After testing, it was found that the contract number has a very high-end self-transition system.

Specifically, it is relatively crude and rudimentary, but the technology itself is very forced.

To put it simply, in the Marvel Universe, the reason why spaceships, such as the Guardians of the Galaxy, can quickly travel through huge scales that are often calculated in light years is because of the existence of transition points.

So in Silver Guardian 2, in order to escape the pursuit, Star-Lord and his entourage macroscopically staged a series of flight trajectories like a billiard ball bouncing back and forth on the table, and each ejection represented a jump point.

This kind of leap will cause a huge burden on the body, but there are no ordinary people in the Silver Guardian Squad, and Star-Lord, who is most like ordinary people, has half of the Celestial blood.

In the story of Yinhu and Avengers, it is also revealed that the jump needs to find the nearest jump point, and the significance of the star map route also lies in this.

The transition technology mastered by Zhao Wenrui, including the jump technology of the SC universe, did not jump out of this category. To some extent, this is very similar to finding a wormhole that exists in nature and then shuttling.

It's just that wormholes are open, and there are no small risks and unknowns. And the transition point is generally explored, and it also requires more technical preparation, bursting out of huge energy in an instant, entering the weak point in the universe, and then drilling out from another weak point, which is a bit of a Warhammer cosmic dimensional space navigation, but for a certain crack between the jump points, the special passage, is not as delicate and rich as the description of the Warhammer universe.

In the Warhammer universe, the dimensional space is simply a mirror of the material universe, which is also all-encompassing and immaterial, more changeable, more mysterious, and is also the location of the lair of the 'Four Hawkers', a place where the demons are active.

But most of the universes, especially those on the technological side, are not so magical. Anyway, Zhao Wenrui had never seen the emperor's brilliance and open up a channel in the sinister fog, so that the ships could pass in subspace, or dimensional space, etc., which sounded like the magic of the Pirates of the Caribbean universe.

For him, the jump is a streamer effect that is difficult to calculate the length of time, and it feels like only a few seconds.

Now, on the Contract, what has been discovered is the technology of self-built jump entry and exit points.

This one is really awesome.

The transition point of the Marvel Universe, like a wormhole, is a gift from nature, the laws of the universe say that there are talents, and if there is none, there will be none, and it will not exist forever, but will appear new and disappear.

Therefore, people can only adapt, and the process of cosmic development is often also a process of finding a transition point and figuring out where the other side of the connection is. Even the three major interstellar empires of the Marvel Universe do not have the ability to sail conventionally across large galaxies, mainly because they cannot afford time.

And building my own jump in and out means another great step forward in conquering nature, and whenever I want a shortcut, I can have it. This invention is not only for human beings, but for all intelligent life in the universe.

Then Zhao Wenrui got stuck again. Who invented this technology, could it be that the earth has already been widely popularized and used, otherwise how did the crew of the Covenant take it for granted?

But if it was really invented by earthlings and had begun to be widely used, it would be an exaggerated feat than the invention of a nuclear bomb by our human ancestors who had just come down from a tree and knew how to use rudimentary sticks to whack whacks on the grassland.

"Could it be a traverser? Could it be that the alien world is built on a foundation that has been broken by a traverser?"

To be honest, Zhao Wenrui feels that only this kind of speculation can be self-consistent. Because when the Alien series began, it wasn't been many years since now.

Specifically, Repley's commercial haulage spacecraft, the Nostromo, which returned to Earth from Cedus with 20 million tons of ore, happened in 2122.

Looking at astronomical common sense, the closest star to the solar system is Alpha Centauri C, the third star, 4.22 light-years from Earth.

Therefore, without the transition technology, the transportation cost is too high, and it can only be transported like {Avatar} is 20 million tons of rare plain ore, which may be calculated.

Therefore, the most self-consistent explanation is to have short-range autonomous transition technology. Like checkers, jump by jump.

No matter who carries the pot of this technology, there is it anyway.

