Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 234 Candid
"Is it possible...that thing has left your body without you noticing it?" Ivan said suddenly.

"No... I can feel its existence, it..." Ke Lan originally wanted to say that it was hiding in a corner of his body, but felt that this statement seemed inaccurate, "It seems to be everywhere, It's strange... It seems to have established a wonderful connection with me, I can perceive this connection, but I can't locate it specifically..."

As Ke Lan was talking, he suddenly fell silent, and it took a long time before he slowly uttered a sentence: "It seems to have dissolved in my body."

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Ivan frowned, "There are many kinds of crystalline substances that can dissolve in blood... Before analyzing that thing, no one can determine its nature. And Manstein is He swallowed the crystal after it was covered with a protective substance, so it makes sense that the crystal failed to dissolve in his body."

He unscrewed the hip flask, raised his head and took a big gulp, and then said: "As for the stuff in the Iron Maiden, you said that the black viscous liquid looks like oil, so it's better to assume it's some kind of oily substance." Well, many water-soluble crystals are insoluble in oil, the most famous of which is the sodium chloride crystal. But this is only speculation... Well, it would be nice if there were some samples left.”

"Then Ke Lan, is there any abnormality in your body?" Natasha, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, suddenly said, "It is reasonable to say that when the dose of a certain compound dissolved in the blood is large enough to When the time comes, the human body will respond accordingly, have you noticed these changes?"

"Physical changes... To be honest, I didn't notice it."

"However, after that crystal entered my body, I accidentally obtained an ability, a very strange ability."

After much thought, Ke Lan decided to tell them about it.

"Besides, I have always had one thing that I haven't told you..."

Before that, the reason why Ke Lan kept hiding it was because he was afraid of being regarded as a different kind by others, and the second was because he was worried that his teammates would suffer unwarranted disasters because of these secrets... But now it seems that continuing to hide it will only bring about greater misunderstandings and troubles.

These teammates are people worthy of their lives, and I have no reason not to trust them.

……

Three hours later, Ke Lan, Ivan, and Natasha turned back to the safe house, and as soon as the three entered the door, they immediately called everyone over.

"All the monitoring equipment in the safe house has been dismantled. I was worried and asked Layton to check it four or five times. Even the sewer of the toilet is not missing." The hound said solemnly, "Ke Lan, you said... you There has been one thing that has been hidden from us, what is it?"

"Old dog, let me ask you one thing first, if I might be a monster, what would you think of me?" Ke Lan said in a deep voice.

"Are you sure you're not joking?" The Hound frowned tightly, staring at it.

"No." Ke Lan shook his head slowly.

The two looked at each other for more than ten seconds, but the hound suddenly burst out laughing: "Haha...even if you are a monster, so what?"

The hound continued: "There are still cells of the seed of erosion lurking in Ivan's body. If the stalagmite fragments on his body are removed, he may lose control and turn into a large group of tentacles at any time. Do you think he is a monster? Layton 70.00% of the parts in the boy's body are made of iron bumps, and there is more engine oil in the pipe than blood. Do you think he is a monster? And..."

His voice suddenly became a little low: "And Liao Zilang... He crawled out of the waste water tank alive, and his hard skin couldn't even be pierced by bullets. Who among us has ever regarded him as a monster?"

He suddenly stretched out a finger and pointed to his head: "Whether it is a human or a monster depends only on your own thoughts."

……

"I used to feel that I was a monster." Asano Akira, who was sitting in the corner, said, the sword on his knee suddenly let out a sharp sound, "but then I figured it out, it's just a kind of ability. "

"Thank you." Ke Lan was silent for a long time before holding back these two words.

"Thank you!" the Hound couldn't help but said, "Actually, I can roughly guess that your secret is probably related to the Alpha civilization, and it's understandable for you to choose to hide it... After all, no one will It's a heart-to-heart thing for someone you just met."

"Actually, it started with that plane crash." Ke Lan took out a photo, and the thing in the photo was the stone tablet found inside the coffin.

"Isn't this... the broken stone tablet?" Layton said.

"Yes... Do you still remember how the stele was broken?" Ke Lan raised his head and asked everyone.

"I remember." The hound rubbed his chin vigorously. "At that time, I went down with you to move this stele, and when it was wrapped with an anti-oxidation film, it suddenly shattered..."

"At that time, I took off my gloves for the convenience of operation." Ke Lan continued the words of the hound, "When my fingers touched the stele, it shattered."

"Yes, you were frightened back then." The hound nodded repeatedly.

"Then do you know why you froze?"

"why?"

"The moment the stone tablet shattered...all the inscriptions on it flooded into my mind!" Ke Lan took a deep breath and continued, "It was at that moment that I suddenly understood the Alpha civilization. language."

Everyone was stunned. Although they were already mentally prepared, this sentence was too powerful for them. They were all experienced hunters of relics, and no one knew better than them. What does the content mean.

And the first person to react from this sluggish state was the hound. He smacked his lips, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was saying to Ke Lan: "No wonder... No wonder after that, I always have a A strange feeling—I always feel that you are very radical in your judgments on some things, but things often develop as you expected... Now I understand, since you have mastered the language of the Alpha civilization, then Naturally, we can understand some information that we cannot interpret, and it is not surprising that we can make such judgments."

"That's right, that's right," Layton interrupted suddenly, "especially that time in Leviathan, when Ke Lan, you were so firm that Leviathan was still alive, and insisted on letting me send the 'Emergency 000' message... ...Fortunately, I did so, otherwise, I would be terrified even thinking about it.”

