Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 353 For whom to live (4000 words chapter)
"I'm going to find him." Akira Asano said.

"Are you going to 'Sick Village' to find him?" Ke Lan confirmed to Asano Akira.

"Yeah." Akira Asano nodded.

"The 'Sick Village'... is not as simple as you imagined." At this time, Ivan suddenly interjected, "Four years ago, a colleague with whom I had a good relationship, in order to study radiation sickness , followed a supply ship of a mining company to the 'Sick Village'..."

"And then?" Layton couldn't help asking.

"So far he hasn't come back, and there is no news." Ivan said in a deep voice, "He seems to have evaporated from the world."

"Hiss... he shouldn't..." Layton hesitated to speak.

"I'm not sure." Ivan shook his head and said, "I'm just reminding you guys... Also, if you decide to go, take me with you."

"Anyway, there are still people living in that place... No matter how dangerous it is, can there be danger in the ruins?" said the hound, "Don't worry, Brother Asano, I will go with you after we have settled the matter here." Find that person."

"Yeah." Ke Lan also nodded, "Let's settle the matter at hand first."

Chi Hanfeng has been taken away by the soldiers. With the double protection of the army and the Security Bureau, at least his personal safety can be guaranteed. As for the other staff of the Raven Club, they are all under control and need to be investigated in detail. Only after investigation and inquiry can the final processing result be known.

Of course, these things are no longer important to Ke Lan and the others. Mann is dead, and the settlement between Valentina and Chi Hanfeng has been solved... But when Ke Lan turned his eyes back to When Valentina was on her body, it was as if her soul had gone out of her body. Looking at the blood stains left on the sofa and carpet, she stood there in a daze, motionless.

"Valentina?" Ke Lan walked over and tried to call her, but got no response.

"She...seems like something is wrong..." Ye Yan said cautiously.

"I know." Ke Lan nodded, took another step closer, and grabbed Valentina's arm—she didn't resist, so Ke Lan simply took this opportunity to pull her out of the private room, and in this pull During the pulling process, the focus of her eyes never moved away from the pool of blood from the beginning to the end.

It wasn't until the bloodstains disappeared from sight that Valentina's body trembled violently. She looked at Ke Lan in a daze, and then slowly squatted down against the wall.

"Do you feel confused?" Ke Lan simply sat down cross-legged in front of her, "The taste of getting revenge is not as enjoyable as you imagined, right?"

Valentina shook her head, then nodded with some hesitation.

Ke Lan waved to the hound, who immediately understood his meaning, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and handed it over.

Ke Lan passed the cigarette to Valentina. She was taken aback for a moment, then took it and took a deep breath.

"Thank you, thank you...cough cough cough..."

"Slow down, this is the last one, quit smoking after this one, a very powerful doctor will come to us after a while, I will ask her to help you take care of your body, and find a way to heal your body. Treat those old injuries and sequelae... You think you won't be able to live for a long time, it's because you haven't received systematic medical treatment, although it's expensive, but we made money in this competition Quite a lot," Ke Lan said.

And this doctor is naturally Sakurai Nai who was begging for nothing that day and insisted on joining the Hunting God Hunting Group.

Valentina was stunned, and she didn't even feel that the cigarette butt had burned her finger. During the years of fighting against pain, her pain nerves have become extremely dull, which is unbearable for ordinary people. The pain, to her, was limited to frowning.

"I...I don't know..."

"I don't know what?" Ke Lan stood up.

"I don't know...who will I live for the rest of my life...my only wish has been fulfilled, although I failed to kill him with my own hands...but...I have no goal..."

Valentina paused, then lowered her voice and said, "Living is too much torture... I don't know what's the point of living for a person like me..."

