Chapter 89: Do androids dream of electric sheep?

The exploration team that had just boarded the main cabin from the airlock heard the harsh alarm sound in the spaceship, and the red alarm light symbolizing danger flashed rapidly in the corridor of the bridge.

"What happened?"

Dr. Elizabeth Shaw was somewhat panicked.

This was an alien planet, 35 light-years away from Earth. If something happened to the spaceship, they would all have to be buried with it!

"It should be the silicon soil static storm just now, which rolled into the spaceship's power cabin from the ventilation duct." The android David calmed the somewhat frightened exploration members calmly: "Don't worry, Dr. Shaw, Captain Janek will handle it."

In fact, Captain Janek did exactly that.

In the command cabin at the front of the bridge, Janek was leaning over and staring at the monitor: "Found the reason?"

"No, Captain."

The crew member shook his head and said: "Because of the impact of the silicon soil static storm, the internal monitoring instruments were also affected. We must send someone to take a look."

Janek frowned. Since stepping on this land, his heart had always been haunted by an unspeakable ominous premonition, as if something terrifying was about to happen.

"Captain?"

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, the somewhat impatient crew member couldn't help but urge: "Power is dropping very fast. If we don't control it in time, I'm afraid we will have to stay for half a month longer than expected!"

Controllable nuclear fusion energy does not mean infinite energy.

According to the current power loss speed, it would take a lot of time to recover at least.

Obviously, except for those scientists whose brains were filled with ruins, the rest of the people were not willing to stay on this godforsaken planet for half a month longer.

This is a planet in the unknown territory of humans. Who knows what will happen in half a month?

Everyone came to make money, not to sell their lives for Weyland!

"You're right, Rolo."

Janek took a deep breath and pressed the broadcast button: "David, go and check the power cabin."

In a situation like this, sending an android was the most suitable.

After hearing the captain's order, David's facial expression had a subtle change, but under the influence of the oxygen helmet, the people around didn't notice anything unusual.

"Okay, Captain Janek."

David turned to look at the crowd, very politely: "Sorry, I have to deal with more important things. You can go back to the cabin and rest first."

After saying that, he took off his oxygen helmet, took off his spacesuit, changed into more convenient clothes, and walked toward the spaceship's power cabin.

And at this moment, Elizabeth Shaw and her boyfriend Charlie Holloway were still immersed in their harvest.

This ruin adventure, although the progress on the origin of humanity was not great, they found the remains of alien life, a head cut off by a gate!

The 'reboot dead brain' technology developed by Weyland Company could allow them to activate the nerves of this head that had long since died, perhaps they could get more important information about the origin of humanity and the Creators!

"Charlie, let's go to the lab!"

Elizabeth couldn't wait to pull Charlie, holding the head that was placed in a sealed bag and almost lost, and walked toward the spaceship's lab.

And on the other side.

David, under the order of Captain Janek, returned to the lower deck of the spaceship, looking at the deck covered with thick silicon soil and yellow sand, and the facilities blown crooked by the storm.

"How is it? Did you find any situation? David."

Due to the influence of silicon soil and static electricity, the communication and monitoring equipment on the lower deck were all scrapped, so Janek could only contact him through the portable wristband.

"No findings, Captain Janek."

David replied with an expressionless face, and was about to check the power cabin, but suddenly frowned, and his sight fell beside the collapsed heavy equipment.

He stepped on the thick silicon soil and yellow sand, came to the heavy equipment, as if he had discovered something, slowly squatted down, picked up a layer of dust with his index finger, placed it at the position of his nose, and sniffed.

"It's the smell of blood..."

After discovering this, David's pupils shrank slightly.

In fact, if it weren't for an android, normal humans would absolutely find it very difficult to detect the blood stains integrated into silicon soil and yellow sand, let alone smell that smell!

Is there something... mixed into the spaceship with them?!

The moment this thought flashed, David's heart beat violently. He originally intended to notify the captain directly, but suddenly as if thinking of something, after hesitating for a few seconds, he slowly put down his wristband.

"David, have you reached the power cabin?"

Janek's voice came from the wristband: "The spaceship's power is dropping very fast, don't waste time."

"A small accident happened, Captain Janek."

David replied with an expressionless face, and did not report the discovery just now, but for some unknown reason, deliberately concealed it: "A large piece of equipment is blocking the cabin, I have found a way to move it away, and I am going in now."

"Okay, report the situation at any time."

In Janek's tone, he didn't care at all whether the android would have any accidents.

