Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 836 The Beacon's Guidance

"Grey fog forest?" Yegel tilted his head slightly, "Where are you going? I thought you would find an abandoned exile settlement or a stronghold of heretic sects to settle down first."

As a veteran, Yeager naturally knew about the Fog Forest, one of the few "forbidden areas" on Alpha Planet that even warships could not enter. Although the operations of the Special Operations Fleet were top secret, the It is obviously impossible to keep combat missions completely secret... There is no impenetrable wall in this world. Even though most of the officers and soldiers who participated in the operation are no longer alive, all kinds of gossip still pass through various sources. Channels spread.

But no matter which version of the story is circulated, one thing is generally accepted: the gray fog forest has a very high "self-defense level", not only cannot enter the depths of the forest from the ground route, even the sky above the forest cannot fly in.

To say that the least explored place on Alpha Planet, except for the core and the deep sea, No. 3 is this weird and dangerous forest.

"There shouldn't be a place where supplies can be supplied in that place, right?" Yegel said again, "And, as far as I know, the sky above the foggy forest is the highest-level no-fly zone... Even Yagunaktor , I'm afraid also..."

"But there, at least you can avoid the Ark's pursuit." Layton said, "As for the supply issue, Major General Alexander and Ke Lan are discussing it, so we don't need to worry about it."

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The core area of ​​the ark, the periphery of the black well.

Area S017, the first line of defense.

Composed of crisis management officers, Security Bureau agents, elite troops of the Garrison Legion, and the remnants of the black-clothed troops that were originally formed secretly by Zeus and Apollo, but whose control has been seized by Demeter and his faction The resulting blocking force is on standby behind a makeshift bunker.

Lin Qiming checked the weapons at hand one last time, and then glanced at the black-clothed troops at the forefront of the defense line with meaningful eyes.

"Deputy Section Chief... What is the origin of this unit? Why can't I find any files related to them?" An operative from the Crisis Management Section asked Lin Qiming in a low voice.

"It's just because we don't have enough authority." Lin Qiming said in a deep voice, "It's nothing surprising."

"That should be the top elite troops, right?" the crisis management section clerk wondered, "But why did the superior put them at the forefront? I always feel as if...as if they are treating these people as cannon fodder and consumables Use the same."

Lin Qiming pointed to his head and said, "As far as I know, these people are mass-produced replicants, and their actions are completely controlled by chips implanted deep in their brains."

"Then these people are all wearing full-face helmets... because they all have the same face?" For some unknown reason, the operator suddenly had an urge to take off the helmets of these people .

"Who knows, maybe... But I still want to give you a piece of advice, it's better to stay away from those replicants." Lin Qiming said, "To be honest, I always feel that those chips are not reliable... Since we can pass chips to control these replicants, the enemy can also..."

Before Lin Qiming finished speaking, a figure wrapped in a robe suddenly appeared at the exit that was aimed at by countless long guns and short cannons.

"Here we come!" Lin Qiming looked serious, and stopped chatting with his subordinates, "Attention all units, the target has appeared! Don't rush to fire, and follow the pre-determined plan to implement a step-by-step blocking operation... Finally, I will reiterate again , Our task is to delay time, don't think about being able to destroy the target...prepare for the worst."

The Crisis Management Section is still waiting in full force, while the black-clothed troops at the forefront of the defense line have already rushed up under the cover of friendly firepower!

These black-clad and black-armored soldiers are all equipped with high-mobility powered exoskeletons, coupled with air-cushion propellers on their legs, their movement speed is no less than that of flying mechs that glide on the ground.In their hands are heavy Nino alloy solid epees - this is a melee weapon specially used to deal with energy shields: if you want to cause damage to the target behind the energy shield, in addition to using the way of consumption to make the shield Apart from overloading the shield, the simplest and crudest way is to use a physical weapon of sufficient mass to penetrate the shield before it is completely ablated by the shield.

