Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 975 Monster "Ally"

"Uh...then it shouldn't be dangerous to us, right?" Soap lowered his muzzle, tilted his head and looked at the huge moth attached to the wall of the waste pipe, "To be honest, I'm a little curious about how it It's eating... This underground space is very large for us, but it is very narrow for it, will it really not hit the pipe or something when it flies up?"

"Curiosity will not only kill cats, it will also kill people." The clown said, "I said it is similar to plants, except for 'passive predation', there is also the absorption of radiant energy...the photosynthesis of plants When there is sunlight, it will absorb carbon dioxide, release oxygen, and synthesize nutrients; at night, it will transform into a completely reverse respiration, absorb oxygen, and release carbon dioxide."

"You mean, now that the moth is asleep, it absorbs the radiation escaping from the waste tube; but if we wake it up, it changes from absorbing radiation to being the source itself ?” Soap immediately understood the meaning of the clown’s words.

"Yes, and when it senses danger, the amount of radiation it releases will reach a high value, even if you wear protective clothing, you can't resist it." The clown said, "Eleven years ago, the research institute organized a A test team composed entirely of D-class personnel, each of them wearing the power armor of the highest protection level, woke it up with a remote-controlled bomb at a distance of one kilometer... In just 11 seconds, this giant The total amount of radiation released by the moth is equivalent to the total amount of radiation released by a main reactor in 40 years. Half of the D-class personnel team died suddenly, their bodies were dehydrated and turned into skeleton-like mummies. Those who were lucky enough not to die in the first place also did not survive 12 hours.

"This test even affected the residential areas on the surface. More than 2000 people suffered from radiation sickness to varying degrees. The official explanation was the leakage of nuclear waste from the main reactor."

"Tsk, good guy." Soap exclaimed, "How powerful is it? By the way, what are D-class personnel? Are they like those cheap miners, paid to send ghosts?"

"D-level personnel are actually humanoid mice used in research institutes to conduct experiments related to the human body. They are basically composed of death row prisoners who have been deprived of their human rights." These D-class personnel are used as 'materials' to breed flesh-eating worms."

"It's really cruel... If I become a death row inmate, then I would rather choose to eat a peanut on the shooting range. At least this way of death is happy, and I don't have to suffer so much before dying." Soap said.

"You don't know that, the number of D-level personnel is very popular among death row prisoners." The clown shook his head, "After becoming a candidate for D-level personnel, at least you can live for several months longer. After a few After a month, you may not be assigned to the task of mortal death... This is a job that depends entirely on luck. If you can successfully complete the task and survive, you will not only be able to release your status as a death row prisoner and restore your freedom, but you will also get a lot of money Many people are willing to seize this "last chance" to fight for the reward. Therefore, every time the people from the research institute go to the prison to select D-level personnel, the death row prisoners will be beaten to death in order to grab a place. flow, and even cause death.”

"Then this wound..." Noir said so, and suddenly held his breath, "Could it be left by other creatures? In this underground labyrinth, is there anything that can hurt this giant moth? "

"Is there no one who doubts the authenticity of this probability?" Soap asked again.

"The lower end of the wing on the right side of this giant moth has an obvious gap. This should be the trace left by the remote control bomb?" Noir asked the clown.

While speaking, the "gliding mouse" had already landed on the giant moth's wings, and buried its nose in the fine fluff on the surface of the wings.

"In my opinion, there should be no survivors inside the Ark." The clown nodded, "Everyone has suffered erosion, and those who have suffered erosion must be disposed of, including myself."

"Now the interior of the ark must have been occupied by Zeus and his gang. There are probably not many survivors, right?"

(PS Flying squirrels and mice belong to the order Rodentia, and bats belong to the order Chiroptera. It stands to reason that flying squirrels and mice should be closer in kinship... But I haven't studied this point. If there are mistakes, please point them out in time. )
"Is this guy attracted by the 'smell' emitted by the giant moth?" Soap's tone suddenly became tense, "It...it seems to be eating the wings of the giant moth. Wake up the moth?"

As soon as the clown finished speaking, dozens of tiny tentacles protruded from the feathers of the giant moth's wings, entangled the flying squirrel... At first the flying squirrel struggled violently, but as time passed, the struggling The intensity is getting smaller and smaller until there is no movement at all.

There is a fleshy patagium between the forelimbs and hind limbs of the mouse. The reason why it can glide at high speed in the air is that it can clearly see the blood vessels in the thin patagium.

"It's more ruthless than I imagined. I thought at least a few would be released as publicity benchmarks." Soap said.

"The death rate is [-]%, and the survival rate is [-]%." The clown said, "Even if a D-class personnel successfully completes the task assigned to him, he will be secretly obliterated, or directly sent to the hospital for human autopsy. For the people of the research institute, D-class personnel are not human beings, but consumables, and the remaining consumables should be 'harmless waste disposal'."

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly passed over their heads, and rushed straight at the giant moth. Soap immediately let out a low cry: "What is that?!"

This mouse is about half a meter long, with black and shiny hair. The two ears on the top of the head are pointed and long. Although the limbs are short, they are extremely advantageous. With two pairs of sharp claws, it hangs its body on the wings of the giant moth. .

After walking another hundred meters, Soap suddenly patted the mask of his protective clothing, stopped, and said, "Clown, wait, I suddenly have an idea!"

"Yes, and there are not many." The clown said, "The actual combat power of this giant moth is not strong, especially when facing opponents who are not afraid of radiation, it cannot gain the upper hand."

