Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 541
"The situation has become so serious?" Ke Lan was a little stunned... The last time the block wall was lowered, it was after the Prophet attacked the stronghold of the Security Bureau to round up the number one dangerous person. After that, the wall was no longer has not been enabled.

Even in the case of the Arasaka Consortium incident, the blockade of the East Ninth District was made up of security bureaus and garrison troops, not the alloy wall several meters thick.

These walls, like the blockade of the entire ship, are equivalent to the last barrier of the Ark. If even this barrier is breached, it means that the current crisis is no longer able to make the top management of the Ark take care of ordinary people. of life.

If it were changed to a more refined word, it would be - "the people's lives are devastated".

There are 50 million civilians on the Ark. Excluding the large families with private armed forces, and mercenaries with certain combat effectiveness, relic hunters, and retired soldiers-the rest, at least 40 million people are completely incapable of fighting Ordinary people, except that they have shot a few times with the Type [-] rifle in the popular military training, throughout their lives, these people will never have any intersection with such words as weapons and combat.

When disaster strikes, the only thing they can rely on is the protection from the high-rises of the Ark... and those six to eight-meter-thick composite armored walls are the last line of insurance that the authorities set up for them.

The entire ship is blocked and the wall is lowered, which means that the connection between the various blocks will be completely cut off, the traffic will be interrupted, the logistics will be blocked, and the production and life of the entire Ark will be completely suspended. Not to mention, the economic loss alone , I am afraid that the loss caused by each blockade of 1 minutes must be measured in "[-] million" as a unit.

Unless it is a last resort, the joint parliamentary group... No, the joint parliamentary group is probably not qualified to issue such an order-it should be said: it is impossible for the undead crew to activate this plan unless it is a last resort!

"What happened?" Ke Lan asked again.

However, the soldier just glanced at him without answering.

Seeing this, 33 walked forward quickly, approached the sergeant with the highest rank in this group of soldiers, and said, "Brother, we used to be in the First Division of the First Army Corps of the Field Service..."

As he spoke, he pulled up his sleeves, revealing a tattoo on his arm, "Seeing that everyone used to be a colleague, can you tell us some news, so we can feel a little more at ease."

After seeing the tattoo on 33's arm, the sergeant was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately showed a respectful expression—the First Division of the First Army Corps of the Field Service, that is the trump card among so-called trump cards. Apart from the fleet and mech units in the air, the first division is the most powerful unit in the human army. Countless soldiers have sharpened their heads and wanted to get into the first division, but few of them can get their wish. .

The screening conditions of the First Division are very strict. A soldier who can be selected into the Sharp Knife Company in other units of the Field Corps can only be ranked at the bottom of the First Division, let alone those under the First Division. An elite unit with a special number.

The strength of the First Division can be said to be the strongest in the army, and the combat missions they receive are often the most arduous. According to the statistics of the last ten years, not counting the disabled and missing, the field corps has served for five years. The average battle fatality rate is four per thousand.The five-year average death rate of the First Division is 20.00% five...

In other words, for every 75 soldiers who joined the First Division, after five years, only [-] people would still be alive.

This is the data that the war has eased in recent years. If it is placed in the few years just after landing, it is estimated that after five years of fighting, there will not be a few veterans left in the entire First Division—the first batch of soldiers have long been It was all gone, and the rest were all the reserve troops that were added later.

Whether it is the field troops or the garrison troops, or the air fleet that has always been above the top, when it comes to the first division, they only have admiration and respect in their hearts.

After the sergeant saw the tattoo on 33's arm that symbolized honor, he subconsciously saluted him with a standard military salute, and then said with a look of embarrassment: "It's not that we don't want to tell you, but we really don't want to tell you." I know...really, two and ten minutes ago our brothers were still watching TV at the station, and we suddenly received this order...even we are still at a loss."

"Yes, yes." Several other soldiers of the garrison nearby immediately echoed.

"Brother, since you are the one who retired from the first division, there must be someone you know in the senior management of your army. You see, although the whole ship is blocked now, the communication line has not been banned. Why don't you try Make a phone call and ask?" the sergeant persuaded him nicely.

"According to this situation, the people I can contact...I'm afraid I don't know much." 33 shook his head slightly, and then set his eyes on Ke Lan.

In his opinion, since Ke Lan is the "captain" of "Yagunaktor" and the person in charge of this new S-class ruins, he must be familiar with the top management of the Ark. Members of the parliamentary group know several of them. A senior official of this level must know the inside story.

"That... Who is the person with the most authority that you can contact?" 33 asked Ke Lan, "Do you know the members of the United Parliamentary Group?"

Ke Lan shook his head: "Just kidding, how could I know the congressman..."

The conversation between the two was heard by the soldiers, and they immediately looked at Ke Lan in surprise—these soldiers never imagined that, apart from a big boss who retired from the first division, among the four people, there was actually another A big man who can get in touch with the MP.

But this "big man" is really too young.

Fortunately, Ke Lan immediately denied 33's statement, otherwise, the jaws of these soldiers would probably have dropped to the ground.

It's just... Although he doesn't know the councilors, he knows a group of guys who are still above the councilors.

"Wait a minute, I'll make a call."

Ke Lan took out his mobile phone and dialed the number Demeter left for him. After the ringtone rang for only two seconds, the call was connected.

"What's going on?" In order to save time, Ke Lan asked straight to the point. He believed that the other party must know what he was asking.

"It's hard to explain on the phone." Demeter said, "You follow this team of soldiers to the shelter first, and someone will come to find you soon."

Ke Lan raised his head and saw that the surveillance camera at the street was facing this side, and the red indicator light representing the working status was flashing rhythmically next to the camera.

