Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 997 Giant Tree
"Don't these people have their own purpose?" Magino frowned. "Like the prophet of the heretical sect, isn't his purpose just to become a god for himself? I don't believe they would give that existence so willingly." Serving your life, you have no selfish desires at all."

"You can understand that his subconscious cognition has been rewritten by that existence... Just like eating and multiplying, dedicating everything to that existence will also become the instinct of these eroded people." Ke Lan said.

"To be honest, I haven't experienced it myself. It's hard for me to imagine what it's like..." Levi who stood aside said in a low voice, "Then what is the function of this giant tree? It's some kind of dedication. The sacrificial ceremony or the weapon used against us?"

"I don't know, but I always feel familiar." Ke Lan couldn't help recalling the "trial" he had received under the bottomless sinkhole.

In the second stage of the trial, Ke Lan's task is to manipulate the Blasphemer Mech to blow up the giant alien plant "Crown of Ashes" on an asteroid named "Ash".

According to the mission description, the "Crown of Ashes" can directly absorb energy from the asteroid's core, and at the same time interfere with the asteroid's magnetic field and gravity to control the asteroid's trajectory.Thereby hitting and devouring other celestial bodies towards this asteroid, providing more nourishment for the crown of ashes.

Although the giant tree on the screen is very different from the crown of ashes in shape and color, Ke Lan's subconscious kept telling him that this giant tree and the crown of ashes are the same thing.

Since the mission of the Crown of Ashes can be recorded in the trial program, it means that the Alpha civilization should have resolved the crisis of the "Ash" asteroid hitting the Alpha star... Then, the gene sequence of the Crown of Ashes also has a lot to do. The probability of is stored in the ruins of a certain Alpha civilization.

The undead crew would be able to obtain the genes of the crown of ashes, and breed similar plants... It makes perfect logic!
"I see." Ke Lan's expression froze slightly, "The undead crew members will not only want to sacrifice the entire human civilization, but the entire Alpha Star...even the entire galaxy where Alpha Star is located!"

"What?!" This time, not only was General Maginot stunned, but even the hound, who was familiar with these things, couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"The entire galaxy... Let's not talk about this, just Alpha Star, or the earth in this time and space... How do they plan to sacrifice such a big planet? Just rely on this... tree?" The hound said incoherently asked.

"Then you have to ask the group of people from the Undead Crew Association..." Ke Lan shook his head, "Since this plan can be implemented, it means that the entire Undead Crew Association should have been eroded, even if there are rebels , should have been killed."

The meaning of Ke Lan's words couldn't be more obvious: the Survivor Alliance can only rely on its own strength now, and there is no need to hope that there will be any internal response in the Ark.

"But no matter what the purpose of this tree is, it should be the key to the Undead Crew's plan. As long as we can destroy this tree, we should be able to destroy their plan." Levi said.

"Everyone knows that this tree is the key, what your kid said is pure nonsense." The hound gave Levi a white look, and continued, "The guys from the Undead Crew still dare to release this giant tree in front of us , that means they have enough self-confidence that we can't destroy it."

"You can try a long-range attack." Levi said, "I have a plan. Although it has not been carefully calculated, I think this plan is feasible."

"Tell me." Ke Lan nodded to him.

"I watched the video of the Skadi's fire reconnaissance on the Ark many times before, and I can basically confirm that the original anti-aircraft weapons of the Ark, except for the protective cover, have basically been scrapped. In this way, the Ark is completely Lost the ability to intercept long-range ballistic missiles. And now the fleshy creep has all shrunk, and the last obstacle has disappeared.” Levi said, “It just so happens that Mukakh Fortress has three launch bases for long-range ballistic missiles, and there are other Forty tactical nuclear warheads with a yield of 400 tons of TNT and two strategic nuclear warheads with a yield of [-] million tons, as long as the safety program in the locking device is cracked with hacking techniques, the Ark can be set as the target of the missile."

