A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

Flawless... ha.

If it weren't for what Boss Xue told her in the tavern, she might really hesitate.The life on Earth, the memories she had had were wonderful, but that was because she had a daughter at the time.

What Boss Xue told her last night was that her daughter Amanda had actually become an employee of the company, and went to the universe to look for her when she became an adult... She even encountered an alien on a certain space station.

LV-426 is just an outpost of alien life forms, and there are still many aliens lurking in the dark space beyond the scope of human knowledge, waiting for the bioelectricity of earth people to appear nearby and awaken them.

At the same time, the Wieland-Tangu company decided to block the news from human beings, trying to keep this wonderful creature in the company's hands... Of course, the news also included the news of Ripley's daughter Amanda... Record.

Knowing this, Rapley no longer wants a "life"... Her life, her daughter's life, has long been destroyed by the company, and these bastards still have the face to come and tell her "everything" The pain will go away"?

Sorry, the pain will remain until you are destroyed and my daughter's records are recovered.

Today's news is actually not too fatal to a deep-rooted group, and it is very likely that the company will not be brought down this time... But she still has a lot of time, and she will even have help that people in this universe cannot understand. There are many opportunities to slowly figure things out.

Two Earth Days later, Ripley's spacecraft lifted off from the orbital station, a conventionally powered passenger shuttle, which will land at a landing pad in South Florida after the one-hour flight.

She closed her eyes outside the atmosphere and fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion, unable to hear the news broadcast in the shuttle:

"Economic news, the Wieland-Tangu Group, which has been caught in a scandal crisis recently, announced that it has accepted an acquisition and reorganization. During the reorganization, the US Securities and Exchange Commission restricted the trading of all outstanding shares of the company. Wal-Mart Group announced on the same day that it has sold 3 trillion US dollars The fund will acquire all the original shares held by the members of the board of directors of 'Wieland-Tangu' as a whole, and take over the company's restructuring work.

"All assets, all technical patents, all existing business resources, and all employees of Wieland-Tangu will be transferred to Wal-Mart Group; in addition, Wal-Mart Group will also spin off the company's business. It's uncertain whether the biotech division, notorious for its human experimentation news, will stay or be broken up.

"The person in charge of the relevant business of Wal-Mart Group revealed that the weapon department of Wieland-Tangu will cooperate with the US defense department to establish a new company 'Allied Forces System', with national defense and military as its main business direction. Our station is continuing to pay attention to this acquisition. , all the latest news will be broadcast to you through this program."

Chapter 26 Corporate Espionage

"Hello? Hey, Ripley... what, your name is not Ripley now? Do you really believe the company? Now they are handing over business, no one has time for you, if you want me to say, you are now Living under your original name, there is no problem at all. Me? I am on a farm in Nebraska. This year’s farming season has passed early. The main thing is to hire people, buy machines, and inspect the market while plowing the land, etc. We will start working again next year.”

Standing on scaffolding next to the wooden garage, Hicks, phone in one hand and paintbrush in the other, is happily painting the exterior of the garage a matte white.

Ripley on the other end of the phone also laughed a few times, chatted a little about the current situation, and then said: "Actually, I want to ask, do you have any acquaintances in the company, the kind that we can fully trust?" .”

"Oh? What are you going to do?"

Hicks stopped, turned to throw the brush into the bucket, took off his gloves, and asked while sitting on the scaffolding.

Ripley's voice seemed a little distorted on the phone: "...Wal-Mart didn't disband the biotechnology department...they still want to study aliens. Besides, my daughter's information is still not available."

"...How do you know this?"

"It's a long story. You remember Duran Duran?"

Of course, Hicks remembered that naive scientist who came from a universe without war, but was an expert in weapon design. The plot was also destroyed by Barbaria and everyone.

It can be said that Duran Duran's life is synonymous with unlucky, people don't even have the heart to hurt him anymore, just let him play his residual heat in this universe.

This residual heat has obviously gone too far... According to Ripley, Duran Duran published several articles on weapon design not long after he established his identity, and was spotted by the newly established "Allied Forces Systems" company and was quickly hired Become a new weapon designer for a new company.

