Alien Relic Hunter

"There seems to be something wrong." Thirty-three suddenly pointed to a foggy tree in front of him that was as thick as seven or eight people's arms. "Why do I feel like I turned my head, and the distance between this tree and me seemed to be... How many meters has it shortened?"

Thirty-three took a deep breath, stared at the foggy tree, and asked the others: "You... have you noticed it?"

"No." Mo Jue immediately shook his head, "Hasn't that tree always been there? It hasn't been moved since the beginning...ah!"

She took a step back, only to find herself bumping into a thick pillar.

Mo Jue's expression suddenly changed.

She clearly remembered that the place where she originally stood was an open area, and the five steps around her were all open space, not even low shrubs.

"The gaps between the trees are getting smaller!" Ivan exclaimed, "It won't be long before the space we are in will be squeezed by the mist perches until there is no trace left."

Akira Asano did not speak, but swung his sword to chop at the fog tree closest to him. However, the diameter of the fog tree at this depth not only increased several times, but the wood strength was not as strong as the fog tree at the red line of 500 meters. In comparison, it took him hundreds of chops to chop down the fog tree.

But before the foggy perch even had time to hit the ground, the wood inside had already turned into ashes, leaving only an empty shell surrounded by bark riddled with holes, which fell lightly to the ground. , and soon mixed with the soil.

This is a pillar root, not the main trunk of the foggy tree. Cutting off the pillar root will not completely kill the foggy tree.

Soon, the section of the pillar root stump was opened, and new shoots emerged from it, growing rapidly. In only three or four seconds, it had grown to half the thickness of the originally chopped down pillar root. . The tops of the new shoots have also reached into the canopy and are connected to the main body of the mist perch.

Until this time, the Gray Mist Forest finally tore off its gentle disguise and completely revealed its terrifying fangs in front of Ke Lan and the others.

"Asano, don't waste your efforts... These trees can't be chopped down." Ke Lan called out to Asano Akira, who was about to use his sword again, "What we can do is to leave this place quickly..."

"I'm afraid, if we stay any longer in any place, the surrounding foggy trees will come closer little by little... This forest doesn't seem to let us intruders go easily." Ivan said seriously.

"Then start running and don't stop." Ke Lan chose the opposite direction to where he came from, "At twelve o'clock, everyone, follow me, and always make sure that the teammates in front of you are within your sight. , don’t fall behind!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ke Lan ran forward, followed closely by the others.

Everyone ran out for nearly 500 meters in one breath, and did not stop until they reached a relatively open area. Ke Lan turned around and counted the number of people - Ze Luo, Asano Akira, Thirty-three, Valentina, Mo Jue and others. With Ivan, no one was left behind, even the Blasphemer mecha that turned on the autopilot mode followed closely behind everyone.

Ke Lan, Ze Luo, Asano Akira, and Thirty-Three and Four were in pretty good shape, but Valentina, Mo Jue, and Ivan were in a bit of trouble—they wanted to catch up and run at full speed in complex terrain like the forest. It is extremely difficult to create high-level enhanced people. If Ke Lan and the others hadn't deliberately slowed down, these three people would have been left behind.

"Huhu... It seems that after I go back... I... I have to do an intensive surgery on myself... Otherwise, I will really become... Huhu... a hindrance." Ivan held his knees. , said with a big breath.

Valentina, who has a stronger personality, did not speak, but it could be seen from her red face and rising and falling chest that her current situation was definitely no better than Ivan.

Mo Jue is the relatively better one among the three. After all, he has the background of a hell paratrooper, and his physical fitness is quite good. He is also a level five enhanced person, but compared with the unconventional perverts like Ke Lan and others , the five-level enhancement level is not enough.

"Rest on the spot for twenty seconds." Ke Lan looked at the foggy trees around him, and there seemed to be no sign of approaching the crowd yet. "Everyone is ready with military stimulants. When you feel that you can't run anymore, you can inject them as soon as possible... But remember not to overdo it... If it doesn't work, we'll just take one of us and run away - Thirty-three, you take Mo Jue; I'll take Valentina; I'll leave Ivan's words to Asano Akira. "

Ark's military stimulants have been improved many times and can delay side effects until twelve hours later. However, if an overdose is injected, although the drug effect will become stronger, the duration and the onset of side effects will be quickly shortened to about one hour. , ranging from loss of strength to severe coma.