However, there was no light curtain of energy shield floating in front of this black figure, he just walked through the hail of bullets like a stroll in the garden, and all the bullets shot at him would fall vertically to the ground only the last inch away from him. On the ground, it was as if the kinetic energy and inertia of the bullet had returned to zero at that moment.

"Is the kinetic energy on the warhead absorbed by the target? Could it be some unknown alien technological device?" Lin Qiming, who was always watching the target, frowned and muttered to himself.

Not only the bullets, but even the shock waves and fragments when the shell exploded, the flaming sticky fuel from the flamethrower, and even the pulsed laser could not hurt the target at all, not even the robe he was wearing. can't do it.

"It's like a field." The crisis management officer who just chatted with Lin Qiming said in a trembling voice, "A field that can repel some, whether it is energy or entity... It's unbelievable."

"What? Do you know the reason?" Lin Qiming couldn't help but glanced at him and asked.

"To be honest, boss." The operator showed a smile that was uglier than crying, "I've only seen this kind of thing in science fiction movies and anime...or in other words, ability."

If he wanted to give this field a name, Lin Qiming felt that the words "absolute defense" couldn't be more appropriate... In his cognition, the strongest defense device is by no means an energy shield, but an energy shield. A "space partition device" that can generate a space barrier. The "shield" generated by that thing can block all attacks at the spatial level... But in essence, its strong defense power also needs to be maintained by energy. When the supply When the energy is insufficient, the generated space barrier will naturally become fragile.

"It depends on whether the solid epee swords of those men in black can break through this layer of 'absolute defense'." Lin Qiming sighed... If even melee attacks are completely ineffective, then their blocking defense line does not exist at all. meaning.

Even for a second, it is impossible to hold back.

However, Lin Qiming never saw the soldiers of the black-clothed army slashing at the target with their Nino alloy solid epee swords—these men in black wearing powered exoskeletons hadn’t been able to approach the target, as if they were being run over by a harvester. Like the wheat that has passed, it fell down one after another.

"What's going on? Have they been killed?" An officer of the garrison corps shouted in a tone of seven-point panic and three-point doubt, "The target didn't do anything!"

"Those fallen soldiers are still alive." Lin Qiming pressed the temple of his helmet and activated the telescopic function of the goggles. He saw that the fallen soldiers in black were still alive. There was no visible trauma, but their limbs were twitching involuntarily, as if they had been electrocuted.

"The chips installed in their brains were burned." Lin Qiming sighed, "The moment they got close to the target."

In order to ensure the absolute loyalty of this clone troop, the chip installed in the brain is completely different from the chip originally installed in the head of the β-type clone. The main function of the chip in the brain of the β-type clone is to record images, To collect various data of the host's body, even if the host is to be controlled, it is only to stimulate certain areas of the brain through weak currents, or through some means similar to thinking hints to achieve the goal.

But the chips installed by this clone troop are different. When their control chips are installed, part of the functional areas of the brain have been removed. In a sense, this chip has become an indispensable part of their brains. Once the chip is damaged, their brain will lose the ability to function normally.

As for the powered exoskeletons on these men in black, they are controlled by electrical muscle signals similar to the cyborg prosthetic body. When the brain is destroyed, it is naturally impossible to maintain balance.

"Let them withdraw! Let the enhanced people who have not received the cyborg transformation go up!" Someone from the security bureau also saw the problem, and several strong enhanced people rushed out of the bunker and rushed towards the target. go.

When they passed by those fallen men in black, the strengthened men reached out to grab the fallen Nino alloy solid epee in their hands, and continued to approach the target.

Among them, the strongest enhanced man not only held a solid epee in his left and right hands, but also had a sword hilt in his mouth—this heavy melee weapon forged from pure Nino alloy, relying on It is the astonishing quality to penetrate the energy shield. A single sword weighs more than [-] kilograms. Those men in black have to rely on the exoskeleton to lift it up, but this enhanced man can use the upper and lower jaws to lift it up. The bite force lifted it up, and the strengthening level was at least eight levels higher.

