Alien Relic Hunter

"But..." Ke Lan hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Aren't you worried that sending her to the battlefield will cause the situation to develop in an uncontrollable direction?"

"With her abilities, we can't control her. What we can do is guide her," Pan said. "No matter how long a ferocious beast is kept in a cage, the hunting instinct in its blood will not change because of humans." She disappeared after being fed... not to mention that she was created for the purpose of being a weapon..."

"arms……"

"That's right, you have to understand that she is a weapon, a weapon used to kill... This is like human sexual desire. If it is not released, it will cause problems." Pan's metaphor It's a bit obscene, but there's nothing wrong with the meaning.

If a weapon is kept in a warehouse and is not used, it will only be rusted and scrapped... But a "weapon" with self-awareness cannot be treated in this way.

"In fact, unless it is absolutely necessary, the crew does not want to disturb her daily life... But in this current situation, if she does not use her ability to solve the problem..."

"Even you guys can't deal with that guy below?" Ke Lan couldn't help but interject.

Although he didn't know the limits of the Undead Crew's capabilities, he was certain that they definitely had more than one way to get rid of the black mummy. Otherwise, this group of people would not be "watching" this farce with such ease. of.

This group of people is indeed very calm, but they are not too confident - Ke Lan even felt that in the previous "memetic infection" incident, even if he was unwilling to put on living armor, there was a high probability that the undead crew would not The "Tinder Project" will be launched... The reason why Pan said that was entirely to induce himself to put on this damn armor.

But at that time, Ke Lan had no better choice - if he didn't wear it, maybe the residents on the Ark would not be abandoned, but at least he himself would most likely end up in the underground icehouse.

"Plan B definitely exists... but the problem is that this plan B is very troublesome to operate. It is so troublesome that we even need to spend several years to make the preliminary layout. What's more, even if the preliminary work is completed, the final success rate will be very low. It’s not necessarily high. The best plan is to let her take action—unless she is unwilling to take action, we will make another decision.”

"Of course, you can rest assured. As the closest human being to her in every sense, I think she should still be willing to help you wipe this ass." Pan added.

"Okay, let me give it a try." Ke Lan hung up the phone after saying that, and then turned to look at Cao Ge, "Your Excellency, Commander, I need you to provide me with a fast enough plane. I want to go back now." A trip to the Ark. In addition, while I am away, please keep an eye on the thing below - if there is any abnormality in it, please contact me and the crew immediately. "

"Okay, okay..." Ke Lan had hung up the phone for a while, and Cao Ge nodded as if he had woken up from a dream, "Can I ask... are you planning to bring 'her' here? ?”

Although Cao Ge didn't know what "she" in the conversation between Ke Lan and Pan was referring to, the information revealed between the lines suggested that it should at least be something with the appearance of a human female.

"Yes." Ke Lan nodded, then glanced at him.

Cao Ge suddenly realized that he had made a mistake and said quickly: "I know all the relevant confidentiality regulations. I guarantee that no one here today will leak what they heard."

"...Huh?" Ke Lan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "There's no need to be so nervous...Since the guy from the Undead Crew asked me to use her power to kill the thing below, then her existence and ability must be You can’t hide it, you have to meet her later.”

Ke Lan didn't say anything, but it was okay. Cao Ge became even more nervous when he mentioned it: "Meet her...?! Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

Cao Ge was deeply impressed by the adjectives "the power to destroy the Ark at every turn" and "more dangerous than all the collections in the underground icehouse put together" in the conversation between Ke Lan and Pan. In his opinion, the words Ke Lan said Bringing "her" to the First Fleet was simply more unsettling than holding a hydrogen bomb with a triggered fuse in both hands.

"Relax, you just need to treat her as an ordinary girl full of curiosity." Ke Lan said, patting Cao Ge on the shoulder - although in Ke Lan's own view, "curiosity" is a person that makes people forget. It is not a reassuring attribute, but at least Ze Luo's curiosity is still within the normal range. Apart from "that request" that day, there has not been any behavior that violates human ethics and morals.

