Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 552: Violent Pack Beast
A dull explosion came from the body of the six-winged gray mosquito. Ke Lan and Asano Akira picked up the equipment that fell on the ground and continued to walk forward.

"The storage area of ​​the gray mosquito samples is the G area on the first floor of the underground ice storage. When the underground ice storage is powered off, the refrigeration equipment in this area is indeed the first to stop operating." Schroeder said on the communication channel Li said, "As for the highly threatening experimental samples such as Seed of Erosion, all of them are sealed in the A, B, and C divisions of the fourth floor. These three areas have their own power generation equipment. Even if the power is cut off, the power generation equipment The fuel stored inside can also last for more than twelve hours, ensuring that the temperature of the fourth layer will not rise."

"That is to say, we have to solve the problem within twelve hours after the incident?"

"It's best within ten hours... We have to reserve time for the second cleaning and emergency repair of the circuit." Schroeder said.

"Okay, I see... By the way, the fourth floor is the deepest floor of the underground ice storage?" Ke Lan asked casually.

However, Schroeder's answer made him unable to bear the urge to swear another swear word——

"Actually, there is a fifth floor..."

"The fifth floor? Monsters like the Seed of Corrosion are sealed on the fourth floor. What monsters and monsters are hidden in the fifth floor? Are they SP-type mutants? Or are they the remains of prehistoric species?" Ke Lan couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion. With a big head, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Are these lunatics really not afraid of death... they bring everything to the ark? They didn't think about what would happen if one day... the things in the underground ice storage broke through the containment, Who will end it for them?"

"The Crisis Management Section was set up for such unexpected situations." Schroeder replied immediately.

"Then can you tell me what collections are in the fifth floor? If they do escape, I will be prepared."

"Sorry, the storage on the fifth floor is the highest level secret of the Ark. Without the authorization of the Undead Crew, I cannot disclose any relevant information to you." Ke Lan did not expect that Schroeder rejected his request this time. Request, "However, I can assure you that the contents of the fifth floor will never be awakened."

"Why do you guarantee?" Ke Lan asked with some dissatisfaction, "The entire research institute has died and only less than a hundred people are left. Do you think I will still believe in your words that 'there will be no problems'?" Security measures? This is simply outrageous. Open the door for outrageous, outrageous home!"

"Do you know the 'Heinrich Safety Law' of the old era?" Ke Lan continued, "Behind every major accident, there are at least 29 minor accidents and [-] potential hidden dangers... ...And each of these three hundred potential hidden dangers has the potential to turn into a major accident that we encounter today! As a member of the crisis management department, it is impossible for you not to understand this truth!"

"Actually...the fifth floor of the underground freezer is independent from the first four floors." Schroeder hesitated, but he still spoke, "The so-called 'fifth floor' is actually a completely sealed alloy container. It was submerged into the cooling pool of the main reactor of the Ark. The surroundings of the container were filled with a large amount of flowing liquid nitrogen, and the inside was kept at a temperature of minus two hundred degrees Celsius all year round... It is impossible for anything to escape from it in that state come out."

Schroeder paused, and added: "In fact, you can completely exclude the fifth floor of the underground ice storage from the action plan..."

"If I were you, I wouldn't be so absolute." Ke Lan sighed helplessly. He couldn't help but think of the "No. 1197 Experimental Subject" who was imprisoned by the Alpha civilization under the "Bottomless Sinkhole". ", luckily the Alphas had disappeared on this planet when this guy got out of trouble, otherwise, what awaited them might not be a massacre with completely unequal strength...

Ke Lan and Asano Akira turned a corner, and immediately, dozens of autonomous robots entered their field of vision.These robots seem to have been unplugged at the same time, still maintaining the posture when they were advancing along the street.

"Command, I found a group of lost autonomous robots." Ke Lan said, "They are in the second fork on the right side of Galileo Avenue..."

As Ke Lan said, he sent the captured images back to the command center—the non-existence of robots is "meme"

Risk of infection, these things are "relatively safe" as long as you don't die to check their operating records.

"Judging from the numbers of the bodies, this is the second batch of autonomous robots that have been released into the contaminated area. Their original mission should be to enter the underground ice storage and repair the damaged circuits... According to the images you sent back, we Preliminary judgment shows that this robot team may have encountered a high-power electromagnetic pulse attack."

While Schroeder was speaking, Ke Lan had already walked up to a robot, lifted the cover at the back of the neck, and connected the data cable to the maintenance socket.

"The chip has been completely burned, and there are no records left." Ke Lan said, "I also think it is a high-power EMP... But then again, among the indigenous creatures on Alpha Planet, those with similar abilities There are not many species, if possible, I need a storage list of the underground ice storage for comparison."

"The list of the underground ice storage is in my head." Schroeder replied, "Among all the contained items, there are 27 species of indigenous creatures capable of producing electromagnetic pulses, and 61 species of Alpha civilization creations found in the ruins. Among them, 57 are inanimate dead objects, and four are unnatural biological weapons."

"The Seed of Corrosion should also have a mutant that can release EMP, right?" Ke Lan said as he took out a magazine with a yellow and black warning sign from his backpack and inserted it into the chest on his chest. In the magazine pouch.

"Of the four biochemical weapons I mentioned, two are mutants of the Seed of Corrosion, and the other two are undifferentiated semi-finished products that are not threatening. I have passed on the specific information to you."

Looking at the dense list in front of him, Ke Lan smiled wryly and said, "The search area is indeed a bit larger. I know that the research institute must have some specimens of indigenous creatures, but I didn't expect there to be so many."

