Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 162 Skeletons and Nutrients

"What is this? It seems that the density is quite low, and it can actually float on the blood pool." The hound's tone was full of doubts.

"I'm not sure...maybe it's some kind of associated crystal ore?" Of course Ke Lan knew what it was. Leviathan's skeleton was made of this kind of crystal...but he couldn't explain it to the hounds.

"Associated mine? How did this thing appear here? Didn't Manstein have a mine vein under the base?"

"Under the base..." Ke Lan seemed to think of something, and suddenly he was shocked, "By the way, Hound, is there a working computer in the main control building? It's best to be able to access the base database. "

"The one in Manstein's secretary's office can be used, but the LAN database cannot be accessed. The network servers in the entire base have been blown up. If you want to check information, you can only check the information on that computer. Local files." The Hound shrugged.

"Local files... Maybe there is something I want in the secretary's computer! Old dog, please help me watch over here, I'll come back as soon as I go!" After finishing speaking, Ke Lan quickly ran to the master controller building.

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In the office, besides Manstein and his female secretary, there were four new faces—they were all survivors rescued by Ivan from the ruins. The treatment is over, and the condition of the last person is worse: both of his thighs have been severed, the tissue in the wound has been necrotic, and he has fallen into a coma due to a large amount of blood loss, while Ivan is somewhat Sitting slumped on the ground beside him, his hands and clothes were covered with bright red blood.

Seeing Ke Lan barging in, several people in the room focused their eyes on him. Ivan raised his head and glanced at him, then slowly shook his head: "I tried my best, the operation was successful, and the blood was gone. It stopped... But before we found out, he had already lost too much blood, and I couldn't save him without spare plasma."

Perhaps it was because there were too many "insiders" concentrated there. The base's infirmary was one of the most completely destroyed buildings. Ivan even used the instruments he carried with him for the surgery, which could stop the bleeding. It is already not easy to live.

"I've asked about everyone's blood types. Unfortunately, the only person with type A blood is the wounded. I tried to transfuse a small amount of type O whole blood into him, and as a result, there was a severe hemolysis reaction... In addition, there is no suitable liquid here that can be used as a blood substitute...he can last for half an hour at most."

"It can only be said that everyone has their own fate." Ke Lan sighed, nodded to Ivan, and then turned to look at Manstein.

Seen by Ke Lan, Manstein was shocked again, and hurriedly approached him with a flattering face: "May I ask Mr. Ke Lan what's the matter?"

"Is there any construction record of this base in your secretary's computer?" Ke Lan asked.

"The construction records... should be there, but which part do you want?"

"I want photos and videos of the part where the rock formation is excavated and the foundation is poured. It is best to see Leviathan's spine under the rock formation." Ke Lan pushed the keyboard in front of Manstein.

"Okay, I'll help you find it right away." Manstein took a deep breath, and quickly tapped his fingers on the keyboard.

It didn't take long for those photos to appear on the screen. They were all photos taken at the beginning of the base's construction—the heavy and large equipment was disassembled into boxes of parts, and the airship was directly transported to the sky above the construction site. These containers are lowered with steel cables.

Waiting for the workers below to assemble these parts, one construction machine after another soon appeared on the construction site.

Ke Lan kept clicking the mouse, flipping through the photos one by one until No. 30, and finally he saw the scene under the rock formation.

The laser drilling machine cut eight deep wells of 20 meters square on the rock formation, reaching the main body of Leviathan. Workers wearing engineering power armor will drive the pre-fabricated alloy frame into the deep well. The next step is the rigid alloy frame. Pour high-strength concrete into it and pour foundation piles.

With the help of the strong light from the searchlight, one can vaguely see a bone-like object at the bottom of the deep well.

"This is Leviathan's spine." Manstein said, pointing to it.

"Are you sure this is Leviathan's spine? Not something else?" Ke Lan asked.

"Sure! Leviathan's spine is only covered with a layer of skin tissue several meters thick, with almost no subcutaneous tissue and muscles, and there is no chitin carapace like the Ultralisk on the surface of the skin. It only takes a few days. A high-power laser can cut this layer of skin, and then directly drive the foundation piles on Leviathan's spine." Manstein replied that although he did not participate in the construction of this base, he wanted to become the foundation of this base. As the top person in charge, this homework must still be done.

"This is... this is the bone..." Ke Lan murmured to himself with some doubts.

"Yeah, it's just bones. Leviathan is the same as all carbon-based creatures. Its spine is naturally made of bones." Manstein said aside, "But its bones are really hard. Otherwise, the foundation can be drilled deeper."

Ke Lan subconsciously clenched the mouse... But what he saw in the video... Leviathan's skeleton was obviously that kind of black crystal...

Apart from the chitin exoskeletons of crustaceans, the skeletons of most carbon-based organisms are mainly composed of calcium and phosphorus, and the bones of the indigenous creatures of Planet Alpha also contain some metal elements to increase strength—this is This kind of skeleton may be able to support a figure tens of meters high, but it is still too fragile for a giant like Leviathan...

This white bone surface is by no means Leviathan's spine, at least, not its true face.

There is a huge difference between this giant Leviathan and the one Ke Lan saw in the video.

But... the black crystals appeared in the blood pool again, and there was the same dark red substance inside the crystals...

This is definitely not a coincidence.

Leviathan has only one head from beginning to end.

According to the information provided by that video, Leviathan was obviously killed by the Alpha civilization, but the bugs that killed Leviathan were attached to Leviathan's bones, which made Ke Lan somewhat incomprehensible Already... Could it be that the Alpha civilization tried to use the skeleton of the previous generation of Leviathan to create a "brand new" prehistoric beast?

So... the Leviathan under their feet is the one created by the Alpha civilization?

Judging from the size of Leviathan, the amount of material needed to "resurrect" it is an extremely terrifying number, and when the Alpha civilization killed it, the death ray cannon annihilated the Leviathan itself More than half of the flesh and blood—that is to say, even if they put together all the remaining flesh and blood, it would be difficult to piece together a complete Leviathan...

And after so many years, Leviathan's "completion" still hasn't reached [-]%, and even the blood vessels are still empty, let alone let this giant beast fly into the sky again.

The current Leviathan is only a "semi-finished product".

If this conjecture is correct, then the previous problem is well explained-the seemingly weird behavior of those monsters is actually collecting nutrients for Leviathan's "rebirth", and the giant cocoon on the square is actually It is a very special "digestive organ".

(End of this chapter)