Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 591 "A Brand New Species"

Although the 010mm HE bullet used by the MG-8.65S "Reaper" general-purpose machine gun has a smaller caliber than the [-]mm full-power bullet of the assault rifle, and its penetrating power and stopping effect are slightly weaker, but the rifle The bullets used are usually filled with lead cores or steel cores, and AP bullets use tungsten cores... But this kind of HE bullets contain micro detonators and high explosives in the warhead.

(Tips for anti-bar: The penetrating power and stopping effect of a warhead are irrelevant. There is no saying that strong penetrating power means weak stopping effect. The two attributes do not conflict. In addition, AP and HE are respectively armor-piercing and high Abbreviation for Bomb.)
A solid bullet hitting the energy shield will only be melted into molten metal by the energy shield, and then pushed out by the rapidly expanding air at high temperature, but the high-explosive bullet is different. After touching the shield, the light curtain quickly dimmed to the point where it was almost invisible.

Currently, there are only two effective ways to deal with the energy shield: one is to use a physical weapon with sufficient mass that cannot be ablated by the shield in a short time to penetrate the shield and directly attack the target behind the shield. attack.Another method is to use energy shields or explosions to "cut" the strength of the shield until the entire shield is exhausted.

A shuttle of high-explosive bombs directly blew up the shields of these wolf-like creatures, followed by their fur, flesh and bones.

When the last wolf-like creature fell down, the barrels of the two machine guns had already turned bright red.

"It seems that the task of catching alive can only be handed over to Valentina." Ke Lan glanced at the broken corpses on the ground, and shrugged helplessly at Ivan.

On the other hand, the situation on the other battlefield was almost one-sided. Augustus didn't even use those terrifying hot weapons. He almost killed ordinary "wolf-like creatures" just by relying on the double blades on his arm armor.

"Don't kill them all, try to catch as many as possible." Ke Lan said to Valentina in the communication channel.

"Okay." After saying this good word, Augustus put away his double blades, clenched his fists and started a hand-to-hand fight with these wolf-like creatures. Compared to them, they are still a few grades behind. Their only result is probably scratching Augustus's beautiful silver lacquer coating...

But every drop of paint and scratches was bought by them with a certain part of their limbs or even their own lives. If they didn't adopt the "wounds to fight injuries" style of play, these wolf-like creatures would not even have a way to touch to Augustus.

I saw a wolf-like creature leaping up from the ground, trying to pounce on Augustus's back, but Augustus turned around, the mechanical hand grabbed it in the air, and slammed it to the ground.

Even though it was tens of meters away, Ke Lan seemed to hear the crisp sound of countless bones being broken in the wolf-like creature.

The flexibility of this mecha formed an extremely obvious contrast with its huge body.With the anti-gravity device and high-pressure jet air cushion installed on the feet, it is like a ballet dancer gliding on the ice, constantly walking through the gaps in the battlefield, and every time it takes a shot, it can instantly injure a wolf-like biology.

In less than 5 minutes in total, none of the wolf-like creatures watching Augustus was still standing.

"There are 31 targets in total, nineteen were killed, four were seriously injured, and eight were incapacitated." Valentina reported on the communication channel.

"well done."

"Also, I discovered one more thing," Valentina said again.

"what?"

"Their teeth...although they can't penetrate the armor of the machine, they can tear through the energy shield." Valentina narrated an amazing and shocking news in a very calm tone-if it had been a few hours ago, this news would have It can indeed be regarded as extremely shocking, but now, after everyone discovers that these wolf-like creatures can use their bodies to release energy shields, the fact that their teeth can break the shield can only be said to be no surprise.

After all, if they don't have the means to break the energy shield, how can they kill their own kind?

"The teleportation point has been cleared, 33 you and the Gray Bird Hunting Group each draw four people to stay in this area, Valentina and Augustus also stay, and the others bring the captured wolf-like creatures and corpses Return to the supply base." Ke Lan ordered.

This is the correct way to explore the ruins: steady and steady, step by step.Only in this way can the risks and casualties during the exploration be kept to a minimum.

After Ke Lan and others returned to the supply base at the other end of the transmission channel with the "trophy", the whole base immediately became busy——

First of all, the corpses of these wolf-like creatures must be sealed up immediately to prevent them from decomposing, and the injured and captured individuals must be treated immediately... Ivan is in charge of this part of the affairs, so much so that Layton couldn't help complaining "Old Maozi has been a doctor for half his life, but now he is working as a veterinarian."

The research work on wolf-like creatures must be put forward immediately, but there are only the most basic dissection equipment in the supply base, and it would be too wasteful to conduct experiments here.Even Ivan, who was already a little impatient, could only pick up a few more severely damaged wreckages to satisfy his greed. As for the captured living samples, they still had to be sent back to the Ark intact.

On the other hand, Ke Lan asked Ye Yan to select a group of people from the logistics staff, divide them into two groups of "engineering team" and "survey team", and go to Block [-] to carry out the construction of outposts and further geological surveys. environmental survey.

In addition, he also placed a new order for the Ye family consortium: the exploration team urgently needs a drone that is lightweight, immune to magnetic field interference, and can reach a flying height of at least [-] meters—although Ke Lan has already confirmed that Block [-] should be a "chamber" inside "Yagunaktor", but the cabin roof that should have been materialized has turned into a sky that seems to have almost no height limit, and there is a star in the sky. The "sun" that emits light and heat is more puzzling.

In order to find out whether the sky and the "sun" in the sky are real or simulated by some devices, it is necessary to use the aircraft to explore in the vertical direction-if necessary, Ke Lan even intends to let manned aircraft to accomplish this task.

