Synthesis of Terror: On the One Thousand and One Ways of Death of the Protagonist

Having left that depressing planet and returned to the spaceship, plus Dallas has woken up, everyone feels very happy.

As usual, he complained about the unpalatable food on the spaceship. Ken held up a spoon and said with a smile: "When I return to Earth, I must have a delicious meal."

Everyone whispered in good faith, chatting about life after returning to the earth. The company paid a very high salary for this journey, and they can live a good life in peace and stability for more than ten years.

Ashe, who was expressionless, became an outlier among the crowd. He looked at Dallas who was devouring him coldly, as if he was looking at a dead person.

Just when the atmosphere was harmonious, Dallas suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. His brows furrowed, his hands tightly covered his chest, and tearing pain came from inside his body. Dallas screamed and fell on the ground. over the dining table.

The crowd hurried over and quickly held down Dallas, who was twitching in pain. Pike casually picked up the spoon on the table and stuffed it into Dallas' mouth to prevent him from biting off in severe pain. Tongue out.

After receiving the news from Ripley, Qin Yue and Elizabeth were just about to have dinner. After hearing Ripley's words, the two rushed to the restaurant in a hurry.

The restaurant was in a mess, the bowls and chopsticks fell all over the floor, and the blood splattered on the white warehouse wall was so shocking.

A strong sense of unease rose in Qin Yue's heart. She saw Dallas lying on the floor of the restaurant. The man who had been mocking her just now was already lifeless. His white clothes were dyed a dazzling red. He had obviously experienced a great deal of pain before his death. His originally handsome face became hideously distorted, and he could no longer see his original appearance.

The death of Dallas was no different from the corpses Qin Yue saw on the engineer spaceship. Thinking of the ferocious creatures on this spaceship, Qin Yue felt chills all over her body.

That thing can easily kill the engineer. Can the rest of them escape the pursuit of that thing?

Lambert's body was covered with blood, she had already collapsed, only her painful wailing was heard in the restaurant, the rest of the people were more or less stained with blood, their expressions were extremely solemn, seeing Qin Yue and After Elizabeth came in, her face became even uglier.

Dallas died in front of them. Originally, a living person lost his life in an instant. The tragic scene stimulated the nerves of these people. Thinking of the dangerous creature that escaped, everyone felt more and more heavy.

Ripley regretted it very much at this time, if he had told Qin Yue what happened in the restaurant as Qin Yue said at the beginning.

Knowing that they let go of the thing that escaped from Dallas, Qin Yue's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

All creatures are the most vulnerable when they are young, and they actually let that thing go?

Qin Yue didn't know what to say to this group of people who were desperate to die. It was useless to say anything when things had developed to this point.

"If you believed me at the beginning, why did it become like this?"

Qin Yue looked at the pale faces one by one, and when she glanced at Ashe's expressionless face, she paused. Just now Ripley said that Ashe prevented Pike from killing the creature.

Why?What kind of path is this Ashe?

Dallas' body was thrown into the universe. Through the transparent window, Qin Yue watched Dallas' body disappear into the vast universe. In the end, he still didn't survive, leaving a dangerous unknown on the ship. After the creature, he died, and even his body could not return to his homeland after death.

The monitors on the spaceship were installed at the entrances of each passageway. They checked, but found no trace of the creature.

Everyone followed the captain to the weapons room.

This spaceship is a cargo ship. It is not equipped with many weapons and its attack power is not high. The weapons are limited. The captain naturally distributes the ones with higher attack power to his subordinates first.

Qin Yue and Elizabeth got a particle knife and a high-voltage electric baton made by Brett respectively.

"The attack power of this thing is not strong. Unless the skin of that thing is very thin, otherwise this thing can only scare it."

Brett looked at the high-voltage electric baton held by Qin Yue and explained.

Qin Yue nodded and didn't say much.

Ashe provides two trackers that can search for moving things, but this thing has a distance limit, and the target can only be found if it enters the search range.

It is better to have this thing than nothing, it is always a help.

Dallas was dead, and there were still eight people on board. The captain divided these people into two groups and searched for the creature separately.

The captain, Lamport, Pike, and Ashe form a group.

Ripley, Brett, Qin Yue and Elizabeth are in a group.

"When you find that thing, use a net to catch it, and then throw it into space. Don't be a hero, and don't shoot casually. In case that thing is as acidic as the thing that lay on Dallas's face before, the consequences will be dire. It's serious."

