Alien Relic Hunter

Several mechas immediately came to the front of the battle line, but they did not draw out the melee combat weapons inserted in their waists. Instead, they picked up the "Hurricane Hammer" fully automatic shotgun that comes standard with the "Propeller" series of mechas. , aiming his gun at the zerg-type cyborg that was approaching rapidly.

In the command terminology of the field corps, close combat has never equaled hand-to-hand combat - ten steps away, the gun is fast; within ten steps, the gun is accurate and fast.

Although the Zerg-type cyborg moves very fast, the close-range bursts of shotguns will weave a web of barrages with no blind spots, completely covering all the space it has for dodge and maneuver.

However, the actual situation was not what everyone expected - just when these propellers picked up the hurricane hammer, many scales on the body of the zerg-type cyborg suddenly turned up, revealing the hidden There are special glands under the scales, and in the next moment, a large amount of transparent liquid spurts out from these glands.

Just like spiders spitting out silk, these transparent liquids quickly turn white and solidify after contacting the air, forming rapid streams of silk threads. The pilots driving the propeller mecha have not even reacted. , a machine body in the center has been stuck by these threads.

Immediately afterwards, the iron can, which weighed more than ten tons, was pulled by the opponent with these silk threads that were no thicker than a hair, so that it lost its balance and fell heavily to the ground!

"Fire! Shoot!"

Several other propellers immediately pulled the triggers - although this distance is still unable to exert the full power of the hurricane hammer, what is affected is only the density of the shotguns, and the power of a single projectile will not be weakened too much. , more than enough to deal with unarmored targets.

But what the pilots and soldiers never expected was that the threads shot out of the glands quickly retracted in less than half a second, dragging the "propeller" that fell to the ground to the other side. The front of the bug-shaped cyborg acted like a shield, blocking all the bullets fired at it.

The zerg-type cyborg waved his arm and inserted the sharp blade-like arthropod at the front of the arm along the gap in the body's armor. He pulled hard, and with a burst of flying sparks, the body on one side of the propeller instantly collapsed. After falling down, the mechanical arm drooped on the ground and could no longer move.

"The propeller's transmission cable was cut off." Layton said, "That guy...it is obviously very familiar with the structure of this type of mecha."

Although the left side of the machine was completely paralyzed, the pilot did not give up. He manipulated the other arm of the machine and pulled out the thermal combat dagger at his waist from its sheath.

He can definitely be regarded as the most intuitive feeler of the stickiness, strength and terror of the power attached to these "spider threads" - no one else.

The moment the spider silk attached to the machine, the muscle memory accumulated through years of training and fighting had already made him subconsciously prepare to wrestle with the opponent, but the entire machine was still overwhelmed by the overwhelming force. Drag him to the ground and drag him over...

He knows very well that relying on the power of the body itself cannot break free from these constraints, not to mention that now his body is half paralyzed... Instead of struggling to do some useless work, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to get close to the other person and give it to the other person. A fatal blow!

The blade of the thermal energy fighting dagger lit up with an orange-yellow dark light. This light seemed dim, but the actual temperature of the blade could be as high as over two thousand degrees Celsius. It is no exaggeration to describe it as cutting iron like clay.

But before the pilot could stab the nearby Zerg-type cyborg with the thermal combat dagger, the opponent's mouth suddenly split into four pieces like an insect's mouthparts, and a stream of strong acid with white smoke came out. Jets came out of the mouth and opened a hole the size of a coin in the cockpit hatch.

A translucent fleshy straw protruded from its mouth and quickly penetrated into the dissolved hole. Along with a spooky and strange sound, the flesh and blood that seemed to have been dissolved into a paste were moved along the hole. The straw was sucked into the belly of the reformer...

Although the distance was more than twenty meters, the cable connected to the machine body transmitted the screams in the cockpit back to the public channel... Just listen with your ears, you can imagine What a terrifying sight appeared in the cockpit.

