Alien Relic Hunter

The moment the searchlight beam lit up, everyone saw a monster with a shape that made one's scalp tingle, clinging to the top wall of the tunnel, quickly approaching the mine car in a strange manner.

This monster has countless skinny humanoid arms...but apart from the arms, there are no other organs visible on its body. These arms are intertwined with each other, and some of the slender arms even "grow" directly from the thick arms - this reminds people of the intricate branches of some woody plants... But based on Ke Lan's experience , he had never seen any plant with branches that were messed up like this.

Yes, "chaotic" - this was the adjective that jumped out of Ke Lan's mind immediately when he saw this monster.

This monster gives people an extremely "chaotic" feeling. Everything about it seems to subvert human beings' understanding of normal creatures... Even monsters like the Seed of Corrosion are more capable than this thing. Make people accept it.

In just the blink of an eye, this chaotic monster was less than fifty meters away from the mine cart.

"Leiton, brake! Ze Luo, stop him!" Ke Lan shouted loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible barrier appeared between the monster and the minecart. Although it was said to be "invisible", with the naked eye of a human being, one could still see that the location of this barrier produced a similar effect. The visual effect of space rupture is as if a photo has been cut out with scissors.

All the nozzles on Augustus' body instantly turned forward. The two arms of the machine clung to the frame of the mine car, and the feet acting as brakes plowed out two holes more than ten centimeters deep and nearly 10 meters deep on the rocky ground. The twenty-meter-long deep trench suddenly stopped the high-speed mine car.

On the contrary, the blasphemer who followed behind just tapped his toes on the ground to offset the inertia of the forward movement.

As for the monster crawling against the top of the tunnel, it hit the invisible barrier!

The monster's body was shattered almost immediately, but it was not a bloody "piece" - its body had split into countless pieces the moment it touched the invisible barrier. A black beetle smaller than a grain of rice!

As if the flowing liquid encountered an obstacle, these black beetles scattered directly along the surface of the invisible barrier, and then circled from the edge of the barrier to directly in front of the mine car.

"Um?"

Ze Luo, who still remained expressionless, let out a sigh. She raised her hand and clenched her open palm into a fist. With her movements, the invisible barrier was like a piece of kneaded plastic paper. Suddenly it rolled over and wrapped those black beetles inside.

Ze Luo's clenched fist turned into a clenched fist, and the invisible barrier that was "crushed" in the air suddenly shrank. Under the squeeze of space, those black beetles were directly crushed into pieces, making a horrifying friction sound. And cracking sounds continued to come from it.

Ze Luo continued to increase his strength, and the invisible barrier further tightened - until the remains of the beetles were crushed into a solid black ball.

"Oh my God, what kind of monster is this?" Layton came back to his senses at this time and sighed, "I think I have seen a lot of monsters, but this is the first time that it looks so weird. See."

"Don't you think it looks like the flesh bugs we saw in Leviathan?" Ivan whispered, "It's just that those flesh bugs simulated the body of Leviathan and the fighter jets of the First Fleet... …And these black beetles simulate human limbs.”

"Tsk... Then if a mecha is swallowed by these black beetles, can they also imitate a mecha?" Layton said, suddenly shaking his head, "No, if they can imitate a mecha, For A, the ground drilling machine of the Gopher Team must be able to simulate it... Those troops who lost contact will most likely die in the hands of this monster."

"The mimicry ability of the red meat bugs is more advanced than those of these black beetles. Not only can they simulate great beasts and human fighter jets, but they can also perfectly copy technological products such as energy shield generators and crystal engines... and These black beetles, if I guess correctly, can only simulate living organisms."

"If time were not urgent, I would really like to collect some specimens and go back to study them." Ivan added.

When the solid black ball in mid-air was compressed to the size of a basketball, Ze Luo let go of his hand. The invisible barrier suddenly disappeared, and the solid black ball fell directly and hit the ground.

"Boom!"

A dull loud noise echoed in the tunnel - the density of this compacted solid black ball was dozens of times higher than that of a lead ball of the same volume. Just by falling freely from a height of more than ten meters, the movement caused by it was no less than the shock coming from the distant battlefield. A shallow pit with cracks on the edge appeared directly where the ball landed. Even the rails on the side were affected, and the joints broke directly.

"It's like a cannonball." Layton commented.

"Is it solved?" Thirty-three asked in a deep voice. There were no outsiders here, and he simply stopped hiding his abilities. More than a dozen black sharp blades were floating around him, looking like he could control magic weapons in the novels about cultivating immortals. , just like the cultivators who fly with swords.

"No." Ze Luo shook his head, "I crushed them into powder, but their life breath has not completely disappeared."

As soon as she finished speaking, a rustling sound came from the front, and the next second, the restored black beetles crawled out of the shallow pit created by the black solid ball.

"Can't you even kill these bugs?" Ke Lan couldn't help but become more vigilant - Ze Luo's existence was a very important trump card in his hand... Or even Wang Zha couldn't help it. Too much. The first time he met this monster, he directly beat "Wang Zha" out, but even if Ze Luo took action, he still failed to kill this... these monsters.

This is like playing Landlords. You start throwing Wang Zhao, but find that you can't suppress the opponent's "three".

"I don't know how to kill them." Ze Luo shook his head slightly, "Maybe they can be immune to physical attacks."

"Is your attack method a physical attack?" Layton couldn't help but ask, "But the black mummy that couldn't even be killed by a nuclear bomb was easily eliminated by you, wasn't it?"

