Alien Relic Hunter

"It's useless..." Ke Lan sighed, "There are a total of sixty-four consoles in the entire core power room, and each console has an emergency protection mechanism and self-healing capabilities..."

"Damn it, there's nothing you can do to face the enemies invading the ship. On the contrary, this broken console has so many doorways, and it's clear that it's a backdoor specially reserved for others... Is this broken battleship's surname Lu?" The hound couldn't help but curse loudly.

"Do you want to talk about the slaves with the third surname?" Zhuo Ligetu seemed to have heard this joke and answered.

"It doesn't matter whether he is a slave with three surnames or a slave with three surnames, is there really nothing we can do?" The hound punched the table, and even the image of the holographic sand table was shaken and blurred for a few seconds, "Now outside People are dying every second... The combat effectiveness of those invaders is superior to any special forces I know. Although I really don't want to say this, I still want to say it - we are not human beings at all. Your opponent... In ten minutes at most, we won’t be the ones standing here talking to you!”

"If it doesn't work..." Ke Lan pondered for a moment and said, "You can all retreat to Block 1. I think these people will not be able to seize control of Yagunaktor so quickly. "

"Ke Lan is right!" Layton also advised from the side, "At first, he couldn't even gain control of that ghost prophet, and he had to rely on a substitute to trick Ke Lan into being a sacrifice. In the end, Ke Lan directly turned against the guest. ...Now that Ke Lan is not here, it is good news..."

"How do you know there is no second Ke Lan among this group of intruders?"

The hound rolled his eyes at him, then looked at the ghost owl standing not far away, and continued in a voice that only he and Layton could hear: "If Ke Lan is really a clone created by the undead crew, , the Undead Crew Club must still have his genetic sequence... If necessary, they can clone the second, third... I don't know how many Ke Lans come out, even if most of these 'fake' ones You can only live for a few minutes, but as long as there are enough, you can always win... Do you dare to bet on this probability?"

Just when Layton didn't know how to answer, Ke Lan's voice sounded in the command room again, but his tone changed significantly: "Hurry! Old dog, take everyone to Block 1 Get in, now, immediately, must be quick!”

The hound who had been with Ke Lan for so long immediately noticed the change in his tone and said loudly: "What's wrong? Do you have any countermeasures?"

"Yes! But I'm not sure whether this thing can distinguish between enemy and friendly targets, so it's safer for you to retreat to Block 1."

"Are you sure? You can't lie to us, right?" Hound confirmed to Ke Lan.

"There is no need for me to lie to you about this kind of thing. If I were to lie to you, you would only be able to stay in Block 1 for a few more hours, which is meaningless." Ke Lan urged, "Hurry up and get over The sooner you evacuate, the fewer casualties you will have!”

"Okay, I get it!" The hound stopped talking nonsense and directly slapped the all-call button on the console, shouting: "Everyone, take out all the heavy weapons and ammunition in your hands. There is no need to keep them. Wait until After this round of suppression strikes, release all drones and remote-controlled weapons, and then withdraw into Block 1 in order according to Plan C, and the Hunting God Hunting Group will be responsible for the rear!"

"After arriving at Block 1, immediately take the vehicle at the exit of the transmission channel to Base 4. The route has been saved in the vehicle's navigation system in advance." After saying that, the hound turned off the call channel and turned around. He said to Layton, "You and Zhuoligetu will take the eldest lady to the first batch to evacuate. You will not be needed for the rest of the matter!"

"It's better that you take Miss Soma away." Layton patted the hound on the shoulder, "Block 1 has been cleaned up and there is no threat. It's really a waste of combat power for you to send us on this mission. ."

"That's right, stop talking nonsense and retreat quickly." Zhuo Ligetu also said.

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In the core area of ​​the Gray Mist Forest, Babel Tower, second floor.

Ke Lan watched the garrison troops who had withdrawn from the front line file into the transmission channel, while pondering the "message" Yagunaktor had just sent to him.

"It has been detected that the core module of this ship is threatened by intruders; it has been detected that conventional defense weapons cannot be activated normally; the current conditions have been met, emergency program zero has been unlocked, and you have obtained the authority to activate it."

This message appeared when the intruders broke through the sixth line of defense of the garrison. At that time, several mass-produced Fallen Angels in the lead happened to enter the "final cordon" one kilometer away from the core function array.

The weapons equipped by these invaders can already directly hit the crystal pillars in the core energy supply array. For Yagunaktor, it has truly reached a "life and death" moment - the most critical thing is that these The invaders' purpose seemed to be to destroy the battleship rather than capture it. Otherwise, they would have tried their best to ensure the integrity of the battleship during the battle... But in fact, more than one plasma cannon passed through the supply base. The energy shield fell into the giant pit of the core energy supply array.

The crystal pillars in the energy supply array are not protected by energy shields, otherwise they would not become "food" for lava canthaphids... The number of crystal pillars that were blown to pieces and broken was at least double digits. As for the number of crystal pillars that were damaged by the explosion, There are even more crystal pillars affected.

Even Yagunaktor's flight system showed signs of instability.

But it was precisely because of this that Yagunaktor handed his real trump card into Ke Lan's hands.

Although Ke Lan has already gained control of this battleship, in fact many functions of the battleship are always locked, such as this "Emergency Procedure Zero".

Ke Lan searched the entire information database of Yagunaktor, but could not find any information related to it except the name. He was completely unable to determine what would happen after activating it.

To be on the safe side, it's better to let the hounds and others leave this place first.

The retreat process went quite smoothly - just like when they faced Fleet Zero before, the invaders did not pursue the troops moving towards the transmission channel. Their goal seemed to be to occupy the supply base and console, and use all their forces to Concentrated on the front line directly in front.