Ripley was still holding his "drunk girl" in her hand, and she overheard him mentioning it when she sent it to him, and learned about the goal of the new company from him.

In the past, Wieland-Tangu at least wanted to hide it. The description of alien life forms was often "with medical and biological research significance", so the new company does not have to... After all, the name "Alliance System" It is to develop into a certain industry.The first long-term task given to Duran Duran by the new company is to track and pay attention to all information about alien life forms and to study the possibility of developing them into biochemical weapons.

Duran Duran was so excited that Ripley didn't even think he needed any special fragrance.

He kept saying at the time: "This is the stage where I can display my value! Oh, what a blessing, a world full of crises, and even human beings are constantly hurting each other!"

Besides, this man who seems to be a conspirator is surprisingly emotional.

He obviously regarded Ripley and others who brought him into this world as benefactors to some extent, so he specifically told Ripley when he was accepting the "drunk girl" that the company had refocused on her... that The top executives who had promised to let "all the pain go away" still held important positions in the new company, and were the first to raise the importance of those who survived the alien incident at the meeting.

Hearing this, Hicks fully understood what Ripley meant, and his expression immediately became serious. He pondered for a moment, and said to the phone: "This matter may be serious...I'll call Hudson, you Contact Vazquez, let's find a place to talk about this before the company starts spying on us again. I think, it's the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller Memorial, and call when you're ready."

After hanging up the phone, he looked back at his farm in the warm sunshine and sighed unconsciously.

Ah... my American pastoral dream...

After several members of the team returned to Earth, they all had their own careers.Just like Hicks bought the farm, Hudson went to the trucking company he mentioned, and Vazquez did private security. Fortunately, everyone has not officially started in such a short time, and there is still time Have a little get together.

Here in the Rockefeller Auditorium, a few people got together for a rare reunion, but they had to go back to discuss the business without being able to recount a few words.

"So what's going on with the company? Damn, they've all resigned and still won't let us go?"

The fiery Vazquez spoke first.

Hudson shook his head helplessly, and explained: "Even if the brand is changed...the company will always be the company. Our previous plans were in vain..."

"It's not in vain." Hicks said, "At least they can't openly arrest us, we are no longer employees of the company, and we have nothing to do with Wieland-Tangu, or the 'Allied Forces System'. They want to resort to other means, so we will follow."

Several people looked at Ripley who hadn't spoken today, and heard her say with a cold face:

"That's not enough.

"Sooner or later, the company will find those aliens. Even if they have changed generations, they will still hide everyone behind their backs, try to control those things in their hands, and use them as weapons. What we have to fight against is the greed of the entire company. The greed of human beings is their stupidity that they think they have mastered all the laws of the world and that they can make the universe develop according to their wishes."

Several other people looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally asked: "...then do we still have hope?"

Ripley really put her knuckles near her mouth, thought carefully, and then said hesitantly: "...There are still some. No matter what the alien life forms are, the company can no longer control their news...if Human beings will eventually encounter those things in the process of exploring the universe, so at least we must first know what we are going to face!"

Everyone can understand what she means, it is nothing more than to make the news of this living body public - let a company deal with the aliens by itself, most likely it will do all kinds of stupid things for its own benefit; Only by drawing in the country, the people, and even all human beings can we hope to truly defeat those things.

Speaking of which, the alien is nothing more than a stronger body, a little more agile movement, and the ability to parasitize humans... Human weapons have long been developed to the point where they can kill enemies without face-to-face.

Not to mention that now that Duran Duran has also come to this universe, maybe it won’t take many years for the positron death ray gun to become the standard equipment for war, and the aliens will no longer be qualified as biological weapons because their reproduction speed is too slow .

The one who destroys human beings can only be human beings themselves after all...

Hicks clapped his hands, just like when he was in the team before, he quickly took over the task of staff officer and began to give his own opinion: "In this way, we can start from two aspects. The first is our own side , Ripley, what did the company say when you received the company's hush money? Is there any written contract? "

Ripley shook her head: "They controlled all the records in their own hands, and I got nothing but money. Moreover, everything was a verbal agreement. Maybe they felt that I had no reason to violate the agreement, and I was confident that I could Control me."

