Alien Relic Hunter

"There is nothing surprising, because you are the one who entered the misunderstanding..." Ke Lan sighed and said, "The gap between dimensions does not exist at all. The state you observed is actually just It's just an abnormal area created when space and time overlap... If you use the example of the artificial intelligence and the programmer you just gave, if the programmer wants to kill an artificial intelligence, he only needs to press the 'delete key'... Or even simpler, directly destroy the carrier of the artificial intelligence program by physical means. For the artificial intelligence itself, this kind of 'blow' from a higher dimension is simply irresistible. There is no transition between the two dimensions at all. area'."

The lump of flesh pulled out of the void by Ke Lan seemed to be in an extremely unstable state. One face after another appeared on the surface of the lump of flesh, and then disappeared. Among these faces were members of the Undead Crew Club that he was familiar with, as well as strangers that Ke Lan had never seen before. They had different expressions, including anger, pain, and resentment... but most of the faces were numb and lifeless, as if Like a puppet whose soul has been taken away.

The mouths of each face are moving, and completely different voices are connected together to form a complete sentence: "I don't believe it! I have been working hard for hundreds of years since I first observed the dimensional gap! This is absolutely amazing. Impossible! The dimensional gap is definitely not an abnormal area created after the overlap of time and space!"

"Hundreds of years are still too short... Alpha civilization has been working hard for hundreds of thousands of years. Even they were unable to discover the existence of this thing. They only relied on the technical level of Ark, plus some incomplete Alpha civilization technology. Inheritance... Where did you get your confidence..." Ke Lan glanced at the meatballs on the ground with some pity, "There is no such thing as chance or luck... We are not even standing on the shoulders of giants. At best, they can only be regarded as a group of primitive people discovering the heritage of prehistoric civilization... If you want to skip that long process and directly 'reach the sky in one step', only Long Aotian's novels from the old era dare to write like this."

Ke Lan paused and continued: "Although I also think that the success rate of Alpha Civilization's plan is almost zero, almost zero does not mean it is zero. Behind the countless zeros after the decimal point, there is still a glimmer of hope... ...As for your plan, it is completely accelerating the demise of human civilization. How is this different from a heretical sect?

"Taking a step back, even if your plan succeeds, after sacrificing most of the vitality of human civilization, what can you do in that higher dimension? He, or they, may not have It is strong enough to completely control that high-dimensional world, but at least it is equivalent to an advanced race in that world...just like humans on earth. As for us, we are new here, we are probably not even as good as plankton, right?"

A dim light suddenly appeared inside the holy cabinet, and a holographic projection that looked exactly like Ke Lan "falled" lightly to the ground.

The projection and Ke Lan looked at each other, and the latter immediately understood its identity - this holographic projection was exactly the part of the personality that the Fool had sealed in the core mastermind.

Ke Lan felt a strong resonance, and an indescribable attraction arose between the two personalities with the same origin. Countless memory fragments poured into Ke Lan's mind - these memory fragments were not sealed in him. In consciousness, it comes from the personality of the core mastermind... These memories are extremely dangerous for ordinary people. The information contained in them can be regarded as a kind of meme, which is enough to cause people to fall into super eclipse in an instant. .

But with Ke Lan's current state, he can easily neutralize the corrosive memes attached to these memories, and examine these things that have happened in the past with absolute clarity and reason.

"The Fool once told you that the gap between dimensions does not exist. It's a pity that you stubbornly believe that it is the Fool who is jealous of you, belittles you, and vetoes your plan in order to suppress your status within the Undead Crew Association..." Ke Lan took another look at the squirming pieces of meat on the ground, and suddenly understood a lot in his heart, "You were unwilling to give in, so you used all the resources you could use to conduct research day and night... Until one day, all the experimental data pointed to a Result: The Fool is right. The gap between dimensions does not exist. It is just an abnormal area produced by the overlap of space and time... This phenomenon is essentially the same as the 'space-time singularity'. It exists but does not exist. You It cannot be found in the physical universe, but it can be calculated through mathematics... It cannot be truly observed, just like those Alphas who have been erased from existence due to the paradox of space and time.

