Alien Relic Hunter

"He...they are alive again!" Mo Jue exclaimed.

"Now, we should call them 'them'..." Ke Lan corrected, although there is no difference in the pronunciation of the two words in Chinese.

"Should I fire on them?"

"Well, help me stop them before I finish my homework." Ke Lan nodded.

"What did you say?!" Mo Jue glanced at Ke Lan, who was still busy in disbelief... The number of wrecks in the bridge was in double digits, and she was asked to stop so many wrecks by herself. In her opinion, this request was somewhat too much.

"Don't worry, not every corpse is as strong as the ones Thirty-three encountered. For example, Hruni has basically no fighting power... Besides, I'm not asking you to kill them. As long as you can help me win a few It only takes a few minutes," Ke Lan said.

"But these... uh, 'corroded skeletons'..." Mo Jue paused for half a second before saying the unfamiliar and somewhat difficult-to-pronounce term "corroded skeletons." "They look very different."

As she said, most of the corpses in the bridge are covered with hard cuticles and sharp bone spikes, and some are covered with powerful tentacles... plus With the "vine armor" wrapped around their bodies like power armor, it is no exaggeration to describe them as "both offensive and defensive".

These guys were obviously mutated specifically for fighting...or rather, "transformed" into this state.

In the midst of his busy schedule, Ke Lan raised his head and glanced at the corpses that had landed on the ground, and said: "They have all become combat-specialized types... It seems that the situation is getting more and more difficult..."

Compared with when the two of them entered the bridge just now, the shape of these corpses has undergone tremendous changes, but it is not known whether it was the gray mist forest or... "him" that caused the changes in the corpses.

If it is the latter, it means that "He" is probably watching this place... Even if it is just a ray of light from one of "His" countless sights, the development of the incident will be a big surprise to Ke Lan and the others. It would be disastrous.

But considering that "His" gaze will cause all creatures that receive the gaze to be extremely severely corroded, and Mo Jue's mutated symptoms have not shown signs of getting worse for the time being, Ke Lan feels that the latter possibility should be very likely. Small.

It's just... can the gray mist forest alone change the shape of the corpse?

If you just put a few pieces of "outer armor" on these corpses through vines, that would make sense, but it would be a bit unreasonable to allow these "dead" corpses to mutate twice.

The reason why these eroded remains mutated from humans into this appearance is because they accepted too much "forbidden knowledge", which caused their own erosion level to exceed the critical value. If the Gray Mist Forest can be said to be "super-eroded" on the basis of Prompting the second mutation of the corroded corpse, does that mean that the Gray Mist Forest can also use this method to make a normal person's corroded degree instantly exceed the critical value?

To use an analogy, it is like forcing the head down to force those "forbidden knowledge" into people's heads... even if the person being indoctrinated takes the initiative to close their senses and does not see, hear or perceive everything around them. , erosion levels will also soar uncontrollably.

But it doesn't seem to make sense - if the Gray Mist Forest really had this ability, everyone in the entire exploration team, except Ke Lan, would have been turned into corpses long ago. The will of the forest has wanted to kill these people more than once. If it really has this method, there is no reason not to use it.

From this point of view, either I understood it wrong from the beginning, or there are various conditions and restrictions that cannot directly affect living people like them.

Ke Lan divided his brain into two parts. One part desperately invaded the operating system of the central control computer of the "Genoa", and the other part frantically thought about the reasons for the secondary mutation of these corpses. Behind him, Mo Jue He had already started fighting with a few corpses that were the first to break free from the shackles of the vines.

The target of these eroded corpses was very clear. They rushed in the direction of Ke Lan as soon as they landed. Mo Jue did not hesitate to switch the bolt gun to three-shot burst mode and then pulled the trigger.

Three crystal energy explosive bombs the size of a baby's fist came out of the gun and landed among the corpses in the blink of an eye.

The deafening explosion suddenly resounded throughout the entire bridge.

