Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 502 Crystallized Lava Beetle (4000 words chapter)
At the bottom of the huge pit, there are a total of thirteen [-]-meter-level mutated lava beetles dormant—more precisely, thirteen mutated lava beetles whose bodies have already crystallized.

Different from the larvae with fine crystals on the surface and internal organs, the outer carapace of these hundred-meter-level giants is almost completely crystallized, and through these crystals, the organs in their bodies can still be vaguely seen.

"No wonder Akira Asano said that he heard the sound of glass balls rolling against the ground..." Layton muttered to himself, and shared what he saw with everyone in the reconnaissance team.

Of course, crystallization is not the main reason why these lava leeches lose their ability to move—because they have been stuck at the bottom of the pit for a long time, the bodies of these lava leeches have been completely deformed, and the sides of their huge abdomen have been squeezed out. The flat groove is like Tom caught by the door in the classic cartoon "Tom and Jerry".

As for the arthropods of these crystallized lava beetles, they have degenerated due to inactivity all the year round—the few pairs of arthropods that are only a few meters long grow on a body of a hundred meters, they can't even reach the ground, and they paddle in midair in vain The appearance, can't help but make people feel a little funny.

Layton could almost imagine the growth process of these crystallized lava beetles—when they entered this big pit, their bodies hadn't grown enough to be stuck by crystal pillars, but the abundant energy and massive high-grade crystals in the pit , is like throwing a mouse into a full rice vat...they devour everything they see crazily and greedily...until the rice in the rice vat is completely empty, but at this time, the mouse It is no longer possible to reach the edge of the rice vat.

Of course, the current situation is not that the rice in the rice jar is being eaten up, but that the mouse is getting fatter and fatter, digging deeper and deeper into the rice pile, until later, it has been firmly pressed in the pit by the heavy rice pile Bottom, can't climb up anymore.

But then again, if there is such a rice vat that can't be empty, most mice should be willing to stay in it for a lifetime...

"These bugs look like bananafish..." At some point, Ivan also walked to the edge of the pit and sighed softly.

"Looks like... what kind of fish?" The hound glanced at Ivan and asked.

"bananafish, banana fish."

"Banana fish? What's that? A fish that looks like a banana? A species that used to be on Earth?"

"No, this is an allusion. It comes from the novel "A Good Day to Catch Bananafish" by the American writer Salinger in the old era." Ke Lan's weak voice came from the team's communication channel, "The original text is'they swim to a hole The hole is full of bananas. When they swim in, they are just ordinary looking fish, but once in the hole, they can't stop eating at all, until they are as fat as pigs, and they can't eat anymore. Came out of the hole'...the fictitious image of the banana fish symbolizes the endless desires of human beings."

Ke Lan paused, took a few breaths with difficulty, and then continued: "Not only humans, but any creature will have desires..."

Giving up freedom, humanity, and even more important things for the sake of desire... For some reason, Ke Lan suddenly thought of the "prophet" of the heretical sect.

What is his desire?
survive?
Survival and reproduction are the two most basic desires of all creatures. Whether it is hunting, eating, migration... a series of actions that seek advantages and avoid disadvantages ultimately serve these two basic desires, even those trapped in the The crystallized lava beetle at the bottom of the pit devoured a large amount of energy crystals, just to allow itself to survive longer and reproduce more offspring.

Only human beings... In Ke Lan's impression, only human beings would give up their lives for some superficial desires.

Of course, it may not be accurate to use the word desire to describe it. It can be desire, belief, idea, or something more indescribable.

Human beings have too many things they can't ask for... Power, wealth, knowledge... There are many people, even willing to exchange their lives for them. In contrast, the desire of the "prophet" is more pure.

He wants to become stronger and survive in this universe.

In order to achieve this goal, he can give up everything else.

"It's really like a beast..." Ke Lan thought silently in his heart.

