Chapter 164: The First Cruise Fleet
"If we remember correctly... in the official ecological research report... Leviathan should have been able to fly when it was alive..." Layton murmured, "It... it can't... fly?"
"Not yet." Ke Lan's eyes never left the exposed spine of the giant beast. "It seems... it seems that the insects have stopped transforming... They... They are waiting for prey..."
"What prey? Is it us?" Manstein's face was full of fear. He stretched out a trembling finger and pointed at himself.
"Not all of them... What these bugs crave is the flesh and blood of living things. It seems that only the flesh and blood of living things can be converted into nutrients for Leviathan... Look carefully, those things soaked in the 'sea of blood', whether they are organic rubber tires or inorganic bricks and steel bars, they did not devour them... What they need is just flesh and blood." Ke Lan said.
"There should be no living people on Leviathan's back now. If you 'understand' it according to your statement, all the nutrients that can be collected have been collected by these insects, but Leviathan's resurrection process has been interrupted. Doesn't this mean that things have not yet developed to the worst point?" Apart from Ke Lan, the first person to calm down was Sakurai Na, the youngest on the plane. In just a few words, this talented girl pointed out the most critical problem.
"That's right." Ke Lan nodded silently. "No one can be sure whether the resurrection process is reversible, but at least we have to ensure that it can't absorb more nutrients... If this big guy flies up, even if all the fleets of the Ark are concentrated here, I'm afraid..."
"This kind of newborn... or newly resurrected creature, generally speaking, the flesh is relatively fragile, right? If we try to attack its body at this time, maybe we can put it into a dormant state again... or in other words, kill it completely?"
"Difficult." Hound sighed, "Those bugs are not even afraid of energy shields and napalm. The strength of the tissues they form must not be weak. If you want to really hurt it, I think you have to use nuclear weapons."
"I don't know whether nuclear weapons can effectively kill Leviathan, but there is only one thing I know for sure that can." Ke Lan suddenly said.
The hound quickly asked, "What is it?"
"Death ray. The Alpha civilization's death ray cannon, a super weapon that uses the annihilation reaction produced when antimatter and matter come into contact as a killing effect." Ke Lan replied. In the footage of the behemoth's fall, the Alpha civilization used a "sacrifice formation" composed of multiple death ray cannons to deliver a fatal blow to the prehistoric behemoth.
"Even if we get that thing, we won't be able to use it!" Layton said with a bitter face, "I've read the relevant literature. The operation of that thing is complicated and difficult, and you laymen can't imagine it... Ke Lan, what you said is the same as saying nothing."
"..." Ke Lan glanced at Leighton, but ultimately didn't say anything more.
He had a hunch that if a death ray cannon with antimatter stored inside was placed in front of him, he would definitely be able to operate it... He still remembered what the priestess at the settlement said: the death ray cannon was fired by them, and the thunder beast that was sealed underground was also released by them... As for why they had such abilities, it might be due to their "leader", another human who had inherited the Alpha civilization.
I have almost the same abilities as that person. If he can use the death ray cannon and even teach this method to his subordinates, I should be able to do it too!
As for the death ray cannon, it is definitely available on the Ark, but how can one get access to it? This is a big problem.
Moreover, if he really activated the death ray cannon, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of many people - if his ability was accidentally exposed, in view of the actions of the previous "inheritor", Ark might not take too extreme actions against him, but there is no doubt that his personal freedom would definitely be restricted... As for his future fate, I am afraid it will depend on the results of the meeting and discussion among those big guys.
It would never be pleasant to put your fate in someone else's hands. Moreover, when it comes to matters concerning the survival of all mankind, Fangzhou has always adopted iron-fisted measures... They don't even care about their own lives, let alone Ke Lan's...
Maybe I won't die, but it's more likely that I will live a life that is more painful than death...
Just as Ke Lan was thinking about these questions, Layton suddenly shouted: "Here they come, the fleet is coming, it's the First Fleet!"
"Quick, send them a communication request. Also, send all the information - including videos, photos, audio, and text - to the fleet, as well as our mission log... Oh, and send the action records of the Mitsui Group rescue team as well."
After saying that, Ke Lan thought about it again, and simply squeezed next to the driver's seat, took the keyboard from Layton, and started typing quickly.
In addition to those objective reports, Ke Lan also added his own subjective speculations and judgments - of course, after the rock strata cracked and the spine was exposed, the credibility of his conclusions increased a lot. At least they no longer sounded like the fantasies of a mentally ill patient as before.
In less than two minutes, Ke Lan and his team received a reply from the fleet. It was very brief, with less than thirty words: "The relevant information has been uploaded to the headquarters. Please move closer to us immediately. We have arranged for a rescue ship to take you in."
"Damn it, what's the tone of these bastards!" An angry look appeared on the Hound's face. "It seems that they didn't take our warning seriously at all. I doubt that the commander of the fleet didn't even take a close look at what we sent... Damn it, do they think they are just dealing with some ordinary indigenous creatures this time?"
"Don't get excited, old dog." Ke Lan said in a deep voice, "No matter what, let's meet up with the fleet first."
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The flagship of the Ark's First Cruise Fleet is a 1,650-meter-long "Yao" class aircraft carrier battleship. In addition, there are four "Shun" class secondary battleships, eight "Yu" class heavy cruisers, and twenty-four "Xuan" class frigates. The number of light fire support ships and logistics ships is not fixed, depending on the level of the combat mission... But when the First Cruise Fleet appeared in Ke Lan and his team's field of vision, they could instantly confirm that the First Fleet was definitely moving in full force this time.
The huge mass of airships almost covered the entire sky. Ke Lan roughly estimated that there were nearly a hundred light battleships like the "Iris Class"...
"Old dog...it seems you are wrong. The First Fleet definitely does not take this operation lightly."
After all - this is "Emergency 000"!