Alien Relic Hunter

There are a lot of traces of glass on the ground around the hole, which should be the traces of the heavy battleship's plasma main gun bombardment - before the undead crew was completely defeated, the last members who stayed awake should have put up a fight... ...Unfortunately, their struggle failed.

The first to fourth floors of the underground icehouse were all exposed to Ke Lan's sight. These places once contained the most dangerous things on the Ark. The power outage during the last memetic crisis was not very long, only a small part of it. The "collection" successfully broke through the containment, but even so, it still cost the army and the crisis management department that followed up the battlefield to clean up the battlefield at a huge cost.

If all the "collections" in the entire underground icehouse were released...

That destructive power is almost equivalent to detonating all the nuclear weapons stored on the Ark at the same time... or even more terrifying.

But now Ke Lan doesn't have to worry about these dangerous collections coming out to cause trouble - the roots of the giant tree have spread to every corner of the underground icehouse, so that Ke Lan can't even find a place to stay, let alone those The collection was sealed by dense roots that blocked all exits.

All the biological collections in the underground icehouse have become nutrients for the giant trees, without exception.

Although the giant tree grows from the core area, the root system in the underground icehouse is obviously stronger than that in the power furnace in the northern area... This means that it is very close to the main root of the giant tree.

"But the question is...how to get down?"

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Heavy cruiser Skadi, bridge.

Major General Alexander stood up from his seat, walked around, walked around three times under the adjutant's puzzled eyes, and then sat back down... But within a few seconds, he stood up again.

"General?" the adjutant asked with some confusion, "is there something..."

"Don't disturb my thinking." Rear Admiral Alexander prepared the adjutant's question and walked straight to the big screen at the front of the bridge, looking down at the Ark diagonally below.

The battle between the Survivor Alliance and Ark came to an end temporarily. After the electromagnetic pulse bomb exploded and the third and fourth batches of airborne troops retreated, both sides chose to call it quits... Those who attacked Yagunaktor The insect swarm penetrated into the canopy of the giant tree, and the bombers and fighters of the Survivor Alliance also returned to the hangar of the mothership.

This is a very precious respite. At this time, the busiest places on the Skati are the hangar and infirmary. As for the bridge, it has become quiet. Only the drones responsible for reconnaissance on the front line will occasionally transmit the latest image intelligence. Send it back and put it on the holographic screen.

The gap in the Ark's energy shield has not disappeared - if you want to plug the gap, you must repair the blown shield generators, and now the undead crew will connect the "corroded" men in black on the platform They didn't even deal with it, so naturally they wouldn't send anyone to repair the shield.

What makes Alexander a little puzzled is that the response of Ark, or the Undead Crew, always seems to give people the impression that they don't care about the Survivor League at all - they have always chosen to defend passively, rather than being proactive like last time. Attack.

If I had to use one word to describe the attitude of the Undead Crew, it would be "perfunctory".

They treated this battle perfunctorily to the point of making no secret of it - the men in black who were responsible for blocking the attack did not show up until after the airborne tribe landed. As for the insect swarm, they noticed that Yagunaktor was about to launch an electromagnetic pulse. He was only sent out when the bomb exploded, and after failing to prevent the launch, he immediately chose to retreat...

No...no, this doesn't seem like perfunctory...

The corners of Major General Alexander's eyes twitched, and he suddenly realized that the opponent was using the lowest level of resources to neutralize his own offensive methods - both the men in black and the insect swarms were worthless "mass-produced units." ", their mission is not to eliminate the Survivor Alliance and Yagunaktor. In Alexander's view, this level of counterattack can only be regarded as "harassment"...

"They are stalling for time!" Major General Alexander took a deep breath. "The Undead Crew should have concentrated all their resources on supplying this giant tree, so they have no spare power to deal with us! All they need now is Just delay our attack and wait for the roots of the giant tree to penetrate deep into the land of Alpha Star! Time is not on our side... No, no, we can't wait any longer, even if Ke... Even if the God Hunting Group Someone has already entered the Ark, we shouldn’t just wait outside!”

