# Chapter 320: Alien, Predator (8000)
Once they arrive on an unfamiliar planet environment via spaceship, they can quickly adapt to the environment of that planet by parasitizing the planet's native creatures.
Through face-hugging parasitism, they can quickly slaughter the entire planet's native species. This adaptability and reproductive ability also makes the Alien known as a top killing machine among extraterrestrials.
What makes people fear the Alien is its terrifying parasitic reproductive method and its silent, elusive hunting instinct.
But facing the bait gas released by the Dark Iron Blood, these Aliens completely changed their hunting instinct. Instead of acting like top predators, they launched a death charge towards the Base in front of them in groups.
"Rat-a-tat-tat-tat——"
"Boom boom boom boom boom——"
Facing these Aliens, the guard soldiers inside the Base were like shooting a group of completely defenseless live targets.
After abandoning their hunting advantage, this group of Aliens facing the organized Military and firearms were at most just a group of beasts covered in hard shells.
Around the Leon Military Base was a completely exposed open ground that had been specially cleared. The dense mass of black Aliens charged towards the Base while hissing towards the Sky. Their dark, hard carapaces, drooling sharp teeth, and swinging tails made them look extremely ferocious.
In the Sky, over a dozen helicopters maintained a high altitude hover.
"Officer! General Ross has sent an order. All our fighter jets are to be deployed. We must clear out all Alien monsters. General Ross said these monsters have extremely strong reproductive ability and not a single one can be missed!"
On the twin-rotor helicopter hovering in the Sky, a Federation Colonel stood in front of the hatch, gripping the hatch machine gun, and aimed a spray fire at the monsters below.
The dense torrent of bullets easily pierced through the carapaces of the Aliens. The Black Colonel let out excited vulgarities.
"Fuck!"
"Oh! This is way more fun than shooting down planes! Little monsters, come lift up your rear, let me thoroughly penetrate you with my Gatling gun!"
"Clear them out! Fuck, can't you see I'm doing it?!" The Federation Colonel mounted the Gatling Vulcan Cannon, aiming it from afar at an Alien on the Ground.
That Alien, which was a circle larger than a normal Alien, seemed to sense it was being targeted. It agilely darted left and right, dodging attack after attack.
"Fuck! Lower the altitude! I'm gonna kill this son of a bitch!"
The Federation Colonel gripped the Gatling gun in his hand, firing frantically at the large-sized Alien while turning his head to curse at the helicopter's Pilot!
The Pilot turned his head to look at the Soldier in the front passenger seat's position. The Soldier helplessly shrugged at him.
"Lower the altitude, maintain a low altitude height of fifty meters!"
The Pilot followed the Black Colonel's order and quickly lowered the helicopter's height to fifty meters. This height, based on the jumping ability shown by these monsters on the Ground, was completely within the safe height.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat——
For the Black Colonel operating the Gatling Vulcan Cannon, fifty meters was enough distance for him to more easily tear apart these Alien monsters.
He operated the Vulcan Cannon and quickly tore apart two more Aliens. However, he was still unsatisfied. He leaned half his body out of the hatch, searching for the one size larger prey that had just slipped away.
At this moment, the helicopter suddenly plunged, as if something had landed on it.
The Black Colonel lost his footing and almost fell off the aircraft. He gripped the cabin door handle tightly. Just as he was about to curse loudly at the Pilot.
Suddenly, he discovered that an Alien had climbed onto the helicopter's landing gear at some point. The Alien opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and let out a hissing sound at him. Then, this Alien flicked its tail, and a tail spike directly pierced through the Federation Black Colonel's chest.
The Federation Black Colonel looked down at the steel-like tail stuck into his chest. He unconsciously reached out his hand, seemingly wanting to pull it out from Inside his Body.
The next moment, he was flung out by the Alien, violently smashed onto the Ground, and then swarmed by several Aliens and devoured completely.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
An attack helicopter fired several consecutive rockets towards the Aliens gathered in a pile, blowing them to pieces. This could be considered the reckless Black Colonel's last contribution to the Base.
"Boom!"
