Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 378 The Abode of the Gods (4000-word chapter)
According to the exploration records of the previous batches of people on the "sick village", except for the A area, which is the control center of the space station, and the residential areas B and C, the other three areas are "not suitable for human survival at all". .

Since the life support facilities have been in disrepair for a long time, since there is no oxygen or electricity in these three areas, the temperature control system has been completely scrapped-when the space station operates to the sunshine area facing the sun, the temperature in these three areas can rise to nearly One hundred degrees Celsius, and when the space station enters the shadow of Alpha, its temperature will drop to minus more than 60 degrees.

Its "day and night" temperature difference is far more exaggerated than the desert area on Alpha Planet.

However, this group of people seemed to be from Area E. Even if a god servant wearing power armor could survive in such an environment, the followers under him would not be able to handle it.

It seems that the situation in District E is not as bad as imagined...

Could it be that these people have repaired the life support facilities in these districts?

Ke Lan thought about it, and always felt that the possibility of this guess was very low.

Life support facilities are not so easy to repair. The difficulty of this job is not at the same level as that of randomly pulling and connecting wires between scaffolding.There must be professional engineers and technicians with corresponding licenses to do it, and a lot of replacement parts that can only be manufactured on the Ark-otherwise, the construction team would not have only repaired the three ABCs. area.

How could this group of people who had to rely on regular supplies from transport ships to solve their food problems be able to repair the life support devices in the remaining three districts?

Just when Ke Lan was wondering if these people would suddenly take out a few space suits from somewhere, the end of the passage had already appeared in his vision.

The servant of God did not speak, and walked directly towards the rusty iron door at the end, while those followers standing beside Ke Lan had no intention of wearing protective gear at all.

During this period of time... the space station should be in the shadow of Star Alpha. Could it be that this group of people intends to use their bodies to resist the low temperature and hypoxic environment of minus [-] degrees Celsius?

Are you radiation mutants or space marines Astartes?
Ke Lan subconsciously put his arm in front of his body and held his breath... However, when the servant of God pushed the door open, not only did he not feel the biting chill sweeping through the entire passage, but he also felt that the surrounding temperature seemed to rise slightly some.

"Could it be that I misremembered the time? The space station has just entered the sunshine area? Impossible, it takes nine and ten minutes for the space station to go around the Alpha star. It is impossible to remember it wrong..." Ke Lan muttered in his heart, lowering his arms , looking out of the passage.

This is a dark red world!
As far as the field of vision is concerned, almost all of them have been covered by dark red meat membranes. The thickness of these meat membranes is only about one finger. With the creep of the sac, the surface of this layer of meat film will appear much smoother and flatter.

Ke Lan looked further away, but couldn't find any gaps at all. These fleshy membranes seemed to be a whole, rather than a collection of countless individuals like fungal creatures.

At the top of Area E, there are several slender fleshy tentacles hanging down every few meters. The ends of these fleshy tentacles are wrapped with a fist-sized luminous body, emitting a soft glow through the pink-white fascia. shine.

"This is... a street lamp?" Ke Lan was stunned. If this layer of meat is some kind of creature, it doesn't need lighting at all without eyes. These fleshy tentacles and luminous bodies seem to be specially designed to live on the space station. "Organs" grown from human beings.

Ke Lan couldn't help but think of a creature on the earth called "Anglefish". This kind of fish usually lives in the deep sea where you can't see your fingers. It is said that it is somewhat similar to these "street lights".

In the dark deep sea, light is an extremely rare thing. With the help of this light-emitting organ, anglerfish can attract those small fish and shrimps with phototaxis to come to them for predation... Thinking of this, Ke Lan suddenly felt, The E area covered by the meat membrane is like the mouth of some giant creature, and these light-emitting organs are the bait it sets to attract prey.

"Could it be that after stepping into it, I will be eaten up by these meat membranes..."

At this moment, the god servant at the front moved. He took a step, stepped over the iron gate, and stepped on the dark red flesh membrane.

The meat membrane seemed to squirm slightly, but it didn't show any aggression.

"Here... is the... residence of the 'Great God'!" the servant turned his back to Ke Lan and said, but it was supposed to be a pious sentence with a fanatical tone, but it was read out by its electronically synthesized voice The feel of an academic paper.

Seeing that the other followers followed the servant of God and entered the area covered by the flesh membrane, Ke Lan walked forward cautiously.

While walking forward, he had already released his breath-holding state, and tried to take a breath—the air diffused from the E area not only contained a lot of oxygen, but it was even more oxygen-rich than the 20.00% on Alpha Star and Earth. The oxygen content is much higher.

An environment with high oxygen content can easily give birth to some huge organisms. For example, in the Mesozoic Era of the earth, the oxygen content in the air at that time was about 40.00%, almost twice that of the Cenozoic Era. Large creatures like dinosaurs Organisms evolved in this high-oxygen environment.

Ke Lan had to admit that this high-oxygen environment was indeed very suitable for so-called "training". The reason why those "second-generation citizens" had such a high survival rate must have something to do with this place.

What surprised Ke Lan even more was that the air here did not have the rust or stench he had expected. When he inhaled, a refreshing fragrance instantly flooded into his nasal cavity, scaring him. Hastily held his breath again.

What has a fragrance is not necessarily a harmless thing. As far as he knows, many toxic gases contain hydrocarbons, many of which are aromatic hydrocarbons with fragrance.

