Alien Relic Hunter

The objects that the "Holy Word" prays for may not necessarily be in the universe known to mankind... That gaze that still frightens Ke Lan to this day, since it can span countless planes and easily look at what humans think is eternal, Physical iron interferes, so it is not very difficult to "teleport" a monster with "ultra-purity crystals" in its body into this space.

Existences of that level are just like the ancient gods who opened up chaos in ancient legends. There is no way to describe them in human language...

Ke Lan once saw this description in a strange novel:

They are indescribable existences. If humans hear their names, they will instantly fall into madness;

They are existences that cannot be looked directly at. If a human looks directly at their true form, flames will burst out of their eyes and the entire body will be burned;

They have been sleeping so that a race as small as dust can survive in the mud; and when they wake up, the entire world will be destroyed.

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Although common exaggeration techniques are used in novels, based on Ke Lan's personal experience, this description is actually not an exaggeration at all.

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"That kind of sacrificial ceremony is completely against the laws of physics." Aya also said with deep understanding, "In order to study this topic, the institute has invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and has established more than a dozen various special groups. There are more than 60 senior researchers participating in the project alone..."

"Did you find anything out?" Hound asked.

"No clue." Aya shook her head helplessly, "There is no way to start the research project. It has been several months now, and there is no substantial progress at all."

"Is that an exaggeration?" the hound said in disbelief.

"If the institute had not often entrusted our Security Bureau to collect relevant clues, I would not have known about the existence of this subject at all... If they could come up with any results, then our Security Bureau would definitely be the first to know the response plan. But Now, for this kind of monster summoned by the sacrificial ritual, there is still only one sentence in the operation manual to deal with it."

"What?" the hound continued to ask.

"Concentrate firepower to suppress and kill." Ke Lan answered this question for Aya. He had seen the entire archives of the Security Bureau, and he had also paid attention to the content related to the sacrificial ceremony, but as Aya said, even if When someone from the Security Bureau encounters this situation, they don't have any effective means of dealing with it.

"Can't we interrupt him during the sacrifice?" asked the hound. "If we beat that man to death, will the monster not be able to be summoned?"

"Okay, but the situation will only get worse." Ke Lan said.

Some researchers once suggested that the sacrificer could be killed during the sacrificial ceremony, and perhaps the ceremony could be interrupted. The Security Bureau has also made attempts in this regard - they were in an exile camp controlled by a heretical sect. They blocked a "black-robed bishop" inside. Under their deliberate guidance, the "black-robed bishop" broke out of the encirclement, and was then surrounded by a special agent team ambushing outside the camp, forcing him into a desperate situation.

(P.S. Special Agent Group refers to the Special Task Group. The original meaning of the word is taken here, not the extended meaning developed later.)

Black-robed bishops are a very special person in the heretical sect. They wear black robes similar to those of ordinary believers. However, if you look closely, you can see the difference between the two: the bishop's black robe is a long It's big enough to mop the floor, and it's full of weird patterns. As for the black robes wrapped around the believers, it's just a piece of black cloth with a few stitches, and there are strict restrictions on the length - when standing straight In this case, it is not allowed to exceed the ankle position.

In addition, the biggest difference between the black-robed bishops and the congregation is that they have the ability to use the "Holy Word" (in the official description of the Security Bureau, they have the ability to initiate a "second-class sacrificial ceremony" Ability, as for the 'first-class sacrificial ritual' refers to the ability of a container of erosion seeds to commit suicide), this ability is much more difficult to prevent than a container with erosion seeds parasitizing in the body - the latter only requires a simple inspection It can be found, and the former's body is no different from that of normal humans.

It is precisely because of this that Park Sang-woo was able to hide from numerous inspections.

The black-robed bishops only need to recite the corresponding spell to start the sacrificial ceremony. The task of the special agent team is to find a way to force the black-robed bishop to initiate the sacrifice, and then interrupt it by killing him. ceremony.

The members of the special agent team first used an electric shock trap to trap the black-robed bishop, making him unable to move, and then used bullets to break his legs - the amount of bleeding from this kind of injury would only be possible if it was not treated in time. It takes more than ten minutes to kill. This was also done to cut off the black-robed bishop's idea of ​​surviving and force him to use his last trump card.

Up to this point, the plot was still following the designed script - the black-robed bishop had no hope of escape, recited the "Holy Word" and began the sacrificial ceremony.