At the same time, a twin-rotor helicopter plunged headfirst towards the Ground. The sparks generated by the friction between the wings and fuselage and the Ground ignited the aircraft's fuel tank, directly detonating this aircraft which cost several million US dollars.
"Idiots! Who told them to lower the altitude?! Tell them to maintain alert altitude! This isn't hunting! If they let these Aliens escape, I'll send them to military court!"
Inside the Base's front line Command Post, General Ross watched the scene of the attack helicopter explosion outside the Base, cursing angrily.
What made General Ross fume was that the black and white eagle paint scheme on this twin-rotor helicopter indicated that this aircraft belonged to their Federation. This made the always proud General Ross feel somewhat embarrassed.
"Boom boom boom——"
"Boom boom boom——"
"Boom boom boom"
After putting away their contempt for these Alien monsters, dozens of attack helicopters, cooperating with the Base's firepower, began to clear out these monsters.
Because General Ross shared the intelligence on these Aliens, the Base adopted the strategy of clearing them out to prevent these Aliens from escaping and causing greater harm.
The Base utilized fighter jets and attack helicopters to drive these Aliens inwards from dozens of kilometers away, herding them into the defensive firepower range of the Leon Base. Then, they directly deployed large caliber artillery fire and missiles for indiscriminate bombing of these Aliens.
Soon, groups of Aliens were blown to pieces by the dense artillery fire. The shell craters on the open Plain outside the Base, still warm, were full of the scattered limbs and body parts of these Aliens.
"Officer! Everything within a thirty-kilometer range has been cleared!"
Inside the Base's communication channel, the report of a fighter jet reconnaissance officer sounded.
General Ross stood in front of the satellite monitoring screen, stroking his chin. "Sweep it again. Also, notify Utopia and tell them about the terrifying nature of these monsters. Tell them to pay attention to the traces of these monsters!"
Looking at the scattered Aliens in the satellite monitoring footage, General Ross didn't feel overly excited. He always felt that something wasn't right!
"General Ross, could these Aliens attacking the Base with such fanfare be a smoke grenade?!"
Wang Zhihua, also in the Base's Command Post at this time, had a serious complexion. "Based on their performance, it completely doesn't match the ferocity and cunning mentioned in the intelligence! I have a speculation, could this type of monster be a smoke grenade that was released?!"
Wang Zhihua's words were a wake-up call. His words instantly enlightened General Ross.
"General Wang, what do you think is the objective of these Alien monsters?" Ross looked at Wang Zhihua.
Then, the two of them said in unison, "Inside the Base!"
"Hey! Miss, you can't go in!"
Just at this moment, the door of the Base's Command Post was kicked open. Accompanied by the sounds of the guards' obstruction, a figure walked in.
Seeing this scene, the Soldiers and Military Officers present in the Base simultaneously reached for the handguns at their waists.
"Stop, everyone don't move, put down your guns. This is Miss Gu Zi Yun, she's one of us!"
General Ross saw Gu Zi Yun walk in. Although he was knowledgeable, he couldn't help but gasp.
Gu Zi Yun, wearing a sailor suit, held a lollipop in her mouth. Her Right Hand, however, was dragging the tail of an Alien.
The black monster's carapace, hard as steel, was full of shattered marks. Ross even saw a fist print clearly imprinted on the Alien's spindle-shaped head.
This fist seemed to have blown half of the Alien's head off. Thick liquid with corrosiveness flowed along with Gu Zi Yun's drag, leaving streaks of skid marks on the wooden floor.
"Clang!"
Gu Zi Yun threw the Alien's corpse into the Command Room Hall and said to General Ross, "Boss told me to tell you that these Aliens have sneaked into the Base! He wants you to be careful!"
"How is that possible? The Base has a complete defense system! Not even a fly could sneak in!" A white female Military Officer couldn't help but retort.
Gu Zi Yun didn't even have the interest to look at her. "I've delivered the message. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first!"
General Ross quickly called out to Gu Zi Yun: "Miss Gu, did Mr. Tang say how this Alien sneaked in!?"
Gu Zi Yun turned back to look at General Ross, rolling the lollipop in her mouth as she said, "Boss said that the initial basic form of this extraterrestrial life form is a black watery liquid. Someone put them into the Base's Water Source!"
