Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 69 The Iron Shell
"Accurately speaking, it's something in the bones." Ke Lan said sternly.

"Well...it looks a bit like a half-finished industrial gel." Old Rail squatted on the ground and took out a pair of rubber gloves from the toolbox he brought. Just halfway through, he seemed to have remembered something. He suddenly turned his head to look at Ke Lan.

"This thing... shouldn't be toxic or corrosive, right?"

"Uh... Not sure, we haven't had direct contact." Ke Lan shook his head.

"Then it's better to be careful." Lao Gui's expression was very serious, "I still want to live another dozen or 20 years."

He took out another long-handled metal pliers, and picked up the remains of the black skeleton one by one into a heat preservation bucket with "spare plasma, Rh negative type AB blood", not even a single grain of rice-sized debris. Pass.

"You guys should go around and look around to see if anyone jumped into the distance... Although this matter will be known to the grandchildren of the Security Bureau sooner or later, at least they can't be caught by the tail."

"Also, fourth child, Quinn, you should take care of all the traces on the ground. If there is any area that cannot be cleaned, just pour some dilute hydrochloric acid on it, and then brush it with the stain lotion. If those guys have problems in the future, It's enough to say that the rust has been removed - anyway, if we bite to death, they can't do anything about it."

"Yes!" The two crew members who followed the old track responded, and at this time, Ke Lan noticed that the man named Quin was the one who went to the small restaurant to catch Bartlety before.

"Hey, you're not... isn't that the roasted leek!" When Quinn walked past Ke Lan, he also recognized him, but...

"What the hell is this roasted leek?" Ke Lan asked speechlessly.

"Hey, I don't know what your name is. Didn't you invite Laoba a plate of roasted leeks that day? That guy kept talking about how I caused him to lose a bottle of Roland. It's a shameful thing, all day long. Remember to eat and drink."

"The old bus, is he okay now?" Ke Lan asked casually. Although the casualties on the Pioneer were heavy, they should not have been embarrassed enough to send the logistics personnel to the front line.

"I can't die." Quinn waved.

"injured?"

"Well, when those beasts collided with the ship, a metal railing in the engine room broke and injured his shoulder. He should be lying in the dormitory now." Quinn said while using a piece of alcohol solvent The surface of the sea wiped up on the floor.

"It's fine if it's not a big deal. Remember to tell him next time. I won't default on the wine I owe him."

"Then you'd better talk to him yourself. I'm going back to the headquarters following the old track, and by the way, I'll give the paid leave I've saved for a year and a half... Damn, to be honest, if it wasn't for you, this time we All the people in this boat have to explain it here. I suddenly have a saying that Laoba said is quite right, 'the most painful thing in life is that the person dies and the money is not spent'. This guy has no culture, but this sentence says It really makes sense."

"Actually, this is not what he said..."

"Who said that?"

"More than 1000 years ago, a sketch actor of the Huaxia nationality said it on an old era entertainment program called 'Spring Festival Gala'."

"Damn... that's how it is. I wondered how he could spit out ivory from his dog's mouth." Quinn looked surprised.

"Okay! Don't patronize the chat, hurry up and work!" The old rail finally collected all the wreckage, and even carefully rummaged through the stone pile twice, he almost didn't clean the floor Turned over.

The metal heat preservation barrel containing the black skeleton remains was not locked, but was simply affixed with two seals, and it was blatantly held in his hand by the old guide, which made Ke Lan a little worried: "Do you need to find a box or something? Get up? It's too obvious."

"It's easier to attract attention when you hide it." Lao Gui said solemnly, "One of the wounded sent back happened to be panda blood, and this bucket of emergency plasma was prepared for him."

"...Then what if the wounded is really bleeding?"

"He was just scratching the skin. Originally, there is no need to send this injury back." Lao Ji coughed suddenly and symbolically, and then said, "But I accidentally broke my leg just now, for fear of leaving after-effects. , so I decided to go back to the Ark to receive a more comprehensive treatment."

"..." Ke Lan couldn't help but slandered that this leg was "deliberately" broken by you...

"Don't look at me like that, the kid did it voluntarily, and the consortium gave him enough compensation. Well, if there is nothing else, we'll go up first, the transport ship of the Aurora Consortium will be leaving soon."

"Okay, I wish you all a smooth journey." Ke Lan said with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, Caroline, you have to be wary of them, this kid is far more savvy than you think, but since the benefits are all ours this time, I don't care what small calculus he is playing in his heart, Don't let people sell and help people with money." After Lao Ji finished speaking, he glanced at Ke Lan with menacing eyes.

"Hehe... Mutual benefit, win-win situation." Ke Lan smiled awkwardly, but in exchange for a cold snort from the old man.

"Well, I get it... Be careful on your way." Caroline nodded hurriedly. Judging from her respectful and submissive attitude, the old man's prestige on the boat is probably more than that of the beautiful captain. .

Ke Lan couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. If this old guy stayed on the boat, I'm afraid the next action would not be as smooth as expected. Fortunately, he will be leaving soon, leaving Miss Soma and this guy. First mate Caroline, it will be much easier to deal with.

"Let's put an end to this for now. We've been down for so long, and we haven't even had a good look at that diving cabin." Ke Lan turned around and said to Caroline, watching Lao Gui and the others leave.

"Ah, I almost forgot to bring you down mainly to see the diving cabin..." Caroline said a little embarrassedly, "Also... that old guy looks fierce, but he's actually a nice guy. Yes, don't pay attention to those words just now."

"It's all right, I can see that the old man is a knife-mouthed tofu-hearted man." Ke Lan smiled and waved his hand, "Besides, what he said is right, I really want to sell a favor to the Soma Consortium, after all I have to eat your food on the boat these few days, it's too short to eat people."

"Including the rescue operation just now, our Soma consortium already owes you a lot." Caroline whispered.

"It's just a lot of work. Besides, our destination this time is the Pioneer. We can't just watch the Pioneer sink in front of us, right?" Ke Lan said so, but in his heart, he was thinking that he could not let it go. The more they owed themselves, the more convenience they could get on the Trailblazer.

Anyway, this is also mutual benefit, a win-win situation...

The two were chatting and chatting, and they had already walked to the front of the diving cabin. Compared with the blurred video, the shock of the real thing to Ke Lan was much stronger - this is a diameter of about four Meter's spherical diving cabin, but at this moment it is completely out of touch with the spherical shape. An indescribable force twisted the shell of the diving cabin into a twist-like shape. The surface of the high-strength alloy that can withstand the heavy pressure of deep water is full of Horrible streaks, several compression cylinders were all pressed into thin discus, it is really hard to imagine what kind of monster it encountered underwater.

"Fortunately, there is a flexible protective bag inside the diving cabin, so the body of the deceased is relatively intact... Otherwise, it is estimated that there is a pile of minced meat inside..." Caroline said aside.

The lining structure of the diving cabin, the various equipment inside, and the flexible protective bag that Caroline said were all dismantled by the security bureau, leaving only such a bare iron shell and a A completely crushed underwater thruster.

"No one knows what they encountered underwater, but I think the monster that can turn the diving cabin into this shape should be more terrifying than the deep sea giant eel..." Caroline sighed, "You really want to go down?"

(End of this chapter)