Volume 5: Bottomless Sinkhole Chapter 296: Existence Beyond the Primordial Species
"No matter what they are, I hope you can not hurt them." Ke Lan said.
"I disdain to trample upon creatures weaker than insects," replied the great lizard, "unless the noise they make disturbs me."
"But the influence of the Alphas on you is more than just noise, right..." Ke Lan originally just thought about this in his mind - but the moment this thought came up, he realized that these thoughts had been intercepted by the other party.
"Indeed, those bugs succeeded in plotting against me once. I will not deny this fact." The big lizard said, his tone full of disgust and a hint of slight anger, "But they used the power of some existence. Otherwise, these bugs alone would not be able to imprison me."
"I read your memory. In your language, that kind of existence is called 'God'." It continued.
"That's just the Alpha people's god. I don't think those things are gods... I'm an atheist." Ke Lan shrugged and said, but when this action was reflected on the Blasphemer Mecha, it looked a little funny.
"'A so-called god is just a creature that is powerful enough'... Your idea is very interesting. It's rare that you can make me feel amused. You should be proud of it." The big lizard grinned, revealing a terrifying expression that was neither a smile nor a smile.
"To be honest, this feeling of having a transparent mind makes me uncomfortable, as if I were stripped naked and thrown into a spotlight..." Ke Lan said.
"Your secrets are meaningless to me. The reason I want to communicate with you is only because you are the first intelligent creature I met after escaping from the predicament."
"Since you have searched my memory, can I ask who is stronger between you and those primitive species?" Ke Lan couldn't help but ask... This was also his first time communicating with intelligent creatures other than humans. In this situation, the desire for knowledge and curiosity had completely overshadowed the fear.
"Don't you already have the answer in your brain?" The big lizard said disdainfully, "Bugs... no matter how big they are, they are still bugs. In the eyes of you humans, is there a big difference between dust mites and elephant beetles?"
Ke Lan originally wanted to answer that there was a huge gap between these two insects whose volumes differed by tens of millions of times, but... if we simply calculated the strength and used humans as the standard unit... there was really no difference between the two.
"I have stayed on this planet for too long..." said the big lizard, "But before I leave, I don't mind doing you a small favor."
Its body did not move, but the metal column in the control center began to rotate on its own. The dark blue electric arc suddenly surged and hit the wall of the well, making a crackling sound.
"I have temporarily lifted the security facilities in this place. You and your...your companions can leave here through the container elevator left by the Alphas." said the big lizard.
"Two more things—" Before Ke Lan could finish his words, the giant lizard's claws had already cut open the Blasphemer mech and "released" him from the cockpit.
"As for the issues related to the Alphas, I don't know, nor am I interested... The one who lent them their power is the one I want to hunt." After saying that, it rushed along the metal pillar to the top of the deep well at a speed that Ke Lan could not see at all, leaving only one sentence in Ke Lan's mind:
"If you can surpass the achievements of these bugs, maybe I will be more patient next time I see you."
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External cave, underground lake, shore.
The Hound and others were waiting anxiously on the shore. At this moment, the originally calm lake surface suddenly shook, and a stone pillar as thick as more than ten people could hug broke through the water surface and slowly rose up.
"This...what the hell is this?" The Hound immediately pointed the weapon in his hand at the stone pillar. His eyes widened and the veins on his forehead bulged and jumped.
A crack suddenly appeared on the stone pillar. As the crack widened, a metal hatch appeared in front of Hound and others.
"A container elevator." Ke Lan, Layton, and Asano Akira emerged from the water not far from the stone pillar. "When we fell into the tiankeng, this thing brought us to this place."
"Then this elevator... can take us out?!" The Hound was stunned and couldn't help but say excitedly.
"certainly."
Although Hound had a lot of questions stuck in his throat at this time, since Qin Zhao was still beside him, he did not rush to ask Ke Lan and others - he knew that Ke Lan's ability to find this container elevator was obviously related to his secrets that could not be made public, and Qin Zhao was still an outsider now, and no one could guarantee what choice she would make after knowing these secrets.
Although he couldn't ask directly, there was still a round of eye contact between the Hound and Ke Lan... What surprised him was that this time, he actually saw a deeply hidden sense of powerlessness in Ke Lan's eyes.
This feeling of powerlessness... The Hound was too familiar with it. When he watched his soldiers being torn apart and eaten by groups of indigenous creatures and he could do nothing, he had the same look... It was a look that combined helplessness, bitterness, confusion and many other emotions - The Hound didn't understand what on earth had happened to Ke Lan down there that made him become like this.
"Are you okay ?" Hound jumped into the elevator, patted Ke Lan on the shoulder, and asked with some concern.
"It's okay...it's just that I saw some things that made me a little..." Ke Lan took a deep breath and subconsciously clenched his fists.
Subject No. 1197 was not wrong. To it, the Alpha Civilization was indeed like a group of weak insects... and humans were not even as good as insects.
Ke Lan did not feel fear, because with such a huge gap, fear had lost its meaning... When really facing those super civilizations, primary intelligent creatures like humans might even be deprived of the ability to think.
Those beings mentioned by the big lizard could easily wipe out the human species from the universe with just a thought - just like the look that fell upon Ke Lan.
Just like humans killing a small insect.
This analogy is not really appropriate: humans need to use their hands to kill insects, but those creatures may not even need to use their hands...
"Those things...those things...really, make me feel..."
"Okay, let's stop talking for now." The Hound interrupted him and said, "No matter what happened, at least you are still alive, and we are all still alive. Let's talk slowly after we leave this place."
"Yeah." Ke Lan nodded, reached out and slapped the control panel beside her, and started the elevator again.
