Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 154
After finalizing the final plan, everyone began to prepare.

Layton disassembled some relatively good parts from the equipment wreckage in a place, repaired everyone's power armor, and then pieced together a set of light armor for Ivan that could barely run and jump. As for Akira Asano, who had just woken up, he declined Layton's proposal.

"My ability is relatively... well, special, and the power armor will restrict me instead." These are the original words of Akira Asano.

Hound, Ke Lan, and Zhuo Ligetu replenished ammunition on the spot. Since they could not find the special electromagnetic bombs for Gauss guns, Hound simply replaced their weapons with dual-wielding Gatling cannons, and hung them on their backs. There are six full boxes of ammunition chains.

"Hey, when I led the troops to clean up the indigenous creatures, I often worried about the lack of firepower. I am afraid that this problem will not be corrected in this life." Facing Ke Lan's speechless eyes, the hound said with an embarrassed smile, but fortunately he The power of this armor is really strong enough to carry the nearly one ton of ammunition.

"Actually, I hope you don't even use these ammunition at all... If the gunfire attracts those monsters who have left the base, if they are surrounded in such a place, they will really die."

"I know I know... I'm just trying to comfort my heart." The Hound said so, but in the end he gave up the Gatling cannon and chose a lightweight assault rifle.

"Ke Lan, things are not very good." After cleaning the battlefield, Layton came over and said to Ke Lan, "I counted the number of corpses and equipment, I'm sorry, the difference is too much... at least half The above corpses are all missing, and what remains are basically some seriously damaged corpses."

"So it seems... Those monsters are indeed 'mass-produced' from human corpses. The purpose of these monsters to slaughter humans is to obtain as many corpses as possible to increase their own numbers...We have to act faster, otherwise There will be more and more monsters."

……

There were originally three checkpoints set up on the passage between the base and the entrance of the mine, but now, the situation of these three checkpoints is simply appalling, even the high steel structure tower used as a communication antenna is under the attack of acid The middle was broken, and the two small sentry boxes made of foam interlayer steel plates were directly razed to the ground.

"There are bloodstains, but no corpses were found. They must have been dragged away by those monsters." As the vanguard, Layton glanced at him and said.

"The things here are beyond our ability to handle... Even the Soma Consortium may not be able to deal with these monsters."

"Nine times out of ten, the military sent a fleet directly to clear the field with a dozen small tactical nuclear bombs—by the way, Ke Lan, can the safe house at the base withstand a nuclear explosion?"

"The nuclear strike protection capability of this level of safe house has strict requirements, so don't worry about it." Ke Lan activated the jetpack of the power armor and jumped up a small hill in front of him in one breath. Looking over from here, one can barely see a corner of the mining base of the Soma Consortium.

"It's almost as we expected. The base has fallen, the energy shield has disappeared, and many buildings are emitting thick smoke." Ke Lan turned back and said.

"What about the monster, have you seen it?"

"Not yet." Ke Lan shook his head, "Go ahead."

……

After they turned over the last mountain pass and entered the central mountain depression where the base is located, an unbearably strong smell of blood quickly occupied their nasal cavity, and Ke Lan only felt the constant discomfort in his throat Fortunately, it has been a long time since the last meal, and the esophagus and stomach are empty, otherwise I might have to vomit in the helmet at this time.

"I really can't bear this smell." The hound, who has the most keen sense of smell in the team, has already closed the helmet's visor, his face has become extremely pale, "This damn...how many people have died? ?”

"According to the data given by the Soma Consortium, counting the mercenaries and the miners who took turns to rest, the permanent staff of the base is between 400 people and 800 people... It is estimated that most of them are here. "

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Ivan frowned and shook his head, "If those monsters have the habit of dragging corpses away, then the smell of blood here shouldn't be so strong... Plus we don't have any monsters going back to the mine along the way." Traces... I suspect..."

Hearing what Ivan said, the hound's eyes widened immediately: "Damn, no way?! Doctor, don't scare me..."

"Although I can't confirm it for the time being, I think those monsters may have hoarded the corpses they got here. Old dog, can you please smell it, there is no rancid smell that is unique to the fermentation and corruption of corpses in this bloody smell?"

"You are simply torturing me..." The hound sighed helplessly, opened the mask again, brewed for a while, and then took a big breath——

Suddenly, his face became paler.

"Cough, cough... vomit..." After retching for a few seconds, the hound said with some difficulty: "There is indeed a strong rotten smell mixed with the bloody smell, and it is the kind of rotten smell emitted by dead people. Stink."

"The fact should be close to ten." Ivan's face was also quite ugly, "Generally speaking, even in places where microorganisms are extremely active, the corpses that have just died will not emit a rancid smell, only death The corpses that have been waiting for a while... That is to say, those who were killed in the mining area before, their corpses were brought here by monsters."

"These monsters gathered the corpses at the base. Could it be that they intend to 'transform' here? Ivan, you just dissected the 'sea anemone head' corpse. Can you see what conditions are required for this transformation process?" Ke Lan looked at Ivan and asked.

"I have no clue at all. This transformation method... is even more unbelievable than that of the Seed of Corrosion. The Seed of Corrosion simply uses the container as its own nourishment, and this monster is almost perfectly compatible with it. The human body is fused together... From a certain point of view, after being transformed, those corpses can be regarded as alive again, and even the apoptosis of the original tissue cells has been reversed... This is from a biological point of view. From a practical standpoint, it’s simply impossible.”

"But no matter what, since those monsters will choose to gather the captured corpses here, even if their large force has already left, they will definitely leave a few as guards..." The hound has already started to retreat. , "Even if there are only a few of them, we can't beat them. Why don't we... change our action plan?"

(End of this chapter)