They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 397 Zheng Zha: Is he playing the same game as us?

"It would be stupid not to do this!"

Zhang Jie slung the M41A pulse rifle over his shoulder and said excitedly.

"really!"

Li Xiaoyi immediately raised the gun in his hand, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

If what Zhang Qi said is true, and returning to the Alien World only requires 10 reward points per day, then it's practically free.

By simply hunting down a few of the most common Messenger Xenomorphs, the cost is recovered, and the rest is pure profit.

For those struggling on the brink of life and death, the allure of such a sure-fire way to make money is deadly.

"Um……"

Zheng Zha nodded heavily. His gaze shifted from the box of weapons gleaming with a ghostly blue light to Zhang Qi's excessively calm face.

To survive in a horror movie and return to the real world with the girl he's willing to give anything to protect, reward points and side quests are essential.

In the past, every acquisition was accompanied by a near-death experience, and every choice could lead to the team's annihilation.

But now, Zhang Qi has shown them a much safer path.

With these groundbreaking weapons, hunting aliens might truly transform from a horror movie into a one-sided "harvest."

Zhang Qi took in everyone's reactions and nodded in satisfaction.

"Firepower is only a basic guarantee; efficient hunting requires information."

You can try using mental scanning for this exchange..."

Zhang Qi continued speaking, instantly drawing everyone's attention back to him.
"Mental energy scan?"

Zheng Zha was taken aback, suppressed his curiosity, and began to inquire with the main god.

[Mental Power Scan: Requires mental ability to use. Use mental power to scan everything within a certain range, acting as a mental power radar. As mental power increases, the scanning range can be increased. Scanning is divided into large-area scan, precise scan, and linear scan.]

The upgrade requires 4000 reward points and one C-rank side quest.

So expensive...

Looking at the price, Zheng Zha complained that it was more expensive than his two bloodlines combined.

However, trusting Zhang Qi, he still tried to exchange it and received the reply that "the exchange conditions are not met".

Seeing this, the others stepped forward one by one, but all met the same fate as Zheng Zha.

Finally, a different situation arose with Zhan Lan. She met the redemption requirements, but didn't have enough reward points.

There is another reason: the skill description suggests that it is merely a tool for locating enemies and does not seem to provide any survivability.

"Radar is extremely important in modern warfare."

Zhang Qi seemed to see through her thoughts and spoke.

These words drew nods from Ba Wang and Zhang Jie. As soldiers, they naturally knew what was most important on the battlefield.

"But...I don't have enough reward points..."

"I'm a little embarrassed," Zhan Lan said softly.

"I can lend you the difference."

Zhang Qi replied.

"Okay, I'll redeem it!"

Hearing Zhang Qi say this, she naturally had no reason to refuse.

As she confirmed it, a soft beam of light descended from the sky, enveloping her.

A moment later, the light faded, and Zhan Lan's face was somewhat pale, but her eyes were brighter than ever before. She
Close your eyes and try to activate the ability you just gained.

A strange feeling spread outwards. Her consciousness seemed to break free from the constraints of her body, spreading outwards in an intangible and formless way, like ripples on water.

The cold ground of the main square, the bare stone pillars in the distance, the different life magnetic fields emanating from her teammates, even the dust floating in the air... everything was constructed into an incredibly clear three-dimensional model in her "mind".

“I…I ‘saw’ it…”

She murmured to herself, her voice filled with shock.

"This feeling... is incredible."

She tried to change the pattern, and the spherical expansion instantly contracted, turning into an invisible ray that stretched towards the end of the square. The distant scenery was fed back in a unique form of information flow, clearer than what the eyes could see.

"But the scope is still not large enough."

"The strength of mental power determines the scanning distance..."

A moment later, Zhan Lan opened her eyes and said hesitantly. She had previously allocated her reward points to stamina and strength, leaving her mental strength insufficient.

Zhang Qi naturally waved his hand and helped Zhan Lan strengthen her mental power.

Anyway, he has already gained a lot of reward points in Alien, and this is also a necessary investment for the future.

With her mental strength enhanced, Zhan Lan activated the scan once more.

This time, her consciousness expanded to even more distant places, and this sense of omniscience and omnipotence almost intoxicated her.

