Alien Relic Hunter.

At this critical moment, ZB51 pulled out the light blade, and at the same time, the body turned back into a fighter jet shape again. The torso of the body instantly turned sideways, and the legs were also gathered to the sides of the belly of the machine, just avoiding the iron tail that swept over!

"What a quick reaction!" Everyone on the bridge broke into a cold sweat for the pilot - if the pilot's reaction was half a beat slower, the plane would have been destroyed by now.

After ZB51 escaped a blow by transforming, it didn't change back into a human form in a hurry. Instead, it used the four vector thrusters at the nose to retreat quickly, and distanced itself from the big lizard.

While backing away, they kept firing high-speed railguns—a single [-]mm needle-shaped electromagnetic bullet could hardly penetrate the scales on the lizard, but when ten, twenty, thirty... …Even when a hundred shots hit the same location, even if the hard scales were not broken, they were torn off from the lizard's skin.

After losing the protection of the scales, blood flowers appeared one after another on the big lizard's head.

The brains of these monsters are not the fatal weakness. Otherwise, the light blade that pierced the brain just now would have killed the lizard. Naturally, ZB51's shooting would not be able to kill it, and the effect was only short-lived. of repression.

But for the pilot of ZB51, his goal of this step has been achieved.

The short two-second suppression time is enough for him and the ZB51 he operates.

ZB51 turned back into a humanoid mech again, swung his right arm violently, and spit out a four-meter-long slender light blade.

Compared with the light blade that penetrated into the back of the lizard's head before, the diameter of the light blade at this time is much smaller, but this does not mean that the power of the light blade is reduced-on the contrary, it is due to the constraints of the strong electromagnetic field. The blade is compressed to the extreme, and in the process of compression, the power of the light blade has also been doubled.

This light blade generating device is also a weapon excavated from the remains of the Alpha civilization. With the current technological level of the Ark civilization, there are basically only two types of energy weapons: plasma cannon and laser cannon, and laser cannon only has two types: cluster type and pulse type. But the Alpha civilization can use a special electromagnetic field to "confine" energy to form a weapon that is almost "physical".

The principle of the light blade generating device is very similar to that of the energy shield, except that the former condenses the energy blade, while the latter appears in the form of an energy shield or a protective cover.

It takes a certain amount of time to increase the output power of the light blade and to compress the volume of the light blade. In the few seconds when the railgun suppressed the lizard just now, the light blade generator has completed the amplification and compression—this is actually very risky Because of the ZB51 in the fighter form, the light blade generating device is stored inside the body, if the limit threshold is not controlled well, it is very likely that the light blade has already pierced the enemy before it hits the enemy. I felt a chill.

Transforming twice, opening the distance, firing the railgun, compressing the light blade, and charging again—all were completed in less than three seconds, and by the time everyone in the bridge reacted, the big lizard had already The compressed light blade was cut into dozens of pieces, and rolled down to the outer deck.

No matter how tenacious the life force of this big lizard is, if it is cut into this shape, it will definitely die beyond death.

"Who is the pilot of ZB51? Why haven't I heard of such a number one person?" Rear Admiral Alexander frowned. Although 51 officers and soldiers of the Zero Fleet survived, almost all the elite pilots in the fleet were lost. In that inexplicable battle, most of the pilots who survived were reserve soldiers who were still in the probationary period... There may be geniuses with ace potential among this group of people, but the real battlefield aces need A lot of actual combat, honed in countless life and death situations.A pilot who has never faced death directly, no matter how superb his skills are, cannot complete the smooth and smooth operation of the ZB[-] pilot just now.

This is like a serious "ace pilot" from the army. When facing the so-called "ace pilots" trained by those competitive clubs, there is almost no possibility of losing... Let alone one-on-one , even in a one-on-two match, they can still beat those pilots who regard combat as a sport.

The former is to survive on the battlefield, while the latter is to get rankings and bonuses... This alone is enough to determine the outcome.

