Chapter 3: The Alien Queen in the Mysterious Space

  Although he didn't understand what was going on with the magic egg, Fate also didn't dare to ask. This Windfire Town, the air was filled with a strange and mysterious aura. Even this young man, from his speech and behavior to just now mysteriously releasing the magic egg and then putting it away, didn't seem like a youth at all.

  It was unexpected that the law didn't drive him away, but instead gave him a room to stay in temporarily. The landlady Anna was visibly unhappy, muttering to herself, but fortunately didn't turn hostile.

  Lying on the warm and comfortable bed, Fatou soon fell into a deep sleep.

  He slept soundly, but the little mountain next door was not so happy.

  It was already late at night, Li Junshan tossed and turned on the bed, frowning and sighing endlessly.

  "What the hell is going on here?"

  Li Junshan felt like he was about to collapse.

  He wasn't a person of this world, he originally lived in a world called Earth. One day, while playing a new online game "Alien VS Iron Blood Warrior", Li Junshan used a bug to lure the final BOSS Iron Blood Warrior to the Alien King's nest, and when the two top-level BOSS were fiercely fighting, Li Junshan quietly hid on one side preparing to pick up equipment. Just as they were about to annihilate each other, he saw a golden epic weapon appear on the ground, Li Junshan was too excited, his hand shook and he accidentally knocked over a large cup of water on the screen, the old CRT monitor instantly exploded, and he was cut by the glass shards on his neck artery, blood sprayed out several meters, he couldn't even cry for help, and soon lost consciousness.

  When he came to, Li Junshan found himself lying at the edge of a forest, with several strange corpses beside him, an overturned carriage, and a large trunk split in two...

  All signs indicate that these people have been robbed, and perhaps even themselves, as Li Junshan discovers that the clothes he is wearing are ones he has never seen before, and he himself has become a thirteen or fourteen year old boy.

  Borrowing a corpse to return a soul?

  The surroundings were filled with the terrifying roars of wild beasts, and Li Junshan didn't dare to stay any longer. He struggled to run to Fenghuo Town. There were many people like him in this town, and no one paid attention to him. Perhaps it was due to the residual memories of the original owner of this body that he had no problem with language. After a period of understanding, Li Junshan finally realized that he had come to a strange world.

  There are monsters comparable to Aliens, magicians with magical powers surpassing airplanes and artillery, and mercenary guilds more organized and disciplined than the mafia...

  What puzzled Li Junshan was that the skin color and ethnicity of this world were extremely strange, with white, black, yellow, and green all present. Similarly, they also had a messy mix of surnames, similar to the original Chinese names, but with blond hair, while people with black hair had strange Western names, all of which easily overturned his original worldview.

  Nothing is more important than staying alive!

  After three days of hard work, Li Junshan determined that he had crossed over and possessed the body of a dead person. He mustered up his spirits and headed towards the wine shop on West Street, which was rarely visited by anyone. His left hand grasped a large handful of strange plants picked from the forest, while his right hand held a pig bone that had been gnawed clean by a magical beast.

  "I just need a moment of your time, and if you agree, it will bring you enormous wealth."

  Anna nodded inexplicably and didn't drive the dirty little beggar away. In fact, Li Junshan came to find her because Anna had sent him food several times in these three days.

  Under Anna's astonished gaze, Li Junshan completely conquered her sense of smell in less than half an hour. Anna swore she had never smelled anything like it before, it was enough to drive someone crazy. Under her scorching gaze, Li Junshan picked up a bamboo skewer used by the guests to pick their teeth and strung some dried meat blocks that had been left for who knows how long, threw them into the pot emitting a strange fragrance and cooked for a while, then scooped out some strange powder and sprinkled it on top, handing it over to Anna.

  "Go ahead and try them, these aren't food, you'll find they're all glittering gold coins."

  Anna only took a sip and stiffened, after reacting she picked up the large pot at the door and ran into the tavern, like a mammoth, she rushed out again and sandwiched Li Junshan in her armpit, slamming the door shut with a bang.

  The Interdimensional Spicy Hot Pot became famous throughout Fenghuo Town on the second day after Li Junshan entered Anna's Tavern. The first day sold over 1,200 strings, the second day sold over 3,000 strings, and the third day sold over 5,000 strings...

