Chapter 254 Engineer Appears

"Humanoids?!"

An important message coming from the communicator was immediately captured by Xiao and Holloway.

Could it be that the target they had been longing for finally appeared?

Should they go back outside to see what the humanoid attack was like, or stay inside the spaceship where the situation was even more unknown and explore the secret door?

At this time, David said, "The situation of the troops left behind outside is probably not good. Why don't you go to support them first? I will stay here to guard this door."

Upon hearing this, the two looked at each other and ran quickly in the direction they came from with the other team members.

Watch their backs until they disappear.

David then turned around and looked in another direction instead of the secret door he had just opened.

In a place that had not been scanned by the drone, You Huan felt David's gaze and was not surprised.

As a bionic man, David possesses superhuman senses.

He thought for a moment and slowly walked out of the shadows.

He originally wanted to go outside the spaceship to see what the humanoid creatures that attacked this group of people were like.

But since David took the initiative to stay here, he obviously had a purpose, so he might as well...

When David saw the life form slowly walking out, even though he was as calm as he was, he couldn't help but take a step back.

The light from the searchlight cast a long, thin shadow on the ground.

As the creature moved, the shadows shifted until its full form was revealed.

The shadow also fell on one wall, reflecting a pair of fan-shaped crowns with symmetrical, forked horns.

Opposite the shadow is an alien life covered in a pitch-black exoskeleton.

The elegant, slender and muscular figure resembles a giant, completely skeletonized lion, but with sharper features.

The eye-catching horns on its head look like a crown, but the lack of eyes makes it seem even more eerie.

David's pupils shrank as he stared blankly at the creature in front of him. The sensory module used to build appreciation for art and beauty fell into chaos.

Facing such a monster built for killing, his first thought was:

This is definitely a beautiful killer, a perfect life form...

But he soon regained his senses and moved his hand slightly, wondering whether he should draw his gun.

However, the next move of the creature in front of him was completely beyond his expectations.

It just shook its head slightly at him, then turned around and walked deeper into the passage.

This means...

David silently put the gun back into the holster and followed.

You Huan was walking in front. When he saw him following him, he didn't show any reaction but instead quickened his pace.

Soon, they ignored all the forks in the road and went straight into the spaceship until they came to a room.

This is a slightly sunken cabin with a lower floor than the passage.

Therefore, the black water can gather here to form a shallow ocean.

That's right, the place where You Huan led David was to the room where he was born.

The room filled with black water.

When he arrived here, David no longer needed his guidance. The moment he saw the black water, he walked forward.

Standing on a high place overlooking the surging black viscous liquid.

He whispered, "This is the 'savior' they created, the water of life with infinite possibilities..."

It sounds like he really knows something about the relationship between engineers and black water, and the origin of black water.

This is normal.

Interstellar travel is a long process. Before reaching the destination, humans with limited lifespans must enter a hibernation chamber to sleep.

But androids don't need to hibernate; in theory, they have an infinite lifespan.

David has used this long time to learn all he can about being an engineer.

After the engineers created humans, they did not completely leave, but also guided the development of many ancient human civilizations. Therefore, they left behind a lot of information.

David, who has mastered all this information, can be said to be the person who knows engineers best among the thousands of people who came here.

If You Huan guessed correctly, based on the information from the previous life's movie and some scripts circulating on the Internet that were suspected to be abandoned movie scripts.

Engineers once faced the dilemma of losing their fertility and their race slowly declining.

In that situation, they seemed to have found a "God" for themselves, a god who could save their tribe.

Later, the gods fell, and they used the materials left by the gods to create black water, and used things that looked like black water and their own flesh and blood to create humans.

It is also unknown whether their "population revitalization plan" is successful or a failure.

After David sighed, he turned his head and found that the creature that led him here had disappeared at some point.

A hint of doubt appeared on his face, and he immediately looked at the containers of black water in front of him...

At this time, You Huan had quickly arrived outside the spaceship.

The area around the spaceship has become a battlefield.

The humans' thermal weapons were blazing with flames as they engaged several figures that attacked from the forest.

The humans had more people and better weapons, but when they fought with their opponents, there was obvious uneasiness on everyone's faces.

Because the opponent's methods are really too weird.

The bullets hit these human-like figures, over two meters tall and wrapped in cloth, penetrating the fabric.

But these human-shaped figures just paused for a moment, and then continued to walk towards the crowd quickly and calmly.

When they got close enough to the crowd, the bodies under the cloth lifted up.

An arm wrapped in fabric reached out, palm open and pointed at a human target.

The next moment, a mouth full of spiral sharp teeth tore open in the palm of his hand.

A flesh-like bullet flew out from the palm of his hand rapidly and hit the target's face in the blink of an eye.

The bullet expands into a centipede-like creature that hugs the target's head.

"Mmmmm!" The person who was being embraced so passionately just struggled once or twice before falling backwards to the ground.

You Huan, who had just gotten out of the spaceship, happened to see this scene.

Is this a fireable facehugger bullet?

At this moment, a strange low voice came, and he felt as if his whole body was out of control.

It was almost exposed in front of this group of humans.

But the effect of this sound on him only lasted for a moment before he forcefully dispelled it.

However, it is not so easy for humans to deal with it.

Their ears could not hear the sounds made by these enemies covered in cloth, but they could feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness and nausea.

This discomfort soon became so severe that most of the soldiers collapsed to the ground.

Seeing that the target's defense began to collapse, the human-like figures immediately quickened their pace and approached.

But suddenly, a black shadow flashed quickly in the woods next to a human figure.

The poison hook directly pierced the body and dragged the human figure into the woods!

You Huan flicked his tail and threw the figure heavily to the ground.

The paralyzing toxin on the hook made the figure unable to move.

With a flick of his claws, he tore off the robe covering the fellow, revealing his true appearance.

Pale skin, looks like a human without hair.

Sure enough, this is an engineer!

Apart from the outer robe, the garment was thin and even tattered.

The bullet holes made by human guns on its body are clearly visible.

What flowed out of the holes was not red blood, but a small amount of black viscous liquid.

Black Water...

You Huan watched the muscles near the wound wriggling and the granulation tissue growing, slowly weaving together to fill the hole.

The bullet was automatically expelled.

As he had previously guessed, the engineers on this planet had mastered the black water technology and used it to strengthen themselves.

The engineer lay paralyzed on the ground, his pure black eyes staring at the black water life watching him from above.

His face showed an expression of surprise, confusion, and fear that was very similar to that of a human.

The next moment, a tail pierced its chest.

Completely destroying a tear in the tissue right in the center of its chest.

The strange sound echoing in the forest immediately disappeared.

The discomfort symptoms of the crowd quickly dissipated, and they once again fought off other engineers.

(End of this chapter)