Volume II, Chapter 19: The Celestial Counterattack
"Boom—"
With the sound of a boulder shaking, Lu Ren and his party watched with complicated expressions as Celtic carried the shoulder cannon on his back and disappeared behind the slowly closing mechanism.
Not to mention Lan Xiaoqian and the others, at this moment, even Lu Ren didn't expect that a bloody battle would end so dramatically.
From the beginning to the end, only one person died in the team, and it was an inconsequential plot character, although it was a bit too much to say, but it was the true words of every reincarnation team member.
However, the harvest of this battle is rich enough to erase a loss, not to mention a large number of side plots and reward points, and by the way, two strong reinforcements were also brought to the team. In comparison, the physical injuries of the people are completely acceptable. As a result, Lu Ren's position in the team has become more and more stable.
After a short rest, everyone turned their eyes to Lu Ren, including the newly added Chopping and Scarring, which may not value the "wisdom" that Lu Ren came out of, but Lu Ren's ability to restrain Celtic silently and colorlessly left a deep impression on them - in addition to valuing honor, the Predator's biggest characteristic is respect for the strong, and Lu Ren has obviously won this respect - his absolute strength is not strong, but a series of mysterious and unimaginable means, It's enough for him to have the qualifications to bind the whole team.
"What's next?"
The one who asked was still Lan Xiaoqian, a girl who had been friends with Lu Ren from the very beginning, and it seemed that she had become a bridge between Lu Ren and the rest of the team.
Listening to Lan Xiaoqian's question, Lu Ren surprisingly did not answer immediately, but frowned and fell into deep thought: The killing of the alien protagonist certainly brought him unimaginable benefits, but the ensuing plot destruction effect also made him fall into a dazed dilemma. This change is not necessarily bad, but it must be unknowable and uncontrollable, in other words......
"Everyone, I'm sorry to tell you something......" After thinking about it, Lu Ren raised his head, he glanced around his teammates, and then said slowly, "There is a strange power of fate in this pyramid, and it has interfered with my ability to predict the future, so it is likely that for a long time in the future, we will have to rely on ourselves......"
"What!"
Lan Xiaoqian couldn't help but exclaim when she heard this, she couldn't understand Lu Ren's so-called "strange power of fate", but Lu Ren's last sentence could be understood without translation. Other people may not feel much about this matter, but in the world of black floors, she has an unforgettable experience of Lu Ren's ability to predict the future - it is a magical power that is enough to determine life and death!
But now...... Suddenly you don't need it?
A dazed look floated from the depths of Lan Xiaoqian's beautiful eyes, and then ran through her entire expression. Along the way, she has become accustomed to relying on Lu Ren, although she is a little unwilling, but I have to say that the feeling of not having to worry about going to a dead end all the time is very wonderful, but now......
"What's next?"
Lan Xiaoqian repeated her question, but this time, even she could hear it, and her voice became weak, obviously a lack of confidence.
"It depends on what our new friend says...... Lu Ren calmly knocked on the stone wall at hand, drawing everyone's attention back to him from the lost Lan Xiaoqian, and then looked at Chopping Wave and Scar, and asked, "Are you here to do the coming-of-age trial?" ”
"Huh?"
Although he had heard Lu Ren introduce the Predator before, but when he heard his question at this time, an unbelievable expression appeared on the faces of the humans, the three Predators who almost beat them into dogs before were still just minors? That's a bit too big, isn't it?
After a second of silence, the Chopper Urn replied angrily, obviously the Predator's translation equipment was not so perfect, its tone had the ripples of electronic synthesized sounds, but the surprise in its tone was keenly captured by everyone, and it asked, "How do you know?" ”
"I can't predict the future, but I can't hide the past."
Lu Ren shook his head disapprerovingly, his face was full of noble indifference, "Not only that, but I also know that the way of your trial is to hunt aliens, and the reward of the trial is the shoulder cannon." ”
"That's right."
Scar took Lu Ren's words and asked, "So what do you want to say?" ”
"I wonder how you managed to complete the trial, and if you have to kill a fixed number of aliens?"
"That's not necessarily ......," Scar's huge head shook and raised a piece of flying snake hair, "but the prey hunted in the rite of passage is directly related to our future titles, in fact, this is also the best promotion opportunity in our clan, and after the rite of passage, relying on war to obtain merit, that promotion speed is simply outrageously slow......"
