Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 612 Toxin Residues
"Because the heretic sect's stronghold is located deep in the ruins, and the defense facilities of the ruins are likely to be fully activated, if the army is used to attack, the casualties will be immeasurable." Pan continued.

A city of Alpha civilization, even if it is a severely damaged ruin, as long as its original defense facilities can be activated one out of ten, then for the human army, this is a fortress that cannot be conquered at all.

To use an analogy, assuming that the human army is attacking the intact Alpha civilization city head-on, it is equivalent to the primitive man holding a spear and wearing leaves launching a surprise attack on a modern tank phalanx.Then, the ruins of a city of Alpha civilization is equivalent to replacing the tank with the Maxim heavy machine gun that appeared in the late nineteenth century-the result will not be much different.

The reason why relic hunters can enter these high-level relics is entirely because these relics are usually in a "sleeping" state, and only a small part of the defense mechanisms and facilities are still in operation... But even so, exploring this The casualty rate of such high-level ruins remains high.

But now, the heretic sect has completely controlled the city ruins of an Alpha civilization... Not to mention sneaking into the ruins, I am afraid that even getting close to it will become an extremely difficult thing.

"In addition to the First Cruise Fleet, we will invest 160,000 divisions in the ground forces, with a total of about [-] troops to encircle the ruins of the Bronze City... This 'siege battle' requires the assistance of the Hunting God Hunting Group." Pan Said in an undeniable tone.

160,000 people... This is almost the entire mobile force that the Field Corps can mobilize except for those strongholds, military bases and transportation routes that must be garrisoned.Since the Ark established a firm foothold on Alpha Planet, there has never been such a large-scale military operation.

"Aren't you afraid that this is a trap?" Ke Lan said, "If these troops are all killed in the ruins...the heretic sect might take advantage of the opportunity and attack the ark directly."

"But it is also a very rare opportunity... If the effective forces of the heretical sect can be successfully wiped out, at least in the next ten years, the Ark's foreign troubles can be effectively alleviated."

"Your business doesn't sound like a good deal at all. The bargaining chips and benefits of the two sides are completely unequal." Ke Lan took a long breath and continued, "Stud is no problem, but stud can't kill the opponent, even if If you win the bet, you will suffer a lot. If you lose the bet, you will lose everything. This... a blood loss."

"There has never been an absolutely fair deal in this world."

"Okay... Even if you want to bet, don't drag me in, this is war... And we are just relic hunters, not soldiers or mercenaries." Ke Lan said.

"You are soldiers." Pan Lima said, "Don't forget, you have already joined the army. If you run away, you will be treated as deserters."

"Good guy, so you are waiting to play tricks on us at this time, right? If I had known, we might as well have squatted in the cell of the Security Bureau for a few months."

"Don't you think that the security bureau's detention room... can come out completely after entering?"

"That's better than attacking an awakened Alpha city as cannon fodder."

"Don't be cowardly, I can guarantee that you will not be used as cannon fodder and thrown into the frontline combat sequence..."

Before Pan could finish speaking, Ke Lan planned on him: "I know, most of us will be treated as a surprise attack team, infiltrating into the ruins of the Bronze City from the side and rear, and then wreak havoc or beheaded directly - the survival rate is not high. Will it be much higher than cannon fodder?"

"If you can regain the core control of the Bronze City, then even if you are trapped in the depths of the enemy's formation, your own safety will definitely be guaranteed."

"These are all nonsense... I just ask one thing, are we qualified to refuse this task?"

"No." Pan's answer was very direct.

"Well, I can participate in this battle, but in terms of specific actions, I need enough autonomy." Ke Lan said, "I will judge the battlefield situation and plan action steps by myself... The order was handed over to a group of commanders and staff officers whom I didn't even know."

Whether it is 33, Valentina, or the old dog's former troops, they have all been tricked by the military more or less, so that Ke Lan's trust in the military's command is infinitely close to zero—— In their eyes, every soldier is just a number on the sand table of war. They can throw these fresh lives into the abyss without any scruples, and use them to fill up the gully on the way forward... But Ke Lan did Don't let your teammates become victims of war.