"This can't be considered as transforming humans, right?" Layton swallowed with some difficulty, and his bionic throat twitched involuntarily, "This is already closer to the definition of a monster than those indigenous creatures... right?"

"There is no doubt that this thing is a monster." Ivan said, "The remaining human parts of it are probably less than 15%."

"Doctor...how did you see this 15%?" Layton couldn't help but ask.

"It's a simple addition and subtraction. At least the circulatory system and digestive system of this thing have been replaced. Coupled with the fact that it is much stronger than the ordinary erosion seed container, I have reason to believe that its bones and muscles It's not original either... Calculating it this way, the relatively complete human organ probably only has one brain left. Counting some miscellaneous things, 15% should be a relatively conservative number."

"If I have the chance, I really want to dissect its body." Ivan paused and added.

"Open shields! All front row units open shields!"

Under the command of the commander, the remaining machines directly turned on the energy shield. Although the spider silk was difficult to wrap around, the high temperature of the energy shield could still burn it. The propeller that was towed away just now It was also unlucky. At first, the pilot failed to activate the shield due to the imbalance of the machine. After the pilot reacted, the connection route of the left arm carrying the energy shield was completely cut off by the opponent, so that he could not turn on the shield until his death. Open the shield.

But when several robots put up energy shields and prepared to move forward, the zerg-type cyborg actually rushed towards them with the half-paralyzed propeller!

"Zerg-like indigenous creatures... have always been known for their strange powers that are completely out of proportion to their own size... If I were to use one word to describe this modified person, it would be...'perfect'." Ivan murmured road.

As he spoke, the zerg-type modified man had already crashed into the energy shield with his body. The surface of the propeller mecha was instantly burned red, and the reactive armor on the shoulders and outside of the arms exploded—— But that's all.

No matter how powerful the energy shield was, it was impossible to ablate a mecha weighing more than ten tons in such a short period of time. Caught off guard, the propeller selected as the target directly collided with his former comrade-in-arms. He was filled with enthusiasm... and taking advantage of this opportunity, the Zerg-type cyborg who passed through the shield instantly went around behind the target, inserted the sharp blade into the gap in the armor, and repeated a wave of previous operations.

What Layton said was absolutely correct. This zerg-type cyborg was extremely familiar with the machines deployed by the field corps. In an instant, another machine lost its ability to move and fell to its knees.

Dozens of spider silks shot out and wrapped around the two machines. The body of the Zerg Cyborg suddenly leaned back, and the two heavy machines were swung up like meteor hammers and smashed towards them. A motorcade in the distance.

"Be careful!" the commander of the mobile unit roared at the top of his lungs - due to the paralysis of the second propeller, a hole was torn open in the originally complete defense line. Before the two "Shield Mountains" could fill the gap, The other party had already used its scrapped mecha as a throwing weapon and smashed it over...

With the protective capabilities of these light armored vehicles, if they are hit by these two machines, there is absolutely no chance that the crew members in the vehicles will survive. If the ammunition on the machines, vehicles, and reactors are exploded, the losses may be further expanded. .

He seemed to have seen the armored vehicle being smashed and the explosion of fire rising into the sky, and he even subconsciously raised his arm to protect himself...

But the expected loud noise never came.

"Huh?" He was stunned for a moment. The distance between the convoy and himself was not more than 20 meters, so he shouldn't be able to hear any sounds, right?

With such doubts, he put down his arm and looked up into the air. He saw that the two thruster mechas that had been smashed down were frozen in mid-air - not only the body was frozen, but also the first one. The burning flames on the propeller and the rising black mist were also frozen.

The commander couldn't help but open his eyes wide - although he had seen a lot of bizarre and strange things in his battles with indigenous creatures and heretical sects, this was the first time he had seen this scene.

It was as if...the flowing time had stopped on these two machines.

"You go deal with the other reformers, leave this guy to us." Ke Lan left these words in his ear, and he and Asano Akira rushed out. One of the former's arms was quickly covered by a scarlet living armor. The latter was holding the handle of the sword tightly and holding the scabbard under his arm.

