A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

"Tell me, my little brother..."

She cried out suddenly.

A burst of fire spewed out from the muzzle, covering all the alien eggs in an instant.The face-huggers who hadn't hatched in time let out a terrible squeaking sound, which made the "queen" above notice this place, and opened its mouth to reveal an earth-shattering roar.

Ripley, who is using this cruel weapon, has a kind of revenge.

These damned creatures have really given her nightmares for too long... Although the physical sensation time is not that long, 57 years have passed on the earth!

The fear that transcended time naturally transformed into hatred that transcended time. As a human being, her guilt towards the marines and her anger towards Burke and other company executives also made her unable to restrain herself.

At this moment, she no longer considered whether to live or die, or whether to leave, she just wanted to bestow destruction on the creatures in front of her!

In the cavern beneath the engine, there gradually came the echo of the thump, thump, thump of the ventilation duct.The alien queen on top of her head knocked over the steel frame and rushed towards the ground. That shrill scream must have called back the adult aliens who were wandering outside.

I made such a big commotion below, attracting the attention of all the aliens, presumably the marines and the bionic man could take the opportunity to get away.

But wait... I seem to have forgotten something?

Ripley threw down the flamethrower that had run out of fuel, sat on the ground and sighed, rubbing her head and thinking carefully, before patting her forehead after a while.

Barbaria was brought into this world by herself... If she dies here, will she never go back?

Before she could think things through clearly, human voices came from behind.

"Hey, you stupid woman! What are you doing sitting there!"

Ripley turned her head when she heard the sound, and saw Hicks with a rope tied around her waist, stepping on the black wall of the cave, and reaching out to her from a distance.

"The ship is coming soon, have you finished your work yet! Come quickly, we will pull you up!"

Chapter 13 Escape velocity

In the hollow under the engine room, while being pulled up, Ripley held the rope and shouted:

"It's so hot, I'm going to be cooked! Can't you hurry up?"

"Oh, sorry ma'am! If you don't want to be grilled, maybe you should stop setting yourself on fire before you come out!" Hicks retorted unforgivingly, but still shouted upwards: "Hurry up, hurry up Dot! No time!"

There is more and more slime around it, as if the fire-roasted bugs will burst out; this nest of flesh and blood built by the alien is turning into an incinerator at an extremely fast speed, if it does not go out, it will be burnt It's not just eggs.

Not only that, but the two of them also heard the crazy roar of the alien life form at the same time, and the whole building trembled with the movement of the big guy below.

The two of them could only shut their mouths, grabbed the rope tightly, and tried to run out of here quickly with their feet and the person pulling them above.

Under the impact of the heat wave, strange sound and vibration, I don't know how long it took, the two people's eyes lit up, and they finally got out from the ground.

Vazquez and Hudson, who were desperately pulling the rope, sat back and fell to the ground gasping for breath. Only the bishop came over to help Hicks and Ripley, who were covered in stickiness.

"It's time to go up. The aliens outside seem to have gone crazy. The ventilation pipes have been making noises, and a few of them are banging on the door. If you don't leave, I'm afraid they will climb up to the roof."

The bishop said that he forced several people to stand up.If they had known that this was the case in the engine room, they might as well have stayed in the central control room. Maybe they could get on the plane and leave without the alien not paying attention... But it’s too late to say this now, and it’s impossible to say anything again. go back.

"We...we still have a few landmines, placed along the vents, and they can block them a bit, so we can buy a few minutes."

Hicks spoke while taking a deep breath, and looked up at the situation in the engine room.The engine room was three stories high, and there were four ventilation openings on the walls of each floor. At this time, the steel grille above had of course fallen to the side.But as long as you pick them up, install directional mines, and press them on the air outlet again, they may be able to block them.

Time was running out, and a few people did what they said they would do. The soldiers divided into two groups, picked up the mines and ran up.

Just as they were walking and setting up mines, and when they reached the third floor, the huge figure of the "Queen" finally appeared from below, exposed to the light.

