Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 63 Diving Cabin

"Huh?" Not to mention Zofia herself, even the first mate Caroline on the side was stunned.

"...Why do you want this? Don't you hunters explore the ruins for money? Why don't you directly ask for a sum of money? Or, if you want a part of the Soma Consortium, I can do it too... Zofia shook her head in confusion, "I can give you [-]% of the Soma Consortium's shares. The interest and dividends alone are enough for you to enjoy the life of the noble class for the rest of your life."

"Yeah... You have also seen how difficult these giant deep-sea eels are to deal with. These ghostly things are everywhere under the sea. Even if you get the information, it will be difficult to enter the city under the sea..." Caroline The first officer also persuaded from the side.

"Uh... To be honest, things like money... tsk... this kind of extraneous things are actually enough. I chose to become a relic hunter, more to satisfy my curiosity and desire to explore... So, I Choose intelligence." Ke Lan reluctantly made up a reason, and to be honest, this reason was difficult to convince even himself - 90.00% of the shares!That's not a company's shares, but [-]% of the entire Soma consortium. What Zofia said is right at all. He doesn't need to transfer this part of the shares at all. Already able to surpass [-]% of the nine hunters, and... without risking any life.

In any previous mission, he would have chosen to accept Zofia's suggestion, but this time he couldn't.

They didn't do it for money this time, and they never thought about entering the city under the sea. What they wanted to save was the life of a brother who was born and died with them.

But Ke Lan can't directly ask the other party to get a flesh-eating worm, not to mention whether the Soma Consortium can get this kind of thing, even if they can, I'm afraid they will be immediately targeted by the security bureau .

That was almost tantamount to surrendering.

This step can only depend on Ke Lan and the others... The greatest help Zofia can provide them is the information that is officially classified as highly confidential... Especially the things related to that video, for them Speaking is even more important.

"But..." Zofia said with a look of embarrassment, "I don't have the information you want here either."

"No?!" Ke Lan was taken aback, "Aren't you the captain of the Pioneer?"

"I'm the captain, that's right... That is, all the records of the previous underwater exploration operations were taken away by the security bureau. Not only did they not leave any backups, they even gave the captain a password. But in fact, apart from the staff of the Security Bureau, we really know very little." Zofia said with some helplessness.

"Why did the Security Bureau intervene?" Ke Lan asked, "It stands to reason that it shouldn't be their business to explore the ruins."

"I don't know..." Zofia frowned slightly, "The Soma Consortium... the family's message to me is to not worry too much about this matter, and to cooperate with the work of the Security Bureau as much as possible."

"That is to say... there are no exploration records related to the city under the sea left here? What about the personnel? Are there any personnel involved in the exploration operation?"

"Relevant personnel have also been taken away, and the remaining sailors and boatmen will not know more than me." Caroline added on the side, "In fact, there is not much information at all. Corpses, no living people, they did not leave any written records, and they did not bring any relics of the Alpha civilization, and the camera equipment they carried was either damaged or lost... Otherwise, the description of the city under the sea on the hunter network is not good. It will be blank."

"Corpse... What does a corpse look like, Ms. Caroline, do you still remember?... Uh, I mean, if we can analyze the cause of death of those people from the corpse, we may be able to predict the death of those people when we go to the city under the sea." Prepare the means to deal with it." Ke Lan asked eagerly.

"I didn't pay attention to this..." Caroline recalled, "...the autopsies on those corpses were all arranged by the Security Bureau, and we couldn't see it in the end."

"Then... is there anything weird about those corpses? Maybe there are some special monsters or traps?" Ke Lan tentatively asked, and he wanted to bring the topic to the video without arousing the other party's suspicion as much as possible. on top of the corpse in it.

"In fact, those corpses all look similar. The corrosiveness and toxicity of seawater can change them beyond recognition... Most of them were attacked and died by sea beasts, with various wounds, such as biting, entanglement, electric shock, The impact... and partly because of the damage to the diving equipment... Alas, in fact, you can see on the deck now that those dead are similar to those who died in the battle just now." Caroline scratched the back of her head , said.

"But I remember that there was a special corpse... Do you remember Caroline?" Zofia said suddenly.

"Which one? To be honest, too many people have died on this boat in the past half month, and I can't remember it..." Caroline smiled at Ke Lan with some embarrassment.

"The corpse dragged out of the No. [-] diving chamber looks like a mummy whose flesh and blood have been sucked dry in a horror novel, but its stomach is swollen like a pregnant woman..." Zofia's expression was slightly resisted, after all , Like that kind of weird and terrifying scene, no one will feel too good when recalling it.

Although Ke Lan didn't show any expression on his face, his heart was shocked—the purpose of their trip was for the "thing" that might exist in the belly of the corpse!
If it is really a flesh-eating worm, then at least so far, their efforts have not been in vain.

"Oh! I remember coming! But that guy doesn't seem to be from the Exploration Team, but an agent of the Security Bureau... But he seems to be the one who stayed in the bottom the longest, for four hours... No, it should be It's five hours," said Caroline.

"Five hours?" Ke Lan glanced at Caroline, pretending to be puzzled, "Then what happened to him to become that...that strange look?"

"I don't know about that." Caroline shrugged regretfully, "The entire operation process was completed by people from the Security Bureau, and even I, the first officer, were not allowed to approach. The corpse has just been fished out. They were sent to the special plane of the Security Bureau—er, but I remember that the people from the Security Bureau showed very strange expressions after seeing the corpse, and they looked very nervous."

"anything else?"

"It's gone. It's said that the body was transported away."

It's a pity... the clues were broken... Ke Lan sighed inwardly. Up to now, they can only guess based on the appearance of the corpse, but what if all this has nothing to do with the flesh-eating worms?

"You seem to be very concerned about that corpse?" Zofia still sensed Ke Lan's abnormality, and asked.

"...I just feel very curious. I have explored many ruins of the Alpha civilization, but I have never encountered such a situation." Ke Lan quickly concealed it.

"Actually, sometimes I envy you relic hunters." Zofia turned around and opened a cabinet next to the desk. "It's a pity that the family doesn't allow it. It's their biggest wish to let me come aboard the Pioneer." Conceded."

"Actually, being a hunter is not fun at all, it's very dangerous..." Ke Lan didn't know how to answer this sentence. He suddenly felt that if they continued to entangle on this topic, their intentions might be exposed. .

"Actually, it's not that there are no clues at all." Zofia took out a key card from the cabinet, "There is one thing that the Security Bureau didn't take away."

"what?"

"The diving cabin is now in the No. [-] cargo hold on the bottom floor of the Pioneer." Zofia raised the key card in her hand.

　The results of the bone biopsy came out, and the residue remained negative. I was relieved, and I can live a new year with peace of mind.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)