Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 603 "Arrival"

"A lifeless thing...you will pay for your arrogance..." the black-clothed bishop said sullenly.

"This line is too old-fashioned, I suggest changing it next time... Oh yes, there will be no next time." Ke Lan mocked mercilessly.

The bishop in black didn't continue to talk to Ke Lan, but stared at Ke Lan viciously, his upper and lower lips wriggling while chanting.

Ke Lan listened carefully. Although the pronunciation of the "imitation alpha language" of the bishop in black was somewhat substandard, the general content was barely distinguishable. The prayer he recited was basically the same as the content of the "Holy Word". no difference.

This method of sacrifice is a bit like the "speaking spirit" in the concept of mysticism. It doesn't matter whether the pronunciation is standard or not. It is equivalent to a key card. No matter how damaged the card is on the outside, as long as the inside As long as the recorded information has no errata, its functionality will not be affected.

The "Holy Word" is also like a key, a key that can open the "Pandora's Box".

On the contrary, the two pilots who didn't pay much attention to Ke Lan turned their heads frequently after noticing that the bishop in black began to chant the "Holy Word"—Ke Lan saw from the corner of his eyes that the faces of the two people coincided with each other There was a look of fear on the ground, as if he was extremely reluctant to stay in this place any longer.

"Is it that scary?" Ke Lan muttered in his heart, "Shouldn't these hijackers be prepared to die? Why are they showing cowardice at this time?"

Just as he was thinking this way, the black-clothed bishop suddenly knelt down on the ground convulsively, with both hands firmly supporting the ground, and began to howl——

"Not enough...not enough! The offerings...not enough!"

Howling and howling, his back suddenly tore open, and a tentacle shot out like lightning, piercing the pilot sitting in the co-pilot's seat, and lifting it into the air.

The pilot's body shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the erosive seed parasitic in his body was not spared - Ke Lan watched the erosive seed struggling to escape from the container, countless A tiny tentacle tore open the pilot's skin, scrambling to get out from the crack...

But in the end, these tentacles struggled harder and harder until they completely lost their vitality.

All the fresh flesh and blood were transported into the body of the black-clothed bishop along the tentacle. As for the hollowed out container, it was thrown aside casually.

"This bishop in black is actually a container himself?" Ke Lan couldn't help but dignified - although his words just now were extremely arrogant, he never really underestimated the other party... But even so, the other party still gave Ke Lan Lan was a moderate "surprise".

Based on the information that Ke Lan has grasped so far, how strong the thing that can be summoned by the black bishop’s sacrifice ceremony is likely to depend on the quality of the life force that the sacrificer gave to him—if it is an old man who is dying If one recites the "Holy Word", it is estimated that only half of the rotten tentacles can be summoned, but if it is a strengthened person or even a substitute of a prophet as a sacrifice, the things summoned will be much more terrifying.

And the black-clothed bishop in front of him obviously used himself and the seeds of erosion in his body as a sacrifice—no, to be precise, the sacrifice should contain the vitality of the two seeds of erosion.

And the vitality of this biochemical monster is much stronger than that of humans...

"Not enough... still not enough!" After draining a pilot, the bishop in black hissed again... At this time, his face was cracked, and black blood was flowing down his jaw and neck.On the surface of his skin, blood bubbles kept swelling up one after another, and then burst one after another. Each burst blood bubble would leave a festering wound, and a stench unique to corpse decay was continuously emitted from his body. .

"Bah!"

A gunshot suddenly came from behind, and Ke Lan turned his head immediately, only to see that another driver had collapsed on the seat, one of his arms was hanging softly from the armrest of the chair, and a "G55" type The pocket pistol slipped from his hand to the ground.

On his right temple, there was a bloody bullet hole, and the bullet that penetrated the brain ended his life in an instant.

Presumably, the process of flesh and blood being absorbed by the bishop in black was too painful, so this guy simply chose to have a good time for himself and shot himself in the head.

But it was only the container that died, the seed of erosion in his body had already entered a period of rapid change at this moment, and the pilot's body was suddenly swollen, and the parasites were wriggling rapidly under the skin, as if they would die at any time. To break out.

"So... cowardly..." The bishop in black seemed to be reprimanding, but also seemed to be mocking. The tentacle rolled up the body of the No. 2 pilot in an instant, and pulled it closer.

It seemed that the absorption efficiency of a single tentacle was too low, and a dozen more tentacles were shot from the black bishop's chest, piercing the pilot's body.

Vaguely, Ke Lan felt the cockpit shake slightly, and he immediately turned his gaze to the big screen directly in front of him - from this perspective, the Hercules transport plane pierced through the clouds and was heading toward the oblique Falling below, and the White Ridge Mountains in front of the route are rapidly enlarging...

"Grass!" Ke Lan suddenly realized what the problem was - whether it was the pilot committing suicide or whether the bishop in black touched the joystick while dragging the body, and pushed the nose down... Now the whole plane is in a panic. It dives towards the ground at an angle of nearly 45 degrees!

If it weren't for the automatic balance system of the spherical cockpit still functioning, keeping the space inside the cabin at a relatively horizontal angle to the ground, Ke Lan and the bishop in black would have already bumped into those big bumps on the nose at this moment. screen up.

According to the current trend, it would take less than half a minute for the transport plane to crash headfirst on a certain mountain, destroying the plane and killing people.

With the protection of living armor, Ke Lan still has a high chance of escaping alone, but the group of research institute experts in the cabin behind, as well as Lin Qiming and others, probably have to be buried with this transport plane.

Ke Lan rushed to the front of the main driver's seat, grabbed the joystick that was shaking slightly due to loss of control, and lifted it up——

"Crack!"