Although Ke Lan said that there are not many types of indigenous creatures with the ability to produce electromagnetic pulses, this "many" is only a relative term-in fact, including various rare subspecies, the total is more than 30 A native creature has this ability.As a result, there are 27 kinds in this underground freezer alone, and it is almost rounded up.

Ke Lan couldn't help being curious about the volume of this underground ice storage that "only heard its name" but no outsider had ever seen it with his own eyes.

On the ark, the area for human living and activities actually only accounts for about one-fifth of the entire interior space of the ark.Even so, it is impossible for the vast majority of human beings to visit every corner of this one-fifth area in their lifetime, let alone the remaining four-fifths.

A thought flashed through Ke Lan's head - the Undead Crew Association, the Crisis Management Section, the underground icehouse... How many secrets are there that he doesn't know on this colony ship built by humans alone?

He always felt that there was an answer vaguely in the depths of his memory, but whenever he was about to touch the answer, there would be an invisible force that would push his consciousness out, making him never able to peek into the hidden world. The truth behind the fog.

Why do I feel this way... Could it be because of that broken stone tablet?
However, what I glimpsed in the blurred and broken memory fragments... is obviously the outline of Noah's Ark, and the time when that stone tablet was manufactured is obviously much earlier than the time when humans on Earth proposed the "Ark Project", even if Alpha No matter how advanced the technology of civilization is, it is impossible to predict what will happen tens of thousands of years later, right?
wrong!Ke Lan suddenly realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding: If the stele is an information storage device like a computer hard disk, why can't it be a recording device at the same time?When the Ark landed on Planet Alpha, this stele should still be lying intact in the "sarcophagus" of the glacier ruins. With the technology of the Alpha civilization, it is completely possible to scan the entire ship without anyone noticing. Noah's Ark, and record this information.

Even though the Alpha people have disappeared for tens of thousands of years, many of the automatic equipment they left behind in the ruins are still in operation today. Something as massive as the Ark landed on the surface of the planet. It is estimated that the detection equipment on the entire Alpha star will be triggered.

Although this explanation is a bit far-fetched, it is very reasonable-the function of this stone tablet is probably similar to the "chronology" of human beings.

At this moment, Asano Akira's voice came back from the front: "Anything else?"

It was only then that Ke Lan realized that he had stood there stupidly for dozens of seconds, and quickly responded, "No, I was just thinking about something, and my mind was a little distracted."

"Missed? If necessary, you can open the cover on the inside of the arm armor. There is a control button for a fully automatic syringe hidden inside. Those medicines can help you." Schroeder immediately said in the communication channel, "Don't worry, these are all It is a clinically tested product with almost negligible side effects."

"Actually, it can't be regarded as being distracted. I'm just looking up the information you sent me." Ke Lan said, "But I found that this matter is a waste of time... If the monster who killed these robots doesn't appear in our If it is out of sight, then the information is meaningless; and if it jumps out, then we don't need to use this pile of information to guess what it is..."

"Uh...it seems to be the case." Schroeder was obviously stunned for a moment, "If the specimens that broke through the containment did not hinder you, the follow-up cleaning team will be responsible for solving them... There is really no need for us to It's a waste of time at this juncture."

Even though there is a high probability that these biological specimens have been infected by the "meme", as long as Ke Lan and the others can deal with the main body of the "meme", then the "sub-meme" carried by these infected host carriers will naturally be infected. will also lose its effectiveness.

Ke Lan simply ran up and went straight to the laboratory building in the central area.

According to conventional combat thinking, when entering such a dangerous area, the most correct method should be to step by step and advance slowly, cleaning and emptying rooms, buildings, and streets one by one, but this requires a lot of manpower and time. However, if Ke Lan and Asano Akira wanted to empty the entire headquarters of the research institute, it would probably not be enough for a month.

They can only choose Mang, all the way directly to the target location.

If there is something blocking the way—for example, the long-haired pack animal that suddenly smashed through the glass wall of a restaurant and stopped the two of them, well, to be precise, it should be "meme" A long-haired pack animal that mutates after infection.

The long-haired pack beast is a plant-eating mammal living in the frigid tundra of Alpha Planet. It is one of the few indigenous creatures on Alpha Planet that can be regarded as "tame". Many exile settlements are even located in cold regions. Some long-haired pack beasts are domesticated in the transit stations and military bases in China, and they are very useful for carrying things or as mounts. The only disadvantage is that the meat of these creatures cannot be eaten—in order to neutralize the beasts on Alpha Planet. Those highly poisonous plants, the long-haired pack beast's body will secrete a substance that is also highly toxic to humans, and this substance will spread to every muscle of the long-haired pack beast along with body fluids and blood

As long as a few milligrams of this substance enter the human body's circulatory system, it can only kill the person.

However, as long as you don't want to eat meat, this kind of animal is very safe for humans. Even if you rush up and kick it, it will not fight back.

It's just... the long-haired beast that appeared in front of Ke Lan and Akira Asano obviously has nothing to do with the word "tame".

[PS A statement with a strong desire to survive: Readers of my novels, I think most of them should know the origin of the concept of "meme contagion", but I implore everyone to try not to mention the beginning of the S when commenting The name of the foundation, this series of works have been classified as "shoesoles", the novels originally based on this theme were either renamed or removed from the shelves, and I don't want to be blocked because of this reason...

In addition, some of yesterday’s chapters have been partially revised due to uncomfortable descriptions. Those who want to read the original version can join the reader group. 】

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