No amount of simulated training can replace the tempering of blood and fire on the battlefield.

Alexander remembered very clearly that there were no pilots of this level in his own fleet—maybe there would be in the future, but that was a matter of the future.

Just as everyone was discussing the identity of the pilot, the surrounding electromagnetic field, which was disturbed by the energy reaction, finally stabilized a little bit. Although the long-distance communication was still limited, the short-distance wireless communication was restored for a while. Eighty-eight.

Accompanied by bursts of ear-piercing electrical noises, a male voice resembling an electronically synthesized voice sounded from inside the bridge: "Special Aviation Brigade No. 167, pilot number [-], report from Masayuki."

"Zhai Jian Yazhi?!" Everyone in the bridge was stunned for a moment. They had never heard of this special aviation brigade, but the name "Zhai Jian Yazhi" and the number "167" that belonged to this name are so famous. too loud.Not to mention those who are from the Air Force Fleet, even in the Field Corps and the Garrison Corps, "Zhai-167" is also a famous figure.

But the problem is... Zhai Jianya was killed in the "Leviathan Resurrection Incident" a few years ago. His body and fuselage wreckage were directly assimilated by Leviathan. None of the remains were recovered.

Is the death of Yazhi Zhaijian fake news?He survived that battle?Someone had such an idea in their head, but it was dismissed immediately - many people in the Zero Fleet were separated from the First Cruise Fleet, and they all participated in the battle with the "prehistoric beast" Leviathan In that battle, they all watched Takami Masayuki's body exploded and disintegrated in the air...

Zhai Jian Yazhi failed to eject successfully, even if he survived the crash and landed on Leviathan's body, he would be swallowed up by those red flesh worms in an instant.

Although these officers and soldiers very much hope that Masayoshi Zhaijian can survive, but reason tells them that in that case, there is absolutely no possibility of Masayuki Zhaijian surviving.

Unless a miracle happens.

"Zaijian Masayoshi... Are you, are you Zhaijian Mazhi himself?" An officer couldn't help asking.

In his opinion, the pilot of ZB51 is most likely an admirer of Masayuki Takumi, but he just changed his name and pilot number to be the same as his idol... But the problem is that even if Fleet Zero There is such a person in the Internet, he can imitate the name, number, voice and even appearance of Masayuki Zhaijian, but it is impossible to imitate the operation of Masayuki Zhaijian.

The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and even super intelligent computers cannot replace the role of those ace pilots—if they could, the airframes of the frontline troops would have been controlled by AI long ago.

ZB51 did not answer this question. Instead, another somewhat vague voice came in—this was a communication from Fort Mukakh. As the electromagnetic field gradually stabilized, the affected communication channels were gradually returning to normal.

"But you can say that he is Masayuki Zakumi himself, or not." Ke Lan said, "The cockpit of ZB51 is empty, you can think that Masayuki Zhaijian is driving this airframe, or you can think that it is an unmanned aircraft. Man-machine."

"Drone?" Alexander was slightly taken aback. He obviously didn't know that Ke Lan had hidden such a hole card on the Skadi, "It is a 'pseudo-living CPU' generated by using the AI ​​​​simulating the pilot's operating habits before his death." ?"

The "living CPUs" in the mass-produced Fallen Angel Mecha are all living people, while the "pseudo-living CPU" in Alexander's mouth is just the opposite. Relying on the powerful learning ability of AI, they want to simulate a The pilot who has died is not too difficult...

But there is a problem that cannot be circumvented: although AI can perfectly reproduce the operations that the simulated person has done in the simulated battle, and even do it exactly... But AI lacks flexibility, if it is placed in the In a brand-new environment, facing a brand-new enemy, the performance of AI will be extremely unstable. Sometimes, it is even worse than those inexperienced rookie pilots.

The term "artificial mental retardation" is not a joke.

