Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 10 Meat
"Optical camouflage? Bring a bottle of water, preferably a nebulizer, do you have one, doctor?" Layton heard the words and ran over immediately.

"There is water, but I didn't bring the atomizer." Ivan said, and threw a large bottle over, "Save it for use, there are not many supplies, and there is no water purification equipment on the transport plane. We have finished drinking water. Just drink urine."

"I know." Layton caught the bottle, "It's not a big problem without an atomizer."

He used a steel needle to pierce dozens of small holes in the lid of the water bottle to make a simple shower, and then squeezed the bottle with force, and dozens of tiny water jets suddenly sprayed out from the small holes. The water column and the water column collided with each other, and a crystal mist was scattered in the air.

The optical camouflage used by humans is generally equipped on the vehicle. The omnidirectional camera is used to take pictures of the surrounding scene, and then the armored screen is used to restore it. This optical camouflage is not only easy to be seen, but also the armored screen is attacked directly. Disappeared - but the optical camouflage of the Alpha civilization is completely different from that of human beings. They use the interference phenomenon of light to directly cover the holographic projection on the object that needs to be shielded. In this way, as long as there is a set of projection equipment, they can provide The advantages of applying optical camouflage to any object are needless to say compared to the bulky camouflage screen.

When exploring the ruins in the early days, the traps disguised by optical camouflage have damaged many elites. With the accumulation of experience, humans have also summarized the three main ways to crack optical camouflage.

The first is to directly destroy the projection equipment. This method is the most direct and effective, but the projection equipment is often hidden in some very secret corners. What’s more, there will be multiple sets of projection equipment to shield each other. At this time, it is necessary to The second method is used - a barrier is built around the shelter, and the projection is directly cut off, and the shelter will naturally have no way to escape.

This method is generally suitable for areas with relatively open terrain, and it has strict requirements on the equipment carrying of the explorer. For example, a camouflaged entrance is located on the mountainside, and there are traps around the entrance, which cannot be searched for human flesh. No, if you want to use the second method, you must surround the small half of the mountain. The amount of work is huge, and it is definitely not something that can be completed by one or two hunter teams.

As for the third method, the operation is the easiest and does not require any special equipment, that is, sprinkle water directly on the cover, and use the water vapor remaining in the air to disrupt the interference between the lights, which can also achieve the effect of breaking the concealment, but The disadvantage is that the effect is relatively poor, and the duration is very short.

With the splashing of water mist, the area covered by the projection quickly became blurred, and a circular secret passageway faintly appeared in everyone's field of vision.

"It looks like a manhole," said the hound. "I heard that the manholes on the earth in the old era were all used by people to climb in and clean up. They are full of excrement and scavengers. Thinking about it makes me feel sick."

Noah's Ark, a spaceship that looks like a giant city, naturally has manholes on it, but the Ark's sewage system is equipped with automatic cleaning machines. The profession of plumber has become a proper term in the old times.

"Are you a hunter afraid of this?" Ke Lan was speechless.

"You may not care, but think about what my abilities are? The smell is dozens of times more lethal to me than you!" The Hound couldn't help but complain.

"Then plug your nose." Layton curled his lips, "Okay, don't talk nonsense, old dog, are you sure that the smell disappears here?"

"Sure, if this smell can't be traced, then I'll cut off my nose when I go back." The Hound said firmly.

"Come on, I can go back or not. Let's look for it to see if there are any slots reserved for energy crystals. I see that the manhole cover is not big, so there shouldn't be many units." Layton said, while Another spray of water sprayed from the bottle.

"I can't see clearly..." The Hound shook his head and squatted down, "I'll touch it... Ouch! I'm grass! There seems to be a barb on this manhole cover, mad, cut my finger!"

The hound jumped up scoldingly. Ke Lan looked at it, and sure enough, there was a big hole on his thumb. Although the hound had pinched the base of his finger, blood was still gushing out.

"Doctor! Help me stop the bleeding... Damn, I wouldn't have started it if I knew it earlier. The ghost knows if there are any deadly alien bacteria on this broken manhole cover."

"If there is, then you are dead. All the antibiotics I brought are in the cargo hold." Ivan helped the hound bandage the wound, but the gauze was only halfway through, when he suddenly stopped.

"What's the matter? Hello? Doctor?" the hound asked hastily. "Isn't it really infected?"

"No, your fingers are fine..." Ivan shook his head stiffly and said word by word, "Look at the ground... the secret door... is open..."

Ke Lan was startled, and turned around to look—indeed, just when their attention was attracted by the hound, the door of the secret passage had quietly opened...

"Isn't it? Old dog, your blood can still be used as an energy crystal? Do you want to put more and see if you can open the gate outside?" Layton said in surprise.

