Alien Relic Hunter

Ke Lan turned his head and glanced at Ze Luo, who nodded to him and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "There is indeed no trace of living creatures nearby, but..."

"But what?" Ke Lan asked.

"The remaining traces of that power are very obvious, very close to the third level of the hive."

"Did disaster happen to the Ark in the past few days?" Ke Lan asked doubtfully, "But if disaster really did happen to the Ark, the existence of us people should have been known to Him. …That means all our efforts are in vain…”

"No, that's not right!" Ke Lan immediately rejected his idea, "If the undead crew can successfully bring about the 'disaster', there will probably be many people in the Survivor League whose erosion level has exceeded the critical point... But the current situation is that without being exposed to excessive 'forbidden knowledge', the people of the Survivor Alliance have not shown any signs of excessive erosion.

"The remaining power on the Ark should be just a kind of 'pseudo-disaster', just like the third level of the hive - all the remaining power of that existence was concentrated on the top of the cloud, and did not escape at all. As for the other Several layers of 'disaster power' completely disappeared the moment the last corpse completely decayed.

"Otherwise, for any ordinary human who enters the nest city, the erosion level will exceed the critical threshold in an instant and be transformed into corroded remains in a very short time.

"As for Hruni and the others, it was entirely because they were exposed to a large amount of 'forbidden knowledge' that they became corpses. The difference between the two is like a chronic disease and an acute disease. The former can make people linger for a while, while the latter When the attack occurs, he will die immediately.

“The ‘not-to-be-looked-at’ dome on the third floor of the hive is actually just a ‘test product’ created by Nieto with the help of the power of the cloud top. Even Nieto himself cannot fully control the dome.

"The Immortal Crew must have used certain objects with the remnants of 'His' power to create a 'man-made disaster'... Although this 'man-made disaster' will turn a large number of residents on the Ark into corpses , but it won’t attract ‘His’ attention.”

But there is always a question that Ke Lan can't explain - since the undead crew members have the ability to create "pseudo-disasters", why don't they do it while they are still on the Ark? Just wipe out all the God Hunting Group in one fell swoop. Even Yagunaktor will not be able to escape.

From Ke Lan's perspective, the Undead Crew seemed to have missed the best opportunity.

…

The team continued to advance and soon left the destroyed commercial area and entered the North 1st District.

North District 1 used to be the district with the largest number of wealthy people on the Ark. However, compared with the rows of high-rise buildings in North District 2 and North District 3, there are not many high-rise buildings in North District 1. At a glance, the structure and structure of the entire North District 1 are clear. The distribution of buildings is very similar to the third level of the nest. The land is divided into many large-area manors or courtyards. Gorgeous villas or castles of various styles face each other from a distance. Most of the decorative buildings are made In addition to the antique style, the only thing with a modern flavor is the main highway that runs through the entire North District and its branch roads.

The North Area is a no-fly zone on the Ark. Not only are all kinds of aircraft prohibited from entering the North Area, but even the aerial track has not been built. There are only three types of transportation that can be used: hovercars, legs, and those expensive ones. Horse.

The dome of the North Area is a super large screen with no seams visible to the naked eye, which can simulate various weather conditions. Except that there is no forest used as a hunting garden, the painting style of the North Area is almost the same as that of a nest. The third level is exactly the same.

But now the entire dome screen has been extinguished, revealing its original black color. Pale roots are crawling all over those Doric or Baroque retro buildings. The beautiful air-cushion sports car is entangled by the roots and is lifted high. , twisted into a pile of scrap metal in mid-air - there seemed to be a person sitting in the cockpit of that luxury car. With Ke Lan's eyesight, he could even see the seat belt buckled on the seat through the window, only However, the driver who was originally fixed to the seat by his seat belt had disappeared, and not even a trace of blood was left.

"Everyone, please be careful." Ke Lan said softly, "I always feel... there seems to be something troublesome here."

