"I always feel like there's something staring at us from a place we can't see... Tsk... This feeling is really fucking annoying." Lao Gou walked to the side of Ke Lan and pointed at the passage hidden in the darkness in front of him. "How about... just bombarding it with artillery shells and covering it with indiscriminate firepower?"

"Will that alert the enemy?" Ivan asked. He obviously did not agree with this plan.

"Indeed... This plan is good if we can force those things out. But what if we blast our way through and nothing happens? Further ahead is the network of tunnels the miners call the 'maze of no return.' Even if all the reserves in the entire base are transported in, I'm afraid we can only clear a small area... For the entire mine, it's probably a drop in the bucket." Ke Lan shook his head. Based on the intelligence and clues collected previously, it can be inferred that the creatures hidden deep in the mine should have extremely high IQs... They are not ordinary beasts and are not so easily fooled.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there is a special individual commanding those creatures. If this is true, then this special individual should be a highly intelligent creature with an intelligence level no less than that of humans.

Advanced intelligent creatures... Could it be that there is an Alpha man with a clear consciousness living inside Leviathan?

Ke Lan herself was shocked by this idea, but when she thought about it again, she felt that this possibility was too slim: no trace of Alpha people had been found in so many relics of Alpha civilization, so how could there be living Alpha people in the body of this prehistoric monster?

Suppose an Alpha was swallowed by a living Leviathan - based on the data estimated by the Ark's core computer, if the energy crystals of all discovered mineral veins were converted into thermal energy, the body of this giant beast would be like a melting pot where nuclear fusion reactions were taking place all the time. Not to mention the Alpha, even if the Seed of Corrosion was thrown in, it would not survive for more than a second... not even a residue would be left.

As for the dead Leviathan, the Alphas obviously did not exploit its remains - no traces of mining were found in any of the mines. Even the ecosystem formed based on the remains of Leviathan had not been disturbed by any outside forces except humans.

This is a cemetery, both for Leviathan and for the Alpha civilization.

Unfortunately, most of the Alpha civilization documents excavated from the ruins were sealed in the core research institute, and Ke Lan had no access to them at all. The few clues he could find with his authority were not even the slightest clue.

Leviathan...or in other words, what kind of existence are those "primitive" beasts that exist on this planet to the Alpha civilization?

Is it an enemy that threatens survival? Is it a god that we worship? Or... is it a beast that the Alphas keep in captivity?

Ke Lan couldn't help but think of the illusion he saw underground on the deserted island... In the space behind the rusty airtight door, a prehistoric giant beast was once imprisoned there by the Alpha people...

Or are these primitive species living on Planet Alpha actually creations of the Alpha civilization?

Ke Lan looked down at the hard rock ground beneath his feet and could not connect it with the word "living thing". If the Alpha civilization was already superior to these primitive species, then what kind of existence would the "God" they worshipped be?

If only I could have the chance to see those precious documents...

Thinking of this, a trace of doubt emerged in Ke Lan's heart... Would it be a wrong decision to choose to hide his special ability?

If he chooses to cooperate with the Ark authorities, those sealed documents of the Alpha civilization, not to mention translating them all, as long as he can interpret a part of them, the impact on the entire human world will be immeasurable... It may even rewrite the future destiny of the human race...

But he knew very well that if he chose to confess, he would face the complete loss of his personal freedom... and even the loss of his dignity and life - the reason why humans have been able to survive in disasters that could have caused extinction is because they have made a decision that is so rational that it is almost cruel: all those who can board Noah's Ark are "excellent humans" who have undergone genetic screening. Except for these seeds, the rest of the people were ruthlessly abandoned on the planet that was about to be destroyed.

Even the leaders of the major forces that dominated the construction of the Ark were classified as the "abandoned". They handed over power to younger and more outstanding descendants, and chose to die together with the human mother planet.

Survival is the instinct of all living things, and Ke Lan is no exception. He knows that he is just an ordinary person. He does not have any lofty ideals or ambitions, nor does he have the lofty ideological awareness of those great men... He is just an ordinary person.

However, when this ability comes to him, can he still be considered an ordinary person?

Among the old movies he had seen, there was one called Spider-Man. There was a line in the movie that left a deep impression on him: “reat responsibility.” Translated into Chinese, it means: The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

Ke Lan was slightly shaken...

But, do I really want to take on this responsibility for this inexplicably acquired ability? This responsibility could even cost me my life?

Is there no third option?

The more Ke Lan thought about it, the more annoyed he became. But at this moment, the vibration detector suddenly sounded a sharp alarm, interrupting his thoughts.

"Be careful, there seems to be something ahead." Ke Lan immediately put those messy thoughts behind him, activated the energy shield on the armor, and assumed a fighting posture.

"I didn't see anything." The old dog said in a deep voice, but having said that, he also activated the energy shield.

"Me too." Leighton took a step back and stood in front of Asano Show and Ivan.

"Very subtle vibrations." Ke Lan glanced at the display screen of the instrument. "Directly ahead, at a distance of 65 meters, the vibration frequency is 0.33 seconds per vibration. The 16 points appear alternately with a high degree of consistency... It may be some kind of arthropod."

"It's getting closer, only fifty meters away from us." Ke Lan held his breath.

"Forty-five meters."

"Forty meters."

"Thirty-five... Old Dog, fire a flare, aiming twenty meters ahead."

As soon as Ke Lan finished speaking, the Hound had already pulled the trigger. With a "bang", a flare the size of a can shot out from the barrel of the grenade launcher and landed accurately on the ground twenty meters away. Accompanied by a slight "sizzle" sound, the high-intensity light emitted by the burning metal instantly illuminated the entire tunnel as if it were daytime!