Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 292 Trial (4000 words chapter)
Looking at these remains, Ke Lan couldn't help but think of the 48 special team that disappeared 776 years ago... The years between the two are extremely close, and they both appeared in the Alpha ruins that humans have never set foot on...

more than 40 years ago, when the Ark first landed on Alpha Planet, what happened?
What is the purpose of the 776 special team and these people now?
Even Lieutenant General Magino bluntly said that he didn't know the details, so who would know about them...

wait!

Ke Lan's head suddenly trembled, and the five characters "Undead Crew Club" instantly appeared...

According to Maginot, the undead crew has existed for hundreds of years, that is to say, before the ark landed on Alpha Star, they had already controlled the highest authority on the ark... as the holder of the highest authority , they must know the tasks performed by the 776 special team and the owners of these bones.

However, 40 years ago, neither the underwater city nor the remains of glaciers have been discovered by humans. The former is submerged under quadrillion tons of seawater, while the latter is covered by snow-capped glaciers...then At that time, most of the power on the Ark was devoted to the battle to wipe out the indigenous creatures near the landing site. The exploration of the remains of the Alpha civilization was completely incomparable to what it is now. Send people into the ruins.

"If I can meet the Undead Crew next time, maybe..." Ke Lan thought for a while, and immediately dismissed the idea—since the mission record of the 776 special team has been deleted, it means that the Undead Crew does not want to be let down. Others know of their existence, if you ask rashly, there is a great risk that you will be silenced directly...

There is at least one truth in what Magino said to himself: Don't take the initiative to provoke people from the Undead Crew Association... These people can easily abandon the entire East Ninth District module, let alone yourself Insignificant little hunter.

Perhaps, there is only one way to figure out these secrets, and that is, as that "Hemaphrodites" said, until the day I also become a member of the "Undead Crew Club", these secrets will naturally disappear. will open up on its own...

Ke Lan believes that guy is definitely not just talking... But, what kind of identity do you want to join the Undead Crew Club?

As a living CPU?Abandon the physical body, keep only the brain, and then insert hundreds of electrodes and various catheters on the cerebral cortex?
With the current level of technology, such a "brain in a vat" can indeed be preserved for hundreds of years... It can almost be said to be "immortal", but just thinking about it is enough to make Ke Lan shudder up...

Could it be that the cost of this group of "Undead Crew Club" is such a thing?Combined with the fact that they were able to remotely manipulate Victoria's cyborg prosthetic via a cable, maybe... it really is...

Just when Ke Lan was thinking wildly, the previous voice sounded in his mind again, pulling him back to reality in an instant——

"Preparing to activate the handover procedure."

"The test subject with serial number 153 has been activated."

"The behavior pattern is revised to the third set of preset plans."

"The first phase of the trial begins, the countdown... five..."

The pink meat python appeared from behind the statue, it circled around the statue's waist, slowly slid onto the statue's right knee, and then fell to the ground with a "click".

"……Four……"

Ke Lan took a few steps back, fixed his eyes on the meat python in front of him, and slowly drew out his pistol.

"……three……"

The meat python began to deform, and it turned back into that pink fleshy state again, and then wrapped a skull on the ground.

Countless differentiated tentacles drilled through the large and small pores on the skull, filled, squeezed, and rolled over each other... The overwhelmed bones made a crisp sound of "cracking", and fine cracks instantly covered the bone surface ...but the skull didn't burst open, the fleshy paste was like an adhesive...it crushed the skull into pieces, but firmly bonded the pieces together.

Compared with the previous "harmless to humans and animals" appearance, at this moment, its body is full of suffocating oppression, and those powerful tentacles show its aggressiveness at a glance... Ke Lan's back gradually began to seep. Sweating, he smelled a smell called "Danger", which was like the fishy smell from the huge sea monster in the bottomless abyss...

Scary, but with no escape.

"……two……"

Those tentacles stretched out and began to pick up the bones scattered on the ground, and then pieced them together one by one...

"……one……"

Five seconds later, a strange human body appeared in front of Ke Lan. It moved its limbs and walked towards Ke Lan step by step.

It has a human head, but no human facial features. Its face is flat, as if a layer of rubber has been laid on the facial bones. The eye sockets and nasal cavity are three empty black holes, no lips, and two rows of dark white And the neat teeth are so exposed, just like the mask of a skinned ghost on Halloween.

"This is the content of the so-called... trial?" Ke Lan took a deep breath and raised his gun.

He first aimed at the opponent's head, but just when he was about to pull the trigger, he suddenly had a second thought and moved the sight to above the knee——

Although this thing has the shape of a human being, it is not human after all, and its head is naturally not a vital point. Instead of shooting the head, it would be more effective to smash the joints to restrict its movement.

"Bah!"

The deafening gunshots from the large-caliber hunting pistol echoed in the hall, and the [-]mm armor-piercing bullet directly shattered the right knee of the humanoid monster, and the humanoid monster immediately fell to its knees without support.

But in the next instant, those tentacles shot out quickly, and they grabbed the bone fragments that were still flying in the air, without missing any... In the blink of an eye, this thing's right leg and knee had returned to its original state.

"This thing... can't be killed by bullets?"

Although Ke Lan thought so, he still pulled the trigger again and again, pouring out the remaining bullets in the magazine.

The body of the humanoid monster was pierced with several large holes in the front and back, and the kinetic energy attached to the bullet made it back again and again, and the last shot that shattered the neck bone even turned it over to the ground... …However, when it stood up again, all the wounds on its body had recovered.

The mercenary was telling the truth, bullets are useless against things.

As for the human skeleton, it was just a skeleton.

Even if it is ground into powder, it can restore every bone to its original state... It's like crushing polymer materials, throwing them in a recycling machine, and printing them out with a 3D printer...

