Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 357 "Cargo" with Radiation Sickness
"Yes yes yes." Ke Lan replied extremely perfunctorily.

"Then...can you let me act together with you this time?" Sakurai Nai asked tentatively, looking at Ke Lan expectantly.

"No."

"You are really..."

"Miss Sakurai, pay attention to your behavior. Asano Akira is right behind, you don't want to leave any bad influence on him." Ke Lan turned his head to the side and said in a voice that only Sakurai Na could hear.

Of course, Asano Akira must be able to hear it, but whether he heard it or not, he would not have any reaction.

After being told by Ke Lan, Sakurai Nai, who was about to explode, instantly calmed down, her cheeks blushed imperceptibly, and she secretly glanced at Asano Akira who was following behind from the corner of her eyes, but the latter Keep your head down, look at your nose with your eyes, look at your mouth with your nose, and look at your heart with your mouth...

Ke Lan and Asano Akira are both wearing a set of pullovers made of cheap synthetic materials at the moment. In order to look more realistic, these two pullovers are specially bought second-hand. repair tape.

On the outside of the pullover is a work vest that was also bought from a second-hand market. The shoulders, waist and hem of the vest are very worn. It looks like it was worn by people who have worked in the mine all year round On the inside of the vest, there are two hidden small pockets sewn, which contain a box of emergency medicine, a small piece of clay explosives, a miniature lock pick and a pocket pistol with a capacity of only five rounds. ——Except for the pile of "miner's personal belongings" in the backpack that is no different from garbage, this is all the equipment he and Akira Asano carry.

Of course, Akira Asano still carried the Nino alloy sword with him, but at this time the scabbard was covered with dirty and old bandages, and it was disguised as a walking stick... Although Akira Asano did not There is no need for such a thing.

In contrast, the equipment of Layton and Ivan is much more luxurious: they are wearing a light full-cover power armor - this is the equipment specially sponsored by Master Ye Yan, and it is said that the mass-produced model has not yet been launched. The two pieces of armor that were given to them were prototype armors that hadn't even been finalized in size, and the cost alone was enough to be worth a fully equipped Valkyrie.

As for medicines, supplies, weapons and equipment, detection instruments, etc., there are three large boxes full of them, and Layton even brought a dozen cans of instant food—according to the exploration of the "sick village" by the previous groups Afterwards, I came to the conclusion that this kind of canned food is very popular among the locals, no matter how xenophobic they are, as long as you can take out a canned food, there will always be someone willing to say a few words to you.

Of course, it is limited to a few words.

……

"Mr. Ke Lan, you and your companions will be wronged a little for the next journey." The captain of the transport ship said to Ke Lan and Akira Asano. His name is Shuichi Mitsui, and he is a collateral member of the Mitsui family. , has been in charge of this route for four years, and he knows a thing or two about the situation in the "sick village".

"It doesn't matter, if you want to get involved, you still have to bear the price." Ke Lan said.

Layton and Ivan can enter the cabin where the crew members live, and Ke Lan and Asano Akira, as the "cargo" transported by this transport ship, will be with the group of radiation sick miners sent to the sick village. One was arranged in the cargo hold, there was no bed, not even a place to sit, and they could only rely on the cold and hard cargo box to survive the two-and-a-half-day journey.

"I will arrange for someone to send you breakfast, lunch and dinner to the cargo hold..."

Before the captain finished speaking, Ke Lan interrupted him: "Don't, don't, I will eat whatever those miners eat. It's time like this. If you expose your identity because of some trivial things , That's too much to lose...Also, don't talk to me later, just treat the two of us as 'goods' and just throw them in."

"Then...well, then we can only offend Ke Lan." The captain bowed ninety degrees to Ke Lan, then waved to the crew member in protective clothing next to him, and the crew member pushed The two of them walked to the hatch of the cargo hold.

Akira Asano had taken two anti-radiation pills before, while Ke Lan hadn’t taken anything—he had discovered before that not only had his body acquired a super self-healing ability, but even radiation resistance It was already far beyond ordinary people, and some radiation that was not too high in intensity could not affect his body at all.

"Please be careful where you step." The crew member said to the two in a very low voice, then pushed them into the cargo hold and closed the door.

The interior of the cargo hold is very dark, only a long strip of light tube on the top of the bulkhead is emitting dim light, and what can be illuminated is only a small space at the door of the cabin.

Dozens of huge cargo boxes squeezed the space to the brim, and the narrow aisle in the middle could barely allow two people to pass in parallel. Ke Lan patted Akira Asano on the shoulder and walked through it with him.

In the deepest part of the cargo hold, there are more than 20 miners who are about to be sent to the sick village. They are all patients with radiation sickness. Among them, some of the more seriously ill can't even sit up, so they can only lie on the crude stretcher Next to the stretcher, an infusion stand was welded with discarded steel pipes. Ke Lan glanced at the medicine bags hanging on the infusion stand. They were basically saline and glucose used for rehydration. These things could only temporarily maintain the patient’s vital signs. , for the diseases they suffer from, there is no therapeutic effect at all.

Only two or three miners raised their eyelids to look at the "newcomers" Ke Lan, while more people ignored them at all.

Ke Lan pulled Asano Akira to find a random corner and squatted down. The closest to them was a skinny middle-aged woman. Her two arms were exposed and covered with a thick layer of creepy growths. Bean-sized cysts were embedded in it, and one cyst had ruptured, and the pus had condensed into lumps around it, exuding a faint stench.

In contrast, the working environment of the miners on Leviathan is relatively comfortable - there are not many strong radiation areas in Leviathan, and the company will regularly ration anti-radiation and radiation-eliminating The proportion of miners suffering from radiation sickness is not high... Yui Arasaka once said that the death rate of the miners of the Mitsui Consortium on Leviathan within a year is 16%, which is considered low among the various mining areas on Alpha Star up.

And in some mining areas with strong radiation, even if equipped with standard protective clothing, the maximum working time of each miner can hardly exceed three months... In such places, miners are really used as consumables .

Money is exchanged for human life, human life is exchanged for minerals, and minerals are exchanged for money... This is what those mining companies have been doing.

[PS Thank you Lost Xihuang for the 5000 starting coins, and thank you book friend 20210617145313850 for the 100 starting coins. 】

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