Alien Relic Hunter

The two of them immediately rushed out of the door, ran to the corridor, and looked down.

Aya, who was wearing power armor, fell to the ground. A tentacle covered in mucus and blood penetrated from her mouth, squirming continuously. The other end of the tentacle was connected to the five-six-year-old Old little girl body.

"Is this little girl a container?!" Ke Lan felt his scalp numb and jumped over the railing in front of him. At the same time, Asano Akira had already thrown out his sword and accurately cut off the tentacle.

Ke Lan grabbed the broken tentacle that was about to burrow into Aya's stomach and pulled it out with force. Along with the tentacle, there was a large amount of blood and organ fragments... foreign objects occupying the throat. After being taken out, Aya immediately coughed violently. However, every time she coughed, blood would splash out from her nose and mouth, and soon the clothes on Ke Lan's chest were stained red.

After crushing the struggling tentacle on the ground, Ke Lan took out the spare stimulants and blood replenishers from his pocket and inserted them into the injection holes on the surface of the power armor.

Many internal organs in Aya's body have been smashed to pieces by the tentacles of the Seed of Corrosion. The internal organs were damaged and there was a lot of internal bleeding. The reason why she can still breathe is all because of the strength of the advanced enhanced person. My body is struggling to hold on.

What's worse is that many parts of her body have been invaded by the cells of the corroding seed. Even if she can save her life through surgery, she can't escape the fate of infection and parasitism.

"Cough...cough..."

Aya opened her eyes with some difficulty. Her vocal cords and trachea had been damaged by the tentacles, and she could no longer speak. She could only look straight at Ke Lan with her eyes.

Ke Lan understood the meaning in her eyes - she wanted to be happy.

As a member of the Security Bureau, Aya knew very well that she was hopeless... The level of infection in her body was so severe that even if all her internal organs and body were removed, there was no way to save her life. The cells of the corrosive seeds had penetrated deep into the bone marrow and spread along the lines. Blood and body fluids spread throughout the body.

In addition to the severe pain, she could also feel a crazy itching, as if countless small granules were ready to move under the skin and would come out at any time.

"You should close the visor of the power armor." Ke Lan said to her.

Aya had previously lifted her mask so as not to scare the little girl, but she never imagined that the little girl she was holding in her arms actually contained a corrosive seed that was about to enter a period of rapid transformation, and when she was least prepared, attacked her.

If the mask had not been lifted, her injury would not have been so serious, and she would not have been infected by the Seed of Erosion cells.

Aya shook her head with some difficulty.

"You want to tell me that it's too late to talk about this now, right?" Ke Lan turned his head. On the other side, Asano Akira had already killed the corrosive seed that came out of the little girl's body and the tentacles scattered on the ground. The mutilated corpses were rapidly decaying and festering, and a stench mixed with the smell of blood filled the room.

"Lend me the knife." Ke Lan said.

Akira Asano shook off the blood on his sword and threw it away.

Grabbing the handle of the knife in the air, Ke Lan looked down at Aya, who was already on her deathbed, and then penetrated the tip of the knife into her body.

…

"Did you avoid the vital points in her body?" Asano Akira's ear twitched imperceptibly. Although he couldn't see it with his eyes, the tentacles of his mind could clearly capture the angle and angle of Ke Lan's knife. depth.

"Of course, I want to save her, not kill her." Ke Lan said, "This knife can temporarily suppress the corrosive seed cells in her body. When the time comes, as long as she can be replaced with a cyborg prosthetic body, she can Can survive.”

"Like Ivan?" Asano Akira tilted his head.

"Ivan just lost an arm. From her words... I guess the parts below the nose will have to be replaced." Ke Lan couldn't help but picture Victoria in his mind.

"The medical team came in immediately to save the person! Be careful not to have any contact with the injured person's body or blood or body fluids. She has been infected by the cells of the Seed of Corrosion." Ke Lan shouted into the communicator.

