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"Your Majesty, the transport ship..."

"Don't bother me with such trivial matters," King Chitauri waved his hand, his face full of impatience.

The official was momentarily speechless. "There have been several riots on that second planet, causing..."

King Chitauri yawned. "Proceed according to the established rules."

"..."

"Yes…"

Chapter 277 Natasha: If a few more Natashas come, I'll change my name to Natasha Number One!

In the Chitauri fleet, after being given a perfunctory reply by the Chitauri king, the officials could only sigh and leave the flagship.

After witnessing a legendary-level confrontation, the Chitauri King immediately became a coward. With an extremely low sense of security, he set a rule that only he could arrange the personnel on the flagship.

Other personnel who need to come to the main ship must not only give prior notice, but also undergo a body search and secondary inspection upon arrival, and finally leave immediately after the matter is resolved.

After boarding the single-person spaceship, the official set the planned route and then stared into deep thought at the two documents in his hand.

One of these documents concerns the Chitauri II, which states that resources on the warships have been drastically reduced, not to mention those whom the Chitauri King considers slaves. It can be said that apart from the able-bodied, almost no one can survive, which has led to various riots.

The other one is related to the transport ship that was sent out some time ago. These two things shouldn't be put together, as their importance is too different.

However, after reviewing the surveillance footage of the transport ship, the officials felt that something was amiss, but they couldn't pinpoint the problem. They had initially intended to consult the Chitauri King, who had the highest level of genetic enhancement, but for now, they had to put the matter on hold.

Meanwhile, on the main planet of Chitauri, Valeera's rogues had only just arrived on the planet without using Asgard's Bifrost.

Clearly, in terms of long-distance teleportation, the Human Alliance's technology is still far behind the wonders of Asgard. The Space Stone could make up for this gap, but it is in the hands of the surface government and is not necessary. The Celestial Court and the Clock Tower are not too keen on borrowing it, since some people still haven't adjusted their attitudes.

“Natasha, have we arrived?” Fina’s message popped up in the Ouroboros marker.

Natasha smiled. She had always had a good impression of Fina, this adorable little girl. "We've arrived. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Ah...we've arrived. Didn't you rest during the quantum teleportation?" Fina seemed to express regret that Natasha had reached her destination.

"No, this mission is rather urgent, what's wrong?" Natasha replied to Fina's message while standing still, adjusting to the gravity of the different planets and the side effects of teleportation.

"Your mission is now in the pending cancellation state," Fina reminded her.

Natasha immediately opened her personal backend. Sure enough, the task's status had changed from "in progress" to "pending cancellation." Her attendance pay had been settled, but the subsequent stage task rewards and related information rewards were gone. "How could this be?"

"It's said that the timeline issue has been resolved, and guess what I saw?" Fina said mysteriously.

"What?" Natasha replied while looking at the details of the mission change.

“Another you, exactly the same. Even with soul detection magic, the difference rate is less than level three error. In a way, you could say that it is you!” Fina said with a hint of excitement.

“Really? That sounds interesting.” Natasha didn’t show much excitement.

“What? You don’t seem curious at all about the other you,” Fina emphasized.

"...Don't even mention one. You might not believe it, but during a mission I encountered a whole bunch of myself. There weren't enough pseudonyms to go around, so I almost named myself Natasha 001."

Natasha felt helpless whenever she recalled her experience on the horror cruise ship. In the end, the mission itself wasn't that dangerous, but the psychological pressure it put on her was too great.

“Alright, let’s get down to business. Now that you’ve arrived on the Chitauri planet, why don’t you go to the cabin in the woods and do a manual check? Although the pay for a manual check isn’t high, it’s still better than making a wasted trip.” Fina said, sending a quest invitation.

"Manual inspection? I've never done this kind of work before, it's not my area of ​​expertise," Natasha said as she opened the task.

“It’s alright. I’ve already written out the case studies for the tests for you. Just follow those. If you have any questions, just raise them on the platform and designate either Grandmaster Merlin or Ms. An as the person to be referred to,” Fina reassured her. “Don’t worry, if it’s really not suitable, I wouldn’t recommend it to you. According to my teacher, anyone who has ever been to school can do this test.”

Looking at the tens of thousands of inspection cases displayed in the Ouroboros logo, Natasha's lips twitched. This workload was quite large, and there were many professional terms in the cases. Fortunately, Fina understood Natasha and used professional terms from the Ouroboros official vocabulary database without any abbreviations.

Even so, it's still not very easy to understand.

As Natasha browsed through the list, she was trying to figure out a better way to refuse, until she saw the final reward. "No problem, I'll take this mission."

There's nothing I can do... this task just gives way to far too much.