Everyone has seen the horror of the bug. Even the blood that can corrode the hull of the ship, if it melts through the spaceship, they will all be finished.

The communication channel is completely open so that everyone can keep in touch at any time.

Time was running out, and several people quickly went to different areas to look for traces of the creature.

Part of the lighting system on the spaceship was damaged, and it hadn't been repaired in time. The passage Qin Yue and the others entered was exactly where the lighting system was broken.

In the dark passage, only relying on the light of a few flashlights to move forward, everyone raised their hearts and walked forward cautiously.

Qin Yue clenched the dagger tightly, the darkness was extremely unfavorable to their actions, that thing could be hiding anywhere, they had to put up 12 points of energy.

Elizabeth followed closely behind Qin Yue, looking around warily. Her body hadn't recovered yet, and she felt a dull pain in her abdomen. Enduring the discomfort in her body, she silently followed the team.

Ripley and Brett knew more about this spaceship than Qin Yue and the others, but now, Ripley felt like an intruder, and the familiar things seemed so strange.

The instrument in Ripley's hand responded, showing that it was within five meters.

Everyone tensed up, looking at the closed hatch, what would be inside?

The hatch opened silently, and the four of them entered the room.

I don't know what to do with this room, there are densely packed boxes inside, and the numbers are written on the orange boxes with green paint.

The probe finally pointed its target at cabinet No. 56 and [-].

The atmosphere was so tense that even Qin Yue felt very nervous. She glanced at Elizabeth and found that her expression was wrong. Her eyes fell on Elizabeth's hand pressing her abdomen. Qin Yue frowned slightly, signaling Elizabeth to stand behind her.

Elizabeth shook her head, indicating that she could still persist.

Ripley ordered Brett to open the net and catch the thing. She moved forward slowly and opened the door of the locker with the high-voltage electric rod Qin Yue handed her.

A black shadow jumped out from inside, Brett was startled, and subconsciously dodged to the side, the thing jumped over Brett's head, only heard a meow, and the light of the flashlight illuminated what it looks like.

It's a cat.

Qin Yue was a little surprised that there was such a creature as a cat on the spaceship. Judging by Ripley's appearance, the cat seemed to belong to her.

Qin Yue felt that her world view had been refreshed since she could bring her pets to work in outer space.

Ripley was worried that her cat would run away, and signaled Brett to catch the cat. She and Qinyue Elizabeth continued to search for the monster.

"Britt's too timid," Ripley frowned, and picked up the detector that was set aside: "If you encounter that monster later, he may do bad things, so dismissing him may be a problem." a little better."

Qin Yue looked at the direction Brett left, and let him act alone, is it really good?

Not long after, Brett's miserable scream came from the communicator, and besides that, the sound of something chewing was vaguely heard.

Ripley was inexplicably terrified, and ran towards the direction Brett left in a panic, followed by Qin Yue and Elizabeth.

The light of the flashlight shined on the place where the sound came from, and they saw a huge silver figure dragging Brett's body up quickly.

"Do not!!!!"

With a scream, Ripley ran over, the blood falling from mid-air covered Ripley's face, and she watched Brett being dragged by the monster and disappeared in front of her.

Tears fell from his eyes, and Ripley fell to the ground dejectedly, crying bitterly.

It was all her fault, and if she hadn't let him go alone, Brett might not have died at all.

The sense of guilt almost overwhelmed Ripley, Qin Yue walked over, did not dislike the blood on Ripley's body, and held her in her arms.

"No one wants this, it's not your fault..."

Qin Yue also saw the monster's appearance, which was exactly the same as the mural she saw on the engineer spaceship.

Alien...

She had to win the love of such a murderous creature, how could such a task be accomplished?

It was just a mask, and they lost a companion, leaving only eight people on the spaceship.

The alien's growth rate exceeded everyone's expectations, and now it is taller than an adult man.

Ripley told the captain what they had seen.

"Alien," Ripley explained, seeing the doubts on everyone's faces, "Ford said that thing was created by engineers, a creature called Alien."

Hearing the name of the alien, Ashe's eyes moved slightly, and her eyes seemed to fall on Qin Yue and Elizabeth inadvertently.

Qin Yue noticed the probing gaze, turned her head slightly, and looked in Ai Xi's direction.

Ai Xi nodded slightly towards her, there seemed to be a strange light flashing in her eyes, so fast that Qin Yue thought it was her hallucination.

