What is life? The standard answer is an open system that has the function of energy metabolism and can respond to stimuli and reproduce.
This huge twisted monster active on the outer deck of the space barrier is life to a certain extent, but whether it has intelligence and can think, the answer is no.
It is not so much 'a life' as it is a 'monster' formed by the gathering of countless twisted individuals with similar components. It does not have an actual center, but relies on some extremely rough and shallow instinctive reactions.
Carry out activities.
Lorraine Hill was floating in space, looking at the 'behemoth' in front of him. When the size increased to hundreds of kilometers, almost the size of an administrative province, it was difficult to use adjectives to describe the 'spectacular' before him.
.
It is like some kind of messy garbage dump, with various dry and wet things mixed together, and due to recent battles and invasions, most of the surface has been burned red.
When a normal person sees this kind of monster, the first thing he feels is not fear. The fear is diluted because of its large size, just like some natural phenomenon. Then there is a strange and incomprehensible twisted feeling.
Facing you, it seems to be a living thing, but it also seems to be a dead thing, in an ambiguous state.
Attacks on the outer layer of its body will not anger 'it', because it has no emotions and thoughts, and 'it' that invades the inside of the barrier will not know what the 'companions' on the outside are experiencing now.
"This feeling is so disgusting." Wei Miya was suspended next to Lorraine Hill, looking at the unknown 'monster' in front of her.
"Yes." Lorraine Hill nodded, closed his eyes, tried his best to calm down the various emotions surging in his mind, and slowly suppressed the feeling of vomiting in his stomach.
If there is a dish that is extremely difficult to eat, ordinary people will probably simply lick it and then put it down. However, as the original wind, with her extremely high perception, she is able to understand every detail of this dish.
If you taste it at the same time, the shock and discomfort you will receive will be thousands of times that of ordinary people.
After a long time, Lorraine Hill turned pale and looked at the monster below again. He fired another salvo of main guns, and then a small drone carrying a nuclear warhead rushed into the opened gap.
Violent explosions and fire waves flooded the field of vision, becoming incandescent. The spreading shock waves and heat waves scraped countless tiny scratches on the outer armor of the barrier. All kinds of debris and debris also flew all over the sky and scattered into the vast space.
The fire gradually extinguished, and the molten metal slowly turned from incandescent to dark red, and then slowly condensed.
Even though there was a huge hole in its body, this 'monster' still showed no reaction and continued its previous behavior, constantly immersing itself into the depths of the barrier, looking for what it instinctively desired.
It would be the soul of life, a clear consciousness, an object that gathers magic power, and something connected to the Sea of Ayaka.
After several rounds of attacks, although the monster in front of him was covered in scars, with a huge mutilation on its upper part, it was still squirming slowly, extending its arms and parts into the barrier, and continued to explore and search.
"The holy white barrier has been invaded!"
"The holy white barrier has been invaded!"
"The holy white barrier has been invaded!"
The indicator light above the head was bright red and then flashed continuously, telling the surviving personnel in the internal structure of the barrier that the situation was critical and that immediate action must be taken.
"Damn it." Jeremy held his injured head and stood up from the ground in a dazed and uncomfortable manner. There was a strange smell in the air, like the smell left after oxygen welding.
"The oxygen supply concentration of the environment is low and continues to decrease. Please find an oxygen supply device immediately, or leave the environment." The small indicator light on the combat suit lit up yellow, and a warning sound sounded on the side of the collar.
One day ago, the battleship Jeremy was on returned to the space barrier for repairs and supplies. He thought he could have a good rest for a day or two before continuing to participate in the battle, but he did not expect the accident to happen so quickly.
Some kind of unknown 'life' appeared in the phantom of chaos. Within a day of learning the news, 'it' really came to the door.
Perhaps because of the aggregation effect, this barrier floating in space has gathered a large amount of magic, energy, personnel, and countless extraordinary beings. It is like a clearly visible huge torch, making the nearby phantoms of chaos fly like moths to the flame.
Come quickly, the speed is getting faster and faster.
