Alien Relic Hunter

"Could it be some mechanism?" 33 judged with the habitual thinking of a relic hunter.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Ke Lan recalled the mechanical bugs that he met in the glacier ruins that could drill into human brains and manipulate corpses... If there was one of Heruni and his group who carried 33 If the mentioned large-caliber hunting pistol unfortunately died in the Hive City, then its corpse is indeed very likely to be occupied by some kind of creation left by the Hive City civilization and become a walking corpse.

As for why the corpses can be preserved for more than ten years, this is also easy to explain-according to Nieto on the second floor, when Heruni and the others entered the hive capital, all members had been "seriously polluted" by "disaster" , there is no individual that can be called a "person".Even if it dies, the body will still be in a semi-eroded state, not to mention more than ten years, it is possible to preserve it for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Judging from the remaining scientific and technological facilities and creations in the upper city, the technological level of the hive civilization is no less than that of the alpha civilization. The so-called "brilliant but backward mechanical civilization" is actually a civilization that only exists in the bottom hive and the lower city. illusion.The hive civilization has already mastered the technology of the crystal road structure, and it has been widely used in various facilities in the upper city.Apart from the fact that the aesthetic style of the buildings is relatively close to that of human civilization on Earth, the level of technology alone is not far behind the Alpha civilization cities on the surface.

This should be done deliberately by the managers of the hive capital, by restricting the technology of the lower city and the bottom hive to cut off the possibility of rebellion by the people at the bottom, and minimize the threat of those unstable factors to the high-level rule.

There is such a huge gap in technology between the upper city and the lower city, which means that even if everyone in the lower city is brave and works together, it is absolutely impossible to control the upper city and higher levels. Even the slightest waver.

Among other things, the most powerful weapons that can be obtained in the lower city are only those guns that are equivalent to the second industrial revolution of the [-]th century on earth. In the face of the armed rebels in the lower city, the upper city only needs to throw A few drones can kill the rebels completely.

Those guns couldn't even penetrate the thick armor of the drone.

As for trying to hack drones through technical means, that's even more nonsense... The lower city and the bottom nest don't even have the simplest computer, and there is no one who can use this kind of equipment, even if Ke Lan travels through In the past, they were given a special device for the top hackers on the Ark, and these people in the lower city and the bottom hive would never use it.

The most effective way to completely solidify the class is to control the bottom people in terms of education and culture, so that they cannot have access to cutting-edge technologies that are enough to advance the times... Over time, these people will no longer be No matter how they can be regarded as human beings, they can only be regarded as livestock with similar appearance to human beings.

And the hive capital's attitude towards the residents of the lower city and the bottom hive is indeed like treating livestock.

But the people in power in the hive capital never imagined that what overthrew their rule was not the low-level people they kept in captivity, but the forces from the outside world—the "disaster" in their mouths.

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"But why did you shoot at this time..." 33 did not let down his vigilance at all, almost maintaining the "floating shield" around him, "Listen to the gunshots, the location of the shooting is at least several kilometers away from us, even if there are no trees for shelter , this distance is completely beyond the maximum range of a hunting pistol."

"The target of the shooting should not be us." Ke Lan said, "Before the gunshots sounded, I didn't feel any threat or sense of crisis."

Although from a scientific point of view, the so-called sixth sense is very unreliable, but people like Ke Lan and 33, the former passed by countless fatal crises, and the latter even survived the cruel battlefield Veterans, they believe in their sixth sense far more than ordinary people living in a safe environment... There is no other reason, people like them have more or less been saved by their "sixth sense".

This is not a superstition, but a survival instinct.

"Even now, I don't smell any danger." 33 said in a low voice, "This is very strange... If I heard such a gunshot on the battlefield, even if the distance is beyond the range, all the muscles in my body They will all tense up immediately, but now, the sound of gunfire seems to come from a movie screen, so I don't feel nervous at all."

33 swallowed, and continued: "Compared to the sound of gunshots, it's the dense jungle in front of me that makes me a little apprehensive."

"In this case, let's ignore it for the time being." Ke Lan nodded, "Anyway, the location of the gunshot is on the only way we must pass through the jungle... We will know what happened in due course. The most important thing right now Things still go through this jungle."

"You said before that this jungle was used as a hunting place by the people in the upper city, right." 33 lifted the floating shield that required a lot of mental energy, and most of the black flying blades returned to the dark place on his body. In the bag, only about [-] black flying blades were left floating around to keep vigilant, "Even the tunnel dwellers can survive until now, and the prey raised in this hunting ground... will definitely have descendants Bar."

"Based on normal logic, this possibility is very small." Ke Lan glanced at the pad strapped to his arm. On the screen was the map of the upper city he had just taken. "The area of ​​this jungle hunting ground is not that big. It is difficult to form a sufficiently complete ecological circle... If there is no artificial feeding, mating and introduction of various creatures, it will soon be ruined... Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"The wild beasts kept in captivity in this hunting ground no longer fight each other, and have lost their reproductive isolation. Only in this way can this fragile ecosystem last for 500,000 years." Ke Lan finished speaking and smiled wryly. Shaking his head anxiously, "Speaking of which, I am a little too serious... You are right, even the tunnel dwellers can survive until now, how can this hunting ground be completely dead? Besides, those beasts, I am afraid They have also been polluted by 'disaster'."

"It seems... waiting for us will be one bitter battle after another."

33 This sentence is not an exaggeration. The battle with the tunnel dweller is not difficult. This is not only because Ke Lan can use Ze Luo's space ability to assist at that time, but also has something to do with the tunnel dweller's own strength ——Ke Lan's 33 can completely suppress those tunnel dwellers by relying on his own ability, and the only thing that can pose a threat to them is the gravity gun.