"Almost, but in this AI, there is the 'soul' of Masayuki Takami." Ke Lan said, "Although I personally don't like the term 'soul', I can't find a more appropriate one for a while. come from the adjective."

"Soul?" Everyone in the bridge looked at each other, apparently not knowing what the "soul" Ke Lan meant.

"Do you still remember that two days ago, Ze Luo and I left for a while?" Ke Lan asked.

"Remember." Alexander nodded subconsciously, "But you didn't tell me the reason, so I didn't ask. Now that I have made a choice, I will unconditionally believe in your arrangement. If you didn't tell me, it means that I You don't need to know those things."

"Actually, I didn't intend to keep it a secret from you. It's just that the time is too short, so I forgot." Ke Lan said with some embarrassment, "But that's fine, after all, this thing is still in testing, and the best way to do it is by surprise." Test results."

Alexander didn't ask any questions, but waited for Ke Lan to continue——

"Two days ago, we went to Leviathan's burial ground." Ke Lan said.

"The burial ground of Leviathan... where did you find Masayuki Tami's remains?"

"No...even if we find his remains, after such a long time, other parts except the bones have decayed...then we have nothing to do." After the crash, it landed on Leviathan's body. As you can imagine, his body was swallowed by those red flesh worms and became a part of Leviathan.

"The red meat worms that make up Leviathan are a biological weapon manufactured by the Alpha civilization. They named it 'parasitic insects'. This kind of parasitic insects can not only swallow living things, but even fighter jets, mechs, Inanimate things like battleships, and simulate them by analyzing their structures. The original goal of Alpha Civilization's development of parasitic insects was to simulate those powerful 'prehistoric beasts'."

Ke Lan did not mention one of the most important characteristics of parasitic insects, that is "assimilation"... After the night watchman discovered that the existence can assimilate the body and soul of living beings, he became very interested in this ability—— If you want to fight against that existence, you must understand his various abilities.And this assimilation ability is the root of the existence that uses civilization as its own "nutrition".

These parasites are actually a tentative experiment of the Alpha civilization on this assimilation ability.

Not only can they assimilate organic and inorganic substances, they can even assimilate the consciousness of other living things.

Of course, because these secrets are related to that existence and belong to the category of "forbidden knowledge", he will not disclose it to the people on the Skadi--for Ke Lan, this degree of erosion may not matter, but for ordinary people However, it is enough to speed up the process of their transformation into corroded remains.

"When the body exploded, Takumi Masashi's body was already dead, but thanks to the protection of the helmet, when it fell on Leviathan, his brain was relatively well preserved." Ke Lan said, "The brain It is the most important organ in the human body, and you can also regard it as the carrier of the 'soul'. Even if all the brain cells die, human consciousness can still survive for a period of time after death... In a more magical way, this is It is called that the soul has not completely dissipated. And the 'soul' of Masayuki Takami was assimilated by those parasites before it completely dissipated."

"You also know what happened later... The imitation insects simulated the appearance of the Leviathan giant beast before it was alive, but this simulation is irreversible. In a sense, they really became Levi Tanks, but this also gives them the same weakness as Leviathans - the 'core' that was destroyed by the Kirin.

"After the newborn Leviathan died, its flesh and blood withered completely, leaving only a black crystalline skeleton... After consulting the information left by the Alpha civilization, I realized that those crystalline skeletons are actually a An information storage medium used to save the data generated by previous experiments. And Masayuki Takami's 'soul' is also preserved inside this crystalline skeleton."

"This..." Alexander looked surprised. Although he had seen many "big scenes", he had never heard of such a bizarre thing...Every word Ke Lan said subverted his understanding of the world. Know.

"There is still a lot of useful information stored in this crystalline skeleton, but the total amount of information is too large. I can only 'extract' the 'soul' of Masayuki Takami first, and put it into the ZB51 Manipulate the interior of the system, as a sample for the first test."