Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 587 Block No. [-]

"Forget it, people have their own aspirations, and there is no need to force others." The hound said, "We were not the same before. If it weren't for that plane crash, maybe we are still lone rangers now."

"That's right..." Layton rubbed his forehead, "After all, among the few of us, Zoligetu was the only one who had experience forming a team with him. We didn't get along with each other for a long time, and we knew each other thoroughly. Not to mention, if someone readily agrees to join the group, we will feel suspicious instead."

"That guy 33 seems easy to get along with, but it's really hard to gain his trust." The hound shook his head, "My experience is quite similar to his, we have both experienced betrayal and betrayal... Although the people above From the perspective of others, this is called a 'strategic sacrifice', and it is a price that must be paid for the sake of the overall situation... But only when you really become the 'price' itself, the abandoned child, can you experience that despair .”

"Let's not talk about this first, hurry up and get ready, we will leave at ten o'clock tomorrow morning." Ke Lan said, "The destination is the area marked as 'Block One'. Calculated by the energy required by the unit, this 'block one' consumes the least amount of energy, so logically speaking, it should be the closest to the core power room."

"Don't 'reasonably speak', anything related to Alpha civilization cannot be logically said, at least not according to our reasoning...not to mention that this thing is—" The hound stopped at this point, As members of the Molten Mine Reconnaissance Team, they all knew in their hearts that this ancient warship was probably not a creation of the Alpha Civilization, but a third civilization whose technological level was far above the Alpha Civilization.

However, this is a top secret, and it is not allowed to be disclosed to anyone. Even those hunters who participated in the "Yagunaktor" exploration operation have no right to know.

"Regardless of whether Block [-] is the nearest area or not, at least we need the least amount of energy to go back and forth, and the transmission process is also the shortest... For the first exploration, we don't seek meritorious deeds, but seek no faults. Our initial goal is to first Find out the general condition of this ancient battleship, and lay the foundation for subsequent exploration operations." Ke Lan said.

"Then how much information do you have about this 'Block No. [-]'?" asked the hound.

"zero."

"Zero? Didn't you already have access to the console? Don't tell me there isn't even a diagram of the internal structure of the battleship?" The Hound said in amazement.

"I only know the general structure of the battleship's interior, but I don't know the details about the left, right and internal state of each cabin..."

"That is to say, this 'Block No. [-]'... may be empty, or it may be filled with hot magma, or it may even be full of Alpha people's corpses?" the bloodhound said. Leaning on the coffee table with both elbows, he gently tapped the glass table top with the nail of his index finger, "In the worst case, maybe we will be wiped out right after we are teleported in?"

"So, we need to send the drone in first." Ke Lan said.

"But the signal from the drone can't be transmitted back?"

"You can let the drone record the captured images and collected environmental data, set up an automatic cruise program, and then open the transmission channel when the time is up..."

"What if the drone doesn't come back?" The hound asked, staring at Ke Lan.

"Then there is only one way." Ke Lan paused, and continued, "Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man."

Ke Lan would not directly tie people up and throw them in like the lunatics in the research institute... But in that case, if the exploration operation is to continue, someone must risk their lives to carry out "meat investigation".Ke Lan believes that as long as the reward is high enough, someone will "voluntarily" stand up.

This is a gamble, and the bet is the gambler's own life... But since ancient times, there have never been a few people who exchanged their lives for money, not to mention, this is not a situation that must die.

He doesn't need to do anything, as long as he can come back alive after entering the transmission channel, he will be rewarded generously... This kind of thing, even an old man who is dying, terminally ill, or even physically disabled can do it, There are hardly any barriers to entry.Taking a step back, even if he fails to come back, his family can get a better life because of it.

In the old era, this kind of thing would usually be done by well-trained special dogs, but in this era, a dog's life is worth far more than a human life.Even among the noble class on the Ark, a purebred pet dog can be regarded as a rare "luxury".

This is ironic, but it is also an indisputable fact.

……

The next day, at 45:[-] in the morning.

The hunters who had finished their rest gathered in the open space in front of the base. 100 meters directly in front of them was the energy supply array of the core power room. Those thick and square crystal pillars were emitting a faint green fluorescence.

Everyone is wearing protective clothing - if you want to carry out large-scale transmission, if you rely solely on energy crystals to pile up, the number of crystals needed will be an astronomical number, Ke Lan can only use the "Yagunaktor" again The energy supply array is used to provide energy for the teleportation device, and the side effect is that the radiation intensity in the entire power room will rise hundreds of times.

"Although I have seen it in the photos before, the feeling of being there is still different... It's too shocking." The ghost owl of the Gray Bird Hunting Group looked at the crystal pillars in the pit and said A sigh.

"Of course, if humans in the old era saw a Himalayas made of 24K pure gold, they would also feel incredible," said the hound.

On the Ark, energy crystals can be said to be a hard currency that is stronger than credits and precious metals, so the analogy of the hunting dog is not a problem at all.

"All the energy crystals in the other S-class ruins add up to less than one-tenth of what is here?" Ghost Owl continued, "I'm really curious about the origin of this battleship."

"The purpose of our gathering here today is for this matter." Ke Lan said, "It's time to start."

"En." Layton, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, nodded, and connected the robotic arm to the drone's controller, while typing quickly on the keyboard with his other hand.

The four drones placed in front of him floated into the air one by one—these four drones were provided by the Yip Consortium, except for the propeller blades and emergency thrusters that most drones will be equipped with. In addition, these four drones are also equipped with miniature anti-gravity devices and energy shield generators. The configuration can only be described as "luxury".