"Stupid." Ke Lan scolded mercilessly, kicking Valentina to the ground, "According to the operation of general chicken soup literature or life mentors, I should tell you at this time that people have to live for themselves , but I know that if I tell you this now, you won’t be able to listen to it, and you won’t understand it at all, so I might as well simply—”

Ke Lan stretched out her hand to Valentina who was lying on the ground: "You live to help those 140 people experience life, do you understand? Among them, 140 people are already dead, and the remaining The next one is still in prison, waiting for you to get him out in the future."

Valentina's lips parted slightly, and there was a hint of surprise in her blank eyes.

"Do you want to join the Hunting God Hunting Group? If there are any major discoveries in the ruins in the future, maybe we can use this as a bargaining chip to trade Major Chi out of prison... After all, he didn't commit any heinous crimes... …just killed someone who deserved to be killed."

"Now there is no one to help you choose, everything is up to you to decide." Ke Lan said, looking directly into Valentina's eyes.

"I... join you." Valentina held Ke Lan's outstretched hand, and the latter pulled her up from the ground with all his might.

"Ke Lan is right. We will definitely have to find a way to fish out the old pond." The hound said beside him, "We can't let him really squat in prison until he dies."

"The biggest resistance to finding people will probably come from the Adams family. After all, Mann is the only son of old Adams... Now that he has been beaten to death by Major Chi, the Adams family can only vent their anger on Major Chi if they want revenge. , I’ve made it clear with General Maginot that Major Chi will be detained by both the Security Bureau and the Field Force. It’s said to be in custody, but it’s actually to protect him and prevent the Adams family from attacking him in prison.” Ke Lan Said.

At this time, Zofia suddenly walked behind Ke Lan, took Ke Lan's arm, and said in his ear: "Perhaps the Adams family will not take revenge at all."

"Why?" Ke Lan looked at Zofia curiously, not even realizing that Zofia's entire upper body was leaning against her arms... This posture, from the perspective of others, is simply ambiguous At the extreme, Valentina, who was closest to the two of them, even took a few steps back, and looked away in embarrassment.

As for the hound guy, he patted Layton and Ivan's buttocks, showing a somewhat wretched smile.

"What's the matter? We were still talking about business just now? Why did Miss Soma suddenly get into Ke Lan's arms?" Zhuo Ligetu scratched the top of his head in confusion, "This...this is still in the corridor Come on, isn't this bad?"

"What's wrong?" The hound glanced at him and said, "Anyway, the outsiders have already left, come on, let's hurry up, I don't want to be a shining light bulb."

Several people tiptoed away from Ke Lan, only Ke Lan himself was still thinking about why the Adams family would not take revenge.

"Do you know how old old Adams is now?" Zofia didn't wear high heels today, but chose a pair of flat Martin boots, so that her cheeks could just rest on Ke Lan's shoulders.

"How old?" Ke Lan asked, the power of the Adams family is basically in the army, and they are not well-known in the business world, so Ke Lan knows little about this family's intelligence.

"97 years old, Mann was born to his fourth wife when he was more than 50 years old, and he was old enough to have a son, that's why old Adams spoiled his son so much... And now, Mann is dead , who do you think will be the ruler of the Adams family?"

"I don't know who it will be, but if you say that, it must not be old Adams." Ke Lan thought about it.

"That's right, old Adams could only rely on the medical cabin to maintain his life a year and a half ago, and his waking hours in a day became less and less... If Mann didn't die, it probably wouldn't be long, the Adams family The power will fall into his hands. But now that he is dead, the happiest people are naturally his uncles and cousins... It is too late for them to thank Major Chi, so how can they take revenge on Major Chi? means."

"That's true." Ke Lan nodded in agreement
If this matter is replaced by another family, no matter how happy those who benefited from Mann's death are in their hearts, they still have to do superficial articles... After all, blood is thicker than water. It's their clansman, and Chi Hanfeng is just an outsider——

A member of the family was killed by an outsider. No matter how fierce the competition within the family is, if it is reasonable and reasonable, this enmity must be avenged...

However, now that the whole matter has been fully disclosed, Mann's reputation has been completely stink. It is too late for these people to draw a line with him, so how could they possibly avenge him...