Although there were various artillery shellings and bombings to block the way, after peeling off the outer layers of the 'shell' of the phantom of chaos, the huge monster inside also appeared in the middle of all the screens. Soon, it pounced on this
At the barrier, the invasion began with rounds of salvos and missile bombings.
Various twisted gray-black chaos phantoms wander inside the barrier, and they can easily corrode non-combatants with low resistance. Although the rapid-response isolation gate played a partial role in the early stage, these chaotic phantoms soon began to
Twisting the walls and advancing along various pipes, the central control AI had to urgently shut down more than ten modules that were suffering from corrosion, and spread armored faults between the modules to isolate the corrosion, so as to temporarily stop its spread.
Jeremy, who was resting in the barrier for a while, was urgently recruited as a combatant when the crisis came, and his task was to clean up the scattered phantoms of chaos that spilled into the security module.
As a Sequence 7 fighter pilot, he quickly started taking action with the cooperation of two companions who were also temporarily recruited.
A companion from Dragon Sequence 7 and he picked up the distributed Sun Annihilation Gun and were responsible for defeating the chaotic phantoms that suddenly appeared. Another nurse from Necronomicon Sequence 6 was responsible for detecting and sensing the Chaos phantoms and using the gun in her hand.
The equipment performs harmless purification processing on those dispersed chaos phantoms.
The battle is not difficult in the early stages. With the command and dispatch of the central AI, they can accurately find the chaotic phantoms hiding in corridors and various small spaces, then break them up and deal with them, but the situation after that is not so good.
Already.
The monster's 'arm' tore through the outer armor of the twisted barrier, and more and more modules inside were classified as dangerous areas that needed to be isolated. Therefore, the energy and power that the central AI could mobilize were getting smaller and smaller, and they had to direct
Next, it moved backward again and again until it received the final notification from the central AI a few minutes ago.
[Please leave this space barrier urgently, the self-destruction program is about to start]
Finally, after the AI marked the escape route for them on the map, no new commands were sent.
Originally, they were going to leave on the escape boat, but...
In the sudden tear, the 'long arm' mixed with twisted things penetrated the side of the walkway, and then penetrated into the structure inside the barrier. Under this sudden attack, half of the dragon sequence companion was instantly covered in half.
He tore it off and was knocked unconscious by the heavy metal armor he was carrying. He woke up a few seconds later under the stimulation of the electric shock from the battle suit.
There was still severe pain and dizziness in his head, but the situation in front of him forced Jeremy to get serious as soon as possible. He had to take action immediately, otherwise he would become an insignificant number on the death list.
Three meters away in front, the thick 'arm' carrying various 'parts' continued to penetrate deep into the barrier. The process was like some kind of earth drilling machine, and the scattered parts on the arm were all phantoms of chaos.
Corroded 'flesh monsters', this kind of thing was specially recorded in the chaotic disaster of the early Third Age.
Their composition is extremely complex, but most of them are beings who have lost their self-awareness after being corrupted by the phantom of chaos, but have not yet completely died. Their inner souls have long been fragmented and messy, but their bodies have been dominated by the phantom of chaos and become something.
A kind of thing similar to the Chaos Phantom, only instinctive.
Compared with ordinary chaotic phantoms, it may still use some skills and speech methods from its lifetime under the influence of incomplete soul fragments or partial memories. However, you must not be fooled by its appearance and think that it can be saved, so you can be soft-hearted.
In history, too many tragedies have occurred because of this kind of lucky hope.
Sometimes hope is not a good thing. It makes people feel lucky, so they become weak. At the same time, they cannot make up their minds and can never get rid of the status quo. Therefore, in the allusion, the goddess did not put the last thing in the box out of pity, and its name
, is 'hope'.
What is now in front of Jeremy are several broken bodies that have been peeled off from the 'arms'. Two of them should be barrier staff who have passed through the module. One of them has only the upper body, and the other has only the side of the body. It seems that they are not yet completely intact.
Death looked at Jeremy, slightly confused, as if he was at a loss, and then moved closer to this side.
Seeing the various organs and parts in its internal organs squirming on the ground, dragging out long blood stains, Jeremy felt nauseated, but his good training still allowed him to hold back.
