Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 802 Tracking the Corruption

"Our time is still very tight." Ke Lan nodded to 33, "The connection between the 'Shaojiang Reform' and the forest should most likely have been restored now."

"I feel like we are being led by the nose by this forest... This feeling is too uncomfortable." 33 frowned, "If this continues, we will always be one step behind."

But complaints belong to complaints, and the three of them could only rush towards the crash site of the "Shaojiang Kai" frigate non-stop. Unfortunately, when they arrived, the AI ​​host of the "Shaojiang Kai" frigate had also been given by Wuteng. destroyed.

Without AI assistance, even if the other functions of the entire battleship are intact, they will not be able to start it... Even if they can barely start the main engine, it is impossible to coordinate the tens of thousands of controls on the entire battleship by manual operation alone Balance between devices.

This is different from driving. You only need to take care of the steering wheel, brakes and accelerator to drive. A car with a manual transmission is a big deal and a clutch is added.But a big guy like a battleship must adopt fully intelligent operation because of its high complexity... Once the intelligent program crashes, it means the failure of the entire operating system.

It is also for this reason that in this era of highly developed intelligent control technology, the proportion of fully automatic driving vehicles on the Ark still does not exceed 50.00%... not only because of the consideration of the vehicle's handling, but more Because car buyers don't trust fully autonomous driving systems.

This is a shortcut, but when there is something wrong with this shortcut, the person who chooses the shortcut may have to spend twice as much time and energy as those who take the main road to reach the end.

It's good to be able to reach the finish line... Some people may be trapped forever on this "shortcut" that can no longer be called a shortcut.

"Try to see if the fighter jet in the hangar can fly?" 33 suggested, "The thing is fully manual, so it should be fine."

But Ke Lan shook his head: "The fighter jet can fly, but the fighter itself is too fragile... Flying inside the tree canopy is almost like committing suicide. Moreover, the target of the fighter jet is too small, and it is difficult for Valentin to fly." Na or someone else notices that even if we miss them, we might miss each other."

33 could not help falling into silence.

The reason why Ke Lan decided to look for other people who were lost in the forest at the beginning was because the battleship itself was large enough to be eye-catching, even in dense fog, it could create a wide range of movement.

This is like finding a needle in a haystack. There is still a big difference between fishing by hand and using a high-power electromagnet.

"You are right, we can no longer be led by the nose by this forest, it will always be one step slower." Ke Lan said, "Abandon the original plan, and we will go directly to the core area."

"Alas." 33 sighed, "That's what it says... But how do you find the direction to the core of the forest? There is thick fog everywhere outside, as long as we leave the blank area created by Zelo, even I can't tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north... By the way, did you find any clues in the central control computer of the 'Shaojiang Kai'?"

"No." Ke Lan still shook his head, "Hruni worried that latecomers would be polluted by those 'forbidden knowledge', so he deleted all the data related to key information... Only some unimportant things were left, although You can guess part of what happened to them back then, but there is no mention of the information about the core area of ​​the forest."

But even so, Mo Jue was still eroded, which shows how dangerous the information is.

"It is estimated that just hearing a few words about the information about the place is enough to turn a person into a monster... But we still have to go to that place. It is really an old birthday star who hanged himself--I am tired of living." 33 complained.

"We only know a little bit of information about the core area of ​​the forest... or two words: 'hive capital'. This is still extracted from the mouth of the erosion you met." Ke Lan said.

"Hmm... If you analyze it literally... the meaning of 'hive capital'... a lair? A city? Could it be that the gray mist forest is a monster's lair? Or is it a city composed of a large number of lairs? No matter how you explain it , but I feel like something is wrong." 33 muttered.

"Is there a possibility that this word comes from the language of the Alpha civilization?" Ke Lan put forward a hypothesis, "Because the eclipse communicated with us in Chinese, not the Alpha language, so what he mentioned 'Hest capital' is probably a 'foreign word' transformed from the original meaning in the Alpha language, not a literal translation, and it may not even be a free translation."

"Then don't you speak the language of the Alpha civilization? In their language, what does the word 'hive capital' mean?" 33 asked immediately.

"Nest... all..." Ke Lan tried to convert this Chinese vocabulary into the pronunciation of Alpha Civilization and read it again, but no corresponding memory fragments emerged in his mind.

Ke Lan shook his head and said: "The language of Alpha civilization does have a corresponding combination of characters and syllables...but I can't understand the meaning of this word at all."

"How could this be? Didn't it mean that the language of the Alpha civilization can directly communicate at the level of consciousness? You can read this word, so why can't you understand its meaning?" 33 puzzled.

"How should I put it... It's like the name of a certain city in China in the old era. A foreigner who is proficient in Chinese but has never been to China, after he comes into contact with the name of this city, he can understand every word in the name. The characters can also be pronounced with standard pronunciation, but if you don’t tell him that the name represents a city, then he will have no idea of ​​the meaning behind these characters. Although the language logic of Alpha civilization It is very different from human language, but it is the same - 'hive capital', this is a noun with a specific thing, but before I saw this thing with my own eyes, I was completely in a Without knowing anything, it is impossible to obtain more information through the term itself." Ke Lan explained helplessly.

"Let's not talk about this, you still have to think about how to get to the core area of ​​the forest." 33 said.

At this time, the three of them have already walked out of the wreckage of the "Shaojiang Kai" frigate and came to the open space outside. However, in the place not separated by the space barrier, there is a thick gray fog as far as the eye can see. Like an ocean filled with gray ink.

"Find someone to lead the way," Ke Lan said.

