Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 346 The Eavesdropper (4000-word chapter)
"Ke Lan, wait." Akira Asano stood up suddenly, turned his ear to the door, "There are people outside."

"It's a corridor outside, isn't it normal for people to come and go?" Layton said subconsciously, but soon he realized, "You mean, don't you mean that someone is eavesdropping at our door?"

"It's not at the door, but it's not far away... They've been staying for several minutes." Asano Akira said.

"I'll go and have a look." Ke Lan took out a pistol from the tool bag on the side, stuffed it into the inner pocket of his clothes, and then walked straight to the door of the box—although the Yeh Consortium promised to guarantee that every audience and every pistol The personal safety of the participating teams, but in Ke Lan's view, this promise is just empty talk...

Those who are concerned about the power of the Ye Family Consortium, even if the Ye Family Consortium does not say this, they will not disturb the order of the Mecha Contest... and those who don't care about this at all, let alone on the "Zulong" , Even at the gate of the headquarters of the Ye family consortium, they dare to violently kill people.

And those guys Ke Lan provoked happened to be such people.

Whether it's the fanatical believers of heretical sects or the dead men bought by the Morgan family...they don't even care about the Security Bureau, so how can they care about a word from the Ye's consortium.

Ke Lan pushed open the door, took out a cigarette from the hound's pocket, pretended to come to the corridor to smoke, and at the same time glanced in the direction Akira Asano said inadvertently from the corner of his eyes Go——As expected, two men in light gray mechanic uniforms were standing there three or four meters away from the door of the box, and one of them was tinkering with an antique radio.

Ke Lan is no stranger to that thing. Although the shell is indeed an antique radio in the style of the old era, inside the shell is a sophisticated wiretapping device. This wiretapping device is very concealed. "Antenna" is in contact with the wall, and it can record the sound of the room on the other side of the wall. When Ke Lan saw this thing for the first time, it was still from the sales email of the intelligence dealer on the forum, but because of the low cost performance It was terrible and had no practical use for him at all, so Ke Lan didn't spend that unreasonable money to buy this "toy".

But Ke Lan was still very impressed with the antique shape of this bugging device, so he recognized it at a glance.

"Hey, buddy, what is this thing? It looks cool? Where did you buy it?" Seeing that the other party had noticed him, Ke Lan simply took the initiative and walked towards the two of them.

"Ah... this, it's just a vintage radio." The mechanic's eyes flashed with panic, "I found it in the second-hand market."

There are no loopholes in his words. The casing of the bug does have very serious wear marks, and it looks like it is often held and played with by people.

"Radio? Is there a radio channel on this ship?" Ke Lan asked in feigned surprise. In order not to startle the enemy, he did not directly request to take a closer look at this "radio".

"No." Another mechanic shook his head, "Uh, it's actually like this, my buddy didn't know where he heard such rumors, saying that using this kind of old-fashioned semiconductors can receive several signals from Alpha civilization in the wasteland." The radio signal sent ten thousand years ago, so taking this opportunity, we will take this thing out and try..."

"Oh, did you listen to anything?" Ke Lan pretended to be very interested.

"There is nothing... We have tried several places, and it seems that the legend is just a rumor... Haha..." The man smiled dryly, "We have to try other places, let's go first Already."

After speaking, the two quickly disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

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Ke Lan returned to the box. At this time, Asano Akira's human-shaped listening device had already recounted the conversation he had with those two people outside to everyone.

"That radio bug, a friend of mine resold it, and the price is not cheap." Ke Lan said straight to the point as soon as he sat down.

"Bug?" The Hound pulled out a tissue from the table and blew his nose vigorously. "So, it's really here to spy on the military?"

"Not sure, but I have the impression of these two people. After the three of us returned to this empty ship from the arena, they appeared around us more than once... One of them, I have seen him at least four times... At first I thought it was just a coincidence, but now it seems that they should be following us consciously." Ke Lan said.

