The biological experimental area of Infinity.
The alien creature captured by Shia had been transferred to this area and imprisoned in a sealed cabin.
However, this alien creature is still in a state of being unable to move, because in the observation cabin next to this sealed cabin, Shia is still using 'magic' to restrain it.
In addition to Xia, there are William, Ivan, Rebecca and Nova, as well as Serena and Megan, the two Artificial Intelligence.
"..."
William stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, frowning slightly as he observed the alien creature, trying to recall where he had seen this creature before.
"Hum..."
Rebecca, who was standing on the right side of the cabin, observing the data on the display screen, also frowned at the data, thinking deeply about the characteristics of this creature.
And Rebecca looked at a screen on the left hand side.
What is playing on the screen is the video of Prus, Ivan and Mylon fighting alien creatures.
After thinking for a moment, Rebecca walked slowly to William's side, looked at the alien creature in the isolation cabin and said softly to William:
"Boss, based on the combat videos of Colonel Prus and Ivan, I can confirm that these creatures have no personal emotions.
There must be a 'head' above them to order them to execute various instructions.
Moreover, the combat video of Colonel Prus gave me the feeling that it was not a random ambush, as if they knew that Colonel Prus would definitely go to Otuwal Town.
Can they predict the future?"
"Predicting the future?"
After hearing Rebecca's analysis, the word "Chuan" between William's eyebrows became clearer and clearer, as if a little reminder would remind him of the origin of the creature in front of him.
"Oh, right." Rebecca did not notice William's expression, but continued:
"Boss, based on my observations and guesses, I think these alien creatures should not have the ability to 'copy'.
In other words, even if Ghost Agent uses psychic powers, or Astartes shows the combat power of Superman, they cannot give themselves psychic powers and super physical fitness.
But they can imitate the firearms and artillery of our human technology.
Different response plans can be simulated based on the environment and battle conditions, like mimicry."
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After hearing Rebecca's words, William finally had an idea and wiped away his sadness.
Mimicry!
That's right, the alien creature in front of William is a 'mimic'.
This is an alien creature from <Edge of Tomorrow>. William only remembers that he and his dad went to the cinema to watch it together in 2010.
Including the time since time travel, it is equivalent to watching the movie nearly thirty years ago. Thank God that he can still remember this alien creature.
William still remembers that they have the ability to mimic, and even more pervertedly, they also have the ability to reshape time.
There are two special bodies in the mimic race, namely Alpha and Omega.
Omega is similar to the 'brain' of the mimic race, while Alpha is the 'scout' on the front line.
In the combat video, those whose mouths emit orange light are just soldiers, and they are also mimics with no individual emotions at all.
Alphas are similar in appearance to regular Mimics, but they are larger and have a blue glow from their heads.
The reason why Alpha is called a scout is because Alpha often follows large troops. Once it or they are killed, this information will be passed to Omega.
And Omega will remember why Alpha was killed, and will also remember the mistakes made by their entire race, or the enemy's ambush, deployment, etc.
To use a simple metaphor, it is equivalent to playing a game and trying it again after dying, but the player has already remembered what enemies and traps they will encounter.
William remembers that Tom Cruise, the protagonist of the movie <Edge of Tomorrow>, was extremely lucky to kill an Alpha before he died. After his body was immersed in Alpha's blood, he also gained the ability of Time Reset.
When Omega was killed at the end of the movie, Tom Cruise's Time Reset ability was even better, and the mimic race no longer had a time advantage.
William didn't know what the original comic was, but what he was sure of was that the alien creature he saw before him was definitely a mimic in the movie.
After knowing what kind of enemy he was facing, William finally regained his confidence as before, and he immediately ordered Serena:
"Serena, inform us and the UNSC troops to only focus on establishing the blockade for the time being and not to initiate an attack on Alien Forces.
If the other party launches an attack, you must retreat immediately to avoid fighting with the other party."
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Serena didn't know why William gave such an order, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, boss."
"Boss, did you... find something?" Rebecca asked in confusion.
"I can't say that I discovered something, I can only say that I guessed something, Rebecca..."
William said, and turned to look at Rebecca and said, "What you just said about predicting the future woke me up.
What if, I mean, what if Alien Race, who can mimic, has the ability of Time Reset?"
"Time Reset?!" Rebecca was stunned.
"That's right." William looked at Isolation Chamber again and continued:
"If there is a special individual in their group of mimics, once they are killed, their brains will restart that day.
However, the brain remembers everything that happened that day and can correct the mistakes they made before.
Use this feature of Time Reset to continuously make up for their mistakes until they finally become perfect.
For example, why can they perfectly avoid the low-Earth orbit defense network, successfully enter the atmosphere, and completely destroy the UNSC's French Army...
Although the French soldiers' combat effectiveness is worrying, they will not be completely beaten.
Coupled with the fact that Prus later encountered an ambush, it shows that the other party restarted not just once, but hundreds of times."
"This..."
After hearing William's 'guess', Rebecca also recovered from her stunned expression, and then she said solemnly:
"I'm not very good at physics, Catherine she should know much better than me, but their race really has Time Reset abilities...
So it's almost unsolvable. If you want to crack their ability, it's best to ask Catherine for help."
"No, no need for now." William waved his hand lightly and said:
"I think only killing their special individuals will cause Time Reset, but if you directly kill the brains of their race, it is difficult to directly destroy their entire race.
No matter how bad it is, they can lose their Time Reset ability.
According to what Catherine has always told me, no person or race is perfect, not even God.
So the alien creatures we have in front of us are indeed tricky, but they can't be perfect."
With that said, William looked at Serena with his peripheral vision and ordered:
"Serena, name this alien creature 'mimicry', and fully scan Fiac Town to find their 'brain'."