The long-range ballistic missile deployed in Mukakh Fortress is "Apocalypse III" with a cruising speed of Mach 28, which is 28 times the speed of sound. Even if the air defense system on the Ark is still alive, it cannot respond at all - it can really intercept ballistic missiles. Yes, it still depends on the seemingly weak, but actually extremely strong super energy shield.

"In the first stage of combat operations, I thought about using long-range ballistic missiles to carry out nuclear strikes on the Ark, but at that time I considered two elements, so I didn't bring it up." Levi continued, "First, it is There may be survivors on the Ark, and the nuclear strike does not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. It may even fail to kill the enemy leader, but kill a large number of survivors by mistake; second, with the existence of energy shields, it is difficult for a nuclear strike to cause a fatal blow to the Ark. , especially the core area with the most stringent protection measures.”

The core area is where the bodies of the members of the Undead Crew Club are located. In addition to the outermost layer of super shields, the core area has at least four to five layers of energy shields and as many as a dozen layers of physical defense, which can directly withstand strategic nuclear weapons blow.

"But now," Levi changed the subject, "the height of the 'giant tree' that suddenly appeared has exceeded [-] meters, and the energy shield of the ark cannot protect it—we don't even need to attack the ark below Ontology, just set this 'giant tree' as the missile target."

"This method seems to really work!" Magino clenched his right fist and slammed it into the palm of his left hand, and said excitedly, "Activating the missile launcher requires the certification of the Undead Crew, although the Undead Crew is our enemy, but there is still Ke Lan here!"

The network connection between Mukakh Fortress and the Ark has long been disconnected, so the database of the missile launcher has not been updated. Even if the undead crew will erase Ke Lan's authority now, this order cannot be issued at all. Go to the missile launcher at Fort Mukah.

"No... I think it's better to keep the nuclear warheads. They can be used for critical purposes, but not now." Ke Lan shook his head and rejected the proposal.

"No need at this time, when should we wait?" Machino was stunned for a moment, and a Chinese proverb popped out of his mouth, "Now that tree is in the growth stage, when it is fully grown, I'm afraid we won't have any Ruined its chance!"

"It's probably useless to attack the trunk and crown of the tree." Ke Lan said slowly, "Do you remember the ruins of the bottomless sinkhole?"

"Remember." Maginot and the Hound nodded together.

At that time, according to the order of the Undead Crew, Machino, as Ke Lan's liaison, actually assumed the role of a monitor. After Ke Lan's return from the underwater city, Machino dared not He said he knew everything, but at least he knew about it. It was not until after the trip to the sick village that Machino was transferred to the Mukahe base and ended this "task".

As for the hunting dog, it is simply a relic hunter who walked out of the bottomless sinkhole with Ke Lan, and a life-and-death friend who can trust Ke Lan's life. He knows everything about what happened under the sinkhole. Clearly.

"You mean, that trial mission?" The hound quickly recalled, and whispered, "Do you think this 'giant tree' is the same thing as the crown of ashes?!"

"That's right." Ke Lan nodded.

"What trial mission? What crown of ashes?" Magino looked blankly at the hound, then at Ke Lan, "Why can't I understand what you are talking about?"

Ke Lan made a long story short, repeating his experience under the bottomless sinkhole to Maginot and Levi, and the two immediately fell into a brief silence.

"Well, now you know how tricky this thing is?" said the Hound.

"The annihilation bomb made of antimatter... Although I don't know the specific equivalent, but judging from the description, it may be much more powerful than our strategic nuclear warhead..." Levi murmured, "But just Even this kind of big killer must venture deep into the ground and be installed at the root of the Crown of Ashes to destroy it... No wonder, you would say that attacking the crown and trunk of the tree will have no effect..."

Ke Lan did not tell them the existence of "Experiment No. 1197". He only said that the trial procedure was suspended due to an accident inside the ruins. Even he didn't know what the root system of the Crown of Ashes looked like. , Whether detonating the annihilation bomb can kill it.

"It's a pity." Ke Lan said in his heart.

