Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 1013 The Root of the Giant Tree

Ke Lan turned his head and glanced at Ze Luo, who nodded to him, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "It is true that there are no traces of living things nearby, but..."

"But what?" Ke Lan asked.

"The traces of that kind of power are obvious, and it is very close to the third floor of the hive capital."

"Could it be that disaster has befallen the ark in the past few days?" Ke Lan wondered, "However, if disaster has really befallen the ark, the existence of us should have been known to him ...that would mean that all our efforts were in vain...'

"No, that's not right!" Ke Lan immediately denied his thoughts, "If the undead crew can successfully bring the 'disaster' to come, there are probably many people whose erosion has exceeded the critical point in the Survivor League... But the current situation is that under the premise of not being exposed to excessive amounts of 'forbidden knowledge', the people of the Survivor Alliance have not shown any signs of overdose.

"The remaining power on the ark should be just a kind of 'pseudo-disaster', just like the third layer of Hive Capital—the remaining power was all concentrated in the top of the cloud, and it didn't escape at all. As for the other Several layers of 'disaster power' completely disappeared at the moment when the last corroded carcass was completely decayed.

"Otherwise, for any ordinary human who enters the Hive City, the degree of erosion will break through the critical threshold in an instant, and will be transformed into erosion in a very short time.

"As for Hruni and the others, it was entirely because they were exposed to a large amount of 'forbidden knowledge'. The difference between the two is like a chronic disease and an acute disease. The former can still make people linger for a while, while the latter can When it happens, it dies instantly.

"The dome that can't be seen directly on the third floor of Hive Capital is actually an 'experiment' created by Nieto with the power of the cloud top. Even Nieto himself can't completely control the dome.

"The Undead Crew should have created a 'man-made disaster' with the help of some objects with the power of 'him'... Although this 'man-made disaster' will turn a large number of residents on the ark into ruins , but it will not attract the gaze of 'His'."

But there is always a problem that Ke Lan can't explain-since the undead crew members have the ability to create a "pseudo-disaster", why don't they do it while they are still on the ark?It would be good to just wipe out the Hunting God Hunting Group, even Yagunaktor could not escape.

From Ke Lan's perspective, the Undead Crew seems to have missed the best opportunity.

……

The team continued to advance, and soon left the destroyed business district and entered the North [-]st district.

North District [-] used to be the district with the largest number of wealthy people on the Ark, but compared to the row upon row of high-rise buildings in North District [-] and North [-] District, there are not many high-rise buildings in North District [-]. At a glance, the structure and structure of the entire North District [-] The distribution of buildings is very similar to that of the third floor of Hive Capital. The land is divided into many large-scale manors or courtyards. Gorgeous villas or castles of various styles face each other from afar. Most of the decorative buildings are made into In addition to the antique style, the only thing with a modern atmosphere is the main road and its branch roads that run through the entire North District [-].

The North One area is a no-fly zone on the Ark. Not only are all kinds of aircraft prohibited from entering the North One area, but even the sky track has not been built. There are only three types of transportation that can be used: hovercars, legs, and those expensive cars. steed.

The dome of the North One District is a super large screen with no seams visible to the naked eye, which can simulate various weather conditions. Except that there is no forest used as a hunting garden, the painting style of the North One District is almost the same as that of a nest. The third floor is exactly the same.

It's just that the entire dome screen has been extinguished now, revealing the original blackness, pale roots crawling all over those Doric or Baroque retro buildings, and the beautiful air-cushioned sports car is entangled by the roots and held up high , turned into a pile of scrap iron in mid-air—it seemed that there was once a person sitting in the cockpit of that luxury car, and with Ke Lan's eyesight, he could even see the seat belt buckled on the seat through the car window. However, the driver who was originally fixed on the seat by the seat belt has disappeared, not even blood.

"Everyone, be careful." Ke Lan said softly, "I always feel... there seems to be something troublesome here."

There are indeed some troublesome things here, but this is not what Ke Lan felt, but what Ze Luo told him-in the gorgeous marble castle at twelve o'clock in the team, there is a powerful man with unbelievable strength. Underestimated eclipse.

Moreover, that carcass has a very special ability... Although Ze Luo can perceive that it has a special ability, it is impossible to know what the specific ability is.

"It seems to be covered with a layer of mist, a layer of mist on the level of consciousness, which can block the detection of other creatures." Ze Luo said close to Ke Lan's ear, "I can only sense a strong The heart... If it is calculated according to the level of the enhanced person, it must not be lower than level fourteen."

The [-]th level of enhancement level... that is already stronger than the "Sita-level mutant" in the hive capital. On the premise of not being able to use the power of the body and not exposing Ze Luo's real combat power, this team encountered this monster. There is only one ending: total destruction.

"The front team changed direction and avoided the castle directly in front." Ke Lan ordered, "Keep a safe distance of at least 300 meters from the castle."

The soldiers did not have any doubts about Ke Lan's order, and the heavy infantry walking in the front immediately jumped off the road, crossed a lawn, and walked towards another road that did not pass in front of the castle.

The others also followed behind the heavy infantry, and entered the lawn one after another. Only a few soldiers from the rear group left, lying on the road, holding a sniper rifle, staring at the movement on the other side of the castle.

But when half of the people left the main road, Ze Luo suddenly pulled Ke Lan's sleeve and said softly, "It moved."

"Tsk... It seems that this guy has already spotted us, because we were heading towards where it was, so it didn't attack us in advance, and now that we have changed its route, it can't sit still ..." Ke Lan thought to himself, just now he was about to speak out to put everyone on combat readiness, but a sniper from the back-off team immediately stood up and turned around.

"Lotte, did you find anything?" Another soldier who was familiar with the sniper subconsciously asked, but what he answered was a [-]-inch caliber anti-material sniper round.

