Alien Relic Hunter

As we all know, the most important condition for the formation of caves is that the area must have abundant underground water resources. However, this Gobi Desert is a completely barren land with not even a little vegetation, so how could there be so much? What about groundwater sufficient to form karst landforms?

This stalagmite...couldn't it be something from this desert island at all?

Ke Lan held the stalagmite in a sword-like posture, confronting the erosion seed more than ten steps away. Judging from the monster's fear of the stalagmite, this thing could indeed be regarded as its nemesis.

Although Ke Lan had no idea what the principle behind it was, it was at least useful, and that was enough.

But just one stalagmite is still too little. If the tentacles of the Seed of Corrosion attack from multiple angles, Ke Lan will not be able to parry them all - if Asano Akira is here, with this stalagmite, Maybe we can still fight the Seed of Corrosion in a reciprocal manner.

As for taking the initiative to attack, Ke Lan has no idea. If you want to use stalagmites to kill... or "seal" the erosion seed, you must come into contact with the "core" protected by numerous tentacles. However, these tentacles cannot even penetrate explosive bombs and explode with gunpowder. Compared with the kinetic energy generated by Ke Lan's wrists and arms, there is still a big gap in the power that Ke Lan can produce. Even if this stalagmite is replaced with a real sword, he will not be able to stab the "core" with the sword. location.

The situation is so frozen...

Ke Lan noticed that after taking out the stalagmite, the Seed of Corrosion had not launched an attack, and it had even given up trying. Just as Ke Lan did not dare to let the Seed of Corrosion touch him, the Seed of Corrosion seemed not to be able to touch him. Dare to let this stalagmite touch you.

"The cells of flesh-eating worms are highly toxic to erosion seeds... Will this stalagmite have a similar effect?"

Ke Lan thought this way and took a bold step closer to the Seed of Corrosion.

His current posture is very much like that of a fencer, with his legs spread apart and stable on horseback, and his upper body leaning forward as much as possible. At the same time, he holds the tail end of the stalagmite with his right hand and thrusts the stalagmite towards one of the tentacles of the Seed of Erosion - —

"babble--!!"

The moment the stalagmites came into contact with the tentacles, the Seed of Erosion let out a shrill scream like a baby crying. Then, with the help of the power of the tentacles, it quickly bounced back and met Ke Lanzhi. The distance between them suddenly widened to more than thirty meters.

The tentacle touched by the stalagmite was scorched black, the surrounding tissue was severely necrotic, and there was even a wisp of green smoke rising.

Ke Lan looked at the stalagmite in his hand with incredulous eyes. It was obviously an ordinary limestone, but after touching the erosion seed, it produced an effect similar to strong acid burning...

Even the tissue cells of flesh-eating worms, which are highly toxic to erosion seeds, have no such immediate effect!

No wonder this monster is so afraid of this stalagmite, but what makes Ke Lan a little puzzled is...if this stalagmite has such obvious lethality against erosion seeds, why is its "core" nailed to the ground for decades? , failed to completely kill this corrosive species?

Shouldn't this thing be classified as a "non-lethal weapon"?

Before Ke Lan could come to his senses, the Seed of Corrosion suddenly formed into a ball and fled - the speed of this rolling movement was simply astonishing. In less than a minute, the Seed of Corrosion completely disappeared. In Ke Lan's field of vision.

"This thing is too cowardly..." Ke Lan stared speechlessly at the direction in which the Seed of Corrosion was escaping, "It's just less courageous than an old dog."

Ke Lan took a long breath. In any case, at least the threat to his life was relieved for the time being.

"Huh? Is this... the relic of that soldier?"

Ke Lan saw a palm-sized bag lying on the ground. The bag was made of nylon fiber, with a rusty rivet embedded in the lid - it was one of the standard equipment in the army. It is generally used to store some small sundries and personal items for soldiers.

Although the erosion seeds ate the remains, the small bag was left behind and scattered on the ground along with the tattered clothes.

Ke Lan picked up the small bag with a stalagmite. After confirming that there was no tissue contaminated with erosion seeds, he opened the lid of the bag and poured out all the contents.

There aren't many things in the bag, just some small items:

A copper, rusty "Ark Contributor" medal - the gold content of this thing is not high, almost the same as the third-class merit in the Chinese army in the old era, as long as it has successfully performed more than three field missions. can be obtained. On the Ark, every veteran who has served for more than five years basically has one.

But this thing at least proves that the members of this exploration team living on a desert island are experienced veterans, not the kind of rookies who don't understand anything.

The second thing was six rivets with unique shapes. These rivets were so special that Ke Lan recognized them at a glance - they were a type of heavy armor called "Fearless Warrior" used by Ark's early field troops. accessories, but after the development of tactical exoskeletons and power armor, this thing was gradually eliminated.

It seems that this team is equipped with at least one fearless warrior... This makes Ke Lan feel strange. If it is a regular exploration mission, it must pursue high mobility. A fearless warrior like this is only suitable for positional warfare. The heavy armor units used in the extermination battle should not be deployed in an exploration team.

Isn't this an exploration team?

The third thing was a piece of chemical fiber fabric that was crumpled into a ball. It seemed to be cut from the lining of a piece of clothing. When Ke Lan flattened the piece of fabric, he was immediately fascinated by the pattern painted on it. Attracted.

"This line... this is the coastline of this island! My current location..." He raised his head and compared the pattern on the fabric with the coastline not far away, "This is my current location! This is a map !A map of this deserted island!”

It's just a pity that this map is not completely drawn. Except for the coastline, most of the areas are blank.

Many of these blank areas are marked "Danger" in bold and black fonts: Danger.

The only "safe zone" surrounded by these "dangerous areas" is the coastal area where Ke Lan is located.

"Fortunately... I didn't go too deep into it rashly..." Ke Lan felt a little lucky in his heart. Even a fearless warrior would find it dangerous, so one can imagine how high the survival rate would be if he broke into it.

In addition to these dangerous signs, there is also a place marked with a five-pointed star... However, the place marked with the five-pointed star is not on this desert island, but about a few meters away from the coast. About fifty meters into the sea...