Alien Relic Hunter

Ke Lan did not expect that there would be a core mastermind hidden underground in Zeus's private residence.

Moreover, judging from the current state of this core mastermind, it has become "out of control"... If you give it enough time, this thing may develop into the level of the "prototype machine" in the underground space of the collapsed ring city. At present, it can only temporarily control human consciousness within a distance of a few hundred meters. When the program is completed, all creatures within a radius of more than ten kilometers will be permanently affected.

This thing cannot be allowed to grow freely, it must be uprooted before it becomes strong enough.

Ke Lan did not hesitate, raised his gun and shot towards the "artificial heart" - although the core master brain cannot be regarded as an independent biological entity, it still needs nutrients and oxygen to survive. As long as the pump machine used as a substitute for the heart is destroyed , it won’t take long for the core mastermind to die due to malnutrition.

"Bah! Bah! Bah!"

Ke Lan fired three times in a row, and the bullets fired from the large-caliber hunting pistol directly tore open the tofu-like brain tissue and penetrated into the pump machine.

Accompanied by a burst of harsh mechanical noise, the value of the external pressure gauge of the pump first soared instantly, and then sharply returned to zero... This meant that the air tightness of the pump had been completely destroyed, and the entire machine had stopped operating.

"The pulse disappeared," Ze Luo said. "Its signs of life are rapidly weakening."

"It seems that this thing has no physical attack methods, only mental control." Ke Lan said.

From the time the two entered the castle basement until Ke Lan shot and attacked the pump machine, the replica of the core mastermind did not take any countermeasures. This made Ke Lan feel that everything was going too smoothly. Sense... Logically speaking, Zeus shouldn't be undefended in such an important place where the core mastermind is hidden... But except for the core mastermind itself, there are no defense measures in the castle, which are even installed in most wealthy mansions. There are no sirens or security cameras.

The lack of surveillance cameras may be due to the fear that the network will be hacked and the existence of the core mastermind replica will be exposed, but there are not even the most basic sensor sirens and sentry machine guns, which is a bit difficult to understand.

Although there are several thick mechanical air-tight doors on the passage leading to the room where the core mastermind is located, these airtight doors are not so much a measure to prevent outsiders from entering the basement, but rather are used to prevent the out-of-control core mastermind from spreading to the basement. External means - you don't even need heavy weapons to open these airtight doors, you just need a welding gun and enough gas.

Is this replica of the core mastermind an abandoned failure? Ke Lan had such an idea in his mind.

But regardless of whether this thing was a failure, Ke Lan had no intention of keeping it - he took out several crystal energy bombs from his backpack and tied them together, set the explosion time, threw them directly into the cultivation tank of the core mastermind, and then Go back the way you came and exit the basement.

However, an accident still happened - after the countdown of the crystal energy bomb ended, there was no explosion or other noise coming from the basement, it was as calm as if nothing happened.

"Dumb bomb? It shouldn't be...the detonator has three backup fuses...and the core mastermind has neither limbs nor tentacles. It can't even stop me from shooting, let alone defuse the bomb, right?" Ke Lanzheng He was about to go back to the basement to check the situation, but Ze Luo grabbed him.

"There are abnormal spatial fluctuations in the basement." Ze Luo said, "A transmission channel has been opened."

"Transmission channel?!" Ke Lan suddenly understood why there was no movement. It was not that the crystal energy bomb failed to explode smoothly, but that the energy generated by the explosion was absorbed by a hidden transmission device. Not only did this energy fail to Destroying the replica of the core mastermind and the castle basement turned into the energy to open the transmission channel.

"The exit of this transmission channel is hidden inside that thing. It has the characteristics of 'undetectable', so I couldn't find it..." There was a trace of self-blame in Ze Luo's tone, which made Ke Lan couldn't help but look at her one more time, then stretched out his hand and rubbed her little head vigorously.

"I don't blame you, I'm afraid this is a trap specially prepared for me." Ke Lan sighed, "The Immortal Crew is really full of ideas... I'm afraid they have prepared a lot of traps like this, just waiting for me Take the initiative to hit him."

As soon as Ke Lan finished speaking, a creepy friction sound came from the basement passage, as if a heavy, rusty iron tool was being dragged out by some force.

