Alien Relic Hunter

"Why don't the supervisors have time to take care of it? Not only this game...even the daily operations of the entire hive city need to be coordinated by the supervisors. If she can't even do this kind of thing well, then I think she can be thrown away directly. Go into the incinerator and get a new one.”

The supervisor in his mouth obviously refers to the manager "Nieto". From his tone, it is not difficult to find that although the manager's authority level is level two, it is one level higher than senior residents like them who have level three authority. , but they don’t seem to respect the manager very much... It seems that the fact that the manager is a manufactured super biological computer is not a secret within the hive, at least among the senior residents.

"No, you didn't understand what I meant...I mean, now...I'm afraid not only this game, but the entire hive city is probably in chaos." Lao Qiyi said with a gloomy face.

"Old Seventh...you, what are you talking about?" Another horseman was stunned for a moment, "You can't think that the entire nest is in chaos just because the supervisors and hunting ground managers don't respond to our news. ...If such a big thing had happened, the entire hive would have been plunged into darkness by now, right? But you see, the simulated sun above our heads is still on, and the air supply system is constantly pumping fresh air into the hive. … Not to mention the alarm broadcasts that are bound to go off in the event of an emergency.”

"Actually, I started to feel something was wrong a few days ago...Have you been to the Lower City?" The crossbow in Lao Qi's hand never moved away from "Second Brother", and he stared at the mass. Almost the whole body of "Second Brother" was wrapped in the tentacles, and he said slowly.

"Well, I've been there... but it was a few years ago. The guy from Aziz's family said he would take me to the downtown area to have fun. You know, that kind of fun..."

"I mean recently." Lao Qi interrupted him.

"Recently? I haven't been there. Why do I often go to that kind of place? To be honest, I don't want to go there a second time after having fun there once. I even doubt that women in the Lower City don't take a shower once a month. "The man said with a look of disgust.

I'm afraid it's not like I don't take a shower once a month...According to the living conditions in Xiacheng District, being able to take a shower once a year is already pretty good... Ke Lan thought to himself.

"I just went to Xiacheng District last week to check the recent decline in output of the food production line...and then I discovered a problem." Lao Qi said.

"what is the problem?"

"The population of Xiacheng District has decreased a lot...and this news was tightly blocked by the administrators. Even me and my entourage were asked to keep it secret. After I came back, I went to see my father, and he obviously He already knew about this, but he also asked me not to leak it out, and asked me to go to the downtown area as little as possible in the future."

"The population is decreasing? Could it be that they all went to the bottom nest? But aren't the living conditions in that kind of place worse than in Xiacheng District? If there is really a shortage of people, can't we just pick a group from the bottom nest?" Another As he was talking, he suddenly paused, "Well, could it be that the administrator sent all the people from Lower City to the surface?"

"The ground exploration team is composed of bottom nest residents. Even if they are treated as a one-time consumption, it is difficult to consume them all in such a short time... After all, the elevator's transportation capacity is limited and can be used by explorers. Equipment for operations on the surface has always been in short supply. Without equipment support, the people sent to the surface cannot survive even a day. Even if the lives of the people in the bottom nest are not valuable, there is no reason to waste them in vain. "Lao Qi continued, "What's more, the two times I went to Xiacheng District were only half a month apart, and the population of Xiacheng District was reduced by at least half..."

"What did you say? The population of Xiacheng District has been reduced by half?!" Another person immediately exclaimed, "I thought you said that the population reduction would be 10% or 20%... half of the population. How is this possible?!"

"Nothing is impossible... This is just my conservative estimate. It may actually be... more."

"Is it possible that some kind of plague is spreading in Xiacheng District? That's why my father asked you to try not to go to Xiacheng District?" The other person seemed to have a bit of luck and asked tentatively.

"I didn't receive any reports related to the plague... I even ignored the supervisor's warning and privately interviewed several residents of the Lower City for questioning..."

"Where is the result of the inquiry?" Another person asked hurriedly - not only did he want to know, but Ke Lan, who was staring at this scene, was also intrigued.

"They told me that those people... all disappeared inexplicably. It is precisely because of this incident that people in Xiacheng District are now panicked... There is already a huge shortage of workers in the factory, and the remaining people are too worried to work. Several assembly lines are at a complete standstill..." Lao Qi suddenly stopped mid-sentence. After a second, he squeezed out four words through his teeth, "It's finished. ?”

"What's finished? Who's finished?" The other person was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and suddenly turned his head to look at "Second Brother".

Their "second brother" has disappeared... not even a trace of bones... or in other words, not even a trace of blood. The back of the mechanical horse was so empty that not even a hair could be found. The equipment originally worn by "Second Brother" was scattered on the ground, and his clothes were torn into countless pieces, as if they had been put through a meat grinder.

The group of tentacles that had grown larger than a human rolled down to the ground. It first touched the corpse of "No. 32" on the side, and then moved closer to the corpse of the giant saber-toothed tiger.

But the tentacle group did not attack the two corpses. Instead, they turned to the two people riding on the horse——

Although this group of tentacles has no concept of a "face" at all, and it can't even be distinguished from the front or the back, both the two people riding the horse and Ke Lan from the perspective of God all had the same feeling—— This tentacle group was facing those two people...looking at them.

This group of tentacles didn't seem to be interested in the corpse... After eating the "second brother", it was obvious that the only two survivors present were the next targets.

"Go to hell, monster!" The man was still stopping Lao Qi from firing crossbows at "Second Brother", but this time he struck first and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Buzz!" The bowstring of the Jinnu made a loud noise, and the crossbow bolt made of Nino alloy instantly penetrated the center of the tentacle group.

