Chapter 112: David, Inside the Spaceship
Three Vajra Talismans transformed into a Vajra Buddha Projection, ten feet tall with wide, angry eyes.
This three-meter-tall Buddha Projection, one hand holding a Demon Subduing Pestle and the other palm pressed together, took on an appearance of furious, wide-eyed wrath, emitting great light.
Tang Song stood precisely within the chest and abdomen of the Buddha Projection. The projection expanded, as if enveloping Tang Song in a layer of golden armor.
Four crimson lasers shot directly onto the Demon Subduing Pestle held by the Buddha Projection.
A Buddhist Radiance Sarira Projection faintly appeared on the Demon Subduing Pestle. Golden Light shimmered, the Sarira emitted light, and the four crimson lasers were like arrows shot into a bottomless golden ocean...
*Hiss hiss hiss!* Crimson and Golden Light intertwined...
The crimson lasers continuously eroded the golden Buddhist Radiance...
*Boom! Boom!* In the corner of the Shadow, Charles Bishop Weyland quietly raised the arm of his Exoskeleton Suit. From the muzzles of the large Hand Cannons, as thick as an Ordinary Person's arm, in his five thick Alloy fingers, two bursts of Firelight erupted.
The two robots, focused on their beam struggle, were directly hit by the two shots. The huge Shockwave instantly blew half of their bodies into the air. Before they even landed, Metal parts were already scattered everywhere.
*Hiss hiss...*
The upper half of one robot's body landed on the Ground, completely shattered. Its arm twitched on the Ground, the crimson laser from its index finger still firing unconsciously.
As its arm shook, the crimson laser was like an uncontrollable high-pressure Hose, cutting and sweeping back and forth within the Room.
A huge stone statue was split in two, and the wall surface was pierced with Marks as thick as an index finger...
Facing this unconscious Attack, Charles Bishop Weyland and his servant Jacob scrambled and dodged through the Room, avoiding the trajectory covered by the crimson lasers.
As the robot's arm twitched, the index finger laser swept across the space above. The crimson laser directly split the Metal plate cage holding the Alien Queen in two.
The Alien Queen, which had just grown into its adult form, didn't even have time to lay eggs before being smoothly divided into two sections!
The high temperature of the crimson laser instantly seared the Alien Queen's Corpse to medium-rare, and the pungent smell of grilled meat wafted through the Room.
*Hiss hiss!*
After the crimson laser dismembered the Alien Queen, the robot seemed to have exhausted its last bit of Energy. Half of its body crawled up, shook its Head towards Tang Song's Direction, then immediately stiffened and entered a frozen state.
"Want to talk?"
Tang Song held the Man's Ankle, lifting him upside down, shaking him like a sack.
"**^#..."
The Man's face was expressionless, mechanically spitting out a string of strange characters, looking exactly like a crashed robot.
"Hmm?!"
Tang Song joined his fingers like a Sword. A faint white Sword Light shot out from his fingertip, grazing the Man's face and sinking into the Ground, forcefully creating a bottomless hole in the Stone Slab Ground.
The Sword Light passed by the tip of his nose. The Man's Complexion remained wooden, but for an instant, in the depths of his Eyes, his Pupils sharply contracted.
"Do you think this finger of mine can let you see your own brain matter!"
Hearing the extremely indifferent words and feeling a surge of Energy gathering above him, the Man immediately spread his hands in front of him, repeatedly waved them. His stiff and rigid face instantly became extremely animated, wearing a flattering Smile, and what he spoke was extremely fluent Chinese!
Tang Song casually tossed him. The white Man he was holding upside down flipped twice in the air and landed on the Ground right-side up.
"Your origin? Alien?"
Tang Song examined the Man before him, tapped his Cane, and asked.
"Alien? No, strictly speaking, I was also born on this Planet. When the Engineer created me, he used materials from this Planet. Strictly speaking, we're all fellow natives!"
The Man glanced at Tang Song, then looked at Charles Bishop Weyland and Jacob who had gathered around, trying to get close to them.
"The Engineer, is he still alive?"
Charles Bishop Weyland looked at the Man before him with some excitement.
"Alive?!" The Man blinked his Eyes. "If you're referring to his vital signs, the cryo-chamber inside the Spaceship does maintain his most basic vital signs! However, from your Earth's medical perspective, he entered a brain dead state thousands of years ago. Even if he were to wake up in the hibernation cryo-chamber, he would just be in a vegetative state!"
"Brain dead, vegetative state!" Charles Bishop Weyland was a bit dazed. In the Ancient Ruins he had explored, the Engineer had always been regarded by the ancient ancestors as the Creator, a prophet, or even a Deity.
Now, suddenly being told that this Creator was brain dead and this Deity had become a vegetative state, this news that somewhat overturned his understanding left Charles Bishop Weyland momentarily stunned.
He looked at the Man before him.