"Retreat." Ke Lan and Ze Luo immediately retreated outside the castle. The next second, the entire castle collapsed.

A giant nearly four meters tall and wearing a set of rusty medieval knight armor emerged from the underground passage.

The giant's right hand was holding a huge round-headed sword as thick as a door panel. One end of the sword was dragging on the ground - the friction sound that just came from the passage was caused by this thing.

The style of this sword is very rare, but Ke Lan happens to know that this kind of giant sword is called an "execution sword". It is generally a "tool" used by executioners responsible for beheading prisoners, rather than a conventional weapon. Later, with the emergence of the guillotine, the execution sword gradually faded out of the stage of history. Only a very small number of tough men would use this kind of sword on the battlefield.

To wield the execution sword, Superman's weapon talent and strength are both indispensable. In order to be able to cut the death row prisoner's neck in two neatly during execution, the weight of the execution sword is astonishing. It has the properties of sharp and blunt weapons at the same time. When wielded on the battlefield, it is like a humanoid meat grinder, which can easily Destroy any approaching person or weapon, even a heavily armored war horse can be cut off with one sword... Its biggest disadvantage is that it has poor mobility and is extremely afraid of long-range attacks such as crossbows or trebuchets. .

In order to match its body shape, the execution sword in this giant's hand has at least doubled in size and thickness. Coupled with the unique luster of the "heavy alloy (note 1)", the weight of this sword must be several tons... …

And when Ke Lan's eyes shifted to the equally huge kite-shaped shield held in the giant's other hand, his pupils couldn't help but shrink a bit - apart from flags, the most important thing used by medieval knights to identify themselves was flags. The one on the shield was the family crest, but what was painted on the shield in the giant's hand was the face of a Tarot card.

The sixteenth card of the Major Arcana symbolizes the "tower" of "destruction".

This reminded Ke Lan of the sixteenth seat of the Immortal Crew Club - "Tower" Poseidon.

Could it be that the giant in front of me is the true form of Poseidon?

"Bo...Sedon?" Ke Lan called tentatively.

The giant knight in heavy armor lowered his head, and a deep gaze shot out from the gap in the helmet, locking Ke Lan.

"Are you Poseidon? The sixteenth seat of the Immortal Crew, 'Tower'?" Ke Lan asked again.

The giant knight did not answer, but directly swung the execution sword and smashed it towards Ke Lan!

The execution sword came out of his hand, causing a harsh whistling sound as it whirled. Ke Lan also turned on "Time Stop" at the same time, calculated the flight path of the execution sword, and took Ze Luo to avoid it at the critical moment. Drive away.

With Ke Lan's physical strength and self-healing ability, even if he was hit hard by the sword... or in other words, even if the sword directly beat him to a pulp, he would still be able to return to his original state in just a few seconds. But I don't know why. His subconscious was frantically sounding the alarm, telling him not to be hit by this sword.

"Is there anything weird about this sword? Is it a relic of the Alpha civilization?" Just when Ke Lan was about to get close to the execution sword with most of the blade penetrated into the ground for observation, the ground suddenly shook - no , it was not the ground that shook, but the sword - the execution sword seemed to come to life. It pulled itself out, threw a large spin in mid-air, forced Ke Lan back, and then flew back to the suspected In the hands of Poseidon's giant knight.

"This guy can also wield a sword? Is it the ability to manipulate a specific type of material like Sansan... or is it the ability to materialize one's mind like Akira Asano's?"

Ke Lan quickly retreated and distanced himself from the opponent.

"If you have these two abilities, you can completely change the trajectory of the execution sword after it is released... In this way, my time stop will not be able to predict and avoid at all. Is the other party neglecting this point, or is it? Is the ability actually not what I thought?"

The giant knight didn't leave much time for Ke Lan to breathe. After retracting the execution sword in the air, he strode towards Ke Lan - although it was wearing heavy armor, it accelerated extremely fast, from standstill to a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. It took less than three seconds... This is already at the level of an F1 racing car.

Ke Lan started and stopped again, but this time, before he could calculate the best evasive route, a sharp pain like a needle suddenly came from his head, and the still black and white picture around him was abruptly changed by a touch of color. Tear it open!

