Alien Relic Hunter

"How do I remember...we all seemed to be infected by that thing..." Maginot rubbed his forehead vigorously. The headache symptoms not only appeared on Levi, Maginot also felt the same I had a splitting headache, "Levi, do you see any changes in me?"

"No...no..." Levi shook his head, "General, do you think I have any mutations?"

"I can't tell." Maginot sat on the ground, his heart pounding. He was really confused for a while... He clearly thought that he was dead, but now he miraculously recovered, It's like nothing happened.

He tried his best to suppress the luck in his heart that he would survive the disaster, for fear that there would be some changes. He raised his head and carefully looked around - the headquarters was still the same familiar one, but the officers who had stayed here had changed. When it happened, they were all sent out by him, and he and Levi were the only two people left in the entire command headquarters.

Levi climbed up with some reluctance, holding on to the floor, and picked up the communication terminal on the side. He only glanced at it and said in surprise: "General! Then... those officers and soldiers who had mutated their bodies have all returned to normal. Got it!"

"Everyone has recovered?" Maginot was stunned for a moment, staggered out of the command center, and looked thoughtfully in the direction of the Ark.

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The core area of ​​the Ark, the overlapping space "Holy Ark".

The "beads" made of compressed meat began to spontaneously ignite, and the crystal clear flames gradually removed the black inside the beads, turning them into transparent colors like energy crystals... Ke Lan could feel that in this crystallized The inside of the bead contained an extremely terrifying energy, so much so that he had never dared to lift the space barrier that imprisoned it, for fear that the energy inside would escape and cause unpredictable damage.

"0.035 units of god-level energy." The Fool's holographic projection said softly, "This is a completely ownerless god-level energy purified using the consciousness bodies of tens of millions of people as the fuel to neutralize the brand. energy."

Zero point three and five units of god-level energy may not sound like much, but if converted into regular energy units, it is an astronomical number - you know, even the Fool's body only consumed zero With 0.002 units of alien energy, these 0.035 units, if used to charge the Star Destroyer Cannon, would probably be enough to activate the Star Destroyer Cannon in strafing mode like a Gatling gun.

Of course, the premise is that the launch mechanism of the Star Destroyer Cannon can withstand such a violent energy impact.

"Is this what Hermes left to human civilization in his last waking hours?" Ke Lan stretched out his hand, and the crystallized beads slowly floated to the top of his palm.

The crystal clear "flame" like a special effect has disappeared, and the energy inside the bead has also entered a relatively stable state... If this was a super bomb that could explode at any time a second ago, now it has become It became an "energy crystal" with unimaginably huge reserves.

"He also left something else." The Fool's projection shook his head, and as the surrounding space distorted, a safe forged from Nino alloy appeared on the ground.

"What's this?"

Ke Lan condensed the power of space into a thin thread and got in through the keyhole of the safe - this safe used a very ancient mechanical lock, which is even required by most confidential safes today. There was no self-destruction device on hand, so Ke Lan directly used space power to crush the lock and lift the lid.

Lying in the black shock-proof sponge is a crystal chip that is only the size of a fingernail. There is a metal etched label attached to the surface of the chip, with only the letter "γ" on it.

This is the third Greek letter, but when this letter appears here, Ke Lan doesn’t understand what it means.

"The original genetic code of the γ-type replicator." The Fool said, "This is a new generation of modified humans secretly developed by Hermes to supplement the lost population. Compared with the β-type replicator, the γ-type replicator does not exist Gene defects can lead to the same lifespan as normal humans. Moreover, genes also have the possibility of natural evolution... It only takes three to four generations for the offspring of gamma replicators to fully integrate into natural humans."

"This can no longer be considered a clone..." Ke Lan walked over and picked up the safe containing the chip. "In this way, the population crisis that will break out in the future can also be solved."

You must know that the "replicas" created by using this genetic code will be young adults who meet the reproductive conditions when they are born. As long as they can be given the same rights as normal people, they only need to be implanted with the basic common sense and various aspects of human society. , work skills, even if they are not given false memories, they can quickly integrate into human society.

There may be a period of pain, but just like the new biotechnologies such as artificially cultivating embryos and transforming humans, once accepted by the public, the existence of gamma replicators will soon become commonplace.

After all, this batch of clones has no genetic defects. Except for the missing childhood and youth, everything else is exactly the same as a naturally born human being.

"Actually, after sacrificing a large number of β-type clones in the battle at the ruins of the Ancient Copper City, Hermes and the others planned to put the γ-type clones into production... But your actions are more complicated than theirs. One step faster, so they had to wake up the Tree of Destruction in advance." The Fool said.

As the personality that remains within the core mastermind, no one knows better than him what the undead crew will do during this time.

"I have another question that I still don't have an answer to..." Ke Lan looked at the projection that looked exactly like him, "Who killed Pan in the battle at the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City?"

"It's me." The Fool said. "The special ability that Pan gained after being corroded is insight. He realized that you are actually one of the carriers of the Fool's personality, rather than a simple experimental body. He originally planned to observe you for a period of time. If I tell Hermes and others this news, I can only choose to kill him."

"As for Hermes, Zeus and others, their bodies had already been transformed into corpses at that time, and ordinary toxins were ineffective against them. And after Pan's death, they also became suspicious of the core mastermind, and even gave up Part of the functions of the core master brain have closed most of the core master brain's permissions...I am able to appear here thanks to another carrier of the Fool's personality who arrived in the black well and helped me unlock those closed permissions."

"That information dealer?"

"Yes."

"Then...how is he doing now?"

"His transformation into a corpse is irreversible. After completing his final mission, he chose to 'harmlessly dispose' himself."