"Inject me with combat stimulants." He lowered himself under the helmet and spoke, and then the response from the portable AI came to his ears.
"Yes, start injecting T-470 stimulant. This drug will temporarily stimulate the host's physical fitness. Its effect will reach its peak within 20 minutes, then decay, and then there will be a period of weakness for nearly 12 hours. Please pay attention." Mechanical
The synthesized voice explained quickly, and then Jeremy only felt a slight pain in his arm, and then a slightly cold liquid was injected into his body. Soon the pain in his head began to disappear, and his body seemed to be particularly strong, and he responded quickly.
"Here we go." His body sank slightly, then he rushed out, kicked away the flesh and blood body that came towards him, and quickly picked up the annihilation gun left on the ground when he landed.
His finger touched the firearm, instantly releasing the self-locking system on it, and then fired, shooting in sections at the speed of blue light. Three hits hit, making several holes in the flesh and blood monster one meter in front of him, and then while the opponent fell to the ground,
Jeremy stepped back again and distanced himself.
The battle angered other flesh and blood corpses in the distance that had nothing to do with them. Compared to the Chaos Phantom, they still had some soul fragments and incomplete twisted consciousness, so they would also produce some basic emotions, such as 'anger'.
These flesh and blood monsters were rushing towards Jeremy. One of them seemed to be a dead combatant. There was also an annihilation gun on Shra's arm. The scattered shots from the opponent, although not accurate, still made Jeremy's heart tremble.
This kind of annihilation gun that comes to deal with the phantom of chaos is naturally effective when used against people. It can even easily tear apart his combat uniform. If one part is irradiated for more than 0.5 seconds, it means that it will penetrate the protection and burn it.
Burning penetrates the flesh.
Even with the injection of stimulant, there was still a sudden burst of cold sweat on Jeremy's back at this moment. Then, while moving rapidly, he carefully avoided the muzzle of the annihilation gun, and then took advantage of the gap to shoot quickly to kill it.
It only took about ten seconds, but it was like experiencing life and death. After the opponent lost the gun that threatened the most, in the remaining minute, Jeremy easily eliminated all these flesh and blood monsters without much intelligence.
[The energy of the Annihilation Gun is less than 10%, please replace the battery] Just when he was happy, a mechanical synthesized sound sounded in his ears, breaking this state.
"Well, we really can't be happy too early." Jeremy began to scan the surrounding environment, looking for possible supplies.
After turning around, the replenishing battery was not found, but another unconscious teammate was found, which was the other Necromancer sequence nurse in the trio just now.
Jeremy walked over, helped the opponent up, and then checked the indicator light on the opponent's battle suit. He found that although his condition was not good, his life was not in danger.
Picking up the slightly lighter body and carrying it on his shoulders, Jeremy took a few steps forward and saw the huge and twisted 'arm' behind the corner. Before he even got close, a dizzying impact came towards him.
[Warning, Chaos erosion deepens, host please stay away from the current environment immediately]
"Damn it, it seems we can't take the escape route designated by the central AI."
"Bring me up the map and look for other escape routes."
[The system receives it, starts retrieval, and starts connecting to the central AI...]
[The central AI did not respond and could not determine the true situation of the route. The specific choice is left to the host to decide.] After that, a three-dimensional virtual three-dimensional map appeared in front of Jeremy's eyes, with four routes marked on it.
"Choose the line in the H3 area below." Just as Jeremy was thinking about how to choose, a slightly clear voice came to his ears. It turned out to be the nurse who had woken up from a coma.
"Why?" he asked subconsciously.
"I don't know how to explain it, because this is some kind of strange intuition, but I believe it because it has saved my life several times." The nurse struggled down from Jeremy's shoulders, and the inside of her helmet lit up.
There was a faint glow, and then it went out again, as if it was conducting some kind of self-examination.
"Okay, let's go this way." Jeremy is not a particularly curious person, and the situation is indeed critical now.
"I'll open the way in front. You can follow quickly. What's the current situation?"
