Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 317 Headhunting Broker
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A month passed almost in a blink of an eye, perhaps because of the Undead Crew Club, Ke Lan's past month was quite peaceful, and no one from the Morgan family came to trouble him again. It was as if the assassination had never happened at all—at least in the public media, Ke Lan hadn’t seen any reports related to it at all, not even a single bit.

And various matters related to the hunting group have also proceeded smoothly. Many departments that originally needed to negotiate basically gave the green light all the way to the end as soon as they heard the name of the Hunting God Hunting Group, so that the hunting dog was preparing to The unregistered savings cards used for bribery are still piled up in the safe under his desk, and none of them have been sent out.

In addition to their original core team, the Hound has recruited another group of support staff—almost all of these people are selected from his old subordinates and their families. Although they are slightly inexperienced, they are at least loyal. There is no problem with speed, as long as they are given enough time, these people can become the backbone of the entire hunting group.

This proposal was first proposed by Ivan, "It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish." Although the hounds are rich now, it is not a long-term solution to subsidize them by making money. Use this method to provide them with a stable job. Anyway, in terms of treatment, the Hunting God Hunting Group will never wrong them.

The building rented by Raytheon Heavy Industries to the Hunting God Hunting Group, the basement is divided into three parts: the vehicle warehouse, the equipment warehouse, and the mechanical workshop. The first to third floors belong to the office area. The task analysis room, archive room, and digital computer room are all set up in this area, and the fourth floor is transformed into a temporary staff dormitory for those employees whose residence is far from the headquarters.

As for the fifth and sixth floors, although the outside looks unchanged, the inside has been completely strengthened into a fortress—this is an area that only core members of the hunting group can enter and leave. If anyone wants to force their way in, The first thing to face is nearly thirty types of traps in the corridor outside, ranging from non-lethal to those that can instantly vaporize people in place; from fully automatic control to those that use ancient but reliable mechanical structures... …almost everything.

In the words of Layton, the designer, "the research institute's defense system is almost at this level."

Even if the intruders can break through these organs, at the end of the corridor, there is still a barrier that cannot be broken at all - a battleship-level energy shield generator, although it is only the smallest level, its defense strength is still higher than It is dozens of times stronger than the individual-level shield. Even if the entire building is bombed down, people under the protection of this energy shield will not suffer any harm.

This month, Ke Lan and the others have been busy from morning to night almost every day, so that the plans of the Anderson consortium have not progressed at all... But according to the information provided by Zofia, the little girl named Heather Anderson seems to be I really fell in love with Ke Lan. At least four times, I asked the driver to take a long way to pass by the gate of the hunting group headquarters. Unfortunately, Ke Lan, who was too busy to touch the ground, never ran into him.

But fortunately, the situation on Qin Zhao’s side did not intensify further—because she did not reveal her willingness to quit or her dissatisfaction with Polaris, the managers of the Polaris Hunting Group still thought that she was still kept in the dark and did not rush Instead, he planned to turn this intern who was lucky enough to come back from the Tiankeng into a regular position. Of course, if you think about it with your toes, you know that the contract for regularization must also be full of various profit traps.

However, at least there will be no incidents in the near future. Even if the contract is to be replaced by a full-time employee, Qin Zhao must first receive a three-month advanced training, and the matter of liquidated damages is not so urgent.

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One week before the start of the Mecha Competition, Ye Yan sent someone to Ke Lan and the others to send engineering prototypes of several new models that had not yet been officially released. According to the people sent by Ye Yan, these new models were also included in the list. After reading the list of available models for this competition, it can be directly used on the field with a little modification and debugging, and there is no need to prepare additional aircraft at all.

This fellow Ye Yan seems to have figured out their intention to participate in the competition... However, with the advantages of the new model alone, there is no suitable pilot for it. It is still difficult to qualify for the group stage. It is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

But Layton didn't care about these. After the new machine was delivered, he spent all day in the mechanical workshop on the basement floor, and he was completely invisible even during meal time.