General Ross gasped immediately upon hearing Gu Zi Yun's words. He instantly realized the seriousness of the matters.
Although the drinking water inside the Base is all procured from Utopia's drinking water company, the Base's industrial water, such as for washing and toilet use, relies on a natural Lake fifty kilometers away and several deep wells inside the Base.
(The Base's meals, daily necessities, and drinking water are all outsourced to Utopia. This income accounts for 5% of Utopia's GDP.)
Although a large number of civilians have already moved out of the Base's outer Urban Area, due to the Allied Forces stationed inside the Base, there are nearly ten thousand logistics personnel just serving these Soldiers.
If these Aliens really sneak into the Base, the outer Urban Area would be the best hatching breeding ground for them.
"The Base is to immediately enter Level One Alert. Immediately shut down the Base's water supply system. Investigate all surveillance networks within the Base. Don't miss any Corner. Dispatch drones and hunting dogs, focusing on investigating the Base's Sewer."
None of the Generals standing in the Command Room were incompetent. They all realized the importance of the matters and began issuing orders one after another.
"Miss Gu, the situation is urgent. I will immediately arrange an aircraft to escort Mr. Tang to leave the Base!"
General Ross issued the emergency order and then turned to Gu Zi Yun.
Gu Zi Yun shook her head. "Boss said he wants to wait here for a long-time acquaintance!"
"Old Friend?" General Ross was a little surprised. "Could there be some Important Figure he doesn't know about coming to the Base at this time?"
Gu Zi Yun blinked her big eyes with a smile. "Boss said it's a big guy who is dedicated to ecological environmental protection. Well, if there are no more matters, I'll leave first. Any later, those little darlings will be killed by you all!"
Dedicated to environmental protection? Those environmentalists again?
General Ross was very disgusted with those environmental organizations. Recently, environmental organizations in the Federation and Europe and the Americas had been causing trouble everywhere in the world.
Many organizations took the opportunity of the Alien Giant Beast Invasion of the Earth to organize environmentalists to protest in the streets. In the view of these environmentalists, the reason why wormhole crises appeared all over the world was because of the chain reaction caused by not paying attention to environmental protection, global warming, and Glacier Melt.
Sometimes, watching the news, General Ross even wanted to draw his gun and blow open their heads to see if their heads were filled with shit.
However, General Ross, having been High-level Staff in the Federation and reaching the position of Minister of Defense, knew deeply that these environmental organizations, women's protection organizations, anti-racial discrimination organizations, and rifle associations were not much different.
These environmental organizations want money. Just like the Ocean environment fish protection organization, they operate under the guise of protecting the Ocean and protecting Ocean fishery, issuing environmental labels to some fishing boats.
In their propaganda, any fish that hasn't affixed this environmental label is non-compliant, a behavior that destroys the Ocean's ecology.
Purchasing this type of fish without a label is destroying the Ocean environment.
What they won't publicize is that their environmental labels need to be purchased with money, with a clearly marked price. Just by selling these environmental labels, these organizations can obtain eight-figure funding every year.
And they also won't tell you that the most serious contamination for Ocean fish is not the plastic junk they publicize, but the various trawling nets and fishing junk left in the Ocean by fishing companies every year.
After all, fishing associations and fishing companies are the biggest sponsors of these Ocean environmental organizations.
Besides relying on this additional income from environmental labels, various environmental organizations and protection organizations also have their own sponsors supporting them behind them.
Just like Tang Group, they make donations to various types of organizations every year. Even, behind some protection organizations are these large Consortiums.
Consortiums have money, environmental organizations have people, and politicians need the votes in the hands of various organizations. This is a complete political system.
The closer one gets to the top of the Pyramid, the clearer one sees matters. Some matters that cannot be seen clearly at the bottom level are clearly visible from a high place.
This is Ross's words of experience from serving as Minister of Defense for four years. The perspective a General and a Minister of Defense can see are different after all. Perhaps this is the reason why General Ross, who always had a rigid personality, became more reasonable in the eyes of outsiders compared to before.