Eyelids gradually became heavy, and even powerful stimulants couldn't suppress the drowsiness... Especially after learning that those [-]-meter-level lava beetles could not pose a threat to everyone in the team, Ke Lan had been tense. The string loosened all of a sudden, and he lost consciousness before he even had time to explain to the hound and the others.

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When Ke Lan regained consciousness, he stretched out his hand subconsciously, but grabbed a slender arm—although this arm was slender, he could still feel it through the fabric of the anti-G suit that was attached to the line of his body. Powerful muscle fibers under clothing.

"Are you awake?" A young woman's voice came from above her head. Ke Lan opened her eyes and found herself lying on a chair that had been laid flat. underwear.The arm and wrist of the left hand were bound to the armrest of the chair with elastic bands, and a large piece of adhesive tape used to fix the indwelling needle was pasted on the back of the hand.

The beeping sound of the infusion machine could be heard continuously in the ear, and the pungent smell unique to the potent radon extinguisher permeated this dark and small space.

"Valentina?" Ke Lan looked towards the place where the voice came from - he realized that he should be lying in the cockpit of Valkyrie now.

"What's going on here? What happened to me after I fell into a coma?"

"Akira Asano said that you are just mentally exhausted, and there is nothing wrong with it." Valentina said, Ke Lan raised her head, and she could see her thin jaw line against the light blue screen of the monitor. Under the reflected light, a metal-like texture appeared, "But Uncle Nick said that you have suffered a large dose of radiation, and you have to hang up six bags of radiation suppressant before you can move... The radiation intensity outside is still very high, so they Just put you here."

Nick was the hound's real name. Although he hated being called that name, Valentina stubbornly followed Chi Hanfeng to call him Nick. As time passed, the hound could only go with the two of them.

"Six bags of Radiation Dispelling Ning...heh...according to my weight, is it already the maximum dose? Is this old dog trying to poison you to death?" Ke Lan complained. Only then did he realize that his There was actually a heavy urine bag attached to her lower body...

"Three and ten minutes have passed since the last rehydration." Valentina glanced at the timer on the screen. "Do you want to drink water, or by intravenous infusion?"

"Can you turn off the infusion machine for me?" Ke Lan smiled wryly.

His special physique is actually not very afraid of radiation... Although his body will still absorb radiation from the outside world, as long as he is isolated from the radiation source for a period of time, the radiation in his body will automatically dissipate. Excreted from the body... The hound guy was obviously frightened by the radiation dose in his body when he just passed out, so Ivan asked Ivan to prescribe a full six bags of radiant.

He could clearly feel that the bulging bladder was full of fluid, and the strong urge to urinate hit his nerves—fortunately, only an external urine bag was installed instead of an inserted catheter. Ke Lan was emptying the fluid in his body After that, I turned over and pulled out the indwelling needle on the back of my hand.

"How's the situation outside?" Ke Lan asked after taking the water bag from Valentina.

"At the bottom of the pit, thirteen lava beetles whose bodies had crystallized significantly were found, but the locomotor organs of these lava beetles have degenerated and lost the ability to move autonomously. They pose no threat to us. So Team Leader Breya and Uncle Nick Decided to rest in place first, and make the next action plan after you wake up." Valentina replied.

"Yeah." Ke Lan nodded. He narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to recall the memory when he just docked with "Yagunaktor". There are only blurred shadows left... Even the picture of the giant crater looking down from the perspective can no longer be seen clearly.

His memory seemed to be covered with a thin layer of gray fog.This layer of mist is very thin, so thin that he can see some rough outlines and blurred color patches through the mist, but when he wants to stretch out his hand to cover this mist, the mist suddenly becomes staring. thickened up.

Those distant and unreal memories are not like his personal experience, but more like he is looking at what happened to others from a third-person perspective.

"Could it be that...the information is temporarily 'sealed' like that stone tablet, and can only be activated if certain unlocking conditions are met?" Ke Lan thought to himself, "I just don't know whether this information came from The handwriting of the Alpha civilization is still left over from the civilization that built this ancient battleship."

