Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 638 "Inside the Tower"

"Then are you sure... this bad feeling is really a psychological effect?" Layton asked again.

"I..." This time, Ivan hesitated.

Logically speaking, relic hunters like them, who have experienced many battles, have a very strong psychological quality-if they don't have a big heart, they may have lost their sanity long ago when exploring those mysterious relics.Things that ordinary people fear, such as darkness, corpses, monsters, etc., can't scare them at all.

Unless, these things can threaten their lives.

The sixth sense, whether this thing exists or not, has always been one of the subjects of endless debate in the academic circles.Throwing it on an online forum can also be regarded as an evergreen tree-level water experience topic.

But unlike those experts, scholars, and ordinary people surfing the Internet, the vast majority of relic hunters firmly believe in the existence of a "sixth sense".

In the hunter circle, there have always been many legends and stories related to "inspiration".Although "inspiration" can't be seen, touched or heard, there are countless examples to prove that this thing is real, and it is definitely not a fantasy in the human brain-those with high inspiration can often see it. See what no one else sees, hear what no one else hears...

And those who have been in and out of life and death for a long time, such as soldiers in the field force, also have an inexplicable premonition about the upcoming danger, and this premonition will also be classified as the sixth sense. According to a statement with a relatively high degree of recognition in the world, all "special senses" that do not belong to the five senses are collectively referred to as the "sixth sense", and "inspiration" and "danger omen" all belong to this category. subcategory.

"Can you see any clues?" Ke Lan put his eyes on Ze Luo.

The latter shook his head slightly and said, "My perception cannot penetrate into it."

"Actually, it's normal for us to feel this way." 33 suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth and made a half-smile expression, "If the 'prophet' of the heretical sect is really in this tower... ...Then this place is even more dangerous than the legendary Longtan and Tiger's Den."

"Ahem... I wanted to say that even if it is a dragon's lake and a tiger's den, I have to break through it." Layton coughed and said, "You blocked me all at once."

"Let's go, we're all here." Ke Lan beckoned, "You can't go back home, can you?"

"I will take the lead," said Valentina.

The Blasphemer Mecha walked steadily to the front, holding a physical shield "borrowed" from the shield mountain mecha of the mobile unit in its hand - this piece was higher than the Shield Mountain itself, enough to hold the entire mecha The covered heavy-duty tower shield, in the hands of the Blasphemer Mech, suddenly turned into a regular-sized shield.

The other hand of the blasphemer was tightly grasping the heavy armor-piercing sword, and a faint seven-color streamer shrouded the body of the sword, which was a symbol that the armor-piercing sword was in a "critical state". Well, be ready to swing a maximum output power chop at any time.

"Be careful." Ke Lan nodded.

A leg of the Blasphemer Mech stepped into the darkness.

Everyone couldn't help holding their breath, but Valentina controlled the body to lower her upper body, put the heavy tower shield in front of her, and took another step forward.

Half of the body has already stepped into the darkness where observation is impossible, but nothing has changed.

"Did you find anything?" Ke Lan said in the team communication channel.

"No, the monitor can only see darkness." Valentina replied.

"After entering the tower, if it is not necessary, don't move on, and wait for the friendly forces to reunite." Ke Lan instructed.

"learn."

The communication device used by Ke Lan and the others is not the wired cable adopted by the mobile force, but a short-distance laser communication device. The signal suddenly disappeared.

The darkness behind the door is so thick that not even laser light can penetrate.

Ke Lan suddenly had an indescribable feeling in his heart, and he immediately shouted to a pilot manipulating the thruster mecha: "Come to the door, put your hand in, and see if you can touch the door that went in earlier. That machine."

If Valentina did not move after entering the tower according to Ke Lan's request, then she and the Blasphemer mecha should be blocking the door now-although from Ke Lan's perspective, only Can see a blackness that cannot be seen through.

"As ordered!"

The propeller that was named walked quickly to the tower door, and slowly inserted a mechanical arm into it.

However, the mechanical arm was not hindered in any way, until the entire two-meter-long mechanical arm sank into the darkness.

"No." The pilot reported to Ke Lanhui, "The robotic arm didn't touch anything."

"Hiss..." Layton, who was staring closely at the side, couldn't help but gasped, "How could... Logically speaking, Xiaona should be just one step away from us, how could we meet? Why not?"

"You, go in and find someone." Ke Lan ordered.

"Yes!" The pilot of the thruster mech hardly hesitated, and he manipulated the mecha into the tower.

But soon, this propeller also followed in Valentina's footsteps, and lost contact with the main force.Several soldiers ran forward and pulled out the communication cable extending into the darkness, only to find that one end of the cable had been cut off.The section of the cable, whether it is a polymer outer shell or a metal inner core, is as smooth as a mirror, and there is no sign of tearing.

"Damn it!" Layton cursed in a low voice, "Could it be that they were attacked?"

"It's not like." Ke Lan shook his head, "With the performance of the Blasphemer's body, even if it is ambushed, it won't be impossible to retreat..."

"Then why did the two machine bodies disappear after entering? And this cut cable..." Layton paused in the middle of his speech, and was silent for a few seconds before he opened his mouth and said, "Could it be... ..."

"It's teleportation." Ke Lan continued his words, "Behind a door is a teleportation channel. In this way, it can also explain why even light is swallowed by this darkness."

"...Damn it, why is there a teleportation channel in this kind of place." Ke Lan controlled Augustus to walk around the base of the core tower, "The six entrances are all the same, all of them are damn transmission channel."

