Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 642 - Alexander
"We can't break this shield at all..." Layton said with a hint of despair, "This shield is the same as the shield of the reformed person below, and the energy supply comes from the ruins itself... with our firepower , absolutely..."

"I don't believe it! We've come to this place, no matter whether you can break it or not, you have to try it!" A pilot of the thruster mech shouted excitedly, and before the others could speak, he suddenly lifted the The restriction valve of the body's power furnace rushed at full speed to the prophet who was guiding the "ritual" in the center of the platform.

The propeller directly dropped the shotgun in its hand, and sharp steel claws protruded from the ends of the ten fingers of the two mechanical arms, tearing off the armor on its abdomen, exposing the core module of the power furnace.

This is the "hidden big move" of the "Propeller" series of airframes, and it is also the most powerful blow of this airframe. It gathers the energy released by the power furnace beyond the limit and explodes at one point. It's even more terrifying.

But this "hidden big trick" is not something anyone can use. First of all, after the power furnace limit valve is released, the power of the power furnace must be manually controlled by the pilot - the power is too low to reach the energy The explosion threshold; if the power is too high, it is very likely that the entire power furnace will be blown up directly. A pilot who can achieve precise control can be regarded as an ACE level in terms of technology alone.

Secondly, regardless of whether this hidden ultimate move has successfully erupted or hit the target, the body that has used this skill will immediately lose its ability to fight—even if the power furnace is not blown up on the spot, scrapping is already a certainty. There is almost no difference between using this big move on the battlefield and dying together.

Moreover, since the use of this ability requires the protective armor of the power furnace to be removed, the airtightness of the safety cabin will be destroyed, and the pilot whose driver's seat is directly above the power furnace will inevitably be impacted by an ultra-high dose of radiation when the energy bursts... As for the actual survival rate of the pilots who used this hidden ult, I am afraid that only the person in charge of the frontline battlefield hospital knows.

"do not!!"

As soon as Layton finished speaking, the thruster directly hit the reactive shield—it has to be said that the pilot's timing was very precise, detonating the moment before the body and the shield collided The power furnace just let the burst of energy bombard the thick shield at zero distance.

But in this way, it is almost impossible for the pilot to escape from the cockpit in time-he launched this last charge with the will to die.

The deafening explosion and the blinding glare almost obscured everyone's vision and hearing at the same time, but the shock wave that followed was even more terrifying than what Ke Lan just caused—fortunately, everyone was prepared this time , the blasphemer mech with the shield fully opened is in the front, followed by several heavy solid shields like door panels... Although these mechas were pushed back dozens of meters, they finally gave the shock wave Blocked it completely.

But the propeller that hit the energy shield has completely disappeared, and there is not even a wreck left. Only a piece of red molten steel that radiates on the ground not far away can still retain a trace of the existence of this machine. .

"One of the most important features of the 'Reactive Shield' is that the stronger the attack you receive...the stronger the feedback attack will be. You don't have to go...to die!" Layton shouted.

"No, the attack just now is effective." Zelo said suddenly, "I can feel that the strength of the shield was weakened by [-]% at the moment of the explosion, although it recovered quickly. Yes, but if calculated according to the ratio, the actual strength of this layer of shield is actually only about one-thousandth of the outer shield of the core tower."

"So, the energy source of this reactive shield is not from the same source as the shield of the relic itself?" Ke Lan got up from the ground at this time. Although the living armor on his body was blown to pieces, the bright red color It was also completely covered in scorched black, but at this moment the armor of the whole body was repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was estimated that it would be restored to its original state in less than a minute.

"I'm not sure about that." Zelo shook his head.

"If it is said that the explosion of a booster's power furnace can cut 160% of the shield, then as long as [-] thruster mechas explode at the same time...or an attack of the same strength, it should be able to break through the shield. Layer shield!" Layton was shocked at first, and then his eyes dimmed again, "But the problem is... even if we count the power of everyone on this platform, we still can't make up the power of that magnitude. Attack... unless the warships in the sky can bypass the outer shield of the core tower and directly attack this shield."

"Is there no other way?" The commander of the mobile unit couldn't help but clenched his fists, staring at the prophet who was less than 200 meters away from them with red eyes-although as a grassroots commander, he The amount of information he can obtain with his authority is not too much, but he also knows that the person in black robe in front of him has a high probability to be the real body of the "prophet". As long as he can be eliminated, this war can be ended .

But now, a layer of not-so-thick light curtain completely cuts off this possibility—the enemy is right in front of him, and victory is only one step away, but this last step cannot be taken no matter what , how can this make people reconciled? !

"Ke Lan, what should we do now?" Layton couldn't remember how many times he had asked this question along the way, but he really didn't know how to deal with the current situation—this kind of difficulty Using words to eliminate the sense of powerlessness penetrated deeply into his heart.

"If there is no way to break the shield, then we can only retreat." Ke Lan said with a pause, "If we continue to stay here, all of us will surely die."

More and more plasma poured out from the bottom of the copper pillar at the feet of the Prophet, almost covering the entire platform, and began to fall along the edge of the platform. One after another exclaimed.

"What's going on?!" Everyone's attention was attracted by these exclaiming soldiers. Ke Lan and 33 ran to the edge of the platform almost at the same time, looking down——

The position they are in now can be said to be an excellent "observation platform", which happens to have a panoramic view of the entire Bronze City ruins-only the various sectors of the ruins began to rotate, and countless cracks appeared in the At the foot of the troops entering the city, countless soldiers and mechs fell into these cracks, and were crushed by the huge gears and mechanical modules that meshed with each other in the cracks...