"Looking for someone... Who are you looking for?" 33 was stunned for a moment, then looked at the single-person rescue capsule standing beside Ke Lan, and opened his mouth slightly, "The person you are talking about...could it be the person who led the way?" ...is this guy?"

"Well, that's right." Ke Lan pushed open the door of the rescue cabin, carried out the wreck that was still bound by the space barrier, and put it on the ground, "Think about it, assuming he resumes free movement now With the ability, where will he flee?"

"'Genoa'? No, no, the wreckage of that battleship can't stop you and Ze Luo at all, and his 'companions' on the bridge have all been killed by Mo Jue... As for the rest in the forest There is no place to provide him with shelter, so there is only one place..." 33's eyes lit up, and his tone became a little excited, "The core area of ​​the foggy forest! He has a high probability I will run in this direction!"

"His primary purpose is very clear, that is to keep us in this place forever, but his own strength is obviously unable to achieve this, then, leading us into the core area of ​​the foggy forest is the only way to achieve this goal So, even if he knew that our purpose of letting him go was to use him to lead the way, he would still take us to the core area—to the most dangerous place in the entire forest—this is an overt conspiracy. Ke Lan turned to Ze Luo and said, "Let him go."

The space force that suppressed the wreck so that it couldn't move suddenly disappeared, and the wreck that was originally lying on the ground jumped up and ran in one direction with all fours on the ground.

"Get in the car and chase after him," Ke Lan said.

33 finally understood why when Ke Lan got off the "Shaojiang Kai" frigate, he dragged a "Bobcat X6" all-terrain assault vehicle from the vehicle storage - this all-terrain assault vehicle was originally for the The marines on the ship are equipped, but during the entire combat process, there is no chance for the marines to play except for the battle inside the ship, so this car can only be sealed in the vehicle warehouse to eat ashes.

"Fortunately, this thing that has been parked for more than ten years can still be started..." 33 jumped onto the back seat of the assault vehicle, and reached out to grab the steel frame on the roof.

"It was scrapped a long time ago, but Zelo fixed it again...removing the rust, cleaning the dust, and replacing the aging parts, we have to spend hours of work, for her, it's just a matter of minutes " Ke Lan, who was sitting in the driver's seat, said without turning his head, he kicked the accelerator, and the all-terrain assault vehicle jumped out of the spot immediately, chasing after the wreck.

"This girl's ability is really abnormal." 33 couldn't help sighing. Although his ability to manipulate Nino alloy is somewhat similar, there is nothing he can do about things that are not made of Nino alloy. The gap can be more than one or two points.

"Hold on, this road is not easy to drive." Ke Lan said.

This area is next to the second crash site of the "Shaojiang Kai" frigate. The whole ground turned over as if it had been plowed. The time for the four wheels of this assault vehicle to touch the ground at the same time is pitiful. , rather than driving on the ground, it is more appropriate to say that it is jumping close to the ground.

It's no wonder that in many games with such vehicles, this kind of car is called "bounce car"...

Fortunately, this "Lynx X6" all-terrain assault vehicle has excellent shock absorption performance. Not only is the suspension system equipped with long-distance shock absorbers, but it also uses a magnetic levitation cockpit that is rarely seen on ground vehicles. With Luo's assistance, Ke Lan's experience sitting in the driver's seat is no different from driving Miss Soma's luxury hovercar on a flat road.But 33, who was lying on the back seat, felt a little uncomfortable. Although it was not too bad, one could feel his feelings at this time from his somewhat pale face.

33 also understands that Ke Lan's "hold on firmly" was only aimed at him alone... As for Ze Luo, this "floating" is above the roof of the car, and the distance between his feet and the frame of the car body has always been kept ten centimeters away. A three-no girl who hasn't changed will definitely not feel bumpy.

Ze Luo's space power was also exerted on 33's body, but most of her power was used to isolate the fog and track the erosion, and the remaining power was used to stabilize her and Ke Lan's bodies first. As for The part of the power that can be left for 33... is really pitifully small.

It was barely enough to keep 33 from shaking the compressed dry food he ate not long ago from his stomach.

The "Lynx" series of all-terrain assault vehicles are still in service in the Ark Field Corps. Although the latest model has been released to the "Z7plus", vehicles like this "X6" can still be seen in many quick reaction force camps—except Apart from the relatively weak armor, this car has almost no shortcomings. Whether it is passability, speed or structural stability, it can meet the needs of the field corps' daily tasks.On such a bad road right now, this car can be driven by Ke Lan to more than 120 yards, and it seems that it still has the potential to continue to accelerate.

The tops of the giant tires with a diameter of [-] meters are even higher than the roof of the cockpit. The four tires are now like four springs, supporting the whole car to move forward on the cracked ground. with.

But the crawling speed of the highly strengthened wreckage of his body was far more than 120 yards. Several times he almost crawled into the dense fog. It was only because of Ze Luo's use of the power of space to temporarily restrict his movements that Ke Lan Not to lose the target.

"This direction...well...really...really...is it leading to the core area of ​​the forest...?" 33, who was lying on the back seat, said with great difficulty, before he mentioned the "core area" " The all-terrain assault vehicle just hit the ground heavily when the word "was said, and he almost bit off the tip of his tongue.

"I'm not sure, I can only try it." Ke Lan said, "But if this path is wrong, I think my subconscious mind should remind me."

"Subconsciousness? You...you...have never been to the gray mist forest. How can your subconsciousness...know whether this road is right...or wrong? Ouch!" 33's tongue still did not escape. robbery.

"Maybe, I've been here." Ke Lan whispered.

(End of this chapter)