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Chapter 14: 14

Editor: DragonBoatTrans

‘Good people should be blessed. But am I still a good person?’

Zheng knew he’s not a good person. Lori’s death was too much of a shock to him, he became corrupted. Living in a black and white world, games, bars, one night stands, drugs…

He couldn’t imagine how she would react when she learned of it. She was so pure, flawless as a crystal. It reflected his filth.

Zheng had prepared for the worst. He sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette, then prepared to tell her. Lori stood up. “That’s it. Stop. Look at your face, I can guess what you’ve been through. I don’t want to hear it. It will just make me mad.”

Then she put her head close to his. “Pervert. Listen carefully. I am back so you will forget all the mess from now on. Those women or other girls. Forget all this. There’s only Lori, the only one. Understand?”

She started crying as she said. “I’m sorry. So sorry. I didn’t keep our promise. To be together till our hair turns silver. To think about our childhood memories like in the songs. I can forget about you and my memories, but I can’t forget this promise. You’re probably so sad these years. I was selfish to leave you alone. I’m sorry.”

Zheng embraced her without a word. All that’s left in the room was her cries. But they know after all the sadness came out, what they have left is hope. The past was over and their future has infinite possibilities and hope.

Times always goes so fast when you’re happiest. Zheng spent the days training, then looking through the items God had; and his nights watching horror movies with Lori. Yes, horror movies. He found out he could exchange any movie from God. As someone that had to survive through horror movies, it was more important than anything to be familiar with the plots.

This lasted for nine days. Today was the last day they were to stay in this place. They decided to take a rest and wait until the evening when they would be transported to the next movie. But before that, they have one last chance to finish preparation.

Eleven AM. Zheng’s still in bed chatting with Lori.

“Then are you going today?”

Zheng felt a heavy weight. He didn’t know what was next. Perhaps a virus, or monsters, or aliens. Once he’s in there, survival is not guaranteed. So he didn’t answer her. Just held her tight.

“Our promise… to be together until our hair turns silver, to think about our childhood, you have to tell me stories, we have to travel in the real world, to watch auroras, to see the statues in Easter Island… so many promises. Tell me you will come back, and finish these promises with me.”

Lori raised her head and looked at Zheng’s eyes until he nodded.

“Love is like a sand castle. You put it together bit by bit, and have to prevent it from getting washed away. It’s difficult and tiring but when you finish it, you will see how beautiful it is. It’s worth spending so much to protect it.”

He hadn’t heard this for ten years. She always liked to say this, and then looked at him with expectation. He never paid much attention it it back then, but when he heard it again after ten years, he was moved.

“Then… please finish the castle. This time we will keep our promise together.”

Zheng closed his eyes, and when he opened it again, he was determined. He will live no matter what.

“That’s basically it. Three grenades each person, one hemostatic spray, one oral antidote, one bandage, and an amulet. Thanks to Zheng. These cost 100 points. We wouldn’t have the points to exchange for them.”

Zheng looked at his points with a bitter smile, he only had 276 points left, down from 6502. But then he looked at all the support items in his ring and felt better.

Jie packed his stuff then put them in his pockets. “Even though it’s only a few days but you’ve trained everything you should. Just remember one point: Everything can happen in movies, so you must be cautious. And try to help others if possible, but if they affect your safety, kill them.”

Lan and Xiaoyi hesitated, but Zheng nodded. “How are we going to the next movie? Do we just disappear suddenly?”

Jie shook his head. “No. When it’s time, there will be twenty beams. You just have to stand in one.”

They sat on the floor in the platform as they talked. Lori and the other two women didn’t come out to see the go. Perhaps women were all the same when they had to see their lovers go.

After twenty minutes, God became brighter and brighter. Then it shot twenty beams to the ground. A voice sounded inside their head.

“Enter the beam in thirty seconds. Target locked. Transportation to Alien starts.”[1]

1. Alien (1979) is a film about a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a mining spaceship. Original Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGAHtWV7Ua8 Plot Summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)#Plot


Chapter 15: 15

Editor: DragonBoatTrans

The world faded to black. Zheng entered a state of half wakefulness and half sleep. This didn’t last long. In the blink of an eye his vision came back. This room wasn’t too big, the ceiling and walls were made of steel. Various machines spread out in the room, all of them were unfamiliar to Zheng.

