The Perks of Being a Boss

These three "people" with dreadlocks were none other than the young Predators about to undergo their trial.

"Thud! Thud!"

The young Predator wearing a Celtic-style mask, who was also the most robust of the three, walked slowly toward the D-Class Security officer who was still struggling in his final moments.

This Celtic was the leader of the young Predator trio; he was physically strong, agile, and possessed seasoned combat skills.

However, this also made Celtic arrogant and complacent. During his first encounter with a Xeno, despite having numerous opportunities to kill it instantly, he was decapitated and killed in a counterattack because he had neglected the danger of its acidic blood.

At this moment.

"Ga... ga..."

Celtic looked down at the D-Class Security officer, emitting the unique, guttural vocalizations characteristic of the Predator race, as if observing the struggles of his prey with great interest.

"Cough... cough... f*ck you... ptooey!"

The D-Class Security officer, pinned to the ice by a cloaked spear, realized he was being treated as a plaything. With the last ounce of his strength, he spat a thick glob of blood-flecked phlegm at Celtic.

"Splat." The phlegm landed on the skin beneath the "fishnet" armor on Celtic's thigh.

Seeing this, Celtic paused, momentarily stunned.

"Ha! Ha... cough, cough... haha!" This time, it was the D-Class Security officer who laughed with interest.

"ROAR----~!" Immediately after, Celtic tilted his head back and let out a deafening roar.

Mid-roar, Celtic gripped his spear with his left hand and pulled it free, then reached down with his right hand to grab the D-Class Security officer by the neck, lifting him into the air with a forceful tug.

"Mo... ther... f*cker..." Even with his neck constricted, the tough-as-nails security officer continued to hurl insults.

"ROAR!" Even though Celtic had not yet learned human language, he could tell these were not kind words.

"Snap!" With a forceful squeeze of his right hand, he finished the security officer off for good.

Celtic did not seem satisfied yet.

He retracted his telescopic spear, freed his left hand, and with a "rip," coordinated with his right to tear the D-Class Security officer's spine and skull clean out of his body.

After tossing the headless corpse aside and hanging the skull from his waist as a trophy, Celtic walked toward the cave leading beneath the ice, feeling "content."

The remaining Chopper Predator (who only had a brief cameo in the film before being easily assassinated by a Xeno) hurriedly followed Captain Celtic into the cave.

As for the Scar Predator, whose mask had yet to be etched with a scar (the protagonist of the film, who would later be impregnated by a Facehugger after removing his mask), he glanced at the D-Class Security officer in silence before turning around with a flourish and leaving the scene.

Meanwhile.

Inside the mission briefing room of the Bo Handong.

The Red Queen manipulated the projector, casting the live feeds from the chest cameras of Chris and the D-Class personnel onto the large screen at the front of the room.

Sui Bian, wearing a headset over his left ear, sat in the center of the room, his right hand cupping his chin as he stared at the screen.

"Sir, I have saved the recording of the engagement between the D-Class personnel and the Predators to facilitate analysis of their customs and technology by our researchers."

"Mm." Hearing the Red Queen's report through his headset, Sui Bian gave a soft acknowledgment.

Through the sacrificial experiment of those six D-Class personnel, Sui Bian had once again "witnessed" the ferocity of the Predators.

Movies are limited by special effects, props, plot, and dramatization, leading audiences to believe that Predators are strong, but not to an absurd degree.

However, the video footage Sui Bian was watching now was a "live broadcast" without any editing; the six D-Class personnel hadn't even managed to hold out for ten seconds.

Furthermore, these three Predators were only "barely" hundred-year-old youths, far inferior to adult Predators in every aspect. If "Wolf" from the second film were to arrive...

Sui Bian really had to worry about Chris.

After a moment of reflection.

Sui Bian said to the Red Queen: "Red Queen, tell Chris to proceed according to the original plan."

"Yes, sir."

Beneath the ice.

Chris and his team had reached the top of the pyramid and entered the passage leading inside.

This passage was extremely spacious. Every five meters along the walls stood a statue of a Predator, and the walls were covered in murals and text explaining the relationship between humans, Xenos, and Predators.

Moreover, the passage was riddled with traps.

As a D-Class researcher followed the group, taking photos of the statues and murals on both sides of the passage with his camera, his left foot stepped onto a specific floor tile.

Not long after the D-Class researcher moved on, the tile slowly descended.

The trap was triggered, causing the Xeno Queen, imprisoned at the very bottom of the pyramid, to thaw.

Then, stimulated by the electrical currents of Predator technology, the Xeno Queen fully revived and began producing Facehugger eggs through her external sac.

The Xeno Queen deposited the eggs onto a conveyor belt, and upon sensing the weight of the eggs, the belt began transporting them upward.

Soon, Chris and his team arrived at the sacrificial chamber seen in the film.

Following Sui Bian's reminder, Chris had the six D-Class Personnel of Team C remain in the sacrificial chamber to study the inscriptions and murals.

Team C, composed entirely of researchers, gladly accepted the instruction and stayed behind to focus on their studies.

Leaving Team C behind, Chris led Teams A and D further down, arriving shortly at the level directly beneath the sacrificial chamber.

This was where the plasma shoulder cannons intended for the three young Predators were stored.

In the film, the human protagonist, being an expert in ancient scripts, had opened the combination lock and retrieved the three shoulder cannons stored inside, thereby triggering the start of the rite of passage prematurely and forcing the three young Predators to face the Xenos without their shoulder cannons.

However, the research team Sui Bian brought with him did not include any researchers proficient in ancient cultures or scripts.

But he had the Red Queen.

Having watched the film several times, Sui Bian remembered that the combination lock was set to the year, month, and day that the humans triggered the pyramid's mechanisms.

He had Chris point his chest-mounted camera at the top of the sarcophagus-like weapon case, allowing the Red Queen to observe the combination lock while he provided her with the key to the code.

As a top-tier artificial intelligence, the Red Queen's "brain" processing speed was far superior to that of the human protagonist in the film.

Without any suspense, the Red Queen easily cracked the code and informed Chris via his earpiece on how to unlock it.

The lock clicked open.

The weapon case unfolded.

The moment all the shoulder cannons were removed, the rite of passage was triggered prematurely just as it had been in the film, and the entire pyramid began to shift its layout like a Rubik's Cube.

At that moment, seven eggs appeared within the sacrificial chamber.

As Umbrella researchers, the six members of Team C did not stand there foolishly like the scientists in the film; they immediately drew their pistols to defend themselves.

However...

The Facehuggers moved with lightning speed, and the researchers were not elite security personnel, so the outcome remained the same: everyone had their faces wrapped by the Facehuggers for "fertilization."

Thus, everything proceeded according to Sui Bian's plan: first, force the young Predators into a disadvantageous position against the Xenos, and as for the rest, it would depend on how Chris handled the situation on the fly.

He needed two of the young Predators to die, yet he also had to find a way to preserve their corpses and earn the respect of the surviving Predator.

In any case... the mission was quite arduous.

However, he was the boss, and he had already provided the "walkthrough" and the full course of action before handing the mission over to his employee; the rest was up to the employee to complete.

Moreover, Sui Bian believed that Chris, an excellent employee, was capable of the task.