Volume 13 Ancient Bronze City Ruins Chapter 638 True God's Blood
"Inside each mass-produced mecha, there is an ace pilot sealed as a living CPU..."
"There are two main sources of living CPUs. One is people who were seriously injured and dying on the battlefield and couldn't be saved even by the most advanced medical cabins. The other is people who committed serious crimes and were sentenced to death or exile... In a sense, this is also a good use of them."
"Make the best use of everything... If it were me, I would rather eat a peanut happily..." Ke Lan thought to herself.
Before these mass-produced Fallen Angel mechas successfully landed, the Primal Seed of Corrosion had already launched an attack on them. The Primal Seed of Corrosion, which had originally split into two bodies, had now merged into one. Although its size was smaller than when it had just emerged from the ground, its tentacles were no longer translucent like the previous mollusk, but instead had a metal-like texture.
"INIT type Corrosion Seed No. 4, according to the information we have obtained, it can absorb the metal elements in the earth's crust and use them to strengthen its own body..." (PS "INIT type" is the abbreviation of "initial", which means "first, initial".)
"Wait... individual number four? Is this the fourth original erosion species you have discovered?" Ke Lan couldn't help but ask.
"It doesn't matter... Anyway, individuals one to three have been confirmed dead and will not pose a threat to the Ark and humans... So, are you coveting the blood of God in their bodies?" the intelligence dealer asked meaningfully.
"No." Ke Lan denied it.
"It's good to crave power, as long as... you are sure you can afford the corresponding price."
Those mass-produced fallen angels easily avoided the tentacles' attacks with their high-output jets. Some even landed directly on the back of the tentacles, inserted the sharp blades in their hands, and then ran all the way down, creating a huge gap on the surface of the tentacles.
These mass-produced Fallen Angels are equipped with two melee weapons. In addition to the heavy armor-piercing sword of the same model as the Blasphemer Mech, they are also equipped with a black longsword with a thinner blade than the armor-piercing sword, but an extremely bloated handle. At the end of the longsword, from the guard to the handle, it is covered with heavy armor, and more than a dozen hoses extend from under the armor to a metal tank carried on the back of the body.
Rather than calling it a sword, it would be more appropriate to call it a "syringe" - this thing is a modified version of the Ronin Squad's sword. Due to the increase in weight, the dose of active cells of flesh-eating worms that a mass-produced Fallen Angel can carry is far greater than that of the "Ronin" who put mobility first, and the sustained combat capability is naturally not comparable to that of the Ronin Squad.
The fighting style of these mass-produced fallen angels was extremely straightforward. They first used a heavy armor-piercing sword to cut open the surface of the tentacle, and used the energy shield wrapped on the blade to burn all the touched tissues into charcoal. Then, while the wound made by the first cut had not yet completely healed, they stabbed the "syringe" sword in their other hand directly into the wildly growing granulation tissue. The highly concentrated "venom" sprayed out from the small holes on the sword along the pipe, and in the blink of an eye it seeped deep into the body of the Seed of Erosion.
When Ke Lan and the others finally landed on the ground, a six-kilometer-long tentacle fell from the air and hit the ground heavily.
Fortunately, Valentina had already pulled the body off the ground in advance and avoided the incoming shock wave. On the other hand, the wreckage of an armored vehicle not far away was directly shaken into the air more than ten meters above the ground and pierced by a laser beam from top to bottom.
Ke Lan didn't know whether there were any surviving crew members in the wreckage of the armored vehicle - but even if there were, the people inside were probably killed in the moment they were blown away, and the laser could only evaporate the lifeless bodies.
"Oh my god... With this kind of situation, I'm afraid even the people on the Ark can feel the tremors." Leighton muttered softly.
"One of the tentacle of the giant Corrosion Seed has been 'solved'." Ivan said in disbelief, "The tentacle has lost its ability to move... Its internal tissue is collapsing, necrotizing and decaying from the inside out... This is a sign of complete inactivation!"
"To inactivate such a large tentacle...how much active cells will be needed?" Even the usually calm Thirty-Three couldn't help but sigh.