The explosive power of the resonance of the three crystal energy bombs should not be underestimated. The corpses were directly thrown away by the terrifying air waves and hit the wall in the distance...or to put it another way: embedded within the walls.

Although these corpses looked very embarrassed, Mo Jue could see that they had not suffered any substantial damage at all. The three crystal energy bombs could not even tear apart the vine armor on their bodies.

The reason why these corpses were blown away was simply because the ground their limbs were clinging to was torn apart. Otherwise, they could have remained motionless in the explosion, or even continued to charge forward...

"Even crystal energy bombs can't cause damage..." Mo Jue's heart sank, but the current situation didn't leave her much room to think, so she could only choose to continue firing.

"Anyway, as long as we can hold these guys back...Ke Lan and the others should have a way to deal with these...'monsters', right?" Even Mo Jue herself didn't notice that she now trusts Ke Lan and the others. The level is now the same as that of her teammates who have been with her for many years. Compared with the mutual suspicion attitude when she first entered the forest, she can now trust them with her back.

But the current situation was just the other way around - it was Ke Lan who handed his back to her.

Three more corpses broke free from the vines that penetrated their bodies, fell to the ground, and rushed over from Mo Jue's right side, forming a two-sided trap with the corpses on the left that had been blown away before and now came back. Mo Jue suddenly felt a great deal of pressure——

"How long do you want? I feel like I can't stop them for much longer!" Mo Jue roared. She turned the muzzle of the bolter and fired three crystal energy bombs in each direction.

The shock wave generated by the explosion of crystal energy bombs can indeed suppress the erosion to a certain extent, but the premise is that the continuous firepower cannot be interrupted... And now only the last of the twelve crystal energy bombs of the bolt gun in Mo Jue's hand are left Three rounds, and only less than half a minute passed.

Mo Jue's bolter was picked up from the ground, and there were no supplies such as spare magazines - weapons and ammunition of this level were locked in high-authority weapon boxes, and they could not be connected before gaining control of the battleship. Ke Lan couldn't even open these weapon boxes.

Ze Luo was able to use his space ability to "pry" the lock of the weapon box without triggering the self-destruction device of the weapon box, but before that, Ke Lan never thought that explosive bombs would be used in the future. When it comes to things like guns.

Even the shooter originally equipped with a bolt gun on the "Genoa" ship rarely carries a spare magazine - generally speaking, only one to three crystal energy bolt rounds are needed to solve the problem, and if ten If two crystal energy bombs can't solve the problem, then twelve more shots will often be of no avail.

"I'm out of ammunition." Mo Jue said to Ke Lan after firing the last three crystal energy bombs.

"Give me another three minutes!" Ke Lan's fingers typing on the keyboard had even left an afterimage. Fortunately, he was using a highly sensitive military-grade virtual keyboard. If it were replaced with a civilian-grade mechanical keyboard, I'm afraid it wouldn't even work. He couldn't keep up with it at a third of the speed he was typing.

"But I have no ammunition!" Mo Jue emphasized again. She was really out of ammunition now. Not only had all the crystal energy bombs been used up, but also her own TAC-50 anti-material sniper rifle. It was also thrown away, and the only firearm left on his body was a large-caliber pistol at his waist for self-defense... But this thing could not even hurt the corpses, and it could not even hinder their movements.

"Two minutes!!" Ke Lan shouted through gritted teeth. Although the vines used "physical hacking" to gain control of the central control computer, they obviously didn't know how to set up defensive measures to deal with Ke Lan's attack. It's still just that the central control computer of the "Genoa" originally had those security measures.

There are a total of six firewalls, and Ke Lan has broken through four. Almost 70% of the computer viruses he wrote himself have been uploaded. The entire central control computer's defense line is in a precarious situation... The dawn of victory is just around the corner.

Ke Lan can't stop now. While cracking the firewall, he must constantly modify the code of the virus program so that the central control computer cannot recognize the virus program. Once he stops, the virus that stops mutating will be safe. The program is locked, followed by isolation and deletion...

Then all his efforts just now will be in vain, and the difficulty of the next invasion will increase exponentially.