"You only followed us, didn't you follow other teams?" Chi Hanfeng asked.

"They only stay near our box." The person who answered was Akira Asano. There are six similar boxes in this corridor, but these two people did not eavesdrop on the conversations in the other five boxes. It's obvious.

"It's not right, even if it's spying on the military, there's no reason to pay special attention to us." The hound crossed his fingers, propped it under his chin, bent down, and put his elbows on his knees, "Even if our performance is very impressive, but In terms of hard power, we are not considered a strong team at all, and we are not a popular team to win the championship...There is no reason to come here to inquire about us, could it be that these people also want to learn from us...to dig a tunnel?"

"Could it be aimed at me? But... but in the knockout stage, I didn't bet on you?" Ye Yan said a little dazedly.

"Probably not. Ye Shao, you can rest assured about this." Ke Lan said, "But I just caught a glimpse of the logos of several sponsors on their uniforms... just check which ones those manufacturers have jointly sponsored. Team, the identities of these people will be known."

"What are there?" Layton had already opened the notebook, pulled out a data cable from the mechanical arm, and plugged it into the interface on the side of the computer.

This is also one of the advantages of cyborgs over ordinary people: when operating a computer, they can directly connect their prosthetic body to the device without using physical input devices such as a keyboard and mouse.

"Let me think about it... there is 'Bianca Chemicals', the most famous manufacturer of mechanical lubricants on the Ark; there is the 'Norma Technology' that you like very much... Uh, but it seems that every rich and powerful team has There is their sponsorship; there is also the 'Fine Steel Manufacturing' under the Yip Consortium that specializes in the manufacture of mecha melee weapons... Tsk, the rest of the trademarks, although I remember them, I can't name them..." Ke Lan rubbed his forehead depressingly. For these well-known brands in the field of mechs, he may have glimpsed in the advertisements, but let him match the trademarks with the names of the manufacturers in his memory one by one. Come on, the difficulty is not small...

"You can try to describe what those trademarks look like, as long as they produce mecha accessories, I know most of them." Layton said.

"If it is a company under our Ye family, I will definitely recognize it." Ye Yan also said aside.

"Well... Let me start with a simple one. There is a trademark with two letters, an A and an E, and then there is a circle outside, with white letters on a blue background..."

Before Ke Lan finished speaking, Layton interrupted him: "It's the AE agency."

Ke Lan: "AE Club?"

"It's Anaheim Electronics Company, an all-in-one mecha manufacturer under the Vist Consortium. Of course they also produce household electronic products, but they are still the most famous for their mechas." Ye Yan said, "It is the largest in our Ye family. None of our competitors."

"Uh, there's another logo that's a propeller..."

"Propeller? Is it three-bladed or four-bladed? Is there a white dotted circle around the outside?" Layton asked immediately.

"It's four symmetrical blades with a dotted circle."

"It's the Bucher Aerodynamics Company under the Jupiter Consortium... This company originally manufactured airplanes and spacecraft, but in recent years, it has taken a fancy to the potential of the field of mecha competition, so it has begun to expand its business in this direction...they There is no complete machine or a complete skeleton, but the parts produced are all aerospace standards, and the price is a bit expensive, but the quality is really nothing to say." Layton said.

"I know this company, what's the use of only producing accessories, the skeleton is the core technology of the mecha...Of course we can also produce aerospace standard accessories. Which high-end products are not better than Buhe's?" Ye Yan said a little unconvinced.

"Young Master Ye is not bragging about this point. The quality of the high-end accessories under Ye's brand is indeed better than Buhe's, but the price is too expensive... Buhe is taking the route of combining high cost performance with high-end. In a year and a half, they The increase in market share from 0.83% to 4.95% shows that this path is feasible..." Layton's eyes were fixed on the computer screen, and the analysis engine continuously screened out keywords related to the massive amount of data. For that part, he will manually classify it—in consideration of commercial interests, no company or manufacturer other than the Ye family’s consortium will appear in the promotional materials of the mecha competition, and the wealthy Ye family will not take over any Advertisements of the same industry, the only way for the sponsors of each participating team to publicize is the pilots' driving suits and the paintwork of the aircraft. If you want to find out which teams are sponsored by these manufacturers, you can only go to the old news media page and game video to rummage.

