Alien Relic Hunter

"This is impossible... this is impossible... this is impossible!!" The professor desperately recalled every detail of what had just happened. He was very sure that when he took off his protective clothing, his skin had absolutely no protection against the risk of contamination. There was contact with the surface of the suit... Even if he was a little panicked, every move he made was carried out according to standard procedures. This kind of operation has become a habit for him who has been in the biochemical laboratory for more than 20 years. With muscle memory, it is impossible to make any mistakes in any step.

Then why was he still infected by the "specimen"?

Why? Why? Why?

He grabbed his wrist with some pain. He could clearly feel that under the bulging flesh sac, the eyeballs were turning crazily, like some kind of biological larvae about to break out of their shells.

"How could it be like this...Which link is the problem?" The professor squatted down, gritting his teeth and thinking hard...At this moment, gunshots suddenly came from the laboratory behind him.

It was the gunfire of a small-caliber assault rifle equipped with a silencer, and it was the two security personnel who fired! The moment the gunfire rang out, the laboratory's automatic alarm device was also triggered, and the piercing alarm sounded throughout the building.

"Damn, why did they... shoot..."

The professor felt as if his head was about to burst. He struggled to turn around and was about to turn back, but the strength in his body seemed to have been drained. As soon as he took a step, he lost his balance and fell heavily. fell to the ground.

The gunshots stopped, but the sirens continued. The professor could vaguely hear rapid footsteps coming from the stairs at the end of the corridor. He wanted to speak and let people stay away, but he couldn't make a sound.

"Bah... bang..."

A creepy sound came from the arm, and the spherical raised surfaces were like ripe fruits. The skins burst open one after another. The bloodshot eyeballs broke away from the darkness and looked at their own " Owner".

The professor's eyes and the gazes of these dozen or so eyeballs immediately met.

At this moment, the professor was shocked to find that he saw two images at the same time: his arm and his face.

The former picture comes from his own eyes, while the latter picture comes from the eyeballs that "grow" out of his arms.

Could it be that...these eyeballs...are actually connected to their own visual system?

Are they invaders parasitic in one's own body... or... are they part of one's own body?

The people who came after hearing the siren gradually ran closer, but to the professor's ears, their footsteps seemed to be getting farther and farther away and fainter...

His own vision was gradually becoming blurry, but the eyes on his arms still saw things very clearly.

Vaguely, the professor seemed to be able to feel the thoughts of these eyeballs - they seemed to be looking for a "new target".

In the moment before the professor's consciousness disappeared, he suddenly understood why he was "infected" - these things seemed to be "transmitted" between organisms without direct contact at all, only...

The professor's consciousness was forever plunged into darkness.

The people who came to the rescue finally ran to the professor. They did not immediately help the professor who fell on the ground, but pointed their weapons at the professor.

At this moment, all the exposed parts of the professor's body were covered with large and small grape-like spherical protrusions. These fleshy balls were squeezing and accumulating each other, making it impossible to see the professor's original body. His appearance is just like that of a very famous leper in the old era.

But leprosy has long been conquered, and now the only remaining leprosy pathogens in the world are stored in the underground vault of the institute...

"It's not leprosy!" shouted a researcher who came to provide support. "The course of leprosy is not so rapid. Even the mutant strain cannot develop like this. Be careful!"

"Those lumps... the things underneath seem to be moving!" Another researcher wearing a heavy protective suit said, "Could it be... something from the Alpha civilization?"

The researcher who spoke at the beginning glanced at the work badge that fell next to the body and asked: "The infected person is Professor Smith. Do any of you know what research topics Professor Smith has recently done?"

"There seems to be a research topic. I saw him reporting to the leader of the biomedical group two days ago, and he also applied for a young researcher to be an assistant... But the content of the topic is confidential, and no relevant personnel are involved. Can’t check.”

"Oops! Now things are in trouble... Notify the entire biomedical team to seal off this building. No one is allowed to enter without permission. In addition, contact the team leader immediately. Others don't know what Professor Smith is researching. Team leader I definitely know!”

"Wait a minute! Professor Li, look... look at Professor Smith's arm! Then... what is that?!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the man's finger, and when they saw those rolling eyes, a female researcher screamed on the spot and fell to the ground.

She struggled to get up from the ground, but the next second, she found that her colleagues around her were retreating with frightened faces. Even the man who was clearly in love with her and who was usually attentive to her from time to time, at this time He also hid behind others, let alone helping him. Looking at him like that, he seemed to want to be as far away from him as possible.

what happened?

The young female researcher was stunned. She found that everyone's eyes were focused on her face, so she stretched out her hand and carefully touched her face...

She touched a few round, hard objects with a warm touch, like glass balls wrapped in skin.

That doesn't belong to her! She shouldn't have this on her face!

The female researcher's mind collapsed instantly. Her five fingers were bent directly into claws, trying to pull the meat balls off her face, but the severe pain from the connection between the meat balls and muscles made her unbearable. She screamed "Wow!" - the roots of these growths penetrated deeply into the flesh... In other words, they and her face were originally one.

"This speed of transmission... the biosafety level is definitely level four or higher!" Professor Li, who spoke at the beginning, suddenly turned pale. "The pathogen is unknown, the route and method of transmission are unknown, and the symptoms are unknown... Everyone, leave quickly. This corridor! But you are not allowed to leave this building. Find an unoccupied room nearby for isolation! In addition, notify those who have just heard the alarm and fled the building to self-isolate on the spot! And immediately use communication equipment to report the crisis Report to the processing department!”

