Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 755: Synchronization of Consciousness
Just one second before the Blasphemer mecha fell into the thick fog again, Ke Lan saw clearly the appearance of the indigenous creatures rushing out of the fog - it was a large bird with a wingspan of more than 30 meters, covered with gray-black feathers, and had a long neck like a swan, but at the end of the long neck was a primate head. Just one look at the ghost face covered by a skull-like exoskeleton was enough to leave a deep impression on people.
This kind of creature is definitely the type that would give children nightmares if they looked at it for a few more seconds.
At the end of their wings, there is a pair of huge claws, and the barbs at the front end of the claws are shining with the unique luster of Nino alloy... Ke Lan has no doubt that this pair of claws combined with the power of these creatures can easily tear open the external armor of the warship.
The two "resurrected" warships were covered with claw marks, and large pieces of armor plates were torn and peeled off, exposing the fragile internal structure.
In the mission records of the "Special Operations Fleet", this indigenous creature called the "Ghost-faced Giant Owl" was mentioned, but these big birds can only be regarded as the weakest of the indigenous creatures that attacked the fleet...
Ke Lan can be sure that these indigenous creatures are also the creations of Alpha Civilization. Although many creatures will enrich the metal elements absorbed from food in a certain part of the body to form weapons or armor, Nino alloy is not a metal element that can be obtained from food like iron, zinc, and calcium. It is a man-made material with extremely high synthesis difficulty. Currently, the known Nino alloys in Alpha Civilization basically come from the "Aguna Kotor" sunk in the magma lake in the Molten Fire Mine Area. Whether for humans or Alpha Civilization, every gram of Nino alloy is very precious, and it is impossible to be so extravagant as to let it be scattered in large quantities in the natural environment of Alpha Star.
Moreover, along the way, Thirty-three did not sense any presence of Nino alloy in the Gray Mist Forest, which meant that this thing did not exist in the daily diet of these indigenous creatures at all, and naturally there was no such thing as "being absorbed into the body and then enriched somewhere in the body".
To be precise, the "Ghost-Faced Giant Owl" and other creatures that attacked the "Special Operations Fleet" cannot be considered as native creatures of Alpha, but rather "biological weapons" created by the Alpha civilization, like the Seed of Erosion.
The Blasphemer mecha carrying Ke Lan landed back on the ground. The ghost-faced giant owls did not chase them, but a second round of artillery fire followed , creating a suspended sea of fire on the dome again.
"How is it?" Sanshisan ran over hurriedly and asked Ke Lan.
"Those two warships are hovering right above us at an altitude of about one thousand meters. There is good news and bad news." Ke Lan did not keep the suspense and let Thirty-Three choose whether to hear the good news or the bad news first... The remaining time they had did not allow him to do that.
Ke Lan told both the good news and the bad news in one breath: "The bad news is that the plasma cannon of the Shaojiang Kai is still usable and is now charging. The good news is that we still have two minutes left, which means we have at least four or five more attempts."
"But there is no bombing window in these two minutes!" Thirty-three frowned, "By the time this round of bombing is over, the plasma cannon will definitely be fully charged."
"The only way is to charge forward under the fire." Ke Lan said immediately, "The Blasphemer mecha's energy shield is very strong, and this level of fire cannot hurt it."
"What about you? If the Blasphemer activates the energy shield, you will be the first to be roasted, right?" Thirty-Three asked again.
"Can I squeeze in with Valentina in the cockpit, or...let me drive the aircraft?" Ke Lan suggested.
Although Ke Lan's mecha operating skills are far inferior to Valentina's, his ability to stop time is enough for him to control the timing of the attack to perfection - this is an attack on ships rather than a fight between mechas, and the timing of the attack and the choice of target are far more important than operation.
With a "puff" sound and a puff of steam, the cockpit of the Blasphemer mecha opened. Valentina, who was sitting in the cockpit that looked like a monster's mouth, opened her eyes and said to Ke Lan, "Time is running out. There is no time to hand over. Let's go together."
