Alien Relic Hunter

"Is he the biologist?" Ke Lan stared at the Sphinx in astonishment, "Then this means... he is one of the survivors... of this hive city half a million years ago? "

In a sense, the tunnel dwellers entrenched in the No. 4 garbage tunnel can also be regarded as survivors of the hive city, but the group of tunnel dwellers Ke Lan and the others encountered now are obviously the first batch of tunnel dwellers that year. The descendants of the tunnel dwellers have not been eroded, and naturally they cannot have a life span of half a million years.

Then, the monster called "Sphinx" in front of you is probably the only person involved to witness the "disaster" half a million years ago...

At least it is the only one Ke Lan knows so far, except Nieto, who is "not a human being".

"He won't answer any of your questions," Nieto said, "because his memory has been completely erased and only his animal instincts remain."

As soon as Nieto finished speaking, the Sphinx suddenly moved - one second it was still thirty meters away from Ke Lan, and the next second, it was already close to him, with the pair of huge claws in front of him. With a roaring sound breaking through the air, it was thrust into Ke Lan's chest!

But Ke Lan did not choose to retreat, but directly hit the pair of claws, letting the sharp claws pierce him to the core, and at the same time, he slashed the engineer shovel in his hand into the Sphinx's chest. In the gap between the first two large crystal carapace.

The Sphinx wanted to expand its claws outward and tear Ke Lan's chest apart, but the living armor directly locked the pair of claws inside Ke Lan's chest. Instead, Ke Lan used an engineer shovel to pry it open. The carapace on the Sphinx's chest fell off, and a large bloody hole was cut out of the Sphinx's chest in two or two strokes.

It's not that Ke Lan likes to use this kind of playing method of exchanging injuries for injuries and risking lives, it's because he simply has no better choice - the "time-stop" ability allows Ke Lan to see the Sphinx clearly in an instant Attack method: The pair of sharp claws is actually a feint attack, and the real killing move is actually the scorpion tail hidden behind him. If Ke Lan chooses to retreat or dodge, there is a high probability that he will be hit by the needle on the scorpion tail.

Instead of betting on whether the unknown toxin would have an impact on the brain, Ke Lan would rather endure real physical trauma with controllable severity.

Even if he was lucky enough to avoid the poisonous needle, Ke Lan would instantly lose the initiative and fall into the opponent's attack rhythm.

Moreover, by crashing into the opponent's arms, you can not only avoid the attack of the scorpion tail, but also gain a rare opportunity - the Sphinx's chest has been forcefully opened by a pair of large hands condensed from the living armor. , revealing the powerful beating heart in his chest.

Although Ke Lan had many questions to ask the Sphinx, in this level of battle, he did not dare to hold anything back. The sharp side edge of the engineer shovel instantly cut into the heart of the basketball-sized heart. Suddenly, hot and smelly blood spurted out, turning Ke Lan into a bloody man.

But the Sphinx did not die. Instead, it lifted Ke Lan's entire body and threw it out hard.

Ke Lan had already adjusted his figure in mid-air and landed lightly on the ground. When he stood up, the terrifying penetrating wound on his chest had been completely healed.

On the other hand, the Sphinx's huge heart is cut in half, and the extremely high-pressure arterial blood is continuously sprayed out from the ventricles and atria - the heart structure of this monster is very similar to that of humans, with two atria on the left and two on the left. Ventricles, but the biggest difference is that this heart is much larger than the human heart and the muscles are extremely strong.

The Sphinx's heart did not heal, but it did not fall down either. Instead, it roared several times at Ke Lan, which was full of threats.

The Sphinx charged at Ke Lan again, but this time Ke Lan was already on guard. He ducked around to the side of it. Before the scorpion tail fell down, he had already used an engineer shovel and living armor to attack it. The Sphinx created several wounds on its side that were deep enough to show the bones, and then quickly opened the distance again.

"It has no healing ability... but the heart was damaged and did not die. Even its movements were not affected much... So it seems that the heart is not its key point?" Ke Lan analyzed in his heart. The monster in front of him couldn't help but make him think about it for a long time. The missing Layton - This is not to say that Layton has any resemblance to this monster, it's just that Layton has four hearts installed in his body.

When he was in the glacier ruins, Layton only had three artificial hearts. But later, when the God Hunting Group made a lot of money, Layton realized that his strength had become a hindrance, so he went through three more reconstruction surgeries. , increasing the number of hearts to four.

Two of his four hearts are "real hearts" mass-produced using organ culture technology, and the other two are cyborg hearts with a semi-mechanical and semi-biochemical structure. Normally, one "real heart" and one are used. A cyborg heart, at a critical moment, can drive four hearts at the same time... For the modified people, these hearts are actually like the reactors of battleships. The more they are activated, the various attributes of the body will be improved. The greater the amplitude, the greater the burden on the body...

In addition to strengthening the body, the biggest advantage of multiple hearts is that if one or several hearts are damaged, as long as there is still one heart that can work normally, the modified person can survive - otherwise, Lei Dun had already died in the stone room at the glacier ruins.

Does the Sphinx also have plural hearts?

Ke Lan would not be surprised by anything that happens to this kind of "stitch monster", not to mention that this is a "stitch monster" that has been eroded.

However, in this "stitch monster", Ke Lan saw the shadow of the fusion body - although there are huge differences between the two, they are in the same line of thinking, and they both combine the strongest abilities of various creatures. The parts are pieced together to form a perfect monster with "almost no weaknesses"... It's just that the "Chimera" plan finally succeeded only by relying on the power of erosion, and the fusion is obviously much higher in completion. .

What is the relationship between the Hive Civilization and the Alpha Civilization?

