Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 639 The Secret God of War-Alexander

"We can't break this shield at all..." Layton said with a hint of despair, "This shield is the same as the shield of the human being transformed below. The energy supply comes from the ruins themselves... with our firepower , absolutely..."

"I don't believe it! We've already reached this place. No matter whether it can be broken or not, we have to try it!" A pilot of the pusher mecha shouted excitedly. Before anyone else could say anything, he suddenly lifted the button. The restriction valve of the machine's power furnace rushed at full speed towards the prophet located in the center of the platform, who was guiding the "ritual".

The propeller simply threw away the shotgun in its hand, and sharp steel claws protruded from the ends of the ten fingers of its two mechanical arms, tearing open the armor on its abdomen and exposing the core module of the power furnace.

This is the "hidden ultimate move" of the "Propeller" series of machines, and it is also the most powerful attack of this machine. It concentrates the energy released by the over-limit power furnace into one point and explodes. Its destructive power is even greater than that of direct self-destruction. Even more terrifying.

But this "hidden trick" cannot be used by everyone. First of all, after the power furnace limiting valve is released, the power of the power furnace must be manually controlled by the pilot - the power is too low and the energy cannot be reached. The threshold of explosion; if the power is too high, it is very likely to blow up the entire power furnace directly. A pilot who can achieve precise control can already be regarded as an ACE level in terms of technology alone.

Secondly, no matter whether this hidden ultimate skill is successfully unleashed or whether it hits the target, the machine that has used this skill will immediately lose its combat capability - even if the power furnace is not blown up on the spot, scrapping is already a definite outcome. There is almost no difference between using this ultimate move on the battlefield and dying together.

Moreover, since using this ability requires removing the protective armor of the power furnace, the airtightness of the safety cabin will be destroyed, and the pilot sitting directly above the power furnace will inevitably be affected by an ultra-high dose of radiation during the energy burst... As for the actual survival rate of pilots who have used this hidden ultimate move, probably only the person in charge of the frontline field hospital knows.

"Don't!!"

As soon as Layton finished speaking, the propeller hit the reactive shield directly - it must be said that the pilot's timing was very accurate, and it detonated just before the body and the shield collided. The power furnace just allowed the burst of energy to hit the thick shield at zero distance.

But in this way, it would be almost impossible for the pilot to escape from the cockpit in time - he launched this last charge with the determination to die.

The deafening explosion and blinding light almost simultaneously obscured everyone's vision and hearing, but the shock wave that followed was even more terrifying than what Ke Lan had just caused - fortunately, everyone was prepared this time , the Blasphemer mecha with its shield fully opened stood at the front, followed by several heavy physical shields like door panels... Although these machines were pushed back dozens of meters, they finally managed to send the shock wave away. Completely blocked.

But the propeller that hit the energy shield has completely disappeared, and not even the wreckage is left. Only a piece of red molten steel splashed radially on the ground not far away, which can still retain a trace of the existence of this machine. .

"One of the most important features of the 'Reactive Shield' is that the stronger the attack is... the stronger the feedback attack will be. You don't have to go... to die!" Layton shouted.

"No, the attack just now was effective." Ze Luo suddenly said, "I can feel that the strength of the shield was weakened by 0.62% at the moment of the explosion, although it recovered quickly. , but calculated in proportion, the actual strength of this shield is actually only about one thousandth of the core tower's external shield."

"So, the energy source of this reactive shield and the shield of the ruins are not from the same source?" Ke Lan had already climbed up from the ground at this time. Although the living armor on his body was blown to pieces, it was bright red in color. It was also completely covered in charred black, but at this moment, the armor all over his body was repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was estimated that it would be restored to its original state in less than a minute.

"I can't be sure about this." Ze Luo shook his head.