"That's fine." Ke Lan didn't hesitate. He nodded and jumped into the cockpit of the Blasphemer mecha. The thick liquid like amniotic fluid immediately flooded over his waist. The liquid expelled by his body overflowed from the edge of the cabin door. Somehow, Ke Lan felt a little bit aroused...
In addition to helping the pilot resist the G-force generated when the machine moves at high speed, these liquids function similarly to LCL liquids, allowing people to breathe in them like fish, and can also directly provide nutrients to the human body. Therefore, the driver of the Blasphemer mecha will not feel hungry even if he does not eat or drink for several days, and can extend the continuous combat time to an extremely terrifying level.
Unfortunately, the Undead Crew has not yet fully studied the core technology of the Blasphemer mecha. The cockpits of the "Fallen Angel mass-produced models" that are copied from the Blasphemer are filled with LCL liquid. If the nutrients in the LCL liquid are exhausted, the old liquid must be extracted and new liquid must be injected. It is also extremely troublesome to maintain the living CPU in a semi-dormant state.
However, as long as the mass-produced Fallen Angels are used as consumables, these troubles can be ignored...those living CPUs will basically not have the opportunity to perform a second mission.
"The cockpit of this machine... no matter how many times I look at it, I always feel uncomfortable. I have a physical feeling of nausea." Thirty-three rubbed his throat with his hand and complained, "I always feel like I'm in the stomach of a monster. The slippery liquid is the gastric juice secreted by the monster... When I think about this liquid entering my body through every pore, I feel hairy all over."
"Not only you, even the mecha-lover Layton can't accept the biological structure of the Blasphemer... Every time he sees the cockpit of the Blasphemer, he shouts that it is a blasphemy against the God of Machinery. I'm used to it." Ke Lan shrugged and said indifferently.
After saying this, Ke Lan turned her head and glanced at Mo Jue who was standing beside her. She saw that the other party was covering his mouth and staring at the cockpit of the Blasphemer with a look of astonishment. She had not seen Valentina entering and exiting the cockpit before. It was not until now that she realized that the inside of this mecha that looked full of mechanical beauty was actually squirming flesh and blood... Any normal human being would have a similar reaction when seeing this scene, even the relic hunters are no exception.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, there's only one and a half minutes left." Thirty-three slapped the Blasphemer mech's external armor vigorously and shouted , "Good luck to you! Good luck to myself too. Whether we are evaporated on the spot by the high-temperature plasma or can continue to move forward alive, it all depends on you!"
"Don't worry, today is not a good day to die——" Ke Lan gave Thirty-Three a thumbs up and said a line that he thought was quite cool.
But who would have thought that Sanshisan just raised his middle finger to him and cursed: "Don't talk nonsense here... If things can't be done, you can run away by yourselves. At least, you can't be wiped out here. Do you understand?"
This guy has only been with the hound Layton for a few days, why does it feel like he is about to be assimilated? Ke Lan complained in his heart.
He didn't say anything else. The cockpit of the Blasphemer mecha had been closed, and the "amniotic fluid" quickly overflowed over his head and penetrated into his body through all the holes on his body, including the pores.
This feeling may feel a little uncomfortable at first, but when the body completely "becomes one" with these liquids, the strange feeling will disappear without a trace...you will even feel a sense of security and comfort as if you have returned to the mother's womb.
The flesh walls in the cockpit squirmed, and the originally narrow space suddenly expanded a lot. A slightly smaller driver's seat "grew" behind Valentina's main driver's seat.
"So there is a two-person driving mode?" Ke Lan muttered, and a series of bubbles suddenly came out of his mouth and nasal cavity.
The air in the lungs has been almost completely expelled. The "amniotic fluid" directly seeps into the alveoli, dissolving oxygen into the blood... Ke Lan, who once again experienced the cockpit environment of the Blasphemer mecha, couldn't help but think of the idiom "like a fish in water" in his mind.
