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“Tell him the current situation, and as a translator, let my father know what kind of being the creator he longs for is!” commanded a robot beside Vickers.

“Yes, Commander!” The robot saluted and then began to communicate with the engineer in the “Engineer” language analyzed from David’s chip.

As soon as the robot finished speaking, the engineer became extremely agitated and angry, and wanted to attack the robot and Vickers.

However, the restraints on his body prevented him from moving at all.

Although the Engineer's strength and physique are several times that of an ordinary human, he is still just a mortal. The device that imprisoned him, while not indestructible vibranium, is still one of the most advanced alloys in the Star Wars universe, and it is not something that can be broken by physical strength alone.

"What he meant was that we, and humans, are all failed experiments and should be destroyed!" The robot quickly translated the engineer's words.

"Oh my, that's really unreasonable, they even included you guys in the insults!" Vickers couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing the robot's translation, then looked at the stunned Weyland and the others.

“No, this is impossible, you’re lying to us!” Holloway shouted.

“Sir prisoner, you may doubt the accuracy of my translation, but please don’t doubt my integrity!” the robot protested.

Thanks to advancements in Star Wars technology, the robots Josie produces today, while lacking true self-awareness, can mimic human emotions with remarkable realism, much like the robots in the Star Wars universe.

“Actually, seeing the attitude of this creator, you already believe it in your hearts, but you still don’t want to admit it, right?” Vickers sneered. “But it doesn’t matter, I’ll show you something else.”

Immediately at her command, another platform rose in the center of the laboratory, on which was a fully enclosed transparent test chamber.

The contents inside were none other than the containers carrying the alien gene serum that were transported on those engineers' spaceships.

Upon seeing the jar, the engineer immediately became excited again.

“Give him a moment to be quiet!” Vickers said, somewhat displeased.

Immediately, the two robots raised their stun guns and pressed them against the engineer's body.

A powerful electric current flashed, and the engineers fell silent instantly.

“Do you know what this is?” Vickers asked, pointing to the jar.

Clearly, she was not going to get an answer; everyone's face was blank.

“Hehe, that’s true, how could you possibly know… Let me put it this way, this planet isn’t actually the home planet of the beings you consider creators, but rather one of their research and military bases. Beneath that ruin, there are hundreds of their spaceships, and two thousand years ago, thousands of your creators conducted research here, and what they were researching was this!” Vickers explained, as various holographic images appeared behind her, some of spaceships, some of engineers. This data was obtained from the engineer spaceships.

“Shutter… a research and military base? You mean, they’re manufacturing weapons on this planet? These are weapons?” the biologist in the group exclaimed in surprise.

Those who study biological weapons are undoubtedly the ones who understand their dangers best.

“Yes, and not entirely… You might not believe it, but this thing, even though it created us—or rather, the thing that created life on Earth—is also the thing that is about to destroy us!” Vickers said, staring at the jar with some emotion.

The crew members were completely baffled by Vickers.

Vickers didn't rush to explain, but instead gestured to the robot beside him.

Soon, several test chambers containing different animals were sent into the laboratory.

Immediately, under the robot's control, the gene serum inside the jar was injected into the bodies of these animals.

Soon, these animals began to undergo tremendous mutations; some became deformed monsters, while others began to dissolve like wax figures.

Those deformed monsters were clearly aggressive, constantly attacking the sealed box.

Everyone was stunned by the effect of this black liquid.

What a terrifying biological weapon.

“It’s quite interesting, isn’t it? Different genes produce different mutations… I think I understand why Josie wanted to study this!” Vickers smiled as he looked at the different changes in the boxes.

After reading the data from the engineer's spaceship, Vickers and Josie already knew the purpose of these raw materials.

It wasn't simply a biological weapon, as Josie initially thought, nor was it merely raw material for creating aliens.

To be precise, this black liquid is essentially an evolution fluid.

Any organism that comes into contact with this substance will undergo evolution.

However, this kind of evolution is uncertain.

Or it would be more accurate to call it a mutation.

They may evolve into higher organisms, or they may decompose into microorganisms—the scene at the beginning of the movie, where the engineer talks about being decomposed, is actually another kind of evolution, where somatic cells evolve into various microorganisms, which spread into the water and become the source of life on Earth.

The worms' contact with the black water, the crew members' mutations upon encountering the black water, and the "octopus" born after the male protagonist ingested the black water and had intercourse with the female protagonist are all unusual mutations.

As for the Xenomorph, it is merely an extreme species that emerged in the later stages of evolution.

