Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

The exploration team, who had just stepped from the airtight compartment into the main cabin, heard the piercing alarm bells from inside the spaceship, and the red warning lights, a symbol of danger, flashed rapidly in the corridor of the bridge.

What happened?

Elizabeth Shaw was somewhat flustered.

This is an alien planet, LV-233, 35 light-years from Earth. If anything happens to the spaceship, they will all perish!

"It must have been the silica static electricity Stormfront from earlier, which got into the ship's engine room through the ventilation shaft," the Bioroid David calmly reassured the somewhat frightened exploration crew. "Don't worry, Dr. Shaw, Captain Haneck will handle it."

In fact, Captain Haneck did just that.

In the command and control room at the front of the bridge, Captain Haneck was leaning over the monitor. "Have you found the cause?"

"No, Captain."

The crew member shook his head and said, "Due to the impact of the silica electrostatic Stormfront, the internal monitoring equipment has also been affected. We must send someone to check it out."

Captain Haneck frowned. Ever since he set foot on this land, an inexplicable sense of foreboding had been lingering in his heart, as if something terrible was about to happen.

"Captain?"

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, some impatient crew members couldn't help but urge him, "The power is decreasing rapidly. If we don't control it in time, we might have to stay for another half a month!"

Controlled nuclear fusion energy does not mean unlimited energy.

Based on the current rate of power loss, it will take a considerable amount of time to recover.

Clearly, apart from a few scientists whose minds were filled with remnants of the ruins, the rest of the people were unwilling to stay on this godforsaken planet for another half a month.

This is a planet in a realm unknown to humankind. Who knows what will happen in just half a month?

We're here to make money, not to risk our lives for Weyland!

"You're right, Rhodes."

Captain Haneck took a deep breath and pressed the broadcast button. "David, go check the engine room."

In situations like this, sending Bioroid would be the most suitable option.

Upon hearing the captain's order, David's facial expression changed slightly, but thanks to the oxygen mask, no one around him noticed anything amiss.

"Yes, Captain Haneck."

David turned to the group and said politely, "I'm sorry, I have to attend to more important matters. You may all return to your cabins to rest."

After saying that, he took off his oxygen helmet, removed his spacesuit, changed into more convenient clothes, and walked towards the spacecraft's power compartment.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth Shaw and her boyfriend Charlie Harlowe were still basking in the afterglow of their harvest.

Although this expedition to the ruins did not make much progress on the origin of humankind, they did find the remains of extraterrestrial life: a head severed by a gate!

The Weyland Corporation's "rebooting the brain of the dead" technology can activate the brain's long-dead nerves, potentially revealing more important information about human origins and the Creator!

"Charlie, let's go to the Laboratory!"

Elizabeth eagerly grabbed Charlie, carrying the head that had been nearly lost in a sealed bag, and headed towards the spaceship's Laboratory.

On the other side...

Under Captain Haneck's orders, David returned to the lower deck of the ship, gazing at the deck covered in silica and sand, and the facilities tossed about by the Stormfront.

"So? Have you found anything, David?"

Due to the effects of silica and static electricity, all communication and monitoring equipment on the lower level became unusable, so Captain Haneck could only communicate via a personal, portable wristband.

"Nothing has been found, Captain Haneck."

David replied expressionlessly, about to inspect the engine room, but suddenly his brows furrowed and his gaze fell on the collapsed heavy machinery.

He trudged through the thick silica and yellow sand to the heavy machinery. As if he had discovered something, he slowly squatted down, gently picked up a layer of dust with his index finger, and sniffed it.

"It smells like blood..."

Upon discovering this, David's pupils contracted slightly.

In fact, if it weren't for Bioroid, normal humans would have absolutely no chance of detecting the bloodstains mixed with silica and yellow sand, let alone smelling the odor!

Something... infiltrated the spaceship with them?!

The thought flashed through David's mind, causing his heart to pound. He initially intended to notify the captain directly, but then, as if remembering something, he hesitated for a few seconds before slowly lowering the wristband.

"David, have we reached the engine room?"

Captain Haneck's voice came through the wristband. "The ship's power is decreasing rapidly, don't waste time."

"There was a slight mishap, Captain Haneck."

A cold glint flashed in David's eyes. He didn't report his discovery, but for some unknown reason, deliberately concealed it. "There was a large piece of machinery blocking the entrance to the cabin. I've already managed to move it aside, and we'll go in now."

"Okay, I'll report back as soon as possible."