"How... was this done?" Ke Lan asked the intelligence dealer.
"In fact, the amount of active cells injected is not as large as you think... As long as you find the key position."
"Key position?"
"Yes, because its body is too huge, in addition to the 'true core', the Primordial Corrosion Seed also has countless 'pseudo-cores' in various parts of its body. It is for this reason that this guy has the ability to split. The relationship between the 'true core' and 'pseudo-core' in its body is equivalent to the main reactor and secondary reactor on the Ark...but that drop of true God's Blood is only in the true core."
"If we inject active cells of the flesh-eating worm into those 'pseudo-nuclei', we can destroy that part of its body?"
"That's right, but don't think you can kill it this way. As long as the true nucleus is intact, the damaged limbs will be able to regenerate quickly. The only effect of destroying the 'pseudo-nucleus' is to temporarily restrict its movements."
Ke Lan wanted to ask the intelligence dealer more questions, but Layton howled as if he had discovered a new world: "Damn it! I can see clearly now that those mechas dropped from the air are all fucking Fallen Angel mechas! The Ark actually has so many Fallen Angel mechas? Did they dig up an Alpha arsenal?"
"According to the information I just got, those machines are mass-produced fallen angels imitated by Ark, and are not creations ." Ke Lan said.
"Copy? Has our technology reached that level?" Layton was stunned for a moment, then shook his head again and again, "No, isn't the technology of neural connection still in the experimental stage? If you tell me that the experimental machine can achieve this level, I won't believe it even if you kill me!"
"It is precisely because the neural connection technology is not mature that the pilots of these mass-produced Fallen Angels... are all living dead." Ke Lan hesitated for a moment, but still told Layton the truth, "These pilots, as the living CPU of the body, have completely merged with the mecha."
"What a cruel yet familiar style..." Sanshisan sighed imperceptibly.
"It's cruel... but it's also cool. If I can retain a clear self-awareness as a living CPU, then I would like to try to accept such a transformation." Layton's eyes were full of obsession, "Flesh and blood suffering, mechanical ascension..."
"Don't dream. If existing technology could allow you to achieve mechanical ascension, we wouldn't be forced into this predicament by the relics of a civilization that disappeared tens of thousands of years ago." Ivan patted his shoulder and said.
"Ah... I'm just thinking about it."
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The dozen or so mass-produced Fallen Angels knocked down the second and third tentacles like cutting melons and vegetables, and during the entire battle, the Original Seed of Corrosion was unable to cause even the slightest damage to them.
Ke Lan suddenly felt that the name of the Blasphemer Mecha was probably not chosen casually by the Alpha people...especially when used in this kind of occasion.
There is true god's blood in the body of the original seed of corrosion, but the power of this true god's blood is no match for these "mortal" creations... At this moment, the title of blasphemer is suddenly filled with a sense of fate.
But just when everyone thought that the mass-produced Fallen Angel Squad had secured victory, three machines suddenly stopped and stood there in a daze. Not long after, they were smashed to pieces by the swiftly attacking tentacles.
"What happened? Did the energy run out? Or is there something wrong with the machine?"
"This is normal." The intelligence dealer replied, "Mass-produced Fallen Angels are semi-finished products. The lifespan of their living CPUs is limited... On weekdays, they are sealed in liquid nitrogen chambers at minus 196 degrees Celsius. In this state, their living CPUs can be preserved for more than 150 years. But once awakened, their remaining lifespan will be shortened to between a dozen and several dozen minutes. This is one of the reasons why the crew chose not to send them into battle at the beginning."
"In other words, these mass-produced Fallen Angels are essentially disposable items, just like the drone troops?"
"Yes, in the Ark's internal directory, they belong to the same category as unmanned weapons." The intelligence dealer said in a somewhat indifferent tone, "These mechas will not become manned weapons just because they have an additional 'biological CPU'."
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"But you can rest assured. This batch of mass-produced Fallen Angels is enough to eliminate this Primordial Seed of Corruption before everything shuts down. However..."