Although the garrison has released all drones, remote-controlled weapons and autonomous robots, the losses to the troops are still considerable. Even Layton was blown off half of his mechanical prosthetic limbs and two legs, and was finally killed by Zhuo. Ligetu jumped into the transmission channel carrying it.

This was thanks to the fact that the invaders did not pursue them... Otherwise, none of the people responsible for the breakup would be able to evacuate from the supply base alive.

The invaders quickly swarmed into the already empty supply base, but what surprised Ke Lan was that not only did they have no intention of touching the console, they did not even touch the computers in the supply base and those who had no time to take them away or Destroyed documents and samples... These soldiers wearing black combat uniforms and black full-face helmets remained silent throughout the process. There was no officer among them, but everyone seemed to be very... Knowing what he should do, the only sounds in the entire dilapidated supply base were the crackling of flames burning the broken walls and the tapping of combat boots on the ground.

Ke Lan quickly noticed the intentions of these soldiers - they were installing bombs in various places in the supply base, and seemed to intend to blow up the entire supply base directly!

"Blowing up an evacuated base... why is this?" Thirty-three, who was looking at the video, asked puzzledly, "Even if the undead crew will break up with us, they can't make trouble with the supply base, right? Those exploration records and The various precious samples brought out from Block 1 are all good things, but just like that... they all exploded?"

"Although I don't understand what they are going to do..." Ke Lan shook his head, "But I feel that we cannot let them continue."

"You got a way to stop these guys?"

"Emergency Procedure Zero, activate." Ke Lan did not speak, but gave instructions to Yagunaktor with his consciousness.

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At the same time, the core area of ​​the Ark, the secret room.

"An abnormal energy reaction has been detected inside Yagunaktor, and it is initially determined that the 'Emergency Procedure Zero' has been activated." A mechanized voice said.

"Huh...have you been forced to this point to unlock it? I thought the entire core power supply array needed to be blown up before 'Zero' could be activated?" Another voice took a long breath, "Everyone , should we celebrate that we are one step closer to success?"

"Those who start celebrating so early will most likely end up defeated. This has always been the case in history." Another voice criticized mercilessly.

"History? Humph, we are the creators of history! Why, do you even believe in that boring plot that only appears in movies and TV shows?"

"I don't have time to argue with you. If you are free now, you should check the next action plan again. When... you wake up, there will be no room for any mistakes in all steps."

"You can rest assured that everything has been arranged... We just need to-"

Before the voice finished speaking, the mechanized voice at the beginning suddenly exclaimed, and the tone was completely different from the emotionless tone before, but with a hint of panic: "No! No! The one unlocked is black. The coffin, not the white coffin!”

"What black coffin?" The confident voice just now suddenly became a little anxious, "Isn't the container used to store his semi-deified body the White Coffin? Where did this black coffin come from? ?”

"I don't know..." the first voice murmured, "Judging from the frequency of energy fluctuations, the 'Emergency Procedure Zero' has indeed been activated... but what was awakened was an item stored in the 'Black Coffin' 'Things inside..."

"Could it be a mistake? The white coffin was mistaken for the black coffin?"

"No...that's right, it's the Black Coffin. Even the location is different!" said the mechanized voice.

The secret room fell into silence for several seconds, until a fourth voice sounded: "What about the White Coffin? Is there any movement?"

"No...only the things in the 'Black Coffin' were awakened. What to do? Do we want to stop it?" the mechanized voice asked.

"Stop it? Did you stop it?" The voice that criticized the companion before sneered, "Don't forget how much we paid when we stole the 'White Coffin' and put it back."

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Inside Yagunaktor, the core power room.

The exit of a teleportation channel appeared above the supply base without warning. The next second, a coffin-like object that was five meters long, 1.5 meters wide and 1.5 meters high fell out of the teleportation channel and hit the ground heavily. On the square in the center of the supply base.

This huge "coffin" is completely black, but unlike the "blackness" of the black fleet and the black-clad troops, the black on the surface of the "coffin" is not so much a color, but a visual effect similar to a black hole. ——Any light that shines on it will be swallowed up until nothing is left... The so-called pure black is probably this effect.

The soldiers in black, who were as silent as robots, seemed to have received a certain order. They all put aside their work of installing bombs and gathered in the square. Even the mass-produced fallen angels who were originally on guard outside the base jumped over. Walls and buildings fell on one side of the square.

The soldiers raised their guns and pointed the muzzles at the black coffin in the center of the square. But just when Ke Lan was wondering why these soldiers did not pull the trigger for so long, a soldier at the head of the team suddenly turned into ashes—— But his clothes and weapons were not affected in any way. The firearms that were not being held fell to the ground, and the clothes that lost their support collapsed softly... As for the body that turned to ashes, it seemed that it had been affected by some kind of force. Like a special gravity, it floated towards the black coffin that was smashed into the ground.

The first soldier turned to ashes was like the first domino being pushed. In the blink of an eye, everyone in the square had followed in his footsteps, and all kinds of weapons fell to the ground. Occasionally there would be the sound of a fire, but it was no longer important - in this short second, there was no one alive in the entire supply base.

Even the mass-produced Fallen Angel's living CPU did not escape this fate - the flying ashes passed through the Fallen Angel's solid armor and energy shield like a mold, and flew into the black without any hindrance. In the coffin, it merged with the pure black.

I don't know how long it took, but a long breathing sounded from the black coffin, followed by a heartbeat like a drum beating.

The lid of the black coffin slipped silently, and a young man who looked exactly like Ke Lan slowly walked out of it.

[P.S. If I want to finish the story, I have to fill in all the holes I dug before. It’s tiring... You can rest assured that today’s chapter is definitely not a new hole dug, but one that was planned in the outline before. content. 】