Volume 2: The Undersea City Chapter 62 Whisper
The language of the Alpha civilization was like an innate instinct to Ke Lan. This language had been deeply imprinted in his mind, and he could speak it without even thinking.
It was a hissing sound that sounded very hoarse, just like the sound made by a snake when it spits out its tongue. It did not come from the vocal cords, nor even from the throat... The hissing whisper echoed in Ke Lan's brain, and except for himself, the other three seemed to have not heard it at all.
"come over……"
"I order you to come here..."
He couldn't be sure whether he was "speaking" or just "imagining", but the hissing whisper became louder and louder, and clearer and clearer... Ke Lan felt as if there was a giant snake coiled in his head, constantly swallowing and spitting out bright red tongue...
The next second, the black skeleton pounced towards him , its arms spread out, looking as if it was going to hug Ke Lan, but its ten long and sharp bone claws were folded inward - the moment it hugged Ke Lan, Ke Lan's body would be pierced and torn apart by these ten bone claws.
Can it "hear" the whispers echoing in its own head? Does it understand? Or... is this just a spontaneous attack on its part, unrelated to its own attempts?
Ke Lan was still standing there in a daze, but Asano Akira had already rushed forward, waving his sword. The ten bone claws and the sword made of Nino alloy had collided dozens of times in the blink of an eye. This time, the black skeleton did not choose the strategy of retreating after one strike, but fought with Asano Akira. The crisp collision sound between the blades was replaced by a continuous tremor. The speed of both sides was instantly increased to the extreme, and even left a trail of afterimages.
"Its target is not me!" Asano Akira said as he swung his knife, "Its attack has not yet been fully exerted... It has been looking for an opportunity to get rid of me!"
"Ke Lan, looking at the posture of that thing just now, it was obviously coming towards you..." Liao Zilang raised his shield in front of Ke Lan, "That doesn't make sense. You didn't even attack it."
"Maybe he thinks I'm the weakest one... After all, people always pick on the weak ." Ke Lan made up an excuse.
"Does this thing have the ability to distinguish between strong and weak? It doesn't even have eyes?" Caroline said in confusion.
"Who knows... Isn't there enough weirdness in this thing?" Ke Lan retreated repeatedly under the cover of Liao Zilang. At the same time, he once again ordered the black skeleton in the language of Alpha civilization -
"Stop attacking... I order you to stop attacking immediately..."
"Ah!" Ke Lan suddenly felt a stabbing pain deep in his head. He staggered and fell backwards to the ground... He didn't know if it was an illusion, but it seemed that for a moment, his perspective shifted to the black skeleton.
He seemed to see dense knife lights coming towards him. Asano Akira pursed his lips tightly, with a blank expression...
What exactly is going on?
"Are you okay?" Caroline beside her quickly helped Ke Lan up from the ground.
"It's okay... I accidentally tripped over a rivet..." Ke Lan raised his head and saw a bone claw that was cut off at the root lying on the ground not far away. The broken end of the bone claw was very flat and smooth, and one could vaguely see some transparent semi-fluid substance flowing out of it and dripping onto the ground.
"When did Asano Akira cut off that bone claw? Why didn't I notice it just now?" Ke Lan turned around and asked.
"Just now, the moment you fell, the thing's movement paused for a moment. Asano Akira originally wanted to cut off your spine directly, but the thing quickly recovered and blocked Asano Akira's attack at the cost of a piece of bone claw." Liao Zilang replied.
A moment's pause? Was it the moment when I just shifted my perspective?
Could it be possible that he could really invade the consciousness of that black skeleton?
Ke Lan's heartbeat quickened involuntarily. He stood up straight with an effort to remain calm and broke free from Caroline's support... If he could really invade at the conscious level, could he control the black skeleton?
When he tried to try again, he was shocked to find that he had temporarily lost the ability to "speak" - the sharp needle-like sensation just now had made his brain a mess. Although his consciousness was very clear, there was a huge blank in his brain.
This blank space made him feel at a loss, just like a normal person who suddenly forgot how to open his mouth to speak...
In medicine, this symptom is called "aphasia". The cause of aphasia is that the part of the patient's brain responsible for language function is damaged or diseased. The patient cannot organize language to express his or her thoughts, nor can he or she understand the meaning contained in the words of others.
This symptom has nothing to do with the sensory organs. It is a cognitive language disorder. Just like Ke Lan now, he can recall every character and syllable in the Alpha language, but he cannot string these characters and syllables together into a complete sentence.
This feeling was very uncomfortable. This blank space almost drove Ke Lan crazy. The indescribable hysteria made him on the verge of collapse...
"Are you okay? You...your breathing seems very rapid?" Caroline asked worriedly.
"I... I'm fine..." Ke Lan shook his head vigorously, but it was totally unconvincing. Not only did his breathing quicken, his whole body began to tremble slightly.
The blank space in the brain seemed to have turned into a black hole, madly devouring everything. The more Ke Lan paid attention to it, the faster it devoured!
If this continues, soon even Ke Lan’s self-awareness will be annihilated …
No! It must be stopped... However, it seems that only by completely forgetting it can the speed of the black hole swallowing be slowed down. But in this case, how can I forget it?
It’s like seeing something extremely terrifying. The more you want to forget it, the more profound the memory will become.
The more Ke Lan resisted, the stronger the gravity of the black hole became...
"Caroline! Give me the emergency coolant tank of your power armor!" Ke Lan said gritting his teeth. His ferocious expression almost scared the female first mate.
"...What are you going to do?" Although Caroline asked this, she still pulled out the emergency cooling tank from the slot and handed it to Ke Lan.
The emergency cooling tank is filled with liquid nitrogen at a temperature of more than 100 degrees below zero, and is used to cool overheated power armor in an emergency.
"Go kill that guy!" Ke Lan grabbed the cooling tank and rushed towards the black skeleton who was still fighting with Asano Akira without looking back!
Only madness can suppress madness - instead of fighting the black hole in your consciousness, it is better to just put it behind you!