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

"How did this happen?!" The middle-aged man looked at the tablet in his hand, his face full of anger and confusion, "Why did this happen? Why! Why!"

He raised the tablet, as if he wanted to slam it on the ground, but in the end, he slowly put down his hand——the balance in the account was running out, and in order to modify the mech, he even He has applied for loans from all institutions that can provide loans. Although this second-hand tablet computer is very cheap, he has no money to buy it.

He had no way out, he could only move forward bravely, he believed in Valentina, he believed that with her ability, even if the road ahead was full of thorns, she could overcome the thorns...

But now, there are no thorns ahead.

Not even a road.

He raised his head and looked at the huge mecha standing quietly in the warehouse, feeling a sense of despair gradually filling his heart.

"Major...what's the matter?" Valentina had been standing behind him until he stopped yelling hysterically before asking.

"The Striker III skeleton...was completely eliminated..." The man handed the tablet behind him without looking back, "According to the list of available skeletons announced by the event organizer, we must at least replace the skeleton with a strong one." Only Raider IV can qualify for this year's competition... But let alone changing the skeleton, we don't even have enough money to replace the outer armor..."

"We...can't use it to compete?" Valentina took the tablet and glanced at the rusty mech—just yesterday, the middle-aged man she called the major had just put the outer The armor was assembled, even though they could only buy second-hand armor, and even though they were not willing to spend money on rust removal and painting, Valentina knew in her heart that even such a mecha would not be worth it if it was in her hands. Here, you can also easily defeat those glamorous opponents.

But if she can't play, even if she has the strength of a champion...it's meaningless.

Although the contest system was announced three months ago, the list of available skeleton models has only just been made public... According to the contest organizer Ye's Foundation, this is done to ensure the mystery of the new model, but let What the major and Valentina didn't expect was that, in addition to adding new types of machine frames whose names had never been heard of at the end of the list, the Ye Group also removed six old-fashioned frames from the front of the list. Including the Raider III skeleton they used.

There are a total of four models of the six-meter humanoid skeleton of the Raider series. Except for Type IV, which is a reinforced skeleton launched by Hermas Industries on the basis of the Raider III eight years ago, the other three models are all It is an antique with a history of at least 30 years. The number of contestants using this series of skeletons is almost negligible. Even if there are, they are basically spare mechas registered by some poorer clubs. Even if the organizer removes these antique skeletons from the list If it is dropped, the impact on the contestants can also be said to be negligible.

But for the major and Valentina, this Raider III skeleton was already the best skeleton they could buy after saving money and borrowing everywhere, but now the Raider III skeleton But he was suspended suddenly, no wonder the major became like this.

Valentina browsed the information on the tablet computer screen expressionlessly—although the event organizers will sell whiteboard skeletons and corresponding accessories to all contestants at "cost price", but the price of Raider IV It's still more than 600 million credits... Even if they sell the debugged mech they have now, they can't afford such a price at all.

And the existing Raider III skeleton, which has an unknown number of hands, cost less than 500,000 credits when it was bought back.

The biggest difference between Raider Type III and Type IV is that Type IV has a fully enclosed cockpit mixed with a large amount of Nino alloy, while Type III's cockpit is just a frame supported by several steel bones , the protection of the pilots all depends on the thin outer armor plate.

The organizer’s reason for eliminating the Raider III frame is also hard to refute: the protection measures for the pilots in the Raider III cockpit are not perfect. In previous competitions, pilots using this type of skeleton have the highest injury rate Not too high - now that there is a safer skeleton, it is natural to eliminate these old models with some obvious defects.

But Valentina didn't care, even if she didn't have the outer armor, even if she was only racing with a skeleton, she still had the confidence to kill everyone who stood in front of her... However, she didn't care, it didn't mean that the event organizers could make an exception for her alone.

This world is so unfair. At the beginning, the commander who gave the wrong order and caused 140 members of the Strangler Squadron to be buried in the belly of the beast, could escape the trial of the military court just because he had a prominent family background... And she, even He could bet on his own life, but he was rejected from the mecha competition just because the skeleton he used was "not safe enough".

