Volume 2: The Undersea City Chapter 83 Weakness
Ke Lan quickly retreated, putting some distance between himself and the resurrected Seed of Corrosion.
"He's been dead for decades... but he's still not dead yet..."
Ke Lan never expected that such an accident would happen. This had never been mentioned in the information left by the Alpha civilization.
Even though the Seed of Erosion possesses powerful physical resistance and regeneration capabilities, it will die immediately once its "core" is destroyed. This has been confirmed in hundreds of experiments conducted by the Alphas, and no special circumstances have occurred.
For the seeds of erosion, the "core" is equivalent to a combination of the heart and the brain, and is an absolutely vital part.
Those experiments, of course, also included attempts to pierce the "core" with foreign objects... But in those attempts, even after the piercing objects were removed, the seeds of erosion of death could not be revived... But why is it different this time?
Could it be that after fusing with human genes, the cells of the Seed of Erosion had undergone a secondary mutation? But even if it was human genes, it would be impossible for the Seed of Erosion to have such a strong vitality. If it was said that it was fused with cockroaches on Earth, it might be more credible.
"This is really bad news..." Ke Lan stared at the wriggling tentacles, frantically thinking of countermeasures in his mind... In the absence of a "nemesis" like the flesh-eating worms, how can humans alone kill the seeds of erosion ?
In just a few seconds, the pierced "core" was wrapped by dozens of tentacles as thick as a child's arm. Many cracks appeared on the surface of these new tentacles, and these cracks were like mouths, greedily biting and devouring the corpse that had been dried by the wind for decades...even the completely withered tentacles on the broken limbs were not spared.
Ke Lan could clearly feel that it was craving for food, and it would not let go of any organic matter that could be converted into nutrients... After eating up the remains of the soldier, Ke Lan was naturally the only living thing left around.
"…Fuck it."
Seeing two tentacles coming towards him, Ke Lan rolled on the ground and barely dodged them. Then he drew his pistol, aimed at the body of the Seed of Erosion not far away and pulled the trigger.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The rest of his equipment had long been lost in the deep sea. This large-caliber pistol was the only self-defense weapon on Ke Lan. The 0.5-inch explosive bullet specially modified by Layton could pose a considerable threat even to indigenous creatures of the size of the snow dragon. However, when it hit the tentacles of the Seed of Erosion, it could not even penetrate the outermost layer of skin, let alone damage the heavily protected " core".
Ke Lan suddenly felt that what the Hound said made sense: "Weapons are the most useful thing on Alpha, but also the most useless thing."
Problems that can be solved with weapons are not problems, and when faced with real problems, humanity’s conventional weapons are almost useless.
While shooting at the Seed of Corrosion, Ke Lan began to retreat... He just didn't know how fast the Seed of Corrosion moved. If he chose to escape, would he be able to escape?
Just as he was thinking this, the Seed of Erosion suddenly jumped up from the ground, leaped out five or six meters, and came to his right side, and several tentacles swept over again.
"Hiss...it really doesn't work..."
This thing doesn't move by running, but by using the instantaneous force of its tentacles to jump. One jump is equivalent to the distance of several steps of Ke Lan, and five or six meters is obviously not its limit. If it were to use all its strength, the jumping distance could probably reach more than twenty meters.
You can't outrun this thing, not even if you're wearing high-mobility power armor.
Ke Lan could only retreat slowly. He didn't even dare to retreat too fast, for fear that the Seed of Erosion would lose its patience and pounce on him all at once. For Ke Lan, even contact would be fatal. Once invaded by those virus-like cells... Even if the Seed of Erosion in front of him gave up chasing him, he would eventually become an identical monster.
That's no different than being killed by the Seed of Corrosion.
The Seed of Erosion was still testing the waters, and it would only . For Ke Lan, this level of attack was barely something she could handle. But once the test was over, if the Seed of Erosion's nearly one hundred tentacles attacked at the same time, in less than a second, Ke Lan would be stabbed into a bloody human-shaped beehive.
With every passing second, Ke Lan was one step closer to death... This was completely different from the situation in the Abyss Incubator, where, with the trump card in his hand, he at least had a glimmer of hope... But now, what did he have in his hand?
A pistol that is completely incapable of harming the Seed of Corrosion and whose magazine is almost empty?
Or the dagger stuck in the boot that was so difficult to use even for dissecting a corpse?
Or maybe it's this stalagmite in my hand...
Wait? This stalagmite... seems to have some problems...
Ke Lan noticed that the Seed of Corrosion's attacks were basically aimed at the right half of his body. Every time he adjusted his direction, the Seed of Corrosion would move clockwise with him as the center... At first, Ke Lan thought it was because he was holding a gun in his right hand, but then he thought, this gun posed no threat to the Seed of Corrosion at all, and it didn't need to target the hand holding the gun as its primary target...
It is avoiding the stalagmite in its left hand!
This stalagmite had been pushing it to the ground for decades, and the seeds of erosion had not been able to revive during these decades. But as soon as Ke Lan pulled out the stalagmite, this thing came back to life. It was so obvious!
There's definitely something strange about this stalagmite! The Seed of Erosion is afraid of it!
Ke Lan immediately raised the stalagmite in his hand and aimed it at the Seed of Erosion. The next second, the Seed of Erosion actually took a step back on its own initiative. A dozen tentacles tensed up, ready to go, as if it was extremely afraid of Ke Lan.
"No...it's not me that it's afraid of, it's this thing in my hand..."
Ke Lan glanced at the stalagmite in his hand. It was light gray in color and had a rough texture. It looked like ordinary limestone and weighed about the same. If there was anything special about it, it would probably be the scaly patterns on the surface. Generally, stalagmites are formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate dissolved in water. The patterns on the surface are generally in the shape of annual rings. Such densely packed patterns are rare.
By the way... since there are things like stalagmites, does that mean there is a cave on this deserted island?
If there were a large number of such stalagmites in the cave, it would be a perfect refuge - just one stalagmite could make the Seed of Erosion so scared. If the cave was full of them, the Seed of Erosion would definitely stay away from them.
But the question is... where the hell is this cave?
