Alien Relic Hunter

So are the creatures hatching in these nearly a hundred flesh cocoons all monsters like the Servants of God?

The number of residents in the entire "sick village" is only less than 10,000, but one percent of them can be transformed... Ke Lan suddenly felt that the laboratories in the Ark Research Institute that studied human mutation and transformation were weak. exploded.

Hundreds of top talents in various fields gather together, burning hundreds of millions of funds every year, and various policies and resource priorities are added together. It is not as impressive as a "hatchery" built by a monster on its own. If those experts saw this scene, some of them would be so ashamed and angry that they would drink bullets and commit suicide, right?

These fleshy cocoons as tall as one person are all translucent, and Ke Lan can vaguely see human bodies suspended in them - the cocoons seem to be filled with a dense fluid, just like the amniotic fluid used to protect the embryos in the womb. , as to whether these liquids play a protective role or are used to provide nutrients to the human body in the cocoon, Ke Lan does not know.

He walked around a meat cocoon at the edge and found that the human body wrapped in the cocoon had many flesh tubes of different thicknesses inserted into it. These meat tubes extended to the bottom of the meat cocoon and covered the The fleshy membrane on the ground is connected.

"These tubes...are they just the umbilical cord?"

Ke Lan took out a thin and thin blade from the micro unlocker he carried, and gently poked the surface of the flesh cocoon. Suddenly, a small opening opened on the flesh cocoon, and a smelly smell came out. The smelly liquid spurted out from the breach.

Ke Lan quickly backed away to prevent the unknown liquid from splashing on his face.

"It's so fragile during the hatching process?" He looked at the blade in his hand with some depression. This blade was used to pick locks. Although it was very thin, the front end was not very sharp. And he didn't use much force just now. Even if it were a human baby's delicate skin that could be broken by a blow, it wouldn't be broken by such a gentle touch.

These thin-skinned and large-filled flesh cocoons gave Ke Lan the feeling of a rubber balloon filled with water and stretched to the limit of expansion; or like the kind of balloon that cannot be pinched for several days and swells to the point of expansion. Pimples that are about to explode on their own - not to mention poking them, even if you accidentally touch them, they may explode with a "pop".

But Ke Lan remembered that the fleshy tentacles extending from the body of the servant of God were not so fragile. Even the armor made of "Schroeder Steel" could be opened by that thing - although the parts that were opened were riveted. But the force required to deform a six-millimeter-thick alloy plate to this extent can be imagined.

If it were the tentacles woven into these cocoons of flesh, they would probably be squeezed into a puddle of sticky and thick paste, and then seep out from the gaps in the armor.

The spray of unknown liquid only lasted for about two seconds, and the surface of the punctured flesh cocoon had already healed.

"Although the physical strength is not very good, the recovery ability is pretty good..." Just when Ke Lan was about to continue observing, two flesh cocoons on the other side suddenly began to squirm slightly.

These two flesh cocoons are darker in color, and the "amniotic fluid" inside the cocoons is not transparent but dark brown. As the wriggling became more and more intense, a large number of cracks began to appear on the surface of the cocoon. These cracks soon turned into cracks as wide as a finger, and the dark brown liquid inside the cocoon flowed along these cracks. The mooring flowed out.

A faint smell of blood suddenly filled the surrounding space. Ke Lan took a few steps back and stared at the two mutated flesh cocoons with vigilance.

"Is this... about to break out of the cocoon?" Ke Lan looked around, but there was no weapon for him to use at all. He had to take out the only clay explosive in the secret bag and put a toothpick into it. Thick micro detonators were inserted.

There was a crisp sound of "stab", and the top of a flesh cocoon was torn open from the inside by a pair of deformed hands... Perhaps, it is not accurate to describe it with hands. The limbs that appeared in Ke Lan's field of vision were completely It was transformed into a strange-looking weapon.

Although the palm and five fingers could barely be distinguished, many sharp, barbed bone spurs appeared on the back of the hand and the knuckles.

