Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 114 North Ninth District

"By the way, Ke Lan, do you have any other activities later?" the old dog asked suddenly.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Ke Lan was a little confused for a while.

"I think you're recovering pretty well," the old dog suddenly showed a wretched smile, and reached out to pat Ke Lan's back. The consortium has compensated us so much money, and we can finally enjoy the feeling of being a local tyrant."

Logically speaking, as an elite hunter, the old dog's income level is relatively high among the common people in the Ark. However, every time this guy comes back from a mission, he will spend most of his salary to help his former hunters. The old subordinates and their families really don't have much left for themselves, so they usually spend their days digging and searching, but this time, unless Ke Lan credits 30 million credit points at one time, all other participants Those who acted, everyone got 10 million as compensation.

The purchase price of the most valuable type of treasure in the S-level ruins is about tens of millions. This time, the Soma Consortium is really generous enough.

Of course, in the words of the other party, this is a thank you gift for saving the entire Pioneer and one of the future heirs of the Soma Consortium. Compared with the Pioneer, tens of millions of credits are only a small sum of money, Compared with Zofia's own safety, the Pioneer icebreaker is even less worth mentioning.

"What are you going to do? Shopping?" Ke Lan glanced at Layton who was stuffing the body parts into a sealed freezer, "I remember that Layton's prosthetic body hasn't been upgraded yet? Now the money It should be enough to buy a top-level prosthetic body."

"There must be something to buy...but that's not the point." The old dog chuckled, "We've already discussed it in private, and Akira Asano said he's not interested and won't go; the Mongol is still in the medical cabin When the legs grow out, he can't go; and the doctor is just recovering from a serious illness, and he has a wife who can still beat him so well, so he can't be allowed to go... The rest is only you and me , Layton, and Liao Zilang."

"Wait a minute? Why can't Ivan go if he has a wife? What are you planning to take me there for?" Ke Lan was at a loss.

"Crap! You're usually pretty smart, why are you so clueless now? Of course I'll go—" Layton was about to say, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Natasha coming out of the room, abruptly turning the back The words were swallowed down, "Oh, anyway, you will know later, old dog, can I still make you suffer?"

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Two hours later, the filth in the hall of the clinic was finally cleaned up. All the corpses and blood were collected in a half-person-high metal tank, and then stuffed into a room that was kept below zero all year round. In a freezer safe at 35°C.

Asano Akira, Ivan, and Natasha stayed in the clinic, while the Hound and Ke Lan slipped out and took a light rail to the North Ninth District directly.

Unlike the maglev train, the speed of the light rail is relatively slow, and the ticket price is only about one-tenth of that of the maglev. The transportation line generally only covers about half of the large area, and it is the first choice of transportation for ordinary residents of Ark.

"North Ninth District? What are you going to do in North Ninth District?" Ke Lan was very puzzled. The North Ninth District is one of the worst living conditions in the North District. It has always been called a "slum". All kinds of living facilities have been in disrepair for a long time, and even the most basic lighting equipment cannot be guaranteed in many areas. In addition, there are many gangs and mixed fish and dragons. You can often see various vicious cases in the North Ninth District on the news... Ke Lan really couldn't understand why the old dog said he wanted to enjoy the feeling of being a local tyrant, but brought himself to this "backcountry" where rich people would never set foot.

"What's there in the North Ninth District... of course it's girls! Beautiful... and cheap girls! I've been holding back for a few months, and today I'll take you to have a meal!" The hound said with a smile.

"What?!" Ke Lan was stunned for a moment, and immediately resisted, "I think... let's forget it?"

"Huh?" The hound's expression changed, and he looked at Ke Lan carefully, and suddenly lowered his voice: "You boy... you are still a baby, right?"

"Ahem... Is there any problem with this?!"

Since leaving public education facilities, Ke Lan has indeed been living alone for more than ten years. Due to the special nature of his occupation, he has very little contact with the opposite sex on weekdays.

After all, there are not many women engaged in high-risk occupations such as relic hunters. Even if there were, Ke Lan would rarely have the opportunity to form a team with them... Even if he really teamed up with a female hunter, he would be like a straight steel man. personality, it is also difficult to spark any sparks with teammates of the opposite sex.

Although he won't say it directly on the surface, in Ke Lan's heart, he still has some resistance to female teammates-in terms of physical structure and psychological quality, in most cases, male teammates More reliable than female teammates.

It's not sexist, it's just factual.

Unless Fang Zhou forcibly assigns him a wife, otherwise, Ke Lan is still more accustomed to the single life of "one person is full, the whole family is not hungry".

Unlike most anti-utopian sci-fi works of the old era, there is neither official distribution of partners on the Ark, nor is it mandatory for people to pair up for reproduction and perform so-called "breeding tasks"-here, people Not only can you fall in love and form a family freely, but even the marriage laws of the old era have been largely preserved.

However, in order to ensure the quantity and quality of the population, Ark still took corresponding measures - every healthy and physiologically mature young man must undergo a reproductive cell collection operation every six months, and these collected cells will be collected after After layers of screening, they are combined, and then gradually develop into a mature embryo in an artificial incubator, which is commonly known as an "artificial womb".

Ke Lan himself was born in this way, and it is for this reason that he has never known who his biological father and mother are—fortunately, in the current society, the number of human beings born from artificial wombs like him It has already accounted for about one-tenth of the entire population, and no one will care about this kind of problem anymore.

[PS solemnly declare that this chapter is not in GHS, but only to supplement the related settings of family relations and population reproduction on the Ark. As for the anti-utopian science fiction works of the old era mentioned, it mainly refers to the novel "Beautiful" by the British writer Huxley. "New World" and the film adaptation of the same name, this work is really classic, interested readers can go and watch it... (In fact, I know that many of you will definitely think of spirit cages when you see "Breeding Mission"...) 】

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