"Do you think the final destination of this teleportation channel is in the tower or somewhere else?" 33 looked at the dark space behind the door and said in a deep voice.

"There is another question." Ivan said, "These six transmission channels lead to the same place, or several different places..."

"Then how do we choose now?" The commander of the mobile unit looked at Ke Lan, "In order to find the correct passage, maybe we should divide our troops into six groups..."

"No, we can't divide the troops." Ke Lan flatly vetoed, "Scattering the troops at this time will only lead to being defeated one by one... It's better to put all your eggs in one basket."

"Then what if, behind this door...at the end of this teleportation passage is a trap?"

"Suppose we were divided into six groups, and one of them got the right bet and came to the Prophet, then what do you think is the difference between facing the Prophet with one-sixth of the current strength and falling into a trap...?" Ke Lan asked back.

"..."

The opinions of the people quickly reached a consensus - except for leaving a light armored vehicle and a thruster machine body at the door to meet the troops who arrived here later, everyone else passed through the place that Valentina passed through at the beginning. door and entered the tower.

As the actual commander of the entire team, Ke Lan entered the boundless darkness together with Augustus of Layton after the two armored vehicles that were pioneers drove into the tower.

At the moment when he stepped into the tower gate, Ke Lan's right hand was tightly grasped on a pull ring on Augustus's back. According to the rules of the teleportation device on Yagunaktor, as long as the teleportation object is directly There is direct contact, which will be recognized by the transmission channel as the same transmission object-for example, if two people enter the transmission channel hand in hand, then during the entire transmission process, the two people can feel each other. They are in the same space; but if there is no physical contact between the two, even if they enter the transmission channel at the same time, it is difficult to feel the existence of the other person... Even before entering the channel, there is only a gap between the two less than one centimeter away.

This kind of judgment basis is not rigorous, and it is full of loopholes and unreasonable places from a scientific point of view, but in practical application, there has not been any deviation.

But this time, when Ke Lan's whole body was submerged in the darkness, and all senses of his body disappeared and recovered again, he could no longer feel what he was holding in his hand—he had already passed through the transmission channel, but the Augustus and Layton, who were left alone, have disappeared.

"Sure enough, the mechanism of this teleportation channel is different from the teleportation device on Yagunaktor..." Such a thought flashed across Ke Lan's head.

On Yagunaktor, some people also tried to connect the teleportation object with cables or other ropes to things outside the transmission channel. Generally speaking, if the thing connected to the rope is relatively close to the transmission channel and If it is light in weight, it will be pulled directly into the transmission channel; but if the thing is far away from the transmission channel or is simply fixed on the ground, the rope connecting the two will be broken, and a similar ablation phenomenon will appear at the fracture. General traces.

But the cables on the pusher mecha seemed to be cut off by some kind of sharp weapon.

This means that there must be some differences in the transmission mechanism or rules of the two transmission channels.

But what he couldn't understand was that the Gauss pistol he held tightly in his other hand did not disappear.

Could it be that only living objects will be counted in the judgment... That's not right, Augustus is not a living body, only Layton sitting in the cockpit is considered a living thing, so how does this transmission channel distinguish the machine? What about the armor and the pilot in the mech?

While Ke Lan was thinking about these things, the space in front of him gradually lit up—although it was incomparable with the brightness of "outside the tower", at least it was no longer the darkness of the previous one.

"This...is it really inside the tower?" Ke Lan looked around, and couldn't help but have such a question in his heart.

This is a dim space, with endless chaos above and around the head, and a shallow pool under your feet—the water surface that is no higher than the back of your feet extends far away, covering Ke Lan. All ground within sight.

There was dim light in this space, but he couldn't find where the light source was... These lights seemed to leak out from the gaps in the dark space, and merged with the chaos.

Although Ke Lan can't see the edge of this space, one thing is certain is that the area of ​​this space is definitely larger than the base of the core tower.

Could it be that he was teleported to somewhere outside the tower?

No... If some kind of space technology is used, it is theoretically possible to "fold" such a world into a smaller space inside the tower...

Whether he is in the tower or outside the tower now, Ke Lan still can't come to a conclusion.

"It seems... the people who entered the transmission channel should have been separated." Ke Lan did not find any companions in his field of vision. "It seems that it is meaningless at all whether to divide the troops."

He bent down, scooped up a handful of water, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, then dipped a small drop with his fingertips and wiped it on the tip of his tongue.

After being transplanted with the living armor, Ke Lan's own toxin resistance was almost full. Even if he drank a glass of highly corrosive aqua regia, the living armor could instantly infiltrate and protect his digestive tract, and let the body suffer Damaged tissue quickly recovers.

This is also the reason why he dared to "test the poison with himself".

"It's really water?" This result made him a little surprised. The water on the ground is not only non-toxic, but also free of radiation. It doesn't even have the sundries and odors that most water sources on Alpha Planet have. This is water, so clean Pure water that couldn't be any cleaner.

If it is placed on the ark, it can be regarded as drinking water with the highest purification level.

Ke Lan straightened up and walked forward.

In this space without any markers, when walking forward, there will be a sense of confusion as if you are walking in place. Fortunately, Ke Lan realized this problem from the beginning, and put the smart bracelet on his wrist Take it off and put it where it started.

He turned his head and glanced at the bracelet shining under the water behind him—he had taken a total of fifty steps just now, and the distance between himself and the bracelet was almost exactly fifty steps away.

In other words, this weird space, at least in terms of visual observation, has no deviation from the normal world outside.

[PS Thanks for the 1500 starting coins rewarded by the giraffe who loves to read. 】

(End of this chapter)