Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 517 Partners
First of all, one thing is certain: with the size and ability of the Hunting God Hunting Group, it is impossible to swallow such a large piece of "cake" alone.

Not only them, but any hunting group on the Ark would not be able to complete the exploration of "Yagunaktor" on their own.

Not only because the progress of exploration will become very slow, but also because of this "eat alone" attitude, it is easy to be hated by others... Even if Ke Lan has an undead crew behind him to support him, it is inevitable that he will have some greedy pink eyes. Get in the way.

Although these people's small actions will not hurt the hunting gods and hunting group, they will disgust people from all kinds of small things... especially when a group of pink eye patients unite.

The hunting god hunting group must not be isolated, they must find a group of "partners" and form an alliance to jointly explore and develop this warship.With enough allies around, when some villains do bad things, they naturally don't dare to be so unscrupulous.

But the choice of this partner is also very particular. Compared with external enemies, the backstab of an ally is something that makes Ke Lan more afraid.

First of all, the army and the research institute, these two places have been determined - the army is the violent institution with the strongest force on the Ark, and it is also directly controlled by the Undead Crew Association. Like the United Parliamentary Group, they can also be regarded as The undead crew will be the agent on the bright side, Ke Lan can't refuse.

Research institutes, they have the most high-end technology and talents on the Ark. If you want to convert the exploration results into real benefits to the greatest extent, the research institutes are indispensable.What's more, if Ke Lan chooses to cooperate with other forces, most of the things discovered during the exploration will eventually be transferred to the research institute. It is better to let the Hunting God Hunting Group directly establish a cooperative relationship with the research institute, and save money from middlemen. the difference.

As for the remaining options, there are only the Security Bureau and various large private consortiums.

Now Ke Lan already knows that the Security Bureau can basically be regarded as a unit directly under the Undead Crew Association... To put it in a more popular way, their group of people is the same as the ancient secret agents and Jin Yiwei, who are responsible for doing that kind of work for the emperor. Wiping buttocks, cleaning toilets and other dirty work, as for the so-called director, he is just a puppet who obeys the orders of the crew association.

Ke Lan didn't need to please them at first, but he changed his mind, if the Security Bureau was also involved, in case someone with no eyesight came out to cause trouble, then he would directly put on a big hat of "suspected of endangering the safety of the ark" Go up, enough for them to eat and walk around.

Although the Security Bureau won't be of much help in the process of exploring the ruins, at least the name is bluffing enough to deter those who want to cause trouble because they can't eat "cake".

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Speaking of major consortiums, the first thing Ke Lan thought of was Sophia's Soma consortium, but Zofia is not yet the head of the Soma family. If she went directly to the Soma consortium, she would Ke Lan named Zofia to take charge of the cooperation matters, and the other heirs of the Soma family will definitely find opportunities to put their own people in.

Ke Lan, the intrigue within the big consortium and big family, is not interested, but if these people bring this pile of bad things into the ruins, then he can't ignore it.

Although Ke Lan can connect to the console of "Yagunaktor", there are still more than [-]% of the areas inside the battleship that cannot be opened to him due to "insufficient authority". The degree of danger in these areas is completely unknown. I don't know what dangers I will encounter inside... If there are still people in the exploration team who have their own little calculations in their hearts, and are unwilling to cooperate with others, or even calculate their own teammates, it is entirely possible that the entire Everyone in the team was killed.

Bringing in one of these black sheep is enough to cause headaches. If you bring in a group... Then Ke Lan thinks that he can already prepare for the funeral of the members of this exploration team.

Choosing to cooperate with a consortium is more troublesome: within any consortium, its interest relationship is very complicated, and even brothers will turn against each other because of competing for inheritance rights, let alone those shareholders who are not necessarily related by blood. .

Ke Lan thought about it, it would be better to let Zofia participate as a shareholder of the Hunting God Hunting Group, and then use her as a bond to let the Soma Consortium join the alliance in disguise—in this way, those who participate in the exploration of the ruins will be They are all Zofia's cronies, and there is no need to worry about other Soma family members getting involved.

