Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 499 The Thing at the Bottom of the Pit (4000-word chapter)
The dark green beam of light rising from the bottom of the huge pit gradually became solid, as if it was not an illusory light and shadow, but a solid emerald green.

"Is this... is this...activated?" Layton murmured. He suddenly felt that the scene of those giant crystal pillars slowly sinking into the bottom of the pit was very similar to the appearance of nuclear fuel rods inserted into the reactor.

"Probably." The hound raised his head, looking at the beams of light reaching the dome, "Damn...my eyes are still not good enough, it's all green, and the edges between the beams are completely blurred It's..."

"It's not a problem with your eyes." Ivan said, "What we saw was the same...Those beams of light merged together."

Layton glanced down, and then immediately shouted: "Everyone, quickly put on your helmets and protective gear! The radiation intensity in this space is rising rapidly!"

After what he said, the people whose attention was completely attracted by the green beam of light realized the problem-the part of their skin exposed to the air felt a burst of needle-like stinging pain, and this stinging pain was still there. Constantly enhanced.

The Geiger counter also started beeping frantically.

The Hound and the others hurriedly put on the helmet and gloves, and then fastened the sealing ring, only then did they have the time to glance at the screen of the Geiger counter that had already formed a series of "clicks".

In just a few seconds, the radiation intensity in the power room has risen from a safe value to more than 5 times the dangerous index. It only needs to stay in this environment for a few tens of seconds, and the radiation is enough to cause irreversible damage to human genes; If you stay for [-] minutes, even if you can get medical treatment in time, there will be permanent sequelae; if you stay for one hour... then you can directly consider the funeral.

Moreover, the corpse must be disposed of in a special incinerator, and the burned ashes must also be packed in a heavy lead box.

"This thing is really fucking terrible." The hound complained, and injected himself with an anti-radiation and a radiation-eliminating injection through the injection hole on the power armor.

The Anti-radiation Ning and Radiation-Xining Ning they carry are top-notch, and as soon as the medicine enters the blood, a sense of nausea surges up—this is one of the most obvious side effects of Anti-Radiation Ning, and as for Radiation-Xining Ning, it is equivalent to A super diuretic.

The irradiated urine was quickly excreted, and everyone removed the urine storage tank hanging from their waists and disconnected it from the connecting pipe of the water circulation system.

In order to ensure that there will be no shortage of drinking water, all the sweat and urine excreted by the human body will be collected and sent to the circulation purification device for a series of treatment processes such as filtration and distillation... However, the urine excreted from the body through Radiation Elimination Ning is absolutely What cannot be recycled can only be discarded.

The radiation intensity in the environment finally stabilized after rising to 480 five times the dangerous indicator. At this time, the Geiger counters on everyone stopped making sounds.

There are only two reasons why the Geiger counter is silent. One is that the radiation is too low, and the other is that the radiation is so high that it has exceeded the detection threshold...

The working principle of the Geiger counter is to rely on the high-speed particles released by the radiation to cause the gas sealed in the counter to generate an ionization reaction, discharge and output a pulse current signal, but when the radiation is too strong, the entire circuit will simply be short-circuited—at this time , the non-professional Geiger counter screen display reading will return to zero, and some high-end counters with additional alarm chips will display the words "radiation in the environment has exceeded the measurement limit, extremely dangerous".

"Huh... It's a good thing I didn't take off all the equipment on my body, or it would be too late..." The hound just relaxed, and his whole body tensed up again, "No! That guy Ke Lan! He hasn't -"

Everyone quickly turned their heads to look at the console on one side, and saw that Ke Lan, who had put his hands on the metal ball, hadn't moved since the beginning, and the dazzling white light from the metal ball climbed up along his hands... At this moment, his entire body was covered with a thin halo.

"His hands are exposed! He's going to get radiation sickness!" Layton yelled at him, "Ke Lan! Can you hear us? Let go! Put on your protective gear!"