Major General Alexander, who had made a decision in his heart, walked back quickly and raised his hand to his adjutant: "I'll leave for a while. You can keep an eye on me. If anything happens, contact me immediately!"

"yes!"

Rear Admiral Alexander walked out of the bridge and turned into a small room that only the captain had the authority to open.

He thought for a moment, took off the communicator on the small room, and entered a series of passwords.

"Scadi, Alexander calls Yagunaktor."

"Copy that. I'm a hound, what's going on?"

"I would like to ask for instructions on the next action plan." Alexander said, "The entire ship's officers and soldiers are ready and ready to attack at any time."

"What's the next plan of action?" There was a trace of doubt in the hound's voice. "Hasn't the plan been made long ago? When the vanguard soldiers who broke into the Ark send a signal, Yagunaktor will directly bombard the Ark with a Star Destroyer Cannon. The core area and the roots of the giant tree. When the time comes, we will dispatch the entire army to escort Zeluo and the annihilation bomb to the main root system of the giant tree..."

"Mr. Nick, please tell me the truth...Have Ke Lan, Ze Luo and the annihilation bombs entered the Ark?" Alexander said solemnly.

The other end of the receiver was silent for a few seconds before the hound asked in an unusually serious voice: "Why do you ask that?"

"I carefully read the combat report submitted by the airborne troops. There are many unreasonable things... The retreat order was issued by the first batch of airborne troops, but these people did not have the authority to match the command level. The officer on board, and in addition, there is a female pilot of ours who was picked up by the transport plane of the third batch of airborne troops. If I remember correctly, her name is Valentina, right?" Alexander asked.

"Does anyone else know about this?"

"Not yet. And I have deleted the combat report... But this loophole is too obvious. We were in a fierce battle just now. Maybe most people won't care about such small details... But there is no guarantee that it will not happen. Someone from the Undead Crew will discover something unusual. If they send this information back to the Ark, Ke Lan and the others will be in danger."

"Let's put aside the matter of whether Ke Lan entered the Ark. Why are you in a hurry to take the next step?" Hound asked again, "Suppose, as you said, Ke Lan and Ze Luo They all entered the Ark, then you should know that in the entire Survivor Alliance, no one can match the two of them in terms of individual combat effectiveness. If neither of them can send a signal, then no one can complete this mission."

"The undead crew are stalling for time! The best proof is that they don't have the extra power to attack us... They have invested all their resources in the giant tree. They may be more anxious than us. If we continue If we stand still, wouldn't we be playing into their hands?" There was a hint of urgency in Major General Alexander's tone.

Being selected as the commander of Fleet Zero means that Alexander is a very good soldier, but no matter how good a soldier is, facing a situation where the fate of all mankind is at stake and there are only a few dozen left in the final time limit, It would be an absolute lie to say that you are not nervous when you are facing a war that lasts only a few hours and will be destroyed if you cannot win.

"I know, we must be patient... but it is easy to miss our only opportunity!" Alexander continued, "Nick, have you ever thought about it, if Ke Lan, if those people who entered the Ark, they failed ,what to do?"

"If you attack hastily, you will miss the only opportunity. Don't forget that Yagunaktor's Star Destroyer Cannon can only be fired once." Hound said word by word, "As for Ke Lan... I believe him, he He won't let me down. If he fails, it means humanity has failed."

"Agunaktor's Star Destroyer Cannon can't move, so the Skati should be able to move, right?" Alexander said, "I plan to use the power of one ship to launch a surprise attack on the Ark... Even if I can't open a gap, at least It can also hold back the undead crew’s few maneuvering forces!”

"Wait a minute!" The hound said in a more serious tone again, "Wait a minute!"

"What are you waiting for?"

"Ke Lan's signal." Hound stopped hiding Ke Lan's whereabouts and said directly.

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Inside the Ark, West Area 1, Research Institute ruins, underground icehouse.

"Ze Luo, can you use the space barrier to push away these roots and create a passage?" Ke Lan asked.