However, except for a brief moment of stiffness in the tentacles, nothing happened. The tentacle ball directly "vomited" the crossbow arrow out of the body... As for the wound, it healed as before in just two seconds.

"Can't kill it?!" The man was suddenly shocked and hurriedly tried to load another crossbow arrow, but the faster he tried, the more his hands shook. He failed to successfully load the crossbow arrows into the arrow slot three times in a row. , and finally even dropped the crossbow arrow to the ground because his finger was cut by the buckle on the side of the arrow trough.

Seemingly for competitive purposes, this hunting crossbow, which can obviously be set to burst fire and auto-load, is forced to fire only one round and reload one round, and the reloading steps have become slightly cumbersome - according to Ke Lan's estimation , if he was given a day to get familiar with this hunting crossbow, it would take about two seconds to complete a reload under extraordinary performance.

This is a good "exercise equipment", but it is definitely not an "excellent weapon".

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" He cursed three times in a row and reached out to touch the quiver hanging on his waist...probably because of excessive nervousness, or perhaps in response to the sentence "It rains all night when the house leaks." As the old saying goes, his elbow actually hit the release button of the quiver strap. With a "pop", the hanging pouch was disconnected, the quiver opening drooped to one side, and the spare crossbow arrows inside fell to the ground with a clatter. .

The man's face suddenly turned pale. Just when he gave up the crossbow and wanted to take off the shotgun hanging on his back, the group of tentacles finally squirmed closer, jumped up suddenly, and rushed towards him.

Just when the Tentacle Group opened the tentacles in an attempt to wrap his upper body, Lao Qi, who had been standing still, finally took action - he had just been observing the situation of the Tentacle Group, and after discovering that his companion's crossbow arrows had no effect , he was no longer in a hurry to shoot... It was only now that the tentacle group exposed the internal "core hub" used to connect the tentacles during the attack, and he chose the attack target.

Ke Lan, who was "watching", admired in a low voice in his heart - except for "No. 32", among the three people, the youngest Lao Qi was actually the most mature and calmest. His thinking and sense of smell are very keen, and his logical and associative abilities are also very strong. If the other two people are the standard dudes, then this seventh child can definitely be regarded as a noble elite in the true sense.

If the other children of this family are like the other two, then the position of the heir of this family will most likely fall to Lao Qi in the end.

Ke Lan put himself in his shoes and thought that if it were him, he would have made the same choice as Lao Qi in that situation.

The crossbow arrows penetrated the core hub of the tentacle group cleanly and exploded suddenly - while the other person was in a hurry, Lao Qi had replaced the ordinary crossbow arrows on the hunting crossbow with explosive arrowheads.

The strong shock wave generated by the explosion pushed out the tentacles that were in mid-air with no way to rely on, but at the same time, it also knocked the other person off the back of the mechanical horse.

The man covered his face and rolled crazily on the ground, howling: "Lao Qi - Lao Qi, you bastard! My face! My eyes! I was blown blind by you! You...you ...Ah! It hurts!"

He seemed completely unaware that Lao Qi had just saved his life, and was cursing his fellow brothers crazily.

However, Lao Qi did not pay attention to his brother, but kept focusing on the group of tentacles - after the tentacles were blown away, they immediately bounced up from the ground, and seven or eight tentacles as thick as thighs were Like an insect's jointed limbs, it moved quickly on the ground, closing the distance again.

Just a few seconds ago, the tentacle was moving in a way similar to the wriggling body of a mollusk, but now it has learned to "run".

"Whoosh!"

Another crossbow arrow was shot from the hunting crossbow in Lao Qi's hand. This crossbow arrow hit one of the "legs" of the tentacle group, and after the hit, it shot out a large number of dazzling arcs - the same as the explosive arrow. It is a special crossbow arrow. Ke Lan estimates that its effect should be electric shock: when dealing with weaker targets, high-voltage electricity can shock the target or even kill it directly. When dealing with stronger targets, it can also have the same effect. A limiting effect such as paralysis.

The effect of the electric shock was still there. The tentacle hit by the crossbow twitched violently, but the speed of the tentacle mass did not slow down at all - it retracted the paralyzed tentacle and stretched out a new one. The tentacles replace the original "legs".

The bodies of these tentacles seemed to have extremely high resistance, or there was an internal body structure similar to an insulating layer. The paralysis effect was only limited to the tentacle hit by the crossbow arrow, and did not spread to the entire tentacle group.

At the same time, an even weirder scene appeared: on the top of the tentacle mass, a tentacle as thick as two hands clasped together stood up. At the end of the tentacle, the same twisted human face was reflected.

The whole "second brother" who was just eaten by the tentacles!

The face was very distorted, as if a layer of tight silicone was covered on a normal person's face. The facial features and facial muscles showed an indescribable sense of weirdness and horror... The next second, the tight pair of The closed eyes opened, and the dark eyes without whites stared at Lao Qi and the guy who fell on the ground.

It was too late for Lao Qi to reload the second crossbow. He glanced at his brothers on the ground who were still cursing at him out of the corner of his eye. He tightened the reins hard and controlled the mechanical horse to turn around and run away.

"Cold enough..." Ke Lan nodded and commented, "But in this case, it is not practical to save the man on the ground. The final outcome may be that the two people are entangled in the tentacles together... ...Using the injured as a delay to buy yourself time should be considered the best solution at the moment."

It's callous, but correct.

The tentacle group did not pursue Lao Qi, but pounced directly on the fallen man, wrapping him up entirely.

This time, it only took one-third of the time to devour the man... Before long, a second face appeared on the erected tentacle.

Two distorted faces were squeezed together, and four white-less eyes looked in the direction where Lao Qi was escaping.