Alien Relic Hunter

"I don't know." Aphrodite shook her head.

Oh...it turns out you guys in the Undead Crew Club don't know something, right? Ke Lan cursed in his heart, and then said: "The meaning of breaking the chapter is that the author stopped abruptly when the plot reached a critical moment, leaving a sentence of 'I will update it tomorrow' or 'Let's listen to the next chapter'..." For those who have read this novel, of course they will not care about this kind of thing. But for those who are following the novel, they will almost want to hold a knife to the author’s neck and force him to finish explaining the plot.”

"Oh I see."

"I don't understand why you chose to blow up those engine remains... If the things inside could be brought back to the Ark for analysis, wouldn't they at least improve the Ark's technological level for hundreds of years? Moreover, that thing is a It looks like it was made by the earth's civilization. Let's not talk about how this earth's civilization came to Alpha Planet, but at least the characters they used are Chinese characters, not those Alpha characters that are like ghost drawings. It is more difficult to parse than Those relics unearthed from ordinary ruins are much easier, right?"

Aphdirota said nothing and looked at Ke Lan silently.

"Also, the monster that the 776th Special Forces Team encountered in the control room last had a human upper body and an octopus lower body - that was the true face of the Alpha Man, right? You already knew it, right?"

Aphrodite remained silent.

"If you don't speak, I'll take it as your acquiescence."

"Yes, that is indeed one of the few remaining Alpha people on this planet. The undead crew will already know of their existence before the Ark lands on Alpha." Aphdelota said.

"But you did not choose to communicate with them, but instead acquiesced in the special forces executing the mission to kill them."

"I can tell you why the undead crew chose to hide all this." Aphdelota put away her smile and said slowly.

"What?" Ke Lan couldn't help but was slightly startled when he heard that the other party was willing to let go.

"The reason why we concealed all this, and even sent special forces to erase all traces, was not because we were afraid that people would know about it and cause panic... You should still remember the 'memetic contamination' incident that broke out in the institute, right?"

"Remember." Ke Lan nodded, "As long as you 'see'... no matter how you see it, you will be infected by the 'meme'... Do you mean that the existence of Alpha Man is a similar 'meme'?"

"It's not the Alpha people, but Him... the being who is worshiped by the Alpha civilization and is called 'God'." Aphrodite said, "Any intelligent life that knows the existence of 'Him' - No matter how we know it, whether we know it actively or passively, our consciousness will be subtly eroded by 'him'. This kind of erosion transcends the limitations of time and space... When consciousness is eroded At the same time, the body of the living body will also change, and finally become a monster similar to Alpha Man."

"..." Ke Lan couldn't help but hold his breath and waited quietly for her to continue.

"Although each individual is eroded at a different rate, once this erosion process begins, it cannot be stopped or reversed... The final outcome of the eroded living body is to become a part of 'him' - to The way of 'nourishment'." Aphrodite said, "Members of the Immortal Crew...Everyone has been severely corroded, so we have to completely seal our bodies...You might think we would There is a time to emerge from the coffin of eternal life, but in fact, as long as we leave the coffin of eternal life, our lives will also come to an end in a very short period of time.”

"That Chiron..."

"You guessed it right, Chiron was eager to fuse with the living armor precisely because his consciousness and body were eroding too quickly. Unfortunately, he failed... and completely turned into a monster."

"But the problem is that there are not many people who know the 'great god' mentioned by the heretical sects. More than 80% of the people in the Security Bureau and the military know that such a thing exists, right? As for the ordinary people, I want to know about 'him' There are quite a few people there, right? Why are they not affected in any way?" Ke Lan asked.

"The most important factor that determines the speed of erosion is the depth of cognition...the more you know, the faster the speed of erosion." Aphdirota replied, "The vast majority of people just know that there is such a 'god' 'The existence of symbolic meaning, they don't even know whether it is some kind of creature from a higher civilization or a religious idol fabricated by the Alpha people. For this kind of people, the speed of their erosion can be almost negligible - —Before their bodies have changed, their lifespan has ended, and naturally they will not realize that they have been eroded by 'him'."

"What about me? These changes in my body are also because of...'Him'?"

"The process of your erosion is deeper than that of everyone in the current Undead Crew... Maybe it's because you have used the 'Holy Word'... If you visualize the process of erosion and make it into a progress bar, most people will As long as you are looked at by 'He' for a brief moment, the progress bar will fill up... But you seem to be very lucky, and you still maintain your consciousness and reason as a human being, which is a very rare situation."

"It's very rare... Then can you tell me, what is the 'symbiont'?"

"Edit Alpha's gene fragments into the genetic sequence of human embryos, and the resulting individual is a symbiote. The symbiote has a human appearance and way of thinking, but it can understand the language and writing of Alpha civilization and can also operate Some technological creations that can only be driven by Alpha people are indispensable 'tools' in the process of us receiving the legacy of Alpha civilization."

"Besides me and the 'Prophet', how many 'symbiotes' are there?"

"We have cultivated more than 15,000 'symbiotes' in total. Except for those stillborn babies whose development has been stopped, the vast majority of 'symbiotes' will be completely eroded by 'him' within twelve hours after waking up. ... We can only treat these 'symbionts' as consumables. But you and Leininger are the two exceptions."

"Leininger...is the original name of 'Prophet'?"

"yes."

"Since I have joined the Undead Crew and have been severely corrupted, why don't you just tell me all the truth?"

"This is to protect you...the more you know, the faster the erosion will progress."

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