And as the sectors moved, these cracks began to expand, and at the same time, the ground began to tilt, pushing away the fleeing soldiers together, and then swallowed them up by the cracks like the huge mouth of the abyss—the entire ruins of the ancient copper city Just like a huge flesh grinding disc, no one can escape from it!

"This... this..." The commander of the mobile unit knelt down on the ground with a slumped face, "The ground troops... are all wiped out...?"

"Is this the trap set by the prophet?" Ivan couldn't help turning his head to look at the figure who was still leading the ceremony, "But... the ceremony is still going on..."

At this moment, the platform suddenly trembled violently, and everyone suddenly realized that the height of the platform was rising—no, not only the height of the platform was rising, but the entire ruins of the ancient bronze city were rising!

"What's going on? Isn't the ceremony over yet?" Layton asked in astonishment while trying to control the balance of the body.

"Of course not." A voice that was extremely unfamiliar to everyone except Ke Lan sounded on the platform, "The sacrifice has just been presented, how can the ceremony end?"

Only then did everyone realize that the speaker was actually the prophet himself, but his voice came from all directions instead of the center of the platform.

"Use the [-] souls in the city as sacrifices to awaken the greatest legacy he left to the Alpha civilization and endow it with a soul... I hope that you can remember its name before you die—the God of the Hidden Army: Alexander!"

"Ah...Alexander?" Of course, Layton knew that the commander of the Zero Fleet was named Alexander... But the Alexander mentioned by the prophet was obviously not the same thing.

"Alexander...does it mean the original name of the Bronze City site?" Ke Lan asked.

"Yes. It is not a fortress at all, but a mobile weapon restored by the Alpha civilization according to its will..."

In a trance, Ke Lan suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his mind, and fragments of memories about "Alexander" flooded in one after another...

The God of the Hidden Army: Alexander is the ultimate mobile weapon manufactured by the Alpha civilization based on a race that is hostile to "Him". ’ or ‘God of War’…

"It's strange, there are weapons made according to the appearance of the enemies of the gods they believe in, why are they called by the name of 'God' instead? Isn't this a kind of blasphemy against 'Him'?" Ke Lan His doubts only appeared in his mind for a moment, and then he was overwhelmed by the massive amount of information. Pictures related to "Alexander" flashed before his eyes one after another. It even surpassed the processing limit of Ke Lan's brain at one point... so that in the eyes of others, he seemed to be frightened and stupid when he stood there.

The original design concept of "Alexander" was a mobile fortress capable of self-operation, self-repair and transformation, and possessing self-awareness and complete thinking logic. It took 300 years for this version of the design drawings alone Only a preliminary outline was drawn... Tens of billions of technical difficulties were placed in front of the technicians of the Alpha civilization. Judging from the technological level of the Alpha civilization at the time, this was a completely impossible task. .

It wasn't until the god they believed in threw the corpse of a mechanical creature on Planet Alpha that the research and development work made a substantial breakthrough—the Alpha civilization directly used this corpse as the skeleton of "Alexander", and many core The problem was solved immediately...

The ruins of the Bronze City—no, it should be called "Alexander" now—slowly "stand up", and a metal colossus with a height of [-] meters suddenly appeared on the plain.

Its torso is a conical fortress made up of countless buildings. It is broken down into countless pieces of floors and walls to form a thick armor. Arranged on its neck... As for its head, it is a "core tower" surrounded by many towers and mansions like stars.

In addition to his torso, Alexander also has two towering, mountain-like giant mechanical arms propped on the ground. On these two giant mechanical arms, countless gears that are stained with thick blood and hung with broken corpses are turning... These The smallest gear is the size of a human palm, and the largest diameter has already exceeded the length of the "Yao" class aircraft carrier battleship. However, whether it is the largest gear or the smallest gear, they are all perfectly fitted together to drive this machine. A mechanical weapon that seems to only appear in legends.

Looking at such a large number of gears, the first thing Ke Lan thinks of is the difference engine that symbolizes "steampunk culture"... However, compared with the things in front of him, the difference engine can only be regarded as "enlightenment level" mechanical.

The fleet in the air is constantly pouring ammunition and energy like "Alexander" - it is no exaggeration to say that this level of firepower, let alone leveling a fortress, may even sink an ark, but the bombardment of "Alexander" On his body, even its shield couldn't be broken.

An aircraft carrier and battleship seemed to want to reproduce the operation of the "Kirin" hitting Leviathan, and suddenly rushed towards Alexander's torso with full rudder, but before the aircraft carrier and battleship touched Alexander's energy shield, they went from The beam of light shot from Alexander's chest had already split the aircraft carrier battleship in half!
[The prototype of "The Hidden Army God-Alexander" in the PS plot comes from the mechanical monster summoned by Suzaku Lucy in the PSP game Final Fantasy Zero. The magic and vitality of thousands of people, Setsuna, the leader of the ceremony, also turned into crystals after the ceremony.In this game, Alexander, the god of war, disintegrated after only one attack, but this attack directly razed the White Tiger's border fortress, killing more than 180,000 White Tiger soldiers, and directly reversed the entire battle situation. (Mechanism Alexander also appeared in other series of Final Fantasy, but the appearance that impressed me the most was in Type Zero. There should be many CG videos of this clip on the Internet, and you can search for it yourself.)]

[PPS Thanks to Pippi Xing and Super Le for the 500 starting coins; thanks to Chubby Little National Treasure, Mr. Zhang 0 for the 100 starting coins. 】

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