Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 44 Bartlety
"Really?!" Layton turned his head to look, talking to a tall, thin man with a pink afro. He was wearing a motorcycle jacket full of rivets and nuts, and two old-fashioned robotic arms. Protruded from the cut sleeves.

"You can find out if it's true or not. It's not a secret." There was a hint of resentment in the tone of the pink afro-Ke Lan glanced at his prosthetic body, which was at least 150 years old It's an old model, and even the common standard parts have been out of production for a long time, and it's hard to find these things even on the black market, and I don't know how he completes the daily maintenance.

Layton had already taken out a PAD from his pocket, and he didn't care that his fingers were still stained with oil, and he swiped on the screen.

But the more he stroked, the more gloomy his face became.

"...Damn, the Higman six-type skeleton has increased by a full 50.00% compared to a month ago! The chips of Norma Technology are more than twice as expensive! And the biochemical filling fluid of Tenglong Biology... What the hell is going on here? thing?!"

Layton's eyes swept across the rows of numbers. It was his upgrade budget. According to the latest price, he paid at least double the credit points.

And... a lot of things are out of stock.

"According to the gossip, there is a new alien technology that has been cracked at the institute. Didn't you read the news two days ago? According to the words of those bullshit experts, artificial prosthetic technology will leap to a new level within three years. At present, various manufacturers are researching and developing new technologies. Many existing old production lines will be transformed into production lines with new equipment... But you also know that we must not be able to use new equipment, and the old supply of goods has begun to shrink. So the accessories for the existing models have started to increase in price.”

The pink exploding head twisted his wrist, and the rusted metal parts suddenly made a tooth-crushing sound.

"...Under normal circumstances, this price can't be so outrageous. There must be profiteers hoarding goods, shit!" Layton said with some indignation. The price of the old model will naturally drop when equipment equipped with new technology is launched, but the problem is that he can't wait now - he can't just run around with an external battery all day long, right?And without that robotic arm, Layton's own strength will be greatly reduced, let alone exploring the ruins, it may be difficult to even protect yourself in the wilderness.

"Is there any way? There are credit points in other people's accounts." The pink exploding head sighed, "You guys seem to be relic hunters, right?"

"Yeah." Ke Lan nodded. There is nothing to hide about this kind of thing, and it can be found by just checking.

"At least your income is not low. For a wage earner like me, the salary for a few years is probably not enough to change a prosthesis..."

"Then you still have money to drink?" Ke Lan was a little speechless. There was a 150ml bottle of "Roland Brand Malt Craft" on the table with the pink afro. Ke Lan and the three of them added up to more in their cups.

"Anyway, there's no hope for the day, and it's just a day if you can spend a day." The pink acrobat shrugged indifferently, "Who knows if it will suddenly hang up tomorrow, if the money in my pocket is not spent, that's it. Lost to death?"

"What about your family?" Ke Lan asked. On the Ark, people like him who were born in the training center are still a minority, and most of them still maintain the traditional human family structure.

"There used to be a younger sister who saved ten years of money for her to undergo genetic modification surgery, but was tricked by Black Heart Bio. Man is not his sister but an unrelated stranger.

"Uh... After chatting for a long time, I still don't know what your name is." Ke Lan quickly changed the subject.

"Bartlety, you can call me old bus if you think it's okay." Bartlety glanced at the advertising curtain wall in the distance, "It's getting late, it's time to go, we'll go to sea again early tomorrow morning."

"Going to sea?" Ke Lan was stunned for a moment. For the people on the ark, this word was indeed a bit unfamiliar.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm a boatman...not a spaceship, it's the kind of boat that sails in the sea." Bartlety grabbed the bottle, raised his head and drank it, "Now you know...hic... ...Why am I spending all my money today?"

"...The sea you said you want to go out is not the Zhonghai, right?" There are only two oceans on the Alpha star, and the naming method is extremely simple and crude - the one located at the South Pole is called "Jihai" or "Duanhai" ”, and the other place is called “Zhonghai”.

"Otherwise? Jihai can't drive a boat."

As Bartlety said, the polar sea is unnavigable, and the entire ocean is covered by ice sheets with a thickness of more than ten meters. Even a nuclear-powered icebreaker is difficult to smash it.

"Oh yes, there is also a team of hunters among the people who went to sea this time. We found a ruin under the middle sea, and they went to explore this ruin." Bartlety said suddenly.

"Huh? What ruins, can you tell me in detail?" Hearing the word "ruins", Ke Lan, Hound and Layton instantly became interested.

For hunters, in addition to the ability to eat, the ability to collect and process intelligence is also very important, especially those related to Alpha Ruins. These things used to cost money to buy, and they are still worth buying. Not necessarily usable.

"Boss!" The Hound snapped his fingers, "Serve this guy a roasted leek and put it on our account."

Bartlett immediately sat down, with a greasy smile on his face: "Hey, can you drink more?"

"You say first, what kind of relic is that?"

"...Okay. In fact, I don't know much...but it must be first-hand information." Bartlety pretended to be mysterious, "It's a city..."

"City?" Ke Lan and Hound looked at each other, and both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

The ruins of this level of the city must be super large ruins, and the level will definitely not be low.

"Yes, the city!" Bartlety licked his chapped lips and continued, "The city was supposed to be built on a small island in the middle of the sea, but for some reason, the island sank to the bottom of the sea. , the city on the island has naturally become a city under the sea..."

"How big is this city?" the Hound demanded.

"I don't know the exact size, but I remember that during the last survey, it took our ship a week to complete a circle, and the voyage had to be hundreds of nautical miles."

"It's a big guy!" Layton said excitedly.

"But there are a lot of sea beasts in that sea area. We encountered at least a dozen attacks along the way, and several people died... As for the last batch of hunters who entered the water, none of them came up alive... For the sake of your invitation to me to eat. Come on, I advise you best not to take this job." Bartlety said earnestly.

(End of this chapter)