Alien Relic Hunter

"I'm Erosion...?" Ke Lan himself was stunned, "Then why is my consciousness always awake? Isn't this a unique trait of 'Phoenix'?"

Ke Lan thought of his perverted recovery ability and couldn't help but murmured: "Am I the same as Wilson, the owner of the 'Phoenix' ability?"

"You are not 'Phoenix' at all! Although Phoenix can be reborn infinitely, it is absolutely impossible to swallow another 'Phoenix'! Swallow...the ability to swallow, I know, you are a 'Taotie'! Only with the ability of 'Taotie' Only the corpses of the corpses can devour other corpses without suffering backlash... No, that's not right. The impact of the 'Taotie' ability on an individual's mind is the most serious. If you are a 'Taotie', you should be completely trapped. Crazy... what on earth are you?!" Nieto's thinking seemed to be in chaos, and even the weather in the jungle hunting ground changed drastically - it was still freezing cold just a second ago, The next second, he jumped to a large furnace of fifty degrees Celsius. The snowflakes falling from above melted in mid-air and turned into a downpour before they even hit the ground.

Ke Lan didn't dwell too much on this matter. Taking advantage of Nieto's inability to restrain himself at this time, he immediately accelerated his pace, passed through the central area of ​​the jungle hunting ground, and ran towards the western half of the area.

He had many questions to ask Nieto, but instead of communicating with the other party in the area controlled by the other party, Ke Lan preferred to put the weapon against the other party's head and negotiate terms.

The rain in the forest did not stop. Instead, it became heavier and heavier. The ground became very muddy and slippery, and large swamps even formed in some low-lying places. The mutants who were raised in the jungle hunting grounds seemed to have gone crazy and rushed towards Ke Lan's direction without fear of death. Fortunately, after devouring Wilson's body, Ke Lan's personal strength had a huge breakthrough. , these mutants basically killed each other instantly. Only two mutants of the same level as the crocodile monster slightly slowed down Ke Lan for a few minutes.

"Are you afraid? Do you want to use these monsters to stop me?" Ke Lan asked loudly as he ran.

Although the mutants in the jungle hunting ground are ferocious in nature, they are actually very smart. Under normal circumstances, they would never do such a thing as seeking death... But now Ke Lan's route is covered with the corpses of mutants. But there are still mutants jumping out of every corner, ranging from giant pythons hundreds of meters long to flying insects as small as fingernails, all blocking Ke Lan's path, even if they are killed in the next second. He is not afraid of being split in half by Ke Lan.

"I injected the madness potion with your pheromones into all the creatures in the hunting ground. Before the effect of the madness potion wears off, they will do everything they can to kill you..." Nieto murmured, "Monsters like you should not exist... You are a mistake, an alien that is not allowed to be created... I will carry out divine punishment on His behalf and completely erase you from this world..."

"What? Now you don't want me to merge with that bullshit god of yours?" Ke Lan asked curiously.

This time, Nieto did not answer his question. Instead, the mutants' offensive became more intense.

Many mutants actually only had half their lives left when they rushed up. Their eyes, noses, ear canals, and mouths were full of blood, and their bodies were sore and rotten that they would even break into pieces as they ran. Their muscles and internal organs fell off. Even if Ke Lan didn't kill them, I'm afraid these mutants wouldn't be able to survive until the effect of the madness potion ends.

In addition to making these mutants lose their minds and only focus on Ke Lan, the effect of the madness potion can also act as a strengthening agent. However, this strengthening agent has extremely side effects and overdraws the user's life. As a price...the stronger the vitality that can be overdrawn, the more significant the amplification effect that the potion can provide.

Some weak mutants fell to the ground and died suddenly before they could even reach Ke Lan after being injected with the madness potion. As for the weaker ones, they probably died immediately after the injection, and even their potential was reduced. There is no way to break out.

In contrast, the battlefield stimulants developed by the Ark Research Institute are not like this. They are also at the expense of overdrafting vitality. The research institute once provided a drug called "Hell Lava (Trial Type)" to some special forces of the field corps. "The drug can stimulate the human body's potential to the greatest extent after being taken. After the effect of the drug ends, even if the user does not die on the spot due to the sudden outbreak of accumulated injuries, it is difficult for the user to return to the rear alive for treatment... Even a If a completely healthy person takes this drug for experimental purposes and enters the medical cabin immediately after taking it, his internal organs will suffer irreversible failure within a few hours. Unless all internal organs are replaced, death will still be inevitable. destiny.

But this medicine has a characteristic. Before the effect of the medicine ends, it can hang the user's life - as long as it is not a decapitation injury, even if the heart is pierced, it can still allow the user to continue fighting for a period of time. It's a bit like the "blood lock" function in game plug-ins... It is said that in the two years before Ark landed on Alpha Planet, this trial-production potion without official number was mass-produced and distributed to the front-line troops. At that time, On such a desperate battlefield, the usage rate of this medicine is also quite high...

Rather than being silently swallowed up by the tide of beasts, it is better to give it a last try and completely burn out your life in the most glorious way. This was the idea of ​​the vast majority of soldiers who used these potions back then.

Later, after the situation stabilized, the production of this potion was ordered to stop because it was inhumane, and all inventories were destroyed. It is said that even the formula was sealed - but Ke Lan later learned about this after joining the Undead Crew Club. In fact, all the potions are being produced, they just have a different name.

"Hell Lava" can allow an ordinary soldier to gain the power of a fifth-level enhanced person in a short period of time. According to various paper data, the increase rate is about 1.3 to 1.5 times... And the maddening medicine that Nieto injected into these mutants had an increase rate of two to three times!

