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

Chapter 399 The Predator Arrives
"Wait! What are the engineers and this planet 223?"

Upon hearing this, Zhan Lan raised her hand and asked, somewhat puzzled.

You can understand the first two mission objectives that Zhang Qi mentioned.

The plot of "Alien vs. Predator" involves surrounding and killing Predators and seizing the spaceship.

The journey to LV-426 and the search for the female protagonist, Ellen Ripley, are a sequel to the first Alien film.

But she was certain that the terms "Prometheus" and LV-223 had never appeared in the Alien film series.

Zhang Qi turned his gaze to Zhan Lan, his eyes filled with a hint of approval.

Amidst such a massive information overload, only she and Chu Xuan were able to remain calm and grasp the key issues.

He didn't answer directly, but instead raised his hand and gently traced a line on the floating star map.

The interface of Wieland-Yutani Corporation's top-secret archives unfolds.

Finally, the image freezes on a series of old photographs and exploration reports.

“Since the last century, Wieland has discovered a number of highly similar ancient sites during its archaeological activities around the world.”

Zhang Qi's calm voice rang out, and the 3D projection above the conference table changed accordingly.

Cave paintings from Scotland, Egypt, and Mayan civilization sites were projected onto the screen.

The art style is primitive and simple, but the content is surprisingly similar...

Without exception, those murals depict a group of tall "giants," while tiny humans kneel on the ground, worshipping these giants.

Most importantly, in the corner of each mural, the same galaxy diagram is depicted: a giant gas planet and several moons surrounding it.

One of the satellites was specifically marked.

"Through analysis of these murals and comparison with star charts, Wieland astronomers finally pinpointed a star about 0.03 light-years away from Earth, LV-223."

"Based on the company's most confidential records..."

Zhang Qi lightly tapped the planet model of LV-223 with his fingertip.
"On this planet, there may very well exist... a creator of humankind."

"Humanity's...creator?"

Zheng Zha felt his throat was a little dry.

The weight of this word far exceeded that of any horror movie they had ever experienced before.

"Yes, Creator."

Zhang Qi confirmed.
About thirty years ago, Peter Weyland, the founder of Weyland Corporation, firmly believed that he had found the ultimate answer to the origin of mankind and the secret to immortality.

He poured all of the company's resources into launching a project called 'Prometheus,' sending the scientific research vessel 'Prometheus' to this planet.

Then... they lost contact..."

The conference room was deathly silent, with only the heavy breathing of the group.

"Until twenty years ago,"

Zhang Qi continued.

"Weyland Corporation has unexpectedly intercepted an encrypted communication from LV-223. It was a warning from Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, the last survivor of the 'Prometheus'. The communication revealed everything that happened on that planet."

The 3D projection switched again, becoming blurry and distorted images, mixed with ear-piercing electrical noises and terrified screams.

"They found the relics left by the Creator, and even... awakened a living 'engineer'."

But what they received was not good news, but destruction. The engineer's goal was to pilot a spaceship loaded with biological weapons to Earth and wipe out humanity.

"To stop it, the crew of the Prometheus piloted their ship and crashed the Engineers' crescent-shaped ship into the planet's surface in a suicidal attack."

Upon hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Chu Xuan's glasses. He suddenly raised his head and finally spoke, his voice carrying a barely perceptible excitement.

"You mean to say that in the first Alien movie, the huge crescent-shaped spaceship that crashed and where the alien eggs were found... its pilot, the huge skeleton known as the 'Space Jockey,' was this so-called 'Engineer'?"

This conclusion, like a bolt of lightning, cleaved through the fog in everyone's minds.

"It should be."

Zhang Qi nodded, confirming Chu Xuan's guess.

"Fuck me..."

Zheng Zha couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath.

No wonder! No wonder Weyland Corporation has an almost obsessive fascination with aliens in the Alien series!

It turns out that behind this lies a shocking secret about the origin of humankind, the Creator, and the near extinction of our race!

Now everything makes sense...

"Wow! This vote... how many reward points is this vote worth?!"

Zhang Jie's eyes widened like saucers, and he almost instinctively swallowed, his voice trembling with extreme excitement.

His words echoed the sentiments of everyone present.

Whether it's hunting down Predators, exploring LV-426, or searching for the Creator's legacy at LV-223, any of these missions sounds like the reward for starting an A-rank side quest!

After all, in Resident Evil, Zheng Zha could get a B-level side quest just by saving people in the laser tunnel.

Li Xiaoyi and Li Shuaixi exchanged a glance, both able to see the undisguised greed and fanaticism in each other's eyes.

The two silent warriors, Overlord and Zero, also clenched their fists unconsciously, their knuckles turning white from the force.