That's right, after all, her life is worthless, just like 140 of the Strangler Squadron, their lives are worthless...

The force on Valentina's fingers suddenly increased, and several tiny cracks appeared on the already yellowed and aged plastic frame of the tablet, but at this moment, a dialog box suddenly popped up at the top of the screen——

"A strange user sent you a private message, would you like to open it now?"

"Major... Someone sent you an email." Valentina raised her head, looked at the middle-aged man who suddenly knelt on the ground, and said.

"Probably a debt collector..."

Before the middle-aged man finished speaking, Valentina had already clicked on the private letter.

The sender is a user whose ID is "ACMS_0420", and the first sentence at the beginning of the private message is: 15 minutes ago, the Yip Consortium just announced the list of available skeleton models for this year's mech competition. As far as I know, your There is only one body in the registration materials submitted by the participating teams, which uses the Striker III skeleton that is not on the list.

"Who is this person? How would he know?" Valentina was taken aback, and immediately shifted her gaze to the next line.

"According to the rules of the event organizer, if you fail to update your airframe information and submit it for inspection within 72 hours before the start of the event, you will be disqualified from the competition.

However, judging from your economic situation, you may not have the ability to replace the body.

The owner of the account, Chi Hanfeng, has 161 credit points of remaining assets. In addition, there are 26 debts totaling 48 credit points. The latest debt repayment date is nine days later. [-] credit points with interest. "

"Who are you? Why do you know these things?" Valentina became more startled the more she looked at it. Even she didn't know the data very well. She only knew that the major secretly borrowed a lot of money to modify the mechs. But the exact amount was never let her know.

"Me? I'm just an intelligence broker, but this time I'm doing a favor for my old clients, working part-time in a headhunting company and a talent agency... Of course, these are not important. The important thing is that if you are disqualified from the competition, those owed , are you still not online at all?" This ACMS_0420 is online, and as soon as Valentina sent the message, he immediately replied.

"To make a long story short, I have an old client who also wants to participate in this competition, but his situation is just the opposite of yours. He has several newest models of competitive mechs, but he can't find a strong pilot to come Manipulating them... He originally asked me to help with the idea of ​​giving it a try, and I don't know if it was my luck or his luck that I found you."

"Whether you want to join or not, you decide for yourself."

"Master...Major, this man...isn't here to collect debts." Valentina took the tablet and walked up to Chi Hanfeng.

"Not a debt collector?"

"He...he said that there is a team and invited me to join...that they have the latest competitive mecha..." Valentina said with some hesitation, and she was not sure whether what this person said was true or not. A total liar.

"But I'm not sure he's telling the truth."

"What?" Chi Hanfeng grabbed the tablet and quickly read the content in the chat box.

His breathing was a little short, he raised his head, stared at Valentina and said, "This... this may be our only chance, whether it's true or not, we should give it a try."

He immediately typed and asked: "What's the name of the club that invited us to join? How are the pilots treated? If we get the ranking, how much bonus can we get? Also, if there is a draft contract, can you send it to me first? ?"

"It's not a professional club that invited you, but an amateur team."

"Amateur team? Who is the boss behind it?" Chi Hanfeng asked. Since they can get the latest competitive mecha, the financial resources of this amateur team must not be underestimated. Maybe there is a big consortium behind it. The son of the big family.

"God Hunting Group."

Hunting God Hunting Group?Chi Hanfeng was slightly taken aback, and immediately opened the search engine in another window, and entered these four words.

The search results quickly popped up. As a consortium-level hunting group officially registered by Ark, at least the information on the surface can be found by everyone on the Internet.

But when Chi Hanfeng saw one of the photos of the "hunting group founder", he couldn't help but let out a low voice——

"This, this person... Could it be that guy Nick?!"

[PS Thanks to Wang Shaoquan for the 10000 starting point coins, and I also wish you to become an excellent people's policeman in the future. 】

(End of this chapter)