Chapter 17: The Pyramids of Antarctica
Predator World.
South Pole...
"Weland, something is wrong."
"The pyramid that you detected with the satellite is about 1,400 meters below the ice."
"I checked the ice and it would take at least a week, if not longer, to dig out the road to the inside of the pyramid with our equipment."
Charles Weeland.
The billionaire and owner of the multinational communications company Weyland Industries is also the initiator of the Antarctic trip.
He was rich, but unfortunately, he had lung cancer, which was found to be terminal.
Modern technology could not cure him at all, and in order to survive, he began to dabble in ancient literature, indulging in all kinds of myths and legends, believing that ancient civilizations had come into contact with aliens, so those myths existed.
This pyramid, located under the glacier of Antarctica, was discovered and shocked by Weland.
According to reliable data, this pyramid with an Aztec style is likely to have existed for more than 10,000 years and is most likely the first Aztec temple in the world.
How could the Aztec civilization 10,000 years ago build pyramids in Antarctica?
This is an impossible task, so in Weeland's opinion, the pyramid may be related to aliens, and he is desperate to enter the inside of the pyramid in the hope of finding a way to extend his lifespan.
And so the expedition was born.
It's just that he doesn't know that the pyramids under the Antarctic glacier are not temples.
It's a proving ground used by Predators to keep aliens in captivity.
These people will be part of the trial, to be used as hosts for the Xenomorphs.
"A week?"
"No, I can't wait a week, I can only give you three days at most."
"After three days, I must enter the pyramid, I don't care what method you use, how much it costs, three days, only three days."
Wieland said, coughing violently.
The doctor told him that he would only live for a month at most.
His time is incomparably precious, and it is impossible to waste a good time here.
"Mr. Weeland, our large equipment will arrive tomorrow, and with the current workload, it is impossible to complete it in three days."
The engineer in charge of the excavation work looked at Weilande with a puzzled expression: "It will take at least five days to do it." ”
"I can't wait five days."
Regardless of this, Weiland insisted: "If the passage can be opened within three days, I will pay you a large sum of money, which is enough for your family of three to live a leisurely life for a hundred years." ”
"If you can't do it, I'll deduct 10 percent of your salary for more than one day."
"Trust me, I never lie."
Night...
Predator-Blooded Ship.
"The situation is a bit bad, with the level of human technology, I'm afraid it will take five days to open the entrance to the pyramid."
"Five days is too long, we have to help them."
"How can I help?"
"What about the plasma cannon? Adjust the power to the minimum power and penetrate the ice in an instant? ”
"Agreed."
"Agreed!"
Night.
A blue light fell from the sky, instantly piercing the ice layer as thick as 1,400 meters, and striking a ten meter diameter that reached the entrance to the inside of the pyramid.
This is still the minimum power.
According to Wang Tian's memory, the plasma cannon carried by their spaceship was capable of destroying a city with a single cannon, directly erasing an area from the map.
You know, their ships can only be regarded as small ships among the Iron Blood, and they are not comparable to real warships.
The main battleship of the Iron Blood, which can even destroy planets with a single blow, is a standard interstellar age battleship.
According to the current level of science and technology of mankind, it is impossible to go this step in a short period of time.
"There's an extra passage overnight, so humans won't be scared, right?"
The cat's face looked at Wang Tian and the others: "It's bad to be scared away." ”
"No, it won't."
Wang Tian replied very affirmatively: "Human beings are a very selfish and extremely greedy species, their boss Weiland, desperate to enter the inside of the pyramid, he doesn't care how the passage came from, even if he knows that it is our handiwork, he will not escape, but will be more excited." ”
Truly...
Lionface smiled weirdly, "The killing is about to begin." ”
Early the next morning.
When Weiland and his party saw the passage, they were all taken aback.
Piercing 1,400 meters of ice overnight is simply not something that humans can do.
But just like Wang Tian thought.
Weyland and the others still chose to enter, especially Weyland himself, who believed in the legends of aliens more.
He believes that this is an invitation from aliens to him, and his illness is cured.
Fix the bracket.