"Okay, feel free to ask me if you don't understand anything. Be careful when you're out on assignment, and if you find something suitable, remember to bring me back some handicrafts," Fina said cheerfully.

“No problem, I’ll bring you a whole container.” Natasha readily agreed, even though the reward wasn’t as good as the initial reward for the mission to investigate timeline shifts.

However, it is easy, safe, and has a high cost-performance ratio compared to other similar missions. Natasha has never seen one with a higher cost-performance ratio.

After the exchange ended, Natasha's identity was immediately changed to "Wooden Cabin Tester" by Fina, and the real-time location of the Wooden Cabin was also marked on Natasha's personal map.

Before setting off for her destination, Natasha reviewed the introductions to the factions on the Chitauri homeworld.

Friendly faction: Chitauri Revolutionary Army

Neutral forces: Cities that have declared independence and their associated guard units

Enemy forces: The Chitauri fleet and the remaining Chitauri landing forces

Of the three forces, the Chitauri Revolutionary Army currently holds a relative advantage. However, the Chitauri fleet is only far away, not gone. In addition, this area is still under Thanos's control, so there is still danger.

However, the most important thing to be careful about are the independent cities. Some people don't hate the Chitauri King, but they envy his privileges. When given the opportunity to obtain such privileges, they might even be more excessive than the Chitauri King.

After confirming the location, Natasha used Shadowstep to enter the Shadow Realm and then quickly headed towards the cabin in the woods.

The terrain in the Shadowlands differs greatly from that of the surface world. Considering all factors, the speed of progress is quite astonishing. In just a few hours, Natasha arrived at Silent Hill, the main planet of the Chitauri.

That's right, the city's name was officially changed to Silent Hill to commemorate that triumphant victory.

Chapter 278 Alien (Bonus Chapter, Please Vote)

Silent Hill, the only passage connecting it to the human world, is where the largest force of the Chitauri Revolutionary Army is gathered. However, under the system's suppression, Natasha easily entered the cabin in the woods without revealing any flaws.

Upon arriving at the location, Natasha glanced at the sealed artifacts that were all obediently staying in place, and then began to carry out the case.

Okay, let's start by looking at the numbered sealed items.

Case No. 1, Inspection Prohibited.

Natasha rubbed her eyes and checked again. Fina's only sentence about the authenticity of the numbered stamp was this one sentence.

...

If you don't want to check, then don't check. Let's continue to the fourth case, ignore it.

...

Natasha sighed. Oh well, it's normal. It's a legendary-level sealed artifact; it's really a bit presumptuous of her to try and control it.

Aside from the two numbered sealed artifacts, the next sealed artifact to focus on in the cabin in the woods is the Darkin weapon - Rhaast, which can be ignored.

After encountering three unusual cases in a row, Natasha was a little at a loss. Fortunately, the third case was more than just a sentence; it was described in more detail. The management of Rhaast had been transferred to the Shurima forces, and Ouroboros only retained the most basic custody rights. Therefore, Natasha did not need to check it.

Apart from these three, the others are relatively normal. The only slightly unusual item is the alien, which is marked as a key concern in the cabin in the woods, indicating that its development should be curbed and it will not be contained for the time being.

Attention-level Sealed Artifact: Alien

The Xenomorphs are a ferocious and highly aggressive extraterrestrial race with a perfect organic structure suited for killing. Their body fluids are mostly highly acidic. Their primary mode of reproduction is the production of Xenomorph eggs. After a short period of development, the facehuggers that hatch from the Xenomorph eggs can implant the Xenomorph larvae inside into any carbon-based life form for development. When food is plentiful, the larval Xenomorphs develop extremely quickly, maturing in as little as one to six hours. This time may be further reduced after the facehugger has fully developed.

Depending on the host they parasitize, mature aliens have different forms and abilities. Current research has found that this difference is mainly related to the host's genes.

Known alien species include worker bees that parasitize primates, messengers that parasitize canine mammals, hammer-shaped aliens that parasitize invertebrates, soldier bees that parasitize apprentice-level or professional-level life forms, and alien queens that develop from parasitism by special facehuggers.

The Alien Queen possesses a larger body, higher intelligence, and greater attack, defense, and environmental adaptability than ordinary aliens. When it parasitizes ordinary carbon-based organisms, its combat strength is enough to rival that of a formal-level professional. It has four arms and armor to protect its head, and it also has the job of reproducing. When food is plentiful, an Alien Queen can produce more than a thousand alien eggs a day.

Key ability: When the Alien Queen suffers a fatal attack, she will abandon her oviposition organs and tissues and absorb all the energy within the oviposition organs within one to two seconds, becoming the strongest alien.

