Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 626

At the moment when the searchlight column was turned on, everyone saw a monster with a tingling shape clinging to the top wall of the tunnel, approaching the mine car quickly with a strange posture.

This monster has countless skinny humanoid arms... but apart from the arms, no other organs can be seen on its body.These arms are intertwined with each other, and even some slender arms "grow" directly from the thick arms-this can't help but remind people of the intricate branches of some woody plants... But based on Ke Lan's experience He has never seen any kind of plant whose branches can be messed up like this.

Yes, "disorder" - this is the adjective that jumped out of Ke Lan's mind the first time he saw this monster.

This monster gives people an extremely "disordered" feeling. Everything about it seems to be subverting human perception of normal creatures... Even monsters like the Seed of Corrosion are more capable than this thing. Make it acceptable.

In just the blink of an eye, this deranged monster was less than 50 meters away from the mine cart.

"Layton, brake! Zelo, stop him!" Ke Lan shouted.

As soon as the words fell, an invisible barrier appeared between the monster and the minecart—even though it was said to be "invisible", with the naked eye of human beings, it was still possible to find that the position of this barrier produced a similar phenomenon. Due to the visual effect of space break, it is as if a photo has been cut with scissors.

All the nozzles on Augustus' whole body turned forward in an instant, and the two arms of the machine firmly clung to the frame of the mine cart, and the feet that acted as brakes plowed out two more than ten centimeters deep, nearly The 20-meter-long deep ditch abruptly stopped the high-speed mine cart.

On the contrary, the blasphemer who followed behind just tapped his toes lightly on the ground to counteract the inertia of rushing forward.

As for the monster crawling close to the top of the tunnel, it bumped into the invisible barrier!

The body of this monster was smashed apart almost at once, but it was not the kind of bloody "parts" - its body had been split into countless pieces the moment it touched the invisible barrier. A black beetle smaller than a grain of rice!
As if the flowing liquid had encountered an obstacle, these black beetles spread out along the surface of the invisible barrier, and then circled from the edge of the barrier to the front of the minecart.

"Ok?"

Ze Luo, who was still expressionless, let out a little sigh. She raised her hand and clenched her open palm into a fist——with her movements, the invisible barrier was like a piece of plastic paper that was kneaded. It suddenly rolled over, wrapping those black beetles inside.

Ze Luo's clenched fist turned into a clenched fist, and the invisible barrier that was "kneaded into a ball" in mid-air was also immediately closed. Under the squeeze of space, those black beetles were directly crushed to pieces, and there was a creepy rubbing sound. And the crackling sound continued to come from it.

Ze Luo continued to increase his strength, and the invisible barrier was further tightened—until the remains of those beetles were crushed into a solid black ball.

"My God, what kind of monster is this?" Layton came back to his senses at this time, and sighed, "I think I have seen too many monsters, but this is the first time that it looks so weird. See."

"Don't you think it's very similar to the meat worms we saw in Leviathan?" Ivan whispered, "It's just that those meat worms simulated Leviathan's body and the fighter jets of the First Fleet... …and these black beetles mimic human limbs."

"Tsk... Then if a mecha is swallowed by these black beetles, can they also simulate a mecha?" Layton said, shaking his head suddenly, "No, if they can simulate a mecha As for A, the ground drilling machine of the Gopher Squad must be able to simulate it... Those troops who lost contact, most likely died in the hands of this monster."

"The imitation ability of the red meat worm is more advanced than that of these black beetles. Not only can they imitate wild behemoths and human fighter jets, but they can also perfectly replicate technological products such as energy shield generators and crystallization engines... and These black beetles, if I'm not mistaken, can only simulate living organisms."

"If it weren't for the urgent time, I really want to collect some specimens and go back to study." Ivan added.

When the black solid ball in midair was compressed to the size of a basketball, Ze Luo let go of his hand, and the invisible barrier disappeared immediately, while the black solid ball fell directly and hit the ground.

"Boom!"

A muffled loud noise echoed in the tunnel—the density of this compacted solid black ball was dozens of times higher than that of a lead ball of the same volume.Just falling freely from a height of more than ten meters, the movement it caused was no less than the shock from the frontal battlefield in the distance.A shallow pit full of cracks on the edge directly appeared where the ball landed, and even the steel rails on the side were affected, and the joints were directly broken.

"It's like a cannonball," Layton commented.

"Is it solved?" 33 asked in a deep voice. There were no outsiders here, and he simply stopped hiding his abilities. A dozen black sharp blades hovered around him, which looked like those in the novels of cultivating immortals who could manipulate magic weapons, imperial weapons, and so on. The same as the practitioners with flying swords.

"No." Ze Luo shook his head, "I crushed them into fine powder, but their vitality hasn't completely disappeared."

As soon as she finished her sentence, there was a rustling sound from the front, and the next second, those black beetles that had recovered had already crawled out of the shallow pit made by the black solid ball.

"Even you can't kill these bugs?" Ke Lan couldn't help but heighten his vigilance a little bit - the existence of Ze Luo is a very important hole card in his hand... Or simply say that Wang Zha doesn't care. Too much.The first time he met this monster, he directly punched "Wang Bo", but even if Ze Luo shot, he still couldn't kill this... these monsters.

This is like fighting the landlord, you start throwing Wang Zha, but find that you can't suppress the opponent's "three".

"I don't know how to kill them." Zelo shook his head slightly, "Perhaps, they can be immune to physical attacks."