His time-stop state was forcibly terminated!

Ke Lan raised his head and met the giant knight's eyes - even though the other man's eyes did not change at all, Ke Lan was sure that the power that just interrupted Shi Stop came from these eyes!

After merging the crystal and the "body", Ke Lan's "Time Stop" skill has a very high priority. Even Ze Luo was unable to break free from the static time. Ke Lan always felt that on this planet, On the Internet, the only one who can forcibly tear apart stagnant time and space by "brute force" is "Experimental Subject No. 1197" under the bottomless sinkhole.

But the giant man dressed as a medieval heavy-armored knight in front of him could not only sense that Ke Lan had used Time Stop, but could also break it. This made Ke Lan's inner warning signal soar to the highest level, and he no longer cared about hiding his identity. , said directly to Ze Luo: "Use space ability to seal its movements!"

"I've tried it, but it doesn't work." Ze Luo immediately replied, "The power that can block all perception does not come from the things in the basement, but from it. And this ability blocks not only perception, but even When my space power comes into contact with it, it will be instantly eliminated..."

As Ze Luo said this, he formed an invisible giant hand and pulled the two of them out from under the blade of the execution sword.

"I don't know how to accurately describe this ability in human language, but there is a term commonly used in fantasy works that is very appropriate." Ze Luo continued, "Forbidden Demon."

"Forbidden Demon" is a very common concept in the fantasy worldview. Compared with "Silence" which cannot use magic, "Forbidden Demon" covers a wider scope and refers to the ability to eliminate or seal away all magical power: In a place with the power of forbidden magic, a great magician who can use forbidden spells is an ordinary ordinary person, and a priceless enchanted weapon is just an iron tool with a slightly gorgeous shape and beautiful gems inlaid on the surface. , a magic shield that is enough to cover the entire city will melt and disappear as quickly as a piece of ice exposed to the scorching sun...

The forbidden demons in the fantasy world are aimed at magical power, and the "forbidden demons" on the giant knight in front of them are aimed at Ke Lan and Ze Luo's special abilities that can change space and time.

It's even more than that.

Ke Lan can almost guess why his subconscious was so afraid of the execution sword thrown at him just now - this sword probably also has the ability to "forbid demons". If it is hit by it, even Ke Lan's self The recovery ability will also be blocked. Once the body's recovery speed cannot keep up with the speed of destruction, that is the moment when death will truly come.

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Ke Lan's back.

"What to do? What to do now?"

Ze Luo's space power cannot be directly applied to the opponent. At most, it can only be used as an auxiliary ability to help one's side perform forced displacement or manipulate some physical objects - such as lifting some concrete blocks and throwing them over. This kind of attack is enough for ordinary people. It's deadly, but it probably doesn't pose any threat to the giant in front of me.

As for Ke Lan, it is still uncertain whether the body's ability can break through the "forbidden demon" restrictions, but he will not use that power unless absolutely necessary - once used, will it be exposed to the meeting of the undead crew? It's a matter of identity. Once that existence attracts the attention, all creatures on Alpha Planet will be unable to escape.

Without being able to use "Time Stop", Ke Lan didn't have much confidence in a close-quarters fight with this giant. Both his strength and agility were far inferior to the opponent's, not to mention that Ke Lan didn't have any equipment that could compete with the "Forbidden". The execution sword with the "demon" ability collided head-on with a hard weapon.

Maybe you should choose to retreat and avoid the edge... Use Zeluo's space ability to change the terrain, hinder the opponent's pursuit, and then find a way to escape from the area... But in this way, not only will you be completely exposed, but this combat operation will also be considered a complete It failed, and at the same time, a lot of lives were sacrificed and a lot of time was wasted.

If he fails this time, whether he will have a chance to break into the Ark next time... Ke Lan is not sure.

[P.S. Note 1 "Heavy alloy": One of various man-made alloys mixed with Nino alloy to improve physical properties. In addition to Nino alloy accounting for 46.5%, the main components are high-density tungsten and iridium. Two metal elements, one of the highest density alloys in the Nino alloy family. It is generally used to make forging hammers for forging presses and crucibles used in metal smelting. 】