Alien Relic Hunter.

"How do I remember...we seem to be infected by that thing..." Machino rubbed his forehead vigorously, the headache symptoms not only appeared on Levi, Machino also felt With a splitting headache, "Levi, do you see any mutations in me?"

"No...no..." Levi shook his head, "General, do you think I have mutated?"

"I can't see it." Maginot sat on the ground, his heart was pounding, and he was really confused for a while... He obviously thought that he was going to die, but now he recovered miraculously. It's as if nothing ever happened.

He tried his best to suppress the luck of the rest of his life in his heart, fearing that there would be some changes, raised his head, and carefully looked around - the headquarters was still the familiar headquarters, except that the officers who stayed here were in the mutation event. When it happened just now, he was sent out, and only he and Levi were left in the entire headquarters.

Levi reluctantly supported the floor and got up, picked up the communication terminal on the side, he only glanced at it, and said in surprise: "General! Then... those officers and soldiers who have mutated their bodies have all returned to normal Already!"

"All recovered?" Machino froze for a moment, staggered out of the headquarters, and looked in the direction of the ark thoughtfully.

……

In the core area of ​​the Ark, the overlapping space "Holy Cabinet".

The "beads" formed by the compressed meat balls began to ignite spontaneously, and the crystal clear flames gradually removed the black inside the beads, turning them into transparent colors like energy crystals... Ke Lan could feel that in this crystallized bead Inside the bead contained an extremely terrifying energy, so much so that he never dared to release the space barrier that imprisoned it, for fear that the energy in it would escape and cause unpredictable damage.

"[-] units of god-level energy." The Fool's holographic projection said softly, "This is the completely ownerless god-level energy purified by using the consciousness bodies of tens of millions of people as the fuel to neutralize the brand. energy."

The god-level energy of [-] units does not sound like a lot, but if it is converted into a conventional energy unit, it is an astronomical figure-you know, even the body of the fool only consumes zero. [-] units of Ability God energy, these [-] units, if used to charge the Star Destroyer, is probably enough for the Star Destroyer to start the strafing mode like the Gatling machine gun.

Of course, the premise is that the launching mechanism of the Star Destroyer can withstand such a violent energy impact.

"Is this what Hermes left for human civilization in his last waking hours?" Ke Lan stretched out his hand, and the crystallized beads slowly floated to the top of his palm.

The crystal-clear "flame" like a special effect has disappeared, and the energy inside the bead has also entered a relatively stable state... If it was a super bomb that could explode at any time in the last second, it has changed now. It has become a "energy crystal" with huge reserves that are unimaginable.

"He left another thing." The projection of the Fool shook his head, and as the surrounding space distorted, a safe made of nino alloy appeared on the ground.

"what is this?"

Ke Lan condensed the power of space into a filament, and drilled through the keyhole of the safe—this safe uses a very old mechanical lock, which is even a must for most confidential safes today. There was no self-destruct device prepared, so Ke Lan directly crushed the lock with space power, and lifted the lid of the box.

Lying in the black anti-vibration sponge is a crystal circuit chip the size of a fingernail. On the surface of the chip is a metal etched label with only the letter "γ" on it.

This is the third Greek letter, but when this letter appears here, Ke Lan doesn't understand what it means.

"The original genetic code of the γ-type replicator." The Fool said, "This is a new generation of modified humans secretly developed by Hermes to supplement the lost population. Compared with the β-type replicator, the γ-type replicator does not exist Gene defects can have the same lifespan as normal humans. And the genes also have the possibility of natural evolution... It only takes three to four generations to allow the offspring of gamma-type clones to fully integrate into natural humans."

"This is no longer a replicant..." Ke Lan walked over and picked up the safe containing the chip. "In this way, the population crisis that will erupt in the future can also be resolved."

We must know that the "replicants" created by using this genetic code are young adults who meet the reproductive conditions at birth. As long as they can be given the same rights as normal people, they only need to be implanted with basic common sense of human society and various living conditions. , work skills, even if they are not given false memories, they can quickly integrate into human society.

There may be a painful period, but just like the new biotechnology such as artificially cultivating embryos and transforming humans, once it is accepted by the public, the existence of γ-type replicators will soon be taken for granted.

After all, this batch of replicants has no genetic defects, except for the missing children and youth, everything else is exactly the same as a naturally born human being.

"In fact, in the battle at the ancient bronze city ruins, after a large number of β-type replicants were sacrificed, Hermes and the others planned to put γ-type replicators into production... It's just that your actions are more advanced than theirs. One step faster, that's why they had to wake up the World Extinct Tree in advance." The Fool said.

As the personality remaining in the core mastermind, no one knows better than him what the undead crew will do during this time.

"I still have a question, which I haven't answered yet..." Ke Lan looked at the projection that looked exactly like himself, "It was also in the battle at the Bronze City site, who killed 'Pan'?"

"It's me." The Fool said, "Pan's special ability after being corroded is insight. He realized that you are actually one of the carriers of the Fool's personality, not a simple experimental subject. He originally planned to observe you for a period of time. If I tell Hermes and the others the news, I can only choose to kill him."

"As for Hermes, Zeus and others, their bodies had already been corroded at that time, and ordinary toxins were ineffective against them. Moreover, after Pan's death, they also became suspicious of the core mastermind, and even gave up. Part of the functions of the core mastermind shut down most of the permissions of the core mastermind... I was able to appear here thanks to another carrier of the fool personality who arrived in Heijing and helped me unlock those closed permissions."

"The informant?"

"Yes."

"Then...how is he now?"

"His erosion is irreversible. After completing the final task, he chose to 'harmless' himself."