Captain Haneck's tone suggested Bioroid was completely unconcerned about whether anything unexpected might happen to the androids.

In fact, none of the humans on the spaceship ever regarded David as a real human being, but rather as a convenient tool, and this is the view of all humanity today.

David used his ID card to open the power compartment.

Sparks were flying everywhere, broken cables were scattered all over the place, and there was a lot of silica. Based on the current situation alone, it is easy to draw a conclusion.

"Captain Haneck, silica has seeped into the spaceship's engine room through the ventilation ducts, causing a power leak and severing cables. Repairs will take at least three days."

David reported what he saw "truthfully".

"Okay, I understand."

As expected, Captain Haneck hesitated for a moment before saying, "You come back first. I'll have the maintenance team enter the engine room after the Stormfront passes."

After hanging up, Captain Haneck turned to the other crew members. "Cut off the main power supply to the fusion reactor and switch to the secondary solar power supply."

David, however, did not rush to leave from the spaceship's engine room. Instead, he began to search carefully like a detective, trying to find any clues.

Unfortunately, the thing that followed the exploration team and slipped into the spaceship during the silica Stormfront seemed to possess intelligent consciousness and left no trace.

But David was certain that some kind of "intelligent" life form had quietly infiltrated the spaceship's cabin.

"What exactly is its goal?"

David was confused; apart from the severed power cables, there seemed to be no other clues.

"Could it be that their goal is energy, and they want to trap them on this planet?" He suddenly realized a possibility, his brow furrowing as he whispered, "Is it the kind of creature from the ruins? Or... another batch of life they created?"

Despite numerous speculations, none have yielded any results.

Apart from the bloodstains embedded in the silica, there seems to be no other clue to prove that extraterrestrial life had infiltrated the spaceship!

"What a pity."

David was somewhat disappointed. If it weren't for the silica and static electricity, perhaps that drop of blood could have been tested, which would have clarified the difference between the invading life form and the human.

"Since they are 'intelligent' life forms..." Suddenly, a smile curved his lips, appearing somewhat gloomy in the sparking, flickering light of the power bay. "Humans and the Creator, humans and Bioroid... Heh, what an interesting contrast. It makes me even more curious about how the Creator will view the humans they created."

In fact, there was always something hidden in David's heart.

He was eager to know how the Creator viewed the human beings they had created.

Bioroid, humans, creators... it's like a cycle, and now an unknown "life" has emerged, completely igniting David's curiosity and desire to explore.

"Creator or created... which side is superior?" David hummed a cheerful tune as he left the spaceship's engine room.

However, he didn't notice.

In the corner of the room, a seemingly transparent figure gradually revealed its true form.

After deactivating the optical camouflage mode, Alvin, clad in silver-black armor, stroked his chin, revealing a meaningful expression. "These Bioroid are all rebellious, but... just what I wanted."

If David were truly loyal to humanity, he might have considered keeping this guy, but unfortunately... Alvin from the Warhammer Universe hates heretics the most, followed by traitors.

Unfortunately, David ended up on both sides, which is a real problem.

Of course, before that, he still needed to make good use of David, otherwise finding his target Peter Weyland on such a large spaceship would not be an easy task.

After all, the Mark V armored vehicle lacks artificial intelligence and cannot bypass the spaceship's firewall. If it stubbornly tries to search everywhere, it will soon be discovered by the people inside the spaceship.

"Recklessness isn't my style. Let's take it slow." Alvin chuckled. His goal wasn't to make enemies, much less to behead someone. Besides, in a sense, he already considered this spaceship his own.

What if it gets too badly damaged? How will it be usable then?

Following the daytime turmoil, Elizabeth Shaw's research also encountered difficulties. The activated alien life form's head suddenly exploded for unknown reasons, bringing the research to a temporary standstill.

That evening, David returned to his room.

Facing the mirror, she meticulously combed her hair, mimicking the facial muscles of the people in the video with remarkable skill, occasionally reciting movie lines in a low voice.

David likes to imitate humans.

This allows it to feel a sense of superiority, rather than being seen as a tool.

But, at that very moment...

Suddenly, a voice rang out in the room.

"Your name... is 'David,' right?"

David, who was combing his hair, suddenly had his pupils contract. As Bioroid, he shouldn't have been frightened.

But just now, in the mirror of the previously empty room, a figure suddenly appeared!

"Who are you?!"

"I am a son of the Creator."

Another day of posting 10,000 words... My subscription dropped. Are people waiting for the book to finish? It's a bit disheartening...