Alien Relic Hunter

"What's going on? What happened?" Hound reached out to hold the helmet that was tilted on his head and shouted, "Damn it, is the sky about to fall?"

"Strong gravitational anomalies have been detected in various places on Alpha Star... Wait, Double Moon has stopped?!" Layton looked at the information displayed on the console and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Double moons stopped?" The hound raised his head subconsciously, but from his perspective, he could not see the double moons hanging in orbit hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from Alpha Star. Although the radiation clouds were covered by the double moons, The moon's gravity tore it apart, but it was daytime where the battlefield was, and strong sunlight poured down from the sky, making the blurry outlines of the twin moons disappear directly into the strong light.

"Ke... Ke Lan, isn't that kid up there?" Hound murmured to himself as he looked at the moon that was completely invisible.

"Are you kidding...could your dog nose still be able to smell Ke Lan's scent from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away?" Layton couldn't help complaining, "I'm a little worried, could this be an immortal crew member? There will be a backup plan left behind..."

Before Leighton could finish his words, Ke Lan's voice rang in the control room: "This time I really made the old dog guess right. I am now inside the Crescent Fortress."

"What?" Leiton opened his mouth for a moment, and was stunned for several seconds before continuing, "Didn't the communication between you and Yagunaktor be... No, no, you are in Shuangyue now. , the shielding field on the Ark will definitely not be able to cover you...Wait a minute? You, didn't you sneak into the inside of the Ark? Why did you end up on the moon again?"

"Direct space teleportation." Ke Lan replied briefly, "I asked you to fire just now to help me clear the way."

"What are you doing on the moon?" the hound asked quickly.

"I got a piece of news from a reliable source... The Tree of Destruction, which is the giant tree in front of you, has a physical strength that far exceeds our estimated value. It relies on annihilation bombs and Agunaktor's Star Destroyer Even the cannons cannot destroy it, the only way is to activate the full-power Star Destroyer Cannon on the Twin Moon Fortress and penetrate the soul with one shot."

"Full-power Star Destroyer Cannon?" Hound immediately grasped the key point of this passage, "Will it destroy the entire Alpha Star?"

"Although it is full power, I only need to charge it to about 20% before it can be put into use, which is enough to complete a precise strike on the Tree of Destruction without causing more additional damage." Ke Lan replied .

"Twenty percent charging? How long will it take?" Hound asked again.

"Four hours."

"Ke Lan! Many of the monsters that have attacked us before emerged from the canopy of the giant tree... No, there are more this time. It is conservatively estimated to be more than 100 million! They are breaking through the atmosphere of Alpha Star... The target direction is...Crescent Moon!" Leighton suddenly asked urgently, "How is the defense facilities of Crescent Fortress?"

"Most of the energy of Crescent Fortress is supplied to the Star Destroyer Cannon, and its own defensive firepower has now dropped to the lowest level..." Ke Lan said, "I'm not sure if I can block these things."

What Ke Lan said is the truth - Crescent Fortress has not received energy replenishment from the outside for tens of thousands of years. It only relies on the light and heat radiation absorbed from the sun, which can only meet the operational needs of the fortress itself, and may even There is a big energy gap... In fact, the fortress's energy reserves have already reached the bottom like Yagunaktor.

Fortunately, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse after all. The remaining energy of the Crescent Fortress is enough to charge the Star Destroyer Cannon to 25%, but during this charging process, the fortress's own More than 90% of the defense facilities will be cut off from energy supply, and the terrifying firepower that was enough to annihilate a full fleet in one minute will no longer exist.

"Hold on, reinforcements are coming soon!" After the hound said this, he immediately turned to Layton, "Move the Yagunaktor! We have to intercept those monsters before they fly to the new moon! Also, we have to stop them before they fly to the new moon! Inform Alexander and Maginot and ask them to send all the vehicles that can go into space! Also, ask the ground troops to evacuate quickly, so as not to be hit by the aftermath of the Star Destroyer Cannon!"