  So Anna got her first bucket of gold, and Li Junshan also found a temporary place to settle down.

  Days passed like this, when Li Junshan became familiar with Fenghuo Town and was thinking about his future, he suddenly discovered a secret that shocked him extremely.

  One evening, Li Junshan was about to fall asleep after a busy day when suddenly, his mind buzzed and a mysterious space appeared. The dark space was enormous, so vast that he didn't know how to describe it. What shocked him was that in the space there was a gigantic monster... no, it should be an alien creature.

  Li Junshan could swear to the heavens that it was an alien, and one with partial physiology of an Iron Blood Warrior, a queen capable of laying eggs. It stood quietly in the space, its head lowered as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

  In the spiritual space, on the empty ground of nothingness, there were countless deformed eggs arranged in a dense manner. Li Junshan's scalp was numb as he looked at them, and he could even feel that some of the deformed eggs had an urgent desire to hatch.

  After spending a whole half month, Li Junshan finally confirmed that the space was real, because with his thoughts turning, those deformed eggs would obediently appear in front of him. Afraid of becoming a deformed parasite himself, Li Junshan quickly sent them back to the strange space.

  This secret Li Junshan didn't dare to tell anyone, and in fact, no one believed what he said. Every day, among a group of children, he repeatedly told stories about aliens and iron-blooded warriors, just wanting to probe the reaction of aliens in this world.

  In the story, the Xenomorphs became some kind of magical beasts and the Space Marines' high-tech weapons turned into magic.

  "Brother Shan, my grandfather said that your story is pretty good, but it's not based on anything. In this world, there are no magical creatures that can grow inside a human or other magical creature and become so powerful."

  "Brother Shan, my father said that there isn't a single powerful warrior who can possess high-level magic with great power at the same time. That Iron Blood Warrior is simply impossible to be real."

  This is the feedback information, every child who has heard the story means this, with little difference.

  To gain a better understanding of the Xenomorph, Li Junshan attempted to summon the Xenomorph egg into real space. He discovered that when he was alone, it took a long time for the egg to hatch after being summoned. However, if there was another person nearby, the hatching speed of the Xenomorph egg would increase by more than tenfold, almost instantaneously.

  At this time, Li Junshan would quickly send them back to the spiritual space, and the alien egg would automatically close, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

  Think about the strange and bizarre magical creatures in this world, then think about the alien that has fused with the genes of an iron-blooded warrior. If it were to parasitize these magical creatures' bodies and fuse their genes as well, what kind of change would occur?

  Every time he thought of these things, Li Junshan's heart would beat violently.

  He didn't dare to verify, Li Junshan, who liked the Alien series movies, had watched them many times, including the online game that used Aliens as a gimmick. He clearly understood what kind of disaster would be brought to this world if the summoned Aliens were out of control.

  Destruction? The disappearance of civilization?

  Li Junshan asked himself if he didn't have such noble sentiments, but since these related to his own survival, he couldn't help but be careful.

  This is not a movie, nor a game, but a living world.

  And there was another very important question, this question was like a sharp knife that was always turning in Li Junshan's mind, making him unable to rest.

  Just like the female protagonist Ripley cloned by scientists in the fourth installment of the Alien film series, Li Junshan occasionally discovered that his blood had a terrifying corrosive power similar to that of an alien when he accidentally cut his finger and bled.

  This discovery shocked Li Junshan more than the Alien Queen and Alien Eggs in the strange space.

  Moreover, Li Junshan found that he did not have the abnormal physical abilities of the replicant Repli like those who had combined with alien genes. It seemed that only his blood had corrosive properties. To test this, he mixed sweat and saliva into food and fed it to some small animals. Fortunately, there were no negative effects as he had imagined, and the animals did not die. Apparently, only his blood was corrosive.

  A miserable death, a bizarre resurrection through corpse reanimation, a strange world, an inexplicable space, an alien queen, countless alien eggs, inherited part of the alien's abilities, and even Li Junshan himself in this body now has no memory of his past, he doesn't even know who he is...

  Li Junshan felt it was a miracle he hadn't gone mad.

  "Ask that magician again tomorrow, hopefully there will be some discovery." Li Junshan, who had been busy for a day, thought wildly for half a day, couldn't hold back his heavy sleepiness, turned over and fell asleep.