From the perspective of the historical background, in the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century, science and technology were advancing by leaps and bounds, and the speed of its development made countless people jaw-dropping.

And filmmakers, stimulated by this rate of technological development, mispredicted the speed of subsequent technological progress, thinking that it would be so fast in the future, and even continue to accelerate.

Because of this, the sci-fi films of the 70s and even the 80s overestimated the degree of technological prosperity in the future, taking the famous {Blade Runner} as an example, released in 82, describing Los Angeles in 2019, people who really live in 2019 know that if you give mankind another 100 years, I am afraid that you will not be able to achieve those technologies in {Blade Runner}.

For example, the classic statement of the villain replicant when he was dying: "I have seen the battleship burn on the edge of the end of the constellation Orion......"

This passage feels like a reminiscence description of an old soldier, to express that replicants are born and die in human civilization, always doing the most dangerous things in the most dangerous places, but also have extraordinary experiences, so from the perspective of quality of life, human beings are not qualified to criticize the low-end of replicants.

But this also states from the side the height of human civilization at that time, which was definitely from interstellar civilization, and it felt like the era of galactic hegemony.

This is 2019? I'm afraid I can't do it in 2219, right?

Later, in the 90s and the beginning of the 21st century, science fiction movies significantly decreased in the correspondence between age and technology, which also made people feel more reliable. Of course, there are also those who are too down-to-earth and feel low, like {Battle of Los Angeles}, and {Super Battleship}, which feels like the aliens have made some big rags and come over.

In general, {Alien 1} was released in 1979, which is the end of the era when people overestimate the speed of technological development, so the scientific and technological background is too mysterious.

And a lie always needs more lies to round. In order to connect the story, you have to blow it hard.

Then in the prequel period, according to the derivation, there must also be good interstellar navigation technology.

In fact, the first part of the prequel {Prometheus} has a similar question, where is the heavenly star? Where is Zeta's solar system? Through the comparison of the ancient murals in the cave (discovered in 2089) and the real star map, it always feels very far away, and in fact it is very far away. Much farther than Centaur Alpha Star C.

The Prometheus's propulsion engine, which shows a level of plasma propulsion, is still a typical working fluid engine, and it doesn't even have a curvature navigation function, so it will take 4 years to fly to the Heavenly Star, how can it fly there?

Explanations don't come, don't explain. The next {Alien: Contract} doesn't explain, it's here anyway.

But in reality, these must be self-consistent, and there must be an explanation of the general explanation, and it will not be unnecessary.

In this way, the leap technology that independently opened up the jump point appeared, and Zhao Wenrui smiled, feeling that he had really earned it this time.

This technology fills a major gap in interstellar travel at once. And the overall degree of technology he has mastered far exceeds that of this era.

This means that the technology that independently opens up the transition point is equivalent to a branch of the technology tree that is not high-end, but just a leak.

Now that he has a junior one, with the overall scientific and technological height he has mastered, he can quickly fill in this branch.

Then in the future, his starship can jump as much as he wants, and jump wherever he wants. Basically, except for the requirements of the overall performance of the ship and the consumption of energy, nothing can restrain him from flying all over the universe, which is too dick!

Happy!

If it weren't for him breaking down these background details, who would have thought that such a simple immigrant starship with an enlarged version of Lego bricks would have the interstellar navigation technology that Marvel's three major interstellar empires are willing to lick on their knees?

As soon as Zhao Wenrui was happy, the contract number was naturally much happier.

Zhao Wenrui simply built a new ship for these new-era homeless people, although the size is slightly shorter, but it is fuller and the overall functionality is stronger.

The immigrants of the Covenant, without being conscious, completed the change of cabin, from the capsule type, to the capsule apartment type similar to that in {Avatar} or {Fifth Element}.

Although they all seem to be capsule series, the hibernation mechanism is very different, and there is absolutely no drama of being cremated without opening the lid.

The protection of the second generation of human embryos is also much more advanced, with all-weather care, and there is no need for a cyborg like Walter to manually check every once in a while.

