Chapter 312 The Innate ‘Zhou Zhuo’ Holy Body
The alarm style of the Forerunner civilization is very different from the alarm sounds commonly used by humans.
Alarms commonly used by humans are generally high-pitched. In order to attract people's attention, the sound is also sharp and harsh, and the sound frequency is long or short.
But the forerunner's alarm uses an extremely low tone similar to a super bass, and the frequency is mainly long.
The obvious effect was that everyone present immediately felt as if they were thrown into a huge bass horn. When the sirens entered their ears, the surrounding air trembled.
"Alert!"
Seeing that the situation was not right, the puppet master immediately issued the order, and the soldiers of the Foundation quickly formed a defensive formation around the team.
Many soldiers also removed shields and mobile bunkers from the rear racks of the exoskeleton, forming a line of defense in a short period of time.
Sa (Zhou) Te (Zhuo) on the console was also grabbed by the puppet master with spiritual energy, and then he raised his hand and threw him to the center of the defense line.
"Sart Ethan. The ninth time"
After leaving these words, the puppet master did not say anything more, but walked to the front of the formation to prepare to face the enemy.
If it weren't for the fact that this 'field executive adjutant' was within the foundation and one of the few people who knew the most about Forerunner civilization, and the top management of the foundation also emphasized the need to protect this scholar, I am afraid that the puppet master would have been there long ago. Kill this 'monster monster' in other ruins.
The thirst for knowledge is a good thing, both for individuals and for the Foundation.
The Puppet Master, who is a psyker, also agrees with this truth. After all, he is also a 'knowledge seeker' in the field of psionic energy. He cannot control himself when he discovers some information about psionic energy. The desire to know.
But the premise is that you must be self-aware of yourself.
Sater Ethan is obviously not such a person.
Once entering the ruins of the Forerunners, this middle-aged scholar will forget everything and become obsessed with everything he finds in the ruins.
The consequence of this is that when the other party says, 'What does this button do? ’, ‘What happens when this energy circuit is activated? ’ In his doubtful speech, one after another defensive measures in the Forerunner ruins were activated.
Yes, although they have been forgotten in the deep space of the universe for millions of years, most of the defense methods inside these Forerunner ruins are functioning normally.
Twenty seconds after the alarm sounded in the ruins, everyone present, including Amber, who was hiding behind the old man, heard some kind of voice prompt starting from some kind of broadcast system in the ruins.
It still had the same style as the ruins of the Forerunner civilization, the kind of ancient and advanced language intertwined, and the puppet master immediately turned back to look at Sart Isen in the middle of the team.
He is one of the few scholars in the entire Quest for Truth Foundation who can understand the language of some Forerunner civilizations.
"Warning. There is an intruder. The highest level?"
"Personnel evacuation. To what area."
While he was translating intermittently, someone hiding behind Amber immediately understood the content of this voice prompt as if she were listening to her native language.
After being 'bound' by the Forerunner's large-scale mining and refining core, Amber found that she had inexplicably mastered the language and writing of the Forerunner civilization.
It’s still the kind that reaches full proficiency level directly.
"Warning! External intruders were found on the 0th floor of the base area. The annihilation level is the highest."
"All non-combatants evacuate the base area quickly, and combatants follow the procedures to the designated area."
"Currently assembled combatants.0, enable alternative."
"The 0th floor of the base area is being sealed, preparing to release the 'Annihilator'!"
As the last sentence of the voice broadcast finished, Amber and the others were deep in the '0th floor of the base area'. First there was the sound of some kind of mechanical operation, as if a door had been opened. Immediately afterwards, there was a series of heavy footsteps, coming from far to near.
After hearing the mention of ‘Annihilator’ in the voice broadcast, Amber immediately prepared for battle.
Because this thing is basically the standard ‘elite monster’ in all Forerunner ruins, in almost all ruins dungeons, players must kill these elite monsters before they can continue to advance.
According to some analysis on the forum, the Forerunner ruins should normally have specialized ‘combatants’ responsible for defensive operations, but for unknown reasons the entire civilization disappeared overnight, leaving these Forerunner ruins empty.
In this case, the Forerunner ruins that are unable to summon combatants will activate the 'backup plan' and release this 'Annihilator' that is usually in a forced dormant state.
Soon, the huge figures of the five Annihilators appeared in the dim red light in the distance.
“Buzz!”
Before they could get closer, ten dark red beams of light swept over from a distance.
Except for the central area of the formation, which was protected by a psychic shield set up by the puppet master, most of the soldiers on both wings of the Foundation team were directly fired into a ball of ashes by these dark red beams.
The Annihilators also quickly discovered the psychic shield rising in the middle. Ten beams of light immediately focused their fire, and the pressure on the puppet master suddenly increased.
However, Amber's expectation that the opponent's psychic shield was penetrated did not happen. He saw a burst of blue light flashing on the nerve cord behind the puppet master, and then the whole person floated into the mid-air. The psychic shield in front not only covers a larger area, but also becomes brighter.
But as the puppet master exploded, the Foundation soldiers around him also fell one after another, and the 'flat' eyepiece on his head also lost its luster.
“Huh?”
Amber, who noticed this, immediately switched to her psychic vision, and then saw the heads of these fallen Foundation soldiers. The weak psychic energy was pulled by an invisible force and entered the puppet master's brain. in the posterior nerve cord.
And this nerve cord, made of unknown metal and some kind of biological material, is like an 'external power supply', constantly providing the puppet master with additional psychic energy.
"Did the 'Star Absorbing Technique' be put into use by the foundation so quickly? I thought it would be developed later."
Amber looked in front of him in surprise. This seems familiar, a skill seen on the dungeon boss related to the Quest for Truth Foundation.
This skill, nicknamed by players as the 'Star Absorbing Technique', is a psychic 'extracting' technology of unknown name by the Quest for Truth Foundation.
It is said that the technical prototype of this thing was produced in a copy of a Forerunner ruins. It is a psychic amplification technology that strengthens oneself through external abilities.
The transformation surgery those Foundation soldiers underwent not only caused them to lose their consciousness and completely obey the orders of Foundation psykers like the 'Puppet Master', but also the devices on their heads were also stored during normal times. With the spiritual energy 'extracted' from their bodies.
As mentioned before, everyone in this world actually has this mysterious energy within them.
It's just that the spiritual energy in ordinary people's bodies is too small to affect the material world, so it will not affect themselves or other people.
This device of the Foundation perfectly solves the situation where ordinary people's physical and mental energy are wasted.
But the price is that once they are 'absorbed' by the absorbing party, these 'mobile storage spiritual energy containers' will die on the spot.
The enhanced version of the psychic shield directly blocked this round of fire from the Annihilators. When these Annihilators stopped firing, the illumination devices on their bodies began to cool down.
The puppet master immediately turned from defense to offense. The largest psychic impact Amber had ever seen since coming to this world was released by the puppet master in front of him.
And this 'power-enhanced version' of psychic impact also successfully overturned the Annihilator who rushed at the front. Although the other Annihilators relied on their own weight to stabilize their bodies, they were also knocked over. Blocked the charge.
Taking this opportunity, the puppet master flashed forward and attacked forward, and his emotionless voice also sounded.
"Foundation Soldiers, attack."
(End of Chapter)