Under the attack of the "heat vision," the mass of flesh that was Number Zero writhed.
It was obvious that without a host, the "Xenomorphs" were extremely weak. Even though the duplicate had already lowered the power of the "heat vision" to a relatively low level, Number Zero still couldn't endure it.
Suddenly, tiny eyeballs flipped out from the mass of flesh. More than a hundred eyes looked in every direction.
Those eyes clearly showed anger, hatred, and malice.
It was as if they were cursing Alex.
Although Number Zero kept screaming "Stop," Alex knew it still refused to submit.
So the duplicate had no intention of stopping the attack.
Under the continuous output of the "heat vision," the biological tissue on Number Zero's body collapsed more and more severely.
The mass of flesh writhed even harder. The eyeballs that emerged from the flesh burst one after another.
Making popping sounds.
Only after the flesh had been blasted down by a full circle in size did the duplicate stop.
Inside the "biological force field," Number Zero kept writhing and curling tightly into a ball.
It showed signals of fear and terror.
It was showing weakness to Alex.
The corners of the duplicate's mouth lifted slightly as Alex continued speaking through this clone.
"Let's continue our topic."
"How many 'Xenomorphs' like you are there?"
"This time, remember that I'm the one asking questions."
"Not you!"
After the mass of flesh that was Number Zero writhed inside the "biological force field" for a while, it formed vocal organs again.
Then it spoke, "Right now, there's only me."
"The others died long ago, during the war with the 'Undying Ones.'"
Alex smiled, "Isn't that a good thing?"
"Only by cooperating do you have a chance to live."
At this moment, Number Zero writhed again, seeming still unwilling to accept it.
Then it said, "Don't get smug!"
"There are still many of my kind in the universe."
"I already sent this planet's coordinates to them."
"It won't be long before they descend on this planet!"
"Among us, there are extremely powerful individuals."
"Some can even cover and devour an entire planet!"
"A superhuman like you is nothing at all!"
A slight smile appeared on the duplicate's face. Without saying anything, it slightly increased the power of the "heat vision."
Then it fired golden beams into the "biological force field" again.
This time the beams were clearly stronger than before. The moment they landed on Number Zero's flesh, they pierced straight through it.
Then the beams vanished.
A scream came from Number Zero's vocal organ. The mass of flesh writhed, trying to close the wounds.
But at that moment, the "heat vision" attacked again.
Next, light and darkness kept alternating inside the kitchen.
The duplicate continuously fired short bursts.
Three times, eight times, sixteen times, thirty-two times.
To Number Zero, that short one-minute period felt as long as a century.
The mass of flesh trapped inside the "biological force field" had already been blasted full of holes by the "heat vision."
At this point, Number Zero could no longer speak.
When Alex finally stopped firing, the mass of flesh slowly writhed and gradually healed the holes one by one.
It took several minutes before all the wounds closed, but its size had already shrunk down to the size of a fist.
"See? This is what happens when you don't learn."
The duplicate smiled and said, "I already told you. You only need to answer my questions."
"Other than that, don't do unnecessary things."
"Do you understand?"
Number Zero barely managed to form another vocal organ, "I understand."
"That's more like it."
The duplicate said with a smile, "Do you have a name?"
"Humans gave me a codename: Number Zero."
"But my kind call me 'Wrath.'"
Number Zero said weakly.
The duplicate let out a small laugh, "Wrath. Sounds like you've got quite a temper."
"That's true."
"Whatever. So then, Wrath, who gave you your codename?"
After what happened earlier, Number Zero, no, Wrath, this "Xenomorph" was now obedient like a trained dog.
"Arnold, sir," It even copied Starlight and addressed Alex as "sir."
Alex was a little surprised, "Arnold? The president of Olga Weapons Development Company?"
Wrath's mass of flesh wriggled slightly, "Yes, sir."
Alex narrowed his eyes a little, "So back in Manhattan, when that guy named Jeff wanted 'Number Zero,' what he really wanted wasn't some armor technology prototype, but you?"
Wrath replied, "That's correct, sir."
"Olga Company developed armor by researching us."
"I intentionally provided those technologies to humans."
"And the prototypes of those technologies came from other planets."
"Olga Company couldn't reproduce those technologies. They could only simplify them."
Alex nodded. He was very satisfied with Wrath's current attitude.
"Other than parasitizing hosts, what else can your 'Xenomorphs' do?"
Inside the "biological force field," Wrath obediently chose cooperation and honestly answered.
"After parasitizing a host, we use their nutrients to sustain ourselves. At the same time, we can stimulate the cells inside the host and awaken their potential."
"We make the smart smarter."
"We make the strong stronger."
"We can also extract fragments of the host's genes and steal the host's abilities."
"By doing this, the longer we survive, the stronger we become."
"We can continue evolving this way. We almost have no limit to our evolution."
"At least for now, none of our kind has reached an evolutionary bottleneck."
Alex caught one key word: for now.
The duplicate slightly narrowed its eyes, "You can communicate with your own kind?"
Wrath replied, "Not in real time. But all of us share a vague sense of connection."
"So I can sense that among the members of my kind scattered across the universe, none have yet reached an evolutionary bottleneck."
Alex asked again, "Besides Earth, are there other civilizations in the universe?"
"Yes, sir."
Wrath sounded respectful now, apparently frightened by Alex, "Not even talking about outside the Milky Way. Even within the Milky Way, aside from this planet, there are quite a few civilized nations."
Under Alex's control, the duplicate nodded.
This "Xenomorph" was very useful. Through it, Alex had basically opened a window into the universe.
Thinking of this, Alex decided to keep this "Xenomorph" around for now.
"One last question. What was your purpose in joining the Seven reserve team?"
While speaking, the duplicate cast a "True Sight Eye" on Wrath.
'I can't tell him.'
'I joined the reserve team to parasitize him and obtain the strongest body on this planet.'
Wrath's voice immediately echoed inside Alex's mind.
Inside the "biological force field," the mass of flesh opened its mouth and said, "Sir, it's because I—"