Among them, the most famous one is the "S28 military special poison" used by field troops to wipe out a large number of indigenous creatures. This poison volatilizes into the air and reacts with oxygen to produce a "sweet fragrance".But when the human olfactory system smells this smell, it is actually too late to rescue, the toxin will quickly penetrate into the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, and then enter the blood...

"I don't seem to feel dizzy or nauseous..."

He tried to inhale again, but there was still no sign of poisoning. Instead, he felt refreshed, and even his mind became clearer.

There is something wrong with this smell!Ke Lan knows that this is definitely not his own psychological effect, this feeling is real, and what scares him the most is that after experiencing this feeling, his body can't help but want to continue breathing... ...This fragrance, like that kind of illegal drug, is extremely addictive!
Ke Lan stopped where he was, and those followers also stopped and looked back at him.

"What's wrong?" the god servant turned around and asked.

"I'm just... a little surprised. I've never, never seen such a thing." Ke Lan pretended to be surprised and stuttered, but what he said was a big truth—even if it was In the ruins of the Alpha civilization, this kind of strange sight is also extremely rare.

"Don't use...'something' to describe...a great god." The servant said.

"What?!" Ke Lan's eyelids jumped involuntarily, "This...this is...the great god?!"

"Yes. What you see is part of his body." The servant replied.

The great god is a layer of meat covering the inner wall of the space station?No... No, this is just a part extending from its body. As for its body, it shouldn't be in this state...

Then its body...is it in the depths of this E area, or is it in the farther F area?
Could it be that the temperature and oxygen here are also the masterpiece of this "great god"?Ke Lan suddenly understood the "residents" living in the sick village—a creature like this can protect them from extreme cold and high temperature, produce a lot of oxygen, and not show hostility to them. It is easy to win the favor of the local people.

Coupled with this addictive substance, it doesn't seem to be a surprise that these people worship it.

Heretic sects on the ground have the means of using Mengzao incense to control believers, and the strength of this thing is much stronger than Mengzao.

As Ke Lan thought about it, he took half a step towards the ground covered by the flesh membrane... But, just as he was about to step on it, his feet hovered in mid-air.

"That... Lord Servant... stepping on the body of the great god, is it disrespectful to the old man?" Ke Lan asked tentatively.

"This is a gift from the great god to his people. You don't have to worry about it." The servant paused and continued, "Moreover, when our life journey reaches the end, we will also be integrated with him... What is under our feet is not only the body of a great god, but also the body of our compatriots in the past... and in the future, you and I will also become part of it."

"..." Ke Lan silently glanced at the meat membrane on the ground. It seems that this "great god" can not only have the functions of an air conditioner and an oxygen generator, but also an organic matter recovery furnace?And these fleshy membranes covering every corner and corner should be transformed from the corpses of the dead people on the space station.

For some reason, Ke Lan's inner fear suddenly faded a lot, replaced by a strong sense of curiosity.

His foot finally stepped on the meat membrane - he was not mistaken just now, the moment he stepped on it, the meat membrane did squirm slightly.

These meat membranes are all alive, not dead things like the cuticle.

Ke Lan could feel that the fleshy membrane under his feet seemed to have become a little harder to support his own weight and prevent the surface from collapsing.

"When you enter the residence of the gods, the great gods can feel your presence." The servant watched Ke Lan stepping both feet into the area covered by the flesh membrane, and said, "If you are like the one just now Like a heresy, it is a filthy thing from the ground, and the moment he perceives you, you are dead."

"Fortunately, I'm not." Ke Lan thought to himself, if the person who just won was the missionary, I'm afraid entering the place is tantamount to throwing himself into a trap - even a servant of God can easily kill the seed of erosion in seconds Ke Lan has no doubt that this "great god" has the ability to kill missionaries instantly.

Perhaps, the seed of erosion in the missionary's body would not even have the chance to enter the cataclysmic stage.

However, Ke Lan also realized one thing. If things change and Ivan and Layton’s support is needed, then as a last resort, Ivan must not be allowed to enter Area E—there is also a part of his body that has been eroded. Although these cells have not yet produced "nuclei", even though these cells have been suppressed by the implanted stalagmite fragments, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be discovered by this "great god".

The servant of God led them to continue walking toward the depths. Along the way, Ke Lan continued to activate the time-stop skills, recording the scenes in this area frame by frame like taking pictures, and then analyzed them in his mind—he It was found that although the E area was completely covered by the meat membrane, the internal space was extraordinarily empty.The proper equipment in the space station was almost emptied, but it was not known whether it was evacuated by the original construction team or by the locals.

Of course, there are some things that cannot be moved—such as those giant glass pillars that are as thick as four or five people hugging each other and connected to the top wall and floor... However, these glass pillars are also covered with a thick film of meat, which makes people feel uncomfortable. There is no view of the interior of the pillar.

This space station was originally built for scientific research, and the research projects naturally included biological experiments. According to the old design drawing, the large biological laboratory was built in this E area .

Those glass pillars are actually not pure glass, but huge petri dishes. After the people in the research institute captured the indigenous creatures of Planet Alpha on the ground, some of them would be sent to the space station to observe them. Biological changes in the space environment...

Could this "great god" have escaped from the biological laboratory of the space station?
[PS Thanks to Xi Zhang for the 1500 starting coins.

In addition, there is no hope of adding more today... The electric drill for the renovation upstairs stopped, and I started beating with a big hammer, and the sound of sawing like fingernails scraping a blackboard made me feel uncomfortable. Save a few hundred words, and try to save Jiageng within a week...]

(End of this chapter)