"You don't have to say it! I've already informed you!" Layton was already busy turning into a top. Fortunately, his robotic arm has recently undergone a special transformation. The main arm can be split into six auxiliary arms. At the same time, After performing three operations and adding the native arm, one operation instruction after another was accurately input into the system. Dozens of holographic projection screens surrounding him flashed various parameters rapidly - accompanied by a slight Vibrated, Yagunaktor, which was originally suspended in the sky, slowly raised the bow of the ship and pointed diagonally into space.

"Stand still, we're going to speed up!" Leighton said in a deep voice. The hound immediately sat back on his seat and pulled on his seat belt. The next second, a slight tremor was transmitted from the stern of the ship.

The tail of the teardrop-shaped giant ship lifted off countless covers with a single area larger than a football field. Under each cover was a huge jet port, from which blazing white flames shot out, converging into a thousands-meter-long line. The long tail flame pushed the giant ship towards the sky, gradually accelerating.

The teardrop-shaped giant ship quickly pierced through the thick radiation clouds. The higher you go up, the darker the surrounding colors... The sky gradually changes from dark blue to black, and the celestial objects that were originally obscured by the sun also appear one by one. Now in sight.

The hound could already see the new moon on the screen. At this time, there was a gap in the center of the crescent star - it looked like a gap from a distance, but it was actually a gap hundreds of kilometers long and more than ten kilometers long. wide canyon. The scene inside the canyon cannot be seen clearly from the screen, but Yaguna Kotor's sensor marked it with an eye-catching big red block near the center of the canyon, accompanied by the words "High Energy Response" was constantly beating, and the entire edge of the screen was flashing a warning red light.

"Old dog, the situation is not good." Layton turned his head, with a very obvious look of hesitation on his face.

"What's wrong?" Hound frowned - the control and communication of Yagunaktor are all handed over to Layton. The console of this super battleship needs to process too much information at the same time, except for people like Ke Lan. In addition to this kind of alien that can directly connect the consciousness to the console, it is either equipped with a group of crew members who perform their own duties, or it is operated by modified people like Layton who have installed the newly developed brain-computer interface. Many The information was directly transmitted to Layton's brain, and the hound standing aside could not see these things intuitively.

"It's not good... The Skadi's speed is not as fast as ours, and it can't keep up with Yagunaktor's speed. It will take them at least half an hour to reach the designated blocking point. Moreover, the Skati's Many fighter jets and mechas are not capable of space combat, and less than one-third of the number of aircraft that can be used in blocking battles... The worst news comes from ground forces..."

Hound: "What happened to the ground troops?"

"The ground troops were planning to withdraw from the battlefield, but many monsters emerged from the ground and attacked them... These monsters were not strong individually and did not cause serious losses to the ground troops, but they were very difficult to deal with... …I’m afraid that all the ground troops will not be able to withdraw from the battlefield within four hours.” After finishing speaking, Layton sighed.

The hound immediately asked Layton to bring up the drone footage that was monitoring the battlefield. He saw many crypts appearing around the ground troops' positions, and countless beetle-type creatures emerged from these crypts, covering the entire ground troops. The formation was cut into pieces, instantly shattering the ground troops' plan to withdraw from the battlefield in an orderly manner.

Since the warships and fighter jets in the sky had already left the Ark airspace and rushed to the space battlefield, the ground troops did not receive air support at this time, and they were suddenly trapped in a situation of fighting on their own.

"The purpose of these bugs is to hold back the ground troops so that Ke Lan can use the rat weapon..." the hunting dog said bitterly, "Damn, it's such a dirty trick... It's true that those beasts from the Undead Crew Association can come up with it. idea."

"But this kind of technique is completely useless for people as cold as the Undead Crew." Ghost Owl, who had been standing nearby and said little, said - although he is not a member of the God Hunting Group, But after everyone went through life and death together, Hound and others had already regarded him as one of their own.

"You haven't had much contact with Ke Lan, and you don't know him well enough." Hound shook his head, "Ke Lan is different from those in the Undead Crew..."

