Alien Relic Hunter

There was another crackling sound, and this time, it was the man's head that exploded.

That head, like a watermelon hit by a rounded heavy hammer, suddenly shattered into countless fragments of different sizes.

The red and white "melon flesh" mixed with the "juice" splashed in all directions, and a round eyeball flew far away, and bounced on the ground several times before hitting the wall on one side of the hall. Then it stopped, spinning in circles.

Although the metaphor of comparing the head to a watermelon has been used in various literary works, Ke Lan still felt that this was the only way to appropriately express the scene he saw.

The headless body twitched unnaturally, and then fell face down. Many black tentacles rushed out from the broken neck. They squeezed and entangled with each other, like some kind of frightened beast. The same... However, before these tentacles could completely break free from the dead body, the life force in their bodies had been exhausted.

The plump and elastic mucous membranes became shriveled and shriveled, the solid and powerful muscles dissolved into flowing pus, and the tiny suckers shrank into a ball, looking like the ones people used to make tea in the old era. Dried chrysanthemums.

In just a few seconds, the monster "residing" in the man's body had withered and died, leaving behind an empty shell that seemed to have been weathered.

"He...he died like that?" Ke Lan looked at the corpse in the distance with some disbelief. He never imagined that the founder of the heretical sect could be killed so easily.

"It's just a stand-in." Chiron said, "A person like him who values ​​his own life very much would not be willing to take this risk with his real body."

"Substitute..." At this time, Ke Lan's peripheral vision seemed to catch something. He quickly raised his head and saw a dark black thing suspended on the dome of the hall.

It was an ancient torture instrument shaped like a coffin, and the metal shell had traces of melting everywhere.

"Iron Maiden." Ke Lan murmured. Although the appearance had undergone some changes, he still recognized it at a glance - this "big coffin" was the one that was hung in the dome of flesh and blood at the highest point of Arasaka Tower that day. The "iron maiden" below!

The asphalt-like black viscous liquid continued to drip from the gaps, but the liquid did not drip to the ground. Instead, it drew an almost circular arc in the air and returned to the Iron Maiden again.

"You're finally here." The girl's voice sounded in Ke Lan's head again. He subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to say something, but found that his lips seemed to be stuck with strong glue - not just his lips, he His entire body has been frozen, and except for him and the "Iron Maiden" suspended in mid-air, everything around him has turned into black and white.

This scene is very familiar to Ke Lan. This is clearly the scene after "Time Stop" is activated... But the problem is that he didn't use this ability at all just now!

Moreover, this time there were no cries and wailings that he had long been accustomed to in his ears. The whole world was in a state of absolute silence, even Ke Lan's own breathing and heartbeat. Disappeared over time.

The Iron Maiden slowly descended from the air and hovered only five meters away from Ke Lan.

Although Ke Lan couldn't move his body, his consciousness was not restricted. He wanted to break free from Shi Zhong's restraints, but found that no matter how hard he struggled, it was in vain. Even if he wanted to activate his "Shi Stop" "With all my abilities, I can't do it.

Just like the saying goes "a small witch can see a big witch", he was completely suppressed by the other party.

"Leave it to be slaughtered..." Ke Lan couldn't help but think of this idiom... If he knew that this thing was in the "Sick Village", then he would not be able to come here even to death - he originally thought that even if the thing in the Iron Maiden was Those who were not killed by the firing of the Ark's main cannon were probably captured by the gravity of Alpha Star and fell to a corner of the earth's surface. But he never imagined that this thing would drift in low-Earth orbit for several days and then invade a passing space station!

"Who the hell could have imagined this!" Ke Lan couldn't help but feel that he was wronged.

The cover of the Iron Maiden slid open silently, and a large amount of "black asphalt" poured out from the inside, condensing into a smooth sphere that was nearly a person tall. When Ke Lan stared at the sphere, other A circle of ripple-like ripples suddenly appeared on the surface, and then, a slender, white palm stretched out from the inside of the sphere.

For some reason, the phrase "come out of the mud but remain unstained" suddenly came to Ke Lan's mind. Compared with the sphere made of "black asphalt", this dazzling white palm formed a very sharp contrast. ...For a moment, Ke Lan seemed to feel that all the light in this space was concentrated on this palm.

"The thing in the Iron Maiden... is a humanoid creature?" Ke Lan was a little surprised. Although the other party's voice was a "girly voice", he was used to seeing all kinds of monsters, but he would never compare the real girlish voice to that of a girl. Girls are connected.

Among the people in the East Nine District who have been parasitized by the Corrosion Seed, there are many very good-looking women... But no matter how beautiful the skin is, in Ke Lan's eyes it is just a body made of flesh and blood, especially After the corrosive seeds in the bodies of those beauties enter a period of rapid transformation, no matter how beautiful their faces are, there is only terror and horror left.

But this time it was different... This time, Ke Lan knew clearly in her heart that the owner of this palm was not a human being. She... no, it should be "it". It was a head created by the Alpha civilization. A monster, a monster with terrifying power... However, after seeing this palm, Ke Lan still had a pleasant feeling.

What appeared in front of him was not, it seemed, not a palm, but a finely carved work of art, a work of art that could not be replicated by human technology, whether it was the shape of the bones or the texture of the skin. , can only be described with the word "perfect".

After the palm comes the wrist, then the forearm, upper arm and even the entire upper body...

Not long after, a human girl who looked to be around thirteen or fourteen years old, with an indescribably exquisite appearance, stood in front of Ke Lan.

She was not wearing any clothes, and every curve of her body interpreted the actual concept of the four words "golden ratio", but it also showed the youthfulness of a girl just right. Her long pure white hair was like a waterfall. It usually hangs down and extends below the base of the legs.

"You finally came."

This was the third time Ke Lan heard this sentence, but this time, it did not come from the depths of his mind, but came from the girl's mouth.

The girl landed on the ground with her bare feet and walked towards Ke Lan step by step. Wherever her feet touched, the fleshy membranes turned into snow-like ashes and floated away, and then were frozen in mid-air in the blink of an eye. among.

The girl walked closer to Ke Lan. She raised her head and stretched out a hand to touch Ke Lan's cheek - the moment her soft fingertips came into contact with Ke Lan's facial skin, the frozen time suddenly The flow resumed, and Ke Lan suddenly jumped back and took a big step away from the girl.