Alien Relic Hunter

"All information related to the great gods will bear the imprint of God. This is one of the eternal truths in the universe."

"The more a biological individual absorbs this kind of information, the more 'imprints' it will accumulate in the body... This is a high-dimensional change, but it will also affect the conventionally observable form of the biological individual. …”

"This change is called erosion. It is an irresistible and irreversible process that spreads through the thinking and cognition of individual organisms. When the existence of the great god is realized, the erosion process has already begun. "

"Intelligent creatures are generally curious. Driven by curiosity, they will actively search and absorb relevant information to accelerate the progress of erosion..."

"All information with the imprint of the gods is collectively referred to as 'forbidden knowledge'. To obtain this knowledge, you need to pay an unexpected price..."

"Everything belonging to the great gods cannot be observed and understood by mortals, unless the mortal body is abandoned."

"When the degree of erosion exceeds the 'threshold value', the soul of the biological individual will be assimilated by the great god and become a part of Him, and the body of the individual left in the mortal world will become 'corrosion'—— This phenomenon is called 'super-erosion'."

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"Super eclipse?!"

Ke Lan couldn't help but hold his breath and carefully looked at the "corroded corpse" in front of him.

The Undead Crew Association has never revealed to Ke Lan what will happen if the degree of erosion exceeds the critical point, but now, a living example is placed in front of Ke Lan.

This "corroded body" was undoubtedly one of the crew members of the "Shaojiang Kai" during his lifetime. During this operation, he actively or passively accepted "forbidden knowledge" that was enough to cause the degree of erosion to break through the critical point, so that it became what it is now. This look.

From this point of view, the fear of the "opposition" of the undead crew is not unreasonable... The undead crew undoubtedly possesses a large amount of "forbidden knowledge", but these "forbidden knowledge" can only be divided into "several parts". Different members rely on their own memories for preservation.

If the crew members share this "forbidden knowledge" with each other, the risk of "super-eclipse" may increase exponentially - the entire crew members may very well turn into "eclipses" overnight. skeleton".

Thinking of this, Ke Lan couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

Since there is such a risk, why are Demeter and the others still insisting on allowing all crew members to share information... Aren't they worried that their erosion will exceed that critical point?

Or...is this their original purpose?

Are people like Demeter the real "ghosts" in the crew?

No... No, if this is the case, then their plan is too easy to see through... The members of the Immortal Crew Club are elites selected from a million. They are not fools. They can also think of things they can think of... ...Even if they want to share information, they should have a way to avoid "super eclipse" from happening.

According to the memories that poured into Ke Lan's brain, after the individual's erosion rate breaks through the critical point, the so-called "soul" will be assimilated by that great god. To put it in a more understandable way, it is "ascension to the divine world", and leaving The physical body underneath will turn into this kind of monster that the Alpha civilization calls "corrosion"...

This statement sounds full of religious flavor, but based on the current level of human cognition, stories about high-dimensional creatures like "great gods" sound real and religious stories that cannot be explained by science. No difference.

In Ke Lan's understanding, the so-called "soul" should be something similar to mental power and mental power... But if we want to delve into the origin of this power, it cannot be explained clearly by the current level of technology. .

In these memory fragments, it is also mentioned that there are two types of "hyper-erosion" - one is called "chronic hyper-erosion"; the other is called "acute hyper-erosion", like the situation of the previous generation "Pope" Chiron. It belongs to chronic super-erosion. The body gradually mutates into a meat mountain-like monster, but his mental ability is constantly increasing... Now that he thinks about it, he can read other people's thoughts and memories. It is probably in the state of chronic super-erosion that "the great god" "Part of the power lent to him.

The person in front of me is most likely suffering from "acute super erosion".

What worries Ke Lan the most is... what kind of "forbidden knowledge" did this person come into contact with before, so that he became like this...

According to Demeter, there is no quantitative standard for the critical point of erosion. It does not mean that the stronger a person is, the stronger his resistance to erosion. It is very likely that a ninth-level enhanced person will only know a very small amount of things related to "him" and instantly turn into a rotten and oozing monster. However, a weak person who has no power to restrain a chicken or even a terminally ill person may also be able to withstand it. Live a large amount of "forbidden knowledge" without turning into "corrosion".

Ke Lan obviously belongs to the latter. Of course, this may be inseparable from his identity as a "symbiote"... Judging from various clues, the "anti-corrosion ability" of the Alpha people is obviously much stronger than that of the people on Earth. of.

If it were a "pure" earthling, the glacier ruins would have been "super-eroded" when the memory was forcibly instilled by that stone tablet.

In the gray fog forest, there is obviously "forbidden knowledge" that can make people break through the critical point - the man in front of him became a monster because of these "forbidden knowledge", and Mo Jue's father also became a monster because of these "forbidden knowledge" knowledge", they will form a team of "lumberjacks" to explore the gray mist forest again and again.

The secrets hidden in this forest may be far more than the ruins of an engine wreckage.

Ke Lan's brain was still thinking rapidly, but the corpse that fell to the ground had already struggled to stand up. Its turbid eyes were staring straight at Ke Lan, and the crack was even worse than a hare lip. The lips kept opening and closing, spitting out indistinct syllables one after another.

It speaks the language of Alpha civilization, but they are all meaningless words, just like the babble of human beings in their unconscious state.

"You... can you understand what I said?" Ke Lan first said it in Chinese, and then repeated it in the language of Alpha Civilization... Although "Erosion" is a body that has lost its soul, he I decided to try to communicate with this body.

After all, in the eyes of humans, there is no such thing as a soul... As long as the brain can work normally, then "Erosion" should have normal thinking and communication abilities.

