Alien One! Begin (1)

Zheng Zha knew that this space pulled all kinds of people in from the real world. As long as you chose YES when faced with that first choice, you would come to this world. Anyone could be sent here, so even if the American President appeared before him, he would not be all that surprised.

Facing the three streetwise youths, Zheng Zha ignored them and called out, "Everyone, please quiet down. We'll explain the details shortly. For now, let Chu Xuan tell us about the details of the Horror Movie Alien One."

Chu Xuan had been carefully observing Zheng Zha's group of four. At the same time, he had taken note of the people sitting on the ground and their surroundings. Hearing this, he nodded and said calmly, "Next, the crew of the merchant ship naturally planned to destroy the Alien. They did not have many weapons. The one that left the deepest impression on me was the Flamethrower. Of course, by my calculations, this kind of close-range high-temperature weapon would have almost no killing power against an Alien with extreme speed and a highly defensive shell... but it could tear you apart the instant it got close."

The three youths seemed to have been startled by Zheng Zha's tone earlier. When they saw that Chu Xuan and the others continued talking without paying them any attention, they flew into a rage from embarrassment. The young man with copper rings all over his face roared at Zheng Zha, "Fuck, who the hell are you? You dare order us around? I definitely know you. I know where you live. Believe it or not, we'll bring people over and chop up your whole family!"

They were nothing but street punks, constantly talking about slaughtering people's families. They even seemed to be intelligence agents, knowing everyone and where everyone lived. Before Zheng Zha could speak, Zhang Jie had already sneered and pulled the Desert Eagle from his jacket. Pointing it at the copper-ringed youth, he said, "Shut up. Gathering information is the most important thing right now. Don't make me lose my temper."

The three youths and the people around them immediately panicked at the sight of the pistol. The bystanders hurriedly moved aside, leaving an open space around the three youths. The three exchanged glances, then burst into laughter. The copper-ringed youth actually pulled out a pistol as well, saying as he did, "What gang are you with? Fuck, if you're buying a fake, at least buy a Type 54. A Desert Eagle? That's fucking hilarious. You think anyone can get their hands on a real Desert Eagle? It's obviously a fake..."

The instant he drew his gun, Zhang Jie pulled the trigger without the slightest hesitation. A thunderous blast rang out, and the youth's gun-holding arm was completely severed. The Desert Eagle's power was terrifying. Once it struck his arm, its immense force tore through it with ease. By the time everyone came to their senses, the youth's entire arm had been blasted into two pieces by the bullet.

At first, the youth merely stared blankly. As if unable to believe it, he shook his arm. When the agonizing pain traveled through his nerves to his brain, he finally began screaming madly. He and the other two youths beside him immediately dropped to their knees. They finally realized that Zhang Jie's Desert Eagle was not a fake. That realization scared the wits out of them, and the three were no longer as arrogant as before.

The people around the youth all screamed loudly, but Zheng Zha noticed that several people remained extremely calm. They merely watched him, Zhang Jie, and the other two in silence. Zheng Zha nodded inwardly. The quality of these newcomers is actually pretty good this time. At the very least, these people are calm enough.

Li Xiaoyi cleverly ran over and picked up the pistol from the pool of filthy blood. After fiddling with it, he said, "Brother Zhang, this is a fake. It's not the real thing."

Zhang Jie nodded and put the Desert Eagle back into the inner pocket of his jacket. He said flatly, "Use a spray to stop his bleeding, then bandage him up... Also, all newcomers, remember this: don't point guns at me. I get nervous! When that happens, I might make some nervous movements!"

Zheng Zha turned back to look at him, then took out a pack of cigarettes and offered one to Chu Xuan. "Aren't you afraid? That was a real gun."

Chu Xuan pushed the cigarette back and smiled. "I don't smoke. It kills brain cells. So? Do you still want me to continue explaining the plot details of Alien One?"

Zheng Zha smiled, lit a cigarette for himself, and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you."

"The Alien's terror exceeded everyone's imagination. There were fewer and fewer people left on the merchant ship. At this point, however, a BUG appeared in this Horror Movie—a contradiction in the plot's logic. In the movie, the protagonists discovered that one of them was a robot. This robot had been sent by the government to monitor them. Its mission was to bring the Alien back to Earth and hand it over to Earth's government, and it could abandon the merchant ship's crew depending on the circumstances."

"This is the BUG I mentioned. According to what the robot said in the movie, the government knew there were Aliens there before the merchant ship reached the alien ruins. The government intended to sacrifice the merchant ship's crew in exchange for a living Alien. But was that possible? Instead of sending scientists or soldiers to retrieve the Alien, the government sent a robot to infiltrate the merchant ship's crew. Moreover, this robot was not even the crew's leader. In other words, there was a high chance that the crew would not bring back the Alien. They only needed to take a look around the ruins before returning. Was the government really going to rely on a 'possible' chance to obtain the Alien? That was impossible. No government would make such a stupid move—giving up an army that would absolutely obey orders in favor of a merchant crew that might bring it back, or might not. That was absolutely impossible!"

At this point, Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and continued, "Let me give a simple example. Suppose a country knew that a nuclear bomb was buried in a desert within its borders. Would it send the military to guard the site tightly and retrieve the bomb, or place a soldier in a merchant group and rely on luck for them to happen upon the bomb while passing through? It could be said that the director of Alien One could not make this part logically consistent, which was why such an obvious BUG appeared."

Zheng Zha, Zhang Jie, and the other two exchanged looks. They finally understood why the Main God had added so many newcomers. Because Alien One contained a plot BUG, the Main God had surely raised its difficulty, perhaps even completely rewritten the plot. Their greatest reliance in the Horror Movie had vanished. From now on, they would no longer be able to predict the plot's direction in advance.

Chu Xuan had been carefully watching the expressions of the four. He continued, "After that, the remaining crew members planned to blow up the merchant ship and escape in a space lifeboat. But two more people were killed during their escape. At that point, only the protagonist remained. She finally managed to escape into the lifeboat, but the Alien followed her inside. After discovering it, the protagonist put on a space suit, then opened the door of the escape pod. Because of the vacuum of space, the air inside rapidly rushed out, and the pulling force dragged the Alien out as well. Only then did the protagonist survive. She was the only survivor among all the crew members."

"I've finished explaining the plot. Can the four of you tell me something now? For example, where is this place? If I'm not mistaken... this is the space merchant ship that contains the Alien, isn't it?"