Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 1012 The Root of the Giant Tree

"Are they... going to attack us?" a soldier asked in a low voice.

"I'm not sure," Ke Lan shook his head, "but my instinct tells me they are dangerous."

After finishing speaking, Ke Lan walked up to a helicopter with "Morgan Consortium" printed on it, raised his hand axe, and smashed the locking device that fixed the helicopter on the parking stand, and then asked Ze Luo to attach the space power to the helicopter. With his own arms, he "gently" pushed the helicopter towards the pile of pale roots.

The moment the helicopter crashed into the roots, those roots that were still still a second ago instantly came alive like tentacles, and their reaction was as violent as throwing a huge stone into a calm pool of water—— — In just two seconds, the helicopter was already tightly entangled by pale roots. These seemingly slender and fragile roots directly strangled into the hard metal shell of the helicopter, enough to block the 12.7mm caliber anti-material The plates of the armor-piercing rounds were cut to pieces.

"Hiss..." The soldiers standing behind Ke Lan couldn't help but gasped, and the soldiers who stood closer to the roots seemed to have been electrocuted, and instantly jumped back a big step.

"The only good news is that these roots seem to respond to things that are directly touched. As long as you don't touch it, it shouldn't take the initiative to attack us." Ke Lan said.

The soldier who wanted to use the barrel of the gun just now was only a dozen centimeters away from the root hairs. The hot air from his nasal cavity had already hit those root hairs, but the root hairs remained indifferent.

Even the carnivorous native plants on Planet Alpha are more sensitive to hunting than these roots. There is a kind of "carnivorous vine" in the stucco swamp, which parasitizes on the "peat wood" that is very common in the swamp. It's just that it is different from ordinary parasitic plants. Not only will it not absorb the nutrients of the peat wood, but it will also feed back the nutrients it collects to the peat wood.

There is a "symbiotic relationship" between peat wood and carnivorous vines. Peat wood bears fruit to attract animals in the swamp area. After these animals approach, they are hunted and killed by carnivorous vines, and the nutrients obtained after digesting the prey "Splitting the booty" with peat wood...Compared to these roots that need direct contact to react, carnivorous vines can sense the presence of prey from a few meters away, and at the same time hide the vines used to attack under the swamp mud Next, lay out a deadly snare.

Even carnivorous vines have such abilities. Ke Lan doesn't believe that this giant tree will be so slow... The only explanation is probably that it is still in the early stages of growth, and it is still in an incomplete state.

No matter who sent the ciphertext, there is one thing that is true - when this giant tree grows to the "full stage", the Survivor Alliance will lose all means of coping, and can only watch it grow up. An alpha star was devoured.

"These roots seem to be spreading around..." a soldier said while stepping back slowly, his voice was very low, as if he was afraid of disturbing these roots, "Just now... shall we put it on the ground?" Woke up?"

"They have been growing, and they haven't stopped since the appearance of this giant tree." Ke Lan said, "I can't stay here anymore, hurry up and go to the next floor."

Below the hangar is the junction of the East 400st District and the North [-]st District. This is the top commercial area on the Ark. It is divided into [-] floors, adjacent to the core area and the luxurious residential areas in the East and North districts.The entire commercial area is built around a load-bearing column with a diameter of more than [-] meters as the core.The outer wall of each floor is supported by high-transparency bullet-proof glass, and the dazzling array of shops in the business district can be seen from the outside.And when all the lighting effects are turned on, the entire business district will directly become a radiant dreamland——Before the Hunting God Hunting Group made its fortune, Ke Lan only saw photos of this top business district on the Internet , when he saw those photos, the first word that popped up in his head was "drunk money".

For the Ark people living on the ground floor, such a life is unimaginable... Not to mention the top luxury goods sold in those shops, even a floor tile on the street is what they spend their entire lives on Wealth can't afford it either.

Class is something that will always exist with the existence of a civilized society. It is like this in the nest, and it is also like this on the ark...

Ke Lan led the soldiers carefully through the hangar. The VIP elevators and freight elevators in the hangar had stopped working. They walked all the way down the fire exit and walked out of the narrow passage for about 15 minutes. The field of vision suddenly opened up.

This business district piled up with wealth has now been turned into ruins.

The majestic load-bearing column was broken in the middle, and the collapsed dome leaned against the trunk of the giant tree on the northeast side, creating a huge triangular space. As for the beautiful glass exterior wall of the commercial area, it has long been fragmented. A mess was left behind.

"The so-called splendor and luxury is like a beautiful soap bubble, which bursts as soon as you poke it." Ke Lan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The root system of the giant tree has also invaded the interior of the business district. Many streets and elevator shafts have been blocked by the root system, turning them into impassable restricted areas.

"No corpse was found, nor was there any living thing." A soldier looked around with a tactical binoculars and reported to Ke Lanhui.

"Even if there are survivors, they are probably eaten by the giant tree." Ke Lan said, "This tree literally means 'eating people without spitting out their bones'."

"The monsters above, if they rush down, will these roots also attack them?" Another soldier asked.

"Yes. Those monsters attack regardless of enemy or friend. The roots of this giant tree are the same. For it, as long as it can be a nutrient, it is its food."

"Then...then let's go quickly." The soldier showed a nervous look on his face, "When those monsters come down, it will probably become chaotic here...by the time we want to leave, there will be no So easy."

According to the time, the men in black on the upper platform should have "woke up" long ago, but the first thing they saw after they were transformed into wreckage was their "companions" a few minutes ago. Under the biological instinct, They will immediately fall into a situation of killing each other, and only a few strong men who break out of the encirclement will follow Ke Lan's breath and follow them all the way.