"Understood." Thirty-three nodded - although his enhancement level is not as high as Mo Jue's, he can borrow power from the black flying blades close to his feet when running, just like in Xianxia novels Immortal cultivators are also "flying with swords". Compared with physical strength, the loss of mental power is greater.

"Ten seconds left." Ke Lan reminded loudly.

Ivan and Valentina quickly replenished their water and stuffed the straws of the water bags back into their bags. Mo Jue poured out a few white pills from a small medicine box and put them in his mouth.

"Type 26 sustained-release tablets?" Ivan could tell at a glance the type of drug Mo Jue used, and shook his head helplessly, "The Ark Army stopped using this stimulant in 1935. From which black market did you buy expired futures?"

"I'm not you... Ever since my father disappeared, all the relationships in the army have been severed, and it's impossible to buy those military supplies." Mo Jue said quickly.

"You told me earlier, it's not like I wouldn't give it to you." Thirty-three took out two injections from his backpack and threw them to Mo Jue, "Are we like those stingy people?"

Mo Jue took the injection, glanced at Sansan San and Ivan with some confusion, nodded, and said, "Thank you."

"There's no need to be polite. Now everyone is really a grasshopper tied to a rope. If you need anything, just say it without any scruples." Thirty-three waved his hand indifferently.

"It's break time, get ready to go out——"

The word "fa" for "departure" was still in his throat before he shouted it out. Ke Lan suddenly squatted down and put his palms on the ground.

"What's wrong?" A hint of vigilance flashed in Thirty-three's eyes, and he followed Ke Lan's example and squatted down, touching the ground with his palms.

"The ground is shaking, and something massive is moving towards where we are standing, in all directions." Akira Asano said - he didn't need to touch the ground, and the perception of those tentacles of thoughts was far greater than that of the human body. sensitive.

"Qianye, can you 'hear' the movement outside the mist?" Ke Lan asked urgently.

"No, just like Thirty-three's flying blade, once my tentacles of thought penetrate into the fog, they will disintegrate on their own." Akira Asano shook his head, "My range of perception is limited to the area where the fog has been pushed away. Within the area.”

"Where's Ze Luo?"

"Me too. Although these fogs are not spatially specific, they can block perception." The girl said expressionlessly.

"Hell! Even Ze Luo and Asano Akira's perceptions can be blocked, so how do these things lock our position?" Thirty-three released a large number of black flying blades around him, forming a barrel-shaped dynamic defensive array.

"They are one with this forest...the mist trees and vines around us, the ground we step on, the mist surrounding us...are their eyes, noses and ears...our every move, every moment. We are under their surveillance all the time..." Mo Jue muttered, "My father has said this many times before."

"Who do 'they' refer to?" Ivan asked, "Are they the indigenous creatures living in the gray mist forest?"

"I don't know. Father has never said it explicitly. If I ask him, he won't tell me." Mo Jue shook his head.

"If it were those indigenous creatures, we would be in big trouble." Thirty-three gritted his teeth and said, "Even heavy cruisers can be severely damaged, and frigates can be sunk... Compared with battleships, our skin is only a few meters long. The thick armor plates are so strong..."

The speed of those things approaching was very fast. Before long, everyone could notice that the ground was shaking obviously even without deliberately feeling it... It was just that the vibration was only transmitted along the ground, and the sound was completely concentrated. Swallowed by fog.

It was as if they were deafened, and in the silence, the vibrations began to become stronger and stronger.

"Logically speaking, sound can also be transmitted through solid matter, but I can't hear anything." Thirty-three said, putting his ear to the ground, "This is unscientific."

"In a place like this, it is very funny to use the science of human civilization to seek explanations." Ivan sighed and took off the electromagnetic rifle hanging behind him - as a military doctor in the team, his combat effectiveness is The weakest in this team, but even so, there was no hint of flinching in his eyes.

Just when the scattered gravel and soil particles on the ground began to bounce, the vibration suddenly disappeared.