As for the machinery and equipment used for pioneer settlement on the Contract, Zhao Wenrui was not interested at all, so he transferred them to the new ship, and added some easy-to-operate high-performance equipment to further strengthen the development ability of the immigrants.

And when these are done, the new contract will take a group of T880s as assistants to the ship's AI and send it to the Origa 6.

In Zhao Wenrui's words: "They actually have nothing to do with this history, they are the background board, there are no verbal live props for the solo show, and there is no need to deliberately stay at this stop." ”

He also said to the crew of the Covenant: "Next, you will use the Covenant, which has been modified to a certain extent, as a stage and a tool to interpret history. I'm sure you'll feel a lot less stress on you now. As for the future, you have all seen the ship-building capabilities of my fleet, and it will not be difficult to build a small ship to send you to the Orega-6, or even catch up with the New Contract. ”

Well, the crew on the Covenant admits that it does feel a lot less stressful now. There is no longer a moral, professional burden.

In fact, as Chris Oren's wife Karin said when she persuaded him in private, during the process of the immigration ship going to the new settlement, Oren was the captain of the ship, had authority, and everyone had to listen to him, but once he landed, this position was automatically relieved. At least after the pioneer life in the new settlement, he was only a neighbor of the many, and the pioneer must have been led by some professional counterpart, not a captain.

This statement also applies to all crew members, their specialty is to make the starship go to the settlement point as safely and smoothly as possible, and when they reach the ground, their mission is completed, and the new stage is no longer the leader, the backbone, but just one of them, and may even have to be pulled by others in life and work.

They themselves understand this, so when the task is almost completed ahead of schedule, their mentality naturally changes a lot and is a lot easier. They just need to take care of themselves, as well as each other, for now.

Although the progress was a little faster than planned, Zhao Wenrui still stayed for 5 weeks before moving towards the fourth-star LV223.

But this time it was just a modified Covenant, and the fleet did not accompany it.

The main reason is that Zhao Wenrui feels that the fleet will directly face off against the hostile reincarnation, and he is afraid that there will be a situation where the cannon will hit the mosquitoes.

So he thinks that the card of the fleet is not suitable for direct display.

It is more suitable as a base that can produce non-stop, and give him a variety of backstage roles of support.

Of course, Zhao Wenrui also arranged some insurance measures to avoid making the low-level mistake of the White Arowana suit.

For example, Milano has basically mastered the technology of establishing jump points on his own, which he calls 'active jumping', and is rapidly advancing to a higher stage.

For this, a small experimental ship was also built.

And this ship is capable of taking on the task of emergency response, directly jumping into position for a short distance, and then he carries it away, and then makes a comeback.

In addition, he also has teleportation technology, which was used in the Battle of Hell's Gate in the SC Universe, through which the new ship engine was put in place in one step, and the giant battle patrol of Vice Admiral Warfield's Sandora was quickly repaired.

Therefore, after he landed, he could establish a stable and secret transportation station, and materials, cannon fodder, and combat power could be continuously sent.

He felt that such an arrangement was far more appropriate than a bunch of warships flying in, and then they could only use the sky as a backdrop, and they could not find any targets to attack.

Even, he thinks that the hostile reincarnation is afraid that some good technology or extraordinary skills can find starships at a long distance.

Of course, this distance is calculated from the perspective of 'people', and he analyzes that it is already very remarkable to be able to reach the detection range and refinement of large ships in this era. Therefore, it should be safe for the fleet to stop at the outermost planet of the solar system.

All in all, since the main god always came over and showed great anger, and at the same time, he was not very confident, thinking that he had a fleet to escort, and it was a difficult task to PK with the hostile reincarnation. Then he has reason to believe that the hostile reincarnation should have a high advantage in combat power, or general trend.

And now, from the perspective of the mission, the Covenant Princes, who should have been the protagonist in this chapter, or at least the main match (David is the horn of Allah), gave it to him so easily, he thinks, either because the combat power of the hostile reincarnation is really strong, or, the other party has done something extraordinary in LV223.