General Ross thought the person Tang Song was going to meet was the Leader of a certain environmental organization. Although he was dissatisfied that Tang Song chose his Base as the meeting place.
But now facing the Alien calamity that could erupt inside the Base at any time, General Ross already had no time for other matters.
Facts proved that General Ross's worry was not without reason. The Aliens had already begun to spread silently in the Base's outer area.
Under the almost carpet-style search within the Base, a team of Soldiers quickly discovered dried bloodstains flowing out from under a room.
After they violently broke open the door, an Alien lunged out towards them.
Without the suppression of heavy firepower, these Human Soldiers experienced the terror of the Alien, this type of top predator, for the first time.
A Soldier Team of five, holding standard issue rifles and wearing a full set of bulletproof gear, facing the unarmed Alien, were directly wiped out by this Alien.
Although the standard issue rifles in their hands could cause damage to the Alien, the Alien, this killing machine, could completely withstand these non-lethal attacks and slaughter them completely in the shortest amount of time.
The Alien's fangs, tail, and even its highly corrosive bodily fluid, are all tools that can bring slaughter.
After successively slaughtering two search teams and killing and injuring over a dozen civilians, this Alien was finally blown into meat paste by an RPG. The killing instinct displayed by this Alien also gave the High-level Staff inside the Base a true clear understanding of this creature.
They put away their contempt for the Aliens.
The Soldiers responsible for the subsequent investigation directly switched to heavy weapons, flamethrowers, heavy machine guns, and even deployed rudimentary versions of exoskeleton suits.
At the same time, they also allocated a unit of Iron Soldiers to participate in the search mission.
This decision greatly reduced the casualties of the Soldiers inside the Base. Even so, after a round of investigation, over thirty Soldiers inside the Base were also casualties.
And less than seven Aliens were hunted.
But according to the analysis of the corpse wreckage found by the search personnel, adding the flesh and blood to the number of missing personnel, it was estimated that at least dozens of Aliens had already hatched inside the Base.
Under General Ross's order, another round of more detailed investigation began.
This time, the Base deployed drones and the ability of Mutants responsible for security check. They finally found the Aliens hiding inside and reproducing rampantly in a drainage system within the Base.
"Boss Uncle!"
In the Hotel's reception room, Gu Zi Yun directly pushed the door open and entered.
Tang Song, who was sitting with legs crossed, holding a Playboy magazine in his hand and looking at the illustrations inside, looked up and glanced at Gu Zi Yun, who was covered in dirt and about to pounce on him.
"Clean your body up first before talking. You're a big girl now, how can you still get your clothes dirty fighting!" Tang Song glared at Gu Zi Yun.
"Oh!"
Gu Zi Yun pouted in response. Then, a stream of dark red flames gushed out from the pores of her skin, instantly burning away the dust on her body and the Alien blood staining her hands completely.
The flames dispersed. There were no scorching marks on Gu Zi Yun's sailor suit. Instead, it was as clean as if it had been washed with water.
"How about now?" Gu Zi Yun turned in a circle and looked at Tang Song.
Tang Song put down the magazine in his hand. Gu Zi Yun directly pounced into Tang Song's embrace.
"Hmm, not bad. You have achieved mastery over the Phoenix Force proficiently!"
Tang Song supported Gu Zi Yun's waist, not sparing words of praise.
After refinement of the Phoenix Force purified from the Black Phoenix, Tang Song divided it into several portions and refined them into several medicinal pills, which he gave to his several women.
Looking at it now, the one with the fastest progress in refinement of the Phoenix Force turned out to be this Little Girl, Gu Zi Yun.
Speaking of which, in a world like this with black technology, some matters are really hard to say. I heard from The Collector Tivan that the complete form of the Phoenix Force even possesses the strength to cause Universe destruction.
This kind of strength, Boss Tang, who has an extremely strong controlling desire, definitely wants to grasp in his own hands. It doesn't require hard work in cultivation, only needing to be chosen to possess this immense strength. It really doesn't follow any scientific reason.
A certain cultivator was a little jealous, and the strength in his kneading slightly increased.
And Gu Zi Yun, who had just smashed the Alien's head with a slap, completely satisfying the sadistic pleasure in her heart...