"You are desperate. You smashed the priceless equipment in the laboratory, but you almost lost your life due to the small-scale space storm caused by the explosion... Your sanity is on the verge of collapse, and you completely ignore the Fool and other immortals. The warning from the Crew Association, secretly read a large number of Alpha civilization documents sealed by the Undead Crew Association...

"This behavior is no different from suicide. Although the bodies and consciousness of the crew members have been strengthened, and their ability to withstand corrosion is far beyond ordinary people, the large amount of 'forbidden knowledge' still makes your corrosion level exceed the critical point... Undead Crew The first member of the Order to be turned into a skeleton was not Chiron, but you, Hermes.

"But surprisingly, I don't know whether you are extremely lucky or extremely unlucky... Your form after being transformed into a corpse is a very deceptive and disguised form, and it can also retain you Self-awareness... Without you taking the initiative to confess, other members of the Undead Crew will not be able to detect your changes. The hive civilization once called this form of corroded remains 'Cain'."

"Cain...Cain..." Roudan silently recited this name, which symbolized the original evil of mankind in religious scriptures, and his expression gradually began to distort.

Because of various reasons such as anger, jealousy and pride, Cain killed his brother Abel, and Hermes also became Cain the Corruption for these reasons... Is this a coincidence or necessity? Even the Fool It's hard to tell clearly.

"Cain's greatest characteristic, apart from disguise, is self-deception and suggestion... You forget the results of the failed experiment, and instead convince yourself that what you did was correct. You deceived the undead crew Other members of the society secretly read the sealed documents, and used this to blackmail and control them... And as the degree of erosion of other members deepened, they also began to believe in your so-called 'dimension expansion plan'. Do you know why? ?"

"Why...what?" After being pulled out of the abnormal point in space by Ke Lan, the meat ball began to become weaker and weaker, and now he could not even speak clearly.

"Because individuals who have been eroded will subconsciously have a desire to become one with Him... and the crucial step in the 'Dimension Ascension Plan' is to use the power of the World-Destroying Tree to dedicate the entire civilization to Sacrifice it to that existence." Ke Lan continued, "This coincides with the subconscious impulse of the corrupted people. Therefore, even if you do not continue to coerce them later, they will 'sincerely' support this plan."

"Sacrifice...the Tree of Destruction...no, no...my plan...I...them..."

Roudan's thinking logic seemed to have fallen into chaos, but Ke Lan ignored him and continued: "Of course, the reason why you unswervingly believe that your plan can succeed is also because of this subconscious mind. Trouble... Your reason tells you that the dimensionality plan is not feasible at all. However, after being transformed into a corpse, you seem to be sane, but in fact you have completely lost your mind... In other words, you had no plan from the beginning. The real purpose of making the dimension-ascension plan succeed is to sacrifice the entire human civilization to that existence."

Ke Lan looked at each other and the holographic projection in front of him and said: "If you want to deceive others, you must first deceive yourself... It's just that you have fallen too deep into this lie. Until just now, you still believed in your own lies. What he did was to free human civilization from His control..."

"...No, it's not like that...No!!" Meatball's voice gradually became excited from a low whimper at the beginning, and finally roared directly, and its body also began to undergo huge changes - The size suddenly expanded, and countless thick tentacles covered with suckers and scales grew out of the mass of flesh, filling the small space inside the holy cabinet in an instant.

But in the next second, these stretched out tentacles were squeezed into a space of less than one cubic meter. Under the huge pressure, these tentacles exploded into a bloody mess like berries in juice. The meat sauce is then compacted into square chunks.

Wails resounded throughout the space, but Ke Lan remained unmoved. The space confining the meat ball was still compressing, and in just a few seconds, it had become the size of a table tennis ball.