If they can gain anything in the ruins, it can all be counted on her head, helping Zofia improve her status in the Soma family-if you are lucky, it is also a good idea to help her directly to the position of Patriarch. Not impossible.

At that time, no one should say that Ke Lan is a guy who eats soft food, and there may be many wealthy nobles who want to send their own ladies to him—although Fang Zhou practices monogamy in principle , but the relevant laws have a lot of loopholes that can be exploited. Many men from big families have more than one female partner...

Of course, if women are in an absolutely powerful position, then this situation will be completely reversed - Ke Lan once saw a revelation on the Internet: Mrs. Maria, who started out as a jewelry and artwork, was in her harem group. There are three-digit numbers of men, and many new members are added every year.

Among these men, there are rich and noble young masters, popular young meat stars, and ordinary but handsome amateurs. Even the lady of the male publicist in the nightclub has "collected" a lot. The only thing they have in common is that they all "don't want to work hard anymore"...

The only thing that makes Ke Lan a little strange is that there are so many men, that Mrs. Maria... can she use it?
"What are you thinking about, boy? Are you smiling so lasciviously?" The hound interrupted Ke Lan's reverie, and said with a wicked smile, "Do you think of the young lady from Soma's family? Tsk, what do you think?" Use, if you don’t take the initiative yourself, who can you blame? People have come to your door, if you were more courageous, you would have already won it, so do you still need to think about it here?”

"I did think of Zofia, but I didn't think about the nasty things you said, but I was thinking about whether to pull her into the exploration project of this ruin." Ke Lan said righteously, and in a flash Throwing those ambiguous pictures just now out of my mind.

"Cut? Men's clothing is serious, right? This is not a dirty thing. You love me, and it will happen when it happens. That is the great harmony between life and nature. How did it become a dirty thing in your mouth?" The hound silently He gave Ke Lan a middle finger.

"Yeah, I'm willing to do what you want, and it will happen when it's done...Then you and Layton went to the 'Fusang Street' in the New East Ninth District last month to find the kimono sister to discuss the great harmony between life and nature?" Ke Lan immediately responded. .

"Tsk, you don't understand this... New East Ninth District has just been rebuilt, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done. It just needs people to go there to consume and drive popularity, so that the whole block can gradually prosper. The big guy and I donated generously for this, Contribute your own strength to the revitalization of the New East Ninth District." The hound said seriously, not even blushing.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!" Layton, who was suddenly drawn into the topic, quickly echoed, "It is our duty to revitalize the economies of backward areas!"

"Contribute strength? I'm afraid all of your strength has been contributed to others' stomachs?" Ke Lan glanced at the two of them speechlessly, "Okay, let's get down to business. As for the partners, I've decided on four for now."

"The military, the research institute, the Security Bureau, and your beautiful fiancée." The hound immediately answered, "You don't even need to think about it, it's so easy to guess."

"Because these few companies are already a certainty." Ivan said, "But judging from the size of Yagunaktor, it is far from enough to rely on the staff of these few companies."

"That's right...the military, the research institute, the Security Bureau, and the Soma Consortium, all of these together may not be as good as us." Layton said while wringing his fingers, "First of all, the military , although the equipment is good, the number of people is large, and the individual strength of the elite troops is not bad, but they are soldiers after all, and they don't have much experience in the delicate work of exploring the ruins. The same is true for the people in the research institute and the security bureau. It's not professional, and carrying them is like carrying a mop bottle."

"That's right, the girl who just left, she and her subordinates have nothing else to do, they will only make things difficult for us. Without them, our mission will probably be much smoother." The hound complained, " I suspect that these people were not sent to help us, but to monitor us."

"Nine out of ten." Ivan nodded.

"These three companies themselves are not involved in the exploration of the ruins, so I won't say much here." Layton straightened the three bent fingers, "The rest... the people under the eldest lady's hands, to be honest, they are not very good. Sample."