The first to fourth floors of the underground icehouse are already empty, but the condition of the fifth floor, which is buried deep in the reactor coolant, is still unknown... It used to be the place where Yinglong's eggs were stored. After Ke Lan tore Seraph apart with his hands, After that, the place should be empty. But for some reason, Ke Lan always felt that there was something there, and it was something very important.

"It's difficult." Ze Luo shook his head, "Direct contact will cause a strong reaction in the roots. These roots carry a very special power. This power seems to come from the consciousness absorbed by the giant tree... …Faced with this force, the space barrier cannot last long.”

"How many seconds can you last at most?"

"It's hard to say, six seconds... maybe less."

"Then let's calculate it based on five seconds." Ke Lan stared at the abyss below. Starting from the second layer, the density of the roots was so dense that even a fly couldn't get through it. He wanted to squeeze out the roots through the space barrier. Xu, if you go deep into the fifth level, five seconds is really too reluctant.

And the premise of doing this is that the fifth floor of the underground icehouse has not been invaded by roots, which can give Ze Luo a buffer space... If the fifth floor is like the above, there will be no chance of turning back.

Ke Lan had no doubt about the power of these roots. Not even the giant knight could resist, let alone him and Ze Luo.

Space power also has its limits. Zeluo is just a "test product" created by the Alpha civilization after a rough study of space weapons. It is far from the level of a "weapon"... The space barrier is also far from reaching the true meaning. "invincible".

In particular, the roots of the giant tree are also attached to the power of thoughts from the devoured people. This power can be said to be of the same origin as Ze Luo's power... They can compete with each other, and they can also dissolve each other, just like Two energy shields with exactly the same frequency will not explode when they collide, but will fuse together.

Once the space barrier is assimilated by the opponent, it is basically equivalent to disappearing - the giant knight's armor cannot protect against these roots, and Ke Lan does not think he can find any physical armor that can resist the roots.

Perhaps, we should call in Yagunaktor's Star Destroyer Cannon to strike and directly make a hole in this pile of roots?

With the help of Ze Luo's ability, Ke Lan does have a way to send the signal, but doing so will cause two problems that he has to face: First, the signal can indeed be received by Yagunaktor, but this The signal is equivalent to a clear text chat on a public screen. The hounds and others can receive it, and so can the undead crew members. Secondly, assuming that Yagunaktor successfully fired the Star Destroyer Cannon and helped Ke Lan blast out a passage, what if there is nothing on the fifth floor of the underground icehouse?

When they wanted to throw the annihilation bomb into the main root of the giant tree, Yagunaktor couldn't fire the second Star Destroyer Cannon.

"Perhaps...should give up?" Ke Lan couldn't help but hesitated in his heart, "The valuable things in the underground icehouse have been emptied... Perhaps the undead crew attacked the underground icehouse just for those collections. For the giant tree, Yes, these are 'high-quality' nutrients. Now that the giant tree has swallowed up all the items in the underground icehouse, this place has become the point for me to continue to stay... Since the main root of the giant tree is not here, maybe I should Go directly to the core area..."

Just when he was about to quit, a tattered cell phone at his feet suddenly rang.

Judging from the model, this seems to be a multi-functional personal terminal equipped for soldiers to use for combat communications, commonly known as a "military mobile phone." The owner of this mobile phone has long since disappeared. The touch screen is also covered with cracks. Several function keys underneath have also broken and fallen off somewhere. The dark green circuit board is directly exposed to the outside.

"Who called this... No, maybe I should ask why the call came in?" Ke Lan bent down and picked up the phone.

The communication base stations on the Ark have stopped working, and a strong electromagnetic interference field has enveloped the entire Ark. This kind of military mobile phone has now become a scrap. Logically speaking, it is impossible for any calls to come in.

Ke Lan glanced at the screen. There was no number displayed on it, only two Chinese characters: "The Fool".

[P.S. Thanks to Wandering DNA Vest for the 5,000 starting coins; thank you Min Yue Quzhang for the 500 starting coins. 】