Alien Relic Hunter

Hundreds of rounds of ammunition were all dumped on this humanoid monster made of mycelium in less than two seconds. However, the armor-piercing incendiary bomb, which was enough to penetrate ten millimeters of rolled homogeneous armor, was unable to crush it. The thin carbonized layer only left a few inconspicuous cracks on it.

"Why is this ghost so hard?" The old dog turned to look at Ke Lan, "What should I do? Just use heavy weapons?"

"No need." Ke Lan shook his head, "Use a high-pressure water gun."

"What's the use of a water gun -" mid-sentence, the old dog suddenly stopped, "Are you planning to...use the principle of thermal expansion and contraction to destroy the carbonized layer on the surface of that thing?"

"Well, it's also to collect more data... If that layer of material has such strength and good thermal stability, I even think it can be used as a new armor material ." Ke Lan said calmly.

"No... you are still thinking about this matter at this time?" The old dog was a little stunned.

"Is there any problem?" Ke Lan tilted his head, "If this fungus really has good economic benefits, the loss of the No. 10 car will not be in vain... Miss Yui, don't you think so?"

"Indeed." Yui nodded, "If this material can really be used in the research and development of new armor... No matter how dangerous this creature is, the upper management of the consortium will definitely ask us to retain the living strain. Moreover, everyone here You will also receive an extremely generous reward.”

She also deliberately emphasized the words "extremely generous reward".

Ke Lan and the others naturally know what extremely generous remuneration is in the eyes of the Soma Consortium... The recycling price they can offer is at least ten times the official price.

In addition to the one-time remuneration, if this new material can really be put on the market, the subsequent patent fees and profit dividends will be a huge sum of money - this money originally had nothing to do with them, but now Ke As an executive of the Soma Consortium with L8 authority level, Lan is completely different...

"I suddenly feel that that girl really seems to have found the right person when she hired you as this special consultant." Lao Gou nodded thoughtfully.

"It's just a professional habit." Ke Lan rubbed his chin like an old dog, "It's just that we are not in the ruins now."

The machine cannon, whose muzzle had turned red, stopped firing. Then, a high-pressure water cannon was lifted up by the mechanical arm and aimed at the humanoid monster that was shattered by the impact of the shell——

The powerful water flow pushed it out in an instant, and it rolled several times on the ground... And under the influence of the rapid alternation of hot and cold, the cracked lines on the carbonized layer were also expanding rapidly, and Ke Lan could even use it. With the naked eye, many small, burnt-black fragments could be seen falling from the top.

"Now, switch to shooting with armor-piercing incendiary bombs!"

"Thud, tug, tug, tug—" The deafening sound of the machine gun sounded again, but this time, the shell successfully tore apart the carbonized layer that had been torn apart, exposing the white mycelium in the monster's body!

As the second section of the armor of the incendiary bomb warhead ruptured, the pre-loaded incendiary agent in the warhead spurted out and burned directly in the body of the humanoid monster. The exposed white mycelium soon turned into that... Burnt black appearance.

"Although the thermal stability is not ideal, you can try to make living armor and use multiple carbonization layers to weaken the attack... But the disadvantage is that living mycelium will produce spores, which will increase the risk during transportation and storage. , and it is not conducive to cleaning up the battlefield and personnel rescue operations after the war..." Ke Lan thought to himself.

"But if we can use biotechnological means to retain the activity of mycelium and cut off their reproductive ability... Well, this kind of thing should be left to the top students in the research institute to deal with the headache."

The sound of the machine gun stopped, and the water vapor and smoke surrounding the monster gradually dissipated. Only a riddled corpse was seen kneeling on the ground, and it was still vaguely recognizable as a human figure.

"Is this solved?" Lao Gou asked with some uncertainty, "I always feel that this kind of guy... won't die so easily."

"It is indeed not easy to die. As long as there is a living spore left, as long as enough prey can be found, mass production of things like this is not a problem-" Ke Lan's words stopped suddenly, and he suddenly realized that this The greatest value of this fungus may not lie in the carbonized layer as hard as an alloy, but in its weird mimicry ability...

As long as enough "nutrients" are used, this fungus can be used to replicate a terrifying army. Compared with human soldiers, this army not only retains a certain degree of combat skills, but is also invulnerable and fearless of death. ...This is just like the Nazi zombie army in old era movies...

No, they are stronger than zombies... The creatures these fungi can replicate must be more than just humans... What if they were allowed to devour an Ultralisk?

Or be bolder... Seed of Corrosion? A giant worm underground? And that fusion species lurking in the abyss?

Even if he is just a Xibei guy, that is shocking enough...

Judging from the characteristics of this fungus, the larger the size, the harder it is to kill the combination - because it has no vital points, and if you want to kill it, you must kill every individual in it.

If they could simulate all the prehistoric species...

"Ke Lan?!" The old dog's voice suddenly brought the dazed Ke Lan back to reality, "What just happened to you?"

"I think... this fungus should not be an indigenous creature of Alpha Planet."

"It's not an indigenous creature? Could it be that it's still an earth creature?"

"No... I suspect this is a biological weapon created by the Alpha civilization, just like the Seed of Corrosion."

Ke Lan pursed his lips tightly and stared straight at the pile of charcoal in the distance... If this thing was really a creation of the Alpha civilization, then why didn't the same information flow out of his memory like before? Is it because the corresponding trigger conditions were not met?

What are the triggering conditions? name? Scenes? Or something else?

"You mean there are ruins nearby? That's impossible. This area has been scanned countless times by Ark."

"Maybe I'm overthinking it..." Ke Lan took a deep breath, "Okay, it's time to clean up the battlefield."

"Are we going to collect live spores?" Yui asked.

"It's not necessary. Since this material is not suitable for making armor, it has no use value." Ke Lan said, and then silently uploaded the combat records to Ark's official database.

He did not directly mention the possibility of the second use... In his opinion, this thing is different from the original black skeleton. Its potential value is too terrifying. As long as the senior management of the Soma Consortium If even one of them is blinded by profit, the result will be a disaster.

Compared with the astronomical sum of money, Ke Lan would rather leave the information about this fungus in the hands of the authorities.

As for the problem of living spores, as long as we trace back along their route, we can still find them with Ark's ability.