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As the fastest flying vehicle equipped by the First Fleet, the "Peregrine-class" high-speed reconnaissance aircraft took only twenty minutes to return Ke Lan to the Ark.

As soon as Ke Lan got off the plane, he got on the military motorcycle with a jet propeller that had been prepared for him and rushed towards Zofia's residence.

After Zofia left the Ark and went to Yagunaktor, Zeluo has been in a state of "living alone" - Ke Lan was a little uneasy at first, but when he found out that Zofia and Zeluo The two "people" have video calls for nearly an hour every day, and their relationship is so good that it's almost like biological sisters... I don't know why, but this uneasiness has faded away little by little.

Many times, he almost regarded Ze Luo as a real human being.

Until today, his conversation with Pan made him suddenly realize a neglected issue - Ze Luo is a completely different life form from humans. Although she wants to experience human life, she will never Maybe actually become human.

What Pan said is that she is a weapon, a weapon made for the purpose of killing.

When Ke Lan pushed open the study door of Zofia's house, he found Ze Luo squatting on a chair, staring at the computer screen with all his attention - and her hands were moving so fast that you could almost see the afterimage. He manipulated the keyboard and mouse at a fast speed, and the keyboard kept making crackling sounds.

Ke Lan couldn't help but wonder in her heart - with this girl's ability, she should be able to completely defeat her opponent in any game... What kind of game could "force" her to be so focused?

Ke Lan took a closer look and found that what was running on the computer screen was a very old real-time strategy game - "Red Alert 2", and an armored force controlled by Ze Luo was fighting against a colorful multinational coalition. Under the encirclement and suppression, they are retreating steadily.

"Red Alert?" Ke Lan was stunned for a moment. Although this game is old, it is still considered a classic. Of course he has played it before. The highest difficulty level in the stand-alone mode of this game is a pair of seven ruthless enemies. For a novice who is new to this type of game, the seven ruthless AIs will most likely beat him to pieces, but for those who have a certain understanding of the game For experienced players, it is actually not difficult to be ruthless against seven-on-one - especially on maps where you can blow up bridges and block terrain.

As for Ze Luo, a humanoid plug-in who is ruthless against seven, she should be able to hit the enemy with one hand, right? How could he be forced to this point?

Ke Lan stood behind her and watched for a while, and immediately discovered the problem - the map Ze Luo was using was dozens of times larger than the largest map in Red Alert... In the old era , limited by the limitations of computer computing power in that era, the map size and number of units of Red Alert were limited, but in this era, any mid-range computer can play Red Alert with tens of thousands of units at the same time. On-screen combat runs smoothly.

"It turns out I played MOD..." Ke Lan muttered softly, and then asked, "How difficult is it for you to play?"

"One hundred and twenty-seven cold." Ze Luo said.

"Disrespect, disrespect..." Ke Lan glanced at the game time. Although Zeluo's base had been blown up by the enemy, she still led this remnant army and used various terrains to fight with the enemy. Shengsheng delayed the game time to nearly thirty minutes.

Although the AI ​​in old games like Red Alert only operates step by step, the quantitative gap is there. Especially in this kind of game with 2D graphics, attack locking, and simple calculation procedures, there is very little room for players to operate. ——One hundred and twenty-seven times more enemies. All it takes is one tank from one side to rush in and the player's base can be flattened, without any chance of resistance.

That's it for F2A. All fancy operations are nothing but vulnerable embroidered pillows in the face of absolute power.

(Note: F2: Select all units; A: Attack command.)

Soon, the last Rhino tank operated by Ze Luo was destroyed by enemies pouring in from all over the mountains and plains. The screen froze and the word "failure" popped up in the middle of the screen. Ze Luo, who was sitting in front of the screen, sighed slightly and turned off the game.

"Are you back?" Ze Luo turned his head and looked at Ke Lan - in fact, Ze Luo had already sensed Ke Lan's approach when he stepped within a few hundred meters of the house, but at that time She was too busy dealing with enemies a hundred times her size that she couldn't get away.