He looked to the side. Eleven newbies lied on the ground. Jie and the other two had waken up now.

Jie immediately looked to the ground, then his face turned pale. “This is bad, fifteen people. You won’t get this difficulty in a sci-fi movie like Alien. God must have changed something.”

Zheng looked at him confused. “I’ve never encountered this situation before. I heard from the veterans that God can change the plot and difficulty of a movie. This happens randomly and usually ends with the party getting wiped. Of course you also get a generous amount of rewards for finishing it. Look at your watch.”

Zheng and the other two looked at their watches. It showed different data than during Resident Evil. There was no countdown. The only line it had was: ‘kill Aliens, every member is awarded 1000 points and a rank D reward.’

Jie took out a cigarette. “Any of you still remember the plot?”

Zheng shook his head. “This movie is too old, even though it’s a classic and I had seen it before. I forgot all the details already.”

Xiaoyi shook his head also. “I only saw a few of the latest horror movies these few days. Didn’t expect God to choose something like this.”

Lan laughed. “You guys are unprofessional. Since our lives are on the line, then you should review even the oldest horror movies. Especially if this dimension existed since the ancient times. I even looked through some horror stories. The plot of Alien…”

“Alien happened sometime in the future. Human technology was advanced enough to support planetary travel. They created colonies in a few galaxies, but unfortunately humanity never found any extraterrestrial life until the start of Alien.”

A voice interrupted Lan. A young man stood up from the ground. He had a common face and wore glasses, but his eyes looked unusually calm. He gave off a sense of wisdom.

Zheng was the first to react. “Zheng Zha, welcome.” He held out his hand.

The man hesitated then shook his hand. “Chu Xuan. If you don’t mind, can you tell me what is this place?”

Zheng smiled bitterly. “It seems like you are familiar with the plot of Alien. Can you tell us the details first?”

Xuan sat on the floor, he adjusted his glasses. “If you insist.”

“The plot starts on a commercial spacecraft. According to the law, anyone that encounters an unknown signal during space travel has the obligation to investigate, to determine if it’s sent by an intelligent species. In the plot, a commercial spacecraft caught such an unknown signal, a frequency that doesn’t belong to humans. It may come from extraterrestrial life.”

“According to the law, if they don’t investigate it, they will be fined. People on the spacecraft were forced to land on the planet that sent the signal.”

“Indeed they found the source of the signal. A ruin that might be a spacecraft. They also found the bodies of huge aliens that may have died tens of thousands of years ago, bodies that had fossilized. In the following investigations, they found some cocoons that were still alive.”

“One of the staff touched it out of curiosity. A starfish like organism jumped out at him, then stuck onto his face. Other people brought him back to the spacecraft. These organisms are Aliens. More accurately, the larva form of Aliens. They cannot harm anyone physically and cannot stay alive by themselves. They have to find a host. The larva enters the host’s body, even though the host will not look different physically, the larva inside will grow into an Alien.”

“When the people returned to their spacecraft, the larva had already grown. It climbed out through the host’s chest. The Alien at this time was about the same size as a serpent but with a much higher attack power and speed. We will call this the second stage. Then the plot becomes repetitive. The Alien hid in the spacecraft and attacked the staff non-stop until it gained enough nutrients to evolve to the third stage.”

“Third stage Aliens are almost flawless. Their exoskeletons are bullet proof, their bodily liquid is acidic. They have insane strength and speed. The staff finally realized the disaster they brought. In actuality, that signal wasn’t a cry for help. It was a warning, to stay away from the ruin. Then…”

At this time a voice interrupted Xuan, “That’s enough already, listening to your bullshit in the morning. What the f*ck is this place?”

The four of them looked at him. The other newbies woke up already. They were looking around in confusion. Three of them, with hair dyed in bright colors, looked at them impatiently. Dressed in hippie clothes. One had piercings in his nose and lips. He said loudly, “Who the heck are you? I was gaming in an internet cafe, how the heck did I get here?”


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