Alien Relic Hunter

After finalizing the final plan, everyone began to make preparations.

Layton dismantled some relatively intact parts from the equipment debris on the ground, repaired everyone's power armor, and then pieced together a set of light armor for Ivan that could barely run and jump. As for Asano Akira, who had just woken up, he declined Layton's proposal.

"My abilities are...well, special, and the power armor will limit me." These were Asano Akira's exact words.

Hound, Ke Lan and Zhuoligetu replenished their ammunition on the spot. Since they couldn't find electromagnetic bombs specifically designed for the Gauss gun, Hound simply changed their weapons to dual-wielding Gatling cannons and hung them on their backs. There were six large boxes of ammunition chains attached.

"Hehe, when I led the troops to clean up the indigenous creatures, I often worried about insufficient firepower. I'm afraid I won't be able to change this problem in this life." Faced with Ke Lan's speechless eyes, the hound said with an embarrassed smile, but fortunately he This armor is really powerful enough to carry nearly a ton of ammunition.

"Actually, I hope you don't use any of these ammunition... If the sound of gunfire attracts those monsters that have left the base, they will be really dead if they are surrounded in a place like this."

"I know, I know... I just want to comfort myself." Hound said so, but in the end he gave up the Gatling cannon and chose a light assault rifle.

"Ke Lan, things are not good." After cleaning the battlefield, Leiton came over and said to Ke Lan, "I counted the number of corpses and equipment, and they don't match up. There is a big difference...at least half of them. The above corpses are all missing, and the ones left behind are basically some seriously damaged corpses."

"It seems...those monsters are indeed 'mass-produced' using human corpses. The purpose of these monsters killing humans is to obtain as many corpses as possible to expand their own numbers...We have to act quickly, otherwise There will be more and more monsters.”

…

There were originally three checkpoints set up on the passage between the base and the mine entrance, but now, the conditions of these three checkpoints are simply terrible. Even the steel structure tower used as a communication antenna is under attack by acid. The barrier was broken in the middle, and the two small sentry booths built with foam sandwich steel plates were directly razed to the ground.

"There were blood stains, but no body was found. They were probably dragged away by those monsters." Layton, the pioneer, said after a quick glance.

"The things here are no longer something we can handle...even the Soma Consortium may not be able to deal with these monsters."

"Nine times out of ten, the military directly sent a fleet and dropped a dozen small tactical nuclear bombs to clear the area. By the way, Ke Lan, can the safe house in the base withstand a nuclear explosion?"

"This level of safe house nuclear strike protection capability has rigid requirements, so don't worry about that." Ke Lan said as he activated the power armor's jetpack and jumped directly onto a hilltop in front of him. Looking from here, one can barely catch a glimpse of the Soma Consortium's mining base.

"As we expected, the base fell, the energy shield disappeared, and many buildings were emitting thick smoke." Ke Lan turned around and said.

"What about the monster? Have you seen it?"

"Not yet." Ke Lan shook his head, "Keep going."

…

After they climbed over the last mountain pass and entered the central mountain col where the base is located, an unbearably strong smell of blood quickly occupied their nostrils. Ke Lan only felt waves of discomfort in his throat. Fortunately, it has been a long time since the last meal, and the esophagus and stomach are empty, otherwise I might have vomited in the helmet at this time.

"I really can't stand this smell." The hound, who has the sharpest sense of smell in the team, has closed the visor of his helmet, and his face has become extremely pale. "This...how many people have died?" ?”

"According to the data given by the Soma Consortium, including mercenaries and miners who take turns to rest, the permanent personnel of the base range from 2,400 to 2,800... It is estimated that most of them are here. ”

"I'm afraid there's more." Ivan frowned and shook his head, "If those monsters have the habit of dragging away corpses, then the smell of blood here shouldn't be so strong... Plus we didn't have any monsters turning back into the mine along the way. Traces... I suspect..."

Hearing what Ivan said, the hound's eyes suddenly widened: "Damn, no way?! Doctor, don't scare me..."

"Although I can't be sure for the time being, I think those monsters may have hoarded the corpses here. Old dog, can you please smell it? There is no rancid smell unique to the fermentation and decay of corpses in this bloody smell?"

"You are simply torturing me..." The hound sighed helplessly, opened the mask again, pondered for a while, and then took a big breath -

Suddenly, his face became paler.

"Cough cough cough... vomit..." After retching for several seconds, the hound said with some difficulty: "There is indeed a very strong rotten smell mixed with the smell of blood, and it is the kind of rotten smell emitted by the dead. Stink.”

"That fact should be close to home," Ivan's face was also quite ugly. "Generally speaking, even in places where microorganisms are extremely active, freshly dead corpses will not emit a rancid smell, only death. It took a while for the corpses to appear...that is to say, the corpses of those who were killed in the mining area were brought here by monsters."

"These monsters gathered the corpses in the base. Are they planning to 'transform' here? Ivan, you just dissected the corpse of the 'sea anemone head'. Can you see what conditions are needed for this transformation process?" Ke Lan looked at Ivan and asked.

"I have no clue at all. This method of transformation... is even more incredible than the Seed of Corrosion. The Seed of Corrosion simply uses the container as its own nourishment, and this monster is almost perfect with it. The human bodies were fused together... From a certain perspective, those corpses became alive again after being transformed, and even the apoptosis of the original tissue cells was reversed... This is from a biological perspective Speaking of which, it is simply impossible.”

"But in any case, since those monsters would choose to gather the captured corpses here, even if their large army has left, there will definitely be a few left as guards..." The hounds had already begun to think about retreating. , "Even if there are only a few of them, we can't defeat them. How about... another plan of action?"