"Harmless treatment?"

"Neutralize with the energy of the alien god and directly erase the mark of that existence on yourself."

"What about others?" Although Ke Lan had already guessed the outcome of the information dealer, he still couldn't help but ask... He was still a little reluctant to accept his inner guess until he heard the answer with his own ears.

"Like Hermes, he was annihilated by the energy released during neutralization." The Fool's holographic projection said, "There is nothing left."

"Okay...then what should we do with those particles containing corrosive memes that Hermes just released?"

"To be precise, those things have nothing to do with erosion. They are one of the special abilities 'plague' obtained after Hermes was transformed into a corpse. After Hermes is completely destroyed, the plague will naturally be lifted automatically. "

"So it's all over?"

"It's all over."

…

…

Alpha Star, South Pole, Polar Sea Ice Caps.

"Click..."

A small crack appeared on the ice sheet.

"Kaka..."

The cracks began to gradually expand and spread to all directions.

The temperature over the polar sea has not changed, still maintaining a temperature of minus 87 degrees Celsius. However, there are signs of melting in the cracked areas of the ice cap.

A black hexagonal stone pillar with a diameter of more than ten meters slowly rose from under the ice cap, and was finally fixed at a height of one hundred and fifty meters.

Six gaps suddenly opened at the edges of the hexagonal stone pillar, and an aura far more terrifying than that of the prehistoric species emanated from the interior of the stone pillar.

With the hexagonal stone pillar as the center, a bright red color covers the ice cap of the polar sea...

"Hmm... that lizard trapped under the glacier, is it no longer on this planet?" A very ancient language sounded over the polar sea, "Hey... those bugs on this planet seem to be... There have been some...interesting changes?"

【Complete book】

Final words:

Logically speaking, the final reflection should be a separate chapter. However, for the final reflection of my last book "Wasteland Survival Code", I posted a single chapter three times and was blocked three times... This time I decided to post it just to be on the safe side. Attached to the end of the main text.

Since it takes up part of the text, I'll keep it as short as possible.

I revised the ending of "Alien Ruin Hunter" several times, and finally scrapped the original "Bad End" plan at the beginning and changed it to the current open ending.

As Ke Lan said, although the probability of human civilization successfully resisting gods is infinitely close to zero, it is not directly equal to zero after all.

The Ark civilization may eventually escape the control of the gods, or even ascend to a higher dimension, but it is more likely that it will fall short like countless human civilizations in other parallel time and space.

When facing an enemy that is so powerful that it completely exceeds cognition, failure is the norm... Countless human civilizations have perished in different universes, and the vast majority of them have not even left the legacy of civilization or traces of their existence. After all, a civilization like the Alpha Civilization that can pass the baton to the Ark Civilization is already considered one of a thousand.

Although this book is classified as science fiction, the selection of materials from the beginning was biased towards the Cthulhu style. I personally think that the two biggest characteristics of Cthulhu-type works are: 1. The fear of unknown and indescribable things ; 2. The sense of despair that cannot be resisted despite all efforts - the latter is the keynote of most orthodox Cthulhu works. In front of the ancient gods, human beings are too small and insignificant.

But this is an online novel after all. In this era of cool writing, novels with a slightly slower pace can easily be eliminated by the environment. As for those authors who abuse their protagonists and write BE, they should not be scolded too badly. …

The open ending is to add a little bit of hope...a little bit of possibility to the overall tone of despair.

Of course, it is also due to the limitation of space. Even if I have to write about the Ark civilization that finally reaches the dimension where the gods are, plus counting the gods’ families and other civilizations in the parallel world, at my unbeatable speed of 4,000 per day, I want to write those plots. I'm afraid it won't take ten years to write...and the subsequent plot will significantly deviate from the theme of ruin hunters.

If the length is too long, it will become a grandmother's foot-binding; if the length is too short, it will have to be crazy and cheating, and the combat power system will completely collapse by the end of the writing.

I may write a sequel, but even if I do, it will be a new book.

This is my second work with over a million words. I deeply feel that my ability to master long-form plots still needs to be trained... To put it bluntly, my writing skills are not enough. If I really want to write a work with thousands of words, with my current level, It's definitely impossible to control.

The theme of the next book has been finalized, and I am currently refining the outline and character design. In addition, I also plan to take advantage of the May Day holiday to give myself a short holiday and rest for seven or eight days. The new book is expected to be online in mid-May, so you can look forward to it. one time.

(Current progress: creating a new folder...)

As for my physical problems that old readers are concerned about, it will be four years since I was diagnosed with M5B leukemia in two and a half months. During these four years, I have had blood drawn every month and bone puncture done every six months. The re-examination results have always been very good. As long as there is no recurrence for five years, it will be considered clinically cured... and it can be regarded as a person who has been through the gate of hell.

Okay, I’ve almost said what I need to say. I calculated the word count and found that this final review is exactly one thousand words. If there is no VIP level, it will cost readers about five cents more. In order to compensate everyone, I will write it later Several extra short stories about alien ruin hunters are released completely free of charge. If you are interested, you can pay attention to them.

As for the extra plots you want to see, you can also leave a message here and I will try my best to meet your requests. (For example, part of the interstellar drifting plot in the prequel, the plot before the Fool did not join the Undead Crew, the plot before the Ark was built and set sail, the story of the Hive Civilization and Alpha Civilization, some plots after the end of the main text, and even human civilizations in different parallel time and space The story... Any plot related to the world view of the Alien Ruins Hunter may appear in the extras.)

Finally, thank you all for reading, and I hope you can continue to support my next book.