Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 556
At present, in the Alpha star and nearby planets and space domains, humans have discovered a total of more than 30 super creatures that can be classified as "prehistoric species". Most of these more than 30 prehistoric species have died , leaving only corpses like magnificent ruins.

And the small part that survived is basically in a dormant or dormant state, and will not pose a threat to the ark for the time being.

None of these more than 30 primordial species have a similar appearance, and each of them is a unique individual.Therefore, it can also be said that more than 30 species of "prehistoric species" have been discovered so far.

But no matter how different their shapes are, whether they survive or not, these prehistoric species all have this common characteristic.

That is big.

All creatures that can be called prehistoric species are huge in size...the kind that is far beyond the category of normal creatures. With the current biological level of human beings, it is impossible to explain how such a huge creature came into existence in this universe. survived.

A whale-shaped monster with a body length of 30 meters like Leviathan, among the more than [-] "prehistoric species", can only be ranked in the middle and upper reaches.

Those creatures living in a gravity-free environment in space are okay, but those prehistoric species living on Alpha Planet are hard to explain-not to mention that Alpha Star has similar atmospheric oxygen content to the Earth's Cenozoic, even Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus Creatures of this size are difficult to conceive, and the weight of these prehistoric species alone is enough to crush their internal organs to pieces.

Unless these super creatures can be like an ark, with tens of thousands of anti-gravity devices installed on the whole ship, they can barely gain the ability to move on this planet.

Ke Lan searched in his memory. As far as he knows, none of the prehistoric creatures seems to be less than [-] meters long... If such a huge creature wants to seal it in the ice bank, then Schroeder How big should the "airtight container" in the mouth be?
"Tell me first, is this primordial species... dead or alive?" Ke Lan asked after taking a deep breath.

"...alive." Schroeder hesitated for half a second before saying.

"Damn it!" After hearing the other party's answer, Ke Lan immediately uttered a dirty word, "A head—a live—prehistoric species! How did you get this thing onto the ark?!"

"I don't know." Schroeder replied honestly—he really didn't know that before he joined the crisis management department, the fifth floor of the underground freezer had been sealed there.After he knew the news, he was even more shocked than Ke Lan.

"Which prehistoric species is in the freezer? Is it one of the more than 30 that have been made public now...or some undisclosed secret breed?"

"It's 'Ying Long'."

"'Ying Long'?!"

Yinglong, the name first came from a book called "Shan Hai Jing" in the Warring States Period of China. In this book, many bizarre mythical creatures were recorded, and "Yinglong" was the most famous of these mythical creatures. A sort of.

The shape of "Yinglong" in ancient books and oral myths is very close to the very famous fantasy creature "Huaxia Dragon" - antlers, bull's head, snake body and five sharp eagle claws. Even today, many companies or organizations founded by descendants of Chinese people on the Ark often use dragon-shaped totems as their trademarks or emblems.

And Yinglong, compared with the common Huaxia dragon, has an extra pair of huge colorful wings.

As for the prehistoric species "Yinglong", it is a prehistoric species found in the depths of the "Extreme Sea" at the South Pole of Alpha Star.

It was a snake-like creature with a body length of more than [-] meters, entrenched in the deepest part of the great trench in the center of the polar sea, in the "Eye of Hell" abyss.

When this prehistoric species was just discovered, a Mexican-born expert proposed to name it "Kukulkan"-this is the name of the Feathered Serpent God in Mayan mythology, but more than half of the expedition team at that time The experts here are all Chinese. After several discussions, they finally gave this prehistoric species "Yinglong" such a Chinese mythological name.

The whole body of this primordial species is covered by huge scales, but a pair of huge wings have grown on the back about a third of the way from the head - the exploration team has roughly measured the size of the wings , the conclusion is that if the pair of wings are fully expanded, the area on one side is equivalent to the size of three East Nine Districts together!

At first, the exploration team thought it was just a pair of fins, which were the external locomotion organs of Yinglong.However, when the unmanned submersible carrying a visible light camera approached Yinglong, it was discovered that the pair of wings were covered with bird feathers-although each fiber of these feathers was as thick as a human hug, but From a distance, its shape is almost exactly the same as a bird's feather.

A prehistoric monster living in the deep sea and abyss has feathers on its body-if it is said, it is like a joke.

The experts of the exploration team immediately came up with two conclusions: Some people believed that the pair of wings might not be a movement organ, but a feeding organ, and the feathers on them were not feathers, but an organ that could filter seawater like gills, The fish and plankton caught and retained by the "feathers" will become the food of Yinglong.

Others believe that Yinglong is not a marine creature at all, but that its corpse just happened to sink into the "Eye of Hell" abyss.

That's right... The Ying Long discovered by the exploration team is actually a corpse.

It is estimated that this corpse has sunk in the sea for tens of thousands of years, but there is no sign of decay at all... Not only that, Yinglong's corpse has been releasing toxins to the outside world, so that the "eye of hell" The sea abyss has become a sea area without any signs of life activity.

This is a real "dead place".

"Isn't Yinglong already dead? And its corpse should still be in the 'Eye of Hell' abyss of the Extreme Sea. Why did it go to the underground ice storage of the research institute?" Ke Lan and Asano Akira continued Hurry up and ask.

"I'm asking the crew for permission... please wait." Schroeder replied.

"Please fuck, if you drag it on, I guess I can see that thing appearing in front of me with my own eyes! It's already at this time, and you're still fucking hiding it, do you have some serious illness?" Ke Lan couldn't bear it. Stop cursing.

"Sorry... because the level of confidentiality involved is too high, I can only... eh?" Schroeder was stunned for a moment, before he submitted the application for opening permissions, he suddenly received a message from the undead crew.