Seen from above, in addition to the obviously larger body and multi-layered shell-like head armor, the whole body of this queen bee is also covered with a black exoskeleton, the back is covered with spikes, and the two sides of the spine There are also sharp and slender spines protruding from the side to the back and the top.If the normal alien shape is like a crooked seahorse, then this one is like an oversized monster lizard.

It stood upright next to the engine, opened its mouth and roared at the few people who ran to the third floor, stretched out its claws without hesitation, climbed up the steel frame, and chased up.

"How did you mess with it?" Hudson asked the two men who had just descended into the cave.

"Ask Ripley, she burned the nest of eggs. Don't let it catch up, give it a little bit!" Hicks shouted, taking the lead to untie a grenade from his waist , Aim at the bottom and throw it down.

A few seconds later, there was a bang, and the steel frame on the first floor was blown through, which just happened to bring down the footsteps of the Alien Queen, causing the huge monster to stagger.

Seeing this situation, the three marines even threw all kinds of explosives down in different ways, making the place below filled with gunpowder smoke, and the Alien Queen screamed in pain.

At this moment, the bishop pushed open the airtight outer door on the top floor, and a handful of rainwater accumulated in the door slot splashed down the ladder.

"Go to the roof!" He wiped his face and shouted at several humans.

Vazquez took the lead, with the machine gun on his back, and with all his strength, he climbed up the ladder in a few steps, rolled forward on the roof, knelt down on one knee and set up the muzzle of the gun. After looking around, he didn't find the black annoying The monster quickly turned around, reached out and pulled Ripley out of the door.

Once on the roof, Ripley looked up at the dark clouds above.

It's a pity that the sky is dark now, and there is no way to see if there is a shuttle that is landing. She can only choose to trust Barbaria, take out the signal flare found in the base's emergency supplies reserve, slap the lid open, and yank it. After the lead wire was released, I watched it emit a dazzling red light before throwing it into the rain.

Looking at the time, there are only a few tens of seconds left before the scheduled deadline, and now there is only waiting... I hope that Barbaria will arrive sooner than the alien.

At the same time as she gave the signal, several other people also came out of the engine room, and the bishop was the last one, turning around behind them and closing the airtight door tightly.God knows why the spaceship-like round airtight door was left on the top when the base was built, but this thick door is convenient for them, at least temporarily blocking the attack of aliens.

During the rare few seconds of respite, several people raised their heads, allowing the rainwater from this planet dozens of light-years away from the ground to pour on their faces, and seep into their clothes with biting coolness.

The light of the signal flare is getting weaker and weaker, and the bishop is already walking this way, planning to add another one.The motion sensors on the wrists of the marines began to alarm continuously again, reminding everyone that at least a hundred aliens were encircling here.

At this moment of silence, the rain above was suddenly blown away by a gust of airflow, and the silver-gray shuttle swooped obliquely from behind with a strong wind pressure, and then hovered with a heavy tail, almost crashing the plane. The tail hit the roof of the engine room.But this was not over yet, the shuttle made another 180-degree rotation maneuver, the jet port of the engine happened to face the airtight hatch, and the force of the jet engine made the fuselage come to a stillness relative to the roof in a very short time.

"Barbaria entered 3 seconds ahead of time, hovering. It's not easy to see the flame of the signal flare in this weather, hurry up!"

The shuttle's ramped hatch opened, and just a few meters from where they landed, the blonde from another universe was calling them over the radio.

Maybe it was because the noise of the landing was too loud, the aliens under their feet began to stir, and the entire ceiling was violently hit. It won't be long before those annoying guys will climb up from the outside.

Several people jumped up abruptly, rushed over and jumped onto the shuttle with a stride.Fortunately, the spare shuttle that was originally left on the Sulaco was not equipped with infantry fighting vehicles, and the entire cabin was empty. Even if Hudson slipped and fell to the ground, he didn't break his head.

He covered his head and shouted: "Stop fucking waiting, close the door and take off, let's get out of this ghost place!"

