Alien Relic Hunter

Although the two exchanged a lot of information, in reality it only took a blink of an eye - the "space slingshot" under the blasphemer's feet was stretched to the limit, and after a brief stagnation, the blasphemer suddenly The player bounced into the air.

"Activate the shield."

The same thought flashed through the consciousness of Ke Lan and Valentina. A glowing spherical energy shield immediately covered the entire machine body. At the same time, they happened to break through the defensive barrier created by Zeluo and rushed through. Entering a "purgatory" composed of explosions and flames.

The energy shield of the Blasphemer completely isolated the flames and high temperatures, and the metal jets and fragments were vaporized the moment they came into contact with the shield. Only the shock wave could not be offset by the energy shield - it was like a A diving cabin with good sealing and a hard enough outer shell will not allow seawater to penetrate in, and the sharks outside will not threaten the people in the diving cabin, but the diving cabin cannot ignore the currents in the ocean...if it loses power in the currents If so, no matter how sturdy the diving cabin is, it is nothing more than a mobile coffin.

Ke Lan and Valentina completed the division of labor in a tacit understanding with their consciousnesses synchronized - Ke Lan was responsible for using the time-stop ability to observe explosions and shock waves around the body that may affect the movement of the body, and plan the best breakthrough route , and share this information with Valentina, who then controls the posture of the machine based on this information and maximizes her operating capabilities.

Although this is just a frigate and a high-mobility support ship, both warships have been specially modified for this "special mission". Their firepower is far more intense than ordinary conventional warships. The Blasphemer is like Traveling in a sea that is constantly stirring up waves, if they make a slight mistake, the terrifying shock wave will push them away from their original route and even hit the ground directly.

"What a violent bombing." Ke Lan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He has seen many times the images of Ark's fleet intensively bombing the indigenous biological groups on the ground, but seeing it from the perspective of a bystander and seeing it from the first perspective of the bombed are completely different - bystander Only dense shells and missiles could be seen shooting from the warship, roaring to the ground, setting off large expanses of fire and smoke. But only by being in the bombing zone can we truly understand what kind of scene the word "earth falling and earth shattering" expresses.

Just as Ke Lan finished sighing, he saw another picture in his mind: more than a dozen mass-produced Raider mechas holding heavy bolt guns running wildly on a desolate plain, with people approaching from both sides. Thousands of indigenous creatures that resemble a cross between a wild boar and a rhinoceros.

The clusters of indigenous creatures on both sides were like a pair of scissors that were closing rapidly. It wouldn't take long before they would cut this poor mecha team into pieces. But at this moment, there was a burst of sound that broke the sound barrier in the sky. With the sound of explosions, a large number of black shadows appeared on the plain - from the perspective of the stage, hundreds of supersonic bombers were seen roaring in, and along with the bombers came large-yield ground bombs that dropped like eggs. .

The sound of explosions is endless... Even though these dozen mass-produced Raiders are not the targets of the bombing, they can still feel the sense of fear and oppression that is difficult to describe in words when they are in the middle of the two bombing zones. , the ground shook violently along with the pilot's perspective. The majestic shock wave overturned these dozen-ton mechas to the ground, and a wall of fire nearly 100 meters high wrapped in the torn fragments of the land and rose into the sky... …

Although this was just a memory, for a moment, Ke Lan still felt that his breathing was stagnant for a moment.

This comes from Valentina's memory.

"Don't think wildly." Ke Lan immediately said to Valentina through synchronized consciousness, "It is very dangerous to have distracting thoughts in the neural bypass state, especially recalling the memory fragments deep in the mind, which can easily lead to sharing thoughts with you. The conscious companion falls into chaos and even suffers from symptoms of mental breakdown.”

In "Pacific Rim", the reason why many test pilots cannot become regular is because they are unable to maintain a state of no distractions and complete let-down during consciousness sharing, which leads to connection failure... and even the driver's brain death. ACCIDENT.