The four drones formed a diamond formation in the air, and the four energy shields were directly activated. At the same time, Ke Lan also opened the transmission channel to "Block One".

A cloud of black mist appeared right in front of the drone queue - the transmission channel of "Yagunaktor" is very different from those "portal gates" described in science fiction works, it does not have a fixed The shape does not have an obvious boundary, and the phenomenon that can be observed by the naked eye is just an opaque black mist.

After entering the range of the black mist, the person or thing being transported will not disappear immediately, but will gradually become transparent like a frozen afterimage, and finally completely merge with the black mist.

When viewed from the perspective of the person being teleported, the moment of entering the black mist, the field of vision will become pitch black... not only the field of vision is pitch black, but other senses will also completely fail, and the whole person seems to be left with only a wisp of light. Consciousness drifts in the dark, and everything will return to normal after arriving at the teleportation destination.

"After debugging, the state of the UAV is normal, and the automatic cruise program is also designed. It is set to return immediately, 600 seconds, 1200 seconds and 1800 seconds after arriving at the destination. If there is a deviation in the position of the return channel, no one will Opportunity patrols near the original coordinates, as long as the offset distance is not too outrageous, there are nine out of ten chances that you can crash into it."

"Okay, I will keep the channel open." Ke Lan replied, "Come in."

As soon as Ke Lan finished speaking, Layton pressed the Enter key on the keyboard, the "automatic cruise program" was activated, and the four drones flew smoothly into the black mist.

"Based on the energy consumption required for teleportation, the teleportation process should only take a few seconds. If everything goes well, we will soon see the first returning drone." Ke Lan said to others.

"I hope so." The hound nodded, but the expression on his face was serious, and he stared at the black mist not far away without blinking.

Thirty seconds passed quickly, and there was no movement in the black mist—the thing that worried everyone happened: the first drone failed to return in time.

"I knew it didn't go so smoothly." The hound sighed, "Compared to the fact that we were able to be directly transported to the core power room at that time, it was really a jackpot."

Ke Lan really wanted to tell the Hound that they were able to enter the core power room smoothly, probably because of the Prophet's intention... But there are so many people at the moment, it's not easy for him to say this kind of thing directly, so he can only acquiesce to the Hound's statement.

"Don't worry, maybe it's just that the exit at the other end of the transmission channel has shifted, and this kind of situation has happened before." Ke Lan said in a deep voice, "Wait a minute."

Everyone stopped talking, but the atmosphere became more dignified invisibly.

Ke Lan and the others waited for more than ten minutes until the time when the second drone was supposed to return, but the first drone still did not come back.

"The chances of the drone coming back are very slim." Ghost Owl frowned and said, "It's time to consider a backup plan."

"In fact, there are many reasons why the drone can't return, not necessarily because it was destroyed." Layton said, "For example, there is extremely strong electromagnetic interference in that place, which is strong enough to affect the inside of the machine through the energy shield. navigation device..."

"What you said is the same as what Bai said." The hound gave Layton a blank look and said, "How strong is the electromagnetic interference that can penetrate even energy shields? Converted into radiation, I am afraid that even the radiation on us Even protective clothing can't stop it."

"I'm just talking about one of them...not the only one," Layton muttered.

"Wait until three 10 minutes, if no drone returns, then start a backup plan." Ke Lan said... In fact, before the drone set off, he already had a strong premonition, which sounds a bit The "not very humane" backup plan will definitely be used in the end.

Even if the initial exploration of this "No. [-] block" goes well, there will be "No. [-] block", "No. [-] block" and so on... The so-called "unexpected situation" will happen sooner or later.

After all, this is an S-rank relic.

Among the existing S-level ruins, any one has paid a lot of sacrifices in the early stage of exploration. It is not too much to say that it was piled up with human lives... It is simply a fantasy to explore S-level ruins without dying.

"I have a suggestion." Ghost Owl suddenly said, "Anyway, it's a meat detective, who to send... It's all the same, right?"

"What do you mean?" 33 glanced at him and asked.

"Everyone who is doing this is a professional relic hunter. Let's make it clear." Ghost Owl said, "Meat detectives, to be honest, are a life-threatening job with no technical content. We don't need to Precious hunters are wasted on this. My suggestion is - this person is selected from among the support personnel, even if he fails to come back alive, it is not a loss to us."

Although his words made people feel a little uncomfortable, Ke Lan and the others really couldn't refute him—indeed, it is indeed the most cost-effective to let logistics personnel who are less important and easy to be supplemented serve as meat detectives. " way.

The selection process was very short - when Ke Lan proposed that the meat detective would get 6 million credit points no matter whether he came back alive or not, a group of people almost robbed their heads... 6 million lives, whether it is in the ark Whether it is on the road or in the wilderness, it is already considered "high price".

Seeing this group of guys eagerly signing up, Ke Lan couldn't help thinking of an old saying.

"The wages of avarice is death."

In the end, Ke Lan still chose two people from the support staff photographed by Ye's consortium.

These two are more than 40-year-old middle-aged men who are in charge of odd jobs at the base. With their salaries, 6 million credits may take 30 years to save without eating or drinking.

It’s considered that the monthly salary has been increased to more than 10,000 per month after receiving special tasks. If they fail to come to “Yagunaktor”, their monthly income will only be three or four thousand, 6 million It is simply money that will never be earned in a lifetime.

The two selected faces were blushing with excitement at the beginning, especially after watching their accounts be entered with a long string of zeros starting with six, the excitement climbed to the top... However , It wasn't until the hunters put heavy protective equipment on them that the two realized that this was a mission that they might not be able to return to. Their blushing faces instantly turned pale.

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