Alien Relic Hunter

"Let's talk about this later..." Ke Lan picked up Erzang's two thermal energy war blades - although the high temperature state cannot be turned on in Ke Lan's hands, the two knives themselves are made of Nino alloy. It can be regarded as a rare weapon.

Later, Ke Lan found Huomen's body behind the corner. As expected, there were four booby traps and a remote-controlled bomb installed just around the corner. Even his body had a trigger mine hidden on it—— If someone rashly turned over Huomen's body, this trigger mine would detonate all the "inventory" carried by Huomen, creating a huge explosion.

"...You are still going up now?" Ke Lan dismantled the trigger mine, collected all the explosives carried by Huomen, and then turned to Victoria and asked.

In her current state, if she immediately returns to the blockade for treatment, she still has a high chance of surviving... But if she decides to climb to the top of the tower, it means that she only has these last few days left in her life. hours.

"I...sss...said...ssss...this is...my mission." Victoria said in a tone that left no room for doubt.

"..." Ke Lan didn't say anything more. He just glanced at her silently and handed over the two grenades.

At this time, the weird sound appeared again, but this time it was clearer than every time before - in the background noise like the tide lapping on the rocks, countless different voices were wailing... among them there were Men and women, as well as the elderly and children... they seem to be suffering unspeakable torture...

Among these cries, Ke Lan also heard a hint of urging... They were telling him in this indescribable way: There is not much time left...

"I heard that voice again..." Ke Lan said.

"I... hiss... too." Victoria nodded, "But... hiss... I can only hear... a... hiss... sound like... a hiss... tidal surge... Those...hissing...whining sounds...have...disappeared..." Victoria nodded.

The content of this voice is different for everyone. This has been confirmed before. Ke Lan estimates that this should be inseparable from the abilities he inherited from the stone tablet.

"I heard the cries of men, women, the elderly and children..." Ke Lan said, suddenly feeling a chill down his spine, "I don't know why, I suddenly thought of the brains that were taken away from the victims... I always feel , these cries come from those victims, their bodies have died, but their consciousness has not completely died... and they are suffering huge pain."

"Hiss...you...look...hiss...around..."

At Victoria's reminder, Ke Lan focused on the surrounding environment - he suddenly discovered that unknowingly, the entire Arasaka Tower... seemed to be "aging" at an accelerated rate.

In this space, the flow of time seems to be accelerated... The carrion covering the floor, walls and ceiling is slowly shrinking, and the surface of the metal corridor guardrail is gradually covered with an oxide film, even Mottled rust began to appear... and an ornamental potted plant at the end of the corridor completed the process of withering, withering, and returning to dust in just ten seconds.

"... Corpses! Even the corpses -" Ke Lan lowered his head and found that the parts of the living bodies of the three six warriors had now turned into skeletons, and the flesh and blood seemed to be dissolved out of thin air. into the air and disappeared without a trace.

"What is the principle of this?" Unspeakable fear and horror spread in Ke Lan's heart... He has never heard of anything that can change the flow of time... Unless the Ark is now in a wormhole , this situation is possible... But the Ark is now parked on the equator of Alpha Star, with no sign of starting...

It’s impossible that the entire Alpha star was swallowed by the wormhole!

This is even more impossible!

"There's something wrong..." Ke Lan, who calmed down a little, quickly noticed the anomaly, "Why is the 'time' in the surrounding environment accelerated, but we are not affected in any way?"

If this time acceleration takes effect on both of them, Victoria's body will definitely be the first to fail, among other things. Even based on the normal time flow rate, she only has a few hours to live.

"It seems... only... hiss... to the top of the tower... hiss... can... hiss... get... an explanation." The shock in Victoria's heart was no less than that of Ke Lan, but compared with this astonishing... Compared to the vision, she had more important things to do.

That was her mission, and she would not hesitate to sacrifice her life for it...a mission that must be completed.

"Walk!"

Ke Lan also knew that Victoria didn't have much life left, and the "thing" at the top of the tower had less and less time left for them.

The internal structural drawings of Arasaka Tower had been obtained when Victoria hacked into the elevator control system, and they quickly found the stairs to the top based on the drawings.

The stairs are also covered by those carrion-like biological tissues, but these biological tissues seem to be gradually dying at this moment... They begin to become shriveled and hard, like mummy skin exposed by the sun, and those hidden under the carrion The "blood vessels" no longer squirm... Judging from the previous behavior of these organizations transporting materials to the top of the tower, their mission should be considered completed at this time... This means that the "great ceremony", We have really entered the final stage.

What is the purpose of the Arasaka Foundation and what are the rituals of the heretical sect... we will soon get the answer...

Quickly rushing up the last staircase, Ke Lan opened the door to the top of the tower with one shot.

At the top of Arasaka Tower, there was originally a Japanese-style dojo, but now, what Ke Lan sees is only a purgatory made of flesh and blood.

It was difficult for Ke Lan to find any adjectives to describe the scene in front of him - under the huge dome of flesh and blood, there hung an "iron maiden" made of an unknown alloy, and countless fleshy hoses extended from all directions. , drilled through the round holes on the "Iron Maiden" that were originally supposed to be used to install spikes, and connected with the "thing" inside...

Many tubes have fallen off from it, but the remaining ones that are still plugged in are still transporting matter into the interior of the "Iron Maiden".

A sense of oppression that is almost the same as that of the prehistoric species is continuously emanating from the cruel torture instruments of this old era.

[P.S. "Iron Maiden", an ancient torture device, is shaped like a large vertical coffin, either iron or wood, with many long nails fixed inside. When the coffin is closed, these long nails will pierce the inside. The body of the victim is a very cruel form of torture. (The specific details are too gory to describe. For more information and physical pictures, please ask readers to Baidu by themselves)]