Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 14 Frozen Meat
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So far, in this temporary team of seven hunters, only Ke Lan and Layton are left to move on.

"This downsizing rate is too outrageous..." Layton clasped his fingers and muttered, "First hang a pilot on the ground, and not long after leaving the crash site, the poison player was killed by a bug, followed by Zhuo Ligetu was seriously injured and disabled, and the death of Asano is unknown. Now the old dog and the doctor don't know if they can survive... Sigh... To be honest, I also explored the A-level ruins once a year ago, although I died that time. There are more than a dozen hunters, but this is a month's number of attrition data, and there is less than one person per day on average. In my opinion, it is not an exaggeration to rate this ghost place as SS."

"There are no SS-level ruins yet... SS-level is the official data ceiling, and the most dangerous ruins are only S-level. Unless we can find a group of lively Alphas here, there may be drama. " Collan said.

"Hey, if there is, I have to beat them up first. Anyway, I ended up being sent to the experimental bench for dissection. Maybe it would be more enjoyable to die in my hands." Layton said angrily.

Hearing what the big reformer said, Ke Lan couldn't help but pouted: "You can see that you haven't read the relevant research literature when you look at it like this."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Although we have never seen live Alphas, and we have never found their remains on this planet, but based on the size of the remains, we can still infer the Alphas' body shape and some living habits." Ke Lan replied. Said, "A relatively accepted statement at present is that the average height of Alpha people is about [-] to [-] meters, and they may have four or more arms - of course, they may also be tentacles, which are very powerful. It is equivalent to an Earthman who has undergone an eighth-level biochemical transformation, which refers to pure hand-to-hand combat without equipment. If we count the high-tech equipment of the Alphas, if we run into them and escape alive, it is already smoke from our ancestors’ graves.”

Speaking of ancestral graves, Ke Lan couldn't help but think of the earth, the hometown of mankind. At this time, the earth is probably about to be swallowed by the sun, which has become a red giant star, right?Don't talk about green smoke, it's possible to rise to prominence...

"Eighth-level transforming people? So strong?" Layton himself is transforming people. Naturally, he knows that the more difficult the transformation operation is, the greater the risk. The seventh-level transformation operation is only about [-]% of the current technical level. The success rate of the surgery, once it fails, the recipient of the reformer will not die or die... As for the operation of the eighth and ninth levels, the ones who can succeed are basically the sons of heaven...

"This is still just a conservative estimate." After Ke Lan finished speaking, she suddenly shivered for no reason.

"You feel it too?" Layton asked.

"Well... this passage seems to be getting colder and colder." Ke Lan nodded. The A-087 relic is located in the northern frigid zone of Alpha star. The average surface temperature is minus [-] degrees. Logically speaking, the internal temperature of the relic located deep in the ground should be higher than this figure, but now Ke Lan is wearing a suit. The thick protective clothing still felt a chill down his back.

"The ambient temperature is minus 47 degrees Celsius now... His grandma's... I feel like the lubricating oil in my joints is about to freeze, I should have added more antifreeze..." Layton moved his body a little irritably The mechanical arm, the parts at the joints continue to make harsh noises of "click click".

"Wait...wait..." Ke Lan suddenly stopped and leaned on the side of the passage wall.

"What's wrong? If we don't leave, we'll be frozen here." Layton turned his head and asked.

"The wall of this passage... I don't know when it is no longer made of rock. Look at the light from my flashlight, it can penetrate... This is not rock, but ice! This passage was carved out of ice blocks! "Ke Lan whispered, his flashlight was tightly fastened to the wall, and some dim light could be seen spreading inside the wall, but because the color of the ice was too dark, the light of the flashlight was only It can only penetrate a distance of less than ten centimeters, and it is already blurred.

"No wonder this place is so cold!" A pair of sharp steel claws popped out of Layton's fingertips, and he scratched hard on the ice wall, but only a few white marks were left, not even the slightest bit of ice slag. down.

"This ice is harder than iron!"

"These solid ices are estimated to have been frozen for tens of thousands of years, and in such a high-pressure environment, the density is really higher than iron... Hey, there seems to be something in the ice!" Ke Lan grabbed the flashlight and moved on the ice wall. He could vaguely see what seemed to be frozen inside the ice wall, but most of the light from the flashlight was absorbed by the black ice wall, and he could only roughly see a Blurred outlines.

"Let me come, this thing of mine is much better than that little flashlight!" Leighton said, raising the mechanical arm, and suddenly, the whole passage was bright as day, and the dazzling light even made Ke Lan couldn't help it. Squinted his eyes.

"what is this?"

"A non-lethal weapon that can blind and stun the enemy. I got inspiration from the flash shield used by the Ark Riot Troop, and I have also improved it. In addition to strong flash and continuous flash, it can also continuously produce strong light. , that is, the energy consumption is relatively high." As soon as he said this, Layton suddenly became energetic. When he was in service, he was a mechanic in the army. Now he has changed his career to become a hunter, but he still focuses on the main energy. on this aspect.

"Can the light beam be concentrated? It needs to be penetrating enough." Ke Lan glanced at the ice wall. Under the reflection and reflection of the strong light, the solid ice that was originally black became deeper and darker. It's like a whole piece of obsidian.

"Of course there's no problem." As soon as Leighton finished speaking, the spreading reinforcement had shrunk into a spot the size of the mouth of a bowl, but the brightness was countless times stronger. Even with goggles, Ke Lan couldn't see it with the naked eye. Look directly at that spot.

"Okay, point the light here." Ke Lan pointed to a spot on the ice wall. It was here just now, and he found the outline of something inside.

With the movement of the robotic arm, the light escaped in the ice wall. From Ke Lan's angle, he could just see the thing frozen inside...

"What is it? My mechanical arm is a bit blocking the line of sight, so I can't see it clearly." Layton asked.

"...a piece of meat, the kind of meat we've just encountered..."

"What?!" When Layton heard the words, even the robotic arm could not be lifted stably, and the light suddenly shifted to an angle. This time, both of them saw...

More than one piece, above, below, to the left and right of this piece of meat... In this entire ice wall, there are neatly placed pieces of meat!
(End of this chapter)