The content of the message is very short, only two words: "Approved."

Fine beads of sweat could not help oozing from Schroeder's forehead, and he subconsciously looked up at the surveillance camera in the corner of the ceiling—it seems that at least half of the members of the Undead Crew are watching what happened here, Their every move is probably seen by them.

Schroeder knew in his heart that if he could not handle this matter well, let alone whether he could continue to sit as the chief of the crisis management department, it was still unknown whether his life would be saved.

Although he is not afraid of death, when he thinks of those "big men" who control the fate of the ark and all mankind staring at him, an inexplicable sense of tension can't help gushing out from the depths of his heart.

Even against the SP-type mutants who slaughtered half of the team, he had never been so nervous.

"The application has been approved." Schroeder said, he couldn't help turning his head and glanced at the other people who were still standing not far away.

Although the faces of the experts in the countermeasure team were still pale, their emotions had eased a little—most of them were people who knew the secrets of the underground ice storage. In a daze and fear, but due to the issue of authority, they did not dare to ask questions to their teachers. (The division commander here refers to "teachers and elders", not the division commander in the army. I hereby explain.)
As for the Hunting God Hunting Group, except for the leader of the middle-aged man named "Hound" who was leaning back on the back of the chair with a solemn face and contemplating, the others were all discussing something in a low voice-the main thing they discussed was Something is the name of the "Undead Crew Club".

The name "Undead Crew Club" has appeared twice in the conversation between Ke Lan and Schroeder. Even if they didn't know anything about it before, they have already smelled the unusual meaning behind the name. Significance: When it comes to the top secrets of the prehistoric species, I didn't even mention the United Parliamentary Group, the highest authority in the "outside", but said that it needs the approval of the "Undead Crew Association". This is already very telling.

Judging from the attitude shown by the undead crew, it is obvious that they have no intention of avoiding these "civilians". They don't mind their existence and the secrets of the underground ice storage being heard by these "unrelated people".

Perhaps, the crew intends to use these people to contain Ke Lan, an important person. After all, according to the collected information, Ke Lan seems to attach great importance to this group of companions who were born and died with him... Schroeder thought .

Not only Schroeder is thinking about this problem, but the hound is also having a headache about it - he knows very well that if everyone in the Hunting God Hunting Group knows the existence of the "Undead Crew Club", they will inevitably be involved in a series of troubles in the future incident.The reason why Ke Lan wanted to hide this matter from them before was also out of this consideration, but now, these mysterious guys are obviously planning to have a showdown with them...

No, this can't be regarded as a showdown. To be precise, it should tie the entire Hunting God Hunting Group to a chariot that will never turn around.

This is a hard job, and even more so.

In fact, the Hound knows in his heart that as long as Ke Lan is still a member of the Hunting God Hunting Group, this day will come sooner or later, but neither he nor Ke Lan thought that it would come so fast and be caught off guard.

A few hours ago, he had just promised Ke Lan to keep the secrets related to it.But now, the core personnel of the entire hunting group already know the existence of the "Undead Crew Club".

"It's fucking...interesting." The hound stuck his little finger into his nostril, picked it vigorously, and then flicked the thing he picked out towards Schroeder's back.

"Damn it... This guy named Schroeder is deliberately trying to drag us into the water?" He thought to himself, "Do you want to use us to tie Ke Lan?"

Just as he was thinking this, Ivan and Layton had already approached Lin Qiming, and the latter explained to them in a low voice.

Lin Qiming didn't reveal much to them, but it was enough for Ivan and the others to digest for a while. They first looked at each other complicatedly, and then fell silent in unison.

"Any ordinary person living on the ark will have the same reaction when they hear the news." The hound curled his lips, "after all, no one would have thought that the person who really holds the highest authority on the ark is not the United Parliamentary Group... but It's a group of things that have lived for hundreds of years, and it's not even certain whether they are 'human beings'."

Of course, he didn't say this thought, but stared at Schroeder without saying a word.

Schroeder is leaning over his upper body at the moment, putting all his weight on his hands propped on the edge of the console, his brain is running fast, thinking about how to convey the information to Ke Lan in as concise a way as possible.

"The fifth floor of the underground ice store is actually not Yinglong, but a living egg—Yinglong's egg."

"Yinglong's egg?" Ke Lan paused briefly, "Didn't it mean that the breeding behavior of the wild species has never been discovered?"

"So this is the top secret... If the public knows that the wild species can reproduce, do you know how much panic it will cause?" Schroeder said.

"I don't think so. For a creature like the Primordial Species, the incubation period alone may be longer than a human's lifetime, right? I even doubt whether human civilization can last until the day when this 'egg' is successfully hatched. "Ke Lan's tone became a little calmer, "Go on, how did this thing come about."

"The exploration team that discovered Yinglong back then accidentally discovered signs of life activity when it went deep into the 'Eye of Hell' abyss for the fifth time. At that time, the unmanned deep submersible approached an unprecedented 200 meters. Yinglong The dark green venom secreted by the corpse has almost blocked the entire field of view of the visible light camera...but the sonar of the deep submersible heard a weak but very steady heartbeat."

"Is this the egg?"

"Yes... when this egg was discovered, it was attached to a scale on Yinglong's tail, wrapped in white fascia, and at the bottom of the fascia, there were three tough fleshy umbilical cords and Yinglong's Bodies connected."

"It doesn't mean that this egg must have been laid by Yinglong, right? Maybe it's some kind of parasite? As for the three meat tubes, they don't necessarily have to be umbilical cords, maybe they are used by this parasite to absorb Feeding organ for host nutrition."

"However, the radiographic images found embryonic larvae that were very similar to Yinglong's corpse inside the egg." Schroeder made a final decision.

(End of this chapter)