However, Ke Lan was completely deaf to the shouts of his companions. He was engrossed in staring at the metal ball in front of him, and his facial muscles were constantly twitching slightly.

Naturally, he could also hear Layton calling himself, but he couldn't respond at all - the moment his hands touched the metal ball, the ancient warship seemed to be connected to him!
To be precise, he became a part of the battleship...becoming one of the parts that make up the battleship!

The huge and complicated flow of information poured into his mind like a flood, and the strong impact made Ke Lan's consciousness jump repeatedly on the verge of collapse. This situation was very similar to what happened after he touched the stone tablet, but it was just In just a short moment, but now, his hands seemed to be glued to the metal ball, and he couldn't let it go.

Layton and the Hound were obviously standing not far away from him, but their shouts sounded like they were in the distant sky.

No, it's not that my hand is stuck to the metal ball, but that my body has lost control... Ke Lan wants to use his brain to send the command "lift up" to his arm, but the command has not yet been sent along the nerve If you go out, you will be overwhelmed by the huge amount of information pouring in from the outside world.

Under such circumstances, it became extremely difficult for Ke Lan to even think. He felt that his consciousness was like an apple thrown into a broken machine. It was twisted to pieces.

Moreover, an indescribable sense of fatigue is constantly hitting—Ke Lan realizes that this console is crazily consuming his mental power, although the consumption speed is slightly slower than "time stop", but at most If it drags on for another 2 minutes, his spiritual power will be completely overdrawn.

What's worse, he has no way to stop this consumption, he can't even activate the time-stop...

"This...can't be...it's...a trap...set by...the heretical sect, right?"

……

"The situation is not right, Ke Lan...he seems to be trapped." At this time, even Layton realized the problem, "Should we pull him away? But I'm worried..."

"I don't have time to think so much. If you don't pull him away, he might lose his life!" The hound walked up to Ke Lan, "The expression on his face is very painful-hey! Ke Lan! Can you hear Can you hear my voice? We're going to violently pull you away from the damn thing! Just blink once if you agree, or twice if you don't want us to, can you hear me? "

The hound yelled at Ke Lan, and at the same time signaled Layton to get ready.

Ke Lan's face began to contort, the veins on his forehead bulged, his jaw trembled involuntarily, and saliva overflowed from the corner of his mouth... If it wasn't for the halo covering his body, the Hound almost thought he was having a seizure...

At this time, Ke Lan's eyeballs suddenly turned, and the focus of his sight moved from the metal ball to the hound with difficulty, and then he blinked.

"Pull!" the hound yelled.

Layton took a big step forward and reached out to grab Ke Lan's arm—but just when he touched Ke Lan's body, he suddenly let out a scream, and the whole person bounced back abruptly, He fell heavily to the ground.

"What's going on?! Big man! Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, old dog, don't touch Ke Lan! He seems to have high-voltage electricity on his body. I just felt like I was shocked..." Layton got up from the ground with some difficulty, looked at himself and On the mechanical arm that Ke Lan had touched, the palm was scorched black, and the palm and knuckles showed slight signs of melting.

"Electric shock? How is that possible? Doesn't the power armor have an insulating layer?" the hound said in amazement.

"It's not an ordinary electric shock, look at my hand." Layton opened the palm of the mechanical arm and showed it to everyone, "His current state... how should I put it, it's like a piece of energy is being stored or released. A high-level energy crystal in a high-energy state, the energy intensity of the halo on his body is preliminarily estimated to be no weaker than the maximum output power of a ninth-level crystal."

"What did you say?" The hound looked at Layton's damaged palm, and then at Ke Lan standing in the halo, "You mean he is now a human-shaped energy crystal? But how can a human body bear that?" Energy of this intensity? The maximum output power of the ninth-level crystal...I'm afraid he has been wiped out long ago, right?"

"I don't know, but..." Before Layton finished speaking, Aya interrupted him: "Let me do it."

"Don't be impulsive! I'm a reformed person. If I were an ordinary person, I might not be able to take it just now." Layton quickly persuaded.