Being attacked by anti-materiel weapons at such a short distance, the body of the soldier who was interrogating immediately exploded into a mass of shredded flesh. up red.

Ke Lan noticed that the sniper's eyes were dull and his face was dull, but his movements in his hands were not affected at all. After killing his teammate with one shot, he immediately turned his gun and aimed at the retreating soldier. of the large force.

"He's under control!"

It was too late for Ke Lan to give any orders to the other soldiers. He snatched the shield from a heavily armored soldier and rushed out. Ke Lan had already activated the energy shield on the shield before he landed in midair. The shield generator, a two-meter-square energy shield instantly emerged ten centimeters away from the surface of the shield, and at the same time, the second shot of the controlled sniper happened to shoot out.

The bullet thicker than a thumb turned into a hot iron stream the moment it hit the energy shield, and splashed out along the surface of the shield to the surroundings, while Ke Lan, who was in the midair and had nowhere to draw his strength, was caught by this The gun flew back more than ten meters, and it was only when his feet touched the ground that he barely stopped his retreat.

Before Ke Lan could speak, other soldiers raised their guns and opened fire, smashing the controlled sniper into a sieve.

"Colonel, what's going on?" A soldier asked with lingering fear, he seemed to know the controlled sniper, "Lot can't be a traitor, how could he shoot at his own people?!"

"I know he's not a traitor, his consciousness has just been controlled... the thing that controls him, it's in that castle—"

Before the "face" of "inside that castle" could be said, the face of the soldier who asked the question suddenly became extremely distorted. He drew out his dagger and stabbed at Ke Lan's vital parts. Fortunately, Ke Lan saw the soldier's expression change. He reacted immediately, grabbed the opponent's wrist, twisted it and dislocated it, and the sharp dagger fell to the ground.

However, the soldier who had lost his weapon and had his hands restrained did not give up the attack. He let out a beast-like growl from his throat, opened his mouth and bit towards Ke Lan's throat, regardless of the heavy bump on his jaw At the edge of Ke Lan's shoulder armor, a large piece of bloody flesh was torn off.

"It's really a troublesome enemy..." Ke Lan pulled out his pistol, put the handle of the pistol directly into the soldier's mouth, swiped hard, and broke all his teeth, and then twisted and dislocated him in the same way. The ankles of both feet, and finally a hand knife on the back of the neck, knocked him out.

Picking up the soldier who passed out, Ke Lan looked around. The team that was originally in a neat formation has now fallen into chaos. Many soldiers are killing each other. In just a few seconds, more than a dozen people have fallen on the ground. above the lawn.

"Everyone retreat! All those who can hear the order immediately give up fighting and retreat quickly! Go away from the castle!" Ke Lan knocked out the two controlled soldiers and shouted loudly.

There were less than 200 people who followed Ke Lan and retreated. The dozen or so soldiers under control stopped after chasing about [-] meters away, and confronted Ke Lan and the others across a road about ten meters wide. .

"The situation is not optimistic." Ke Lan muttered to himself, "The things in the castle didn't even show up, which directly caused a two-thirds reduction in our staff..."

In the chaos just now, more than 20 soldiers died at the hands of their companions, and almost the same number of soldiers were controlled... and Ke Lan and the others didn't even see the appearance of the enemy.

The faces of the soldiers who escaped all around were terrified. They were gasping for breath, but they didn't dare to relax their vigilance at all.

The roadbed of this road was more than one meter high, which happened to be a good bunker. Both sides were shooting at each other, and the situation was temporarily stalemate.

"The other party has the ability to control groups. It is known that it can control up to 20 people at a time." Ke Lan analyzed in his heart, "The limit distance of remote control should be about 500 meters."

The reason why the figure of 500 meters was introduced is because the castle on the opposite side of the road is exactly 500 meters away, and the monster doesn't care about the life and death of the controlled person, so there is no need for the controlled soldiers to shoot at Ke Lan across the roadbed. .It can make these controlled soldiers rush up bravely, anyway, if they are all dead, it can also control other people.

The reason why it didn't do this should be that Ke Lan's current position has exceeded its maximum control distance.

It is also very simple to verify this point. Ke Lan threw the soldier in his hand on the ground, took out the kettle and poured the cold water in it directly on his face.

The soldier who was knocked out immediately woke up, turned his head in a daze, and asked, "F-what happened? Why did I pass out... Hiss!"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the sharp pain from his chin, wrists and ankles, and large beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead... Ke Lan glanced at him and helped him dislocate I put my wrist and ankle back in place, then put a bandage around my chin, and got another painkiller shot.

"Huh...huh...Colonel, Colonel? What happened just now? We, who are we exchanging fire with now?" The soldier who had regained his strength couldn't help asking.

"You were controlled by something in the castle just now, and you wanted to stab me to death with a dagger." Ke Lan said, "But I knocked you out and carried you all the way here... It seems that this place is beyond the control of that guy. Your control state is lifted."

"I... I'm under control?" The soldier's eyes widened. "Then...the one who is exchanging fire with us now?"

"That's right, it's the other people under control." Ke Lan nodded, "This road is the boundary of the other party's control area. As long as those people can be pulled here, they should be able to return to normal."

However, Ke Lan is not in a hurry to do this. Anyway, in this situation, neither side has suffered casualties. He might as well take this opportunity to investigate what the other party's control ability is all about.

"Did you feel any strange when you were controlled just now?" Ke Lan asked the soldier.

"A strange feeling? No... not at all." The soldier looked blank, "I only remember talking to you one second, and then blacked out in front of my eyes the next second. When I regained consciousness, I Already here. I didn't even know I was being controlled..."

[PS Thanks for the 1500 starting coins rewarded by the giraffe who read the book. 】

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