After two people died, Ashe didn't seem to be sad at all. Yes, the bionics obeyed the instructions, so how could they be sad for the death of human beings?

This Ashe, I'm afraid there is a real problem.

"Britt was dragged into the ventilation duct by the alien, and finally disappeared into a cooling pipe..."

Ripley has calmed down and told everyone about his discovery: "I suspect it is moving through the ventilation pipe, so we couldn't find it."

Qin Yue looked at the dignified crowd and added fire: "Aliens feed on humans, and this spaceship has probably become its hunting ground, and we are all its prey."

When she said this, Qin Yue's expression was indifferent, and her tone did not fluctuate at all. When she said the last sentence, she deliberately emphasized the word "prey".

Everyone changed their faces, and the captain's face was even more ugly. He was the one who tried his best to prevent Qin Yue from killing Dallas. If Dallas had been killed on that spaceship, maybe all of this would not have happened.

Qin Yue didn't know what was going on with her. From the mission point of view, she should be on the side of the alien. After helping the alien to kill these people, maybe she could get the love of the alien and complete the task.

But she found that she couldn't do it at all.

In order to bet on a possibility, sending these fresh lives into the mouth of the alien, she couldn't do such a conscienceless thing.

Ashe said that the aliens are active in the air duct, which is beneficial to their actions. The air duct leads to the main air compartment, and there is only one maintenance channel in the middle. As long as that channel is blocked and the alien is driven to the main air compartment, it can be thrown away. to outer space.

Ashe is the science officer on board, and everyone has no opinion on his proposal, but the crux of the problem is who will drive the alien to the main air compartment.

Qin Yue said suddenly, "I know who is suitable."

Everyone turned their eyes to Qin Yue's face, only to see her showing a weird smile, her eyes fixed on Ai Xi's face who still had a dead face.

Ai Xi seemed to have sensed Qin Yue's intentions, and the corners of her mouth tightened slightly.

"Ash, as bionics, aren't we created to be tools for human beings? To protect human beings, this is the highest command engraved in our core, and the most fundamental reason for our birth."

"Ash, my kind, what do you think?"

Elizabeth did not expect that Qin Yue would choose to reveal her identity at such a time, she subconsciously walked a few steps towards Qin Yue and stood by her side.

There are often two completely different attitudes toward bionics and humans of the same kind. As Qin Yue said, bionics are created as tools. Although they are called humans, they are only advanced tools that replace Humans do many jobs that humans cannot.

Knowing Qin Yue's identity, one can imagine what will happen under such circumstances.

Compared with Qin Yue being a bionic person, what everyone finds even more unacceptable is that their science officer, Aixi, is actually a bionic person!

The captain retorted subconsciously: "What nonsense are you talking about, how could Ashe be a bionic person?!"

The rest of the people didn't believe it either. Ai Xi had been with them for a long time. Compared with Qin Yue who was halfway on the boat and had conflicts with them, everyone naturally believed in Ai Xi more.

Ripley is an outlier among this group of people. She believes what Qin Yue said. Many previous doubts have proved that Ashe seems to be hiding something, from opening the door on the exploration ship without authorization to preventing Pike from killing the newborn baby in the restaurant. Alien.

If it's because Ashe is a bionic person, all this can be explained.

If you think about it carefully, there is something in Dallas, as Ashe who has been taking care of Dallas, he may have known it for a long time.

Connecting everything together, Ripley's face instantly turned pale.

This is a huge conspiracy, Ashe, or the person behind it, what he or they care about is not the cargo at all, but the alien!

Ripley was frightened into a cold sweat by her guess, she suddenly turned around, looked at Ashe who was still sitting there calmly, and asked in a trembling voice: "Ashe, what Ford said, is it true? "

Qin Yue took out the particle knife tied to her leg and put it on the table.

"It's very simple to prove this. The blood of a bionic human is white. If a wound is cut, the facts are clear."

Qin Yue's expression was too calm, and she didn't seem to be talking nonsense at all. At this moment, the rest of the people also became suspicious, and shifted their eyes to Ai Xi.

Ashe looked at the particle knife placed in a conspicuous position, the light in his eyes dimmed, it was obviously still the same, but it was a little more dangerous.

"No need to try, I admit, I am a bionic person."

It has come to this point, and it doesn’t make any sense to keep it hidden. Ashe looked at the people whose faces changed, and raised his eyebrows: "I am a bionic person, but I am still your partner Ashe, you can accept Ashe, Can't you accept me?"

Ashe's words silenced everyone.