The nails at the ends of the ten fingers are gone, replaced by sharp claws that pierce the skin... Not only the appearance, but the structure of the bones themselves has also undergone earth-shaking changes - as we all know, human knuckles cannot bend in the opposite direction. But the nails on both hands are as flexible as spider limbs. From the most distal knuckles to the end of the torn metacarpal bone, they can move completely without restriction. They beat rapidly and continuously expand the cocoon. The crack at the top…

Finally, the crack at the top of the cocoon was enlarged enough for it to come out, but Ke Lan still didn't wait until the creature in the cocoon poked its head out... More than five minutes had passed, and even the pair The deformed hands retracted into the cocoon, but Ke Lan still couldn't see the true face of this thing.

"...No movement?" Ke Lan thought for a while and shifted his attention to another flesh cocoon, but that flesh cocoon was not even torn open... Gradually, a large number of black patches began to appear on the From a distance, the surfaces of these two flesh cocoons looked like overripe bananas that had been left on the table for a long time. Black spots like sesame seeds gradually expanded to the whole body of the flesh cocoons. Soon, the whole body Each flesh cocoon has completely turned black.

The black flesh cocoon quickly shriveled up and shrank into a dry hard sphere the size of a watermelon... Only then did Ke Lan notice that in the gaps between the flesh cocoons, there were almost everywhere. Something like this.

"Does this mean... evolution has failed?" Ke Lan thought for a moment and came to this conclusion.

But think about it, the success rate of biochemical modification surgery is so low, let alone this extremely primitive hatching method... If the things in these nearly a hundred flesh cocoons can survive, then with a force, People on the space station have long been able to seize the transport ship by force and then leave this "prison" suspended in low-Earth orbit.

"But you still have to find a weapon, otherwise it will be fun if one of them hatches successfully." The Wall of Flesh did not show any hostility, but this does not mean that the creatures it hatched are also like this - just from the structure of the hands It can be concluded that this is a creature specially bred for fighting. It is essentially the same as those biological weapons developed by Alpha Civilization.

Ke Lan's eyes quickly stopped at a square protrusion on the wall - although Area F had been evacuated, some things that were difficult to move and of low value were still left behind, and this protrusion Starting, if Ke Lan guessed correctly, it should be an emergency fire cabinet.

He tapped his toes on the ground and floated to the fire cabinet. Then he took out the lockpick and cut off the fleshy membrane covering it with some difficulty.

The toughness of this layer of flesh membrane is much stronger than that of those flesh cocoons, especially the fascia inside. If it is cut with a knife, it will not leave even a trace. Ke Lan can only use the lock knife to reach the back part. The one-centimetre-long saw teeth were used to grind off the fascia bit by bit, and then the hands were used to tear it apart.

The cut flesh membrane did not bleed, only a little egg white-like substance seeped out from the section. When Ke Lan came closer and smelled it, he immediately smelled the fragrant aroma, so that the movements under his hands slowed down. One shot.

"If this thing can be manufactured artificially, I'm afraid there will be several more best-selling drugs on the black market..."

(To prevent harmony, use English words instead, everyone will understand.)

After struggling for a long time, the fire cabinet wrapped in flesh film was finally revealed. Through the observation window made of tempered glass, Ke Lan confirmed that everything inside was there - although the process was a bit more laborious, at least it was not in vain. .

This is the "FC119" special fire cabinet for air ships produced by "Yunshang Technology Supplies Co., Ltd.". The whole body is made of high-temperature and collision-resistant explosion-proof materials. It can be opened using fingerprints or iris passwords. It is for this reason. The contents of the fire cabinet were not taken away by the construction team members.

The so-called anti-riot material is actually made of several layers of reinforced engineering plastics and aluminum alloys. Even if it is cut open with an electric saw, it will take half a day. It is even impossible to tear it apart by hand... Fortunately, this kind of Smart fire cabinets all come with a screen and a mini keyboard, which are used for maintenance personnel to register relevant data. Since there is an input terminal, Ke Lan has a way to invade the background of the unlocking program.

It has to be said that the quality of the old brand "Yunshang" is still very good. After decades, the fire cabinet's battery still has less than half of its power. Ke Lan typed quickly on the keyboard. After a few clicks, the fool-like registration form originally displayed on the screen disappeared and turned into a compilation interface with black and gray as the main colors.