Seeing someone rushing towards him, the zerg-type cyborg turned around and sprayed a large amount of spider silk towards the two of them. This time, the amount of spider silk was much greater than in the previous two attempts, and almost instantly, it was woven into a large web, covering Ke Lan and the two of them overwhelmingly.

Obviously, this reformer felt a fatal threat from Ke Lan and Asano Akira.

"Asano Akira, come here!"

"good."

As soon as Asano Akira spoke, he jumped up from the ground, twisted his body nearly 180 degrees in the air, and faced the spider web covering directly above him, his sword suddenly unsheathed!

Countless gray sword lights flashed in mid-air, and the large net that was tough enough to capture the mecha was cut into pieces in the blink of an eye.

Without the obstruction of the spider web, Ke Lan pounced directly on the Zerg-type modified human. The bloody claws on his hands suddenly grew to more than half a meter in length, heading straight for the opponent's neck that was not covered by scales.

Just when Ke Lan's claws were about to grab the opponent's neck, the glands on the opponent's back suddenly shot out several strands of spider silk, which stuck to the ground in the distance, pulling its body back quickly.

This kind of displacement method reminds Ke Lan of an old movie called "Spademan"...

When the blow missed, Ke Lan did not immediately pursue forward. Instead, he used his other hand to pull out the pistol from his waist, and repeatedly pulled the trigger at the open chest and abdomen of the zerg-type cyborg.

Although this pistol has a caliber of only 3.6 mm, it is a Gauss pistol. Its penetrating power and the kinetic energy attached to the bullet are much greater than the large-caliber hunting pistol that Ke Lan used before. It can easily fire more than a dozen needle bullets. The ground tore off the scales on the transformed person and penetrated into its body.

Judging from the shooting position, the bullet hit the heart almost 100% - of course, the premise is that it still has a human heart and does not change the position of the heart.

In the blink of an eye, the Zerg-type Cyborg was more than ten meters away from Ke Lan, but judging from the way it landed, it seemed that the dozens of shots Ke Lan had just fired at it did not cause serious damage to it. .

"The vitality of insects is really tenacious..." Ke Lan couldn't help but complained in his heart.

Many earth species of bugs can survive for several hours if their heads are cut off, and even grow another head... not to mention the indigenous bugs on Alpha Planet. This point is quite consistent with the basic understanding in the field of human biology - the simpler and lower-level the structure of a living body, the stronger its regeneration ability. For high-level creatures, it is often difficult to kill them quickly.

For example, if an earthworm is cut in half, it will split into two independent individuals instead of dying.

If this zerg-type cyborg's head was cut off...

This thought just flashed through Ke Lan's mind, and he saw a ghostly figure wrapped in a gray sword light, approaching the reformer's side in an instant, and Ke Lan hadn't even caught it yet The moment Asano Akira drew out his sword and retracted it, the Zerg-type cyborg's head had already detached itself from its neck and flown into the air.

"Asano Akira seems to have become a lot stronger..." Ke Lan thought to himself. Without the time stop, it was difficult for him to clearly see Asano Akira's moves. Assuming that Asano Akira's attack moves were filmed with an ultra-high-sensitivity camera, if you want to capture the moment when he draws the sword, you may need to subdivide a one-second clip into hundreds of frames.

Akira Asano did not stop there. After beheading the enemy, the gray sword light drew a huge cross. This cross was deeply engraved into the body of the Zerg-type cyborg... The next second, the very The body, which had few human features, had broken into four large pieces and fell to the ground.

"S-what a fast sword." Layton said in a daze, "I recorded the clip of the battle just now, but even in slow playback, I didn't see Asano Akira's action of drawing the sword."

"It's normal. I didn't see it clearly either." Ke Lan said, "Let's not talk about it for now. There are still a lot of enemies to deal with..."

He turned to look at the battlefield on the other side, and saw that the mobile troops continued to pour firepower on the shield of the cyborg, but after a long time of blasting, the strength of the shield did not show any signs of weakening. .