As for the only person who was willing to avenge Mann... His father, Old Adams, probably didn't even know that his son was killed...

"This saves a lot of trouble, hey, where are they?" Ke Lan noticed at this moment that there were only himself and Zofia left in the corridor.

"Probably went to eat?" Zofia said.

"What time is it? I'm going to eat? I still have something to tell them..." Ke Lan glanced at his watch, it was only four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still two hours before dinner. How many hours.

"Is it urgent?"

"Uh... I'm not in a hurry, it's related to the next action..." Ke Lan said, there are still many details to be discussed about the trip to the sick village, although the place is not as dangerous as the high-level ruins, But judging from the information Ke Lan knew, it was definitely not a good place.

"If you're not in a hurry, why don't you go for a walk with me?" Zofia suggested, and she moved closer. Ke Lan turned her head away in embarrassment, not daring to look at her closely—he is still wearing underwear. The anti-G suit for driving the mech is basically tailor-made, and it fits the driver's body perfectly... If there is any strange reaction, Zofia will notice it instantly.

"Uh...where to go shopping? Is it on the ship?" Ke Lan asked. Although the interior of the "Zulong" super airship is very large, most of them are exactly the same cabins, and the entertainment items that can be provided to passengers are also There are only a handful of them, and Ke Lan really can't think of what to do on this boat.

"No, I want to go down." Zofia said softly.

"Below? Sandstone Abandoned City?"

"Well, I've never been to the ruins of the Alpha civilization." The closest she was to the ruins should have been on the "Pioneer", but to be precise, Ke Lan didn't know the city under the sea and the ruins. How far was the Pioneer at that time—the ruins seemed to be suspended under the sea, but they seemed to be hidden in another space.

"The ruins... What's there to visit? And the ruins have been turned into ruins, and the valuable things inside have been emptied by hunters and exploration teams..." Ke Lan muttered.

"Have you ever heard of the ancient ruins of Pompeii on earth? The ruins also have the beauty of ruins. Every weathered rock and every collapsed wall hides a unique story... I have ever thought that if I If I hadn't been born in the Soma family, maybe I would have chosen to become a relic hunter."

"Relic hunters are not archaeologists, let alone writers or artists... This industry is not as romantic as you describe." Ke Lan glanced at Zofia and said slowly, "We are tomb robbers and scavengers , It's robbers, thieves, robbers... Hunters don't appreciate the beauty of the ruins, we just want to save our own lives, and then take as many valuable things as possible from the ruins..."

"It's normal for people in the upper class to look down on us." Ke Lan didn't sigh, but said in a narrative tone. He remembered the look in Lu Che's eyes when he looked at him before, which was hidden in the The subconscious prejudice is like the subconscious expression of a clean freak when he sees a ragged beggar on the street.

If it was in the past, Ke Lan might still be a little angry, but for some reason, now he can't feel a trace of anger except that he feels a little funny.

The elite class at the top, the relic hunters at the bottom... even the poor miners suffering from radiation sickness at the bottom...

They are nothing more than bugs in the eyes of another civilization.

Whether it's the insignificant worker ants or the queen who rules the entire ant colony, for humans, it's just a matter of stepping on...

"What's wrong with you?" Zofia stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Ke Lan's eyes, "Do you think I look down on you? Then why would I choose you?"

"Yeah, I still can't figure it out." Ke Lan said after recovering from a trance, his eyes swept over Zofia... He suddenly felt very irritable in his heart, and he simply didn't know what to do. No longer thinking about it, he hugged Zofia, and with a "boom", pressed her against the wall of the corridor.

"Huh?" Facing Ke Lan's sudden "attack", Zofia did not resist, nor did she show panic. She just glanced at Ke Lan curiously, then stretched out her arms and hugged him tightly. his back.

"I don't understand, so I just don't want to." Ke Lan replied.

(End of this chapter)