There are indeed some troublesome things here, but this is not what Ke Lan felt, but what Ze Luo told him - in the gorgeous marble castle at the twelve o'clock direction of the team, there is a powerful person with incomparable strength. The neglected remains.

Moreover, that corpse also has a very special ability... Although Ze Luo can sense that it has a special ability, he has no way of knowing what it is.

"It seems to be covered with a layer of mist, a layer of consciousness-level mist that can shield other creatures from detection." Ze Luo said next to Ke Lan's ear, "I can only sense a strong The heart...if calculated according to the enhanced human level, it is no less than level fourteen."

The fourteenth level of enhancement level... is already stronger than the "Theta-level mutant" in the nest. Under the premise of not being able to use the power of the body and not exposing Zeluo's true combat power, this team encountered this monster. There is only one ending: total annihilation.

"The front team changed direction and avoided the castle directly ahead." Ke Lan ordered, "Keep a safe distance of at least three hundred meters from the castle."

The soldiers did not question Ke Lan's order. The heavy infantry at the forefront immediately jumped off the road, crossed a lawn, and walked toward another road that did not pass in front of the castle.

The others also followed the heavy infantry and entered the lawn one after another. Only a few soldiers from the rear group were lying on the road, holding sniper rifles and staring at the movement on the other side of the castle.

But just when half of the people left the main road, Ze Luo suddenly tugged on Ke Lan's sleeve and whispered: "It moved."

"Tsk... It seems that this guy has discovered us a long time ago, because we were originally heading towards its location, so it didn't attack us in advance. Now that it sees us changing its route, it can't sit still. ..." Ke Lan thought to himself. Just as he was about to speak out to put everyone on combat readiness, a sniper from the back-breaking team immediately stood up and turned around.

"Lot, have you found anything?" Another soldier who was familiar with the sniper asked subconsciously, but the answer was a 0.5-inch anti-materiel sniper bullet.

Being attacked by an anti-material weapon at such a close distance, the body of the soldier who was asking the question immediately exploded into a ball of minced flesh. The blood mist exploded and dyed the entire body of the sniper rifle who fired the gun. in red.

Ke Lan noticed that the sniper's eyes were lifeless and his face was dull, but his movements were not affected at all. After killing his teammate with one shot, he immediately turned the muzzle and aimed at the retreating target. of large troops.

"He's being controlled!"

It was too late for Ke Lan to give any instructions to the other soldiers. He grabbed the shield from a heavy-armed soldier and threw it out. Before he landed in mid-air, Ke Lan had already activated the energy protection on the shield. Shield generator, a two-meter-square energy shield instantly appeared ten centimeters away from the surface of the shield. At the same time, the second shot of the controlled sniper happened to be fired.

The bullet thicker than a thumb turned into a blazing stream of iron the moment it hit the energy shield, splashing out in all directions along the surface of the shield. Ke Lan, who was in mid-air with nowhere to rely on, was struck by this. The gun flew backwards for more than ten meters, and it was not until his feet touched the ground that he could barely stop his retreat.

Before Ke Lan could speak, the other soldiers immediately raised their guns and opened fire, beating the controlled sniper to a pulp.

"Colonel, what's going on?" A soldier asked with lingering fear. He seemed to know the controlled sniper. "Lot can't be a traitor. How could he shoot at his own people?!"

"I know he is not a traitor. His consciousness has just been controlled...the thing that controls him is in that castle-"

Before the "face" of "inside that castle" could be said, the face of the soldier who asked the question suddenly became extremely distorted. He pulled out the dagger and stabbed Ke Lan's vital part. Fortunately, Ke Lan changed when the soldier's expression changed. He reacted immediately, grabbed the opponent's wrist, twisted it and dislocated it, and the sharp dagger also fell to the ground.