It’s hard to imagine how high the density inside the meat was at this time. Neither the tentacles nor the twisted faces could be seen anymore. There was only an almost pure black bead floating in front of Ke Lan. In mid-air, a flash of dark red would flash across the surface of the beads from time to time.

The greatest feature of the Holy Ark is that it shields the detection of that existence. This is a "laboratory" specially built by Alpha Civilization to study god-level energy - to be precise, the technology of the Holy Ark was not developed by Alpha Civilization itself. , but the legacy left to them by another human civilization in parallel time and space.

Inside the Holy Ark, Ke Lan can use the power of his body to a certain extent without attracting the attention of that being... From a certain perspective, this is the best battlefield tailor-made for him.

Hermes condensed the tens of millions of creatures on the Ark to form this life form, which contains the god-level energy it collected from hundreds of Alpha civilization ruins. In terms of power alone, it has completely reached the level of a dependent individual. With his average level, let alone against Ke Lan, even if he wanted to destroy Alpha Star, it would not be difficult.

But just when Hermes wanted to mobilize these powers, he found that tens of millions of resisting consciousnesses appeared inside the body... Those consciousnesses that were supposed to have their egos erased actually woke up at the same time. Now, every conscious body is resisting the control of Hermes, pulling on this energy that has been integrated with consciousness, preventing it from being released smoothly.

"Why do these people still have self-awareness?! Why?!" Hermes' consciousness roared in shock and anger. Although it is the leader of this consciousness collection, when this dominance is not recognized by other consciousnesses When the time comes, its own power becomes very small... It is like a helpless brain, losing control of all parts of the body... And what makes it most desperate is that not only does its "limbs" no longer Accepting the control of its brain, it is still attacking its "brain", constantly impacting and eroding the part of consciousness that originally belonged to Hermes.

"You...don't you know...this is suicide?" Hermes finally felt the fear, but in this fear, there seemed to be a hint of relief, "The dimension expansion plan is still human civilization. The only way out! As long as you ascend to a higher-dimensional world with me, you will understand all this! The dimension-ascension plan...the dimension-ascension plan is..."

Hermes' consciousness suddenly fell silent. After a moment, his tone seemed to be a different person. All the anger, fear, and panic had disappeared, leaving only calm: "The plan to expand the dimension is not feasible. 's... I remember... I already knew the answer, but I didn't want to believe it... I've been deceiving myself... I've been deceiving myself..."

Ke Lan could clearly feel that the black bead suddenly stopped struggling. Immediately afterwards, the number of consciousness bodies inside the bead was rapidly decreasing, and the corrosive power attached to the bead was also weakening at an alarming speed. .

"Purification?" Ke Lan was slightly startled, "No, that's not right, it's neutralization... Those disappearing consciousnesses neutralized His brand at the expense of themselves..."

"They are awake." The Fool's holographic projection said, "Hermes, and the other corrupted members of the crew."

At the same time, in the command post of the Survivor Alliance ground forces, General Maginot, who had lost consciousness not long ago, opened his eyes and sat up from the ground with some difficulty.

As soon as Maginot regained consciousness, he quickly reached out his hand to his cheek.

Maginot clearly remembered that before he fell into coma, a bunch of grape-like sarcomas appeared on his face. The sarcomas were also wrapped with things like glass beads, and they would rotate uncontrollably.

He knew that those were the "extra eyeballs" that grew after the mutation... He knew that he could not escape this disaster - but now, the hands on his face could not touch anything.

Apart from a "slightly" excessive amount of subcutaneous fat, Maginot's face contained nothing.

"Is everything just an illusion?" Maginot murmured to himself. In shock, he searched around on his body, but still found no signs of mutation.

"What...is going on? General, are you...are you okay?" Levi also woke up and reached out to cover his head, "My head...my head hurts..."

[P.S. Thanks to He1ium for the 100 starting coins. 】