Alien Relic Hunter

The core area of ​​the Ark, the secret room.

In the darkness, only the holographic projection of Zeus was still emitting a faint light.

He looked around and suddenly sighed imperceptibly.

"I'm sorry, I have no choice." It was completely different from the irritable and angry tone before. At this time, Zeus seemed to be a different person. "I must hurry up and put the plan set by the fool before my last sanity is swallowed up." Complete...I don't have much time left. If you continue to delay according to your ideas, it will only lead to failure...Only by accelerating towards that goal, can human civilization avoid the fate of destruction."

He continued to mutter to himself: "The Fool has proven that the compromise method will not work. Too much resources and time have been wasted for this. Whether it is the Ark, human civilization or this planet, there is no second chance. A chance to try.”

After saying that, his holographic projection disappeared.

At the same time, in a room in the core area, the lid of a coffin of immortality slid downwards, revealing a body covered with strangely-shaped proliferative tissue, and even the intubations on the body were buried tightly by the flocculent pieces of flesh. The resident humanoid sat up.

"He" sat quietly for half a minute, then opened his mouth and nose and took a deep breath.

In an instant, the data on the life support equipment placed around the eternal coffin began to jump randomly, and harsh and chaotic alarms sounded.

"Huh..." The humanoid body slowly exhaled the air it breathed in, and the equipment that had been ringing for a second suddenly fell silent - except for the display numbers that were originally used to represent various vital signs. time has become "zero", and the wavy lines on the electrocardiogram have also turned into smooth straight lines.

If you look at these data alone, anyone with a little bit of medical knowledge will think that the person connected to these devices is dead - or in other words, the device has been removed, but the "person" is sitting up from the coffin of immortality. , he neither unplugged the tubes inserted into his body nor tore off the electrode patches that had been deeply embedded in the proliferated tissue for too long.

"He" was breathing heavily, like a drowning man who had just been pulled out of the water.

But those equipment and instruments, which symbolized Ark's highest level of medical technology, could no longer monitor any vital signs of the body, not even the heartbeat and respiratory rate.

"He" stretched out his hands with some difficulty, held the edge of the eternal coffin, and stood up little by little. "His" movements were very clumsy, and this body seemed to have not been "used" for a long time.

The moment "he" stood up straight, the ugly, disgusting and even horrifying proliferative tissue on his body shrank at an incredible speed... After a while, the original monster covered with sarcoma disappeared and was replaced. It is a middle-aged man who looks normal in appearance and can no longer be normal.

That face was almost exactly the same as the virtual projection of Zeus. The only difference was that there was no hair at all. The top of the head, eyebrows, lips and chin were all smooth, and there seemed to be no pores.

"Ahem..." Zeus coughed in a low voice. After coughing for a long time, he spit out a large group of dark brown gel that looked like phlegm but not phlegm. This was the result of further compression of the highly concentrated LCL liquid. The original function of the form is to fill the respiratory tract and lungs of the "Sleeper" so that oxygen can be integrated into the alveoli without breathing... But now, Zeus obviously no longer needs this thing.

"The feeling of being able to breathe on my own... I miss it so much..." Zeus whispered, and began to reach out and pull out the tubes inserted into the body. Every time one was pulled out, the wounds left behind would quickly heal, even a little bit. No scars will be left, it’s just that the new skin will be slightly lighter than the surrounding area.

This terrifying self-recovery ability is no less than that of Ke Lan.

"It's still far from the semi-divine state, but it's enough." Zeus clenched his fist vigorously, "Since the Fool failed, let me complete his unfinished business."

"How can you be sure that the Fool must have failed?" Aphdirota's voice rang in the room, "You know, we haven't even figured out what is going on with that completely deified body. Woolen cloth."

"Since it is completely deified, it means failure." Zeus said categorically, "Humanity's will cannot compete with him... To say the least, even if humans can maintain self-awareness while fully deified, then This body will also become a beacon, an eye for Him...or to put it more bluntly, it is a part of His body. Rather than accept endless servitude, I would rather choose destruction."

"But in your current state, aren't you heading towards an ending that you don't like?" Aphdirota asked.

"As long as we can control that critical point, we can 'steal' power to the greatest extent without being assimilated." Zeus shook his head, "This is the original intention of the 'demigodization' plan. Humans want to use the most Evolving at a rapid pace is a risk that must be taken.”

"This level of power is very strong for humans, but for Him, it is just a drop in the ocean... If you want to fight Him by relying on the power stolen from Him... Are you too naive?" Avdiro Te continued to ask.

"Then why didn't you think that the Fool was naive?" A trace of displeasure flashed across Zeus' originally calm face, "I never thought about relying on this power to fight against that kind of existence... We can't stay on this planet any longer. ...Humanity must evolve and then move towards a wider star field, where we may still find a glimmer of hope. But we don’t have enough time. Even if we drink poison to quench our thirst, it is better than sitting still and waiting to die.”

"His mark has been stamped on your body. Do you think that by escaping this 'cage', you can escape His gaze?"

"We can enter the subspace through the wormhole to avoid His sight, but first, we must have the ability to survive in the subspace." Zeus said.

"You are making a huge gamble with the survival of human civilization."

"Even if it's a big gamble, I at least took action. It's better than some people who just want to maintain the status quo and pretend to turn a blind eye to the approaching abyss." Zeus said in a sarcastic tone.

"On the contrary, I think you will bring everyone into the abyss of destruction." Aphdirota's tone suddenly became tougher.

"It seems... the deal has broken down?" Zeus snorted with disdain, stepped out of the coffin of immortality, and stepped on the metal floor.

There seemed to be a sensing device under the floor. The moment he stepped on it, the ceiling facing the floor lit up, and a pillar of light with extremely clear edges enveloped his entire body. Immediately afterwards, one piece of the ceiling was lit up, and the cold light projected extended forward from where Zeus stood, all the way to the only door in the room.