"Theoretically, no." The clown replied, "Because it is also very difficult for me to deal with those mutant creatures, so I chose the safest route."

"No, such predation behaviors are performed many times a day. If the giant moth wakes up every time, then it simply cannot store so much radiation energy in its body." The clown said, "You are not the way of eating giant moths. If you are interested, then take a closer look."

The three of them walked down while chatting, and walked around the huge waste column several times. During this time, the giant moth still did not move, as if it was really a moth stuck to the waste column. The specimens are general.

"Such a big flying squirrel couldn't wake it up, no wonder the group of D-class personnel used remote-controlled bombs." Soap said, "Since it's so difficult for this guy to wake up, I feel much more at ease, not as worried as before. gone."

"There is a one-third chance of not dying, and there is still a reward. It is indeed worth fighting for. It is normal to grab the head." Soap nodded, "However, what is the real probability?"

"This probability will not be announced, but the people selected by the research institute and the guards of the prison will secretly 'disclose' to these prisoners a 'gossip': at least one third of them have successfully passed the D-class personnel The task of restoring freedom."

Noir raised his head to look at the giant moth like a specimen, and nodded in agreement: "From a certain point of view, it is indeed...the safest."

"Then why don't we think of a way to release all these monsters in the underground labyrinth? Let these monsters create chaos, disturb the enemy's sight, and disrupt their original arrangement... No matter how strong the people under Zeus are, , It will still take a lot of time and energy to get rid of these monsters, right? At that time, we can fish in troubled waters... Whether you want to regain control of the ark, or want to assassinate Zeus, it will be better than going directly to The core area is much easier. These monsters can completely become our 'allies', and they are very powerful 'allies'!"

"Then can we think that all the moving things in the ark are enemies except ourselves?" Soap's eyes lit up, and he asked.

At least the giant moth will not take the initiative to attack the approaching creature, unless the opponent is attracted by the pheromone it releases and pounces on it... From Soap's point of view, this giant moth is indeed a "harmless to humans and animals" creature .

"No, the position where those D-class personnel placed the remote bomb is the torso of the giant moth, and the wound there has already healed." The clown shook his head.

"Theoretically speaking, yes." The clown said, "There is no news from the other squad, and it should have been wiped out before entering the ark."

"No, compared to bats, the blood relationship of this creature is indeed closer to that of mice." Just after Soap finished speaking, he was slapped in the face by the clown in the next second, "This is a flying squirrel, also known as a flying squirrel... …Of course, when Noah’s Ark left the earth, there was no such rodent among the living organisms it carried, it was a “replica” produced by genetic engineering. To be precise, this is not a real rodent The researchers who adjusted the gene sequence also added some gene fragments from other organisms, including a part of the bat gene, making it far more capable of flying than its 'ancestors' on Earth."

"Is this flying squirrel... strangled to death?" Soap asked.

"There is no need for a publicity benchmark, because the death row inmates in the prison have no access to outside news." The clown said, "In the agreement of the D-level personnel, there are more than 30 regulations on confidentiality alone, and the outside world is not at all. Knowing the existence of D-class personnel, in the eyes of the prisoners, even if there are D-class personnel outside, they will definitely keep their past experiences secret."

The clown's attitude is very clear, those who have been eroded are not considered survivors, even if they are still alive, even if they still retain the consciousness and reason as human beings, in the clown's view, these people are also objects that must be dealt with.

"It seems to be a mouse?" As a pilot, Noir has good eyesight, and he can see the true face of the black figure at a glance, "A mouse that can fly... no, it should be a mouse that can glide?"

"I'm a little curious, do they know the death rate and survival rate of D-class personnel?" Noir asked.

As if it is a high-risk infectious disease that spreads among livestock, all infected livestock will be killed and burned immediately to stop the spread of pathogens... As for the treatment, there is no such thing as a large-scale infectious disease Heal this statement.

The clown stopped, turned around, stared at the soap, and asked, "What do you think?"

"Then we shouldn't encounter those things, right?" Soap asked cautiously.

"No, it's the paralytic toxin... to incapacitate the prey, then inject digestive juice into the prey, and then absorb the flesh and blood of the prey melted by the digestive juice through the glands on the surface of the wings. This is how the giant moth eats."

"Of course there will be doubts, but for a person who will be executed tomorrow, he will not let go of any chance to live, and he will never think about the authenticity of this agreement—at least, the signing of the agreement According to this agreement, after becoming a candidate for D-class personnel, he can indeed live for several months... This is also the only part of the agreement that can be truly honored."

While the clown was speaking, the body of the flying squirrel began to show signs of dissolution... When the three of them circled around again, the body of the flying squirrel had been completely absorbed by the giant moth, even the fur and bones were gone. Nothing left.

"Mouse?" Soap suddenly chuckled, "It seems that you, who fly planes, don't know as much as I do. This is clearly a bat. Have you heard of vampire stories? The monsters in the stories are based on vampires. bat."

"You make a lot of sense. This plan does have certain feasibility." Noir nodded thoughtfully, "But in actual implementation, there are several difficulties that we cannot solve."

"First," Noir continued, "how do we find these powerful monsters living in the underground labyrinth? It is extremely difficult for us to just follow the original route, let alone actively look for them.

"Second, how can we release these monsters to the ground on the premise of ensuring our own safety? These two problems cannot be solved, and everything is empty talk."

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