The reason engineers wanted to send these things to Earth was actually quite simple—destruction was just the beginning of another kind of creation.

Ultimately, in the eyes of engineers, humans are merely a group of not-so-successful experimental subjects.

Just like robots created by humans, but would we care about the survival or extinction of robots?

"What the hell is this thing?" Weyland asked in a deep voice.

“Didn’t I just say? This is what created us, and it was also originally meant to destroy us—in that underground base, there’s a spaceship full of these things, and its intended target is something you probably can’t imagine: Earth!” Vickers recounted what he knew. “If it weren’t for the leak that occurred two thousand years ago, causing these so-called creators to be wiped out, humanity might have already perished two thousand years ago!”

Shit!

Fake!

Upon hearing Vickers's words, the crew members were once again filled with shock and anger.

They can imagine the horrific scene that would occur if someone unknowingly came into contact with this black liquid, or if it were released onto Earth.

"So now, you also want to study this kind of thing?" Wieland asked.

"...That's right...Alright, everything that needs to be said has been said, and you all know the true face of the so-called creator. So I think, as experimental subjects similar to the creator, you have died a worthy death—" A terrifying smile appeared on Vickers' face.

Chapter 295 The Prelude to the Essence of Blackwater

“This is really interesting. I’ve already completed the initial relocation of humans to Earth, and now there are only a few rebels left. We can try this thing out and see if it can spark anything with Tiberium or even create a new generation!” Yuri said with great interest as he looked at the gene serum and related experimental data that Josie had just traded over.

After learning the true significance of the "Blackwater" gene serum through Vickers, Josie naturally wouldn't forget her old friend Yuri.

"But we must take precautions, because this thing is ultimately just an imperfect copy, and it could easily evolve into a dangerous and uncontrollable extreme creature like the Xenomorph!" Josie warned.

After translating and organizing all the data left behind by the engineers on the spaceships and in the buildings, Josie now truly understands what Blackwater is.

It is a replica of the blood of the "deacon".

The butler mentioned here does not refer to the butler alien that appears at the end of the movie.

The true butler was an awe-inspiring creature that the engineers stumbled upon during their long civilization.

This creature's appearance is basically the same as the Butler Alien, but its actual size is as huge as a mountain.

Engineers have discovered through observation and research that this amazing creature possesses the ability to easily destroy the ecosystem of a planet and reshape the entire ecosystem.

Its blood has the ability to break down organisms and recombine them at the genetic level.

So the engineers named this creature Deacon, a name with religious connotations—meaning it was a being that could help the gods transform the world.

At that time, the engineering civilization was also facing a dilemma.

That is, although they developed a very powerful civilization and had an extremely long lifespan—around 30,000 years.

However, for some reason, their reproductive ability has become problematic.

In the deacons, they saw the hope for the continuation of their race.

So they worshipped this creature as a religion—that's the origin of the murals in the Engineers' Base.

So what's depicted on those murals isn't actually aliens, but rather the original deacons.

However, one obvious problem is that such a powerful creature is obviously very difficult to control, and this powerful creature possesses extremely high intelligence and does not want to become an experimental subject for the engineers.

A fierce conflict ensued, and the engineers, left with no other option, killed the butler and collected its blood.

Then, using its blood and combining it with its own genes, it began to spread its genes throughout the universe, attempting to create life forms just like itself.

Human beings were born in this process.

That is, the scene at the beginning of the movie, where the "victim" drinks the deacon's blood and becomes the seed of life.

In the deleted scene of the film, when the protagonists discover the engineer's body, David translates the inscription on the door, which is a proverb.

"Our Lord was born from the body of the Chosen One, and His divine blood is our salvation, which will sow new life in other worlds through our bodies."

This describes the process.

However, the blood of a deacon is limited, so it is very precious.

In the uncut version of the film, the opening scene doesn't just feature an engineer, but rather an entire sacrificial ritual.

The conversation between the engineers also highlighted the preciousness of the butler's bloodline.

Josie had seen the version in his previous life, which had been heavily edited, so he didn't know that at first.

The blood of a true butler is dark gold, not pure black like ordinary black liquid.

Only the blood of a true deacon can achieve the ability to completely regenerate genes, rather than mutating into an alien.

So what exactly is this black water?

The answer is replicas made using genetic technology.

Furthermore, during the replication process, the engineers directly incorporated their racial genes into it.

In this way, when they create life in the future, they will no longer need to sacrifice their own people to integrate into their genes.

Humans were born while engineers were mass-producing black water.