The Soma Consortium itself is not very interested in the business of exploring ruins. The "Pioneer" icebreaker was not built for exploring underwater ruins at the beginning. As for the hunting group under the Soma Consortium, although it can be regarded as a " It is a "company-level" hunting group, but its strength is only at the make-up level. In terms of professionalism, it is not even worthy of giving shoes to a hunting group of the level of Polaris.

The quality of the hunters under the Soma Consortium, Ke Lan and the others have already seen it once during the mission of Leviathan. To say that they are crooked melons is already flattering them - they are all a group of third-rate mercenaries who have transferred The bastard, who has neither received systematic training nor has any practical exploration experience, encountered any unexpected situation and immediately lost his position... Ke Lan still remembers the one who was hit by his own ricochet The bad luck of the arteries of the legs.

At that time, the people sent by Zofia's side will probably only be able to let them be responsible for some logistical work.

"To put it bluntly, none of these four partners are very useful." The hound smacked his lips and said, "What we need is the kind of experienced elite hunter, preferably the kind who has been in the industry for decades, explores He has experienced a lot of A-level and B-level relics, preferably someone with experience in exploring S-level relics..."

"The kind of people you mentioned are too few." Ivan shook his head, "It is a high-risk industry, and the death rate of exploring high-level relics is so high. There are more than fifty... and most of them have already washed their hands in gold. Just being a coach and consultant in a hunter training institution is enough to make them a lot of money, and how many people are willing to take such a big risk to rebuild Playing old business?"

"Hey, I know someone like this." Zhuoligetu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "That guy has been a relic hunter for at least 15 years. He has participated in six exploration missions of S-level relics. There are even more AB-level ruins, and this guy is still active in the front line of exploring the ruins."

"Who? If there is such a person, how could I have never heard of it?" The hound was a little puzzled, "I know the leaders of the most famous big hunting groups, but I don't have such a number one person in my impression? Could it be him? Isn’t this qualification enough to be a team leader?”

"No, he is not from the big hunting group, but an independent hunter. He usually acts very low-key, and few people know him." Zhuoligetu said, "I happened to have visited the ruins with him twice before I came from The stuff he heard from his teammates."

"Really?" The hound grinned, with a disbelieving expression on his face, "Could it be that his teammates lied to you for bragging?"

"I don't know if it's true or not, but that person's strength is really strong, especially the ability to use throwing knives with one hand, it's simply superb-you know the blood rock in the Rust Ridge Mountains area? Because the rock contains a lot of iron Mine, the entire rock wall looks dark red, and its hardness is also very high. But the throwing knife he threw can be directly stuck on the rock wall without a handle. I don’t think even Layton’s mechanical arm is that exaggerated. .”

"Excellent with throwing knives? This guy...is his nickname '33'?" The hound was stunned for a moment, "Does he carry 33 dart-shaped throwing knives forged with Nino alloy with him, and he doesn't usually talk He is very serious, and he especially hates others smoking in front of him, right?"

"Ah? You...you know him?" This time, it was Zoligetu who was surprised.

"Yes, this guy used to be in the field force, the deputy captain of the Raptor Assault Squad. Later, on a mission, their Raptor Assault Squad suffered heavy losses. Even the captain died in battle. He also retired due to injury, so there is no news. ...I didn't expect him to become a relic hunter. By the way, how many of them are there?"

"Not many, about seven or eight people... They are all quite old, and judging from their behavior, they are a group of extremely self-disciplined guys. They also said that they are retired soldiers, but they didn't say which army they retired from. "Zoligetu said, looking at Hound and Layton, "I thought veterans were like them, until I met you two."

"Hey... From this point of view, the few of them should be the rest of the Velociraptor team." The hound said, "Theoretically, their pension should be enough for them to spend the rest of their lives well. Why? Running out to do this?"

"Uh...one of them told me about this." Zhuoligetu hesitated and said, "He said that he had listened to the deafening gunshots for half his life and was used to lying in the trenches. Now lying on the soft But I couldn’t fall asleep on the bed, and when I closed my eyes, I would see pictures that I didn’t want to recall, so I ran out.”

"War traumatic stress syndrome," Ivan said.

(End of this chapter)