And for someone like Valentina, it is even more taboo to recall this kind of memory fragment that can have a huge impact on the spirit... If Ke Lan's mental power hadn't been tempered enough by himself, just that scene just now It was enough to make him trapped in it and unable to extricate himself.

He will subconsciously think that it is a scene that he has actually experienced, and then he will doubt himself, which will eventually lead to brain overload and complete nervous system disorder...at least he will lose his memory or become a fool, at worst he will become a vegetative state, or he will simply hiccup. fart.

"I...I don't know how to control...I have never experienced this kind of thing. I don't know what to do to be like what you described to me - without any distractions." Valentina told Ke in her consciousness Lan asked for help.

"There is a relatively simple way to focus on the current target and the person with whom you are consciously synchronized, just like forcing yourself to count sheep when you can't sleep -"

"I never count sheep when I can't sleep. I always take sleeping pills and painkillers." The information coming from Valentina's consciousness made Ke Lan slightly startled. He suddenly realized that this seemed a bit strange. A paranoid girl whose psychological problems seem to be really serious.

What Valentina needs is a professional psychiatrist, not a dilettante who has only read some introductory psychology books.

But if a psychiatrist were to sit in this cockpit and open up to his patients, be honest with each other, and even share memories and thoughts with each other... I'm afraid that psychiatrist would collapse before the patient, right?

"You seem...worried about me?"

"Your mental state makes people have to worry..." Ke Lan responded, "I am very worried that one day you will suddenly become depressed and want to commit suicide... and your fighting style obviously has a strong self-destructive tendency. That kind of playing style of exchanging injuries for injuries and fighting for lives should be changed in the future."

"Do you care about me? You care about me, right?"

"I care about everyone around me, including all my friends." Ke Lan answered truthfully.

This answer seemed scumbag at this juncture, but it was the truth in Ke Lan's heart.

He really just regarded Valentina as a trustworthy friend and never had any thoughts about her in that regard.

Ke Lan could clearly feel the loss in Valentina's emotions, but soon, the loss disappeared without a trace——

"But you didn't say, I can't chase you, right?" It seemed that a knot that had been bothering Valentina for a long time was solved, and her mood suddenly became clear.

Ke Lan: "????"

"Why do you like Miss Soma? Is it because she is good-looking?"

"No...it's just that Zofia gives me a very special feeling..." Ke Lan felt that he was a little short of words. When it came to Zofia, he actually came together with her half-heartedly. If he insisted on saying that he liked her, What about the other person is probably that kind of gentleness and tolerance, right? This feels like...

"Just like a mother." Valentina helped Ke Lan complete the second half of the sentence, "You have never experienced human maternal love, so you long for that kind of emotion, and the appearance of Miss Soma just makes up for it. This kind of vacancy. I understand that feeling because I have never experienced father's love, so sometimes, I look for that feeling in Major Chi..."

maternal love?

Ke Lan was stunned. He himself had never realized that he actually had such feelings for Zofia deep in his consciousness. But when Valentina pointed this out, he was surprised to find that the other party said That's absolutely right.

Is this probably the so-called "the authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear"?

Xia Ya is actually myself? ?

As if the fig leaf was ruthlessly torn away, Ke Lan's consciousness experienced a slight fluctuation, but fortunately, he quickly suppressed the fluctuation.

"Then why don't you like Major Chi? Although... although Major Chi is a little older, he is also single?" Ke Lan immediately regretted asking this question. I have to say that this question is really He was so stupid that he could have been selected as the straight male example of the year... But one thing is that in Valentina's consciousness, he did not find the answer to this question at all.

"I don't know." Valentina said, "I just sometimes imagine him as my father... As for you, I don't know why."

"Let's not talk about this for now... If the people below know that we are talking about this now, they will probably want to strangle us..." Ke Lan could only choose to change the topic, but for some reason, he felt it in a trance. A touch of weird romance.