"The technological gap between human civilization and Alpha civilization... is too big."
Ke Lan swam a short distance in the "amniotic fluid" and then sat on the "co-pilot seat" specially prepared for him. As soon as he sat down, he felt the back of the chair behind him squirming, and countless tiny fleshy tentacles emerged from the back of the chair.
"Do I need to make a neural connection as well?" Ke Lan was a little worried. "But the Blasphemer Mech has already completed the connection with Valentina. If I am added, there won't be any confusion during the operation, right?"
Despite his thoughts, Ke Lan still relaxed the muscles on his back, allowing those fleshy tentacles to penetrate smoothly into the gaps in his spine.
After the Blasphemer mecha and Ke Lan's nerves were connected, a feeling like electric shock spread from the soles of Ke Lan's feet to the top of his head. The next second, he found that he had gained control of the body.
But unlike the first time he drove the Blasphemer, there was another person's consciousness in his mind.
It's Valentina.
The two people's thoughts and consciousness were completely intertwined. Ke Lan could feel what Valentina was thinking at this moment, and Valentina also noticed Ke Lan's thoughts.
"Isn't this... isn't this telepathy between NTs? No, that's not right. This state of mental connection should be closer to the neural bridge system of the multi-person mecha in Pacific Rim, which can synchronize the thinking consciousness of the pilots to a high degree, just like merging two people into one."
Under normal circumstances, Valentina would most likely ask Ke Lan what "NT" means, but now, through her consciousness synchronized with Ke Lan, she already knew the meaning of this abbreviation, and also knew a series of "two-dimensional culture" related to it. But before she could react, the huge and mad influx of information hit her consciousness like a lone boat in the stormy waves. Just when she thought that the boat was about to capsize and her consciousness was about to be lost in the vast ocean of information, a warm force enveloped her consciousness.
That is Ke Lan's mental strength. After countless times of "time stop" training, Ke Lan's mental strength has long been trained to be extremely tough... If Valentina's consciousness is like a lone boat facing the impact of information flow, then Ke Lan's consciousness is an extremely thick dam. No matter how fierce the waves hit it, he remains unmoved.
The only thing that made Ke Lan a little embarrassed was that the more he didn't want to recall those memories that he was not willing to share with others, the more they would emerge before his eyes... In this case, not only could he see them, but Valentina could see them as well.
And Ke Lan also felt... Valentina's special feelings for him...
"You actually knew it all along, but you were just pretending to be stupid, right?" Valentina said in their merged consciousness.
"Let's not talk about that for now. Focus on the present. Others have entrusted their lives to us. We must get them out alive." Ke Lan said, "Don't think about unnecessary things. Get rid of distracting thoughts and imagine yourself as an emotionless machine that only knows how to execute instructions."
Unfortunately, the memory fragments sealed in the brain have not been dug out... Ke Lan can only choose to give up. However, this time the synchronization of thoughts gave him an idea. Perhaps, he can try to use this method to try to impact the "fog" deep in his mind in the future.
Ke Lan shook his head vigorously, getting rid of this last "distraction", and then focused all his attention on the Blasphemer mecha.
The space under the feet of the machine is distorting. This is the signal that Ze Luo is about to eject the Blasphemer. After leaving the space barrier, they will have to withstand the overwhelming artillery fire, break through the treetops and thick fog in one breath, and then complete the attack on the "Shaojiang Kai" after those indigenous creatures fail to launch an attack.
"I'll leave the control of the machine to you, and I'll decide when to attack."
This thought just flashed through Ke Lan's mind, but it was caught by Valentina, and the other party responded "received" in time.
The entire communication process took less than 0.01 seconds.
This is a deep level of communication of consciousness rather than language. In this state, Ke Lan and Valentina can be completely described as "of one mind and one feeling". They are no longer two independent individuals, but a whole consciousness that is integrated with each other.
Is this the legendary... "divine communication"?