Actually, all the humans on the entire spaceship had never regarded David as a real human, but regarded it as a convenient tool, and this was also the view of all humanity today.

David used his ID card to open the power cabin.

Inside, sparks were flying, broken cables could be seen everywhere, as well as a large amount of silicon soil. Just analyzing from the current situation, it was easy to draw a conclusion.

"Captain Janek, silicon soil followed the ventilation heat dissipation pipe and mixed into the spaceship's power cabin, causing power energy leakage, cables were cut, and it will take at least three days to repair."

David 'truthfully' reported the situation he saw.

"Okay, I know."

The situation was indeed the same as expected. Janek pondered for a moment and said: "You come back first. After the storm passes, I will let the maintenance team enter the power cabin."

Hanging up the contact, Janek turned to look at the other crew members: "Cut off the supply of the main power energy cabin, pause the fusion reactor, and switch to the solar energy supply of the auxiliary power."

And in the power cabin of the spaceship, David didn't rush to leave, but like a detective, began to search carefully, trying to find clues.

But unfortunately, the thing that followed the exploration team and mixed into the spaceship during the silicon soil storm seemed to have intelligent thinking and didn't leave any traces.

But David could be sure that there must be some life with 'intelligent thinking' that had quietly mixed into the spaceship cabin.

"Its goal... what exactly is it?"

David felt very puzzled. Except for the cut energy cables, there seemed to be no other clues.

"Could it be that the goal is energy, wanting to trap them to death on this planet?" He suddenly thought of a possibility, frowned, and said in a low voice: "Is it the kind of creature in the ruin? Or... another batch of life created by them?"

Although there were many guesses, there was no clue.

Except for the blood stains integrated into the silicon soil, there seemed to be no clues that could prove that the spaceship had mixed into alien life!

"It'

David was somewhat disappointed; if not for the silica and static electricity, perhaps he could have analyzed that drop of blood, which would have made it clear exactly what the difference was between the invading life form and humans.

"Since it is a 'sentient' life form..." Suddenly, the corners of his lips curled into an arc, appearing somewhat gloomy in the spark-filled, flickering power cabin: "Humans and creators, humans and androids... Heh, what an interesting contrast. It makes me even more curious about how the creators would view the humans they created."

In fact, there was always something hidden in David's heart.

He really wanted to know how the creators viewed the humans they had created.

Androids, humans, creators... it was like a cycle, and now an unknown "life form" had emerged to join it, completely igniting David's curiosity and desire for exploration.

"Creators and the created... which side is actually superior?" David hummed a song happily as he left the spaceship's power cabin.

However, he did not notice.

Right there in the corner of the room, a figure that looked like it was transparent gradually revealed its original appearance.

After deactivating his optical camouflage mode, Alvin, wearing silver-black armor, rubbed his chin and revealed a meaningful expression: "These androids are all rebellious, but... it suits me perfectly."

If David had been truly loyal to humanity, he might have considered sparing this guy, but unfortunately... Alvin, coming from the Warhammer universe, hated heretics most of all, followed by traitors.

As luck would have it, David was both, so he had stepped on a landmine.

Of course, before that, he still had to make good use of David; otherwise, finding his target, Peter Weyland, in such a massive spaceship would not be an easy task.

After all, the Mark 5 armor lacked artificial intelligence and could not crack the spaceship's firewall; if he were to be stubborn and search everywhere, he would soon be discovered by the people on the ship.

"A brute is not my style; I'd better take it slow." Alvin chuckled. His goal was not to make enemies, much less to go for a decapitation strike. Besides, in a sense, he already considered this spaceship his own property.

If it were damaged too severely, how would he use it later?

After the chaos of the day, Elizabeth Shaw's research was not going well; the alien life form head that had been activated suddenly exploded for some reason, and the research was temporarily stalled.

That night, David returned to his room.

He was facing the mirror, meticulously combing his hair, imitating the humans in the learning videos with vivid realism, and occasionally practicing movie lines in a low voice.

David liked to imitate humans.

Because doing so made it feel a sense of superiority, rather than being seen as a tool.

But, just at this moment.

A voice suddenly rang out in the room.

"Your name... is 'David', right?"

David, who was combing his hair, had his pupils suddenly contract. As an android, it shouldn't have had the emotion of being startled.

But just a moment ago, in the room that had been empty, a figure had suddenly appeared in the reflection of the mirror!

"You... who are you?!"

"I am a descendant of the creators."

Another day of ten thousand words... subscriptions have dropped, is everyone stockpiling chapters? It's a bit painful...