"You...who are you?" The skeleton tilted its head, and an unclear voice came from its throat.

Can communicate!

The villain in Ke Lan excitedly pumped his fist, and the other party's answer was still in Chinese. In other words, this corpse indeed still retains the memory of when it was a human!

Ke Lan turned back and glanced at Asano Akira and Sansansan, and said, "You two go out first and wait for me in the corridor."

"This monster... can you handle it?" Thirty-three stared at the corpse with some worry and said in a deep voice.

"If I need your help, I will shout...Besides, I am not alone. The strongest combat power in the team is now 'worn' on me."

"Yes, if there are enemies that even Ze Luo can't deal with, it will be useless for the two of us to go up there." Thirty-three nodded, "Then be careful, we will wait for you at the door."

After saying that, Sansan San and Akira Asano quickly exited the bridge.

With a thought, Ke Lan closed the airtight door again, and surrounded the space where he and the corpse were with a layer of space barrier to prevent Asano Akira from hearing the rest of the exchange.

It's not that he doesn't trust Asano Akira, but the taboo knowledge involving the "great gods", even if it is just overheard, will corrode the human body and consciousness - Asano Akira is not a symbiote, he is very concerned about erosion. The resistance is far less than that of Ke Lan himself.

"You...are you...a human?" The skeleton first asked Ke Lan in Chinese. The next second, its throat squirmed a few times, and a strange whisper flowed from its lips.

The second sentence is the language of Alpha civilization: "Are you...an Alpha...person?"

Ke Lan's pupils shrank slightly - obviously, the other party had most likely seen the body of his "symbiont".

"I am a human being." Ke Lan replied in Chinese, "I am a search and rescue team sent by Ark."

"Search and rescue... team?" The shoulder blades of the corpse twitched, and the whole person fell back to the ground, looking up at Ke Lan not far ahead, a trace of resentment seemed to flash in his eyes, "You... are... …Lying…it’s been…decades…there can’t be…a search and rescue team…”

"Ark has not given up on searching and rescuing you for decades." Ke Lan said without changing his face and without a beating heart. "In the past few decades, countless people have been buried in this forest. Until today, my team has I managed to get here and found you and this battleship.”

"You...are...looking for...me? Who are you?" Xiangshi's mind seemed not very clear. After just a few words of conversation, Ke Lan always felt as if he was in front of an Alzheimer. patients with advanced disease.

"I am a search and rescue personnel sent by Ark... Please tell me your identity and what happened to the 'Shaojiang Kai' after it crashed."

"My identity... I am... I am..." The skeleton suddenly reached out to cover its head and howled in pain. Then, it began to hit the ground violently with its head, and its forehead suddenly Become bloody.

It's just that its body also has the same terrifying recovery ability as Ke Lan. The wound on its forehead recovered in less than two seconds, but the healing was not particularly perfect, leaving strips of bulges like earthworms. scar.

"I am... I am... I only remember..." The Corruption stopped grabbing the ground with its head and murmured, "I only remember... someone once called me... Captain..."

Could this corpse be the captain of the "Shaojiang modified" frigate?

A series of files related to this person suddenly flashed through Ke Lan's mind... Although the facial features of the corroded skeleton in front of him have been severely distorted and the facial bones have also undergone tremendous changes, its height is consistent with the captain's file. , almost 180 centimeters.

"Are you Hruni Yang? The captain of the Shaojiang frigate?"

"Hruni Yang?... No, Hruni Yang is dead... I... I am dead." The skeleton stood up and faced Ke Lan. Suddenly, its words became no longer Caton was vague, "I accepted the gift from Him, and I have become a part of Him. Khruni Yang no longer exists in this world, and I will live forever... I am Him, and He is me!"

"Calm down, what becomes a part of 'him' is only the soul of Hruni Yang, and you are just a shed body." Ke Lan said.

"But I didn't lie, I am Hruni Yang... But you are lying, you are not human." Xiu Gu stared at Ke Lan, his voice became deeper and deeper, "You are one of the betrayers... But Even so, He is willing to accept you and give you eternal life and truth.”

"Betrayer?" Ke Lan's eyes twitched involuntarily, "You mean... the Alpha people? The Alpha people betrayed the great god they believe in?"

No wonder... no wonder the mecha created by the Alpha civilization was named "blasphemer"... The civilization of Emotion is actually a bunch of young men? !

"You have no choice." The corpse walked slowly towards Ke Lan, "I will send your soul back to Him... You will enter His palace, and you will gain eternity..."

"Please allow me to refuse." Ke Lan flew up and kicked the corpse away, "Life has been rushing towards death from the beginning of its birth. Personally, I don't expect eternal life at all... Not only that, but I feel that eternal life is an extremely terrifying torture for human beings."

"..." The IQ of the corpse is obviously not high, and it did not respond to Ke Lan's remarks.

"Well, since you want me to accept His gift, it means you want me to become what you are now, right? As a necessary condition for 'Super Eclipse', shouldn't you remove those 'taboos'? Share your knowledge with me?" Ke Lan said to the eclipse with a sincere face, "Well, in order for me to achieve 'super eclipse', tell me everything you discovered in this forest. Bar."

"Forbidden knowledge...why...do you know those...those things?" The expression on the corpse's face suddenly began to become ferocious. Although the face with dislocated facial features looked terrifying, Ke Lan still looked at it from Some clues can be seen in its details: the other party's consciousness seems to be in a state of intense struggle.

"Quick... run... get out of here..." Erosion suddenly changed his tone, "Forget everything you saw and heard... never come back!"