The roots in the hangar may be able to buy some time for Ke Lan and the others, but there may be some individuals with special abilities in the wreck who can break through the roots... Vaguely, Ke Lan seems to have heard There was a strange sound coming from the fire exit behind.

The column collapsed, and the suspension bridge connected to the hangar has been disconnected, and the inflatable escape channel used for emergency not far away has been covered by the roots of the giant tree, making it completely unusable.

"All the roads that can be walked are blocked. It seems that we can only descend by rope." Ke Lan asked the soldiers to take out the ropes they carried with them and connect them together one by one-the total height of the sixteenth-floor commercial area is enough. There are more than 240 meters. The handles of the soldiers’ tactical backpacks are made of 25-meter-long parachute ropes. When the paracords were put together, counting the knotted joints, it was just enough to reach the bottom of the business district.

"It seems that we are lucky." Ke Lan tested the firmness of the downhill rope, then put one arm around Zeluo's waist, grabbed the end of the downhill rope with the other hand, and jumped directly from the edge of the broken street

The drop of the landing is too large, someone must fix the bottom of the downhill rope, otherwise the rope will shake a lot when other people are descending - it's okay to bump into the surrounding ruins, but if it hits a giant tree Above the root system, it is estimated that the people on the entire downhill rope will be doomed.

Before the soldiers realized what happened, Ke Lan landed firmly on the ground. Under Ze Luo's control, he didn't even splash dust when he landed.

Ke Lan asked Ze Luo to use the power of space to shatter a collapsed concrete block, took out a two-meter-long steel bar, and bent the steel bar into the shape of an anchor. Nailed into the ground.

The downhill cable that was still swaying in the air suddenly stretched straight. Of course, in addition to the role of rivets, Ke Lan also secretly let Zeluo attach a little space force to the downhill cable, transforming this flexible rope Become a rigid "pillar".

All the communication equipment of the airborne troops were destroyed by the electromagnetic pulse bomb fired by Yagunaktor. Ke Lan could only let the soldiers slide down one by one by gesturing.

No.1 slid down was a sniper with the rank of warrant officer and a long gun on his back. After he landed, he looked at Ke Lan in awe and asked cautiously: "You...you just now How did it land?"

"It's just some insignificant special abilities." Ke Lan waved his hand, "It's not very useful in battle, but in this case, it's still very useful."

He has not revealed his identity to these soldiers so far, because he cannot guarantee whether there will be any secrets planted by the undead crew among these soldiers-in addition to implanting control chips and erosion, the undead crew will also return There is a method of controlling people. This method is similar to the combination of brainwashing and spiritual suggestion. The controlled people are not aware that their thinking has changed, and they behave exactly like normal people on weekdays.

The "switch" buried deep in the consciousness will be activated only when a specific stimulus is received... and because of this, it is difficult to find such hidden things through physical examination or routine interrogation. Because even Anzi himself didn't know that he was Anzi.

Once Ke Lan's identity is exposed, I'm afraid they will not be so peaceful along the way.

The remaining soldiers landed to the bottom one after another. Although the original organization had been broken up, the elites were worthy of being the elites. The special squads formed by the remnants of these various units quickly formed a team with almost no loopholes according to their respective functions and positions. The advance formation of the formation-the heavy infantry with heavy shields and shield generators on their backs is at the forefront, the nimble snipers and scouts are hung on the two wings of the team a little farther away, and the backbone positions are firemen, medical A mixed team composed of soldiers and technical arms, as for the elite soldiers with the highest reinforcement level who stay at the back.

There are also a large number of giant tree root systems at the bottom of the commercial area, but compared with the total area of ​​this place, the area occupied by the root systems only accounts for a small part, so the soldiers can deploy this advancing formation, without the need to Like Curry, everyone huddled together, bowed their waists and lowered their heads, for fear of touching the roots hanging from the ceiling.

The giant tree that grows from the core area of ​​the ark is located on the southwest side of the business district. The more you move to the southwest, the denser the roots are. Can't find it.

Ke Lan didn't choose to walk directly towards the giant tree, but led the team to start a detour—his plan was to cross the north area and head directly to the west area.

There is a very key building in the west area: the research institute, and the underground ice storage attached to the research institute.

Although the giant tree grows in the core area, according to the photos taken from above, it can be found that the trunk of the giant tree is slightly inclined to the west, and it is associated with the underground ice bank that stores a lot of dangers brought out from the Alpha ruins There are even things like "Yinglong's Egg" in the collection. Ke Lan believes that the root core of this giant tree is mostly hidden in the depths of the underground ice storage.

But the defense force there is definitely the strongest... The undead crew may not have expected that an inconspicuous airborne team could break through many obstacles and reach the root of the giant tree, but as long as Ke Lan gets there, he must face those who were originally Just what was prepared for him.

Tuning the tiger away from the mountain can only remove the tiger on the mountain, but the mountain will always stand there and will not move a bit.

The business district was completely destroyed by giant trees, and there were building debris falling from the sky everywhere at the bottom, priceless luxury goods and beautiful velvet boxes were scattered all over the place, and a "Do not touch" warning sign was split in two, Half fell to the ground, and the other half got stuck inside a completely deformed counter.

The soldiers looked around vigilantly, and no one was distracted by the luxuries on the ground... In the case of the collapse of civilized society, the value of these luxuries is not even comparable to a cold, moldy steamed bun.

"At the nine o'clock direction, no enemy was found, no survivors were found, the erosion level of the roots was about 30.00%, and the nearest roots were 170 meters away from our side."

"At the three o'clock direction, there is also no abnormality. The roots are eroded by 300%, and the distance is about [-] meters from our side." Soldiers on the left and right wings reported one after another.

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