"I judge that Leviathan is still alive because of this." Ke Lan took out another photo, which is the black stone tablet engraved with "the resting place of the giant beast that rules the sky". After roughly translating, although it is impossible to be accurate to every character, the general meaning can still be conveyed into human language, especially the saying that "long sleep" is different from "death".

"Alpha language is a very strange language. It has the meaning of 'can only be understood but cannot be expressed', especially the characters on this black stone tablet. If translated directly, there will be more than 300 completely different meanings... …But I don’t know why, when I saw these characters for the first time, the only correct meaning appeared in my head.” Ke Lan said, “So, I think this is probably because human beings have not been able to decipher it so far. One of the main reasons for this language."

"Indeed." Ivan nodded in agreement, "There used to be some people in the academic circles who believed that Alpha people used brain waves instead of voices to communicate, but later with the discovery of a large number of documents left over from Alpha civilization, the 'brain wave theory' It will be self-defeating-compared with brain waves, text as an information carrier is really too backward... For example, just now, the thoughts that flashed through my head in a second, if you change If it is recorded in written form, it may take tens of thousands of words, but if it is converted into computer language, it will take up even more words.”

"That is to say, although Ke Lan has mastered the language of Alpha civilization, he can't teach us these things like the language teacher in school?" Zhuo Ligetu raised his thick palm and said in a low voice. asked.

"As far as I personally think, the language of Alpha civilization cannot be learned. It can only be mastered by some kind of 'inheritance'." Ke Lan said, "Moreover, this language is not spoken with the mouth. from……"

"Ke Lan, remember, you must keep this matter secret, especially not to let people in the Security Bureau and the Research Institute know... Although your ability is enough to change the course of human history, but from my own selfishness, I do I don’t want you to die because of this.” The hound said, “Also, even if humans really need a living translator, it doesn’t have to be you—don’t forget, besides you, there is another person with similar Ability."

"The founder of that heretical sect..."

"Yes, it's that guy. Even if this kind of scum is sent to the autopsy table to be sliced, I will only feel very happy. What's more, since there can be a second successor, it means that this is not an exception. Sooner or later The third, the fourth..."

……

After knowing the truth, although the hounds and the others showed due surprise, Ke Lan could clearly feel that their attitude towards him hadn't changed much - except for Ivan.

This guy looked at him now as if he had discovered some big treasure. If it weren't for the hounds and the others still here, maybe he would come up to him and ask him what his body tissues are and go back and study them carefully.

"In addition to this, there is another ability that I just acquired." Ke Lan saw that everyone had almost digested this matter, so he continued.

"There is another ability?" The hound couldn't help curling his lips, "To be honest, I'm already a little numb, even if you tell me now that you can spit out a fireball from your mouth, I won't think it's so strange .”

"What about 'Time Stop'?"

"Huh? What did you say?" The Hound stretched out a little finger, and plucked his ear vigorously.

Ke Lan didn't explain much, but took a pack of cards from the sofa beside him and squeezed them in his hands, and then said to Akira Asano: "Asano, there are 54 cards in this deck of cards. Throw the ceiling, and then when the cards are scattered, you go out with a knife and chop up about half of the cards, can you do that?"

"Yes." Asano Akira walked to the table and stood still, reaching out to hold the handle of the knife.

"Prepare--"

Ke Lan nodded, then threw the whole deck of cards into the air.

With a bang, the blade came out of its sheath, and a burst of light from the blade immediately covered the scattered cards. When the blade returned to its sheath, Ke Lan had already turned around. The whole process was less than halfway through. second.

"A total of 54 of the 6 cards were cut, and six of them were cut into eight pieces, namely three of spades, K of spades, 10 of diamonds, [-] of diamonds, K of diamonds and A of clubs, which were cut into six pieces. There are three of them..."

Ke Lan silently reported the suit size and the number of cuts of each shredded card. However, when the hunters picked up these cards from the ground and counted them carefully, they suddenly found that they were the same as Ke Lan. Reported exactly the same.

It is not difficult to do this, any biochemical transformation person equipped with electronic eyes can do it, as long as the photo is taken at the moment when Akira Asano retracts the knife, and then the computer can be used for statistics—but The hounds and the others knew that every part of Ke Lan's body was genuine and original, and there was no such thing as an electronic eye at all.

"So, you just memorized the suit of each shredded card when time stopped?" The Hound looked at a large pile of shredded cards on the table, and asked with some difficulty—when other people When he focused all his attention on the Asano Showa cards, only the hound was staring at Ke Lan, but from Ke Lan throwing the cards to turning around, he didn't notice anything unusual, even Ke Lan I don't know when the ability of "time stop" was activated.

"Yeah." Ke Lan nodded, "Like Asano Akira's kind of swordsmanship, I need a lot of mental energy to use this ability. In its full power, it can last for at most five seconds... And, in the time In the stopped state, I myself can't move."

When the skill was activated just now, Ke Lan tried to move his little finger again, but this time, there was no response.

Perhaps, the last time was an illusion?

"To be honest, I don't know how to organize my language now..." The Hound rubbed his forehead helplessly, "Do you know what this means? If this matter gets out..."

As he said that, the hound suddenly thumped the table heavily, and the fragments of the cards were immediately shaken all over the table.

"Anyway, those who heard all this today must strictly keep this secret...Ke Lan told us these things, which means that he trusts us, and we can't live up to this trust...Besides," he cast his gaze again Put it on Ke Lan, "Ke Lan, unless it is necessary, you'd better not use this ability at will... You Chinese have an old saying, 'Every man is innocent, but he is responsible' , you should have heard of it, right?"

"And there is one thing I must tell you...don't trust Maginot, he is just a puppet, and the person who manipulates him is not necessarily a good person."

(End of this chapter)