For example, assisting David in alien evolution has developed a mature alien social system with the mother emperor as the core. And there is no shortage of rations, and there are many of them.

Another example is to revive the Engineer family, or find a group of hidden ones, and create a large branch, which greatly reverses the evolution of the future.

This second speculation is also entirely possible. After all, according to the relevant response in {Alien: Contract}, David dropped the black water bottle from the sky, and what he finally got was only a city with a giant square where starships could be moored.

Based on Zhao Wenrui's memories of the scene at that time, in fact, it was only tens of thousands, at most more than 100,000. So David was on the boat at that time, with tears in his eyes, watching the scene of death falling from the sky, and lamenting his mentality of surpassing the emperor-level killing feat, which was really a bit of a small family that he had never seen on the market.

In the last world, the First Order fleet blocked the G-star fleet, the large starships of the G-starmen, each carrying more than 100 personnel, 20,000 ships, that is, at least 2 million G-stars were light and strong, did he feel the excitement of large-scale population slaughter because of the complete demise of the G-star fleet?

The human beings on the earth are attacking because of the fleet of the G star people, and more people have died in more than two years, and the G star people finally threw disaster-level weapons, causing large-scale environmental disasters, and many people died, it is definitely calculated in billions, is he moved?

So, David was tender in some ways. But it also highlights his pathology, just like a teenager who killed a family of several adults with bloody and cunning methods, and his mentality can no longer be described by pure youth and ignorance.

Since it only destroyed a city, then even if the biochemical virus of Blackwater, as explained by David himself in the middle of {Alien: Contract}, it will erode all flesh and blood targets. But there is still time for engineers in other cities around the world to respond. Moreover, this biological weapon itself was invented by a family of engineers to deal with humans.

It is likely that it was because it was too dangerous at the beginning, so he used Heavenly Star as a production workshop and weapon base. Then for some unknown reason they lost contact. That's why Elizabeth Shaw and David arrived, and so many engineers spontaneously gathered in the giant plaza to greet them.

In addition to the fact that this mission should be relatively high-end and sacred, it may also be because of the passage of time, the civilization of the engineer clan has declined greatly, and from the Heavenly Star, or the same clan that has returned from the earth after completing the extinction mission, it means that they still have more advanced technology and can carry out a certain scientific and technological recovery of the civilization of the engineer clan, so the people of the engineering clan feel that there is hope for the future, so they ran out to meet this return.

So the planet finally became a dead silence, and the complete victory of biochemical weapons does have its reasons for victory, but it does not guarantee that the engineer clan will be absolutely dead, and there is no follow-up means for the continuation of the race, such as living in a closed environment underground, etc.

In short, there may be, and with the strength of the reincarnation, it is entirely possible to dig out these engineers who have become ground rats.

And then based on this, he made a series of big things and established a great advantage, and its general pattern was similar to the later relationship between him and the rival reincarnators in the previous world, which may be the situation he has to face.

That's why he thinks that this time either the enemy is strong and he is at risk of being killed by a counterattack, or the enemy has mastered the general trend that will affect the future, making him, or his boss, very passive in this world.

Either way, it's obviously not easy to do, so he can't expect to go straight to the past this time, or see a good harvest in a reckless wave, but should use his power carefully, observe, test, and then look for opportunities to win.

The Magic Modification Contract enters a relatively stationary mode in the orbit of LV223, and then the Magic Modification shuttle is sent in, heading to the surface of the planet.

There were still thick cumulonimbus clouds in the sky, and the thunder was shining, but the shuttle was very stable, and with the protection of the new power armor suit, people basically didn't feel it.

The exploration team is basically still those people, Lope, Leward, and Hallett, this is the security trio, Cole, Encore, and Rosie, this is a technician, who usually deals with all kinds of machinery, and now they have become the main combat force.