While Zhan Lan was getting familiar with her new skills, Zhang Qi also began to have Hua Sheng give Zheng Zha, Zhang Jie and others crash courses.

From the muzzle energy calibration of the M41A pulse rifle and the charging method of the Gaussian kinetic energy module, to the multiple detonation modes and trajectory planning of the M40 smart grenade, and then to the activation timing and energy management of the portable energy shield...

Overlord and Zero, the two true soldiers, learned the fastest. They stroked the gun barrels with pure fascination in their eyes.

Zheng Zha, with his superhuman physical abilities and reflexes, quickly mastered the technique.

Li Shuaixi and Li Xiaoyi also studied diligently. After all, they had been eyeing the enhancements in the main god realm for a long time, and they naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to obtain reward points.

After doing all this, Zhang Qi exchanged some medical supplies with the main god and spent a considerable amount of reward points to exchange for some technical materials, which he planned to study carefully during this "vacation".

Once all preparations were complete, Zhang Qi looked at everyone and asked, "Are you ready?"

After receiving affirmative answers from everyone, he turned to the sphere of divine light.

"Exchange to return to the Alien world, time: one month."

As the words were spoken, a familiar sense of disorientation washed over me.

When Zheng Zha regained consciousness, neither the metal passageway inside the spaceship nor the desolate surface of planet LV-426 that he had imagined appeared.

Instead, the ground beneath your feet is slippery asphalt, reflecting the colorful signs.

They were standing at the entrance of a wide street, surrounded by towering, bizarrely shaped skyscrapers covered with huge holographic advertisements.

In the sky, streamlined aircraft form streams of light, silently shuttling between buildings.

"Where...where is this?"

Li Xiaoyi stared dumbfounded at the futuristic cyberpunk city before him, muttering to himself.
"Weren't we supposed to be fighting aliens? How... how did we end up in a place like this?"

The others also looked bewildered and confused.

They were on high alert, ready to face a bloody battle, but instead they were transported to a bustling futuristic city.

Just then, on the tallest building to their side, a giant advertising screen, hundreds of meters wide, suddenly flickered, and then a corporate logo they were all too familiar with lit up—Weyland-Yutani Corporation.

Zheng Zha and the others' hearts skipped a beat.

As a super corporation that has been a part of the entire Alien series, how could they not know Weyland's name?

Immediately afterwards, the advertisement switched to a man in a well-tailored black suit, exuding a calm yet sharp aura, appearing in the center of the screen.

He stood in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window, with an even more spectacular city night view behind him, and was telling the company's grand blueprint in a magnetic voice.

"...The future we define is not just the stars and the sea, but also the evolution and leap forward of the human species itself."

Wieland-Yutani will open the door to the post-human era…

Upon seeing that face on the screen, Zheng Zha and the others' minds went blank for a moment.

The pulse rifle in Zhang Jie's hand fell to the ground with a clatter. His eyes, which were always wide open, bulged out as if they were about to fall out, and his mouth was so open that an egg could fit inside.

Zheng Zha froze. He mechanically turned his head, frame by frame, to look at Zhang Qi beside him, then turned back in disbelief to look at the huge screen, where Zhang Qi was announcing the future to the world with an air of supreme authority.

Two Zhang Qis, one dressed casually, stood calmly beside them;
A man dressed in an expensive suit appeared before the world as a business tycoon.

"Fuck me..."

Zhang Jie finally found his voice, but could only manage to squeeze out a dry curse.

The entire team's gazes were glued to Zhang Qi, as if glued to the spot, filled with utter shock, absurdity, and a blankness as if their worldview had been completely overturned.

Despite the piercing gaze that seemed capable of burning a person to the core, Zhang Qi's expression remained calm and composed, as if he were merely stating a trivial matter.

He glanced at his reflection on the screen, then explained to everyone:
Oh, I forgot to mention.

"I am now the CEO of Wieland Corporation."

What the hell? !

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha and the others felt their heads buzzing, and even doubted whether they had misheard.

CEO? Weyland Corporation? That behemoth in the Alien series, with its immense influence and ability to mobilize even the interstellar marines at will?
Zhang Qi... became its boss?

How the hell did they do that?!

(End of this chapter)