"Professor Li, save me...save me..." Seeing everyone leaving quickly, the infected female researcher cried and crawled towards Professor Li, but when she raised her head, she saw Li The professor held a pistol in his trembling hand, and the black muzzle was pointed at his head.

"Karin, if you come close again, I will shoot!" Professor Li shouted in a deep voice, "You have been infected by this unknown pathogen. I really want to save you, but I can't do anything. I can't even guarantee that I will be with you." The safety of others... We can only wait for the crisis management department to solve the problem. You stay here, stay with Professor Smith, and don’t go anywhere, otherwise..."

Before Professor Li finished speaking, the female researcher sped up: "No... I don't want to stay here! I can't wait for the people from the crisis management department to come over! I know how they deal with this kind of thing! I will be To be thrown into the incinerator as 'contaminants'... Or, to be sent to the autopsy table as a research subject... No! I don't want to die! Save me! Save me!"

Seeing that the female researcher was about to crawl closer, Professor Li took a deep breath, closed his eyes, muttered "I'm sorry" silently, and then pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The sound of gunfire rang out throughout the building, echoing through the hallways.

Hearing the gunfire, the male researcher who liked Karin hesitated slightly, but there was no obvious change in the expression on his face. He quickly found an unoccupied cubicle and ducked in. He locked the door smoothly.

He did like Karin, but what he liked was just her pretty face and sexy figure.

He was courting Karin just to get her body.

But Karin's appearance just now brought him only fear and nausea.

What Professor Li killed was not Karin, but an inhuman monster... He kept muttering to himself, walked quickly to the shelf, took down a bottle of disinfectant from the top, unscrewed the bottle cap, and frantically Pour it on yourself.

"Karin is dead... Huh... but at least I'm still alive..." He exhaled a long breath, and couldn't help but feel glad that he didn't rush to kill that woman... ah no, it should be that monster. Help him up, otherwise, he must be infected now.

That woman is an idiot. The alarm that sounded in the biomedical team building was most likely due to the leakage of some dangerous pollutant, so the people who came to support all wore protective clothing, but she didn't wear any Protective equipment…

"Idiot woman, you deserve to be infected and die unjustly." He cursed secretly, "I almost got involved... It seems that the unknown pathogen may be spread through the air. I wore a full suit I'm sure nothing will happen to my protective suit... Well, just to be on the safe side, I kept it on until the people from the crisis management department came over."

Unfortunately, there was only this bottle of disinfectant at hand. If there were more, he would have even wanted to wear protective clothing and take a bath with disinfectant.

But just as he was scanning the room for anything useful, an inexplicable itching suddenly came from his back...

"What the hell? Is it because the protective clothing is too airtight... The clothes soaked with sweat stick to the back, irritating the skin? But I don't have the kind of skin that is prone to allergies?" He wanted to reach his hands behind his back. I went to scratch it twice, but the protective clothing was too thick and the wearer was not allowed to make such movements at all.

"Damn...it's so itchy...it's so itchy..." This unbearable itching feeling made him almost crazy, but he didn't dare to take off the protective clothing. He had no choice but to lean his back against the wall. on it, rubbing it back and forth, trying to relieve the itching with friction.

But within two moments, he realized that something seemed wrong - there seemed to be some lumps on his back. When he pressed against the wall, he could clearly feel these hard lumps being pressed into the flesh, bursts of A sore feeling came from the connection between the lump and the muscle...

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At the same time, the "new" East Ninth District.

If you want to return to the hunting group headquarters, besides private transportation, the fastest way is to take the inter-district light rail. However, when Ke Lan and others just arrived at the station, they saw the last train just leaving the platform.

"If I had caught up half a minute earlier..." Qin Zhao lifted his hair that was wet with sweat on his forehead - they watched the train pull into the station, but at that time they were still more than two hundred meters away from the station. Nearly three hundred meters away.

If there are no passengers in the station, a train will only stay for thirty seconds at most, and thirty seconds is three hundred meters. Unless you are an enhanced person, it will be difficult to rush into the station before the train starts, let alone return. You have to buy a ticket at the gate.

In peripheral industrial areas like this with a small population, if you miss a train, you will have to wait for an hour or more for the next one.

There are many trains entering and leaving the industrial area, but most of them are trucks transporting industrial equipment and materials. These trucks are not open to ordinary people, and they do not take regular train routes.

Therefore, they could only choose another "shortcut" - crossing the newly-built "East 9th District", then rent a hovercraft in East 8th District and return to the hunting group headquarters.

It has been several months since the new East 9th District was completed, but very few residents have moved into it. Many blocks are still uninhabited, and most of the shops facing the street are still in rough condition. Occasionally, There were several renovated stores, but their doors were closed and signs saying "Opening Soon" were hung.

"I feel that the newly built East 9th District is not even as prosperous as the East 10th District..." Ke Lan pointed to the uninhabited houses and said, "These are the lowest standard housing, the kind that are not even equipped with smart housekeepers. …Does the official plan to turn this place into a slum?”

"According to the geographical location of East Ninth District, there should be more people here soon, but it will definitely not be comparable to before." Thirty-three said.

The reason why the East Ninth District was so prosperous in the first place was simply because this was the residence of the "Arasaka Foundation". As the local leader of the East Ninth District, the Arasaka Foundation would naturally manage this land well. But now, the Arasaka Consortium is gone, and there seems to be nothing in the newly built East 9th District that can attract investment from large consortiums.

"I have an idea... I want to move the hunting group's headquarters here." Ke Lan said suddenly.

[P.S. Thanks to Changgou Liuyue for the silent reward of 10,000 starting coins, the 30th helmsman of this book was officially born; thanks to Zhu Shuge for the 600 starting coins. 】