Alien One! Beginning (2)

He saw Zheng Zha and the other three exchange surprised glances. He then chuckled, "I was just testing the waters earlier, but now I'm somewhat certain... However, I'd appreciate it if the three of you could explain the situation. Otherwise, I can't fathom why I'm here."

Zhang Jie and Zhan Lan both wanted to speak, but Zheng Zha waved his hand, interrupting them, and asked first, "When did you watch the Horror Movie Alien One?"

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and replied, "About seven years ago. I still remember it quite vividly since it hasn't been that long."

Zheng Zha and the other three, along with everyone around them, secretly gasped. Something from seven years ago was still vivid in his memory? Did that mean they were all people with no memory?

Chu Xuan suddenly addressed the group of newcomers, "Everyone probably saw the option on the webpage, 'Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly... live?' right?"

The people around them responded. Although their accents varied, their answers were all affirmative. Everyone who had come had chosen the "YES" option.

"I was programming on my computer at the time, but such an option suddenly appeared under the programming interface. More importantly, my computer was disconnected from the network at the time, and I wasn't aware of any virus that could infiltrate my self-programmed firewall. So, I immediately started trying to decipher the origin and source code of this option. But guess what I discovered?"

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and continued calmly, "This text wasn't composed of the computer's 0s and 1s. Its source code wasn't an electronic program, but rather a peculiar set of symbols. If my memory serves me correctly, these symbols were composed of three types of writing: Oracle Bone Script, Hieroglyphs, and Cuneiform—the three oldest scripts in the world. There were also large-scale, inexplicable, strange symbols, but those couldn't be translated without a point of comparison."

"I was extremely curious. You know, when a computer breaks through the limits of 0 and 1, that's when artificial intelligence emerges. Not to mention that this text simultaneously used so many different scripts. So, I chose the "YES" option, which had far more characters, and abandoned the "NO" option with only a few characters. The result was quite astonishing. I appeared here. Although I don't know what kind of place this is, it should be very, very far from Yanjing City, right?"

Zheng Zha looked at the dumbfounded crowd around him. To be honest, he was also quite shocked. It seemed the newcomers this time were truly extraordinary. And who exactly was this newcomer?

Zheng Zha hesitated and asked, "Who exactly are you? And why do you think this place is very, very far from Yanjing City?"

Chu Xuan smiled and said, "With my IQ of 220, if I couldn't deduce these issues, I'd truly have lived in vain. Let me introduce myself again: Chu Xuan... Senior Colonel. Before coming here, I was likely at the Dragon Hidden Military Base in Yanjing City. As the second largest secret military base in China, second only to the Dragon Prosperity Military Base, I truly don't believe anyone could have abducted me from there. Moreover, my detector indicated I hadn't left the Dragon Hidden Base. I thought about it for a long time, and only one possibility could explain this situation: I had clearly left the Dragon Hidden Base, yet my detector showed I hadn't moved an inch."

Chu Xuan showed his watch. According to him, this watch had been redesigned. For national treasure-level researchers like himself, to prevent abduction by spies, their watches could communicate with the main computer of the Dragon Hidden Base. Not only could they continuously transmit signals to the main computer to determine their location, but the watch would also display how far they had moved from the Dragon Hidden Base.

"That means I instantaneously left my original space. So, in this space, the watch naturally couldn't receive electronic signals from the Dragon Hidden Base's main computer. It would still think I was in the Dragon Hidden Base. This is the only reason I could deduce. Now, it seems this unbelievable reason is actually true?"

Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie exchanged glances with the other two. He suddenly said, "Zhan Lan, you explain to them what this place is and why we've appeared here."

Zhan Lan's eyes lit up, and she giggled, "Then I thank you all... Hehe, I'll personally cook a few dishes for you when we get back. You know, a girl's physical strength is naturally weaker than a man's. I'll add the 100 Reward Points to Cell Vitality and Muscle Strength when we return."

Then, Zhan Lan explained the situation to everyone. She specifically detailed how everyone would repeatedly cycle through countless Horror Movies. For each Horror Movie they survived, they would receive a thousand Reward Points, which could be used to exchange for weapons or enhance their bodies. Currently, everyone was standing in the Horror Movie Alien One. The watch that had just appeared on their hands displayed their mission: kill the Alien. Of course, this girl had hidden information about Side Story plots within the Horror Movies. This was intelligence shared only among the four of them and wouldn't be revealed to every newcomer.

