Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 223 Flesh Purgatory

"Let's talk about this later..." Ke Lan picked up Erzang's two thermal war blades—although the high temperature state cannot be turned on in Ke Lan's hands, these two knives are made of Nino alloy. It is also a rare weapon.

Afterwards, Ke Lan found Huomen's body behind the corner. As expected, there were four booby-trapped mines and a remote-control bomb installed at the corner alone. Even his body had a hidden trigger mine—— If someone hastily turned over Huomen's body, this trigger mine would detonate all the "stock" carried by Huomen, creating a huge explosion.

"...You are like this, do you still want to go up?" Ke Lan removed the trigger mine, then collected all the explosives on Huomen's body, and then turned to Victoria and asked.

In her current state, if she immediately returns to the blockade for treatment, she still has a great hope of surviving... But if she decides to climb to the top of the tower, it means that her life is only the last few days. It's been an hour.

"I... hiss... said... hiss... this is... my task." Victoria said in an unquestionable tone.

"..." Ke Lan didn't say anything more, just glanced at her silently, and passed the two grenades over.

At this time, the weird voice appeared again, but this time it was clearer than ever before—in the background noise like the tide beating the rocks, countless different voices were crying... Among them were Men and women, old people and children... They seem to be enduring unspeakable torture...

Amidst these wailing, Ke Lan could hear a hint of urging... They told him in this indescribable way: the time left is running out...

"I heard that voice again..." Ke Lan said.

"I... hiss... too." Victoria nodded, "but... hiss... I can only hear... a... hiss... sound like a... hiss... tidal surge... The previous...hiss...wailing sounds...all...disappeared..." Victoria nodded.

The content of this voice is different for everyone, which has been confirmed before. Ke Lan estimates that this should be inseparable from the abilities he inherited from the stone tablet.

"I heard the cries of men, women, old people and children..." Ke Lan said, suddenly felt a chill down his spine, "I don't know why, but I suddenly thought of the brains of those victims... I always feel , These cries come from those victims, their bodies have died, but their consciousness has not completely disappeared... and they are suffering from great pain."

"Hiss... you... look... hiss... around..."

Reminded by Victoria, Ke Lan focused on the surrounding environment - he suddenly discovered that, unconsciously, the entire Arasaka Tower... seemed to be "aging" at an accelerated rate.

In this space, the flow of time seems to be accelerated... The carrion covering the ground, walls and ceiling is slowly shrinking, and the surface of the metal corridor guardrail is gradually covered with a layer of oxide film, even Mottled rust began to appear... and an ornamental plant at the end of the corridor completed the process of withering, withering, and returning to dust in just a dozen seconds.

"... Corpses! Even the corpses—" Ke Lan lowered his head, and found that the part of the body of the three Six Samurai that belonged to the living body had also turned into bones at this moment, and the flesh and blood seemed to dissolve out of thin air. Into the air, disappeared without a trace.

"What is the principle?" Unspeakable fear and horror spread in Ke Lan's heart... He has never heard of anything that can change the flow of time... Unless the ark is now in a wormhole , it is possible for this situation to happen... But the Ark is now parked on the equator of Alpha Star, and there is no sign of starting at all...

It's impossible for the entire Alpha Star to be swallowed by the wormhole!

This is even more impossible!

"This is not right..." Ke Lan, who calmed down a little, quickly noticed the abnormality, "Why, the 'time' in the surrounding environment has been accelerated, but we have not been affected in any way?"

If this time acceleration takes effect on the two of them, among other things, Victoria's body must be the first to be unable to hold on. Even if calculated according to the normal time flow rate, she only has a few hours to live.

"It seems... only... hiss... to the top of the tower... hiss... can... hiss... get... an explanation." The shock in Victoria's heart was no less than that of Ke Lan, but unlike this amazing Compared with the vision, she has more important things to do.

That was her task, and she would sacrifice her life for it...a task that must be completed.

"go!"

Ke Lan also knew that Victoria was running out of life, and the "thing" on the top of the tower was leaving them less and less time.

The internal structure drawings of Arasaka Tower had already been obtained when Victoria hacked into the elevator control system, and they quickly found the stairs leading to the top floor according to the drawings.

The stairs were also covered by those carrion-like biological tissues, but these biological tissues seemed to be gradually dying at the moment... They began to become shriveled and hard, like the skin of a mummy exposed to the sun, and those hidden under the carrion The "vessels" in the body are no longer wriggling... Judging from the previous actions of these organizations transporting substances to the top of the tower, their mission should be considered to have been completed at this time... This means that the "great ceremony", It's really getting to the endgame.

What is the purpose of the Arasaka Consortium, and what are the rituals of the heretic sect... I will get the answer soon...

Quickly rushing up the last flight of stairs, Ke Lan blasted open the door leading to the top of the tower.

At the top of Arasaka Tower, there was originally a Japanese-style dojo, but now, Ke Lan sees only a purgatory made of flesh and blood.

It is difficult for Ke Lan to find any adjectives to describe the scene in front of him—under the huge dome of flesh and blood, there hangs an "iron maiden" made of unknown alloy, and countless fleshy hoses extend from all directions. , drilled through the round holes on the "Iron Maiden" that were supposed to be used to install spikes, and connected to the "thing" inside...

Many tubes have fallen off from the top, but the remaining ones that are still inserted in the top are still continuously transporting substances to the inside of the "Iron Maiden".

A sense of oppression that is almost indistinguishable from that of the prehistoric species is continuously emanating from the cruel instruments of torture in this old era.

[PS "Iron Maiden", an ancient instrument of torture, is shaped like a large vertical coffin, made of iron or wood, with many spikes fixed inside. When the coffin is closed, these spikes will pierce the inside The body of the victim belongs to a very cruel torture. (The specific details are too bloody and there is not much description. For more information and pictures of the real thing, please readers to Baidu)]

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