It is estimated that people from the Undead Crew Club are looking at him behind the camera now... For some reason, Ke Lan suddenly had an urge to show an "international friendly gesture" to the surveillance camera.

"What do you want me to do? To catch a strong man? Since you want me to work, you must let me know the content of the work."

"The people who will come to you later will tell you...but you need to be mentally prepared, things are far more troublesome than you imagined." Demeter said in a very calm tone.

But after hearing her words, Ke Lan couldn't calm down.

Damn it... Even the members of the Undead Crew Association said that this matter is far more troublesome than they thought... Then I probably can't use "trouble" to describe it...

It's not "trouble," it's "disaster."

"Okay, I see." Ke Lan was silent for two seconds before answering.

"Di—" After getting an affirmative answer, the other party hung up the phone without hesitation.

Putting down his phone, Ke Lan realized that everyone around him was staring at him—except for 33, Qin Zhao and Valentina, the soldiers of the garrison were also full of curiosity in their eyes.

They are also human beings, if they take off their military uniforms and put down their guns, they are no different from ordinary people. When encountering this kind of thing, they will inevitably have doubts, worries, fears and other negative emotions in their hearts... especially when the sky is falling But when I don't know anything about it, these negative emotions will be magnified hundreds or thousands of times...

Compared with the civilians who only need to be rescued in the containment facilities, these soldiers are the ones who really need to face this "disaster"... If the situation is really serious enough to be unspeakable, then perhaps the only thing waiting for them is die.

When the landing area was opened up, the first advance corps who landed knew that there would be no survivors in this battle, but they still resolutely jumped out of the vehicle... But now, this kind of thing has happened to this group of soldiers superior.

The expressions on the faces of several young soldiers were obviously a little uncomfortable-when Ke Lan and Demeter were on the phone just now, they did not deliberately avoid these people, but in the extremely silent environment, the voice leaked from the receiver The sound also reached the ears of the surrounding people very clearly.

Although the tone of the two people on the phone was very calm, this calmness is more like a "calm before the storm": thick dark clouds hang down from the sky, making people feel as if they can't breathe... This short period After the calm passes, what they will face will be an unimaginable storm, a strong cyclone will sweep past, sweeping away everything...

Of course, there is no such climate landscape on Planet Alpha. Ke Lan has only seen a similar picture in a scientific documentary from the old era, but it is too appropriate to use this picture as a metaphor for the current situation.

"This brother... who is the person you just called...?" The sergeant pondered for a long time, but he still couldn't help asking.

"A friend." Ke Lan said, although the Undead Crew Club acquiesced to these people listening to the call, it didn't mean that Ke Lan could tell them about the existence of the Undead Crew Club.

"Uh, then your friend, who is she?" Before he knew it, the sergeant had already used the honorific title of "you".

"It's not really a member of the United Parliamentary Group, is it?" 33 interjected—he would rather believe that Ke Lan just said that he didn't know the member was just a joke.

"She's not a member of parliament, but she's about the same as a member of parliament..." Ke Lan said vaguely. It's the group of people hiding behind the scenes...

"That congressman just now...ah no, it's that lady, she seems to want you to deal with this matter..." The sergeant swallowed, and continued to ask Ke Lan, "Excuse me... are you?"

"Shunting God Hunting Group, Ke Lan." There is no need for Ke Lan to conceal his own identity, "Oh, it's the person in charge of the S-019 ruins 'Yagunaktor' who made headlines recently."

As soon as this remark came out, the soldiers in this team all looked sideways, and the sergeant couldn't help opening his mouth—he was stunned for a few seconds before he realized: "I am very sorry! We have caused you trouble! If necessary, we can arrange transportation for you now, and we should be able to send you out of the East Eighth District before the wall comes down!"

The sergeant's palm holding the butt of the gun couldn't help seeping dense layers of sweat. He never imagined that he stopped a group of people at random, and even stopped such a "big man"... and the most terrible thing was However, this "big man" seems to be the key figure in solving this incident.

Even if he did not violate any rules and regulations, he could even be regarded as a dedicated soldier, but it was indeed because of his interception that the opportunity was delayed. If there was a butterfly effect caused by his actions, I am afraid that shooting him a hundred times would not be enough Atonement.

"It's okay, since that person asked me to wait in the shelter, let's go to the shelter quickly." Ke Lan said.

"Ah... good! I'll drive you there!" The sergeant said hastily, then turned to the other soldiers and said, "You continue to patrol along the edge of the New East Ninth District, and if you find anyone staying, immediately control them , concentrated and sent to a containment facility!"

"Yes!" The other soldiers responded.

……

15 minutes later.

The "temporary containment facility" that the sergeant said was actually a department store with closed doors and windows and several circles of barricades outside. The people brought by various patrol teams were gathered in the second and third floors of the department store. Two floors—those containers were pushed to one side, and the yellow and black warning tape divided the whole floor into dozens of areas, each of which had thirty or fifty people gathered.

Some of these people are talking on the phone anxiously; some are sitting on the ground, frowning and staring at their mobile phones; Come.

They were all the same as Ke Lan. They were walking on the street when they were suddenly brought here by soldiers rushing over - there were some blood stains on the floor tiles at the door that were not wiped clean... I don't know if it was a stampede accident or violence conflict.

"Mr. Ke Lan, I wrong you to wait here for a while. If someone comes to you later, I will definitely notify you as soon as possible... Also, I hope you don't tell the people here about the things just now. The crowd is panicking, and the situation will be difficult to control." The sergeant said to Ke Lan.

"Okay, of course I know that." Ke Lan nodded.

(End of this chapter)