Alien Relic Hunter

"It's a group of steel-backed one-horned rhinoceros... Although they are herbivores, they are the more violent ones among herbivores." Ivan, who was sitting in the back seat of the off-road vehicle, said as he looked at the footage from the drone. "They are just on our path. If the off-road vehicle drives directly through them, these bad-tempered guys will definitely catch up."

Although with the speed of the rhinoceros, it is impossible to catch up with Ke Lan's off-road vehicle, but hundreds of rhinoceros, whose individual weight is comparable to that of elephants, are running at full speed in the open area. If you get up, the movement will be too loud, who knows what will be attracted...

If a few predatory creatures are attracted, it may be possible to solve it through combat, but if Ark's all-weather reconnaissance drones deployed near the Great Basin are attracted, things will be in trouble.

Although Ke Lan and his team's off-road vehicles and Blasphemer mechas have added anti-radar stealth coatings, this "invisibility" is not invisible in the physical sense like optical camouflage. If directly exposed to the visible light of the drone, If it's under the camera, it will still be discovered.

Even if the undead crew will be too late to send people to stop them, they can still use long-range strikes to destroy their only way - missiles and plasma can fly much faster than off-road vehicles.

The operation across the Great Basin must be as fast as possible and as stealthy as possible.

"Is it possible to clear out all the steel-backed one-horned rhinos in one hundred and twenty seconds without using long-range weapons?" Ke Lan asked in the communication channel.

"Okay." Valentina responded immediately, and the Blasphemer's mecha suddenly accelerated, overtaking the off-road vehicle, and glided away thinking ahead.

Not long after, the figure of the Blasphemer mecha appeared in the drone's screen. The steel-backed one-horned rhino, which was digging into the sand with its lips and teeth, immediately noticed the giant machine that appeared nearby. The objects raised their heads one after another and looked towards the Blasphemer mecha.

But before these steel-backed one-horned rhinoceros could react, the Blasphemer mecha had already cut into the herd. The heavy-duty armor-piercing swordsman raised and lowered his sword, cutting off the two closest steel-backed one-horned rhino in half.

The steel-backed rhinoceros has a thick layer of "armor" on its back, which is made up of multiple layers of composite cuticles and hardened grease. Its defensive power can even withstand a 0.5-inch caliber heavy machine gun within a distance of 100 meters. A direct shot, but in front of the blasphemer's heavy armor-piercing sword, there is almost no difference from the cream cake under the red-hot metal knife.

The blasphemer leaned forward and charged forward. His heavy armor-piercing sword drew a sword light like a full moon, and three more steel-backed one-horned rhinoceroses were cut open - the corpses of these beasts did not even have time to spurt out blood. , has been carbonized by the energy shield wrapped around the blade.

The rest of the Steel-backed Rhinoceros didn't react until this moment, but instead of rushing towards the Blasphemer mecha, they turned around and ran away.

Because they gathered too densely at the beginning, many rhinos were knocked to the ground by their own kind. After countless hooves trampled over the fallen rhino, these unlucky ones The individual has completely lost its vitality.

"It seems that no matter how bad-tempered the beast is, it will run away when it encounters an enemy that it cannot fight against." Thirty-three said in a teasing tone.

"It is the instinct of living things to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages." Seeing this scene, Ivan was not too surprised. "If our off-road vehicle just drives by them, then they will definitely catch up. But if we If we were to run rampant among these steel-backed one-horned rhinos with energy shields and crush them to death, they would choose to avoid them."

"Typical of bullying the weak and fearing the strong." Thirty-three took out a piece of chewing gum from his pocket, threw it into his mouth, and chewed it hard twice, "Actually, there is no difference between humans and beasts."

"From a biological macro perspective, that's right." Ivan nodded, "Before human ancestors evolved wisdom, we were also a kind of beast."

"You see, these steel-backed rhinoceros are quite smart. They actually know how to escape in several directions... The mecha driven by the little girl is very fast, but in this way, these guys will be killed in two minutes. It shouldn’t be possible to kill them all, right?” Thirty-three said while looking at the screen.

"Just drive away the steel-backed rhino on the advance route." Ke Lan also noticed this and changed the original order.

In just thirty seconds, more than a hundred steel-backed one-horned rhinos were killed by the sword of the Blasphemer mecha, and the remaining more than a hundred steel-backed one-horned rhinos were divided into a dozen smaller groups. Scattered away - even if these escaped rhino attract other predators, it is difficult to create a large-scale beast tide... Chases like this can be seen everywhere in the wilderness of Alpha Planet , there is no need to worry about attracting Ark’s attention.

Hanging the heavy armor-piercing sword back on its back, the Blasphemer mecha circled around the slaughterhouse filled with carcasses of the steel-backed one-horned rhinoceros, and then returned to the side of the off-road vehicle.

"Sorry, I couldn't do it..." Valentina's voice sounded in the communication channel.

"It's not your fault. What I mean by clearing these steel-backed rhinos within one hundred and twenty seconds is that these beasts will rush towards you after being enraged. Since they choose to escape, then I will The initial goal has been achieved, and it makes no difference whether we kill them all or not," Ke Lan said.

Valentina did not continue to speak, and the communication channel returned to silence again.

The Blasphemer mecha is not without long-range weapons. In addition to its own powerful small plasma cannon, Layton and Chi Hanfeng also added a large number of additional weapons to this mecha. This is a A set of additional equipment named "HWS Expansion Set" by Layton. The sharp-edged external armor almost completely hides the original characteristics of the Blasphemer mecha. Without affecting the flexibility of the movable joints as much as possible, this external armor is equipped with a total of twenty different weapons - —In the original words of that guy Layton: "Anyway, the Blasphemer mecha is so powerful and equipped with an anti-gravity device. Even if a hundred-ton weapon is attached to it, its maneuverability can still completely destroy the Ark." All mass-produced units.”

But before entering the gray fog forest, it is best not to use these weapons to avoid being discovered by nearby drones or observation sites.

"The road is clear, keep moving forward." Just when Ke Lan was about to press the accelerator, a gunshot echoed very suddenly over the Great Basin.

Although Ke Lan couldn't hear the specific model of firearm, he was at least certain that the gunshot came from a large-caliber anti-material sniper rifle with a caliber of at least 0.5 inches.

Besides them, there are other people active in the Great Basin!