Maybe Ke Lan underestimated the power that the living armor could unleash, or maybe he overestimated the strength of the joystick itself, and he forcibly pulled out the whole joystick including the base!
Fortunately, the nose of the plane has been pulled up, temporarily avoiding the danger of crashing.

Throwing away the joystick in his hand, Ke Lan entered a few commands on the console, changing the driving mode of the transport plane to automatic cruise mode, and setting the destination coordinates in the airspace where "Yagunaktor" is located .

After doing all this, Ke Lan looked back at the bishop in black—the other party had almost "eaten" the body of No.2 pilot at this time... so much flesh and blood were sucked into his body, causing his abdomen It bulged like a big balloon, as if it would explode immediately if you kicked it up.

In a sense, the current situation of the black-clothed bishop is indeed a bomb that could explode at any moment.The sacrificial ceremony is not over yet, if Ke Lan attacks at this time, it will also be regarded as interrupting the ceremony.

The process of this weird ritual is even more dangerous than the result... Ke Lan couldn't help but think of a special "usage": if the bishop in black is used as a human bomb (anti-harmony) to launch a suicide attack, the effect may be more effective than directly Putting something summoned into battle is even more obvious.

The specific operation method is also very simple, just get some explosives for these black bishops and tie them to their bodies—no, you don’t even need to find contraband such as explosives, you only need a knife, halfway through the "prayer" At that time, a knife was stabbed into the throat, and a "human flesh (anti-harmony) bomb" with completely random power was born.

As long as a few more people are arranged, it is not difficult to win the "first prize".

Since the heretic sect can send such a team of hijackers into Wing On Port without anyone noticing, and can also switch with the original crew, why didn't the Prophet simply organize a wave of death squads of black bishops and blow up the Ark? Woolen cloth?

Is it because the bishop in black has some unknown restrictions, or is there something he wants on the ark, so he is afraid of it?
"You...soon...you will...see...Him..." The intermittent voice of the bishop in black interrupted Ke Lan's thoughts. He couldn't even maintain a standing posture, so he could only rely on the support of the tentacles, half squatting and half kneeling there... But even the surface of these tentacles had begun to rot and fester.

"It seems that He has accepted your sacrifice." Ke Lan said softly, "You should die soon, right?"

"No...that's not death...my soul will return to His kingdom, and my consciousness will live forever..." The bishop in black said with great difficulty, thinking that his vocal cords should already be on the verge of being scrapped.

"How old are you, do you still believe in the idea of ​​the soul? Tsk tsk tsk..." Ke Lan shook his head, "It seems that the prophet really brainwashed you thoroughly."

"Foolish people!" the bishop in black roared with the last of his strength, "You...you will never...believe...things...that you have not...seen with your own eyes..."

"What about you? Have you seen it?"

"Of course! I have seen His kingdom...that is...the universe's...eternity...is..."

The black-clothed bishop stopped abruptly before he finished speaking, and his head also dropped, black viscous blood overflowed from his seven orifices, and dripped onto the ground in front of him.

The black-clothed bishop had already died, and even the parasitic seeds of erosion in his body had lost their vitality, but Ke Lan could feel that a force countless times stronger than before was slowly waking up in his body.

"It seems... the thing summoned this time is an amazing guy." Ke Lan said to himself, he took two steps back, and a blood-red giant sword was condensed in his hand--the one that was "created" before. After putting on the huge blood-colored shield, Ke Lan has been able to transform the living armor into the weapon he wants very skillfully.

But what makes him feel a little regretful is that he originally wanted to "imitate" a gun with a living armor, but found that the "bullet" could no longer maintain its original shape after it left the chamber, and would only become a big gun. Drops and splashes of blood-red liquid.

The living armor can only be condensed when it is connected to his body. If it leaves his body, any object condensed by the living armor will return to the most original liquid state, and return to his body after a few seconds.

In other words, although this thing can be turned into various weapons, it is only limited to the category of melee weapons.

Ke Lan didn't think about what kind of weapon to choose for a while, so he simply turned it into a standard-shaped mech fighting dagger—a dagger for mechs, in human hands, Naturally, it became a giant sword.

He stared at the body of the bishop in black in front of him, not daring to slack in the slightest—that strong sense of crisis seemed to have strangled Ke Lan's throat, giving him the illusion of difficulty breathing, the heart in his chest It was even beating wildly, pumping the blood in the arteries to the whole body.

Suddenly, Ke Lan heard a second heartbeat.

This heartbeat came from the opposite side, from the chest of the bishop in black.

The heart that had been silent was beating again.

Of course, Ke Lan would not think that the bishop in black was resurrected... As a sacrifice to the gods, every trace of vitality in his body was sucked out, even if there is still a trace of consciousness left, then with the help of this The thing that "comes back to life" from a corpse is no longer the original black-clothed bishop.

The heartbeat was like a drumbeat, getting stronger and stronger, the corrupt body began to tremble, it struggled to stand up, and raised its head.

A pair of dark eyes immediately met Ke Lan's gaze. At this moment, Ke Lan's body shook suddenly, and the giant sword in his hand almost fell to the ground!
Although those eyes had no pupils and no focal length, the moment they looked at themselves, the indescribable "sense of being watched" when they first used the "Holy Word" appeared in Ke again. In Lan's perception!

Could it be that what's in this body... is part of his consciousness?

The "great god" that Alpha civilization and heretic sects called, descended on the body of this black bishop himself?
But soon, this breathless "sense of being watched" disappeared. If converted to real time, it would be less than one-tenth of a second in total.

He just casually glanced at the planet... However, he borrowed the eyes of the sacrificer.

(End of this chapter)