The unlocking condition of those memory fragments from the stone tablet is to see the things associated with it, so will this information be the same?

Ke Lan plans to give it a try.

He sat up straight and poked his head in front of the console of the aircraft... However, what Ke Lan did not expect was that due to the very small space in the cockpit, Valentina was already close to the bulkhead, He gave Ke Lan as much space as possible, and when Ke Lan moved, his shoulders were directly on Valentina's back.

The young female pilot let out a muffled grunt, and her unbalanced body fell to one side. Fortunately, her reaction speed was far beyond ordinary people. When she was about to press Ke Lan, her right hand barely grabbed A pull ring on the top of the cockpit suspends his body above the seat in an inclined posture.

And Ke Lan's face was buried in Valentina's armpit, so undeadly.

When surfing the Internet before, Ke Lan once heard some old drivers with "nervous battles" say that among human women, Caucasians can definitely be regarded as the type that "can only be seen from a distance, not to be played with"—— Many Caucasian girls, from a distance, have fair skin and hot bodies, but when it comes to "close-range firefights", they will find that although Caucasian skin looks white, it is rough and has many pores They are big and have a lot of body hair... Except for those girls who have undergone medical cosmetic surgery or genetic modification, the rest of the natural white girls, in terms of skin alone, are enough to be overwhelmed by the same natural yellow people Give it a blast.

But the skin quality is second. According to an old driver, their body odor is the most terrifying-he said that he has been in love with 17 white girls, and 16 of them have terrible body odor. Perfume is used to cover, the proportion is as high as nearly 95%...

Of course, there are also some perverts with special hobbies, who are born with this taste, and they even gave this smell an "elegant" name-"Evening primrose"...

However, Ke Lan didn't smell those unbearable strange smells, he only smelled a faint smell of sweat, mixed with the unique body fragrance of young women, seeping through the thin fabric of the anti-gloss suit , drilled into his nasal cavity.

Ke Lan was taken aback for a moment, then immediately lay back on the seat.

"Sorry, I didn't notice where you were standing." Ke Lan said with some embarrassment.

"Hmm..." Valentina replied, her tone and expression didn't seem to have changed much, but if Akira Asano was here instead of Ke Lan, she could hear Valentina's heartbeat The speed is nearly double that of just now.

"Can you stand up?" Ke Lan tried to ask.

"The legs... seem to be clamped." Valentina said, she straightened her upper body with some difficulty, but the parts below the waist were completely unable to move.

The Valkyrie's cockpit is a standard single-person cockpit, and a lot of armor and electronic equipment were added during the transformation, which made the internal space that was not very spacious even more tense.

But now, the cockpit is full of supplies from the cargo hold. Valentina's leg was crushed by a bag of supplies that rolled down, and the instep was caught in the seat. at the lower edge.

If it were any ordinary girl, she would have cried out in pain by this time, and Valentina, who had been suffering from old injuries and sequelae all year round, could hold back the pain.

But even so, her face became a little pale.

"I...how can I help you?" Ke Lan was at a loss for a while looking at the girl whose body was tense and her back was almost bowed.

"Help... my waist... I'm going to lose it..." Valentina gritted her teeth, "the bag that's pressing on my calf... I can't reach it... help me move it... I It should be able to move..."

"Oh." Ke Lan responded quickly. He supported the girl's flexible waist with one hand, and reached down from her side with the other hand, groping to grab the bag that was pressing down on her leg.

And this action forced Ke Lan's head to stick close to Valentina's ribs - through the fabric of the anti-G suit, he could even make out the outline of the sports underwear worn inside...

[PS Drive the small car, I hope I won't be caught by the river. 】

[PPS Thanks to Sand Shouhe and the reward of 520 starting coins; thanks to Mengmeng Zixuan, COD You Chaoge, and Xiaochenxing for the 100 starting coins. 】

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