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Ke Lan, Ze Luo and Cao Ge returned to the first fleet's new flagship "Suzaku", while the soldiers stayed behind.Their task is to clean up the battlefield. Although the black mummy has been turned into dust and dissipated in the wind, some necessary aftermath steps are still indispensable-if the people from the research institute were here, they would even take this mountain. Dig out the dust from every crevice in the rocks and transport it back to the research room...

"By the way, how is Lin Qiming and Dr. Norison's team doing now? Have the search and rescue personnel found them?" Ke Lan asked after taking a cup of coffee handed over by the orderly.

"The search and rescue operation is over. Thanks to the relatively short window time for skydiving, their landing points are relatively concentrated. In less than an hour, everyone was found." Cao Ge said, his cup was also dark brown It is a liquid, but it exudes a strong smell of medicine, which is obviously not the same thing as Ke Lan.

As if seeing Ke Lan paying attention to his drink, Cao Ge raised his glass and said, "Anti-rejection medicine... I have to drink several cups every day, there is no way."

Although the technology of cyborg prosthesis has been developed to the present, the problem of rejection between the prosthesis and the original body has been solved in sevens and eighties, but there are differences between people after all-there are so many For a small number of people, the body will always have a rejection reaction with the installed prosthetic body, and even the acquired gene editing surgery cannot solve this problem-for these very few unfortunate people, there are only two prosthetic bodies in front of them. Choices: one is to remove the cyborg prosthesis; the other is to take a large amount of anti-rejection drugs with strong side effects every day like Cao Ge.

Ke Lan was stunned for a moment, and immediately changed the subject: "Among the rescued people, how about the casualties?"

"Fortunately, no one died, but two researchers suffered severe frostbite due to equipment damage, and one person crashed into a cliff with multiple fractures all over his body. They have all been sent to the ship's medical cabin , there is no danger to life... As for the avalanche caused by the bombing later, it did not pose much threat. After the positioning was completed, the rescue team directly cut through the snow with laser weapons, and the last person dug out also It was just buried under a snowdrift for 10 minutes."

"The situation is better than I expected. I thought at least a few people would die." Ke Lan said.

"The airbag in the life-saving equipment has made a great contribution. Without this thing, the avalanche alone would be enough to kill everyone." After Cao Ge finished speaking, he raised his head and suffocated the hot potion in the cup. He fell down, and then coughed violently.

"Cough...Although I don't have any sense of taste anymore, every time I drink this thing, it feels like drinking a glass of burning alcohol. This feeling...it's been so many years, I still can't get used to it, cough cough... ..." Cao Ge's face was flushed, and the five fingers of the prosthetic limb were clenched instantly, leaving five shallow marks on the alloy seat armrest.

"This description sounds like a high-alcohol spirit." Ke Lan looked at Cao Ge and said, "You didn't like drinking bars before?"

"As a soldier, I don't drink at all." Cao Ge shook his head, "But this thing is definitely different from alcoholic beverages. You can tell by touching this cup—by the way, be careful of burns."

The cup used by Cao Ge to charge the medicine is specially made. The outer layer is a heat-insulating layer made of silica gel, and the inner layer is made of some kind of ceramic material.Ke Lan stretched out his finger and touched the inner wall of the cup like a superficial touch, and immediately understood Cao Ge's words.

The cup is already empty, but the temperature on the inner wall is still as high as nearly two hundred degrees... One can imagine how high the original temperature of the medicine contained in it is.

Cao Ge's description of drinking burning alcohol is actually not an exaggeration... because the original temperature of this cup of potion is actually almost the same as burning alcohol.

Fortunately, Cao Ge's mouth and digestive tract were also replaced with cyborg prosthetics, otherwise this thing could directly burn through the esophagus.

"What kind of medicine is this? Generally, for this kind of rejection, don't you just need to take immunosuppressants on time?" Ke Lan couldn't hold back his curiosity, and asked.