"I found it!" Just when Ke Lan was recalling those trademarks, Layton suddenly waved his fist vigorously, "There are only two teams jointly sponsored by these companies, one is a wealthy team 'Dark Crow Professional Club', the other is the quasi-rich team 'Titanium Pioneer' with an ace pilot and a quasi-ace pilot."

Layton continued: "'Titanium Pioneer' is not very lucky. Although it has the strength of a quasi-rich family, it was drawn into the 'death group' with five rich-level teams. It didn't even qualify for the group stage. They've returned to the ark, they're not on the boat at all."

"Then there is only this team." Ke Lan looked at the black crow head team logo on the screen, "The one who set 'special attention' on us is this 'Raven Professional Club'..."

"I can't guarantee anything else. If those two guys are wearing their own uniforms, they should be members of the 'Dark Crow'...Of course, it is also possible that they are the ghosts bought by other teams, then It's not news we can grasp." Layton said.

"Raven... sounds like the name of a villain." The Hound complained, "It's still the kind of villain that you think is the five scum of war."

"On the contrary." Layton raised his head from behind the computer screen, looking at the hound with some seriousness, "This 'Raven Professional Club' is not only not weak, but also a super strong team. The ace pilot, their coach is also an old ace who retired from the army—”

As Layton spoke, he glanced at Chi Hanfeng, "That kind of real trump card."

The real trump card, of course, refers to the pilot who has won the "Steel Blade" medal in the army, and how difficult it is to get this medal, among the people present, I'm afraid no one knows better than Chi Hanfeng.

"If you are really being targeted by such a team, you will be in trouble..." Chi Hanfeng lowered his eyelids, staring at his insteps, his face so gloomy that he could drip water.

"However, there is one thing that puzzles me." Ke Lan said, "This 'Raven Professional Club', they are not in the same group as us in the first stage of the group stage and the knockout stage, and there is no intersection between us and them at all. ...Why do they want to come to spy on us?"

He continued: "If it is to compete for No.1, they should also focus on those strong teams that are also favorites to win the championship...Compared to us, these teams are opponents worth studying."

I don't know why, but Ke Lan always has a strange feeling, which makes him very uncomfortable... It's like a field mouse running across the floor, being stared at by a poisonous snake coiled in a dark corner—— Abbreviated into four words, that is "like awn on the back".

You know, just across the door from their private room is the "Geluguo Professional Mecha Club", one of the top giants and the favorite to win this competition, but according to the footsteps heard by Akira Asano, those two people are not They didn't eavesdrop on the conversations between the "Gelugugu" people.

"These people shouldn't have something to do with the Morgan family, right?" Ke Lan thought to himself, but the Angress Club, which belongs to the Morgan consortium, has already been eliminated by them in the first stage of the competition. Could it be this " The owner of the "Raven Professional Club" is also the Morgan Consortium?

"Layton, check the background of this 'Dark Crow Club', who is their boss?" Ke Lan sent a similar email to the intelligence dealer while talking.

5 minutes later.

"I can't find it. There is no clue on the Internet. Apart from knowing that the club itself is very strong, the investor behind it has not been specified at all. I am afraid that this thing can only be known by finding the accounts of their club. ..." Layton said with some helplessness.

After another 2 minutes, Ke Lan's cell phone rang. He opened it and saw that the intelligence dealer's reply was very short, only four words——

"Military background."

[PS I watched the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics today. The BGM when the delegations from all over the world entered the arena made me feel stupid. The neon people are too Two-dimensional... At that time, my mother just turned on the TV and heard the monster Hunter's "Proof of Heroes"...I'm still wondering if it's a crossover...

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