Alien Relic Hunter

"Separation?"

Ke Lan seemed to have vaguely guessed something... Could it be that he was the "other half" who came out of the "White Coffin"?

The Immortal Crew has always been vague about Ke Lan's origins, but now it seems that the so-called "symbiote" is probably just a half-truth and a half-false cover.

"You have to use your will to control the power, and don't let the power devour your will... But the human will is too weak, and almost no one can withstand this kind of power, so we can only separate the body and soul, and put part of it into the Black The other part releases the White Coffin." The consciousness told Ke Lan, "The Black Coffin and the White Coffin are the highest masterpieces of Alpha civilization technology. They analyze the original composition of 'god' to create This item came out... It is not an inferior imitation, nor is it a way to strengthen the individual itself by stealing the power of 'god'... This is a path that represents the possibility of human beings. Unfortunately, in the Alpha Civilization After completing this masterpiece, they ran out of time to verify the path.”

"So... the undead crew will be completing the unfinished business of Alpha Civilization?" Ke Lan asked.

"This is an attempt, but it turns out that there is still a huge gap between the expected goal. The body that the Immortal Coffin can create is not perfect. What's more, even after the two bodies are fused, the consciousness is still incomplete. ." There was a hint of helplessness in the tone of that consciousness, "That existence is really too powerful, and only in this way can we hide it from his perception... But because of this, the Coffin of Eternal Life has never been able to break through that upper limit. ."

"I roughly understand what it means... Just like gaining knowledge and power through 'erosion', if the degree of erosion is too low, the less you can get. If you want to become stronger, you have to risk 'super erosion' The risk...right?"

"Yes." The other party answered in the affirmative.

"I have another question, who are you? Why do you appear in my brain and tell me these things?"

"I am just a fragment of sealed memory, but you have never been able to feel my existence. It was not until I was awakened by your will to survive that I was near death, and I was able to have a conversation with you... You didn't wake me up. Not only this fragment of memory, but also successfully resonated with the other half of the deified body in the Black Coffin."

The other half of the deified body... refers to "Joker"?

"Then the power that stops time and space also comes from it?"

"I am just a fragment of memory. I do not have any power myself. I can only provide you with the information I have within a limited scope and guide you... Although according to the planned process, this day has been moved forward a lot, But there were no major problems in the whole process, and your willpower has reached a level that is strong enough to carry that kind of power.”

"However," the consciousness that existed in the memory suddenly changed the topic, "the two deified bodies are fused together, and their abilities are very close to the 'critical value'. You must use this kind of power with caution - if it attracts 'His' attention, even if the power of the deified body is amplified hundreds of millions of times, it will not escape the end of destruction."

"How to judge the critical value? Is it the same as the degree of erosion?" Ke Lan wanted to ask something else, but the consciousness disappeared completely in his mind like a formatted program.

However, the time stop did not end with the disappearance of that consciousness. The body called "Joker" has also been suspended in mid-air.

"Use your will to control power... What does power refer to...?" Ke Lan looked at "Joker". The next second, this body had turned into a huge droplet, and Ke Lan's The remaining body was wrapped in it.

First the heart, then the large blood vessels connected to the heart, then the bones, muscles, and internal organs... Ke Lan's body returned to its original state in the blink of an eye - no, to be precise, Stronger than before, much stronger.

But he also deeply understood why that consciousness reminded him not to let his will be swallowed up by power - in the process of reshaping the body, countless messy thoughts and thoughts entered Ke Lan's mind, which did not belong to Ke Lan at all. The memory made him feel familiar and strange at the same time... as if he had really experienced those lives.

If he cannot break through these distracting thoughts, Ke Lan's self-awareness will be completely lost in it and become a zombie-like puppet.

Fortunately, Ke Lan had made preparations in advance. If these distracting thoughts were compared to a raging torrent, then his self-awareness was like a boulder that remained motionless in the middle of the river. No matter how much the water beat and polished it, it did not waver at all. On the contrary, He used his body to forcefully divide the huge torrent of consciousness into two smaller tributaries.

"Does this mean... the fusion is successful?" When all those chaotic memories and distracting thoughts faded away like a tide, Ke Lan felt like he was reborn. He could clearly feel the strong and powerful heart in his chest constantly beating Beating, pumping blood powerfully to the blood vessels throughout the body... Every muscle and every bone is full of surging power. Ke Lan even has the illusion that he can jump out of the atmosphere with a single jump.

When reshaping his body, he can choose his own body structure. Among those chaotic memory fragments, there are also fragments belonging to extrahuman beings... If he is affected by those things, the final condensed body is likely to be something like A monster like a corpse.

Fortunately, Ke Lan always firmly believed that he was a human being and not something else, so he was not affected by those influences - although even he was not sure whether those influences could be considered positive or negative.

Human skin is soft and fragile, far inferior to the common carapace-like cuticles or even exoskeletons found in indigenous creatures. The fingernails covering the ends of the fingers and the teeth made for chewing cannot be used as sharp weapons in battle like the claws of wild beasts. To use... If he wants to become stronger, Ke Lan has countless choices... Any choice will give him more power than his current state.

But Ke Lan knew very well that if he really made such a choice for the ultimate power, then as the consciousness said, "the will will be swallowed up by the power"... those chaotic, even inhuman things The memory of the creature will also take over Ke Lan's personality, completely transforming him into a monster from the inside out.