Next to the door connecting the cockpit and the carrier cabin, the girl's voice came from the radio again: "Pay attention to civilized language, sir. Captain Barbaria is taking off, and the cabin door is closing a bit slowly, so hurry up so you don't get thrown out. Oh my god is that the 'alien' thing you were talking about, Ripley!"

Everyone hurriedly looked out from the cabin door that hadn't been fully closed, only to see a few black shadows had climbed up the outer wall of the engine room, and the airtight door was smashed open with a bang, and the huge "Queen" was coming out of the engine room. Leaning out of the body, seeing the shuttle that was about to speed up and leave, it roared and rushed towards this side.

"Barbarella!" Ripley screamed.

"Got it, watch me give it a bucket roll..."

Hearing this sentence, several people quickly found a fixed object beside them and hugged them tightly, and then felt their bodies were thrown up and lost weight in the air.

"I...fuck..." Vazquez, who was holding on to the handle of the seat, clearly shouted, but Ripley didn't hear it at all, and could only see her mouth shape, floating body and twisted body. facial features.

I don’t know how Barbaria operates it. The shuttle, which flies entirely on engine thrust and has no wings in the traditional sense, actually completes a barrel roll in the air. The fuselage rotates 360 degrees. By the way, the main engine Aiming at the monster that rushed up, the thrust suddenly increased and at the same time it sprayed fire on its face.

When the shuttle regained its balance, the fuselage had already flown hundreds of yards away, and through the gap of the cabin door, one could vaguely see the huge black shadow plummeting to the ground with flames.It certainly didn't kill it completely, but it was enough to give it room and time to escape.

Soon, the black alien and the gray base building disappeared from sight.At the last moment before the hatch closed, only the boundless rain line remained in everyone's eyes.

"Countdown for all movable structures to close, three, two, one, airtight... Sit down friends, we are about to speed up to escape the gravity of this asteroid, you may experience a lot of G-forces .Your lovely and sexy captain Barbaria here for a reminder."

The wing panels that had the functions of protection, airtightness and heat insulation fell down, and the outside of the porthole was also plunged into darkness.

The elevation angle of the shuttle gradually increased, and then under the thrust of the engine, it accelerated out of LV-426's artificial atmosphere with a bang.

Ten minutes later, the Sulaco hovering in the synchronous orbit was already in sight.

Barbaria, who made a lot of dangerous flying maneuvers today, parked the shuttle into the airport steadily, and when it stopped on the artificial gravity platform, the people in the cabin didn't even feel much vibration.

"She's awesome. You said she was driving a shuttle for the first time? I think she's better than Ferro..." Hicks was still talking to Ripley, but thinking that the pilot Ferro had stayed in forever After landing on this asteroid, I suddenly couldn't continue talking, so I had to loosen the buckle of the seat belt on my body, licked my lips, stood up and adapted to the artificial gravity of the Sulaco, and walked towards the hatch .

The Sulaco had grown even more empty.

Dressed like a... stripper, Barbaria jumped out of the driver's seat and looked at her passenger with satisfaction.They all seemed a little tired, but they went up to her and thanked her.

The last one down was of course Ripley, her real baby.

The two women hugged, and Ripley continued, "I thought you were going to be late, honey. I don't want to die on that asteroid."

"How come...you can hide in the tavern. I'm afraid you won't come back, it's not that I don't like your universe...it's just that my lovely boat is still floating in the space between galaxies." Ba Barilla said with a smile, turned her head to look at the uninterested people around, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

"You'll find out soon... I have to introduce you to them." Ripley sighed.

Chapter 14 new tasks

A few hours later, everyone who couldn't fall asleep gathered on the bridge of the Sulaco again.

Outside the porthole, LV-426 is still quietly floating in this galaxy, reflecting the light of the stars, looking peaceful and mysterious.

The bionic bishop came over with a few glasses of compressed wine. Now no one cares about the company's quota regulations. The surviving humans need this thing.