Rejection means that after foreign tissues enter the host body, the host's own immune system regards these foreign tissues as "enemies" invading the body and launches attacks against them. Generally, the most commonly used means to suppress rejection are hormones Drugs and cytotoxic drugs... But no matter what kind of treatment, the patient will not be allowed to drink liquids with a temperature of several hundred degrees...

After all, not everyone has a prosthetic mouth and digestive tract. For those who use a prosthetic digestive tract, this behavior is tantamount to murder.

"This is a biological agent. I don't know the exact formula. People from the research institute prepared it for me... Anti-rejection is only part of the effect. Its main purpose is to suppress the biological toxins in my body."

"Biological toxin?" Ke Lan suddenly thought of the reason why Cao Ge was injured, "Is it because of those bugs?"

"Yes." Cao Ge nodded, "When those bugs eat, they will inject a kind of corrosive poison into the body of the food. This kind of toxin cannot be completely removed by existing medical methods. If I don't use this biological agent If I suppress them, my body will be gradually corroded into a puddle of foul-smelling pus..."

"I can help you get rid of the toxins." Zelo, who was sitting aside and playing with his phone quietly, said suddenly.

"Do you have a solution?" Cao Ge was stunned for a moment. For some reason, his original fear of Ze Luo dissipated a lot.

If he hadn't just seen the changes in Ze Luo's arm on the surveillance camera, he would have thought that she was an ordinary human girl who was introverted and not very talkative—other than that, her appearance could only be described as "perfect". Two words to describe.Cao Ge has seen many beautiful women, and there are many beautiful female officers and soldiers on the flagship of the Suzaku... But if these people stand with this girl in front of them, they will be overshadowed immediately.

"I can...try." Zelo nodded and stood up.

"Is it possible?" Cao Ge looked at Ke Lan, with a hint of hope in his eyes.

The feeling of being tortured by residual toxins day and night is hard to describe in words. Among the people Ke Lan knows, only Valentina can empathize with this...

No matter how resolute a tough guy is, he will gradually collapse under this kind of torture for many years... Ke Lan can clearly feel that Cao Ge in front of him is different from when he first saw him. Here, he seemed to have aged nearly ten years.

Cao Ge's real age is actually less than 40 years old, but he looks like an old man who is over fifty years old and is about to enter his sixtieth birthday.

Ke Lan even suspects that if this trend continues, maybe the commander of the First Fleet will change again after a while...

But now that Ze Luo actually proposed to help Cao Ge get rid of the remaining toxins, that would be the best.

"Are you sure you can clear it?" Ke Lan asked Xiang Zeluo - Cao Ge's situation is actually very different from Valentina's. Although Valentina also suffered from old injuries and some residual biological toxins, But the reason why she fell into this state was entirely because she didn't receive proper treatment... And later, she and Major Chi also delayed the injury again and again due to financial reasons...

Speaking of Major Chi, Ke Lan suddenly felt that by taking this opportunity, he might be able to ask the Undead Crew to release him under conditions—as an experienced veteran and mechanical maintenance engineer, it would be a shame to be locked up in prison like this. What a waste.

Closer to home, after Valentina's body was handed over to Sakurai Nai for recuperation, the situation has improved a lot. If it hadn't been for too long, she would have recovered by now—and Cao Ge, the medical treatment he can enjoy The conditions must be the best on the Ark, but even so, the research institute still couldn't completely solve his physical problems, and could only use drugs to delay the time.

The difficulty of treatment of the two is not at the same level at all.

"If it's just the toxins secreted by insects, it's fine." After speaking, Ze Luo had already walked in front of Cao Ge.

"What should I do?" Cao Ge asked in a deep voice—to be honest, he is not so afraid of this "girl" who "has the ability to destroy the entire ark" now...

Even if the treatment failed, the situation couldn't get any worse...Maybe, I could be relieved because of it.

"Just stretch out your arms and lie on your back on the chair," Zelo said.

(End of this chapter)