"Is your attack method a physical attack?" Layton couldn't help asking, "But didn't you get rid of that black mummy that couldn't even be killed by a nuclear bomb?"

"Pure squeezing is of course a physical attack method, even if you use the space control ability." Ze Luo replied, "I didn't kill the black mummy, it died from my own strength, I just treated it There are some restrictions in place.”

Zelo waved her hands again, and the invisible barrier reappeared, stopping the black beetles that were rushing towards the mine cart—but all she could do now was to stop them.

"No, this thing is completely different from the black mummy." Ke Lan said in a deep voice, "Although the body of the black mummy is indestructible, as long as there is a crack on his body, no matter how small the crack is, even if it is so small that a microscope can It may not be observable, the "force field" that maintains its body strength will disappear instantly, even if there is no external force involved in the follow-up, its body will disintegrate on its own... But these black beetles, Ze Luo has already crushed them Turned into powder, but it can still return to its original form..."

Ke Lan paused for a moment, then continued: "I even suspect that the shape of this black beetle is the same as the monster made of human limbs just now, and they are also imitated by them. As for their original shape..."

"Is that legend true?" Ivan suddenly said thoughtfully.

"What legend?" Layton immediately asked, "Doctor, if you have any information, please tell us quickly. Don't play tricks at this time!"

"It's just a legend, and I'm not sure whether it's true or not." Ivan first emphasized the word "legend" again, and then said, "I also heard about it in a forum for biology enthusiasts. This legend comes from a document engraved on the wall of the ruins of the Alpha civilization..."

"Documents of Alpha Civilization?" Layton was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously put his eyes on Ke Lan, "How did they decipher the documents other than Alpha Civilization? Could it be that in this world, apart from Ke Lan and that damned prophet from the heretical sect In addition, is there anyone who can understand the text of the Alpha civilization?!"

"They were not able to decipher the text content of that document, but that document is an extremely rare document with illustrations in Alpha civilization." The meaning in Ivan's words could not be more obvious: I can't read the words, The pictures can always be roughly understood.

"Is there any video or photo information?" The person who asked this time was 33.

"No." Ivan shook his head, "According to the guy who spread the news, the ruins were taken over by the research institute soon after, and all the exploration records and related things were taken over by the research institute." It was sealed up, and the hunters who explored the ruins were also required to sign a non-disclosure agreement—not only that, even the account that broke the news was quickly canceled."

"It sounds very conspiratorial." 33 said, "If it's just a legend, I have reservations about the veracity of this legend."

"Hey, after talking so much, what is the content of the legend?" Layton patted the hatch of the cockpit speechlessly, "You two, do you think this is the time for small talk?"

"Sorry." Ivan also realized this, and immediately said, "The content of the literature and the discussions on the forum are too professional, even if you are all biologists, it will be difficult for me to explain clearly to you in a while-but The most critical point is that, according to the content in the literature, the Alpha Civilization may have created 'molecular-level' artificial creatures."

"Artificial creatures at the molecular level?" Layton, who looked confused, was obviously not the "biologist" that Ivan said, as a mechanical enthusiast, he seemed to lack even the most basic biological knowledge, "What do you mean? "

"As we all know, apart from viruses, the smallest organisms are bacteria, but no matter how small a bacterium is, it at least has the structure of a single cell... and molecular-level organisms, whose volume is equal to the diameter of a single molecule, are the basic particles that make up matter One, everything around us, including ourselves, is made of molecules. In other words, molecular-level organisms can basically simulate any form."

"I can almost understand..." Layton nodded in amazement, "Isn't what you're talking about nano-robots? Theoretically speaking, nano-robots can also form any kind of machinery, just because of the structural strength. And cost considerations, no one would do that."

"But the biggest difference between organisms and nanorobots is that—" Ivan said, staring at the black beetles crawling on the invisible barrier, "creatures have the ability to reproduce."

"Machines also have the ability to reproduce." Layton said a little unconvinced, "As long as the intelligence of AI reaches a certain level, it is completely possible to build factories by itself, collect resources by itself and replicate itself—"

"I'm afraid the things you're talking about aren't part of the Omnic Crisis." Ke Lan interrupted Layton's rebuttal, "Don't discuss this, our first task is to solve these bugs."

"Let Zelo wrap them into a ball again and throw them far away." Layton said, "If it catches up, repeat it again."

"Then what if there are many monsters like this in front?" Ke Lan asked, "What if there are enough of them to block both ends of the passage?"

"This..." Layton was speechless for a moment.

"Even if they are really molecular-level organisms, they are not impossible to kill." Ivan pondered, "Pure physical means may not work, but high temperature or radiation may not."

"By the way, isn't Valentina's 'Lucifer' equipped with this plasma cannon? Try using this?" Layton suggested.

[PS Disclaimer: It’s a cliché. Any plot involving scientific knowledge in this novel is something that the author came up with with a slap in the head (or maybe a slap in the ass). Don’t compare it with anything in the real world. Take your seat, and never talk about any scientific or pseudo-scientific theories mentioned in this book in places other than the comment area and book friend groups.Any similarity is purely coincidental.

The author is a scumbag, and a believer in the power of my thinking. The brain structure is very green-skinned. The technical level is written after "I can think about it". If there are flaws, please ignore them. If there are any Please point out major bugs or unreasonable places in the comment area or in this chapter, and I will modify them in time (but if the chapter is published for more than seven days, it will not be changed). 】

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