According to the regulations of the Security Bureau, agents infected by the Corrosion Seed must be "properly dealt with" regardless of whether they are dead or alive... However, as Ke Lan, he has full authority to modify this rule.

"You just need to save the lives of the injured. I will send someone to take over the rest, whether it is follow-up treatment or replacement of artificial organs and cybernetic bodies." Ke Lan added.

At this time, Asano Akira walked out, holding a delicate and white arm in his hand.

This is a severed arm from the little girl who was parasitized by the Seed of Corrosion.

"Look." Asano Akira said.

On the inner side of the arm, there were several needle holes that had not yet healed. It looked like they had been punctured recently.

When the security agency surrounded the Williams mansion, the little girl was injected with a high concentration of Corrosion Seed cells, and she was injected with more than one injection.

If Ke Lan hadn't seen the photo, he would have doubted whether this girl was Roger Williams' biological daughter.

Tiger poison doesn't even eat its seeds... and this group of people felt that using the word "animal" to describe Ke Lan was an insult.

A helicopter hovered over the manor, and four Security Agency agents wearing power armor specially designed for medics jumped out of the cabin and landed in the central courtyard.

Aya, who still had Asano Akira's sword inserted into her body, was carried on a folding stretcher. Four agents quickly connected the life support device on the back of the power armor, and at the same time injected Aya with a large dose of adrenaline.

"Remember, do not pull out this knife either during the rescue process or after the rescue." Ke Lan said to the four agents, "Be sure to keep the blade in direct contact with Minister Breya's body - this The knife can suppress the erosion seed cells in her body and delay the infection process, do you understand?"

The four agents nodded vigorously and carried the stretcher into the helicopter.

Immediately afterwards, Ke Lan and Asano Akira also jumped into the cabin.

"There should be no survivors in the Williams family's mansion." Ke Lan said solemnly, "Allow the military to use large mechas and heavy weapons to directly bulldoze the entire mansion."

"yes!"

…

…

Security Service, Headquarters.

Aya didn't know how many hours she had been in a coma. In a state of blurred consciousness, she vaguely remembered that she was first penetrated by Ke Lan with a knife, and then was carried onto the plane by her colleagues... They injected herself with a lot of medicine. ...Then there was a long operation...and then, it seemed that my body was put into the medical cabin...

Will the cells of the Seed of Corrosion contaminate the LCL liquid in the medical cabin?

Are they planning to save themselves?

But...this level of infection is irreversible, right?

She felt as if she was falling deeply into the abyss, and everything she could see was darkness... But at this moment, fresh air was suddenly pumped into her lungs, and a strong current flowed along her limbs. Come on!

"Uh-huh..."

Aya couldn't help but moan, but at the same time, she heard human voices coming from very close.

"Successful! The new prosthetic body was successfully activated! All indicators are perfect, and the fit is almost 100%!"

"The assimilation of those invading cells has also been inhibited! The ore fragments provided to us by 'that' actually have such a miraculous effect!"

"Check again...Oh, she seems to be awake?"

…

Aya tried to open her eyes and found that she was lying on a sterile operating bed covered with a laminar flow hood. Next to the bed stood a row of equipment that she couldn't name, as well as countless tubes and cables. These devices extend all the way to the bed and are connected to interfaces in various parts of her body.

"Brain waves, heart rate, and blood pressure are all normal." A person standing in front of the testing equipment said. Another person wearing sterile clothes came closer, took out a pen-like medical flashlight from his pocket, and pointed it at Aya's eyes swayed. After discovering that the focus of Aya's sight would consciously follow the light source, he lowered his upper body with some excitement and asked softly: "Can you hear my voice? If so, blink your eyes." "

Aya blinked.

"Very good, I'm conscious." The other party nodded, and the assistant beside him quickly made notes on the tablet.

"Then do you still remember who you are?" the other party asked again.

Who am I...I am...Aya Breya...an agent of the Ark Security Agency...

Aya blinked again.