Speaking of which, what is this guy Tivan doing now? Boss Tang cleared his mind while enjoying the buffet.
The dark red flames manifested by the Phoenix Force enveloped Boss Tang and Gu Zi Yun. The Phoenix Force, filtered by the true essence Inside Gu Zi Yun's Body, entered Tang Song's body through [redacted], and after being refined by his Tai Chi True Form Diagram, integrated into his nascent divinity Inside his Body.
The pure and immense strength further strengthened Tang Song's nascent divinity. He only needed to wait for nurturing and harmonizing, and then he could turn his nascent divinity into Yang and step into the True Immortal fruition.
In Federal New York, inside a newly opened Museum, Tivan, wearing a gown that looked like it was from the Middle Ages and with mixed black and white hair, was proudly introducing his collection to some collector friends.
"Hmm, this is a witchcraft ship in a bottle I found in the Caribbean Sea. Inside here is sealed a very famous pirate ship from that time!"
As Tivan, the great collector who rose to fame within the world in the past two years, was widely known in the industry, quite a few collectors were still very interested in his private Museum even in the current harsh environment.
So there were many visitors every day. For a tasteful collector, the greatest pleasure, besides handling and admiring, and viewing their collection items...
...is also the recognition of others towards one's own collection taste.
"From the ship bottle's era and the era of the ship's design inside, it is indeed a seventeenth-century item. This wine bottle was a very popular rum bottle from that era!"
A crowd of collectors were appraising Tivan's collection. In their view, this was indeed a rare collectible. However, they naturally didn't believe in witchcraft. In the eyes of these collectors, this was just a seventeenth-century artistic collectible. What a joke, could breaking this wine bottle really release a pirate ship?
Tivan watched the crowd of collectors appraising and praising his collection, with unconcealed pride in his eyes.
During this time on Earth, he seemed to have found another kind of collecting pleasure, a different kind of happiness from locking up his collectibles and admiring them alone.
Listening to others praise his collection, the corners of Tivan's mouth stretched wider and wider.
"Achoo!" Just at this moment, he suddenly sneezed. Tivan looked around suspiciously. "Someone is talking about me!"
Having come to Earth during this period, Tivan had gradually somewhat integrated into Earth civilization.
"Everyone, come and appreciate this collection item of mine. This gold plaque is a collection of an Egyptian pharaoh. It is said it was endowed with divine power by Anubis, the Egyptian god of death, possessing the magical strength to bestow soul upon dead things!"
The chaotic noise and artillery fire Inside the Leon Military Base echoed for over an hour.
After locking onto the Aliens' hiding position, the Base deployed over a dozen types of weapons, including energy weapons, only then completely clearing out the Aliens in the Base's outer area.
Facing the Aliens hiding in the sewage pipes, the Base's High-level Staff, in order to avoid further casualties, directly deployed Iron Soldiers, cooperating with drones, to go down into the pipes and drive these Aliens into the ambush zone from several Directions.
Then, they directly deployed the Base's high power energy cannon, cooperating with high explosives, to directly blow these Aliens into puddles of pus and blood.
As for the safety of the Base's core area, it and the Base's outer area are completely two different defense systems. Even the sewage system and water supply system are separate systems.
When the Aliens appeared outside the Base and the alarm sounded, General Ross immediately issued the order to lockdown the Base's core area. The core area was also searched, and no signs of Aliens invading into the core area were found.
"Knock knock knock!"
The mahogany door of the Restroom was knocked.
"Come in!" Tang Song raised his eyes and put down the Dao De Jing in his hand.
"Boss, General Ross has come!" The Black-clothed Bodyguard walked in and bowed towards Tang Song.
"Please invite him in!"
Soon, General Ross walked in, bringing several Military Officers.
"Mr. Tang! The situation inside the Base is currently not very clear. I suspect there are still people behind these Alien monsters. For the sake of your safety, I think you should leave here first!"
General Ross came in and exchanged pleasantries with Tang Song for a moment, then expressed his worry, subtly trying to persuade Tang Song to leave the Base.
"My safety, General Ross doesn't need to worry about this. I brought a few capable individuals by my side!"
