Alien Relic Hunter

Ke Lan subconsciously wanted to raise his arm, but found that his body did not move at all. Instead, the arm of the metal colossus was raised.

It's those tentacles! Ke Lan reacted immediately...the tentacles that pierced into his body intercepted the nerve signals from the brain at the spine, and then transmitted them to the operating system of the metal colossus.

This Colossus does not require Ke Lan's manual operation at all. It is an extension of his limbs. For him, controlling this Colossus is like manipulating his own body.

The "hatch" in front of him began to close, and a liquid substance like egg white poured out from under the seat, gradually filling the "cockpit"... Ke Lan was worried about breathing problems at first, but soon he Then he realized...this liquid was the same as the LCL liquid used in the medical cabin, allowing him to breathe in it like a fish.

Ke Lan felt like a fetus wrapped in amniotic fluid, but unlike amniotic fluid, this egg white liquid would enter his lungs along the respiratory tract and seep into every alveoli. Provide him with oxygen directly.

"If the cockpit was made into a long cylindrical insertion bolt, it would taste more right." Ke Lan couldn't help but complain.

"The consciousness link has been completed and is ready to be launched." As the voice sounded, Ke Lan suddenly felt an obvious sense of weightlessness, and then, a gleam of light appeared in the dark cockpit...

He found that he was surrounded by lead-gray clouds. From time to time, several flashes of lightning would flash inside the clouds. The dull sound of thunder would come and go, and occasionally there would be a few streaks of light passing through the edge of his field of vision.

Teleport?

No, no, this should be a virtual environment, similar to the simulated cockpit used to train pilots...

But it has to be said that this environment is simulated very realistically. Through the link of consciousness, Ke Lan can even feel the strong high-speed airflow constantly hitting the body of the machine. The shoulders, knees, toes and other parts are all covered with a thin layer of air. Thin hoarfrost.

"Is this... high in the sky?" Ke Lan glanced down. There were thick clouds below, and he couldn't see anything.

Two crisp sounds of "Crack" came from behind. Ke Lan's perspective suddenly turned, and then he began to fall rapidly. The dark clouds around him began to recede upwards. In less than ten seconds, he had penetrated the clouds. , and the "battlefield" located directly below finally appeared in his field of vision.

"What...what is this place?!"

It was a scene like purgatory: bright and hot magma was flowing on the ground, thick black smoke mixed with gravel and sparks spurted out from the cracks and pores of the rocks, and the furnace-like volcano was burning with raging fire. The flames and violent tongues of fire shot straight into the sky, reminding people of the sudden eruption of solar prominences on the surface of a star.

It was difficult for Ke Lan to find suitable adjectives to describe the scene he saw... The "Purgatory" described in the Bible is probably like this...

But in this sea of ​​fire, there is a unique plant growing. It is a flower...a flower that blooms in purgatory.

Its flower stem diameter far exceeds the craters of the surrounding cone-shaped volcanoes, and its height even reaches the clouds. It is also covered with layers of leaves that have degenerated into scales, and dark lights are flashing in the gaps of these leaves. of fire.

The five fleshy petals with radial symmetry are like five islands suspended in the sky. The color of the petals is an extremely magnificent bright red, and countless blood vessel-like dark purple veins spread out from the petals and extend to the edges of the petals.

Ordinary plants absorb water and nutrients from the soil, but this huge flower absorbs the flowing magma directly from the ground. The magma is boiling, emitting orange-red light, and flowing along the inside of the flower stem. The veins go all the way up...

Soon, Ke Lan realized another problem: This place was definitely not Alpha Planet!

Judging from the curvature of the edge of the horizon, the diameter of this planet is much smaller than Alpha Star. At best, it is just a slightly larger asteroid.

"Is this the battlefield of Alpha Civilization..."

The height of the metal colossus was still dropping sharply. Ke Lan estimated that he would fall on one of the petals in less than thirty seconds.

But five seconds later, Ke Lan still changed the angle of his fall and chose a landing site almost four or five kilometers away from the flower.

Obviously, this flower is the target of the second stage of the trial. Landing directly on the petals is no different from delivering food - the diameter of each petal is more than 500 meters. Compared with it, it was originally difficult for Ke Lan. The metal colossus, which could still be considered a behemoth, landed on it, just like a small insect.

And it’s the kind of bug that lands on Rafflesia flowers.

In addition to this huge flower, there is another creature on the ground - a giant beetle with a body length of three to five meters. They have four pairs of transparent wings that tremble at high speed, and they are entrenched near the crater... … Whenever magma is ejected from the crater, they will swarm up and compete for the gravel that is ejected with the magma.

These beetles don't seem to be afraid of high heat. Their powerful mouthparts can easily crush those hot stones and swallow them into their bellies... Occasionally, those who are splashed by magma will just shake their bodies as if nothing has happened and wipe away the contamination. The magma was thrown down, but their shiny black carapace was completely undamaged.

The magma that has just been ejected from the crater emits dazzling white light, just like molten steel poured from a blast furnace. Their temperature is at least above 1,400 degrees Celsius. In other words...the melting point of these beetles' carapace is even Higher than steel!

The landing site Ke Lan chose was at the foot of a small volcano, where there was a round island standing in the lava river. The diameter of the island was about a hundred meters, the terrain was flat and open, and the edge of the island was higher than the surrounding lava. Nearly ten meters is a relatively safe place to stay.

But as soon as Ke Lan landed, dozens of black beetles patrolling near the crater suddenly gave up looking for food and flew towards Ke Lan, as if they had been summoned by something.

"Tsk...it's really troublesome..." Ke Lan muttered a little irritably. He had chosen a remote enough location, but he still couldn't avoid the battle.

The beetles flew very fast, and within a short while, they had arrived directly above the isolated island.