For the people in the hive city, that existence cannot be regarded as their belief, because the erosion caused by his power and forbidden knowledge is even called a "disaster" by the people in the hive city... The situation of the Alpha civilization is completely different. Regardless of what the purpose of the Night Watch organization is, at least on the surface, the Alpha civilization extremely respects and worships the existence they call the "great god".

Moreover, this is not a one-sided worship - at least, judging from various discoveries in the ruins of Alpha civilization, the "great god" not only accepted the worship of the Alpha people, but even gave certain "feedback".

The "feedback" here does not refer to taboo knowledge or mutations due to erosion, but actual "items".

"Blood of God".

The Seed of Corrosion is a biological weapon created using the blood of God. The power of the original Seed of Corrosion, which possesses the "blood of the true God", has been seen once by Ke Lan at the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City. He himself also used the power of the Seed of Original Corrosion to The drop of "real god's blood" in the seed completely activated the living armor, and defeated the "Army God Alexander" controlled by the prophet... Ke Lan himself knew nothing about the power contained in the blood of god.

Although there are doubts about whether the "great god" has an entity and whether there is "blood", something that only animals have, there is no doubt that this "blood of god" was indeed given to the Alpha people by that existence... There are similar records in many documents and memory fragments related to Seed of Corrosion. There is no refutation or explanation on this point in the information left by the Night Watch.

Even if it is not the blood of a god, it is undoubtedly a carrier of power that is unimaginable to humans. With the technological level demonstrated by the Alpha civilization, Ke Lan does not think they can create such a thing.

Therefore, the "great god" is actually not bad to the believers on this planet - although those bloody sacrificial rituals are very barbaric and cruel from the perspective of modern people, the "gift" he gave to the Alpha civilization , completely worthy of these sacrifices, and even far beyond the value of the sacrifices.

If the Alphas are the descendants of the hive people... what made them fear the "disaster" from the beginning, and even sank the entire hive to the bottom of the sea to prevent the spread of the disaster, and later became extremely To revere that being and become His most loyal believer?

Ke Lan couldn't help but have a guess in his head...

Whether it is erosion or "disaster", this is probably one of the means used by that existence to expand its own power. He has used this method to conquer countless interstellar civilizations... and there are many ways of conquest. Devouring an entire civilization counts as one, and making an entire civilization become one's believers also counts as one.

In order to prevent itself from becoming extinct, the Alpha civilization, or the hive civilization, had to choose to surrender to Him... As time goes by, those who become His followers will inevitably be eroded by the "forbidden knowledge", and those who cannot adapt will Those who died or became carcasses, those who could adapt survived and became the Alphas in the eyes of the Ark.

And where there is obedience, there must be resistance... The Night's Watch should be the underground resistance organization among the Alphas. They should have inherited the history handed down from the hive civilization era, and know the truth of everything that happened back then... …

Although this guess is very exaggerated, logically speaking, there is no obvious loophole...

According to this statement, Alpha Civilization is the Hive Civilization... and the Hive Civilization... is the Earthling?

The Alphas...are the Earthlings?

Ke Lan has had such a hypothesis countless times, but he has always been afraid to make this conclusion because there is not enough evidence to support it... But now, with the discovery of the hive civilization, the outline of this hypothesis has gradually become clear. stand up.

Yagunak'tor is not an alien battleship built by another civilization... but a legacy left to these descendants by the hive civilization, the ancestors of the Alphas...

"I guessed it right..."

Ke Lan murmured that he was originally asking himself, hoping that the mysterious "subconscious mind" would give a correct or incorrect answer, but what he didn't expect was that it was Nieto who answered him first.

"Your guess is basically correct...the predecessor of the Alpha civilization on the ground is the hive civilization." Nieto said, "Not every person in the hive city is as stupid as the people in this hive city. They would rather His home sinks to the bottom of the sea and he refuses to accept His gift... The law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest, is the natural law... What's more, He is so kind and gives the believers the greatest degree of freedom, but these people still... Unsatisfied, he attempts to shake the glory of greatness with the power of an earthworm...Destruction is the destined outcome."

Are the Alphas really Earthlings?

Ke Lan felt that his heartbeat was much faster. He had an indescribable feeling - for a moment, he wanted to shout loudly to pour out the suppressed emotions in his heart, and he also wanted to find someone to think about in his head. He poured out everything at once, letting the other party share his shock and excitement... Ke Lan's remaining stubbornness kept telling him that this was impossible, but his reason said that there was no problem with the logic of the entire conjecture. This paragraph in the middle All the causes and consequences can be matched... Even Ke Lan's subconscious mind, which he has always trusted the most, silently told him in the depths of his mind...

This is the truth.

Ke Lan's movements slowed down a beat, and most of his face was torn off by the Sphinx, revealing the white facial bones underneath, but he didn't care. The bright red living armor instantly filled the gap, forming half of the face. A skull-like mask.

"I have two more questions, can you answer me?" Ke Lan asked - although Nieto is an enemy, what it said was not deceiving Ke Lan...unless it could control Ke Lan's mind The subconscious mind gives misleading information.

"I know what you want to ask... You are curious as to why the humans of the Hive Civilization arrived at Alpha Star so many years before the Ark. You don't know where they came from, let alone when they set off... In that era , let alone interstellar travel, human beings are still in the stage of eating raw materials and drinking blood... And your second question is why Alpha civilization disappeared from this world..."

Nieto, who has the ability to spy on thoughts, directly read out the thoughts in Ke Lan's mind, but his next sentence made Ke Lan feel disappointed——

"These two questions can basically be regarded as one question, but I can't answer you now." Nieto said, "Originally, if you promised to dedicate your body and soul to the great god, I could tell you all the truth... But now, you are just a 'mistake', a 'mistake' that must be erased."