Lu Ren pondered for a moment, "The implication is that the more you kill, the better?" ”
"Not really." Chopper replied, "Once the trial begins, the number of aliens will increase in a linear pattern over time until we are too numerous to handle...... In the past trial activities, there was no shortage of greedy hunters who were drowned in the alien sea......"
"Yes, yes," Sebastian, who had been studying the mural silently, suddenly exclaimed, "You see, it is written here that once the hunt fails, the hunter will detonate the bomb on his body, and he will die with the prey and the entire civilization......
Because of Stafford death and racial barriers, in fact, the plot characters are still reluctant to join the Predator, but unfortunately when the reincarnation team dominates power, they have to choose to remain silent. But when it comes to his profession, Sebastian immediately puts Stafford behind him, which is also a common problem of all brilliant scientists, whose curiosity is more important than a qiē.
However, everyone felt a little laughing and crying for Sebastian's behavior of stubbornly studying the murals instead of interviewing them, and Alyssa kindly reminded him, but he didn't expect this guy to say, "I'm an archaeologist, not an alien biologist, and interpreting the truth from the monuments is the fun of archaeology......
“……”
"We ignore him." Lu Ren was quite speechless at Sebastian's nerdy behavior, he squeezed his eyebrows, and began to negotiate with the two Predators again,
"Our goal does not conflict with you, we entered this pyramid mainly for the samples of the aliens, we can assist you in the battle, anyway, the final battle belongs to you, and the corpse belongs to us......"
(Alien limbs, which are essential materials for high-level weapons...... Even the Middle-earth team didn't think of getting benefits beyond the side plot and bonus points in the horror movie world when they were in the second horror movie, right? )
Not knowing the little pride in Lu Ren's heart, the two Predators glanced at each other and agreed to Lu Ren's conditions, in fact, this win-win result was already better than they expected, and the combat power of Lu Ren's group of people was also really placed here, and it was naturally much more efficient to get their support than to hunt alone.
"Hmm...... So, the last question......" Lu Ren stretched out his finger and drew a big smile in the dust in front of him, which seemed to represent his happy mood at the moment, and then said, "With us, there is also a hostile human team, I believe you have already encountered ......"
"Of course!"
As soon as he heard Lu Ren mention the "hostile human team", the strange face under the scar's mask suddenly showed a fiery expression, and his tone became quite unkind, he pointed to a wound between his waist and ribs that was still faintly fluorescent, and said angrily, "If these little insects hadn't consumed our strength first, we wouldn't have suffered such a big loss in the battle with you!" ”
(It seems...... Although the Celestials killed a person at the hands of the Predators, it also caused them a lot of trauma...... )
While pondering, Lu Ren leaned over to Scar's wound and took a closer look.
What was presented in front of him was a peculiar knife wound, which was strange because this knife wound did not cut a large piece of flesh and blood like an ordinary knife wound, but the flesh and blood on both sides of the wound had been strictly carbonized, and with the movement of the scar's body, there was constantly a piece of gray-black powder "Splash" falling, through the inside of the carbonized flesh and blood, you can vaguely see the flesh and blood with a glowing green light in the body and the wriggling internal organs, as if the blade that was cut off at the beginning, there is still a very high temperature, and a knife is pulled down, Directly destroyed the Predator's body, which was as solid as a rhinoceros elephant.
"It's a peculiar injury......"
Lu Ren poked the wound of the scar, in exchange for the latter's dissatisfied roar, but this roar was not aimed at Lu Ren, the carbonized flesh and blood did not feel it, just listened to it loudly echo Lu Ren's opinion, and said,
"It's a chubby girl of you humans, and the weapon is an alloy knife. If it was just that, it would have been fine, but she could make the blade burn, and the temperature was shamefully high! ”
(Oh?) Energy weapons? Still is...... Magic? If it was magic, did she stumble into it by mistake, or did she also understand the rules of this part? )
Lu Ren silently touched his Hundred Ghost Night Walking Silk, and suddenly became a little lacking in confidence in his heart, you know, although the ability to curse is ** to explode, but after all, the current level is still too low, once it encounters the flames of the magic system, it is very likely to be restrained, it will be a little embarrassing.
Thinking like this, Lu Ren secretly took out a stone hat from his backpack and put it on his head. Then, before he could make another move, a dazzling firelight suddenly lit up from the dark depths of a corridor next to him, and when he roared and killed, there was a faint momentum like a sea of fire!
The Celestials, coming!