Unfold the sling.
Using a sling, the expedition built an improvised elevator that led up to the pyramid 1,400 meters down.
Looking at this group of expedition teams that were heavily armed and couldn't wait to enter the inside of the pyramid, Wang Tian and the others couldn't help but smile.
"Let's start too."
Lionface's proposal won the support of everyone.
Armor, visors, wrist blades, darts, brains.
Shrinking spears, daggers, net guns, pulse bombs, medical kits.
Wang Tian sorted out his equipment, and his equipment, like the other two, was a cold weapon.
Thermal weapons in the weapons storage room inside the pyramid.
According to the regulations, they need to go to the weapons storage room to get weapons, and it is forbidden to bring thermal weapons inside the pyramid.
As for pulse bombs, you can't use this thing if you can.
Pulse Bombs are too powerful to destroy the pyramids outright, or cause irreversible damage to them, killing them all together.
If you have a choice, the Predators prefer to fight with cold weapons.
One-on-one, killing an alien without the help of a thermal weapon is the honor of every Predator.
Whoosh.
The gravitational module of the spacecraft opened, and with the weight of the earth offset, Wang Tian and the three of them fell like goose feathers.
After landing, Wang Tian moved his body.
He used to be an earthling, and he suddenly became a three-meter-tall Predator weighing 250 kilograms.
"Who?"
The arrival of Wang Tian and the three of them brought a different atmosphere to the camp.
The security guards in the camp quickly noticed the unusual noise outside and walked out one by one with their guns.
"Kill them."
Lionface said expressionlessly.
The Predator is a cosmic civilization, and the earthlings seem to them just like we look at animals.
Animals are armed with weapons and pose a threat to people, of course, by direct killing.
Burst!!
The cat's face threw his spear directly.
The spear slashed through the air, skewering one of the security personnel and pinning him to the ground.
"What's that?"
More than a dozen security personnel looked around in a panic.
It's a pity that the Predator's armor has a stealth function, and unless the distance is within a meter, they can't be seen by the naked eye.
Again and again.
Catface and Lionface were spear-wielding spears and hunted down the security personnel.
Wang Tian didn't move, he was a human himself, not a real Predator.
Hunting down these camp defenders will not bring him a sense of honor, it will only make him feel cruel.
Ten minutes later.
The last escaped security guard is crucified to the car, and the boring game of hunting is over.
Wang Tian snorted, looked at the brain on his wrist with some impatience, and said, "Let's go down, the people of the expedition have already entered the pyramid." ”
"The warm-up is over."
The lion took off his mask, revealing a more hideous appearance than the alien, and greedily breathed the smell of blood in the air.
The iron-blooded civilization is somewhat similar to the Spartan civilization of humans, they only train warriors and become warlike.
The smell of blood was the most fascinating for them, comparable to stimulants.
Underground Palace.
Inside the pyramid.
"It's really a great building, it's hard to imagine how the ancients built such a pyramid 10,000 years ago."
Walking inside the pyramid, Weyland and his party were shocked.
As far as the eye can see, the interior of the pyramid is full of statues, frescoes, and reliefs, all of which speak of the glory of the past.
"What kind of text is this?"
While passing by a wall, someone was attracted by the ghost drawing on the wall.
"It's ancient Egyptian, and it's Aztec, it's an ancient script that has been lost for a long time."
The language experts in the expedition team were fascinated by the walls.
"Can you read them?"
Weiland couldn't help but ask.
"I can understand something, like this sentence."
The linguist pointed to the words on it and read them one by one: "Only the chosen ones will enter, and the supreme glory will shine on us." ”
"What do you mean?"
Someone asked puzzled.
"This pyramid is not a mausoleum, but a shrine, a place of worship."
"In ancient civilizations, sacrifices were very solemn things, and it was a great honor to be able to participate."
"From this sentence, it is not difficult to understand that this temple requires a certain identity to enter, and they call this kind of person the chosen one, and ordinary people cannot enter."
The linguist looked at the wall again, and then continued: "Serve the gods, honor is always there, this is..."