"If the explosion of one pusher's power furnace can reduce the shield by 0.62%, then as long as one hundred and sixty pusher mechas explode at the same time... or an attack of the same strength, it should be able to Break this shield!" Leiton was excited at first, and then his eyes dimmed suddenly, "But the problem is...even if we count the strength of everyone on this platform, we can't get it together. An attack of magnitude... unless the warships in the sky can bypass the outer shield of the core tower and directly attack this shield."

"Is there no other way?" The commander of the mobile unit couldn't help but clenched his fists and stared with red eyes at the prophet who was less than two hundred meters away from them - although as a grassroots commander, he had The information he can obtain under his authority is not much, but he also knows that the man in black robe in front of him has a high probability of being the "prophet". As long as he can be dealt with, this war can be ended. war.

But now, a light curtain that is not too thick has completely cut off this possibility - it is obvious that the enemy is right in front of you, and it is only one step away from victory, but this last step cannot be taken no matter what. , how can people be willing to do this? !

"Ke Lan, what are we going to do now?" Leiton couldn't remember exactly how many times he asked this question along the way, but he really didn't know how to deal with the current situation - this kind of difficulty Using words to remove the feeling of powerlessness penetrated deeply into his heart.

"If there is no way to break the shield, then we can only retreat." Ke Lan said word for word, "If we continue to stay here, all of us will definitely die."

More and more blood poured out from the bottom of the copper pillar at the feet of the prophet. It almost filled the entire platform and began to fall along the edge of the platform. Several soldiers on the edge of the platform just turned around and glanced, and then immediately shouted A cry of surprise.

"What's going on?!" Everyone's attention was suddenly attracted by these exclaimed soldiers. Ke Lan and Sanshisan ran to the edge of the platform almost at the same time and looked down -

The location where they are now can be said to be an excellent "viewing platform", which allows them to have a panoramic view of the entire ancient copper city ruins - they can see that the various sectors of the ruins begin to rotate, and countless cracks appear. Under the feet of the troops entering the city, countless soldiers and mechas stumbled and fell into these cracks, and were crushed to pieces by the huge gears and mechanical modules that meshed with each other in the cracks...

As the sectors moved between sectors, these cracks began to expand, and at the same time the ground began to tilt, pushing the fleeing soldiers together, and then swallowed them up by the cracks like the huge mouth of the abyss - the entire ruins of the Ancient Bronze City. It's like a huge millstone of flesh and blood, from which no one can escape!

"This... this..." The commander of the mobile unit knelt on the ground with a dejected look on his face, "The ground troops... were all wiped out...?"

"Is this a trap set by the prophet?" Ivan couldn't help but turn his head and look at the figure who was still guiding the ceremony, "But... the ceremony is still going on..."

At this moment, the platform suddenly trembled violently, and everyone suddenly realized that the height of the platform was rising - no, it was not just the height of the platform that was rising, but the entire ancient copper city ruins were rising!

"What's going on? Is the ceremony not over yet?" Layton asked in shock while trying to control the balance of the machine.

"Of course not." A voice that was extremely unfamiliar to everyone except Ke Lan sounded on the platform, "The sacrifice has just been offered, how can the ceremony end?"

Only then did everyone realize that the person speaking was actually the prophet himself, but his voice did not come from the center of the platform, but came from all directions.

"Use the hundred thousand souls in the city as sacrifices to awaken the greatest legacy he left to the Alpha civilization and give it a soul... I hope you can remember its name before you die - the secret army god: Alexander!"

"A... Alexander?" Of course Layton knew that the commander of Fleet Zero was named Alexander... but the Alexander mentioned by the prophet was obviously not the same thing.

"Alexander... does it refer to the original name of the ancient Bronze City ruins?" Ke Lan asked.

"Yes. It is not a fortress at all, but a mobile weapon restored by the Alpha civilization according to its will..."

In a daze, Ke Lan's mind suddenly felt a twinge of pain, and fragments of memories about "Alexander" poured in one after another...