"Just what?" Ke Lan asked immediately.
"The final blow must be delivered by you." The information dealer said, "They will help you tear open the body of the original corrosive seed and expose its 'true core'. What you have to do is to use the living armor to break the true core and absorb the drop of God's Blood inside. Remember, God's Blood must not spill out... Once it spills out, all living things within a radius of hundreds of kilometers will be 'contaminated'."
"pollute?"
"Radioactive ores can release huge amounts of energy, as well as deadly radiation... and the energy contained in this thing is countless times stronger than radioactive ores, so it is naturally the most dangerous." The information dealer said, "In one of the few 'decoded' records of the Alpha civilization, there was a record of a pollution incident caused by the leakage of God's Blood. The specific details... I personally recommend that you read it while you eat."
"Is it delicious?" Ke Lan subconsciously thought of the final BOSS, the Crown of Ashes, in the virtual trial program. According to the text description of the trial task, that thing should have absorbed a full 700 units of God's Blood and has evolved into a perverted creature that can devour planets... This ability is already superior to all known prehistoric species.
The Crown of Ashes was even a direct threat to the planet Alpha, so much so that the people of Alpha had to use "annihilation bombs" and "star-destroyer weapons" to destroy it.
The most important thing is that if the pollution spreads here, Layton and others will definitely not be spared. Doesn't that mean Ke Lan needs to kill his companions...
"I understand." Ke Lan nodded.
"What do you understand?" Sanshisan glanced at Ke Lan, "Are you talking to the person on the other end of the phone?"
"Yes, there is a new task." Ke Lan responded.
"What new mission? Don't tell me you are going to support those mass-produced Fallen Angels - in this battlefield, except for Valentina's Fallen Angel Mech that can go in and take a few turns, anyone else who goes in will die!" said Layton.
"Not only do we have to fight our way in, we also have to kill that big guy." Ke Lan said, "Don't worry, those mass-produced fallen angels will help us clear the way."
"Get rid of that big guy... Wait? The big guy you're talking about is the giant Corrosion Seed?" Layton's face suddenly showed a look of surprise, "This... Is this the new task that the Undead Crew will give us? Did they get the point wrong? The most critical issue right now is how to get rid of 'Alexander', not to deal with the Corrosion Seed - compared to Alexander, the Corrosion Seed is just a cute pet octopus!"
"The ultimate goal is of course to kill Alexander, but there is a key item on that 'cute little octopus'."
"Damn it... I don't know what those guys in the crew are thinking, but they must be crazy!" Layton shook his head vigorously, "Damn it, I must be crazy too - you guys go first, I'll be there soon!"
As he spoke, Layton jumped off the back of the Blasphemer mecha and ran towards an airdrop pod that had crashed more than half a meter into the ground not far away.
At the beginning of the battle of the Ancient Bronze City Ruins, the air force fleet airdropped a number of mechas for use by ground troops into and around the ruins. However, the soldiers who were now able to drive these mechas had long since been killed or wounded, and most of the airdrop pods loaded with spare mechas had been crushed into scrap metal. Only a very small number of airdrop pods survived.
Layton knew very well that without Augustus, it would be difficult for him to play any role in the next battle with only this body that was not highly modified. But if he could get a mecha, the situation would be completely different. Whether it was fire support or personnel transportation, or even to block bullets for others, the thick mecha would be much stronger than his own body.
"Huh... Why do I feel like I'm opening a blind box? God help me, don't open an antique that is about to be retired..." Layton rubbed his hands, grabbed the valve of the airdrop cabin and turned it hard.
A four-meter-long humanoid mecha with a completely black body appeared before him.
"Ye's AMX-95 'Black Armor Warrior'... It's OK. It's not the top prize, but at least it's one of the top ten main models in service..."
Layton quickly checked the condition of the aircraft, then opened the cockpit and sat in.
At this time, at the other end of the battlefield, the Blasphemer had already rushed into the battle area between the Fallen Angel Squad and the Original Corrosion Seed with Ke Lan and others.
