Half-awake, Fang Yu thought of many things.
Upgrading from vocational college, looking for work.
Unemployed, taking out a small loan to learn programming.
Looking for work, then losing it again.
The cycle repeated for years. Nearing thirty, he had accomplished nothing.
He still remembered the system pop-up he had seen while writing a novel late at night, trying to improve his life.
Do you want to truly live? Do you want to understand the meaning of life?
"Warning! Warning!"
"Warning! Warning!"
The piercing sound made Fang Yu's head throb!
The moment he woke up, he pressed his palms together, ready to deal with whatever had happened!
"All crewmates, proceed to the outer hold immediately upon hearing the alarm. I repeat, all crewmates, proceed to the outer hold immediately upon hearing the alarm!"
The urgent prompting left Fang Yu somewhat puzzled. He gently pushed open the pod door in front of him, his body tense as he sat up!
After sitting up, Fang Yu looked around and discovered that the interior of the cabin was far more complex and chaotic than he had imagined.
The cabin was filled with people who had just awakened from hibernation. Their expressions were confused, and their eyes revealed fear and unease toward the unknown environment.
Most of them were unfamiliar to Fang Yu. They wore identical white uniforms and were clearly other crewmates aboard the ship.
Along the cabin walls, rows of transparent Nutrient Solution pods stood neatly arranged, with human figures submerged inside them.
Those figures were missing limbs, clearly having been deliberately deprived of their ability to move. Their existence made the entire cabin feel even more gloomy and terrifying.
The figures floated silently in the Nutrient Solution, like forgotten Test Subjects. Their eyes were vacant and lifeless, as though they had already lost all awareness of the outside world.
A chill ran down Fang Yu's spine. He realized that these might be the Human Pigs made by those three beasts from the Farming Team!
He had never expected that, after arriving in the setting of "Alien: Covenant," those Human Pigs would end up like this.
Reasonable, yet tragic.
He stood up, carefully avoiding the crewmates who were waking up. Some of them had already begun to understand their situation, terror and unease appearing on their faces.
The emergency alarm echoed through the cabin. Red lights reflected eerie glimmers off the Nutrient Solution pods, making the whole scene feel even more urgent.
"Weren't they in the same cabin?" Fang Yu looked around but did not spot the three beasts, and he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Facing all three Farming Team veterans, each of whom had experienced at least four Horror Films, his odds of winning were zero.
He had originally planned to use the Substitution Technique to escape the instant he woke up, but now he did not need to run.
No matter how large the ship was, it only contained a few dozen small rooms.
Besides, he did not need to worry about the three Farming Team members attacking him.
Raising his wrist, Fang Yu saw the information displayed on his Reincarnation Watch.
Time: 2104 Location: Covenant You are one of the Covenant's 35 crewmates. Your mission is to transport 6,000 colonists to a habitable planet for colonization. Each crewmate is worth 100 Reward Points. The additional reward for clearing the mission is based on the number of surviving crewmates. If a crewmate dies, your current Reward Points will be deducted. If you return to the plaza with insufficient points, that unit will be erased. Mandatory objectives: Enter Engineer Planet Witness the birth of the first Alien Protect the female lead, Daniels
The original movie's fifteen crewmates had now become thirty-five!
That meant the difficulty of this Horror Film had reached the astonishing level of a twenty-person team instance!
Meanwhile, as crewmates themselves, the three Farming Team members were coldly watching the remaining newcomers awaken in another cabin.
Da Qiang spat. "Fuck! We have to clear a Horror Film with this bunch of trash? Is there any way to chop them up first?"
"Brother Qiang, calm down." Er Niu gritted his teeth as well. "We're all crewmates, so we can't make a move on these newcomers in front of the female lead. And the mission is so complicated. Thirty-five people means 3,500 points! My werewolf bloodline can be exchanged for another skill!"
"You only ever think about money! Why don't you think about how difficult a twenty-person team instance is? Fucking hell!"
Da Qiang punched the seat. "Why the hell did fixing Kayako's curse cost me seven hundred points? Broken arms and legs only cost ten!"
"Brother Qiang, that's 3,500 points! Add in those three missions, and maybe we can even kill two Aliens. We'll definitely make a killing when we get back from this Horror Film!"
Er Niu licked his lips. "If each of those twenty meat pigs can bring back three thousand Reward Points, how much would each of us get? Hahahaha!"
Meng Yao, the cold and beautiful venomous scorpion who had remained silent for a long time, finally moved.
Her dagger carved a deep white mark into the glass of the transparent protective pod. She cursed impatiently, "Pig brain!"
"W-why are you cursing me again?" Er Niu looked unconvinced, but he did not dare say much.
"How difficult do you think a twenty-person team instance is?" Meng Yao vented by scraping the glass, the harsh sound making everyone deeply uncomfortable.
She raised her head and swept her gaze over the burly tattooed man who had just awakened beside her. Killing intent flashed in her eyes. "We need to find a way to leave these people on Engineer Planet. Otherwise, they'll definitely become vessels for the Main God to incubate Aliens!"
"Exactly!" Da Qiang praised. "As expected of our team's sage. You think fast!"
He swept a lecherous gaze over Meng Yao's black stockings, then quickly looked away. "Then we'll abandon these newcomers on Engineer Planet!"
Er Niu was confused. "Why abandon them? They're all money!"
Meng Yao was furious. "I said you have a pig brain because you really do have a pig brain!" She pinched the blade between her fingertips. "High rewards come with high risks. Do you think it's easy to keep so many people alive until the end? Ju-On nearly wiped out our whole team last time! Only four Human Pigs remained! There are too many team members! We can't farm them anymore!"
Er Niu continued asking, "Then what excuse do we use?"
"Fuck! Who cares about an excuse!" Da Qiang stood up furiously. "I'll point my Desert Eagle at them and see who dares get on the ship!"
His voice was so loud that it woke the remaining newcomers who had yet to awaken.
The Reincarnators' two rooms were adjacent. Before long, the newcomers had gathered together.
"One, two, three."
The miserable task of counting heads was handed to Er Niu.
Because of the mission, Er Niu could not directly attack the newcomers. He could only suppress his temper and keep order.
"Eleven, twelve."
When Er Niu counted the last person, he paused slightly as he looked at the man grinning at him.
However, he did not react much. Once he finished counting, he turned back around.
"Thirteen." After counting everyone, Er Niu reported to Meng Yao.
Meng Yao was busy talking to the female lead, Daniels, and had not paid attention to the group at all. She waved her hand carelessly to show that she understood.
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