"Pure squeezing is of course a physical attack method, even if you use space control ability." Ze Luo replied, "I didn't kill the black mummy. It died of its own power. I just attacked it. It’s just that some restrictions have been adopted.”

Ze Luo waved her hands again, and the invisible barrier appeared again, stopping the black beetles that were rushing towards the mine car - but all she could do now was just to stop them.

"It's different. This thing is completely different from the black mummy." Ke Lan said in a deep voice, "Although the black mummy's body is indestructible, as long as there is a crack in his body, no matter how small the crack is, even if it is so small that even a microscope Even if it is not necessarily observable, the 'force field' that maintains the strength of its body will disappear instantly. Even if there is no external force involved later, its body will disintegrate on its own... But these black beetles, Ze Luo has already crushed them. It turns into powder, but it can still return to its original appearance..."

Ke Lan paused for a moment and continued: "I even suspect that the form of this black beetle is the same as the monster made of human limbs just now. As for their original form..."

"Is that legend true?" Ivan suddenly said thoughtfully.

"What legend?" Layton immediately asked, "Doctor, if you have any information, please tell us immediately. Don't be mysterious at this time!"

"That's just a legend. I'm not sure whether it's true or not." Ivan emphasized the word "legend" again before saying, "I also heard about it in a forum for biology enthusiasts. This legend comes from a document engraved on the wall of the Alpha civilization ruins..."

"The documents of the Alpha civilization?" Leighton was stunned and subconsciously focused on Ke Lan. "How did they decipher the documents of other than Alpha civilization? Is it possible that in this world, besides Ke Lan and that damn prophet of the heretical sect? Besides, is there anyone who can understand Alpha Civilization’s words?!”

"They were not able to decipher the textual content of that document, but that document is an extremely rare document with illustrations in the Alpha civilization." The meaning of Ivan's words could not be more obvious: he cannot understand the words, I can still roughly understand the pictures.

"Do you have any video or photo information?" The person who asked this time was Thirty-Three.

"No." Ivan shook his head, "According to the guy who spread the news, the ruins were taken over by people from the institute soon after, and all exploration records and things related to them were taken over by the institute. It has been sealed, and the hunters who have explored the ruins have also been asked to sign a confidentiality agreement - not only that, even the account that broke the news was quickly canceled."

"It sounds very much like a conspiracy." Thirty-three said, "If it is just a legend, I have reservations about the authenticity of this legend."

"Hey, having said all that, what is the content of the legend?" Layton patted the cockpit cover speechlessly, "Two of you, do you think this is the time for small talk?"

"Sorry." Ivan also realized this and said immediately, "The content of the literature and the discussion on the forum are too professional. Even if you are all biologists, it will be difficult for me to explain it clearly to you in a while - but The most critical point is that, according to the contents of the literature, the Alpha civilization has probably created 'molecular-level' artificial organisms."

"Molecular-level artificial creatures?" Layton, who looked confused, was obviously not the "biologist" in Ivan's words. As a mechanical enthusiast, he seemed to lack even the most basic biological knowledge, "What do you mean? "

"As we all know, apart from viruses, the smallest organisms are bacteria, but no matter how small the bacteria are, they at least have the structure of a single cell... and molecular-level organisms, whose volume is equal to the diameter of a single molecule, serve as the basic particles that make up matter. First, everything around us, including ourselves, is made of molecules. In other words, molecular-level organisms can basically simulate any form."

"I can almost understand..." Layton nodded with some confusion, "Isn't what you are talking about nanorobots? Theoretically speaking, nanorobots can also be composed of any kind of machinery, just because of the structural strength. And considering the cost, no one would do that.”

"But the biggest difference between living things and nanorobots is that -" Ivan said, staring closely at the black beetles crawling on the invisible barriers, "living things have the ability to reproduce."

"Machines also have the ability to reproduce." Layton said with some dissatisfaction. "As long as the AI's intelligence reaches a certain level, it can build its own factories, collect its own resources and replicate itself -"

"I'm afraid these things you are talking about are not part of the Omnic Crisis." Ke Lan interrupted Layton's retort, "Let's not discuss this now. Our first task is to deal with these bugs."

"Just let Ze Luo wrap them into a ball again, and then throw them away from a distance." Layton said, "If it catches up, just repeat it again."

"What if there are many such monsters ahead?" Ke Lan asked, "What if their number is large enough to block both ends of the passage?"

"This..." Layton was speechless for a moment.

"Even if they are really molecular-level creatures, they are not impossible to kill." Ivan muttered, "Pure physical means may not work, but high temperature or radiation may not."

"By the way, isn't Valentina's 'Lucifer' equipped with this plasma cannon? Try using this?" Layton suggested.

[P.S. Disclaimer: It’s a cliché. Any plot involving scientific knowledge in this novel is the author’s own imagination (or maybe a slap on the butt). It must not be compared with anything in the real world. Take your seat, and never talk about any scientific or pseudoscientific theories mentioned in this book except in the comment area and book club groups. Any similarity is purely coincidental.

The author is a scumbag and a believer in the power of my thinking. His brain structure is very green. Everything on the technical level is written by "I can do it". If there are any flaws, please ignore them. If there are any Please point out any major bugs or unreasonable things in the comment area or in the description of this chapter, and I will make corrections in time (but if the chapter is released more than seven days, it cannot be corrected). 】