Although the number of ground troops is not large, the total number of them is almost 100,000. Under the bombardment of the Star Destroyer Cannon with 20% power, not only the entire Ark will be evaporated, but also the entire Ark will be evaporated. One hundred thousand people will not be spared either - not even their ashes will be left.

For the continuation of a civilization, the sacrifice of 100,000 people is not a heavy price - the war within mankind kills far more people than this number. If you compare this to a business, it is simply It can be described as a fortune.

But this kind of thing cannot be measured by simple stakes - a person who can use his life as a bargaining chip and easily sacrifice 100,000 people, his humanity will be destroyed in such "transactions" again and again. It gradually wears away and eventually turns into a cold-blooded thing like a machine, devoid of any emotion and so rational that it is almost cruel.

The undead crew will believe that leading humans requires absolute rationality, and human nature is dispensable... But the irony is that among the few "characteristics" humans possess, human nature is the one that is most effective in resisting erosion. the power of. It doesn’t matter whether a person who has lost his humanity can still be called a human being, but such a guy is often the first to fall when faced with the erosion of consciousness.

Strong emotions can easily make people become extreme, while absolute reason can make people fall into the endless abyss - compared with the power of erosion, human reason is too insignificant, like a road made of yellow sand. The dam will collapse as soon as it rushes... Only the brilliance of humanity can resist the rolling darkness.

It was precisely because of this discovery that the Fool "created" Ke Lan and entrusted his last hope to him.

Ke Lan will not sacrifice these 100,000 people easily. This is not a woman's kindness, but a kind of reverence for life and human beings themselves... If in his heart, people can be sacrificed casually If he loses the "props", those dangerous thoughts that have been dormant in his head will instantly break out of the cage, distorting and subverting his cognition.

At that point, he really can't be considered a "person" anymore.

"Inform the Skati and let them return to the atmosphere. Let all the fighters and mechas that cannot go into space replenish their ammunition and fuel and stay to support the ground forces. After ensuring that the ground forces are completely evacuated from the battlefield, they can then participate in the blocking operations." The hound thought for a moment and gave the order with some difficulty.

"Then don't we have to fight alone?" Layton said with a look of embarrassment, "Aguna Kotor's energy reserves have been almost exhausted, old dog, you have to think clearly."

"Hurry up and pass on the order. It will be too late later!" the hound said angrily, "If you fight alone, you will fight alone. This is not the first time. What's wrong? Are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid of you! I'm afraid that your old bones won't be able to withstand it, and you will be folded in space and won't even be able to recover your body!" Layton cursed, but he still kept the hound in his hands honestly. The order was conveyed.

"Isn't that good?" Hound glared at Layton fiercely and choked in a curse-like tone.

"What a fart, I can't even be buried in the ground after I die, I'm floating in the universe like a lonely ghost."

"According to you, all the people who died before 900 years ago in the New Era are wild ghosts?" Hound raised his foot and kicked Layton on the butt, as if he had practiced it hundreds of times, "Besides. , this earth is not our earth, and I have no nostalgia for it."

"Okay, the Skati is going to support the ground troops." Layton frowned, "As for us, we will arrive at the blocking location in six minutes. This will be a hard battle. Everyone... be prepared. ."

"Is there any battle along the way that hasn't been a tough one?" Ivan laughed out loud, picked up the wine bottle, raised his head and took another swig.

"That's right." Layton nodded, "It's now... and I'm still scared!"

Zhuoligetu said nothing, but pulled up his sleeve and wiped the blade of his usual ax vigorously.

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The blocking location selected by Yagunaktor is between Crescent Moon and Alpha Star, about 270,000 kilometers away from the surface. This place can just cut off the route of the monster group to Crescent Moon. Yagunaktor relied on his superior mobility to go directly to the front of the monster group, directly crossing the opponent's path.

[P.S. Thanks to Tu Tucuitian for the 520 starting coins. (Gan, this guy’s ID is so weird. I searched through it for a long time before I found these words. I should have copied and pasted it earlier.)]