Most of the newcomers either showed expressions of disbelief or appeared panicked. Among the newcomers, besides Chu Xuan calmly observing his surroundings, there were two other people calmly watching the four of them. Zheng Zha was surprised to discover that there was a tall, strong Caucasian man among them.

Zheng Zha walked over to the two and extended his hand, asking, "May I have your surnames? Can this gentleman understand Mandarin?"

One of them was slightly thinner, but it was evident he was covered in tightly toned muscles. He didn't shake Zheng Zha's hand but took a step back and said, "You can call me Zero Point. I don't wish to answer any other questions."

The Caucasian man, however, heartily shook Zheng Zha's hand and said, "Kampa. Rofski, you can call me Kampa. Of course, I can understand Mandarin, I'm just not used to speaking it... You have a strong grip."

Zheng Zha looked at the others. Aside from the three thugs who were still kneeling on the ground, the remaining five people consisted of two middle-aged men with potbellies. Judging by their greasy hair and the way they cautiously stood together holding briefcases, these two were definitely business professionals who knew each other in real life. The remaining three were two men and one woman. The two men looked like youths in their early twenties. One was quite sharp-eyed, observing their surroundings, while the other was cheerfully flirting with the white-collar woman. Judging by their attire, they all seemed to be white-collar workers. After their initial panic, they seemed to have calmed down.

Zheng Zha shook his head and said loudly, "Now, please state your former occupations, ages, and what you are best at. Only then can we assign our respective duties."

These people seemed to hesitate. Chu Xuan spoke first, "Although you say so, this doesn't confirm that what you're saying is the truth. Is there anything that can prove you aren't lying? For example, the items you exchanged for, or your extremely strong physical condition?"

Zhang Jie sneered, "Do you think surviving Horror Movies is that easy? 'Nine deaths out of ten' wouldn't even begin to describe their terror. Perhaps someone who has survived about twenty of them could meet your requirements. Their physical condition would definitely allow them to punch through steel plates."

Chu Xuan shook his head and said, "No, you misunderstand. I have no intention of mocking you. It's just that for our future cooperation to go smoothly, I think it's best to eliminate all our mutual distrust." After saying that, he glanced at Zero Point and Kampa.

He then continued, "Just show me the hemostatic spray and the bandages you used before."

Zhang Jie nodded at Li Xiaoyi. The young man immediately threw the bandages and hemostatic spray from his arms to Chu Xuan. Unexpectedly, the bespectacled man asked again, "Does anyone have a dagger? Preferably a sharp one."

Zheng Zha and the other three exchanged glances. They really didn't have any close-combat weapons. At this moment, the Caucasian man, Kampa, suddenly took a black sharkskin dagger from his pocket. He generously tossed the dagger to Chu Xuan. Only then did Zheng Zha and the other three notice that this Caucasian man and Zero Point were both intently watching Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan decisively cut his own wrist, as if his arm wasn't part of his body. The blood vessel was immediately severed, and blood gushed out like water. Zhan Lan and the white-collar woman screamed, while the other ordinary newcomers were secretly astonished. Then, Chu Xuan sprayed the wound twice with the spray. Miraculously, the blood quickly scabbed over and closed. A few seconds later, Chu Xuan's wrist had completely stopped bleeding. He quickly wrapped a few turns of bandage around his hand, then tossed the sharkskin dagger, spray, and bandages back to Kampa.

Zheng Zha and the other three exchanged astonished glances. They then noticed that Kampa and Zero Point did the same thing. After everything was done, Kampa said heartily, "I'm a member of the International Mercenaries, a top-tier heavy weapons specialist. You can call me by my nickname, Overlord. Honestly, I'd rather you were lying. This is truly a terrible place."

Zero Point threw the spray and bandages back to Li Xiaoyi. He kept turning his bandaged wrist. After a moment, he said coldly, "I don't have a name. You can just call me Zero Point. I'm a professional assassin, specializing in long-range precision sniping. Unfortunately, it seems my skills aren't needed in this Horror Movie, and there are no sniper firearms here."