After confirming that the black-robed bishop was really performing a "sacrifice ceremony" and not talking about something else, the sniper of the special agent team simply blew off his head. Then, the light gunboat that had been waiting in the sky Conduct a round of ground-washing bombing directly at the location of the electric shock trap.

However, an accident happened at this time - a spherical storm suddenly appeared in the area centered on the black-robed bishop, and expanded rapidly, swallowing up the entire spy team that was caught off guard, and even the gunboat suspended in the air. None of them survived and were cut into pieces.

The induction troops responsible for attacking the exile camp were able to survive because they were far away. According to eyewitnesses' descriptions, the interior of the storm was completely dark. It was not like a hurricane formed by high-speed rotating airflow, but more like a hurricane. Like a torn space.

The gunboat also tried to escape from the storm at first, but as soon as the storm touched the stern of the ship, the four main thrusters exploded at the same time, and then the entire gunboat was dragged into the center of the storm.

Although it is only a light gunboat, it is also a military-grade warship. The protection measures for the main thruster are not comparable to those of civilian ships. Even if it is directly hit by a 90mm caliber cannon, there is no problem, but it was easily destroyed by the storm. .

The armor, which is hundreds of centimeters thick, and the main keel with a diameter of more than three meters, is like a paper membrane of equal proportions, folded and crushed by the irresistible force.

Some people say that it is not a hurricane at all, but a "space storm" that was shocking in the drifting era.

The term "space storm" first appeared in fictional novels from the old era. However, when humans truly stepped into the universe, they discovered that space storms in reality were far more terrifying than those in novels.

But space storms are terrifying. This rare phenomenon only appears in space. In the nine hundred years of human drifting, space storms have never been observed on the planet.

This is because as long as a space storm occurs on a planet, then the planet will inevitably be destroyed. A space storm can easily destroy an entire star system, and its destructive power is even no less than that of a supernova explosion. Emitted energy.

The biggest difference between space storms and black holes lies in their intensity - black holes just continuously suck in the surrounding matter and energy, while space storms constantly tear out countless fleeting space rifts. Every space rift is equivalent to an extremely unstable small black hole.

On that report, there was a "?" mark on the back of the space storm, which meant that the official did not recognize this statement - the range of the storm was less than three kilometers, and it had never been observed in human history. Such a small space storm, and even if it is only three kilometers in diameter, the characteristics of the space storm are enough to destroy Alpha Star.

But the "?" mark also means that the official has not completely rejected this possibility... Even the research institute cannot determine what the storm that only existed for a few seconds is.

Later, similar "interruption experiments" were conducted several times. Each time the situation was different, but one thing was the same: interrupting the sacrificial ceremony would basically lead to catastrophic consequences. As for how lethal this catastrophic consequence was, Strong, it is completely random and has no rules to follow.

Once they tried to kill the sacrificer when the first word of the sacrificial prayer was uttered. As a result, the temperature within a radius of one kilometer dropped to minus 273 degrees Celsius, which is the concept of thermodynamics. The "absolute zero" lasted for a full fifteen seconds, and no one who was affected survived.

In another experiment, members of the secret service team killed the sacrificer after carrying out the ritual for ten seconds. However, it only caused a small-scale explosion. Except for the sacrificer's body being reduced to ashes, the secret service team had no chance of killing him. One casualty.

After paying a large price of human lives, agents of the Security Bureau rarely choose to interrupt the sacrificial ceremony unless there are special circumstances. They would rather fight the summoned monsters than face a completely unknown terrifying force.

Interrupting the sacrificial ceremony is completely a life-threatening act. It may cause a group annihilation, or nothing may happen.

The reason why Ke Lan chose to shoot at the rescue cabin was actually a gamble - in his opinion, if Park Sangwoo's sacrifice was successful and something was summoned, the reconnaissance team trapped in this tunnel would probably They would be slaughtered to death, so instead of doing this, it would be better to take a gamble.

Unfortunately, the bullet failed to penetrate the porthole of the rescue cabin, so he never had the chance to know the consequences of interrupting Park Sang-woo's sacrifice.

But now it seems that this situation is not bad. At least the summoned monster is dead, and the cost paid by the reconnaissance team is far less than Ke Lan expected.

The most important thing is that this also allowed Ke Lan to get the key item to escape from the tunnel - the "black core" used to store energy in the monster's body.

