Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 190 The Neighborhood of No Man

By the time Ke Lan arrived at the outskirts of the East Ninth District, Magino's troops had already completed the initial blockade of the East Ninth District. All the entrances and exits of several blocks were blocked by roadblocks, and soldiers with live ammunition were lined up behind the blockade. A human wall was built, and behind it was a high-mobility tactical mech equipped with anti-riot equipment such as high-pressure water cannons and tear gas projectiles.

As soon as Ke Lan got out of the car, a young officer with the rank of major greeted him.

"You should be Mr. Ke Lan. My name is Ashkani. I am the person in charge of the blockade in the three blocks south of the East Ninth District."

The two briefly shook hands, and Major Ashkani took Ke Lan through the interface and walked to the frontmost blockade line——Ke Lan noticed that the soldiers at the frontmost blockade line and the outer blockade line There is a big gap in the equipment on their bodies: the soldiers on the outer blockade are all carrying non-lethal weapons such as anti-riot shields and high-voltage electric batons, giving people the feeling that they are performing tasks such as suppressing riots and maintaining law and order task.

And here, not only are the weapons replaced with large-caliber fully automatic firearms, but also heavy power armor is worn on the body, and the mechas equipped are all special models for annihilation warfare and positional warfare. Not only that, Ke Lan also saw that several non-commissioned officers had special "injection guns" hanging under their shoulder armors, and this unique weapon used Ammunition is the kind of syringe filled with active cells of flesh-eating worms.

"The last operation in the North Ninth District was also your army?" Ke Lan asked suddenly.

Major Ashkani was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said: "Yes... We are the most experienced troops in the garrison in dealing with 'that kind of thing', and we have always been responsible for tasks related to this aspect. implemented."

"If they are all veterans, then there shouldn't be much trouble... It seems that Magino is still aware of the seriousness of the matter..." Ke Lan thought to himself.

"In front of you is the 'Kabukicho First Street' in the East Ninth District. This name is taken from a very famous red light district in Japan in the old era. It can be regarded as the most densely populated place in the East Ninth District: restaurants, bars, dance halls, KTV... …Most of the commercial and entertainment venues in the East Ninth District are concentrated here, with an average daily traffic of more than 100,000 people… But when we arrived here, we couldn’t find anyone—not only tourists, but even The operators and staff who often live here have also disappeared." Ashkani said to Ke Lan.

Ke Lan looked forward, as Major Ashkani said, the whole street was empty, and a large number of buildings with neon signs were already empty, and large posters and all kinds of buildings could be seen everywhere. The light box of this shape still seems to confirm the prosperity of this street in the past.

But now... "It looks like a ghost town," Ke Lan said.

"After the blockade was established, we sent a reconnaissance team to the East Ninth District..." Major Ashkani paused, and said bitterly, "But they disappeared soon after entering... … even communication was cut off.”

"How many people are in the investigation team?" Ke Lan asked.

"The 22 people are all elites with experience in dealing with 'such incidents' several times. All of them are equipped with power armor and special injection guns, plus a 'Bloodhound' mecha...but until their communication The signal went out and we didn't hear any gunshots or explosions," Ashkani said.

A team of 22 people, plus a mecha, disappeared strangely without any movement... This situation is really too weird, even if these people were swallowed by a bottomless swamp , then at least there will be a few bubbles...

The "such incidents" in Ashkani's mouth naturally refer to special incidents involving the Seed of Corrosion or heretic sects. In addition, all members of this team are equipped with power armor and injection guns, even if they encounter The attack of the Seed of Corrosion is not without the ability to resist at all... But now, let alone resist, they didn't even send out a signal flare.

"Could it be that this team hasn't encountered the enemy yet... it's just that the communication signal has been blocked?" Ke Lan thought of a possibility, and said immediately.

"Even if there is no enemy, they should report to the frontline headquarters every 5 minutes. If they find that there is a problem with the communication signal, they will not continue to advance further... and now, the distance from their signal Disappeared, it has been almost half an hour."

"Before this, there was no abnormality?"

"No, they had reached two-thirds of Kabukicho [-]st Street during their last routine report, and there was nothing unusual except that they didn't see a single person." Ashkani shook his head and said.

"...I suggest that you call General Magino immediately and ask him to send more people over. I think this matter is more difficult than we imagined." Ke Lan said.

"Other troops are gathering... But because they have never been in contact with 'this kind of incident', they need to conduct temporary training and sign a non-disclosure agreement. In addition, people from the Security Bureau should also be arriving soon..."

As soon as Ashkani finished speaking, a team of DAS agents in dark gray uniforms appeared in the field of vision, and the leader of this group of people happened to have "handled" with Ke Lan and the others in the exile camp. the woman.

"Tsk, it's so narrow..." Ke Lan sighed inwardly, while Ashkani immediately ran towards these people.

"Commissioner Victoria, I didn't expect that you would personally lead the team—" Major Ashkani said with a hint of awe in his tone, "This is Mr. Ke Lan, a special consultant of the Soma Consortium, and also General Maginot's... …Uh……"

When Major Ashkani introduced Ke Lan's identity to her, he paused for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he found an adjective that was not very appropriate: "...is an informant of General Maginot. "

"Oh, it's you?" Victoria glanced at Ke Lan, obviously recognizing him, "I haven't settled with you for the violence you committed against our investigators last time."

"Violence? Is there such a thing?" Ke Lan began to pretend to be stupid, "Could it be that you are busy... remember wrong?"

"I remember correctly." Victoria's tone was calm, but there was an irresistible coercion between the lines... Ke Lan even had an illusion: this woman will draw a gun in the next second "Execute" yourself.

(End of this chapter)