Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 885
Looking at the offspring of the "No. 14 Epsilon-class mutant" in front of him, Ke Lan felt more and more that this possibility was not small... In the period called the "Ice Age" by the hive civilization, Alpha Star There is a high probability that the surface of the planet is not suitable for biological survival. Even if there are very few things like "Unbeatable Xiaoqiang" that can survive in the extremely harsh environment, the biodiversity on the surface of Alpha Planet will not be very rich.

500,000 years seems to be a long time, but for the process of biological evolution and differentiation, it is like a short period of time. 500,000 years are not enough for those low-level creatures to evolve into what Ke Lan and the others see now.

There have also been mass extinctions on the earth, but no matter what the cause of the mass extinction is, the interval between each mass extinction is "hundreds of millions of years" as the unit...not hundreds of millions of years It is impossible for an ecological circle where a planet has been completely destroyed to recover.

The hive capital in the Ice Age is very similar to Noah's Ark - this does not refer to the interstellar colony ship built by the earthlings, but the one mentioned in the "Genesis" chapter of the first volume of the "Bible Old Testament" big ship.

In the story, God saw that human beings are full of evil, and decided to use floods to completely wipe out human beings and cleanse the world.But there is a "pure and good man" among human beings who received God's warning before the flood came.God asked him to build a big ship, and collected all kinds of birds and beasts, male and female, and brought them together to this big ship called "Ark".

Rainstorms and floods came as promised, and everything on the earth was destroyed. Only Noah's family and the animals on his ark survived.

Although this is just a fabricated myth, similar floods have been recorded in the historical documents of various civilizations on the earth, which means that there has been an unprecedented flood on the earth. The prehistoric humans who survived the flood passed these stories orally, and gradually evolved into legends full of religion and mythology.

The Ice Age, or another form of "prehistoric flood".

Leaving aside what happened in the Era of Calamity and Era of Tranquility, the surface creatures of Alpha Planet can develop into what they are now, most likely relying on these various earth creatures "preserved" in the hive and their "mutation" body".

Ke Lan couldn't help but feel a bit of irony thinking that the ancestors of those indigenous creatures on Alpha Planet who were identified as "alien creatures" by the scholars on the Ark were probably the creatures on Earth that are well-known to humans.

But this is also a good explanation why the gene sequences of the indigenous organisms of Alpha Star are extremely similar to those of Earth. The original academic explanation was that Alpha Star’s landform, atmospheric composition, gravity and other environmental factors are close to those of Earth, so Alpha Star The indigenous creatures on the planet have so many similarities with the creatures on the earth... But in fact, this kind of explanation is very far-fetched. Any kind of biological evolution route is unique. I want to find another planet suitable for human habitation in the universe It is already lower than the probability of winning the first prize in the lottery, and the probability of having creatures similar to the earth on this planet is equivalent to buying a hundred lottery tickets consecutively and winning the first prize of a hundred consecutive ones.

The only bug in this inference, or the unresolved problem, is the paradox on the timeline.

This timeline does not refer to the timeline after the Ice Age. Everything that happened after that can be compared. The only thing that cannot be explained is that before the Ice Age, the group of humans who built the hive capital, what happened? How did it come to Alpha Star.

"Wormhole, the problem must be in the wormhole." Ke Lan rubbed his chin - this was originally a habitual action of the old dog, but somehow it was transmitted to everyone in the Hunting God Hunting Group. Ke Lan also likes to stroke the short stubble with his fingertips when thinking about some complicated issues. This kind of meaningless movement can temporarily relax his tense nerves.

But this time when he just put his hand on it, the smooth feeling on his chin interrupted his train of thought and made him stunned for a moment—Ke Lan had never shaved his beard since entering the gray mist forest. Now the chin is so smooth, it is all thanks to the "Epsilon level mutant".

Most of Ke Lan's current face is newly grown... Naturally, it is impossible to have stubble on the newly grown skin.

"Uh... Where did I think of just now? Oh yes, wormholes!" Ke Lan tried hard to pull back his wandering train of thought, "Not counting the existence that can only be described as 'God', in the known world , the only thing that can cause a 'paradox' in time and space is the wormhole, but even if you know that the problem lies in the wormhole, it is difficult to seek further answers."

Human research on wormholes only ends at a very shallow level, and many things are still at the theoretical stage... In the academic circles related to wormholes, new theories are proposed every year, and old theories are overthrown... Scholars and experts are spitting out their opinions to those who disagree with them every day... But in Ke Lan’s view, these so-called professionals’ debates, needless to say most, can be said to be completely irrelevant. "On paper" based on facts.

The reason is also very simple. At present, human beings cannot find a wormhole for observation and research... As for the Alpha civilization, the hive civilization, and the civilization that built Yagunaktor (built Yagunaktor The civilization and the hive civilization are likely to be the same branch, but Ke Lan is not sure yet, so I will talk about it separately.) The legacy transmission device, let alone research, can't even be disassembled.

Some scholars once proposed to send a scientific research team to find the exit of the wormhole that the Ark passed through... But this whimsical plan fell into disuse immediately after it was proposed, and almost no response was received.

The probability of success of this plan is infinitely close to zero, and the consumption of resources is completely a bottomless pit... Even if the scientific research team can really find the wormhole, it will take hundreds or even thousands of years to complete a round trip. As for obtaining any substantial gains from this research, it is estimated that it will take another 1000 years for human beings.

This is like an investment project that requires an astronomical amount of money, but the return on investment is a question mark, and the return cycle is horribly long... Except for liars or people with other intentions, no one will bother with such a project.

And for the leadership of the Ark, the most important thing is to allow human beings to gain a firm foothold on Alpha Planet, rather than doing illusory things like exploring wormholes.