To give a simple and easy-to-understand example, a person can originally punch with a force of 500 kilograms with all his strength. After injecting this medicine, the force of a punch can be increased to 1 to 1.5 tons. This is no longer through hard work. The level of improvement that can be achieved through exercise - without relying on strengthening, reconstructive surgery, or external objects such as mechanical skeletons, a lifetime of training will not reach this level of increase.

Several Epsilon-level mutants have already made Ke Lan feel a little bit in trouble. The only thing that makes him a little lucky is that these mutants are strong, but they don't have as high defense as the crocodile... Ke Lan I would rather face this kind of monster with high attack and low defense than an iron turtle that can't be killed in a long fight.

But just when Ke Lan was about to rush out of the jungle hunting area, he was stopped by an extremely powerful mutant.

To be precise, this is not a pure mutant, but a "stitch monster" formed by the combination of humans and various mutants.

A monster has a human head, a chimpanzee body, the claws of an unknown beast, and a long and powerful scorpion tail. The neck, chest and joints are also covered with crystallized scales. The legs should be from some kind of giant crawler. A humanoid creature, probably an extinct dinosaur on earth, with its back covered with exposed sharp bone spurs...

Logically speaking, this kind of monster would only appear in chaotic and frightening nightmares, not the real world.

"This kind of mutant shouldn't have evolved naturally, right?" Ke Lan shook the engineer shovel in his hand and took a deep breath.

The monster in front of him gave him a strong sense of crisis, something that none of the previous mutants had ever experienced... This meant that this stitch monster was stronger than the Epsilon-level mutants. Several levels.

"You should know that in the eyes of people in the upper city area of ​​the hive capital, people from the lower hive are never treated as human beings." Nieto said slowly.

"I know……"

"In their eyes, the Underhive people are just like the mutants in this hunting ground, they are wild beasts and livestock... Beasts and livestock can be used as prey, and the Underhive people can also be used as prey... And wild beasts and livestock can Of course the people from the bottom nest can carry out mutations and transformations at will..."

"..."

"There was a well-known biologist in Uptown at that time. His name has been deleted from my database, but I still remember his deeds... He created many classic mutants and transformed the nest into The hunting competition in the city has reached one peak after another... When the residents of the upper city had grown tired of those mutants, he turned his attention to the 'bottom prey' who were selected to participate in the hunting competition. On the body."

Nieto continued: "He selected many people from the Underhive, and even for the success rate of the experiment, even the healthy residents of the Lower City were forced to become his experimental materials... He created many fusions of humans and beasts. These mutants have a unified name called "Chimera". At first, he restored the races in myths and legends, such as combining the genes of wolves and humans, or combining the genes of bats and humans. Combination... But without exception, all experiments failed... Experimental subjects transplanted with animal organs all showed strong rejection reactions, and embryos that had undergone gene editing could only grow into an irregular and ugly mass of flesh... "

"Just when this biologist was at the end of his rope, disaster struck, and the only successful work in his life is now in front of you - the No. 1 'Lambda-level' mutant: Sphinx!”

"Lambda level?" Ke Lan suddenly became wary after hearing this word - the iron crocodile he killed before was only an "Epsilon level", a fifth-level mutant, and the memory fragments The highest-level mutant successfully cultivated in the hive is the eighth-level "Theta-level"... As for this "Lambda-level"...

"Lambda" ranks eleventh in the Greek alphabet.

Not to mention that the monster named Sphinx in front of him has been injected with the kind of madness potion that can triple the combat power, so its actual combat power has probably exceeded the twelfth level of "μm". .

What worries Ke Lan the most is... the Sphinx has a human head.

We are not afraid of monsters having power, but we are afraid of monsters having intelligence... This is a saying recognized by all the pioneers and mercenaries who are wandering in the wilderness. No matter how powerful the monster is, relying on human wisdom, we can always find a way to eliminate it... ...And monsters with IQs similar to humans are the most troublesome existences.

The Sphinx first came from the ancient Egyptian mythology of the earth. Its image is the "Sphinx" standing next to the Pyramid of Khufu. The Sphinx has also appeared in ancient Greek and West Asian mythology. Although There are differences in the sphinxes in various myths, but they are basically monsters formed by a combination of humans, lions, bulls, and eagles.

In these mythological stories, the Sphinx has a very high IQ. The most famous story is the Sphinx's guessing game - it sits on the cliff and asks everyone passing by to guess riddles. The wrong person will be eaten by it.

Although this is just a legend, it undoubtedly illustrates one point: the Sphinx is as intelligent as humans.

"Your name is Sphinx, right?" Ke Lan glanced at the monster about thirty meters away from him and said.

The Sphinx's upper body was slightly bent, and its head was thrust forward. Its eyes were fixed on Ke Lan, its nasal cavity was greatly expanded, and its strong breath was continuously exhaled. Its throat kept crawling, making some meaningless low sounds. The sharp claws of its hands rubbed back and forth. The "squeaking" sound was like nails scraping against a blackboard, making people feel numb in the scalp.

The Sphinx did not respond to Ke Lan's words, but slowly approached Ke Lan.

"You want to kill me because you were injected with a medicine containing my pheromones by the AI ​​that controls this area... But you have a human brain. You are not a beast. You should be able to control that instinct with reason. ." Ke Lan had to speak faster, "I shouldn't be your enemy. Those who created you and brought you pain should be your enemies."

"It's useless." Nieto's voice rang out, "You can't persuade the Sphinx... The Sphinx voluntarily accepted the transformation."

"Volunteer?"

"He is not an Underhive person, but a resident of the Uptown District... He was first eroded by the disaster, and then he underwent the 'Chimera' transformation surgery... He is... the biologist himself. "