"I'm not as weak as you think." Aya glanced at him, put a shield generator on her wrist, opened the energy shield, and walked towards Ke Lan.

"Don't! Don't open the shield head-on, or you will—"

However, Layton's words were still a step too late. When the energy shield in Aya's hand collided with the halo on Ke Lan's body, the shield generator exploded with a "boom", and she was also struck by it. This huge impact pushed it backwards, and even flew farther than Layton...

As for Ke Lan, he still stood where he was, with a completely different look.

"I've already told you not to open the shield... There is a high probability that energy bodies from non-homologous sources will explode when they collide with each other. Are you being too reckless?" Layton sighed.

"Aren't you dead? How are you injured?" The Hound, who had been at odds with the agents of the Security Bureau, asked for the first time.

"... seems to have broken two ribs... hiss... the tibia is also broken..." Aya's rapid breathing came from the communication channel of the team, accompanied by a few groans that were suppressed in her throat, which seemed to be It hurts badly.

"Doctor, go and help her." The hound looked at Ivan.

"Well." Ivan nodded and walked towards Aya, who was tens of meters away, "Lie down on the ground and don't move, in case the broken bone stubble hurts the internal organs... In this situation, it is impossible to take off the power armor. Come down, I can only help you deal with it briefly, it may have some impact on your mobility."

"I know." Aya gritted her teeth, took out a painkiller needle from her pocket, and stuck it.

On the other side, Zhuo Ligetu, Layton, and Hound stomped around Ke Lan anxiously. They really wanted to save Ke Lan, but they couldn't think of an effective way for a while.

"Can you push him away?" The Hound suddenly said, "I mean, use a weapon... Layton, do you have something that can't penetrate power armor but is very powerful? Try to see if you can push him away." Ke Lan was pushed away from this thing. I know it may hurt him, but it's better than losing his life."

"It's useless." Layton shook his head, "The impact generated when the shield generator exploded just now, even Valkyrie can push it, but do you think Ke Lan has moved even a little bit?"

"Then what should we do? How about we smash this console? This layer of light curtain is only found on the metal ball and Ke Lan's body, but not on this stone pillar. Maybe it will work!" The hound said again, at this time He already felt like he was in a hurry to go to the doctor.

"The hardness of this stone pillar is comparable to Nino alloy. If it is solid, it is impossible to smash such a thick piece of Nino alloy... with our equipment."

"Then what else can I do? Damn, I'm so anxious!" The hound said, and kicked the stone pillar violently—although he was not bounced away like Layton and Aya, the stone pillar was also intact verb: move.

But the second after he finished kicking, the glowing metal ball suddenly went out, and Ke Lan's body fell limply to the ground.

Before Layton had time to stretch out his hand, Asano Akira had already appeared behind Ke Lan and caught his body.

"Fuck? Are these okay?" The hound glanced at the extinguished metal ball, and then at his own instep, "Damn, I'm so awesome."

"It probably has nothing to do with you..." Layton wanted to complain about the hound, but it was obviously more important to check Ke Lan's situation now.

"Asano, how is Ke Lan? No... not dead, right?"

"Not dead." Akira Asano shook his head and helped Ke Lan stand up, "But his mental strength is very weak... so weak that I can't even feel his consciousness..."

"Spiritual power? Are you talking about the power that you and Marshall need to consume to activate those special abilities? I remember..." The hound glanced at Aya and several other agents in the distance, and switched the communication channel to One-to-one mode, "I remember, Ke Lan said that he also needs to consume this mental power to activate his abilities."

"Well... his body is fine, but his mental strength is overdrawn." Akira Asano replied.

Before his words fell, Ke Lan's eyes opened suddenly, a flash of white fluorescent light flashed in his eyes, he grabbed Akira Asano's wrist, and said anxiously: "Quick! Get ready to fight! I Just saw...the things at the bottom of the pit! They were only trapped before, so they didn't climb up...but now, the things that trapped them have disappeared!"

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