Hidden God of War: Alexander is the ultimate mobile weapon created by the Alpha civilization based on a race that is hostile to "him". In addition to the title of "Hidden God of War", the Alpha people also call him the "God of Machinery" ” or “God of War”…

"It's strange. There are weapons made based on the appearance of the enemies of the gods they believe in. Why do they call it the name of 'God'? Isn't this a kind of blasphemy against 'Him'?" Ke Lan The doubts only appeared in his mind for a moment, and then he was overwhelmed by the massive amount of information. Pictures related to "Alexander" flashed before his eyes one after another. The amount of information was so large and the speed of emergence was so fast. It even exceeded the processing limit of Ke Lan's brain for a time...so that in the eyes of others, he seemed to be frightened as he stood there.

The original design concept of "Alexander" was a mobile fortress that could operate on its own, repair and transform itself, and possess self-awareness and complete thinking logic. This version of the design drawings alone cost three hundred dollars. A preliminary outline was drawn only in the year... Tens of billions of technical difficulties faced the technical personnel of Alpha Civilization. Judging from the technological level of Alpha Civilization at the time, this was completely impossible to accomplish. Task.

It wasn't until the god they believed in dropped the corpse of a mechanical creature on the Alpha planet that the research and development work achieved a substantial breakthrough - the Alpha civilization directly used this corpse as the skeleton of "Alexander", and many cores The problem was immediately solved...

The ruins of the Ancient Bronze City—no, it should be called "Alexander" now—slowly stood up, and a metal colossus ten thousand meters high suddenly appeared on the plain.

Its trunk is a cone-shaped fortress made up of countless buildings. It is broken down into countless pieces of floors and walls to form heavy armor. Hundreds of towers are connected to each other by covered bridges in mid-air. Rows upon rows of thick columns Arranged on its neck... As for its head, it is a "core tower" surrounded by numerous towers and buildings like stars.

In addition to the torso, Alexander also has two towering mechanical giant arms that are like mountains supporting the ground. On these two mechanical giant arms, countless gears stained with thick blood and hung with broken corpses are turning... These The smallest gear is the size of a human hand, and the largest diameter exceeds the length of the "Yao" class aircraft carrier battleship. But whether it is the largest gear or the smallest gear, they all fit together perfectly to drive this machine. It seems like a mechanical weapon that only appears in legends and stories.

Looking at such a number of gears, the first thing that came to Ke Lan's mind was the Difference Engine, which symbolizes "steampunk culture"... But compared with what is in front of him, the Difference Engine can only be regarded as "enlightenment level" Mechanical.

The fleet in the air is constantly pouring ammunition and energy into the "Alexander" - it is no exaggeration to say that this level of firepower, let alone leveling a fortress, is even possible to sink the Ark, but bombarding the "Alexander" body, but even its shield couldn't be broken.

An aircraft carrier battleship seemed to want to replicate the operation of the "Kilin" when it hit Leviathan. Suddenly, it rushed towards Alexander's torso with its full rudder. But before the aircraft carrier battleship could touch Alexander's energy shield, a burst of energy came from it. The beam of light shot from Alexander's chest split the aircraft carrier battleship in half!

[P.S. The prototype of the "Secret Army God-Alexander" that appears in the plot comes from the mechanical behemoth summoned by Lucy Suzaku in the PSP game Final Fantasy Zero. The summoning ceremony directly drained the protagonist, including the commander of Class Zero, Mu Yu. The magic and vitality of thousands of people, Setsuna, the leader of the ceremony, also turned into crystal after the ceremony. In this game, the military god Alexander only launched one attack and then disintegrated. However, this attack directly razed the White Tiger's border fortress, killing more than 180,000 White Tiger soldiers, and directly reversed the entire situation of the war. (Mecha-god Alexander also appeared in other Final Fantasy series, but the appearance that impressed me the most was in Type-0. There should be many CG videos of this clip online, you can search for it by yourself.)]

[P.P.S. Thanks to Pipi Xing and Super Le for the 500 starting coins; thanks to Chubby Little National Treasure and Mr. Zhang 0 for the 100 starting coins. 】