Not only in the air, but also in ground exploration.If block No. [-] is the compartment inside "Yagunaktor", then this compartment must have a boundary.Just like the various blocks on the Ark, even if the area of ​​individual blocks is so large that it takes hours to drive across it, as long as you keep walking in one direction, you will definitely be blocked by a wall in the end—no matter what Is the wall the fence of a certain block, or the partition wall before the block... or the security wall between the residential area and the outer structure of the ark, as long as it is a closed structure, the wall must exist .

"I need an armed convoy." Ke Lan said to Ye Yan on the other end of the video call, "Relying on human feet, I'm afraid I might not be able to reach the border of Block [-] in a few days. Motorized vehicles will do."

"That makes sense." Ye Yan nodded, the fat on his chin trembling unceasingly, "These vehicles must be light and highly maneuverable, and have certain firepower and defensive capabilities. Judging from the picture, those wolf-like creatures are not strong in combat, but it cannot be ruled out that there may be other things in Block [-]."

"This request should be very simple for the Yip Consortium, right? Even a body like 'Augustus' can be taken out, and it should be a matter of minutes to modify a few off-road vehicles." Ke Lan said.

"Of course, don't mention our Ye family. There are a lot of off-road vehicles on the market that meet this requirement... However, since Brother Ke Lan entrusted this matter to us, we naturally have to come up with the best products come..."

Ye Yan rolled his eyes, and then said: "A new off-road vehicle with a performance that surpasses most of the similar competitors on the market, and it has the title of 'S-Class Ruins Yagunaktor Exploration Pioneer'" , I think it should sell well after mass production! Our Ye family has been immersed in the military industry for decades, and it is time to enter the civilian vehicle market."

It has to be said that although this little fat man has no talent in mecha research and development, he is not bad at business acumen. Ke Lan only made one request, and he immediately thought of mass production and marketization, and then came into being. The idea of ​​taking this opportunity to develop the civilian market - this guy is still good at running a business.

After all, the focus of most of the Ark is now on "Yagunaktor". At this time, a new vehicle will be launched and put into exploration. This vehicle is estimated to be available before it is officially mass-produced. With a lot of exposure and traffic, coupled with Ye's secret hype and promotion, after the official listing, the sales data will not be ugly.

At present, the vehicle manufacturer with the largest market share on Ark is the "General Motors Corporation" inherited from the old era. Now the "Junius" series of off-road vehicles ranked first in Ark is his company. The product.

Relying on close cooperation with the military, General Motors successfully acquired Volkswagen and Daimler Group in the old era, and became a veritable leader in the automotive industry. Divide the world.

However, in the new era, only the "Toyota" under the Mitsui consortium and the "Mitsubishi" under the Mitsubishi consortium are left for Japanese cars. As for the Fuji consortium and its "Nissan", they have disappeared into the long river of history.

As for Huaxia Motors, which was once developed to be able to compete with General Motors, it switched to researching more important aerospace vehicles and space battleships, and took the initiative to hand over the market of cars and later hovercars to others.

Ye Yan's actions are quite ambitious in "reviving the glory of China's auto industry".

While Ke Lan and Ye Yan were discussing the configuration requirements of the team and the supplement of other supplies, a hunter from the Tide Hunting Group suddenly ran over in a hurry and said to Ke Lan: "Mr. Ke Lan! Doctor Ivan asked you to Immediately go over there, he said he made an important discovery!"

"Important discovery?" Ke Lan was stunned for a moment, and after a brief explanation with Ye Yan, he turned off the video communication, got up and walked towards the base laboratory.

There is indeed a biology laboratory in the front-line supply base, but the level of this laboratory is as simple as that of the general business education stage, where students are used to do some simple experiments. The biology classroom is almost without advanced research equipment. Transported to "Yagunaktor", there is only one dissecting table and two optical microscopes in the entire laboratory.

With this little thing... what can I discover?
With this in mind, Ke Lan pushed open the door of the laboratory.

Ivan was sitting behind a table at the moment, staring intently at the eyepiece of the microscope, gently turning the focus knob with one hand, and carefully adjusting the position of the slide glass with tweezers with the other hand.

"What important discovery?" Ke Lan pulled a chair, sat down opposite Ivan, and said straight to the point.

"You'll know when you come and see for yourself." Ivan raised his head and said to Ke Lan, "Although due to the limitations of the equipment, we can't see more micro details, but this alone is enough to be on the next issue of authority. Biology magazine cover."

"What...is it so mysterious that you said?" Ke Lan had to stand up again before his butt was hot, walked around the table, walked to the microscope, and put his eyes on it.

A tissue slice the size of a pinky fingernail on the glass slide is as thin as a cicada's wing, and the mirror on the base of the microscope can illuminate the entire tissue clearly.

Although Ke Lan was not very accomplished in biology and anatomy, he still spotted the problem at first glance.

"The things around the outside... Could it be... the cell wall?" Ke Lan raised his head in astonishment, and met Ivan's complicated eyes.

"Theoretically... yes." Ivan nodded, "But I'm not even sure if this thing is the same thing as the 'cell wall' we know."

"But don't animal cells have no cell walls?" Ke Lan wondered, "Could it be that these creatures that look so similar to wolves are actually plants... or fungi?"

He instantly remembered the "mimetic fungi" they had encountered in the wilderness. Could it be that these wolf-like creatures are actually a combination of fungi?

It's not right, if they are a combination, they are not so easy to kill - after being hit by a bullet, they should disintegrate directly.

【PS Thank you for the 200 starting coins rewarded by Butcher Wang; thank you for the 100 starting coins rewarded by Seventeen and H Han running around on the tree. 】

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