"Having said so much, how are we going to get out?" The hound's eyes stayed on the "black fruit core" picked up by Ke Lan. "Even if the energy contained in this thing is enough to open an artificial wormhole, then we can't Corresponding equipment. You said there is a teleportation mechanism here, but where is this mechanism? Why can't I find it?"

The architectural style of the tunnel is very simple. You can clearly see what is on the walls, floors, and ceilings. The joints between the metal plates are also tight. Just by looking with your eyes, you can't see where there are hidden mechanisms.

"Right in front of us." Ke Lan walked to the crystal groove on one side.

"Isn't that thing used for lighting?" Hound asked in astonishment, "You mean, this thing can also be used...for teleportation?"

He looked in disbelief.

"I saw some memory fragments of Park Sang-woo in that abnormal space. He once put an ultra-pure crystal into such a groove." Ke Lan said.

Because there were agents from the Security Bureau present, he attributed this ability to the abnormal space. However, the hound immediately heard the hidden meaning of Ke Lan's words and nodded immediately: "So this kid is like this. Escaped!"

Hound trusts Ke Lan's abilities. At least so far, there has been no deviation in the "unknown sources" of information.

But just when Ke Lan was about to put the "black core" into the groove, Layton suddenly stood up: "Ke Lan! Wait a minute!"

"What's wrong?" Ke Lan turned back to look at him.

"Valkyrie and I's energy shields are still cooling down. You should at least wait until we have finished cooling down before releasing them," Layton said.

The explosion that occurred in the converter just now almost overturned the reconnaissance team. If it happened again, without the protection of the energy shield, even if they retreated hundreds of meters, they would still be affected by the arc.

On the other side that had no energy shield defense just now, the arc spread at least 150 meters away.

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"Okay, the shield generator has cooled down, and I have replaced the energy crystals with brand new ones." Layton raised his mechanical arm and nodded to Ke Lan with a cautious look on his face.

"My shield has been charged." Valentina's voice sounded in the earphones.

"Okay, then I'll let it go." Ke Lan took a deep breath, pushed the "black core" into the groove, and then quickly dodged behind Leighton.

There was no explosion or raging arc - from the third second after the "black core" was put into the groove, the lights in the tunnel began to flicker. As soon as Ke Lan raised his head, he found that the surrounding scene was blurred, and then , the narrow space suddenly became spacious!

They were really teleported!

"It's really useful, let's escape -" Before the word "come" could be said out of the mouth of the hound, the words stopped - they did leave the tunnel, but they did not return to the molten mine area.

"What is this place?" Aya looked around, sizing up this space that was completely different from the tunnel.

This is an extremely open space, at least several kilometers long and wide. There is a flat and smooth dome above the head, and less than a hundred meters in front of it is a huge square pit.

Layton quickly used a laser to measure the distance - this space is 8,400 meters long and 5,500 meters wide, and the height of the dome is 350 meters. As for the giant pit directly in front, it is a square with a side length of 1,600 meters.

"Look! It's a vehicle from the institute!" an agent shouted - on the edge of the huge pit, there was a shuttle-shaped metal vehicle with a damaged shell and holes, and a human corpse was lying on the edge of the vehicle. Less than ten meters away.

"Ivan, I will leave the body to you; Zhuoligetu and Layton, please check this vehicle. Don't let go of all valuable things, whether it is data files or supplies. If the vehicle can If it works, try to repair it. If you can't repair it, dismantle it and take away all the parts that can still be used." Ke Lan said, "Old dog, Team Leader Breya, come with me to this pit to have a look."

Ivan, Layton and Zhuoligetu immediately ran towards the vehicle and corpse with their tools, while Ke Lan and the other two carefully walked to the edge of the pit.

This huge pit is not empty.

In the pit, many huge cubic crystal pillars are inserted very neatly. The height of each pillar is flush with the edge of the giant pit, and the distance between each other is also exactly the same.

What worries Ke Lan the most is that the texture of these crystal pillars seems to be exactly the same as the energy crystals that can be seen everywhere in the ruins of Alpha Civilization!

[P.P.S. A large chapter of 4,500 words is considered a small extra update at the end of the month - an extra update of 500 words is also a bonus, don’t you think? 】

[P.S. Thanks to Wang Shaoquan for the 5,000 starting coins. 】