One is a science officer and the other is a bionic human, so the attitude towards them will naturally be different.

Will human beings treat a tool with the mentality of treating the same kind?

The answer is, no.

The person who goes to the vent to drive away the aliens will ultimately have to choose between the two bionics, Qin Yue and Ai Xi.

Three to two.

The captain, Lambert, and Parker chose Qinyue; Ripley and Elizabeth chose Ashe.

Ai Xi's expression seemed a little smug, he looked at Qin Yue with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

So what about telling these humans the truth?He is still trusted by these people.

Qin Yue ignored him, and pulled Elizabeth aside while Pike was making the flame gun, and warned in a low voice.

"Ripley is trustworthy, as long as you stay by her side."

"Androids can't directly harm humans, but Ashe may think of other ways to deal with you, you have to be careful."

Tears welled up in Elizabeth's eyes, she knew how terrifying the alien was, and Qin Yue probably wouldn't be able to come back after leaving.

Qin Yue touched Elizabeth's head and said softly: "Don't worry, I will come back, don't worry."

Elizabeth wiped away her tears and forced a smile. She didn't want Qin Yue to worry about her when she was desperately trying.

"Please take care of her."

Qin Yue and Ripley pleaded in low voices.Ripley looked at Qin Yue with a complicated expression, she really never thought that Qin Yue would be a bionic person.

"I will," Ripley said. "Be careful."

Ripley also didn't know if the alien would attack the bionic man, she thought it should not, the bionic man was not flesh and blood, and the alien might not be interested in her.

The captain, Lambert, and Pike went to block the maintenance passage. Ripley, Ashe, and Elizabeth were sent to the air cabin. After the alien entered the main air cabin, they immediately threw the alien into outer space. .

The doors were closed one after another, and everyone took their positions. Qin Yue took a flashlight and a flame gun made by Pike, and climbed into the ventilation duct.

The door of the ventilation duct closed slowly behind her, and the deep ventilation duct in front of her was like a passage leading to hell. Qin Yue let out a deep breath and walked forward.

No trace of the alien was found in the first section of the pipeline or the second section of the pipeline. Ripley's low voice came from the communicator next to his ear: "We have detected your position and found no danger. Keep going."

The ventilation duct is very narrow, and only one person can pass through. Such a cramped environment makes people feel very oppressed. Qin Yue exhaled and said, "Ripley, close all the hatches behind me, I have to move on."

At the pipe in the third section, Ripley said that he found traces of aliens. At the same time, Qin Yue also saw the mucus stained on the pipe wall.

Qin Yue touched it with the butt of the flame gun, and the slime was not corrosive, which made Qin Yue slightly relieved.

If this thing is corrosive, then the fun will be great.

Qin Yue continued to move forward, knowing that the alien might be nearby, Qin Yue was extremely vigilant and looked around warily.

The pipeline in the third section is more complicated, there are several entrances and exits, Qin Yue does not know where the alien will emerge from, the surroundings are eerily quiet, Qin Yue listens intently, seems to hear a slight friction sound from not far away came.

Ripley's anxious voice came from the communicator: "Ford, hurry up, the alien will approach you again!!"

Lambert's sharp voice came out of the communicator, shaking Qin Yue's eardrums: "Run! Run!"

Qin Yue turned off the communicator, raised the flame gun in her hand, and a silver figure appeared around the corner. It ran towards her quickly, and its silver skin shone coldly under the light of the flashlight.

This is the first time Qin Yue has completely seen the appearance of the alien, the huge head, the big mouth that occupies half of the head, and the densely packed sharp teeth in that mouth...

Qin Yue's spirit was tense to the extreme. Seeing the terrifying figure of the alien, she shot without the slightest hesitation.

Orange flames gushed out from the muzzle of the gun, and the figure of the alien was completely surrounded by the flames. The alien made a sharp cry, as if it was suffering from great pain.

As Ashe said, aliens are afraid of fire, but the flames that can burn human beings to ashes cannot cause fatal damage to aliens.

Qin Yue took a step forward subconsciously, a huge tail emerged from the flames and pierced her chest, Qin Yue even heard the sizzling sound of the flesh being roasted.

Qin Yue snorted, and the strange-shaped tail quickly pulled away from Qin Yue's body, quickly left the range of the flame spray, and disappeared at the end of the ventilation duct.

Qin Yue lowered her head and looked at the huge wound on her chest. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, revealing a stiff smile.

Fortunately, she is not alone.