"Don't say stupid things. In fact, I didn't touch the crystal slot at all just now... To be honest, the secret passage that can be opened by sucking blood doesn't sound like an evil door. Otherwise, let's not go down. ." The hound held his fingers, his face slightly pale.

"There is only such a road in front of you. If you don't go down, do you have to wait for death?" Leidon rolled his eyes at him, "Old dog, you are a timid person."

"The special code is because the courageous ones have already died!" The Hound replied back.

"But staying here is also death, and going down is also death, but at least there is still a chance to go out, right?" Layton looked a little angry, "It's okay if you don't want to go down, then you can stay here, anyway, I want to go down. ."

"Stop arguing, have you found a problem?" Ke Lan pointed at the pass, "Actually, from the very beginning, we should have thought that the way of opening the pass should be different from the gate. There is no crystal on the pilot's body. The wreckage of the corpse has also been scoured by us, and if it needs crystals to open it, the corpse will not be able to go down."

The Hound shook his head: "That's what I said, but I think there is still a problem with this secret passage. It must be more fortunate to go down."

"Where in the ruins is no problem, no matter how dangerous the bottom is, can it be compared to a group of cleft worms chasing after your butt and biting you?" Ke Lan asked back.

"This... it seems to be the truth..." The hound gritted his teeth, "Forget it! Anyway, I have a bad life, I have enjoyed everything that I should enjoy, and I am dead everywhere, hurry up, hurry up, take advantage of me now. No regrets yet!"

"Don't worry, I will accompany you if you die." Layton patted the Hound on the shoulder, but he failed to control the strength of the mechanical arm this time, which caused the Hound to scold.

"Remember to bring the Mongol, I don't want him to get bugs into his head and then climb down like a zombie." Hound said.

Everyone found a large sleeping bag on the transport plane, stuffed Zorigtu into it, and tied it to Layton's back with ropes--of the remaining few people, only Layton could carry hundreds of weights. Kilograms will not affect the movement.

……

The front end of the secret passage is vertically downward. Fortunately, there are many pits and bumps on the wall of the passage. Everyone can climb down a little bit, but what makes Ke Lan a little puzzled is whether the manipulated corpse can also do this kind of thing. Is it complex and requires coordinated movements of the whole body and limbs?It's much harder than just running or crawling...

After climbing down for almost 200 meters, their feet finally stepped on the solid ground - right below the secret passage is a horizontal passage, which is much better than the one that raced against the Cleftjaw swarm before. The first passage is wider and higher, almost enough for three "Junius" off-road vehicles to pass in parallel.

"The space below is much more spacious than the top... Shouldn't it be the main passage below?" Layton guessed.

"Ghost knows, hurry up." The hound urged anxiously, "I always feel..."

Before he could finish his words, "Crack!" A crisp sound suddenly sounded from behind. This sound was as if flesh and blood had been slapped on the ground...

"Could it be the corpse of the pilot?" They immediately raised their flashlights and shone behind them. What fell to the ground was not a corpse, but a lump of rotten flesh without a specific shape...

"Ouch..." The hound only felt the tightness in his throat, and quickly covered his mouth, while Leighton pulled out an extra-large Gurkha machete - this is the one that was discarded on his body except for the door. Aside from the cannon, the only remaining weapon.

"Hound! Can you smell that... that piece of meat? Is it from the pilot?" Although his expression was a little stiff, Ivan's tone was calm.

"Blood smell! Vomit...a very strong, very strong smell of blood...but definitely not the corpse of the pilot...Damn it...such a strong smell...I should have been able to smell it from a distance of hundreds of meters...why When I just walked there, there was no smell at all... ugh..."

"Meat..." Unlike the other people's reactions, Ke Lan wasn't so nervous. He just felt vaguely that this piece of meat seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere...

Where would that be?

"Move, move?!" The hound screamed, pulling out his pistol to shoot, but his hands were shaking so much that it took seven or eight seconds to activate the insurance.

"Don't shoot first, don't alarm it..." Ke Lan suddenly grabbed the Hound's hand and said.

"It... it seems to be growing..." Ivan paused and swallowed a large mouthful of saliva.

As he said, this piece of meat... is growing...

First, two pairs of limbs similar to "feet" grew, and then gradually elongated. A pair of "feet" moved to the sides of the meat block, and a pair of "feet" supported the ground, making the meat block "stand". stand up……

Immediately after that, the formed torso... the head... the ten fingers...

A hole suddenly cracked open, this is the mouth, and then the white teeth drilled out from the pink gums...

nose, eyes, ears...

In just 2 minutes, this piece of meat turned into a living human being. Apart from having no hair on its body, it even perfectly imitated the human "promotion device"!

What makes everyone even more terrified is that this "person" actually has a face exactly like a hound!That huge hooked nose, as if carved out of the same mold—

　The cold is much better today, thank you for your concern.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)