Ripley took a sip and almost spit it out... Now she can't get used to the smell of this industrial waste.

Not wanting to drink any more, she simply put down her glass and said to everyone: "Get down to business. I know you want to ask three questions. First, who is Barbaria? Second, what about this asteroid? Three, what should we do? Now let’s solve these problems one by one.”

"She's a pilot from another world, you said..." Hudson said, looking at Barbaria who was sitting in the driver's seat and arranging her hair in front of the reflection on the porthole, and then turned back to ask Lei Puli: "...But why did she fly our spaceship?"

Barbaria smiled, and said to several people: "Then I'll start from the beginning. You all understand the theory of parallel worlds, right? Our universe is a place... similar to this universe. However, there Only humans and humanoids exist.

"Because everyone has the same appearance, and after the appearance of the space warp technology, the resources become endless... The competition between the same kind is limited to a low intensity. We have eliminated war itself, even if violent crime, It also succeeded in confining crime to an individual-to-individual level.

"As for the method of eradicating war? It comes from technology. A scientist whose name I have forgotten invented a thin-film brain chip, and all people in our universe are implanted at birth and live with it; this brain In addition to helping us process calculations and help us maintain logic in extreme situations, chips can also read other people's brain waves and adjust our emotions to resonate with them.

"Although this is far from 'mutual understanding', it can already do many things that human beings could not do before, such as sharing certain emotions, imparting certain knowledge, strengthening certain feelings, etc. Needless to say , the distribution of benefits, the exchange of opinions, and the dissemination of thoughts have become easier than ever before, and even the 'new hippie' spread to the entire explored universe within three years, becoming the mainstream thought of mankind.

"Ripley asked me to help, and let me hide in her room temporarily, waiting for her to call for help... But I really don't know how to fly this kind of spaceship. So, in order for me to learn to fly in a short time, I planted her Strictly speaking, this is an illegal act, but since I am in another universe, I don’t think the laws of the Earth Federation can control this.”

Vazquez, who was listening engrossed, suddenly interrupted and asked, "...It's that simple? What kind of membrane can she implant to teach you driving skills and muscle memory together?"

"Usually it would not be so fast." Barbaria replied, "but this time the time is limited, so we had to adopt a deeper connection... Generally, this kind of connection is only used to share and strengthen under certain circumstances Pleasure. What you know is 'opening the gate to release the water', 'mooring the boat into the port', 'exploring the jungle', 'Moses divides the sea', 'scrambling for the ball'..."

"Okay, okay, we all understand." The people present couldn't help but look back at Ripley. They thought you were a serious and serious flight officer, but they really didn't expect it.

Barbaria doesn't think there is anything to be ashamed of, the people in her universe are much more open than here, and when both parties have had chips implanted, they can easily get the same feeling just by pressing their palms together; As a result, no one has used traditional methods to carry out this activity for a long time, and all newborns are basically born through genetic engineering and culture fluid.

"Anyway, Ripley and I got into each other's... achoo!... minds."

The blond beauty rubbed her nose, and continued: "It's very convenient to learn driving knowledge. As for muscle memory... I'm also a pilot after all, and I'm very experienced in flying various aircraft in various gravity environments. Although your kind The flying machine is a bit primitive, but I also drove an antique spaceship race."

Several marines were digesting this introduction, and only the bionic bishop was the first to ask: "Ma'am...then how did you come to our universe through?"

"Let me answer this. Anyway, Bishop, you should be going there too... Barbaria and I met in the 'tavern'."

Ripley took over the conversation and said briefly what the tavern was like, specifically mentioning several guests who seemed to come from different historical eras and the rule of "no harm to each other".

After everyone roughly understood, she added: "... Now we can be regarded as friends who live and die together. If someone doesn't want to stay in this world, but wants to go to other worlds... I can ask Boss Xue on his behalf. Apply, and bring you there after obtaining the consent of him and the guests of this world. Only the 'bishop' is an exception, you are the property of the company, I am afraid you have no choice, if you don't want the memory taken out by the company, you can only go to the tavern."