In a situation where the blasphemer is crossing the sea of ​​fire, surrounded by extremely dangerous explosions and shock waves, and will be swept away by the air waves if he is not careful, communicating about emotional issues with a girl in a consciously synchronized way... this is what I have to say It's not romantic, and it's hard for Ke Lan to agree with it.

The consciousness exchange between the two was extremely fast. Although it seemed like they had been chatting for a long time, in reality, only less than a second had passed. Even the canopy of the Misty Roost was still intact in the Blasphemer Mecha. There is no breakthrough.

"After breaking through the canopy layer and the dense fog layer, you can only stay in the air for a maximum of two seconds." Ke Lan told Valentina, because the memories and thoughts between each other are transparent, so he does not need to stay in the air for more than two seconds. With an explanation, Valentina could understand the reason for his request.

"Why didn't those indigenous creatures attack those two warships?"

"Because those two warships were 'resurrected' by the gray mist forest. From a certain perspective, these two warships are also part of the gray mist forest. Of course, they will not attack friendly forces."

"Can we...can leave this forest alive?"

"Don't think about it now. What you have to think about is how to control the body to stabilize itself in the blast wave later - after losing the protection of the tree canopy, the shock wave will become many times stronger. Also Yes, can you aim and shoot within two seconds?"

"Can."

"Okay... next, it's real hell!"

As soon as Ke Lan passed this idea to Valentina, the Blasphemer mecha broke through the thick fog and rushed into the air without any obstacles.

The two warships were bombarding the forest one second, and the next second, they had already targeted the Blasphemer mecha.

Although most of the two warships are equipped with anti-ground weapons, for a single Blasphemer, the firepower of the only anti-air weapons can still completely suppress it - countless missiles at one time The lasers and lasers came overwhelmingly, completely sealing off all the dodge space of the Blasphemer mecha.

Energy weapons such as lasers are okay, just use energy shields to resist them, but weapons like missiles that explode and generate shock waves are still a headache for the blasphemers who are in the air. Valentina immediately used external armor The Vulcan cannon mounted on it destroyed the missile flying in one direction in advance, but just when she wanted to take the next step, Ke Lan, who had already read her thoughts clearly, stopped her.

According to Valentina's original idea, after using long-range weapons to destroy some of the missiles, she quickly raised the height of the aircraft to avoid other attacks. However, in this way, the airborne time would inevitably increase by a few seconds... By then, they would need What we are facing is not the anti-aircraft weapons of the two battleships, but the terrifying biological weapons capable of severely damaging the heavy cruiser...

"Directly lock on the plasma cannon of the 'Shaojiang Kai' and attack. After completing the attack, it will immediately fall and return to the gray mist forest!"

The small plasma cannon of the Blasphemer mecha has already started to charge during the take-off process. With Ke Lan, a human fire control with time-stopping ability, there is almost no possibility of miss - the propeller on the side of the machine body. Several streams of flames were sprayed out, and the blasphemer's airborne posture and facing angle were slightly adjusted, so that the muzzle of the plasma cannon was aimed at the charging cannon of the "Shaojiang Kai" protruding from the abdomen directly above. mouth.

The faint blue plasma surrounded by white arcs sprayed out from the muzzle. At the same time, the Blasphemer mecha turned off all the thrusters on its body and fell into the forest in a free fall.

But just when the plasma ball was about to hit the main gun of the "Shaojiang Kai", Ke Lan saw a scene that made him a little desperate.

A brilliant light curtain lit up on the body of "Shaojiang Kai"——

Battleship-level energy shield! !

The shield generating devices of these two battleships were not damaged! This means...it is impossible to break through their defenses with just one Blasphemer mecha! !

[P.S. Thanks to GraceLiyiyan for the 5,000 starting coins; thanks to Nianli for the 1,500 starting coins; thanks to the Silence of Thorns for the 100 starting coins. 】

[P.P.S. "Zophia Soma is the woman who could possibly become my mother!" - Chara Coran Aznable. 】