Zeus walked along this "light path". Every time he took a step, the lights behind him were extinguished... and the lights on those devices all disappeared when he stepped out of the coffin of immortality, swallowing everything. The darkness spread rapidly behind him, but it could never get past his body.

When Zeus walked a block in front of the door, the thick metal door opened automatically, and a dense sound of gunfire also rang out!

The corridor outside the door was filled with fully armed robot soldiers on both sides. The moment the door opened, these robot soldiers began to pour firepower towards Zeus... However, these tens of millions of bullets were still with Zeus. When it reached the last inch, it seemed as if it had lost all kinetic energy and began to fall vertically, landing on the metal floor with a clanking sound.

The frequency of Zeus' steps remained completely unchanged. There seemed to be an invisible barrier in front of him, pushing away all the bullets fired at him. Every time he took a step, many electric sparks would appear on the robot soldiers passing by. After a burst of uncontrollable convulsions, they collapsed to the ground, without exception.

If someone picks up the remains of these robots and examines them carefully at this time, they will find that not only the core control chips of these robots have been completely melted, but even the spinal joints forged from pure Nino alloy have been twisted into twists. ——You must know that as the main transmission and load-bearing component, the spinal joints of these robot soldiers are the hardest parts of the body. Even if they are directly hit by a tactical nuclear bomb, the spine will not become like this.

But throughout the whole process, Zeus didn't even lift a finger.

He quickly passed through this corridor and came to the next door. Behind him, the remains of hundreds of robots were piled on the ground. Some of them were even moving, but they couldn't get up. .

"You're not so naive as to think you can stop me with something like this, are you?" Zeus seemed to be saying to someone, or to himself, "It seems that you still don't know enough about this kind of power. profound."

"At least they slowed you down for two seconds, and that's enough."

As soon as he finished speaking, the second door in front of Zeus suddenly opened, and the biochemical body of Themis, the eleventh seat of the Immortal Crew, "Justice", appeared behind the door. She was holding two long knives with amazing arcs, which were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. He pounced on Zeus with great speed.

"Themis, don't you think it's ridiculous to be huddled in the coffin of immortality, relying on those drugs and equipment to suppress your true power, but using such a weak toy to try to fight against me?"

Zeus stretched out his hand and grabbed Themis's right wrist with great precision. He squeezed it hard, and with a teeth-searing sound, the alloy shell of the biochemical body's wrist suddenly shattered, and plasma-like liquid shot out from the broken part. When he came out, the long knife also slipped from the fingers that had lost their grip.

Zeus took the knife with his backhand, swung it from bottom to top, and cut off Themis's other arm with a clean cut.

"There is an insurmountable gap between the technology of human civilization and Alpha civilization." Zeus stepped on the chest of Themis' biochemical body with his foot, trampling her to the ground.

"And there are countless insurmountable gaps between Alpha civilization and existence at that level." Zeus's fingers penetrated the alloy armor, bionic skin and muscles on Themis' legs, and grabbed two The leg frame, which was equipped with a hydraulic transmission device and ciliary-level nerve sensors, forcibly pulled the legs of the Themis biochemical body from the pelvis.

Themis immediately let out a scream.

The senses of the biochemical body and the consciousness of the members of the Undead Crew are interconnected. This is done so that the members of the Undead Crew whose body is lying in the coffin of immortality can experience normal human life through the biochemical body. Of course, this sensory connection can be blocked, especially when fighting. It is even possible to completely disconnect the pain nerves while retaining a highly sensitive sense of touch - when Themi pounced on Zeus, Si had also blocked these senses, but when the biochemical body was caught by Zeus, she was horrified to find that all of these blocked senses had been restored.

Moreover, there is no way to shield it again through the control terminal, even if you want to disconnect the consciousness from the biochemical body.

The pain suffered by the biochemical body was transmitted to Themis' brain intact.

The pain of having her wrists crushed, shoulders chopped off, and legs ripped off from her torso almost caused her consciousness to collapse.

"Believe me, we can do what the Alphas couldn't."

After saying this, Zeus put his palm on the top of Themis's biological body, and then squeezed it "gently".

Themis' vision suddenly fell into boundless darkness.

"This kind of power... is really fascinating." Zeus glanced at his hands stained with the "blood" of the biochemical body, and a twisted smile appeared on his face, but soon, the smile disappeared again.

"No...I shouldn't indulge in power...I have...more important things to do."

[P.S. I also checked a tumor indicator today, and everything else was fine. The serum ferritin was over 1,000, more than three times higher than the standard. In addition, the liver imaging report yesterday was not very good. I occasionally have abdominal pain, and I almost died. I was scared to death, but fortunately the alpha-fetoprotein and other tumor indicators were not high... After asking the doctor, I found out that it was probably iron deposition caused by too many blood transfusions in the past... It was a false alarm. Now I just have to wait for the bone puncture report and cervical spine MRI to be completed before I can be discharged from the hospital.

In addition, does any reader know what kind of pillow is better for cervical spondylosis? Please recommend...

Most of today's chapter was coded in the hospital. If there are any typos, please include them. 】

[P.P.S. The subspace mentioned by Zeus in today’s chapter does not mean the same thing as the subspace in the Warhammer world view. It refers to the middle zone that separates different parallel universes from the perspective of the multiverse. It is assumed that the two universes are two adjacent ones. Room, even if there is subspace within the wall, when the Ark enters the wormhole, it can also be regarded as sailing in the subspace - this setting is a purely fantasy setting, without any scientific basis, and was created only for this novel need.

After I finished writing, I discovered that the title of this chapter was the same as Chapter 381. However, the chapter name could not be modified, so I had to forget it. 】