"The last firewall is left!" Ke Lan growled. Although the temperature inside the bridge was now close to zero, the huge beads of sweat on his forehead were still seeping out, dripping along his cheeks and chin and falling to the ground. " The sound of "click, click, click" is clearly audible.

Mo Jue turned her head and glanced at Ke Lan. When she turned back, the nearest corpse had already rushed forward. The other party raised two arms covered with bone spikes and beat her down hard. .

"Uh-huh!"

Mo Jue let out a low roar. The only four propellers of this set of operational power armor were all released from the restriction valves in an instant, soaring into an overload state. The tail flames ejected suddenly changed to the original ones. More than twice as much - and with the blessing of this explosive force, Mo Jue crashed into the arms of this corpse!

She placed the arm armor of her left hand at the front. This is the part of this set of power armor with the highest Nino alloy content except the spine and feet. It has a strength comparable to the front armor of a tank, even with the bone spurs on the corpse. , it won’t be able to pierce the arm armor for a while.

Mo Jue's right hand pulled out the large-caliber pistol from his waist, put the muzzle of the gun against the corpse's chest, and pulled the trigger repeatedly at zero distance. The terrifying recoil continued to come from the handle, although the power was The armor could offset this backward momentum, but the palm that was in direct contact with the pistol grip was completely numb from the shock, and blood flowed everywhere from the torn tiger's mouth.

Mo Jue could feel that the bullet she fired successfully penetrated into the chest of the corpse, and the power coming from the left arm was obviously weakened, which made her feel happy: these monsters... It seems that they are not invincible. of……

But the next second, there was a burning pain in her back - the arms of this eroded skeleton were folded at an angle completely opposite to the human joint structure, and bone spurs more than ten centimeters long clung to the Mo Jue's back was plowed, and the places that were not protected by the power armor were instantly torn open. In some places with deep wounds, even the white bones could be seen...

Mo Jue felt as if blood was pouring into her trachea, which made her cough violently. But as soon as she coughed, the situation immediately became worse: the cough opened the closed wound, causing more wounds to open. Too much blood poured into the respiratory tract...

At the same time, the dizziness caused by lack of oxygen continued to hit her brain. She couldn't help but staggered, and was immediately crushed to the ground by the corroded corpse in front of her.

She felt like she would faint at any time, but her survival instinct was forcing Mo Jue's brain to stay awake. At this critical moment, she first locked the movable joints of the power armor and turned it into a hard metal frame. , then opened the quick release lock on the side of the armor, turned over, and rolled out of the frame of the power armor.

A very beautiful move, "Golden Cicada Escapes", but Mo Jue has no time to appreciate her own operation at this moment. Blood is constantly pouring out of her nostrils and mouth... If her judgment is not wrong, her two The lungs have been punctured.

This kind of injury is fatal... If you want to survive, you must be sent to the medical warehouse for treatment immediately...

But here, the only place with a medical warehouse is the ship's infirmary. But if you want to open the door of the infirmary, activate the medical warehouse and a series of supporting medical equipment, you must first take back control of the battleship from the hands of the gray fog forest. right.

After going around half a circle, I finally returned to the starting point.

Mo Jue didn't ask Ke Lan how long it would take. She was speechless. Foamy blood continued to overflow from the corners of her mouth... She stumbled back a few steps, leaned against a railing with her back, and stretched out her hand. into the first aid bag on his waist.

She didn't bother to see what she felt. Anyway, as long as her finger touched a syringe, she took it out and pricked herself. After five or six injections, she finally felt a strong force coming from her heart. It burst out and made Mo Jue, who was already in a dying state, wake up again.

She didn't know if the medicine was taking effect or if her body was "returning to the light"... But no matter what, her already tattered body seemed to be recovering quickly, and she could even feel granulation growing rapidly from the wound. Come out and fill in those missing places.

Vaguely, she seemed to hear a voice whispering in her ear... This language was completely incomprehensible to her, but she could feel a very familiar breath...