However, the soldier who lost his weapon and had his hands restrained did not give up the attack. He roared like a beast in his throat, opened his mouth and bit Ke Lan's throat, completely ignoring the heavy knock on his chin. At the edge of Ke Lan's shoulder armor, a large piece of bloody flesh was torn off.

"What a troublesome enemy..." Ke Lan pulled out his pistol, thrust the handle of the pistol directly into the soldier's mouth, swiped hard, breaking all his teeth, and then twisted and dislocated him in the same way. his feet and ankles, and finally struck him with a knife on the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious.

Picking up the fainted soldier, Ke Lan looked around. The originally well-formed team was now in chaos. Many soldiers were killing each other. In just a few seconds, more than a dozen people fell to the ground. On the lawn.

"Everyone retreat! Everyone who can hear the order, give up the fight immediately and retreat quickly! Go away from the castle!" Ke Lan casually knocked out the two controlled soldiers and shouted loudly.

There were less than twenty people who followed Ke Lan and retreated. The dozen or so soldiers who were controlled stopped after chasing them almost 200 meters away, and confronted Ke Lan and the others across a road about ten meters wide. With.

"The situation is not optimistic." Ke Lan murmured to himself, "The things in the castle didn't even show up, which directly caused two-thirds of our personnel to be reduced..."

In the chaos just now, more than twenty soldiers died in the hands of their companions, and there were almost the same number of soldiers who were controlled... But Ke Lan and the others didn't even see the appearance of the enemy.

The faces of the soldiers who escaped around them all had a look of fear on their faces. They were breathing heavily, but they didn't dare to let down their guard at all.

The roadbed of this road was more than one meter high, which happened to be a good bunker. Both sides were shooting at each other, and the situation was temporarily in a stalemate.

"The other party has the ability to control groups. It is currently known that it can control up to twenty people at a time." Ke Lan analyzed in his mind, "The limit distance of remote control should be about five hundred meters."

The reason why the figure of 500 meters was introduced is because the opposite side of the road is exactly 500 meters away from the castle. The monster does not care about the life or death of the controlled person, so there is absolutely no need for the controlled soldiers to be separated from Ke Lan and the others by the road base. Shooting. It can make these controlled soldiers rush forward without fear of death. Even if they are all dead, it can also control other people.

The reason why it didn't do this is probably because the location where Ke Lan and the others are now is beyond its furthest control distance.

It was easy to verify this. Ke Lan threw the soldier he was holding on the ground, took out a kettle and poured the cold water directly on his face.

The knocked unconscious soldier woke up immediately, turned his head in confusion, and asked: "What happened? Why did I pass out... Hiss!"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the severe pain coming from his chin, wrists and ankles, and large beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead... Ke Lan glanced at him and helped him remove the dislocated joint. He put his wrists and ankles back into place, then wrapped his chin with a bandage, and gave him a pain-relieving injection.

"Huh...huh... Colonel? What happened just now? Who are we fighting with now?" The soldier who had regained his composure couldn't help but ask.

"You were just controlled by something in the castle and wanted to stab me to death with a dagger." Ke Lan said, "But I knocked you out and carried you all the way here... This place seems to be beyond that guy's control. Your state of control is released.”

"I... I'm being controlled?" The soldier's eyes widened, "Then... who is exchanging fire with us now?"

"That's right, it's the other people being controlled." Ke Lan nodded, "This road is the boundary of the other party's control. As long as those people can be brought here, they should be able to return to normal."

However, Ke Lan was not in a hurry to do so. Anyway, in this situation, there were no casualties on either side. He might as well take advantage of this opportunity to investigate what the other party's control ability was like.

"Did you feel anything strange when you were just controlled?" Ke Lan asked the soldier.

"Strange feeling? No... not at all." The soldier looked confused, "I only remember that I was talking to you one second, and the next second my vision went dark and I fainted. When I regained consciousness, Already here. I didn’t even know I was being controlled..."

[P.S. Thanks to the reading giraffe for the 1,500 starting coins. 】