"Using one's own will to control power, that's what it means, right?" Ke Lan glanced at the Sphinx, who was still in a frozen state, and waved his hand gently, and the black and white world instantly returned to color, and time It also began to flow - the Sphinx's claws just broke through the shield formed by the living armor and penetrated straight down.

It's just that Ke Lan was no longer under the shield. When the Sphinx realized that his target had ducked behind him, Ke Lan directly stretched out his hand to him, and then made Made a fist-clenching motion.

"Click."

A crisp sound resounded inside the Sphinx's body, and the monster's movements suddenly froze... The next moment, its chest collapsed completely, turning into a ball with a diameter of not even one centimeter. Spherical things.

"Is it Ze Luo's space power? No... It's stronger than Ze Luo's power, and it's easier to use... and it's completely unrestricted..." Ke Lan just thought about the fact that the Sphinx was crushed. It looked like the monster that had forced him into a desperate situation more than ten seconds ago had immediately turned into the same thin fleshy membrane. When Ke Lan gave up this idea, the extremely compressed flesh membrane could no longer support the internal strength and exploded, creating a huge rain of blood in the forest.

"The Black Coffin...why does the power of the Black Coffin appear here?" Nieto shouted in a sharp voice, "Who sent the deified body that represents 'power' here! Who is it?!"

"I know what you are!" Nieto suddenly changed the subject. Hundreds of drones rose from the forest, and countless weapons of various shapes were aimed at Ke Lan from the air. "You are the one who is The new personality nurtured by the 'White Coffin'... I understand, that guy called 'The Fool', he can't trust anyone... The only person he can trust is himself, and he puts everyone together, including Those members who also belong to the Immortal Crew...he actually tried to blaspheme the gods with his mortal power..."

"The Fool..."

Ke Lan recited the code name silently... Although many things were still speculation, he could roughly grasp the context of the whole matter——

He is a fool, but he is not a fool - this body is more like a container that can be replaced at any time, and what the container carries is the self-awareness that can remain awake under the impact of the torrent of power.

As for this self-awareness, it should come from the Fool...

"Damn it, the clown is actually me?"

One of the free translations of Joker is clown. Ke Lan never expected that this meme, which is often used to ridicule and self-deprecating on the Internet, would actually become a reality for him.

But...what was the purpose of the "self" who once did this? He clearly didn't trust anyone, yet he disappeared for so many years, leaving the Ark and the undead crew to be managed by those he didn't trust... Wasn't he afraid that those people would ruin his plan?

Is there another agenda...or is it forced?

So, those memory fragments sealed deep in the mind actually have little to do with that stone tablet. They actually belong to the memories of the Fool himself?

"Sealing memories...split personality...coffin of immortality...maintaining the status quo...eroding...the critical point..."

A flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind. Fortunately, Ke Lan did not miss this flash of light this time, and he quickly realized the crux of the problem!

The true bodies of all members of the Immortal Crew are sealed in the coffin of immortality, not only for physical immortality, but also to restrain their own erosion. As the highest ruling class of Ark, they are exposed to " "Forbidden knowledge" is much more than others...

The Coffin of Eternal Life is not omnipotent. It can only inhibit the deepening of erosion to a certain extent. Judging from the currently known information, the so-called "erosion" is completely irreversible... The previous "Pope" Chiron It was because the degree of erosion exceeded the critical value that it turned into a monster like a mountain of flesh.

Chiron's will is far less firm than Coran's. There is an indelible desire in his heart... In hindsight, it is said that it was this desire that led him astray and ultimately led him to destruction.

Ke Lan probably already knows what desire dominates Chiron's heart... "Curiosity", he is eager to know more things, he is eager to pry into the hearts of others... "Super Eclipse" can be regarded as a It is a means of granting a wish, but the price that the wisher needs to pay is really too high.

The "phoenix" ability should deal with the immortality of the body. The "gluttony" mentioned by Nieto is desires such as "appetite"... These desires are not pure enough, so they are easily mixed with "impurities" ".

Only the most original desire of "living" can keep one's self-awareness clear under impact - this was already verified by Ke Lan personally when he merged with "Joker" just now.

As for the Fool, he must know more "forbidden knowledge" than Chiron...perhaps, the Fool was already in a state of "corrosion" before Chiron broke through the critical point.

"Erosion" is irreversible, but there is a way to deceive "God" - first abandon the severely alienated body, and then split the personality into multiple individuals, each individual only carries a part of the "safety threshold" Information, for the sake of insurance, seal this information with special means... Finally, find a "body" for each personality as a container...

In this way, the original human being whose erosion level has exceeded the critical point has turned into two, three or even more "amnesia clones" through this operation...

If you want to deceive "him", you must first deceive yourself.

How can you convince God to believe a lie that you don’t even believe?

[P.S. Thanks to book friend 20200430003515006 for the 1,500 starting coins. 】

[P.P.S. Today’s symptoms are more obvious than yesterday. The main ones are a dry and itchy throat, a slight cough and a headache. The fatigue, high fever and taste degradation that everyone on the Internet mentioned did not appear in me. I don’t know if it is due to individual differences or not. Until then... In fact, I'm not even sure if I'm really infected. Anyway, whether it's a Yang or a common cold, I just take medicine at home, it doesn't make any difference...

I'm not in a good state. The last few chapters I've written may be a bit confusing. There are typos, grammatical problems, and stuff like that. Please be patient with me. 】