The only real research data may be the archives of the 490th year of the new era, the year when the ark passed through the wormhole...

Thinking of this, Ke Lan was suddenly startled.

He has been to Heijing, where the hard disks recording all kinds of files are placed on the shelves according to the year... Only the files in the ninth year of the 490th year of the new era disappeared.

Not only is the hard drive where the files are stored gone, but even the shelf used to hold the keyboard is gone.

In the place where the inscription "490th Ninth Year of the New Era" is engraved, there is an open space, an extremely abrupt open space.

It's like a wormhole hiding in the dark of the universe, swallowing all the light... nothing can be observed.

It's a pity that Ke Lan was in a hurry to search for information related to the 776th special team, and did not give this matter a high priority. Coupled with a series of "emergencies" that occurred later, he had no chance To the Undead crew will go to the bottom of why this year's file disappeared.

Maybe even the other members of the crew knew nothing about it.

In the ninth year of 490 in the new era, nearly 500 years have passed since now, and all the current members of the Immortal Crew Club have not yet been born in that year, and there is no such thing as "deep hibernation" in that period. Technology that significantly prolongs human lifespan.

"Ke Lan, have you thought of a way to deal with this monster?" 33 said aside, he thought Ke Lan's pensive face was thinking about a solution to this monster, "This guy doesn't seem to plan to Give up squatting... Even if we choose to take a detour, it is estimated that it will follow."

"I didn't think about it." Ke Lan shook his head, and his thoughts spreading towards the distant stars were pulled back to reality in an instant, "I was thinking about something else just now."

"Other things?" 33 was slightly taken aback, "What is it?"

"I'll talk about it later," Ke Lan moved his newly grown hands and feet, "Just now, I thought of a way to deal with this monster."

"You... come to my place if you want, remember to tell me in advance." 33 folded his arms around his chest, and after spending so long with him, he has gradually gotten used to Ke Lan's jumping but full of divergent thinking.In layman's terms, it is difficult for ordinary people to keep up with his thinking, and it is difficult to match his "electric waves".

But also because of this, Ke Lan is often able to perceive many things hidden under the surface and at a deeper level. This kind of thing may not directly help solve the immediate problem, but in the long run, it is of great significance.

"Damn... think about something deeper, if you can't get out of this place, you will be trapped to death... I'm not the kind of saint with a super high consciousness, what's the way to hear it in the morning, you can die in the evening ', I can't do it." 33 said inwardly with self-mockery, and at the same time put all his attention on Ke Lan, watching Ke Lan walking towards the monster inside the boundary line step by step.

"Be careful, don't force it, if it doesn't work, just go back, we still have plenty of time, so there's no need to put all your eggs in one basket." 33 said a little worriedly.

"Using softness to overcome strength, have you heard of it?" Ke Lan flicked his arms lightly, and the living armor condensed into a long strip of cloth immediately wrapped around his arms, swinging gently in midair—it looked like In the fairy tales, those immortals are like streamers automatically without wind.

"Using softness to conquer strength...Of course I've heard of it! I'm also a Chinese descendant." 33 said in astonishment, "But... how do you plan to restrain the law? Tai Chi? Four or two strokes?"

For many people, "Tai Chi" is the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to using softness to overcome rigidity. Taijiquan can be said to be a model of using softness to overcome rigidity in martial arts... But many people don't know that this concept actually originated from that kind of belief Among the street stall literature where you can buy more than a dozen copies, if someone really takes this seriously, then in actual combat, they will definitely die miserably.

For example, a certain Tai Chi master, who claims to be a master of Tai Chi, can defuse any enemy's offensive, and has recruited a large number of apprentices. One day, I was kicked out of the stadium by two modified people with only two levels of enhancement. I was beaten and lay on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up. The next day, I broadcast a live broadcast and said that other people's bodies have been modified, so they are not considered "real natural persons." , It simply doesn't talk about Wude.

But only those who practice martial arts know that what is practiced in martial arts is strength and speed. The so-called "one strength breaks ten meetings", "the world's martial arts can only be broken by speed", "fist is afraid of the young and strong"... and so on, but after actual combat The verified and irrefutable truth, no matter how exquisite the skills are, the gap in strength is difficult to make up - especially when fighting with bare hands.

A martial arts master of the old era, even the "I want to hit ten" master named Ye, will be beaten to the ground with two fists when he meets a strengthened person of this era.

The "overcoming rigidity with softness" that Ke Lan said has nothing to do with the so-called "Tai Chi".

He didn't step into the border of the jungle, but stood on the edge of the border, throwing the "ribbon" made of living armor towards the monster.

The "streamer" fell lightly, and the monster subconsciously whipped the "streamer" with its tail, but just when its tail was about to touch the "streamer", the "streamer" instantly turned into a liquid, giving its tail Wrapped up.

Ke Lan's idea is very simple, since "head-to-head" can't be touched, then simply don't touch it.

After the living armor wrapped around the monster's tail, it seeped in from the gaps in the scales, filling all the gaps between the scales. Immediately afterwards, the living armor suddenly hardened, and then began to expand—a burst of shocking The "click" sound of teeth acid came from under the monster's scales.

The Nino alloy scales on the monster's body are very hard, but the connection between the scales and the body is not so "indestructible".

If the scales all over its body are integrated without any gaps, then Ke Lan really has nothing to do with it—just like the black mummy on the plane, but the problem is that in this way, the monster itself will also be unable to move.

Everything has its weaknesses, it's just that Ke Lan didn't discover its weaknesses just now.

Ke Lan grabbed the end of the "streamer" and pulled it hard, and immediately, a large number of scales were torn off!

(End of this chapter)