Chapter 337: "Ping"
Unfortunately, Haloway, who accidentally violated the taboo in David's heart, did not have this awareness. Of course, even if he didn't anger David, it wouldn't make any difference to his outcome.
David quickly regained his usual mild-mannered appearance and said to Holloway sincerely, "I'm sorry, but your engineers are dead. ”
Haloway shook his head with a smile, fiddling with a billiard ball back and forth in his hand, and said, "Do you think we're here for nothing?" ”
"It depends on what you're here for?"
"The purpose? Of course, to find our Creator, to find out why they created us in the first place. ”
David looked at Holloway and suddenly asked, "Why do you think humans created me?" ”
Illoway didn't realize what the question meant to David, and was still very casual, and said as a matter of course: "We created you because we have the ability to create you." ”
"You wouldn't be disappointed if your Creator said the same thing you just said." David asked calmly.
Suddenly realizing that he couldn't seem to answer the question at all, Hollowway laughed a few times, changed the subject a little stiffly, and said to David: "Fortunately, you don't know what disappointment is. ”
"Indeed," David said with a smile, reaching out to grab the billiard ball that Hollowaway had thrown, "May I ask you a question?" ”
"Of course."
"How much are you willing to pay to get the answer you've been asking for all the way. How much are you prepared to pay for that answer? ”
Looking at the smiling David, Hollowaway said seriously: "I am willing to give everything!" ”
David had already gotten the answer he was looking for and smiled, "Then let's have a toast to it." ”
Pouring clear liquor into the glass, David handed it to Hollowaway.
Hollowey would never have known how much of the seemingly clean liquor was mixed with xenomorph protoplasms that could kill him. In his eyes, David was just an android serving humanity, and he had no warning of him at all.
"When did you get so sentimental?" Then he asked, and Hollowey raised his glass to David, and then drank the liquor in it!
David smiled and looked at Hollowaway's actions and said, "I wish you good health." ”
Many things are still continuing along the original trajectory, and fate, this indifferent guy, is still bringing death to these members of the Prometheus project step by step.
And the only person who can change all this has already chosen to ignore it, and even, when necessary, will take the initiative to help fate continue the established trajectory.
Neither inside nor outside the ship is safe.
Haloway drank the liquor mixed with the alien protos, the little things that were difficult to identify with the naked eye, and after entering his body, they were almost the best cultivation conditions, growing and multiplying in his body at an astonishing rate, and taking over every corner of his body.
There is no way to stop these biological weapons that have been specially developed for the purpose of slaughter, and these little things, in Harloway's body, are exponentially increasing in number, to use a funny-sounding word, exponential explosions.
It's also unclear whether Peter Weyland and Davy were intentional or unintentional, as the xenomorphs entered Hollowaway's body and then entered Elizabeth Shaw's body shortly afterwards due to his intimate encounter with Elizabeth Shaw.
Somewhat different, this time, the xenomorph protos did not breed wildly in Elizabeth Shaw, but evolved into the prototype of a very special monster in a life-giving environment, and developed and grew at a surprising rate in Elizabeth Shaw's body.
In the building built by engineers outside the ship, geologists and biologists have made new discoveries.
It's really hard to sleep peacefully in such an unfamiliar environment, and then wait for someone else to pick them up the next day, so they start exploring it.
They didn't have to walk inside for long before they made a new discovery, the corpses of engineers piled up in a hill.
These corpses are very similar to the ones found by the search team during the day, although they are not like the corpse, the head and body are cut off, but the way these corpses died is just as tragic.
Each of them had a hideous notch in their bodies, and it looked like something was bursting from the inside out, and although the parts were different, they all died for the same reason.
Layers of corpses were piled on top of each other, like a scene after a massacre.
If Harloway and Elizabeth Shaw found out about the scene, they didn't know whether it would be surprise or fear.
Just as the geologist tentatively touched one of the corpses, the captain's voice suddenly came over the communicator.
"Milban, hey, where are you?"
The sudden sound made the two extremely nervous take a few steps back in fear, realizing that it was the captain and not some monster, and the biologist named Milban breathed a sigh of relief, and then responded: "This is Milban, we are 7401477, what's the matter?" ”
The 3D effect of the building shown by the captain's observer on the bridge of the ship Prometheus reminds us, "A kilometer west of you, there's a piing. ”
"What does ping mean?" Milban was clearly unable to understand the onomatopoeia uttered by the captain.
"Whatever that probe detects, it's definitely something alive."
"Is that thing moving?" The geologist asked hurriedly.
"Nope." The captain gave an answer that made them feel a little better, but it was far from dispelling their anxiety at the moment.
"Captain, you obviously didn't see what we're seeing now, don't be kidding!" Hearing the geologist's anxious words, the captain looked at the ship's console, and one of the monitors showed the image of the geologist's protective suit.
The captain said to them, "No, from the beginning of the storm, all the way to the probe readings. ”
"What a mess, Captain!" Again, the geologist asked, "Is that thing still moving?" ”
Back in front of the 3D image, the captain looked at the place where he found something abnormal, hesitated for a moment, and said, "No, he actually disappeared, it must be a malfunction." ”
"Alright, guys, sleep well, and we won't have to disturb each other."
It seemed that the captain agreed with his guess, ignored the anxious inquiries of the two people on the other side, looked at the console, and returned to the corner of the bridge to continue resting.
In the Engineer's building outside the ship, after no further response from the captain, the two men immediately agreed and walked in the opposite direction to the east, in the opposite direction of the so-called "ping".
However, at this time, they had not expected that the east side they were going to was the place where they would flee during the day with the search party.
And now, they are just taking the initiative to move towards their own death.