"Give me a minute, I need to treat myself." The nurse's voice was still clear, like cold mountain spring water, with a hint of indifference and calmness in her agility.
"No problem, I'll go look for the energy battery again." When Jeremy spoke, he had already rushed to the side room and started searching.
Time passed quickly, and a minute later, Jeremy came out of the room holding several things, including emergency food cubes, drinking cleaning liquid, and a small pistol.
"Although it cannot kill the phantom of chaos, if it is a physical monster of flesh and blood, it can still restrict the opponent's movements." Jeremy handed the pistol to the opponent, then opened the mask, quickly replenished water, and then took a big mouthful of emergency food.
Food ointment.
So, 20 seconds later, the two started taking action.
The warning lights on the wall were still flashing, and the emergency evacuation notice conveyed by the central AI was repeated.
[All personnel inside the No. 3 barrier are asked to leave quickly, the self-destruction system is about to be activated!]
[All personnel inside the No. 3 barrier are asked to leave quickly, the self-destruction system is about to be activated!]
[All personnel inside the No. 3 barrier are asked to leave quickly, the self-destruction system is about to be activated!]
Ignoring the information they were tired of hearing, the two people quickly shuttled through the bright or dark environment in silence, where they could occasionally see the bodies of some dead insiders, as well as some chaotic phantoms wandering in the air.
But there was no time to deal with these guys. As long as they were not directly blocking the road, they quickly passed by and moved towards the target. The process was just like the nurse said, it was extremely smooth and no major emergencies were encountered.
Finally, we arrived at the cabin where the escape boat was parked. At this time, there were still two staff members who had not left. They were surprised when they saw the two people who suddenly walked in.
"You are really lucky. If it had been two minutes later, we would have left."
"Come on, this is the last escape boat. It can carry six people. There is already an injured person lying inside. If you two are added to it, we can set off."
After saying that, he quickly opened the flap on the side of the escape boat and lay down in it.
"Thank you." Jeremy didn't say much. He pulled the panting nurse beside him and put her into the lifeboat, and then he also sat in the side seat.
Soon, there was a roar and shaking, and the lifeboat sailed into the predetermined track according to the program and began to accelerate. The sound of huge friction, airflow, and debris impacting continuously came from outside the cabin, and occasionally there would be shaking inside.
Some of the five people inside looked uneasy and turned pale, some were praying silently, and some were concentrating on recovery and ignoring the noise from the outside world. Amid this nervousness, the escape boat finally sailed out of the barrier and rushed into the vast and empty space.
in the universe.
[We have escaped from the danger zone, and the surrounding environment is currently stable. The external situation will be broadcast, and you will set the route forward]
In the originally closed and dark small environment, a screen appeared and began to show the situation of the outside world. Now they were about ten kilometers away from the barrier. They could see countless warships and fighter planes in outer space aiming at the creeping 'monster'
Fire attack situations.
After setting a route away from the barrier and approaching the rear, the few people inside relaxed a little, and only then did they have time to observe the battle situation outside.
"What kind of monster is this?" Jeremy looked at the almost endless huge body on the screen and was surprised.
"I don't know. We belong to the Ministry of Communications inside the barrier, but we still haven't received a definite name or explanation. There are a few conjectures, but it came from the research institute at the rear headquarters."
"Oh, what did they say?" Jeremy continued to ask.
"This may be a dead Sequence 10 apostle who was completely corrupted and corrupted by the phantom of chaos, forming an unknown monster." The staff member sighed from the headset.
"It was supposed to die in the huge tidal impact of Ejeka, but the power granted by the Sun Crown gave it some kind of eternity, that is, the power to continue to be resurrected and live on."
"Without the guidance of consciousness and soul, this broken power was gradually eroded and distorted by the phantom of chaos, thus forming the unspeakable monster before us. This is why even after drifting in space for tens of thousands of years, it still has not lost its power.
The reason for vitality.”
"It's very sad, right? Eternal torture and pain, my consciousness has been torn into pieces, but I can't die. I can only rely on some kind of instinct to keep chasing the shadow of the 'sun'."
"This is the past we have to face, the failure of human civilization."
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