Then there's Captain Oron, his wife Karin, and Daniels, as well as the cyborg Walter.

Oron plays the team leader, Karin is the biologist and medical officer, and Daniels is the side team and survival specialist, after all, she and her husband Jacob Branson have been preparing for the most time and have more experience in survival in the wild. Walter is the guide.

Faris is the driver of the shuttle, responsible for keeping care of the house, maintaining the shuttle, and acting as a communication broker.

After all, the communication equipment on the shuttle is at least high-power radio level, which is much stronger than that of individual soldiers, and it is easier to get in touch with the contract number in orbit.

This was the original team configuration, and now, Zhao Wenrui replaced Cole.

He also thought about who to replace.

The Oren foursome can't move, there are many scenes, and the characters are more prominent.

The security trio may seem to be active, but it's not really suitable.

Because those who eat violent meals, in the eyes of those who have a heart, they can see the difference between them and ordinary people at a few glances, and the body language and small movements between walking, sitting and lying are different.

Then the rest are mechanics Rosie and Ann and Cole.

In the entire expedition, there were relatively few female members, just three, Oren's wife Karin, widow Daniels, and Rosie.

So Rosie can't take it either.

Encore, Cole choose one.

These two played the role of soy sauce throughout the whole of {Alien: Contract}, and the shots about them always passed by in a flash, and there were no special close-ups of expressions, no faces, no lines, and humanoid living props. I watched the film several times and didn't notice it much.

Especially Cole, Encore also repaired the energy sail with Tennessee in space, and Cole was more thorough.

And in a series of emergency training arranged earlier, Encore performed better.

Of course, the biggest vulnerability of the expedition team today is actually the planetary armor-level power armor suit, as well as the weaponry. It's too forced, it's less than the interstellar marines in the SC Universe, and this style doesn't match the Covenant and the shuttle at all. There is a visual difference between the circus in Air Force One.

However, Zhao Wenrui solved this problem through a holographic projection device, which can perfectly deceive vision.

The mimic device can simulate human body temperature, internal structure, body fluid flow, etc., so ordinary thermal sensors and other instruments cannot detect abnormalities.

Extraordinary abilities are possible.

However, the scope of application of supernatural abilities is generally relatively recent.

At least in Zhao Wenrui's opinion, if someone uses extraordinary abilities to probe, and he finds out that he has no time to make any effective response due to the distance, then this mission might as well be abandoned.

The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and the reluctant result is more or less his fall. Why bother?

He hasn't moved the points in the last mission world, and he has some savings before, which is about enough to pay the penalty for failing the mission.

And if the main god has to kill him because of this, it will break the consistent tacit understanding between the two, and he will break the contract with the back hand he keeps. Could it be that the Lord God is still chasing and killing him? How much hatred, how much resentment?

Therefore, Zhao Wenrui's thinking is relatively clear.

The landing site of the shuttle is still the beachhead of the original history, and before everyone got off the shuttle, Zhao Wenrui told for the last time:

"Two points, you can move forward according to the usual exploration ideas. Confirm the approximate location of the signal source, and then walk over it, that's it. As for the possible dangers, you should have some grasp of the advanced level of the current equipment, and I hope you can have some confidence, not to mention me, so don't be too intimidated, just treat it as an ordinary trek. ”

"The second point is that Faris is still alone, so this time pay attention to Captain Oren's instructions, don't ignore the order to follow the safety protocols and lock the hatch, there is something wrong with the original equipment, just pretend to check it, and then return to the shuttle and pay attention to the vigilance. ”

Everyone nodded their heads in understanding.

And so the process begins.

A group of people got off the shuttle and waded up to the beachhead, and Walter determined the location of the source of the signal and began to trek.

Soon after, unusually large grains of wheat were discovered, and it was judged to be a variant planted artificially.

In the original history, Karin also tasted it directly, just because the wheat ears that coexist with the long grass can be extraordinarily full and huge, it is far stronger than the ordinary genetically modified I don't know how much, and it can actually go down to the mouth, and it is also convincing.