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But now Ke Lan already knows that the physical fitness of the tunnel dwellers is actually degraded compared to the residents of the hive capital... Even if the "No. 32" is just a special case, the average physical fitness of the hive capital should be at least six Reach the seventh level to strengthen the human level.

In passageway No. [-], Ke Lan saw with his own eyes armed men kicking a healthy worker away. Even if their source of strength was enhanced surgery, in a society where enhanced surgery is so common, the residents of the upper city The enhancement level will only be higher than that of the people in the lower city... There will only be a small number of people on the ark who are unwilling to accept body enhancement because of the fear of the risk of surgical failure and the operation process.

In this way, the prey beasts should also be relatively strengthened... If it was just an ordinary tiger instead of a genetically modified giant saber-toothed tiger, this kind of hunting would not be a challenge at all for the hive city residents ——This is like the nobles on the earth riding horses and carrying guns into the hunting grounds, only to find that the hunting grounds are full of chickens, ducks and geese with less than five combat effectiveness.

"Yes," Ke Lan sighed, and checked the gravity gun in his hand again, "Get ready."

After speaking, he punched a positioning beacon at his feet, and then walked forward.

33 followed.

"I didn't expect that not long after I left the foggy forest, I ran into another forest." Looking at the towering giant trees around, 33 couldn't help sighing in a low voice.

The speed of the two of them is not fast, but it is definitely not slow. It is almost maintained at a speed of about two meters per second. Compared with the gray fog "outside", the terrain of this hunting ground is much flatter. This design estimates It also took into account the obstacle-crossing performance of the mechanical horses ridden by the dignitaries who participated in the hunting.

It is necessary to make hunting activities full of fun and challenges, but the difficulty cannot be set too far, and at the same time, participants should feel a certain degree of "comfort"...

Just when Ke Lan was thinking about how he would adjust the terrain to control the "game balance" if he was the designer of this hunting ground, the sense of crisis that he hadn't felt when he heard the gunshots just now burst out suddenly. up.

"At nine o'clock, the volume is small, but the speed is very fast." Ke Lan quickly locked on the source of the sense of crisis. He originally wanted to use the time-stop ability to see the appearance of the thing, but found that he was in the upper city. The ability to stop time is the same as Ze Luo's space ability, and it has also been "banned".

But it's normal to think about it. These two abilities have the same origin, so they will naturally be restricted together.

"I can only see a black shadow. Can you see what it is?" 33 Mao leaned over, holding a dagger in one hand and a pistol in the other hand, resting on the wrist of the knife-wielding hand. above.

More than fifty black flying blades were released, sticking to the ground and spreading around silently, waiting for an opportunity to move.

"I can't see clearly, and the time stop is also disabled." Ke Lan didn't directly use the gravity gun - although the gravity gun can level an entire forest, there is also a short delay in triggering the effect.I had approached the tunnel dweller using a gravity gun through high-speed irregular movements before, and subdued him.But now, the speed of this black shadow can also avoid the attack of the gravity gun.

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Ke Lan suddenly felt that he was a little too dependent on "time stop" before, so that after "time stop" was disabled, even his self-confidence was greatly reduced.

"I can't predict the trajectory of that thing... I can only see it scurrying among the trees." Ke Lan said, "I don't want to use a gravity gun. Come to some unnecessary trouble."

"I agree." 33 nodded briefly, "Try not to use this thing if you can."

Ke Lan hung the gravity gun on the equipment on the side of his waist, then pulled out the engineer shovel inserted on the other side, and opened the folded shovel head.

"That thing isn't running around." 33 said in a deep voice, "The distance between it and us has been shortening...it's only 20 meters. This distance is my advantage range, let me test it out first!"

Before the words fell, those black flying blades that were sneaking close to the ground suddenly shot into the air, forming a siege, enclosing the black shadow inside.

The movement trajectory of the black shadow did not change, but directly slammed into several of the flying blades-the expected sound of sharp blades cutting flesh did not appear, but was replaced by the clang of metal collisions and splashing spark.The black shadow smashed away the black flying blades, forcibly tore a gap in the killing circle, and then dodged and hid behind a big tree.

"It's so hard!" 33 raised his hand to retrieve the flying blades that had collided with the black shadow, and suddenly found that the flying blades forged from pure Nino alloy were deformed to a certain extent, "The carapace on that thing... Very hard!"

"As far as I know, there is only another piece of Nino alloy on Planet Alpha that can go head-to-head with Nino alloy." Ke Lan said, "The armor of this thing is probably also made of Nino alloy."

"Is it an artificial creature?" 33 was startled, "Nino alloy is a synthetic material, how could it grow on the body of a beast."

"It may be man-made, or it may be an acquired evolution." Ke Lan shook his head and whispered, "The Nino alloy in the upper city is deadly, and there is no shortage of indigenous creatures that can digest metals on Alpha Planet , if the digestive system of these creatures is strengthened, they should also be able to use the Nino Alloy they swallowed."

"Understood, then this thing is not easy to slaughter..."

"If it's a living thing, it has weaknesses after all...such as eyes, mouth, nose and so on...as long as you can seize the opportunity...here it is!"

While the two were talking, the black figure, which had already approached a distance of ten meters, suddenly jumped out from behind the tree. This time, it no longer dodged left and right, but ran straight towards Ke Lan.

Ke Lan finally saw the shape of the black shadow clearly—it was a crocodile-like creature with a body length of about two meters, but it was different from the crocodiles on the earth in that on both sides of its body, there were actually eight pairs of paw.

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