"What about you? Who exactly are you, and why are you on the Spaceship!"
As Charles Bishop Weyland asked, he raised the thick Hand Cannon in his hand and aimed it at the Man's chest cavity.
"I am just an assistant created by the Engineer. In your Earthling terms, I'm just a Clone, an android!"
Facing Charles Bishop Weyland's gunpoint threat, the Man spoke eloquently: "Sir, I don't think I, a Clone, can pose any threat to you!"
"What did you come for? The Spaceship!?
I can help you. Although this Spaceship's Energy was exhausted when it landed on Earth, over thousands of years, relying on the geothermal Energy here, the current Energy on the Spaceship is enough to maintain its flight within this Planet's orbit! My name is David, believe me, Sir, I will be a qualified Spaceship captain!"
The Man kept promoting himself to Charles Bishop Weyland, but his gaze unhesitatingly darted towards Tang Song, constantly paying attention to his reaction. Clearly, compared to Charles Bishop Weyland, Captain David had a clearly more suitable employer in mind.
Seeing this scene, Charles Bishop Weyland frowned deeply.
"Does this Spaceship have a Gene Modulation Cabin?"
Charles Bishop Weyland, piloting his Exoskeleton Suit, walked up to David. His thick Metal palm grabbed and squeezed his Neck, roughly interrupting his attempt to curry favor with Boss Tang.
"Sir, you came for the Gene Modulation Cabin? Ngh, understandable. Judging by your current physical condition, you have at most a year and a half of Time left!"
Held in mid-air by the Neck, David still chattered non-stop.
"But you are very lucky. There is indeed a Gene Modulation Cabin on the Spaceship, and the Energy on the Spaceship is also enough to activate the Gene Modulation once!"
David's words caused Charles Bishop Weyland's constantly tense Complexion to ease up somewhat.
He had spent over ten years precisely for the Engineer species' Genetic Modulation Technology. Only the Gene Modulation Cabin could harmlessly restore him to his physical state when he was young.
"Sir, I need to remind you that the remaining Energy on the Spaceship is only enough to support one use of the Gene Modulation Cabin!"
David looked at Charles Bishop Weyland, then turned his Gaze towards Tang Song and Jacob, who was silently standing beside him.
The meaning was very clear: there are three of you here, but there is only one opportunity for Gene Modulation.
*Whoosh!*
Charles Bishop Weyland's hand stiffened. Inside the Room, one could even hear his rapid breathing sound.
His Gaze secretly glanced towards Tang Song beside him. In the eyes of the aged Charles Bishop Weyland, Tang Song was undoubtedly the biggest competitor, if Tang Song were to truly compete with him.
Having witnessed the Superpower Tang Song had just displayed, Charles Bishop Weyland only felt his Throat was a bit dry.
"Tang..."
"Mr. Weyland, I am still young and quite satisfied with my current physical condition. I have no thoughts of changing for now!"
Tang Song smiled and interrupted Charles Bishop Weyland's words, directly stepping back two steps, shrugging his hands, indicating that he did not have the idea of competing with him.
"After this Matter is over, I will still need Mr. Weyland to put in more effort regarding the matter of joining the Sacred Shield Brotherhood!"
Charles Bishop Weyland looked at Tang Song, who had retreated into the Shadow, and for some reason suddenly felt a sense of emotion.
He had navigated the business world for decades and seen countless schemes and deceptions. He had never encountered a young man like Tang Song who, facing the opportunity to live for several more decades, still chose Credit.
For a moment, Charles Bishop Weyland even thought of releasing the neutralizing antidote inside the Exoskeleton Suit to counteract the neuro-anesthetic he had released.
This neuro-anesthetic was a neurotoxin extracted by Weyland Industries from inside a type of Alien Creature. When it encountered another type of biotin, it would instantly synthesize another type of high-intensity potent neurotoxin.
A dosage of one thousandth of a milligram of this neurotoxin was enough to poison an adult African elephant to death.
He had once secretly conducted an experiment using Hammond's dinosaurs. A Brachiosaurus over ten meters tall and tens of tons heavy only lasted for one second under a dosage of one thousandth of a milligram.
This neurotoxin was also Charles Bishop Weyland's last means of protection.
Charles Bishop Weyland ultimately did not release the neutralizing antidote. At the very least, he wouldn't do so before he completed the Gene Modulation.
"Tang, you will be the Weyland family's most trusted Friend!"
Charles Bishop Weyland took a deep look at Tang Song, then turned his Head to look at the artificial human David, whom he was holding in mid-air by the Neck.
"Now! Mr. David, I need you to open the Spaceship's Gate for me!"
David was put down by him. A thick gun muzzle was pressed against his back, pushing him towards the Spaceship's Direction.
What Charles Bishop Weyland didn't notice was that a figure was overlapping with Tang Song's figure in the Shadow.
