Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 143 Mine No. [-]
The three sets of power armor modified by Layton all have their own characteristics: the one worn by the old dog is considered a standard type. In addition to the energy shield, the main weapon is the electromagnetic machine gun hidden inside the arm armor and the rocket mounted on the shoulder armor. Although there is nothing particularly outstanding about the projectile launcher, it is superior in its strong basic performance and balanced capabilities in all aspects.

Ke Lan's armor has both command and reconnaissance functions. Layton installed high-power communication equipment inside the helmet, directly transforming it into a small mobile base station, and added an external cable socket on the back, As long as the cables behind him are not cut off, Ke Lan can keep in touch with the base.

On the front chest, arms, and shoulders of the armor, Layton removed those heavy weapons and equipment, and replaced them with several monitoring equipment and detection instruments: thermal infrared cameras, low-light cameras, small sonar, vibration detectors... As long as he could find it in the base, he put it all in one go - anyway, the power is enough, so there is no need to worry about the load.

As for the armor of Zoligetu, it is a complete melee armor, with a bold word prominent throughout the whole process-a large-caliber rapid-fire shotgun, a heavy gun shield with rivets, and a chainsaw powered by a crystallization engine Sword, and Layton also allocated the most powerful Nov3 shield generator to Zoligetu.

"Good guy, isn't this thing too powerful?" The old dog swung his arm vigorously, and there was a whistling sound immediately, "I even think that I can smash the tank with one punch."

"For light tanks, it is indeed possible." Layton said... If you want to say who made the most money this time, it would undoubtedly be him - taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Layton refurbished his mechanical prosthetic body again , the original silver-white appearance has also been replaced with a more visually oppressive ocher red.

"Let's go, I've been busy for a long time, it's time to go and see the scene." Ke Lan greeted everyone.

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Mine No. [-] is not too far from the base of the Soma Consortium. It takes about half an hour to walk. There is a semi-permanent camp built at the entrance. The camp is divided into two areas, the smaller one The area is used for the daily life of miners and security personnel, and the other larger area is piled with a lot of heavy machinery and equipment for processing the rough ore transported from the underground.

But now, this camp has been completely turned into a small military base—at the forefront is a metal trench made of rapid expansion modules, and a large-caliber heavy machine gun is placed on the trench every six meters. In addition to the space left for personnel to pass through, the rest of the space is filled with ammunition boxes and weapon racks.

Behind the trenches, four "Hammer-class" siege tanks lined up, their 180mm cannons staring at the dark entrance of the mine directly in front of them. Do not hesitate to carry out indiscriminate bombardment, and when necessary, you can even block the opening by collapsing the tunnel.

"This battle... I wonder if there is a thunder beast hidden in that mine." Seeing this scene, the old dog couldn't help but complain.

"It's not a bad thing to be cautious, but I always feel that if something happens to us down here, these people will directly bury us in the mine." Ivan said in a low voice.

"I was also worried, so I asked Liao Zilang and Youyi to stay outside and keep an eye on that old man Manstein - we have his handle in our hands now, and he would not dare to order the siege tanks to fire." Ke Lan Said.

The downhole team consists of six people in total: Hound, Layton, Asano Akira, Ivan, Zhuo Ligetu, plus Ke Lan himself. Since there is no extra power equipment to distribute to Liao Zilang, and his ability to hold the water in Zhonghai But his physique couldn't resist the horrible acid, so Ke Lan simply asked him to stay as Yuyi's bodyguard, and at the same time, he could also monitor Youyi and Manstein.

The high-voltage power grid used to block the entrance of the tunnel was pushed to one side. Ke Lan finally checked the equipment on one side and the cables connected to the back, gave a thumbs up to the other five people, and walked into the mine first.

The so-called mine in Leviathan's body was not actually dug out by humans, but existed in the first place. What humans did was just dig out the rock formations covering the entrance of the mine.

The entrances of these mines should in fact be air holes on the surface of Leviathan's skin, while the deeper tunnels are formed by the blood vessels in Leviathan's body-this is a relatively accepted statement. It's hard to tell whether it's blood vessels, trachea, or neural tubes.

When Leviathan was first discovered, some people tried to drill on Leviathan's body surface in order to find richer mineral veins... However, this project only lasted less than three months, and the was given up by people.

The tissue of Leviathan's body is extremely hard, even the diamond drill bit used to extract oil on the earth is difficult to penetrate... But it didn't take long for people to find that they didn't need to drill at all——Leviathan Almost all the crystalline ores in the body are concentrated in these originally existing channels... If compared with the human body, these crystals are like blood stasis accumulated in the blood vessels, and the mining process is equivalent to being in the blood. Destabilize the Leviathan's veins.

"I'm wondering... if the 'blood' flowing in Leviathan's body is actually a kind of liquid energy, and these crystallized ores are the remaining part of the liquid energy after it dries up, otherwise, a monster like this, Existing scientific theories can't explain its body functions at all..." said Ivan, who walked at the end of the line, his eyes were always focused on the tunnel wall—as a biologist, he was able to enter a prehistoric Researching inside the giant beast's body was enough to keep him excited for several days.

"This conclusion sounds fanciful, but maybe it's true... After all, on this broken planet, fantasy things have never been less." The hound commented as he walked behind Ke Lan's left side, Holding a grenade launcher in his hand-but it is not filled with anti-personnel grenades, but all flares-if the team is attacked, the old dog's first task is to clear all the hiding places of those unknown creatures. light up.

"I just hope that the things we encounter are not so mysterious." Layton's position is directly behind Ke Lan, and he is responsible for providing protection for Asano Show and Ivan who are not equipped with energy shields.

"We've already walked 650 meters, and if we walk 50 meters further, we'll be at the end of the mining area. If you cross this line, you'll be in an unexplored area." Ke Lan said in a deep voice, he has been paying attention to those detection instruments However, the deeper you go, the more serious the interference to the instrument will be.

"The places where the first few teams were attacked were all 300 meters away from the mining area, which should be the territory boundary of those unknown creatures."

(End of this chapter)