"...Okay, that means the 'seal' itself has no legal meaning. Even if there is any video material, you only need to say 'I made a verbal agreement with Wieland Corporation, not with Allied Systems ', we can get rid of this matter... After all, there is no inheritance relationship between the two companies on the surface, and Wal-Mart does not want a bad reputation."

Hicks analyzed in detail to several colleagues, "...That is to say, as long as we get more inside information and evidence, Ripley can appear in front of the public and use the 'former Wieland-Tangu Valley Company to colonize her. Fleet Flight Officer's identity revealed.

"To fight Wal-Mart and this giant-controlled media machine, we need the help of other 'players. Let our voices be heard clearly and not be suppressed by Wal-Mart, and competitors who are happy to see the leader lose will be happy to push forward."

Several people first digested what Hicks said, and then Ripley took the lead in asking: "Then the only question we have left is, how can we obtain inside information and evidence?"

Hicks replied immediately: "We still have someone who broke into the company. Listen, Duran Duran is now the company's weapon designer? And he has to meet with you secretly every once in a while? I don't know about you, but he's the perfect corporate spy."

"Duran Duran...why does he help us?" Ripley thought about the scientist, shook her head, and asked again.

"Although he is naive, he is not a person who is willing to be inferior to others... In the universe over there, he has the ambition to rule the Earth Federation. Why would he want to work for the company all the time here?" Hicks said.

At this time, in the "Allied Forces System" company, Duran Duran, a new weapon designer, was struggling to organize his studio.

This universe is still in the 22nd century. Of course, there will be no tools that he is accustomed to, such as the crystal cone computer, the omnidirectional interactive holographic console, the super intelligent assistant, etc. Every existing device requires additional time and effort. come to master.If it weren't for the chip film on his brain and his fast learning speed, the company would have suspected him of being a normal person long ago.

The company has just been established, the organizational structure has not yet been sorted out, and his assistant has not yet arrived, so he is the only person in this empty studio for the time being.

Duran Duran had just finished his physical work and was about to sit down and take a rest when the communication terminal on his waist beeped.Not the original radio that the company had issued him, but the one from another universe...

He saw that no one was passing by the door, so he sat on the chair and connected the video communication.

"Dulan, there is no one else around you right now?"

Ripley who appeared in front of him said.

Chapter 27 Cosmic Idols

Outside the airport on the ocean planet Reanda, Barbaria is wearing a bathing suit and wearing sunglasses on top of her head, sitting in the waiting area, waiting to go through immigration procedures.

93% of the planet's surface area is covered by oceans... the few land areas are also island groups, which are the favorite vacation destinations of the people of the Earth Federation.Of course, the consumption here is not cheap, and a rich woman like Barbaria may not come here often.

Entertainment news was being broadcast on the holographic screen at the side of the airport, and the bright colors with severe light pollution forced her to put down her sunglasses and sighed.

That's the end of the vacation... After all, a person like her can't be on vacation all the time. The rarer the vacation, the happier she will feel. If she really stays in Reanda all year round, maybe she will get bored instead.

"Toot, toot, toot..." She hummed a simple melody along with the music played in the entertainment news, shaking her feet boredly, and took this opportunity to plan her next flight.It seems that the Earth Federation has nothing to do with her recently, but the trip to Star Star gave her inspiration... Why not go to those fringe galaxies and look for opportunities in those places whose culture is completely different from that of the Earth Federation?

Thinking about doing it, she made up her mind.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the holographic screen.

"I don't want humans to see me through such entertainment programs, because humans are such a boring species. Once they see it with their own eyes, they think 'it's just that', and then quickly lose interest... Humans are both afraid of the unknown and enthusiastic about it. Mysterious, unable to know oneself and likes to judge others hastily."

"Hmm... just connected to a short recording specially recorded for our show by the mysterious 'Queen of the Night', indeed, I can also understand what she said, maybe that's why she hasn't appeared outside that shop so far The reason." The host explained to the camera, and then asked the guests around him: "Then Mr. David...why did you think of signing the 'Queen of the Night'?"

The guest sitting on the other side was the general manager of the entertainment company that Barbaria was also very familiar with.