The marines thought for a while, and finally Hicks spoke first:

"...our universe is crazy enough. Several times in the past two days I thought I was going to die, and the past was like a revolving door...I want to go back to Earth, buy a small farm with my veteran's allowance, No more fighting with guns."

Then, Hudson, who was emotionally more extreme, also said rationally: "I want to resign, but I will not go back to the earth, but to do ground rail freight. My cousin opened a short-distance freight company, and he usually picks up Weilan. Germany's list."

Finally, it was Vazquez. The female man tapped her shoulder and responded in a deep voice: "I can only shoot. Although I have to resign, I may end up going to work in a private security company."

Ripley nodded and continued: "No matter what everyone is going to do in the future... don't tell the company, so we have to unify the caliber now and change all the records of the Sulaco. Hudson, here is only You and the bishop have the ability to hack into the computer system... and the bishop cannot intentionally damage the company's property."

Hudson nodded in agreement. His hacking skills were only so-so. However, the Sulaco was physically separated from the Earth by a space of light years. It was much easier to change some data records than on Earth.

As for how to unify the caliber, it will be left to Hicks, who has the most active mind.

Hicks also accepted the task without hesitation, scratching his chin while thinking, and said slowly: "This lie cannot be exposed so easily, it needs to be in line with the actual situation, and it cannot be relied on to stop the company's actions. .I suggest that we just tell part of the facts, that is, 'the alien was encountered, the team was wiped out, and only a few of us escaped', so that even if we take a polygraph test, we won't get caught."

Others also gave advice one by one, and quickly completed the whole picture of the lie.

In short, the marine team has seen the Alien and the "Queen Bee". While they were fighting bravely, Ferro's shuttle crashed, and no one knew what happened; the Alien attacked through the ventilation duct, and only a few of them Escaped to the communication tower, contacted the Sulaco with Hudson's technology, remotely operated another shuttle to land, and rescued them.

As long as a few people think of a way to destroy this asteroid, this lie will not be suspected, nor will it cause any more serious consequences-even if the planet is gone, the company will not be able to send colonists over again Are you doing research?

Unfortunately, affected by the alien lair, a few people failed to overload the FTL engine on LV-426, and missed the best opportunity for starburst.

The Sulaco also doesn't have this firepower, because humans in this universe have never encountered a living alien civilization, and they don't need to fight an interstellar war with their own colonies. Why equip the battleship with that level of heavy weapons?Even the rebellion that Vazquez had encountered, the company sent them to directly land and fight.

When everyone was at a loss for what to do about this problem, Barbaria, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stretched her waist and said to Ripley: "Actually... my universe is not completely without weapons."

Ripley immediately turned her head and looked at her questioningly.

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Barbaria raised her eyebrows at her, and said in a low voice: "Actually, before I was invited here by you, I received an entrustment from the President of the Earth Federation... He said that someone named 'Duran Duran' The scientist disappeared near the star of Set. He invented a weapon called 'Positron Death Ray Gun', which may pose a threat to the entire Federation.

"In the past few days, I was worrying about how to go to Seter to find him, because Seter is located outside the territory of the Federation, the civilization is relatively primitive, and it still retains many violent habits, including slavery, a huge army, and a kind of only Monsters that exist in legends... and I'm alone, a bunch of guns from a museum.

"But since you mentioned a weapon that can destroy an entire asteroid... you say, does the 'positronic death ray gun' count?"

"Of course forget it." Ripley said, "Positive and dead, just hearing the name is cruel enough!"

"So... Everyone, do you want to help me? With the help of you professional 'warriors', I am not afraid to go to Seter."

Barbaria turned to several marines, tilted her head, and asked playfully.

Hicks nodded and said, "Anyway, we don't have much to do here, and we can't see LV-426 disappearing, so let's go to that universe and treat it as an ordinary business trip!"

Hudson and Vazquez also agreed: "At least it's a plan, it's okay to try."