Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 159 Blood Pool

"This joke is not funny at all..." Ivan's facial muscles twitched slightly, "Even if this thing grew out of Leviathan's spine... it might be some kind of parasite... "

"Since it is a parasite attached to Leviathan's spine, why has it never been discovered in the past few decades... If I remember correctly, every mining base is built on top of the spine, right? ...If there were parasites on Leviathan's spine, the construction of the base would have been stopped long ago..."

"but……"

Ivan wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Ke Lan: "Whether this thing belongs to Leviathan's body or some kind of parasite, you can find out by digging down along the root system."

"You want to dig things out? Are you crazy?" The hound grabbed Ke Lan, "I think it's better for us to find Liao Zilang first, and then leave this place as soon as possible... To be honest, although those monsters have disappeared But I always feel that something more terrifying will come out..."

The hound's eyes also stayed on the giant bract outside: "No matter what this thing is, I don't want to stay in this place for a second."

"Mr. Manstein, can the communication equipment in the base still be used? I'm afraid this matter cannot be resolved by the few of us. We must immediately report it to the Ark... As for the ultra-purity crystals found in the depths of the mine... I think This will soon no longer be a secret to the other consortiums, and, compared to the current troubles, the matter of ultra-purity crystals is no longer that important."

If this giant beast is really still alive, then the bract growing from its spine is likely to be a sign of its imminent awakening... If Leviathan wakes up, not only the bases built on its spine It will be destroyed in an instant, and even the safety of the ark may be threatened.

A prehistoric species with such a size, I am afraid that it will be difficult to shake all the human fleets together...

"It's all destroyed... those intruders did it, all the equipment in the main control room was destroyed, and I couldn't even send out a distress signal..."

"What about the vehicle?"

"Everything was blown up except the one they took off..."

"What about short-distance communication? That kind of portable equipment, there is always something that can be used in the base, right?"

"There is only one base within a short communication distance... which belongs to the Mitsui Consortium." Manstein said weakly, "If you send them a distress signal, doesn't that mean telling them that there are still people alive here?"

"Yeah, if that bitch is from the Mitsui Consortium, asking them for help would be the same as luring wolves into the house." This time, the hound and Manstein were on the same side.

"No, this is not to lure wolves into the house, but to chase wolves away—" Ke Lan pointed to the giant cocoon and said, "If something happens to Leviathan, they will also suffer huge losses. From this point of view, they We are on the same side as us.”

Ke Lan turned his head to Layton: "Layton, please go to the ruins of the base to collect all the available communication equipment immediately; you and Zhuo Ligetu immediately set up a temporary defense line around the main control building. , use all the explosives and landmines; Ivan and Layton will search and rescue the survivors hidden in the ruins along the way, and you, Akira Asano, will stay here to protect the safety of Mr. Manstein and his secretary. If Ivan finds any survivors, he will also send them here."

"What about you?" The hound looked at Ke Lan, and he suddenly had a bad feeling, "Could it be that you plan to..."

"Well, I plan to explore that pool of blood and confirm the root system of this big guy..."

Before Ke Lan finished speaking, the hound grabbed his shoulder angrily and shouted at him: "Are you really crazy? Do you think you can come out alive after entering? You are too young to die?"

"No, no, no..." Ke Lan waved his hands again and again, "Of course I know how dangerous it is under the blood pool, and I don't intend to go down by myself."

"Then how do you explore?"

"Find a water pump first, and try to see if you can drain the blood pool."

Ke Lan knew in his heart that any normal person...even if he was his former self, would never accept the fact that Leviathan was still alive, but he couldn't tell them the contents of the black stone tablet...he wanted to prove it One thing, if you want the Hound and the others...even the Mitsui Consortium to believe that Leviathan is still alive, you must come up with more direct evidence.

"...Well, I know I can't persuade you." The hound suddenly sighed, "Then you be careful, the ghost knows if the monsters that got into this thing are still alive, and will crawl out again... If something really happens, send a signal immediately, and we will rush over as soon as possible."

"Okay." Ke Lan patted the hound's arm vigorously, and there was a muffled sound between the armor and the armor.

……

In the half-collapsed equipment warehouse of the mining base, Ke Lan found two almost brand-new water pumps. These two water pumps are not comparable to the old antique that is about to be scrapped in the mine, not to mention the small blood pump in the middle of the square. Even if the entire square sank into the ground and turned into a lake, it would take only a few hours to drain it dry.

After connecting the drainage pipes and cables, Ke Lan pushed the two water pumps to the square. He glanced at the giant cocoon that was ten stories high, raised his head, and swallowed more than a dozen anti-radiation medicines in one gulp.

The price of taking so many anti-radiation drugs at one time is that he will have diarrhea in the next week and doubt his life, but compared to suffering from acute radiation sickness, this side effect is almost negligible.

Despite the double protection of protective clothing and drugs, when Ke Lan approached the giant cocoon, the extreme nausea and discomfort still appeared. He glanced at the screen of the Geiger counter, and the radiation dose here had reached More than 7000 millisieverts per hour, if you don't wear protective equipment, just walk around here, life will immediately enter the countdown... Within 72 hours, the skin, blood vessels, muscles, organs and even bones will be damaged. Rotten and ablated, the body tissues of patients with acute radiation sickness are like wax baked in a fire, and will gradually turn into a pool of pus that also carries a high dose of radiation...

There was an extremely serious nuclear power plant explosion accident on the earth. Later generations filmed many documentaries for this accident. One of the pictures shows a firefighter lying on a hospital bed. His skin is cracked and peeled off like dried orange peel. Melted flesh and blood fell from his bones one by one... He hadn't died at that time, and even his mind was still awake. In the last days of his life, he could only watch helplessly as he turned into a with skeletons.

That kind of pain and despair is enough to shock the hearts of every moviegoer. Ke Lan remembers that when he saw this scene, he accidentally knocked down a stainless steel water glass on the table.

Even with complete protective measures, he couldn't stay near the giant cocoon for too long. After setting up the water pump, he immediately distanced himself from the giant cocoon.

[PS Regarding radiation dose and radiation dose, it may be vague in the previous chapters, but in fact these two are different concepts, here is a little explanation.

The former unit is roentgen, which means the amount of radiation in the environment. For example, the highest radiation level on the roof of the Chernobyl accident reactor was said to be 10 roentgens, and the radiation dose is the amount of radiation absorbed by living things, which is used to measure The degree of harm of radiation to living organisms is in sieverts/millisieverts/microsieverts, and the measurement unit of a Geiger counter is generally millisieverts/microsieverts per hour, which means that under the current environment, it will absorb so much per hour The dose of radiation, as a comparison, here is a reference data: a whole body CT in the hospital is about 20-4 millisieverts, which is equivalent to the amount of natural radiation absorbed by ordinary people in daily life for 8-[-] years. 】

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