"Harmless treatment?"

"Neutralize with the energy of the Ability God, and directly erase the brand of existence on your body."

"What about others?" Although Ke Lan had already guessed the ending of the intelligence dealer, he still couldn't help asking... Before he heard the answer with his own ears, he was still a little reluctant to accept his inner guess.

"Like Hermes, it was annihilated by the energy released during neutralization." The Fool's holographic projection said, "There is nothing left."

"Okay... what should we do with the particles with erosion memes released by Hermes just now?"

"To be precise, those things have nothing to do with erosion. It belongs to one of the special abilities 'plague' obtained by Hermes after being corroded. After Hermes' complete demise, the plague will naturally be lifted automatically. "

"So it's all over?"

"It's all over."

……

……

Alpha Star, South Pole, Polar Sea Ice Cap.

"Crack..."

A tiny crack appeared in the top of the ice sheet.

"Crack..."

The cracks began to gradually expand and spread to the surroundings.

The air temperature above the polar sea has not changed, and it still maintains a temperature of minus 87 degrees Celsius. However, there are signs of melting where the ice cap is cracked.

A black hexagonal stone pillar with a diameter of more than ten meters rose slowly from the bottom of the ice sheet, and finally fixed at a height of 150 meters.

The edge of the hexagonal stone pillar suddenly cracked six gaps, and an aura far more terrifying than that of the prehistoric species emanated from the inside of the stone pillar.

With the hexagonal stone pillar as the center, a bright red color covers the ice cap of the polar sea...

"Hmm... that lizard that was crushed under the glacier is no longer on this planet?" A very ancient language sounded over the polar sea, "Eh... those bugs on this planet, it seems Something...interesting changes?"

【End of the book】

Finish this testimonial:

Logically speaking, the completion of this testimonial should be a separate chapter, but the final testimonial of my last book "Wasteland Survival Rules" I posted three times in a single chapter and was blocked three times... This time, just to be on the safe side. Attached to the end of the text section.

Since it takes up a part of the word count of the main text, I will try to keep the story as short as possible.

I revised the ending of "Alien Ruins Hunter" several times, and finally abandoned the original "BadEnd" case at the beginning, and changed it to the current open ending.

As Ke Lan said, although the probability of human civilization successfully resisting the gods is infinitely close to zero, it is not directly equal to zero after all.

The Ark civilization may eventually escape the control of the gods, and even ascend to a higher dimension, but it is more likely that it will fall short like countless other human civilizations in parallel time and space.

In the face of an enemy that is too powerful to be completely beyond cognition, failure is the norm... Countless human civilizations have perished in different universes, and most of them have not even lost the legacy of civilization and traces of their existence. Staying behind, a civilization like the Alpha civilization that can pass the baton to the Ark civilization is already considered a one-in-a-thousand existence.

Although this book is classified as science fiction, the selection of materials at the beginning is biased towards Cthulhu style. I personally think that the two biggest characteristics of Cthulhu works are: [-]. The fear of unknown and indescribable things ; [-]. The sense of despair that can't be resisted with all your strength-the latter is the keynote of most orthodox Cthulhu works.In front of the ancient gods, human beings are really too small and insignificant.

But this is an online article after all. In this era of cool writing, novels with a slightly slower pace can easily be eliminated by the environment. As for those authors who abuse the master and write BE, don’t be scolded too badly ...

The open ending is to add a little bit of hope... a little bit of possibility to the overall tone of despair.

Of course, it is also because of space constraints, even if I want to write about the Ark civilization all the way to the dimension where the gods are, and then count the gods and other civilizations in the parallel world, with my 4000 unshakable speed every day, I want to write about those plots I'm afraid it will take ten years to write... and the following plots will greatly deviate from the theme of the relic hunter.

If the length is too long, it will become a foot wrap for the grandmother; if the length is too short, it will have to be frantically opened and hung up again, until the combat power system is completely broken in the end.

Maybe I will write a sequel, but even if I want to write it, I will open a new book.

This is my second work with more than one million words. I deeply feel that my ability to master long-form plots still needs to be practiced... To put it bluntly, my writing skills are not enough. If I really want to write that kind of work with thousands of words, with my current level, It is definitely uncontrollable.

The theme of the next book has been finalized, and I am currently improving the outline and character design. In addition, I also plan to take advantage of May Day to give myself a small holiday and rest for seven or eight days. The new book is expected to be launched in mid-May. You can look forward to it one time.

(Current progress: new folder...)
As for my physical problems that old readers are concerned about, it will be four years in two and a half months since I was diagnosed with M5B leukemia. During these four years, blood was drawn every month, and bone piercing was done every six months. The reexamination showed that the results have always been good. As long as there is no recurrence for five years, it is considered to be clinically cured... and it can be regarded as a person who has passed through the gate of hell.

Alright, I’ve said enough about what I should say. After counting the number of words, this testimonial is exactly [-] words. If there is no VIP level, readers will probably need to spend an extra five cents. In order to compensate everyone, I will write it later. A few extra short stories about alien relic hunters are released in a completely free form. If you are interested, you can pay attention.

As for the extra episodes that you want to see, you can also leave a message here, and I will try my best to meet your requirements. (For example, some interstellar drifting plots in the prequels, plots before the Fool did not join the Undead Crew, plots before the Ark was built and sailed, stories of Hive Civilization and Alpha Civilization, some plots after the end of the main text, and even human civilizations in different parallel time and space The story... Any plot that is related to the world view of the hunter of the alien ruins may appear in the extra episode.)
Finally, thank you for reading, and I hope you can continue to support my next book.