Alien Relic Hunter

What are they...doing?! Layton, who was standing in the distance, looked at this scene in shock and couldn't help but subconsciously take two steps back.

The people they killed were all seriously ill patients who had only a few days to live. Perhaps it was to help them end their pain? Ivan said in a deep voice.

After a while, the number of corpses on the ground increased from three to eight. Ke Lan noticed that after killing the seriously ill people, the locals would pull out a few teeth of the deceased and put them into their pockets. The face was smashed to pieces, and some corpses even had their entire jaws pried off by steel pipes. Those people used concrete blocks to knock out the teeth on the gums one by one, and then put them in their pockets as if they had found a treasure. .

Why do we collect the teeth of the deceased? Is this some kind of custom in the 'sick village'? Ke Lan was very puzzled. These people who were killed were all severe patients with radiation sickness. Their corpses It is a high-intensity radiation pollution source, and the radiation intensity of the bones and teeth on the corpse is no less than those of dangerous high-purity radioactive ores.

In the old era, man-made radiation pollution accidents often occurred: due to work negligence, some highly radioactive metal scraps or raw ores were sent to garbage treatment plants as ordinary garbage, and were regarded as treasures by scavengers. After picking it up at home, within a few days, the scavenger and his family began to experience symptoms of dizziness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, followed by anemia and skin ulcers... When they realized something was wrong and rushed to the hospital , with the medical technology of that era, it was impossible to save the day.

The behavior of these sick village residents is almost the same as the suicidal behavior of scavengers in the old era. Ke Lan really can't understand their purpose.

But then I thought about it, since these people can live in the Sick Village for a long time, their body structure must have undergone indescribable changes. Maybe they, like me, are not afraid of this radiation?

Or in other words, not only will radiation not cause harm to them, but it can also be a source of their power?

Although the second guess is exaggerated, it is not unreasonable. The essence of radiation is a kind of energy, but human beings cannot use this form of energy for their own use due to their physiological structure... However, this is only for human beings. Word.

For example, there are many kinds of indigenous creatures on Alpha Planet, but they prefer to stay in areas with strong radiation. For them, radiation is not a threat, but an extremely precious nutrient. The more radiation they absorb, the stronger their own strength will be. The stronger it becomes.

If the human body mutated into this shape, then it would not be difficult to explain the strange behavior of these people.

But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem right. If it was to obtain radioactive materials, why not collect the complete skeleton instead of collecting a few teeth?

Is this really just a custom with no practical significance?

At this time, those people had lined up the corpses, and the guy with the huge sarcoma on his back and his hands and feet slowly crawled to the line of corpses, stretched out his withered palms, and touched the head of each corpse. Caressed gently.

This man seems to be the leader of this group of guys? Ke Lan stood behind the other miners, silently observing all this.

Compatriots, your miserable life ends here. You will no longer suffer and you will no longer feel hungry. This is the end and the starting point...

Ke Lan was slightly startled. What kind of show was this? Read a eulogy?

His voice was as hoarse as a broken bellows, and as harsh as two rusty iron pieces rubbing against each other. But no matter how unpleasant the voice was, Ke Lan could feel the piety in it... This This kind of emotion is difficult to fake. A charlatan and a fanatical believer, even if they recite the same prayer, the listeners will have completely different feelings.

Your flesh and blood will return to the body of the great god and become a part of His body. This is a great honor...

Hearing the words Great God come out of the guy's mouth, Ke Lan's eyelids couldn't help but jump. He immediately focused on the two missionaries with emblems tattooed on their bodies. But he found that the two people were staring at the guy who was mumbling something strangely.

Great God is the unique name given to the god they believe in by members of the heretical sect. Obviously, this guy with the sarcoma on his back should also be a member of the heretical sect.

Moreover, it seems that he should be at least a priest type character.

Is the Sick Village completely under the control of a heretical sect? But if that's the case, why didn't the two missionaries who infiltrated the miners identify themselves?

Moreover, judging from the facial expressions of these two people, it seems that they do not understand the practices of the locals.

Could it be that there are also divisions within the heretical sect? Just like Christianity in the old era, although they both believe in God, there are great differences between Catholicism and Protestantism. Not only are the hierarchies and titles of clergy completely different, but even the doctrines, concepts and some religious rituals are also very different. Big discrepancy.

In the early years of the separation of Protestantism, not only did the two sides not recognize each other, but bloody conflicts often occurred between believers. Quarrels, fights and even vendettas were common, and many religious wars broke out between countries with different faiths. It was not until the twentieth century that the conflicts between them gradually eased.

Could it be that the heretical sect in this sick village and the heretical sect on Alpha Planet also have such a relationship?

They all believe in the great god, but they do not regard each other as one of their own. It is precisely because of this that the two missionaries chose the same method as Ke Lan and the others, hiding themselves in the Among the miners?

Ke Lan felt that he should be very close to the correct answer. Even if he didn't get all the answers, at least he had guessed most of them correctly.

The entire memorial ceremony lasted for almost ten minutes. After saying the last eulogy, the priest with the huge sarcoma on his back raised his head with some difficulty and looked at Ke Lan and the newcomers.

His face is very old, with almost no fat or muscle under the skin of his cheeks. At first glance, he looks like a skinny skeleton. On the top of his bare head are scabies that can drive cryptophobic patients crazy. Two turbid scabies The gray-yellow eyes are embedded in deeply sunken eye sockets, and the edges of the eye sockets are like dried tree bark, covered with cracked lines.

He doesn't look like a human being at all, but more like a ghost - this is Ke Lan's first impression of this priest.