"Can you still remember what happened before you fell into coma?" The person wearing a sterile suit continued to ask, "We need to confirm whether you have symptoms of amnesia... Your body has been replaced with a large area of ​​​​cyborg prosthesis. , there are more than 100,000 lines connected to the spinal nerves and cerebral cortex alone, which may have a certain impact on your brain."

"Don't be anxious, think about it slowly. It doesn't matter if you can't remember it. Don't be anxious." He said in a gentle tone, "It's all over. You are safe now and have plenty of time. You can think about it slowly." "

What happened before the coma...

Aya's body couldn't help but tremble violently - she clearly remembered that the temperature of the little girl she was holding in her arms suddenly rose sharply, and then, a tentacle broke out from her chest and attacked herself. face!

It was impossible to dodge this kind of almost zero-range attack. He only had time to let out a broken cry, and the tentacle penetrated along his mouth and into his throat...

Later... Ke Lan appeared... He pulled out the tentacle, but it was already too late...

She wanted to ask him to kill her, but she couldn't make a sound and could only convey the message with her eyes...

Fortunately, he understood the look in my eyes... He took the knife and stabbed me...

Am I not dead?

Aya was stunned for a moment? Have I been rescued?

However, the tentacle that invaded his body had already reached his stomach, and his internal organs were severely damaged. Under this situation, the cells of the erosion seeds had already flowed throughout the body along the blood. Logically speaking, it was impossible. Block the infected...

Could it be... could he have become a container for the seeds of erosion?

This thought immediately made Aya a little desperate. She struggled reluctantly and tried to sit up.

"She's very excited! She's on the verge of losing control!" The man in sterile clothing suddenly became nervous and held down Aya's limbs. "Give her 20 units of sedatives! At the same time, assist Use a restraint device! If necessary, you can cut off the energy supply of the cyborg prosthetic body!"

With a burst of mechanical sound, several mechanical arms protruded from the edge of the laminar flow bed, imprisoning all Aya's hands and feet. At the same time, an indescribable sleepiness surged out from the depths of her brain.

"Am I really...going to become a monster?" She thought with despair, falling into a deep sleep again.

…

North District 1, Joint Parliamentary Group Office Building, six underground floors, entrance to "Black Well".

Ke Lan walked into the elevator alone. A dark red laser slowly scanned him from head to toe. A mechanized female voice sounded in the car: "Identity confirmed, welcome to Heijing, His Excellency the Pope." "

The so-called "black well" is actually the only external terminal of the general archives. This terminal is buried deep underground in the North District. Only members of the Undead Crew Association can enter - the "external archives" connected to the Ark network. The data of "Library" all comes from here. The information that can be "disclosed" will be provided to different departments and institutions according to different authority levels after being screened (and deleted and modified). And those The first, most original, and most complete information will all be sealed in the black well.

For the sake of safety, Heijing did not connect to Ark's network, but adopted a somewhat clumsy but very reliable information storage method - a vast amount of data was stored in countless large-capacity physical hard drives. The hard drives are neatly stacked on labeled cabinets, just like those archives in the old era that were responsible for collecting and preserving documents and files.

The work of the disaster relief and aftermath office was handed over by Ke Lan to Hound, Zofia and others. Although it was somewhat suspected of nepotism, at least their character and ability were completely trusted by Ke Lan.

As for himself, he had more important things to do.

According to time estimates, Aya Breya's prosthetic transformation surgery should have been completed by now. In order to suppress the erosion of seed cells in her body, Ke Lan provided a lot of stalagmite fragments and asked the technicians in charge of the surgery to implant them into Aya. In Ya's prosthetic body, these fragments also reminded Ke Lan of many things.

The abyss of the undersea city, the nameless island with no day or night, the underground ruins where prehistoric species were once kept in captivity... and the mysterious mission that the 776 Special Forces Team once performed.

And that puzzling secret phrase.

The answers to these things lie in the dark well.