Alien Relic Hunter

"Are you going to the East Ninth District?" After Ke Lan hung up the phone, Zofia walked up to Ke Lan, her tone full of worry, "That's where the headquarters of the Arasaka Consortium is... If you go there now, doesn't that mean Can you deliver it to your door yourself?"

"I don't think the Arasaka Consortium has the guts to take action against me in front of the garrison... Of course, if they really dare to take action under such circumstances, then I don't think there will be any safe place on the Ark. Instead of Hiding in the East Laughing, "With so many guns standing in front of me, I feel a little more confident."

"Then you must be careful... By the way, wait a moment." Zofia said, suddenly walking to an empty wall, she stretched out her hand and touched her palm on the wall.

With the sound of a mechanism moving, a mini safe embedded in the wall was revealed. Zofia took out a delicate metal box from the safe and handed it to Ke Lan.

"Bring this with you, it might be useful."

"What is this?" Ke Lan opened the metal box with a hint of curiosity.

Inside are five well-made transparent syringes. The syringe is made of high-quality energy crystal shells. The outer layer is also wrapped with a ring of special engineering plastic for anti-skid and heat insulation. The needle is Part of it is mixed with a large amount of Nino alloy, which can pierce even the chitin exoskeleton of the Thunder Beast, let alone human skin.

Inside the syringe, there is a light pink fleshy fiber as thick as a hair, quietly suspended in the clear filling liquid...

Every few seconds, this strand of fleshy fiber would twitch slightly. Although the twitching was extremely difficult to detect, Ke Lan still noticed it... This thing, it was alive.

"The living cells of the 'flesh-eating worm'... are produced by the Security Bureau and are specially used to deal with the erosion in the acute stage or mature stage. Each cell has a unique number, and must be transported, stored or used." Report to the Security Bureau..." Zofia said.

"Living cells of flesh-eating worms..." Ke Lan picked up a syringe and looked through it. Sure enough, there was a string of digital codes etched by laser on the glass bubble at the end used to store compressed gas.

"Because each branch contains a very small number of living cells, only direct contact with the 'nucleus' of the erosion seed can achieve the killing effect..." Zofia added.

Maginot had told Ke Lan before that Ark's official classification of erosion seeds mainly includes four types, which are divided into "latency period", "parasitism period", "acute transformation period" and "maturity period". The incubation period mainly refers to the human body The cells have been invaded by the eroding seeds, but have not yet shown tissue mutation. For example, when Ivan was first infected, it was in the incubation period. When the alienated tissue appears, it means that the eroding seeds have grown to the stage of "parasitism". "Period", the "container" missionary and Ivan when his arm turned into a tentacle, they belong to this "parasitic period".

Seeds of erosion in the "latency period" and "parasitism period" do not have a "nucleus". During these two periods, they are still part of the host's body tissue and are not considered an independent living entity.

The "acute change period" is the shortest period among the four grades. The shortest is only a few seconds and the longest is no more than fifteen minutes - when the "container" dies (whether it is sucked dry by the corrosive seeds in the body) If all the nutrients are lost, or the 'container' commits suicide or is killed, or accidental death caused by other circumstances), the erosion seeds in the "parasitic period" will quickly mature and be separated from the body tissue of the "container". During this process, a "nucleus" will be produced in the body of the Seed of Erosion. At this time, the Seed of Erosion can be regarded as an independent living entity.

As for the "maturity period", it is the independent form after the "rapid change period", which is the monster Ke Lan encountered on that strange desert island.

In Ke Lan's memory, there is also a detailed description of the growth process of the Corrosion Seed, which is basically the same as the information analyzed by the official Ark - except that the containers chosen by the Alphas are various indigenous people on the planet. Just living things, not humans.

"So, the usage conditions are quite harsh...but thank you anyway." Ke Lan thought for a while and accepted the box of living cells. Although he already has a tool like "Stone Cone" that can restrain the seeds of erosion, it is really hard for him to explain how to take it out in front of everyone. In comparison, this flesh-eating worm's Living cells are much more convenient to use.

"No need to thank you, but you have to promise me one thing." Zofia looked directly into Ke Lan's eyes and said, "Don't die easily."

"Yeah." Ke Lan nodded, but when he noticed that Zofia was about to speak, he suddenly made a stop gesture, "Okay, stop talking."

"What's wrong?" Zofia blinked in confusion.

"I'm afraid that if you say something like you will get married when I come back from this trip, then I'm afraid something will happen if nothing happens..." Ke Lan smiled and scratched his head, "I'm actually quite superstitious."

"..."

Hearing what Ke Lan said, Zofia rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, but Caroline on the side muttered softly: "This self-indulgent guy..."

"First Mate Caroline, this is not being sentimental, I just don't like being flagged." Ke Lan turned around and said.

"Flag?...Flag? Flag? What does this mean?" Caroline asked.

"I'm curious how you spend your leisure time after work?"

"Target shooting, physical training, training new employees in the security department... What's going on? Is there a problem?"

"It's okay then..." Ke Lan walked to Caroline and patted the shoulder pads of her powered armor. "I'm about to set off. Zofia's safety will be left to you."

"Of course, this is my job...but, what does the flag mean?"

"I'll wait until I come back..." Ke Lan was about to say, but suddenly had a second thought and changed his words, "I won't tell you even if I come back. By the way, can you lend me one of your cars?"

"...Take it." Although Caroline was about to have a fit, she was stopped in time by Zofia's eyes. She had to take out a key card from her pocket and threw it to Ke Lan.

"Thank you!"

After catching the key card thrown by Caroline, Ke Lan glanced at his watch and saw that eleven minutes had passed since the power outage. If the Arasaka Consortium had made any move, it should have started by now.

And the voice that has been calling him in the depths of his mind is becoming more and more urgent...