Hearing Tang Song say this, General Ross subconsciously looked towards Gu Zi Yun sitting by Tang Song's side. He had witnessed how formidable this little girl was.
However, he was also worried that if something happened to Tang Song in the Base, he couldn't escape responsibility. He was about to say something.
Tang Song suddenly raised his eyes and glanced beside the few Military Officers General Ross brought. "That group of Aliens you mentioned has someone behind them. Are you referring to this sneaky guy standing here, who is in stealth... Hmm?"
General Ross was startled by Tang Song's words. He subconsciously looked towards the few Military Officers standing behind him. The Military Officers followed Tang Song's gaze and looked towards a patch of air.
A tall figure revealed his figure from the air. With a head full of dreadlocks-style braids, and wearing a Predator mask on his face, it was clearly a Predator.
"Human, how did you discover me?"
The masks and wrist devices of the Predator and Dark Iron Blood all come with voice translation function, which can translate the voice of the Predator into the voice of Earthlings.
As for why they haven't been heard of before, after all, as a hunting race, they rarely have the desire to communicate with their prey.
Shadow Storm's mask was scanning Tang Song's information, wanting to determine the strength of this prey by presenting the heat Inside the Prey's Body through thermal imaging.
According to previous hunting experience, the stronger the prey's strength, the higher the prey's heat shown by infrared thermal imaging. He scanned for a long time, but found that the thermal imaging of this prey in front of him was no different from other prey.
And at this moment, General Ross, who had recognized the Predator as this type of extraterrestrial life form, had already subconsciously placed his hand on the holster at his waist.
The disc-shaped throwing knife at Shadow Storm's wrist was about to flick and shoot towards General Ross. He had already observed and confirmed that this human was the leader of the humans in this Base.
As long as he killed him, he could paralyze the command system of this Human Base.
As a hunter who had lived for thousands of years, Shadow Storm knew deeply the essence of hunting group prey: one must first kill the leader.
The reason why he was in stealth following Ross was to find the gemstone Thanos wanted through him.
Unexpectedly, there was a prey here who could actually see through his disguise.
Just as Shadow Storm's throwing knife was about to make its move, a hand suddenly landed on his wrist.
This hand clamped down tightly on Shadow Storm's Right Hand like a vise. His right palm creaked loudly under the pressure of the immense strength that suddenly erupted.
The Black-clothed Bodyguard, who had been standing by the side just now, had at some point blocked in front of Shadow Storm. He gripped Shadow Storm's hand that wanted to launch the throwing knife. Scorching white lightning crackled from his five fingers, continuously wrapping around Shadow Storm's arm.
A burning and numbing sensation instantly swept towards Shadow Storm's entire body. Shadow Storm pulled hard on his Right Hand, but it didn't budge.
He raised his left hand. A high frequency vibration double-edged blade popped out from his wrist, stabbing towards the Black-clothed Bodyguard's face. At the same time, the three red dots of his shoulder cannon also flashed, aimed at the Black-clothed Bodyguard's head!
"Swish" The high frequency vibration double-edged blade accurately hit the Black-clothed Bodyguard's face. The next moment, Shadow Storm's shoulder cannon also lit up with red light.
"Boom!"
The Black-clothed Bodyguard's head directly exploded open like a watermelon.
Blood water splattered onto General Ross's face. He stood up, aimed his gun at Shadow Storm, and pulled the trigger!
At the same time, the Military Officers who had retreated far away also drew their handguns and began shooting towards Shadow Storm.
"Bang bang bang bang——"
The bullets fired from their handguns all hit Shadow Storm. The bullets collided with Shadow Storm's armor, splattering out a streak of sparks.
Shadow Storm again wanted to launch throwing knives to finish off these prey, but was startled to find that his hand was still being gripped tightly.
He had clearly already finished off this prey!
Just in the midst of Shadow Storm's surprised gaze, a new head was rapidly growing out from the Black-clothed Bodyguard's exploded neck.
"Rapid healing ability!" As an experienced Hunter, after reacting, Shadow Storm's shoulder cannon lit up with red light again.
(end of chapter)