The encryption program of the fire cabinet still uses the same old encryption program from decades ago, and this old-fashioned encryption program has been cracked countless times by various experts on the Internet. In Ke Lan's era, it has almost reached the point where entry-level hackers can do it. Just enter a few keywords into a search engine, and you can find a lot of various cracking tutorials on free websites. .

In only fifteen seconds, Ke Lan completed the unlocking procedure of the fire cabinet. The red indicator light next to the cabinet door instantly jumped to green, and with a soft "click", the lock tongue retracted.

There are not many things in the cabinet, only two gas masks with built-in oxygen bottles, an insulated cloak, a bottle of dry powder fire extinguisher and a special fire ax - these things are not used to put out fires, but Used to allow people to escape.

In fact, if there is a fire on an empty ship that is difficult for automatic fire-fighting robots to put out, it basically means abandoning the ship. The function of these things is to allow people to pass through the passage blocked by the fire and escape in time. Went to the cabin.

"The ax is good." Ke Lan weighed the heavy fire ax in his hand. The shape of this fire ax is very different from that of ordinary fire axes. There are two small rocket thrusters on both sides of the back of the ax. The ax handle can be stretched to a length of 1.2 meters. By pressing the button on the ax handle, you can ignite the four rocket thrusters and swing out a powerful and heavy chop.

Although there is only one chance, the power of this blow is enough to split the thirty centimeter thick metal air-tight door on the empty ship. When used in battle, it can be regarded as a terrifying killing move.

As for other things, they are not as useful as this axe, but the weight of these things is negligible in a microgravity environment anyway, so Ke Lan simply carried them all with him.

…

At this time, somewhere in the residential area of ​​Area B.

"Something's wrong. I feel like there are several times more eyes staring at us in the dark. Is it an illusion?" Layton looked around and said to Ivan nervously.

"It's not an illusion." Ivan replied, "In the past five minutes, in a circular area with a radius of 35 meters with me as the center, the number of living targets increased from 17 to 55... We were Surrounded."

"Such accurate data? Did you bring a heartbeat sensor?"

"Yes." Ivan nodded, "Although there is interference, the data is pretty much the same."

"What do they want to do? Do they want to do something?" Layton said. "Look, the locals who were wandering around just now have disappeared. They obviously know that something is going to happen."

"Yeah. But no matter what, we can't take action first."

"I know, I know, try not to cause conflicts as much as possible..." Layton muttered, "But what if they attack us? Don't we fight back?"

As soon as Layton finished speaking, Ivan didn't even have time to answer him. Suddenly there was a "whoosh" sound from the dark place, and a blow dart hit Layton's helmet, scraping out a few sparks, and then fell to the ground. .

"Fuck! I was hit!" Layton immediately arched his body and put his arms in front of his chest, "Ivan! Someone shot me with an arrow!"

"Don't fight back yet!" Ivan shouted, "This attack is not a threat! If we take action, the situation will be difficult to deal with!"

"Whoosh-whoosh-ding!"

There were two more blow darts, one hit the outside of Layton's shoulder armor, and the other hit the soft rubber protective sheath wrapped around the elbow joint.

Layton pulled out the blow dart stuck in the protective sheath. The blow dart was made of a metal pen holder. The hollow arrow was filled with some light yellow viscous substance. It was obvious that this was a blow dart. Poison arrows.

"Damn! These guys used poisonous arrows. Do they want to kill us? Can't we fight back?" Leiton shouted, "I have turned on the safety of the weapon! If these guys dare to shoot another arrow, If you get an arrow, I'll fire right away!"

"Calm down! Leyton, calm down!" Ivan quickly grabbed Leyton's arm, "No matter whether these arrows are poisonous or not, they can't hurt us, can they? Just calm down!"

"Have I not pulled the trigger yet? Then tell me, what should we do now?"

"There must be a reason why these people suddenly attacked us... Most likely, something happened to Ke Lan and Akira Asano. Aren't they equipped with trackers? Can you locate their location?"

"It's useless. From the moment the communication equipment failed, the tracker signal also disappeared. I can only roughly determine their previous location. But I can't guarantee whether they are still there now!"

"Then go there, find Ke Lan and the others first, and then make a decision!" Ivan said solemnly.

[P.S. Thanks for the 1,500 starting coins rewarded by Demonic Warlord Crazy Sword. 】