There are two things that he regrets - the first thing naturally refers to the suspension of the trial program, failing to obtain more information.The second thing is that "Experiment No. 1197".

Ke Lan once thought it was an existence similar to the prehistoric species, but now it seems that the No. 1197 experimental body probably came from a family that believed in "different gods", and it was hostile to the Alpha civilization that believed in "that existence" at that time relation.

It's just that with its strength and its own strength, it is not difficult to wipe out the entire Alpha civilization... This family may have broken away from the "cannon fodder" level in the population of the hive capital.

The reason why the Alpha Civilization was able to capture it was most likely because it picked up a leak on the edge of the battle area between the two Familia civilizations.

"Experiment No. 1197" did not show too much hostility towards Ke Lan, perhaps because Ke Lan was not branded as "that existence". sectarians".

People who believe in religion generally regard heretics and heretics as enemies, but for those who don't believe in anything, they will maintain a subtle neutral attitude. Perhaps this is why the "No. 1197" experiment did not go smoothly after getting out of trouble. The reason for destroying the ark.

People without faith are often regarded as potential development targets by religious believers... and the current Ark civilization is too weak for "Experiment No. 1197", and it is not worthy of "being developed" at all.Just like the existence that kept the Alpha civilization in captivity and let it "develop on its own", maybe after the Ark civilization is strong enough to a certain level, the No. 1197 experimental body will appear again, pulling the Ark civilization into the camp of the alien god.

For a civilization that is not currently a threat and may be an ally in the future, Experiment No. 1197 maintains the minimum level of goodwill... It not only chatted with Ke Lan for a fifty-cent day, but also lifted the alpha in the bottomless sinkhole. The safety facilities left by others allowed Ke Lan and his companions to escape by elevator.

From Ke Lan's standpoint, Experimental No. 1197 is not an enemy, at least not for the time being.

But for the undead crew members who have been eroded, the situation is different.

"The enemy of the enemy is an ally." If the No. 1197 experimental body is still staying on Alpha Planet, or in the nearby space domain, it is found that the undead crew will completely surrender to that existence, and maybe they will directly return and destroy the ark. drop it...

From its position, it is impossible to watch the undead crew sacrifice the entire civilization and the entire planet together, turning it into the power of that existence.

"It's a pity...it's a pity." Ke Lan sighed crazily in his heart, "It would be great if this guy didn't get out of trouble at that time, let him out now, and all problems will be solved."

Just when Ke Lan was depressed and missed a good opportunity to prostitute a powerful combat force, Levi came up with a new idea: "Speaking of which, the blasphemer mecha controlled by Miss Valentina is equipped with annihilation bombs Such a weapon?"

"No." Valentina, who was leaning against the door, replied immediately.

"The annihilation bomb is specially prepared for the task of blowing up the crown of ashes. It should not be regarded as the standing armament of the blasphemer mecha." Ke Lan replied, "This kind of thing is too dangerous. If you are not careful, you can kill it." The entire Mukakh base was taken over in one pot."

"Then there are still existing annihilation bombs on Planet Alpha? Will there be some stocks in those undeveloped relics? Perhaps, we can replicate the operation of the Alpha civilization to blow up the Crown of Ashes?"

"I'm afraid I have to ask the owner of the hive capital... It's just that place, I'm afraid I may not have time to go back now." Ke Lan sighed, "Aside from the annihilation bomb, I also have a lot of things I want about the Crown of Ashes." I asked him... At that time, I had already forgotten about the crown of ashes, but I didn't expect that the undead crew would be able to make such a move, and it was too late to regret."

The space where the master of the hive capital is located is easy to get out and difficult to enter. If Ke Lan hadn't been lucky for the first time and crashed into that special time node, he might have to stay in it for a long time before he could find the master of the hive capital. will.

And in those fragments of time and space where the flow of time is synchronized with the outside world, as much time as he spends, as much time will pass in the outside world... At that time, I am afraid that the giant tree growing on the ark has already "blossomed and bore fruit"...

[PS filled in another hole, to be precise, one and a half...]

(End of this chapter)