"It's the leader of the fifth field team, Roronoa." The crisis management officer next to Lin Qiming recognized the identity of the enhanced person, "He is the only [-]th member of the Security Bureau who is apparently Super Enhancer."

There are only a handful of Level [-] Enhancers on the Ark, but this only refers to the Level [-] Enhancers who are publicly disclosed. As far as Lin Qiming knows, the Level [-] Enhancers are in the dark and have no real strength recorded in the files. The number of people should be about three to five times the number that has been disclosed.

"I really don't know who is guarding the five lines of defense behind... I hope, I can stop the target."

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Yaguna Kotor, the core power area.

Layton, who was talking with Yegel, suddenly received an emergency communication from the hound, so he left Yegel, who was inconvenient, and hurried to the command room.

"What's going on? Is there an enemy?" Layton directly tore off the side door of the command room with his mechanical prosthesis, and walked in quickly and asked.

Before he left, the route had been set. Yaguna Ketor was heading towards the foggy forest at a regular cruising speed, and it was estimated that he would arrive at the target point marked by Ke Lan for them in another hour and a half.

"There are no enemies." The hound shook his head, "Miss Soma asked us to come here."

"Miss? Is there something wrong?" Layton immediately shifted his gaze to Zofia.

"Look at this." Zofia pointed to an equipment box made of high-strength engineering plastics on the table. There was a fingerprint lock on the side of the box, and inside the box, something seemed to be releasing The light was shining, the light could even penetrate the casing of the box enough to block the direct fire of the Type [-] rifle, flashing rhythmically one after another.

"What is this?" Layton asked curiously.

"It was a box left by Ke Lan, and some of his personal belongings were placed in it." Zofia said, "But just 5 minutes ago, the box suddenly began to release light rhythmically, so I brought it here."

"Ke Lan's personal belongings, then you shouldn't ask Ke Lan... Hey, Ke Lan? Where are you? Squeak?" Layton said as a matter of course.

"Don't bother, we have tried many times." The hound shook his head, "Since the things in this box started to glow, the connection between us and Ke Lan has been cut off. I don't know if he can see The situation here, hearing our voices, but in short, we have not received any information from him."

"Is it related to the things in this box?" Layton pointed to the box.

Zofia nodded: "I'm afraid it is."

"I think we should open this box." The hound said, "This box was left by Ke Lan, and it is still in the bedroom. Miss Soma often sees him using the things in the box. They are all practical. Small equipment or something, I don't think there should be anything dangerous in it."

"Indeed, with Ke Lan's personality, he probably wouldn't put things like crystal energy bombs in the bedroom." Layton nodded, picked up the box, and looked it over carefully, "It was scanned with radiographic equipment. ?"

"Scanned."

"The results of it?"

"I can't scan anything, there is a source of interference in the box, and the equipment can't work properly at all."

"Hiss...it's really a tricky thing." Layton thought for a while, pulled out a wire from his mechanical arm, pried open the shell of the fingerprint lock, and connected one end of the wire to the chip.

The equipment box and the fingerprint lock were originally made by him. It is not difficult for him to open the box without damaging the box and the contents of the box.

After all, this box was not originally used to store any important things, and it did not have such a high level of security.

With a "click", the green light on the fingerprint lock chip rang, and a tiny gap opened in the box.

Soft white light immediately came out from the gap.

"Stay away from all of you." Out of caution, Layton signaled everyone to retreat, while he activated his energy shield, and carefully lifted the box away with his mechanical arm.

In a pile of messy personal equipment, a hard and transparent irregular crystal is flickering rhythmically.

"No radiation reaction was detected. No toxic substances were detected. Unstable energy fluctuations were not detected." Layton heaved a sigh of relief, "I remember this thing...was left by that 'black mummy' back then, Ke Lan seems to be calling it a 'beacon'..."

(End of this chapter)