived, several people heard an abnormal sound vaguely from below, as if something was hitting the steel frame around the engine.

"... Those things?" Hudson couldn't help asking in a trembling voice.

Hicks wanted to answer something first, but then remembered that he had forgotten to use another piece of equipment... hurriedly took out the mobile sensor and turned it on again.

On the chariot just now, not only the chariot was moving, but a hundred or so aliens were also moving outside. The screen was full of fucking white dots. Everyone found it annoying, so they turned off that thing...

Now when the machine was turned on, several people noticed something was wrong, because the instrument began to beep.

It was a large signal, several times larger than a human being, and larger than an adult Xenomorph, and it was not moving fast. It seemed to be shaking its body next to the engine, so the white dots on the screen were flickering, as if the signal had been disturbed.

"What is this?"

Hicks handed the motion sensor to Ripley, keeping her voice as quiet as possible.

"...You can only know if you go down and have a look... Take your steps lightly."

Ripley also answered softly, opened her eyes wide, bent her legs and continued to walk down at a slow speed.

When everyone followed her and came to the engine, they couldn't help but gasp, their expressions changed, and they stared at the engine dumbfounded.

I saw that the entire lower part of the huge engine had been covered by a black carapace-like object, as if a wall had been piled up with the alien bodies of adults.The stack of layers of flesh and blood not only covered all the operation boards and electronic components, but also exposed a black hole in the middle, which seemed to be just the right size for adult aliens to drill in and out.

Seeing this very American-style horror-style picture, several people knew that they must have misunderstood just now. The aliens did not come through the tunnel from the independent research room on the other side of the mountain, but they also built themselves under the human base. base.

Several people did not come to the safest building, but plunged into the enemy's lair!

"Surge devices... can't fit here," Ripley said.

Including the bishop, several people have seen the strength of the alien carapace just now, and they know that it is definitely not something that can be done in half an hour to get rid of this pile of things, so they can only keep silent.

"Do you want to withdraw directly?" the bionic bishop asked.

No matter what the alien is... as long as you can light the signal on the roof of the building when the shuttle lands and guard the surroundings, you can evacuate safely.As for the damn planet, let it be!

"I still want to take a look... what's down there."

Ripley replied that the nightmare that haunted her for 57 years made her body tremble, and the dark hole made her feel a sense of terror from the bottom of her heart. Most people would never make this decision at this time.

But she's Ripley... she's coming back here, of course, because that's not enough to stop her.

Fear is an emotion that everyone will have. Without fear, how can there be courage?

She didn't wait for other people's answers, this had nothing to do with them, it was her own business.

Just taking a look at everyone, she drilled through the hole without hesitation, and went all the way down with the flame from the muzzle of the flamethrower.

The deeper you go, the flatter your feet will be.It's just that more and more mucus has oozed from the black, bone-like, shell-like cave wall, making it more difficult for her to move forward.

She didn't know how far she had walked before she suddenly saw a bright light. The shape revealed by the firelight was exactly the oval shape of the ground.

The air under the engine is very stuffy, maybe this is the environment that the alien eggs need to incubate... The eggs here are far better than those of Ripley's crew in that "hog-nosed dragon"-shaped strange building 57 years ago. There are more discoveries, and the surrounding scenes are more terrifying.

She could only roughly see the corpses that were once humanoid, with painful expressions on their faces, and the ribs on their chests were open, obviously being used as seedbeds for alien breeding.The 70 families and nearly 200 people in the entire base are probably already here, and the corpses are piled up in scarlet.

If hell really exists, its imagery will probably be similar to this place...

Just as Ripley was thinking, she suddenly heard another rumbling sound.

She raised the barrel and was illuminating a translucent pipe above that seemed to be made of plastic film.At this time, the loose pipe was wriggling like a worm, and something went down the pipe from above, and finally fell to the ground with a pile of slime at the end exit.

Take a closer look, isn't that just an alien egg!

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Ripley quickly raised her head again, and this time she could vaguely see, above the cave, across the steel frame next to the engine, a huge figure was gently shaking its body.

It has claws, feet and body structure similar to the alien, but the head armor seems to be multi-layered, and it stands up high; its body is larger than the general alien, especially the abdomen, and the lower end is connected to the the top of the tube.

Witnessing such a way of existence, even if Ripley is a fool, she should already understand... the one in front of her is the "queen bee" of the alien race.

Those eggs and those face-hugging insects were born from the creatures in front of them; no matter through natural or unnatural means, these alien life forms have obviously become social, and have become a "big beast" that grows by devouring human beings. swarm".

But... Alien is not a simple creature like a bee.Even if Ripley withdraws now and boards the Sulaco ship with the marines and bionics, the aliens will not disappear on their own, but will just hibernate on LV-426, just like 57 years ago, Quietly waiting for the next batch of human beings to throw themselves into the net.

It would be even more terrible if they were allowed to board human ships... Let this kind of thing return to the earth together with the spacecraft, and the only thing waiting for human beings is extinction.

It was impossible for the surger to work...but at least she still had the weapon in her hand.

Thinking of this, Ripley clenched the flamethrower in her hand and pointed it at the alien egg in front of her.