Alien Relic Hunter

"Then...if I fuse this thing, will it have any side effects on me?" Ke Lan asked worriedly.

In many fantasy novels, most props that can quickly increase strength are accompanied by some weird side effects, such as the Sunflower Book that requires one to wield a sword from the palace, pills that will overdraw future potential and cause stagnant strength, etc. They are all relatively light, but I am afraid of the kind of things that will directly go crazy and explode to death... There are also the kind of treasures that will subtly affect the user's mind and even turn against the user - such as a famous ring.

"You have already fused half of the crystal. If there are any side effects, they should have already appeared." Ze Luo said.

"As for side effects... there don't seem to be any. Radiation resistance, rapid healing... these are all benign mutations, and there is no discomfort in the body. If I have to say side effects, it is probably that I often have nightmares and then hear The screams of the victims before they died, if it were a person with less mental endurance, he would have collapsed long ago."

"You fell into those dreams because of me. Because of this crystal, we have a very special connection. I can sense your presence no matter how far apart we are, even in stagnant time. ."

Ke Lan was stunned for a moment? what is this? A father-daughter love that transcends time and space?

But having said that, if Ze Luo is really a little human girl, it would actually be good to have a daughter like her, but her learning ability is too scary. Ke Lan has only been in contact with her for just half a day, and It feels like the girl has grown from a babbling baby to an adult who can take charge of her own business. Her way of thinking is completely based on the standards of an adult... or even a centuries-old monster like Chiron.

If the relationship between Ze Luo and Ke Lan was like that of father and daughter a few hours ago, now it is a bit closer to that of brother and sister.

Ke Lan even had a feeling that after some time, it would turn upside down... and become a mother and son, right? ? ?

Sure enough, the creation of Alpha Civilization cannot be measured by human standards. No matter how close her appearance is to humans, her essence is still a creature that has existed for tens of thousands of years and is far more advanced than humans.

Ke Lan thought about what he had been worried about before. What if Ze Luo loses interest in "pretending to be human", an "entertainment activity" that is just like playing house for them? Would bringing her to the Ark be equivalent to bringing a time bomb—no, it should be said to be a time bomb.

After all, in the eyes of advanced civilizations, the life of low-level civilizations can only be regarded as after-dinner pastimes - just like a child may stare at ants moving for several hours, or he may urinate on a whim. , destroying the entire ant nest.

But what makes Ke Lan feel most tragic is that...he doesn't seem to reject Ze Luo's capital.

"In addition, the remaining thoughts of the victims have dissipated with the death of the puppet individuals. You will not hear those voices in the future." Just when Ke Lan was thinking wildly, Ze Luo's cold voice without any emotion came again. Bringing him back to reality.

"This is rare good news." Ke Lan stretched out his hand, wanting to take the half crystal in front of his eyes and take a closer look, but as soon as his hand came closer, the crystal suddenly floated towards him as if it was attracted. ——Just when Ke Lan was about to retract his hand, the half of the crystal suddenly seemed to flash across the distance of more than ten centimeters and penetrated into his palm.

Ke Lan didn't even feel pain. The crystal had penetrated into his skin and dissolved into his blood.

"Could this thing be a substitute messenger? Can they actually attract each other?" Ke Lan complained silently. Everything just happened so fast that he didn't even have time to make a surprised expression.

Ze Luo looked at Ke Lan seriously, obviously thinking about what the "substitute messenger" in Ke Lan's words was - after all, such a wonderful metaphor would not appear in the vocabulary of ordinary humans.

"So... am I 'completed'? Er, I mean that half of the crystal in my body is now a complete one?"

Ze Luo nodded.

"Then my abilities should also have changed, right?"

Ze Luo nodded again.

As the saying goes, seeing is worth hearing a hundred times, so Ke Lan decided to give it a try first to see what new changes the "completed" crystallization brought to his abilities.

He took a deep breath and gently clenched his fists.

The surrounding things instantly turned into black and white. Those wailing sounds that he had become accustomed to did not ring in Ke Lan's mind. Instead, there was an unbearable sting from deep in his brain!

"ah!"

Ke Lan let out a scream, immediately held his head with both hands and squatted down. At the same time, the effect of the time-stop was also lifted, and everything around him returned to normal.

"It hurts, it hurts..." Ke Lan said with trembling lips. Although the stinging pain was only for a moment, the impression it left on him was so "profound" that just recalling it made him shudder. This kind of stinging pain goes straight to the soul and cannot be resisted by human willpower alone. If it is not necessary, Ke Lan will definitely not want to feel it even once.

"What on earth is going on? How come after the two halves of the crystal fuse, they will..." He stood up from the ground, but suddenly felt dizzy. Fortunately, he held on to the railing on the side in time, so he didn't fall down. on the ground.

Ke Lan felt as if his brain had been hollowed out. The overwhelming feeling of sleepiness kept pouring out from the depths of his brain. Any slight movement made him feel as if there was some heavy liquid shaking in his head. It seemed that what was inside was not brain matter, but mercury that was much denser than brain matter.

"No...it just seemed..."

Although the memory was painful, Ke Lan still forced himself to try to recall the scene just now - he clearly remembered that when he screamed and held his head with his hands, the surrounding scenes were still in black and white, until he His body began to squat, and the world returned to color.

In other words, the screams he made and the movements of holding his head with both hands were completed in a state of pause.

Doesn't this mean that I have the ability to stop and carry out activities?

"Is this the upgraded version 2.0 of 'Time Stop'?" Ke Lan seemed to have forgotten his physical discomfort and looked at his hands in astonishment, "So, that tingling feeling... is because of me His mental energy was drained instantly?"