The tall, lanky man answered the host's question: "...because Her Majesty she fits right in with our company's vision for entertainment culture. Our entertainment industry has become too homogeneous and everyone is going the same way." , every newly debuted idol shows the same personality in the media... But how can people be exactly the same? We are happy to see those who are all cheerful and joking, showing their own "stupid cuteness" Idols who work hard, dream of success, love their teammates, and always give away some candies as fan benefits... Are they really like this?

"As long as idols appear in front of the camera, they are performing, and they are providing you with the most authentic-looking 'reality show'.

"I can understand my colleagues, because this is the easiest way to make money. As long as you create a false impression for the audience, the audience will start to deceive themselves, and use it as a way to escape from reality, and block all negative news from themselves. Like... the religious believers of the old age.

"I've also heard that some people from Earth's 'Origin Star' are now lying in the life support cabin and no longer go out, only relying on these things to fill their spiritual world.

"But our company is different... what our company wants to give everyone is 'truth', and 'truth' is something that any media, any idol who shyly says 'I can't fall in love' in the camera can't provide you. You Are you interested in the Queen of the Night? Then go out, take a spaceship and go to 'Matz Moss' to see her in person and think for yourself what kind of person she is.

"She's not the kind of idol who has to put on a good face and seek exposure, she's a 'queen', a mature woman who looks down on anyone and loves to cause pain to others, and she doesn't hide it."

Barbaria in front of the screen was almost vomiting.

She was [-]% sure that this guy David was up to some new tricks to cheat money... His company's focus is not on "truth", but on "unconventional"!

The Queen of the Night really likes to make fun of other people's pain, but if she hadn't signed an entertainment company and needs to operate commercially, she wouldn't keep her hand, it would really cause harm or even death.David never mentioned this point, he just talked about "reality" and so on... nothing more than establishing a special image of the Queen that is different from other people, while skillfully avoiding the real minefield of the universe and humans .

That is to say, the "Queen of the Night" in his mouth is just a kind of illusion, at most, it is slightly more ingeniously designed than the assembly line idol.

Barbaria immediately took out the communicator and tried to contact the Queen of the Night.

This time, it took a few minutes for the other party to pick up, and the lazy and satisfied voice of the Queen of the Night appeared together with the seductive face covered with a veil: "Oh, dear, why did you think of contacting me? You are also watching the replay of that show right?"

"What the hell are you doing?" Barbaria asked curiously, "Does your 'spa' still need to be advertised on the show?"

The Queen of the Night grinned, and replied: "...it's not just about the spa, David said he has a follow-up plan that spans five earth years. I'm going to keep it a mystery in the near future, but there will be soon." The guest's knowledge spreads, and those who have no special hobbies will also visit here out of curiosity...

"At that time, I will add some very philosophical words to the lines, such as 'human beings don't even understand themselves', 'first realize your own weakness', 'pain is proof of living' and so on, It's better to say that everyone believes it, and I think of these things when I mention it, don't make me look like I have a low style... Then I'm forced to start releasing video materials because of too many reservations And peripheral products, make the most of this image.”

Just think about it, although David crazily criticizes the current media on entertainment programs, but... isn't he also doing this in the media?He kept saying "truth" and "not relying on the camera", but he just didn't let the Queen of the Night appear on the screen, and he himself kept appearing in various programs, strengthening the audience's "mysterious sense" of the Queen of the Night cognition.

Also, this program previously interviewed a large group of Setts who had just joined the Earth Federation.

If you really want to keep it a mystery, then no one mentions it, so that everyone in the Earth Federation doesn't know that Seter once had such a queen, wouldn't it be enough?

It's just... How can the company make money like that?

"Oh, that's right." The Queen of the Night remembered something again, and said to Barbaria at the communication terminal: "I also mentioned it to David, and I want to have a concept of confrontation with you. But he said you I might not agree, and he said he would think of a way, so I don't know what he is going to do..."

Barbaria turned her head to the holographic screen again when she heard the words, and saw that David in the show was still talking freely: "...The Queen of the Night also mentioned to me that she doesn't particularly like accepting media propaganda, and today is also to give back to everyone Only a small piece of audio was recorded with the enthusiasm."