In the surrounding fog, dots of fishy red light lit up - you must know that the dense fog at this depth cannot even be pierced by hundreds of thousands of lumens of military searchlights, but these light spots can penetrate the dense fog. When Ke Lan and the others saw this, they felt the hairs on their backs stand up.

"They can't really be those monsters that can sink battleships... Are these red light spots their eyes?" Ivan held up the electromagnetic rifle, but he didn't know which direction to aim at - these scarlet light spots There were people from all directions, and they were obviously surrounded by each other.

"I always feel that the arrangement of these light spots is very familiar, but for a while I can't tell how familiar it is." Valentina whispered, leaning against the Blasphemer mecha with her back, hunched over, holding her arms in her arms A heavy, large-caliber machine gun.

Although there are a lot of light spots, each independent individual can still be vaguely distinguished - if these light spots are really the eyes of those monsters, then this kind of monster seems to be very similar to a spider... Each independent individual has its own unique characteristics. The eight scarlet light spots are arranged very regularly: three light spots above and below each form a triangular division, and the two light spots in the middle are centered, like...

Ke Lan was suddenly startled. Isn't this arrangement the front monitor of the Walker mecha? But the question is...can the light emitted by the Walker mecha's monitor...can penetrate the dense fog?

Before Ke Lan could think about it, these light spots suddenly started to move, and the vibration came from the ground again.

"Coming!" Thirty-three shouted, and the flying blade barrel surrounding him quickly expanded.

When these "monsters" emerged from the thick fog and showed their true appearance to everyone, everyone except Ke Lan had a look of astonishment on their faces - Ke Lan did not guess wrong, these "monsters" ", is really the mass-produced bipedal tactical mecha produced by Ark - "Walker".

It's just that these walkers are wrapped with a large number of fog vines, and gray mist is constantly spraying out from the fog vines, "plating" the surface of the mecha with a layer of armor made of fog.

The joints of these mechas are extremely rusty, and they seem to be ready to disintegrate at any time, but their steps are as smooth as living creatures, without any sense of stagnation that is unique to machinery.

"What's going on with the Walker mechas? Who is driving them?" Thirty-three said solemnly, "The serial numbers printed on these mechas...are the armored units that lost contact when they fell into the gray fog forest."

"It's impossible for the pilots of these Walkers to still be alive. Pay attention to those cockpits." Ivan said, "There are a lot of fog vines extending directly into the cockpit. The gray fog on the surface of the aircraft and the gray fog inside the aircraft A cycle is vaguely formed... Even if the pilots sitting in the cockpit are still 'alive', they can no longer be regarded as human beings."

"Are we...are we going to try to communicate with each other?" Mo Jue asked hesitantly.

But what responded to her was the sudden raised muzzle of the walker at the front.

The ammunition supply structure of the cannon has turned into a large rust-red iron block because it has not been used for too long. However, as the energy path is connected, the thick oxides on the cannon body are torn and peeled off, and the rusty triple assembly The barrel slowly rotated, and the sound of the cannon being loaded reached everyone's ears.

"Everyone, prepare to fight! Valentina, return to your fighting position! Ze Luo gives priority to defense and attacks when there is little defensive pressure!" Ke Lan immediately ordered.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Walker mecha's cannon roared, and the muzzle sprayed out tongues of flame that were several meters long, but the shells that escaped from the gun were "frozen" in mid-air before they flew very far. , and then exploded one after another.

This Walker was loaded with explosive bombs, but the fragments and shock waves generated when the explosive bombs exploded were also compressed into fist-sized spaces by Zeluo, turning into groups of extremely bright liquid metal flows, which were connected to the cannon. At the mouth... Soon, even the explosive bombs still in the barrel were detonated in advance, and the entire cannon exploded directly.

The walker mecha dropped its machine cannon without hesitation and drew out the fighting knife from its waist.

But before it could raise the knife, a tall black shadow had already collided with it - Ke Lan asked Valentina to return to the fighting position, which meant that she returned to the cockpit of the Blasphemer: If these mechas If they were just ordinary "walkers", one Blasphemer would be enough to destroy them all.