"Yes, there is a troublesome matter - it is related to you." Ke Lan pulled a chair in front of the bookcase and sat down.

"Has my existence been discovered?" Ze Luo said expressionlessly.

"How did you know?"

"For this period of time, I have been feeling that something is spying on me... This is a kind of spying beyond the five human senses. There is an elusive wave of thoughts that comes into contact with me - well, if you want to use If I use it as a metaphor, it would be like a fortune teller predicting information related to me." Ze Luo said slowly, "This metaphor may be a bit strange, but among the literature I have read, the closest one is This feeling.”

"Fortune teller?" Ke Lan was slightly startled. Could it be some kind of detection method used by the Undead Crew? From Ze Luo's description, this detection method seems to have a very strong metaphysical color... Ke Lan feels that there is a high probability that this technology comes from Alpha civilization rather than human civilization.

"Well, those people who are spying on you are the Undead Crew."

"The Immortal Crew Association? Who are they?" Ze Luo looked at Ke Lan curiously, "In all the documents I have read, there is no record of this organization."

"Of course they won't appear in such documents that anyone can read." Ke Lan stretched his body back and leaned on the leather-covered chair, "These people are secretly controlled by Ark. , is the supreme ruler of human civilization—if there is not another human civilization in this world."

"Are they humans?" Ke Lan thought Ze Luo would ask something else, but who knew that the first question she asked would be so sharp.

Sharp and to the point.

"I'm not sure." Ke Lan shook his head, "I haven't seen them, but I think there is a high probability that they are human beings, at least they used to be - and their current thinking form is no different from humans, and their actions are also the same. It’s for the sake of the Ark and the inhabitants of the Ark. At least I am more willing to believe them than the heretical sects.”

"Do you believe them?" Ze Luo asked.

Ke Lan always felt that this question was very familiar. It seemed that not long ago, someone asked him the exact same question.

It's just that the questioner and the key figure in the question are exactly reversed.

"I can only choose to believe it." Ke Lan's answer was very different from before.

"What will they do with me?" Ze Luo asked again.

"One of them told me that he won't interfere with your life for the time being... Although I'm not sure how long this guarantee will last, at least he told the truth, otherwise the people who come to see you now won't It's me." Ke Lan said, "Besides, I encountered some unsolvable troubles outside..."

"Is it an enemy?"

"So... it's a monster summoned by a heretical sect. None of the weapons currently owned by humans can cause damage to it, but it shouldn't be able to defend against your ability." Ke Lan said.

Ze Luo's ability is related to time and space. To use a proper noun in fantasy novels, this level of power is at the level of "laws of heaven and earth". This kind of power cannot be achieved by relying solely on the physical strength of the body. Bearable.

Thanks to the "blessing" of that crystal, Ke Lan himself also possesses such power, but his ability is still mainly auxiliary. In terms of destructive power alone, it is incomparable to Ze Luo and the individual puppets.

"Okay." Ze Luo nodded.

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When Ke Lan and Ze Luo returned to the White Ridge Mountains, the entire First Fleet had basically assembled over the White Ridge Mountains. Dozens of dark warships were hovering in the sky a thousand meters high. Just looking from a distance Going there is full of visual pressure.

"Your Majesty Commander, how is the situation now?" Ke Lan asked Cao Ge straight to the point as soon as he stepped into the new flagship of the First Fleet.

Cao Ge first glanced at Ze Luo who was following Ke Lan with extremely complex eyes, and then said to Ke Lan: "The target has no abnormal behavior. During the hour you left, it has been moving towards the Ark." It moved in a certain direction, passed through two peaks, and moved a distance of about seven kilometers."

Crossing a mountain, if used on a person, most likely means that the person has climbed over the mountain or passed by the mountain. But when used on a black mummy, it means "crossing through" in the literal sense. Pass".

It moved a distance of seven kilometers and at the same time drilled a seven-kilometer-long tunnel inside the mountain.

[P.S. Thanks to the reading giraffe and Soap You for the 1,500 starting coins. 】