The host asked in a timely manner: "Wow, her voice is so beautiful, don't you want to release a record? I bet there are many audiences in front of the screen who want to hear her singing. And recording music doesn't actually need to show up. In my terminal There are thousands of songs by more than 100 artists, but I haven't seen even one of them."

David showed a distressed expression: "It's hard to say, but I can persuade her, don't think it's a guarantee, everyone. In fact, our company plans to launch another singer who wants to keep less appearances in the near future. Her name is 'Rina Baba'..."

"Who's going to be a singer!" Barbaria jumped up immediately.

No, it doesn't matter if you have money to sing two songs, I also like to sing... But it doesn't have to be "Baba Rena", right?Is there anything special about this identity?

The Queen of the Night on the other side of the communication video lowered her head and smiled slightly. She could already guess what David wanted to do.

Although this image of the "Queen of the Night" with a strong "mystery" will become popular because of its uniqueness that is against the popularity of the Federation...but it is not the mainstream of this era after all.

Instead of putting all the treasures on the Queen of the Night, it is better to use the same set of "mysticism" techniques to launch an idol whose image is exactly the opposite of the Queen of the Night. Her personality is unsurprisingly positive energy, vitality, and encouragement. The Night Queen is the opposite.

After that, hype up the confrontation between the two people and the competition caused by different ideas. It is best that the "cultural products" of the two people can achieve similar good results and have a similar number of fan bases... If they can make a big difference in the media The scolding battle between the two factions would be even better!This situation is the easiest for fans to spend real money.

When the two of you have died and the fans have spent less money, there will be another set of "revealing each other's old stories, going to court, reconciliation of the century, and commemorating the retirement concert". After earning one vote, you get a raise and I get promoted, everyone Open the champagne!

Even if Barbaria doesn't agree with this...but the person "Rina Baba" doesn't exist in the first place, he was made up by changing his appearance with the help of a cross-dressing device, I created an AI and called it "Rena Baba" "Not too much, right?

It didn't take long for Barbaria to figure it out. She quickly stood up and said to the Queen of the Night: "Oops, I don't want to be bothered by that guy. I'm going to turn off the communication terminal. You may not be able to contact me for a while." Fuck me, don't come looking for me!"

Seeing that she was about to leave immediately, the Queen of the Night hurriedly said, "Wait a minute! I have one more thing to tell you...you should have a way to deal with it. Matzmoth has a heir...maybe he was absorbed recently There is too much energy, and it splits into a smaller larva. This kind of creature is different from us, and the growth time may be in units of ten thousand years, and this newborn individual also needs someone who weaves dreams for it! You should also Wandering around in the universe? I want to entrust you to help this little guy find a place where he can sleep peacefully..."

[53. No. 53]

Chapter 28 The Unquenchable Fire

"So you brought it to me?"

In the tavern, Xue Li looked at the small translucent sphere placed on the counter and said.

The ball looks like a ball of gel, but it obviously changes color under the light, and it keeps throwing up a liquid drop connected by a thin water line. From the shape, it looks like a typical non-Newtonian fluid.

At this time, there are still many bright spots inside its body that are slightly glowing. According to Barbaria, it is because it is still small, and those energy points cannot be completely transformed into the liquid that makes up the body.

With the help of the video materials brought by this lady, several people have fully understood how huge this little thing will be when it grows up to be a special creature... and probably know how much damage it can cause.

Barbaria was still answering the question just now: "...If I don't come here, I really don't know where to put it. I definitely can't stay with Matzmoth any longer. The 'Queen' said that if I don't leave quickly, Matzmoss will swallow it unintentionally in her sleep sooner or later; but she is now in the core area of ​​the Earth Federation, and every nearby planet has a large population, so it is too dangerous to release it like this. When meeting a suitable dream weaver, this thing will even become a pure energy body that devours everything."

Xue Li nodded, he could understand why the other party chose his tavern.No creature can harm other creatures here, and even if this little thing falls into a deep sleep, it will not suck away the energy of the people around it.

Moreover, although the exterior wall of the tavern looks like ordinary masonry and cement...but unlike the tables and chairs, the exterior wall, doors and windows are indestructible.In this way, even if the little thing wakes up, it shouldn't burn down the tavern... right?