"The greater the reward, the greater the risk." Just as everyone was filled with excitement, Zhang Qi's indifferent voice was like a bucket of cold water, pouring down on their burning hearts.

"Engineers' technical skills far surpass those of humans, and we know nothing about the legacy they left behind."

His eyes swept over everyone.

“I’m giving you a day to think it over. Think it through, because this ‘vacation’ could turn into a one-way trip at any time. Tell me your decision tomorrow morning.”

After saying that, Zhang Qi stood up and said no more.

The group was accommodated in a luxurious executive suite on the top floor of the Wieland Building.

Standing hundreds of meters in the air in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking down at the dazzling cyberpunk city below, they had no mood to appreciate it.

……

Meanwhile, in a desolate desert hundreds of kilometers away from the city, the Weyland Company's private armed group had set up the highest level of security.

Under the cover of night, dozens of transport planes delivered crates of post-human technology weapons, gleaming with a ghostly blue light, to this location.

In the heart of the Gobi Desert, engineers are carefully installing and testing a strangely shaped metal device.

The device was a triangular pyramid, its surface covered with intricate patterns from non-human civilization. It was the transmitter that Zhang Qi brought out from the Antarctic ruins, used by the Predator race for their coming-of-age ceremony trials.

A grand hunt targeting interstellar hunters is quietly underway.

……

The next morning, when everyone gathered in the conference room again, there was no trace of hesitation on anyone's face.

"We did it!"

On behalf of everyone, Zheng Zha spoke with absolute certainty.

"Instead of being randomly thrown into a completely unknown horror movie by the main god and struggling to survive like a headless fly, why not follow Brother Qi and do something big honestly!"

"Even if I die, I must die a glorious death!"

Although the others did not speak, their resolute gazes said it all.

With the behemoth Weyland Corporation as their logistical base and Zhang Qi, an unfathomable strategist, as their leader, this was undoubtedly the best opportunity they could seize since entering the Main God Space.

Zhang Qi looked at them, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

"very good."

Just like that, a few more days passed.

In the past few days, the members of the Zhongzhou team have been undergoing high-intensity acclimatization training at the Weyland Company's exclusive training ground.

The heavy recoil and distinctive sound of the M41A pulse rifle, and the precise target acquisition logic of the M40 smart grenade, have become increasingly refined in their hands.

Overlord practically slept with his pulse rifle in his arms, Zero was repeatedly adjusting the scope of his Gauss sniper rifle, and Zheng Zha was training in hand-to-hand combat with Watson.

The entire team, like a war machine, awaited the bugle call to battle.

It was evening that day.

As everyone was resting after training, the base's highest alarm suddenly sounded without warning.

"coming!"

Zhang Qi's voice was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears through the communicator.

Everyone felt a chill and immediately rushed out of the barracks to their respective positions.

They looked up and saw three barely perceptible black dots rapidly enlarging on the twilight horizon.

They tore through the clouds, leaving scorching trails, and landed precisely in the center of the Gobi Desert where the transmitter was located, defying the laws of physics.

Without a tremendous roar, the three Predator spaceships, brimming with primal wildness and futuristic technology, landed steadily on the desert like three silent behemoths.

The optical camouflage on their surfaces slowly faded, revealing their iconic, dark gold hulls filled with irregular angles.

"Om-"

With a soft sound, the hatches of the three spaceships opened simultaneously, and several tall and burly figures slowly emerged from the dark passageway.

Each of them was over 2.5 meters tall, covered in heavy metal armor, with menacing plasma shoulder cannons on their shoulders, and their faces were covered by iconic masks, with only their thick, long "dreadlocks" swaying in the wind.

The leading Predator's armor was noticeably more ornate and elaborate than the others, clearly indicating that he was either the leader or an elder of this trial.

He stepped off the gangway, looked around at the unfamiliar, desolate Gobi Desert, and seemed fairly satisfied with the environment of the trial site.

However, the next second, his helmet's scanning system emitted a series of urgent warning sounds.

Within his masked vision, heat signals representing living beings emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain in the surrounding darkness.

There were dozens of them, marked by the system as "lower-level intelligent beings," hidden behind cover in the distance.

But this is not the source of the alarm.

To his surprise, the scanning system detected hundreds of dense life signals moving at high speed in another direction!

These signals are distorted and bizarre in shape, move with incredible speed, and are full of pure aggression.

The Predator's helmet system quickly compared it with the database, and a blood-red symbol representing the "ultimate nemesis" and the "perfect prey" instantly filled his entire field of vision.

[Warning: Large-scale 'alien' population activity detected.]

[Warning: The trial environment is abnormal.]

(End of this chapter)