*Hiss!* A match was struck, lighting the Cigar by his mouth. The Firelight of the Cigar tip breathed in the Shadow, light and shadow intersecting, just like Boss Tang's Gaze at this moment.
...
The silver-grey Spaceship Ship Cabin was spotlessly clean. The Metal walls on both sides of the Passage reflected the entire group within them, as if everyone was in a mirror corridor.
In the Tunnels on both sides, stood "People" with figures and appearances exactly like David's.
Each body stood straight, but their Eyes were all closed, their heads slightly lowered, looking like two rows of statues.
"They are all robots, responsible for maintaining the Spaceship's hull structure, cabin cleaning, and taking care of the cultivated bodies!"
David walked in the Spaceship corridor, introducing to the three people behind him:
"Just like Number One and Number Two that you damaged, they are all Metal parts inside, just covered with a layer of synthetic Skin on the outside!"
*Buzz buzz!*
A group of coin-sized Beetles crawled on his Shoulder. These crawling little fellows made David strongly suppress the thought of waking up the robots on both sides of the corridor, turning him into a friendly tour guide.
"This Room is the Incubation Chamber. It's the Laboratory the Engineer used to cultivate Black Goo Aliens!"
As David's fingertip slid, the silver-grey cabin wall instantly became transparent.
Tang Song looked in the Direction of David's finger. Inside the Incubation Chamber were rows of neatly arranged Metal tanks, filled with black Liquid.
It was hard to imagine that the Aliens, as ultimate predators, were all cultivated from the black Liquid in these Metal tanks.
According to what David said, the Engineer's Original Intention for coming to this Planet was to find an experimental Planet suitable for cultivating Aliens.
It's just that there was a slight deviation in the middle, causing the Energy Source to be completely depleted when the Spaceship landed. After the Engineer created him, this assistant who maintained the Spaceship's operation, he also fell into a state of hibernation.
As for the reason the Engineer cultivated Aliens, David wasn't very clear either. He only vaguely knew that the Engineer's goal wasn't the Aliens. This kind of Creature was merely an accidental product in the Engineer's Pursuit of their goal.
According to David's statement, after the Engineer fell into hibernation, this Incubation Chamber has been managed by him.
"What's going on with those Predators? They clearly treat this Pyramid as a Trial Ground? Do the Engineer species have any connection with the Predators?"
Hearing Tang Song's question, the artificial human David's gaze was a bit shifty.
"Before I was created, the Spaceship's operating program was like this. Once the Alien Queen is eliminated, according to the program, I will recreate one in the Incubation Chamber and replenish the Pyramid outside. As for the reason, this is like a program segment etched into my brain, I am not very clear either!"
Regarding David's statement, Tang Song just nodded and did not make any reaction.
As for whether he believed this android synthetic human's words, only Boss Tang himself knew.
The Spaceship was roughly several hundred meters in size, its Area like an extra-large Cruise Ship.
From the perspective of overall structure and layout, the body size of this Spaceship's owner was clearly larger than that of Humanity on Earth. Judging from the corridor, Charles Bishop Weyland, piloting a two-meter-tall Exoskeleton Suit, walked within it without seeming crowded at all.
Coupled with some furnishings on the Spaceship, it can be seen that the body size of the Engineer species should be around three to four meters.
Placed on Earth, they could be said to be veritable Giants.
Led by David, Tang Song and his group quickly saw the true appearance of this Engineer.
In a Room inside the Spaceship, David entered the Clearance and opened a Hatch.
"This is the hibernation chamber!"
In a pure white environment, two semi-transparent egg-shaped pods, one large and one small, were placed inside the Room.
The large semi-transparent egg-shaped pod was closed. The pod was roughly close to five meters.
Tang Song walked closer to examine. Standing in front of the hibernation chamber, through the semi-transparent pod, he could see a bald Giant lying inside, wearing something similar to an oxygen Face Mask.
White Skin, looking almost pale in color. Judging from the rising and falling chest, this white Giant indeed still had vital signs.
Tang Song, holding his Cane, formed a Hand Seal with his fingertips. True Essence surged into the space between his pupils. Circulating True Essence, he activated his Dharma Eye.
Tang Song examined this white Giant more closely.
Vigorous Qi and Blood power, but his Soul only had a tiny bit remaining. The Physical Body was still alive, but the Soul had already dissipated.
From the perspective of modern medicine, this situation is a typical case of brain death.
If viewed from the perspective of the Jambudvīpa World, this is a Physical Body that has lost its Soul. For lone ghosts and wild spirits, this is undoubtedly the most perfect target for possession, an excellent shell.
The most wonderful thing is that the Life aura of this Physical Body can compare to some Naturally Born Rare Species Monsters. Even after possession, it still has at least two or three hundred years of Lifespan to live.
If placed in the Jambudvīpa World, just this one Physical Body could exchange for a batch of decent Quality Killing Intent sufficient for Sha Condensation.
(End of chapter)