No, its speed is far faster than any other model of printer on the market... Before the damage is finished, the repair has already begun.

"Physical means can't kill it."

Ke Lan thought so, and he took another step back, but a light curtain rose behind him, like an invisible wall of air, blocking his retreat.

This is a closed field made up of dozens of hexagonal floor tiles. This is an arena, and he and the humanoid monster he is facing are the gladiators in this arena.

The opponent is still four tiles away from him...

This is a fight to the death, but the opponent is an undead creature...

The right hand of the humanoid monster suddenly moved backwards, and countless tentacles as thick as hairs swept towards the rear. They rolled up the broken bones, and then crushed them into finer pieces, and then spliced ​​them together into sharp sheets——by the time these tentacles returned to its body, it already had a bone blade with a length of one meter and a strange shape in its hand.

"Does this mean hand-to-hand combat?" Ke Lan seemed to be laughing, but also squeezed out a strange smile as if helpless, "I didn't expect that the technological level of the Alpha civilization that completely crushed human beings, the content of the trial is actually It is as primitive as the cold weapon era of the old era."

But Ke Lan also understands that this way of fighting is not only primitive...but also cruel. In the era of hot weapons, hand-to-hand combat rarely occurs in wars...but any army capable of hand-to-hand combat can definitely be counted Above is the elite of the elite.

"It's a pity... If I knew it, I wouldn't be in a hurry to return Asano Akira's knife..." Ke Lan sighed, and at the same time drew out the dagger and a finely polished stone awl from a seabed cave.

Holding the stone awl in his left hand, his fist closed in front of his chest, and his right hand holding a dagger behind his back, Ke Lan posed a standard close combat posture.

The knees and ankles of the humanoid monster began to bend, and all parts of the body immediately stretched out streamlined muscle lines. These muscles began to contract and accumulate strength—starting from the spine and waist, and then the thighs, calves, and toes. , Its soles of the feet kicked hard on the ground, with the help of this strong reaction force, it accelerated suddenly, and in less than a breath, it had already rushed in front of Ke Lan!
Holding the bone blade in both hands, it stabbed obliquely forward with swift force, and went straight to Ke Lan's rib side——

However, at the moment it started running, Ke Lan had already used the ability to stop time to see its charging direction and attack angle clearly, and calculated the dodge route-Ke Lan just took a proper step to the left, The stab at a sinister angle slid out against his coat, making a nearly half-meter tear in the tough fabric.

And Ke Lan took advantage of this opportunity to swing the sharp blades of both hands downwards at the same time, and cut two deep bone-deep incisions on the outside of the opponent's right arm!

"laugh--"

Accompanied by a piercing sound, the area around the wound cut by the stone cone instantly turned black, almost exactly the same as the change that occurred when the Seed of Erosion touched the stalagmite, while the wound cut by the other dagger, But it has disappeared.

Taking advantage of the momentum when the two sides were fighting hand-to-hand, Ke Lan staggered a step, and once again distanced himself from the opponent.

During this brief confrontation, he discovered two crucial things.

[-]. The stone cone that is effective against the seed of erosion is also effective against the guy. Although it will not show fear, it can undoubtedly cause substantial damage to it, and the wound cannot heal immediately.

[-]. Although the body of a humanoid monster has a movement ability that is completely inconsistent with biological common sense, when fighting against itself, it will imitate the principle of human muscle movement, and pull the bones of the whole body through the contraction and relaxation of "muscles"... In this way , it can only display fighting skills that humans can only use, and Ke Lan doesn't have to worry about being attacked by dozens of tentacles that come out of nowhere when he is fighting.

This should be the restriction set by the "Trial Program". From a certain perspective, Alpha Civilization is still very moral.

Without giving Ke Lan too much time to breathe, the humanoid monster launched an attack again, but Ke Lan used Shiding's plug-in ability to see through the trick, and added a scorched black wound on its lower back .

Although this thing seems almost unsolvable, as long as a restraining weapon like the stone cone can be obtained, it is only a matter of time to solve it... Except for the abnormal recovery ability, the fighting ability of the humanoid monster itself is not beyond Out of the category of ordinary human beings, if Akira Asano were here, I'm afraid he could be killed within three strokes.

Another staggered pass, this time, Ke Lan simply gave up the dagger attack, and used the stone awl to poke two blood holes a few centimeters deep in the opponent's hip.

But at the same time, Ke Lan also discovered a strange thing: every time he launches an attack, the opponent's height and body shape will undergo some slight changes, as if adjusting in a certain direction... not just The body, as well as the originally flat face, are now gradually becoming three-dimensional.

I don't know why... Ke Lan always feels that this face is starting to look familiar...

After the sixth round of confrontation, Ke Lan finally recognized it—that face was clearly his own!
It is gradually becoming itself!

The number of attacks of humanoid monsters has also undergone significant changes. There are fewer direct stabs and slashes, and more predictions and sudden changes. This makes Ke Lan need to consider factors when choosing an evasive route. Also becoming more and more...

It is imitating itself!It is learning itself!
It is the same kind of creature as the "flesh and blood centipede" that fought with Akira Asano in the stone room back then!
[PS small science popularization: Regarding the fore grip and reverse grip of the dagger, in fact, in the concept of ordinary people, the dagger is held upside down (that is, the tip of the knife protrudes from the side of the little finger) before the fore grip. The fore grip has strong controllability, and the force is fierce and fast. , lethal, and it is not easy to be grabbed by the knife and the wrist; and the common holding posture in daily life (like holding a kitchen knife, the tip of the knife sticks out from the side of the thumb and the tiger's mouth), is actually an inverted grip, The advantage of the reverse grip is that the attack distance is slightly larger than that of the forward grip. 】

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