  ……

  Anna was an unusual existence in Fenghuo Town. She had no strength, no aura, and couldn't use magic. It seemed like her only advantage was her plump figure, but despite this, there wasn't a single person in Fenghuo Town who dared to bully her.

  All of this is for a reason, ten years ago, when the ugly Groteus giant ran to Fenghuo Town to plunder, all the people in the town fought bloody battles and resisted for three days without getting any support from any forces. At that time, the friend of the Groteus giant, the dwarf tribe appeared, more than 300 dwarf warriors carrying huge hammers instantly shattered their morale.

  Anna's husband stood out, a down-and-out middle-aged man who only knew how to drink all day. The residents of Fenghuo Town had never looked at him with respect, and many people had even bullied him. Yet this person cast a forbidden spell - Death Space, instantly sending all the enemies on the battlefield to Death Space.

  The Death Space spell was cast at the cost of the magician's life, and Anna's husband died on the spot after casting it. From that day on, everyone respected this nameless magician from the bottom of their hearts, and Anna became a part of their lives. Even if there wasn't a single transaction in a year, people would still leave some monster corpses or daily necessities at Anna's doorstep. Anyone who dared to offend Anna was considered an enemy of all permanent residents of Fenghuo Town.

  As the diligent bird's crisp chirping sounded, Anna woke up, still tightly clutching a few uncounted gold coins in her hand. Holding the coins, she felt like holding onto the whole world, so full and at ease.

  More than three months have passed and the business of Malatang has also returned to a normal level, with about 2,000 strings per day, which is very satisfying for Anna.

  Downstairs, Anna saw the magician she had seen yesterday wandering around in the wine building, and Li Junshan was already sorting out the meat skewers.

  "Idiot." Anna thundered in her usual loud voice: "You really think you can just freeload, go help with the chores."

  Fatte glanced around, confirming that she was talking about herself, and couldn't help but smile wryly, saying: "I'm not good at anything."

  "What kind of magician are you?" Anna came down the creaking stairs.

  "Mrs. Anna, I am a noble water system magician."

  "Let me have a look at it." Anna sat in front of Li Junshan and started cutting the meat into pieces.

  Fate was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. He muttered the magic spell with his mouth, and as the mist condensed around him, a water arrow suddenly appeared out of thin air and shot onto the door panel with a "poof" sound, creating a huge... um, should be a huge puddle of water.

  Li Junshan was also a little curious, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Fatte's face turned red as he stuttered, "I'm still a beginner now. If I advance to intermediate level, my magic power will increase greatly."

  "Useless trash." Anna spoke without mercy, and then complained to Li Junshan: "Anyone is better than him, a low-level magician, useless in fighting, and not strong enough to work, what's the point of keeping him?"

  Li Junshan couldn't help but burst out laughing, and after a long while, he said: "Who says it's useless? Look over there." He pointed to a large wooden basin filled with water next to him, alongside a huge pile of meat blocks and vegetables waiting to be washed.

  Anna's eyes lit up and she smiled: "You're so clever, that wizard, hurry up and wash the meat and vegetables."

  Fatou's face turned gloomy, and she was about to cry. She panted heavily, gritted her teeth, and walked out the door.

  "If you can't even bear this little bit of hardship, if you can't even endure this little thing, what makes you think you can become a great magician?"

  Anna's voice came from behind Fatu, saying: "You get out of here, I dare say that no union will hire you. A water system magician like you at such a young age is useless except for learning and upgrading. Don't mention that this is Fenghuo Town, anywhere else, you can't survive unless you go cheat people."

  "Yes, Mr. Fatte, relying on one's own abilities to make a living, what is there to be angry and ashamed about?" Li Junshan also chimed in, he had many questions that perhaps only Fatte could answer, so naturally he didn't want him to leave like this.

  Fate stopped at the door, stood still for a long time, and finally turned back. He threw several large pieces of meat into the wooden basin, and without even chanting any magic spells, Fate saw the water in the basin start to rotate rapidly, washing away the bloody threads on the surface of the meat in no time.

  "This is even more awesome than a washing machine!" Li Junshan watched from the side, holding back his laughter and turning bright red.