Related report: In the seventy-first experiment, the alien queen, who had detached from a common carbon-based organism, was attacked while being subjected to survival pressure. After thirty-one minutes, her reproductive organs detached, and the alien queen's estimated combat power reached the peak of the junior professional level. This state lasted for forty minutes, and the alien queen eventually died due to lack of energy.

Main attack method: physical attack, in the form of slashing or sharp stabbing. Based on the attack power and attack frequency shown by the Alien Queen, it is not recommended for intermediate professionals other than knights, warriors, monks, and martial artists to engage in melee combat with her.

Main defense method: Shell-like defense, which has a strong defensive effect against most physical attacks and a weak defensive effect against magical attacks. Note: According to experiments, sonic attacks are extremely effective against it. It also ignores mind control spells of the same level, which is suspected to be related to a special secretory organ in its brain.

After reading all the descriptions, Natasha felt a chill run down her spine. If this thing were on Earth before the mystical side emerged, it would cause a huge problem, far more dangerous than any vampire.

Natasha reached out and entered the dynamic password again into the control panel in the cabin, bringing up in-depth real-time monitoring data on the aliens.

Current number of Alien Queens: 1

Current total number of all types of aliens: 755

Bring up the alien distribution map, select the location of the Alien Queen, and choose to view.

In a flash, the map moved directly to the edge of the Chitauri star system, and the selected image was a Chitauri fleet transport ship.

Immediately afterwards, Natasha glanced back at the quantity limits: the Alien Queen's quantity limit was 1, and the total quantity limit for all types of Aliens was 1000. There was still a distance to go before reaching the limit, so there was no need to pay too much attention to it for the time being.

As per regulations, Natasha temporarily set aside the case of the alien and related matters, and first examined other sealed artifacts contained in the cabin in the woods.

After the monitoring went into the background, on the Chitauri transport ship, the Alien Queen let out a series of hissing cries, and then the aliens in front of her inexplicably began to kill each other.

No, to be precise, it was a one-sided slaughter. The high-combat-powered aliens killed off worker bees one by one, leaving only a minimum number of worker bee-level aliens.

Behind the scenes, unseen by Natasha, the number of aliens suddenly dropped from 755 to 500.

After controlling the number of bees, the worker bees continued working without any individual emotions. They skillfully made their way to the hibernation chamber through various hidden passages such as ventilation ducts. Then, a strange, mosquito-like alien inserted its stinger into the monitoring circuit.

Then, the worker bees broke through the hibernation pods one by one, dragging out the superhumans inside. The superhuman soldiers, who had been forcibly released from hibernation, were hit in the face by a facehugger the size of a head before they could recover from the anesthesia. Alien larvae also entered their bodies through their mouths.

Immediately afterwards, the worker bees put the super-powered soldier back into the hibernation pod, connected the anesthesia and life support tubes to the Zeta Swiss soldier's body, and after placing the parasitic host, the alien face suddenly opened, and a thick white liquid spurted out, directly covering the hibernation pod.

The thick liquid directly repaired the damaged hibernation pod. From the outside, the entire hibernation pod looked no different from before. However, the flow rate in the life support pipes suddenly increased. During the transport ship's inspection, the needs of these super-powered soldiers suddenly increased significantly, and they now needed more energy to maintain their body's functions.

After all this was over, the Alien Queen turned her body, slowly lay down on the ground, and looked out the transport ship window with her compound eyes, as if she were watching the Chitauri home planet across the dark universe.

Chapter 279 I've Just Gained a Little Weight (Bonus Chapter, Please Donate!)

As the Alien Queen gazed at the cabin in the woods, inside the transport ship's hibernation pod, the alien larva slowly writhed against the low temperature, then spread itself out and covered one of the Chitauri's internal organs, disguising itself.

At first glance, the organ is just a little bigger than before, as if it were just a little more visceral fat.

With a pop, the transport ship shuddered and broke away from the final stretch of the faster-than-light journey.

After performing a self-check on the spot, the transport ship chose its direction and flew towards the Chitauri fleet, gradually increasing its speed to near-light speed. It wouldn't be long before it joined the fleet.

"pg12138, pg12138, this is the logistics command. You are hereby ordered to change your destination to Planet Two. Repeat, change your destination to Planet Two."

As the transport ships prepared to slow down and merge, an order came from the fleet. With the captain initiating fully automated navigation, the transport ships first changed direction as ordered, and then began to awaken the pilots.

This wasn't the only transport ship whose course was changed by a temporary order; other ships emerging from the neighboring star system did the same.

Inside the transport ship, electronic signals and sound broadcasts rang out simultaneously. This was originally a measure to ensure the transmission of information, but now it alerted another kind of creature.

The Alien Queen tilted her head, listening to the sounds outside. As an Alien Queen who emerged from the body of a Chitauri superhuman, she was quite familiar with the Chitauri language.