Then walk a little further, not very far from the shuttle, a wild beach at the foot of the mountain, Karin's play is here, and she wants to conduct an ecological test here.

At this time, I started to do ecological testing, and I was still a biologist, and I didn't know where the confidence came from to breathe and contact wantonly, and I didn't know what dust was flying?

Since Karin had a good reason to split up, Oron asked Sergeant Loop to arrange for a guard, and Lop ordered Lyward.

Leward was the first unlucky guy in this original history, who smoked to relax under the pretext of peeing, only to step on some bouncy ball-like fungal plants, accumulating dusty spores.

Then he sat down to rest, and because of the abundant light, he saw these small, reflective black fragments floating in the air, like floating dust.

But he didn't care, and easily spat with the circles under his eyes, and then turned his attention elsewhere.

As a result, the black shards gathered in front of him, swam around like a jellyfish, burrowed into his ear canal, and penetrated into his skin.

At this moment, just as Karin called, Leward answered, plucked his itchy ear with his fingers, flicked off the cigarette, and joined Karin.

Those black fragments are actually a mutant of the biochemical weapon Blackwater.

When the flesh and blood of this world are all taken care of by biological weapons, this weapon is organically combined with some plants, like a flounder lurking in the sea sand and patiently waiting for passers-by.

After a while, Leward had obvious symptomatic reactions, and he couldn't hold it anymore, but the security personnel were generally nervous, and he felt that it was just a temporary minor problem, and it was good to rest.

Karin has experience, looks at the face, looks at the pupils, knows that Leward is in a condition, and informs Oren.

Oron: They had already entered the Engineer ship, which Elizabeth Shaw and David had used to come to LV223.

After receiving the news, he immediately returned home, and then outside the crashed spaceship, the other member of the security trio, Tom Harriet, also showed obvious discomfort and weakness, fell and couldn't get up.

In general, the two members of the security trio seem to be more careless and lack reverence for the unfamiliar environment, so they are the first to be recruited.

As for how to act now, this Zhao Wenrui said early on that unless he stopped, he would act in a full set, even if the group forgot something, he would remind him in time.

In fact, Zhao Wenrui's main purpose is to lure the snake out of the hole, and he doesn't like his opponent waiting in the dark to make a surprise attack. That kind of situation will be very dangerous, especially since the hostile reincarnation is likely to be strong in itself, and if he engages in a surprise attack, the probability that he will suffer a ruthless loss or even be taken away by a set is extremely high.

At this stage, it depends on the patience of the other party.

Of course, there may be other plans.

However, after he finishes this process, he will not just go through the process, but will have some arrangements.

Therefore, if the enemy does not move, he will gain an inch.

After separating from Karin, it was agreed that they would meet in four hours.

In fact, including Leward's accident and Karin's emergency call for help, the overall time of the expedition was almost that long, even a little longer.

Because when the group rushed back to the vicinity of the shuttle, it was obviously dark.

According to the usual logic, it should be earlier, return in the evening, and then return to the Covenant for the night, not in the shuttle, or on the surface.

And this time, Zhao Wenrui and his entourage also pressed the time point, but only slightly faster.

In fact, because of the power armor suit, they can be much faster, and now it's a bit of a tour. If you don't get tired, you can leave more energy to do something else.

Of course, knowing what happened in advance made people a little frightened, and they didn't have much to enjoy the scenery. Especially the situation along the road, which is exactly the same as what Zhao Wenrui described at the beginning, makes them more and more convinced that what Zhao Wenrui said should be true.

After seeing a lot of severed trees, and then climbing a large slope, the Engineer ship finally came into view.

Zhao Wenrui smiled silently, he felt that the opponent this time was indeed very calm, and he didn't notice anything abnormal along the way.

Of course, this does not mean that the other party did not pay attention to the expedition of the contract number and his party.

He estimated that the enemy reincarnation might be secretly observing through the device, but had no intention of approaching it for the time being.