Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 71
The first floor of the Pioneer bridge, the No. [-] VIP private room.

Seeing Ke Lan and the three of them pushed the door and came in, the hound who was drinking tea immediately bounced off the sofa. Even the precious tea leaves and hot tea in the bone china cup were splashed all over the place, and they hurriedly greeted him. come up-

"How, did you find anything?"

"No." Ke Lan shook his head, "And things got more complicated."

Then, he recounted what happened in cargo hold No. [-], and threw the two magnetic cards on the coffee table.

"The captain insisted on giving it to me. Each unregistered savings card has 5 million credit points. Take it, old dog, and it will be used as compensation for purchasing equipment."

"Let's not talk about money or not," the hound waved his hand, "now our problem is not money, nor that black skeleton, nor that bizarre warning - I just want to know one thing, in the video Is that 'container' what we want in it... If not, I think we have to reconsider the risks and benefits of this operation."

The Hound paused, looked directly into Ke Lan's eyes and said, "You were the only person who saw that thing come out of a person's stomach with his own eyes. If you're not even sure..."

"I'm not sure, but from the descriptions of witnesses, the 'container' in the diving cabin and the 'container' in that settlement have exactly the same characteristics." Ke Lan hesitated for a moment, then replied.

"But no one can guarantee that it is what we want... In fact, the girl named Caroline is right. The danger level of this sea area is far beyond our expectations. When we want to regret it, I'm afraid it's too late." The Hound sat back on the sofa and glanced at Natasha, who was silent on the side, from the corner of his eyes, "On one side is Ivan's life, on the other side are you, me, Liao Zilang, Layton, Asano Akira , Zorigtu and Natasha have seven lives, I really want to save Ivan, but I can't let other people die in order to save one person."

"Old dog, failure to act does not necessarily lead to death, we may still have a chance to retreat..." Just as Leighton said halfway, he was stunned by the hound.

"There are dozens of people who went into the water back and forth. Have they ever had a chance to retreat?" The Hound shouted coldly, "The operation must continue, yes, but we must make sure that there is nothing we want under the water... and After we go down, will we be able to come back alive?"

"The information about that thing has been completely blocked by the Security Bureau." Ke Lan turned around and closed the door of the VIP private room, "But they didn't leave any clues..."

"You mean the black skeleton you encountered?"

"Yeah." Ke Lan nodded, "The people from the Soma Consortium have already brought the item back, and the analysis report will be available the day after tomorrow. I think that item is likely to be related to our goals. In addition, the previous few times The dive site, hydrological data, and sea animal activity patterns, etc., these things are still recorded on the ship, and I have asked Caroline to copy all of them for me."

Ke Lan took out a fingernail-sized memory card from his pocket and inserted it into the holographic projector under the coffee table.

"The sacrifices of those in the front are not worthless. With the information they exchanged for their lives, the risk of this operation is actually not that exaggerated."

A seabed formed by a three-dimensional holographic projection appeared in front of everyone. A large amount of data and notes were densely marked on it. This information was accumulated little by little in the previous explorations, except for the sacrifices of dozens of people. In addition, the Pioneer has also launched hundreds of unmanned probes. Although none of these probes can be successfully recovered, they still bring back a large amount of data.

"These black areas are all unexplored areas. In our next action, we must avoid them as much as possible, and these marked red areas are areas where high-threat sea beasts have been found to be active. It is very likely that you will encounter powerful monsters—”

"What about the blue area?" the Hound asked aloud.

"The 'relatively safe area', at least none of the first few dives had an accident in the blue area."

"I don't think so." The Hound shook his head, "There are too few samples, the data is unreliable, and the seabed environment is so complicated, we can't guarantee that the previously safe areas will always be safe... As for the sea beasts, let's not talk about anything else. , The deep sea giant eel alone cannot compete with the weapons in our hands, let alone those stronger existences."

"There are still more than 120 hours," Ke Lan glanced at the watch on his wrist, "at least we can try."

"You mean... reconnaissance in a small area first, and then gradually expand the search area?"

"Yes, anyway, we are not sure whether the deep sea really has what we want, there is no need to put all bets on one dive, even if it is just swimming a few laps at a depth of about [-] meters, looking for some clues, Better than wasting time in the cabin." Ke Lan nodded.

"What you said is very reasonable, but even at a depth of [-] meters, there is still a lot of risk... The first dive, who will go?" Hound asked with a serious look.

"I'll go." Ke Lan said immediately, "Since the plan was proposed by me, it should be executed by me."

It was not until he arrived at Zhong Hai that Ke Lan realized that this operation was far more difficult than he imagined, otherwise the Hound's opposition would not have been so obvious, but since he chose to persevere, the first risk would be Naturally, he has to take care of it himself.

"No." The hound tapped the table with his knuckles, "I have no diving experience, and my physical fitness ranks in the middle of the middle among us. It has not undergone physical strengthening and transformation, and there is no rigid life-saving means...why do you have? The first one to dive? To die?"

"Trial diving isn't that dangerous. I won't be too far from the Pioneer. If something really happens, you'll have time to support me." Ke Lan took a breath and continued, "Moreover, among the few of us, I am the most familiar with the target, and I have even touched it with my own hands... If it were someone else, what should I do if I missed any clues?"

At first, the hound wanted to refute Ke Lan, but when Ke Lan said the last reason, even the hound was silent.

It is true that he is not the most suitable candidate from any point of view, but from this point of view, he is the only optimal solution.

The hound gritted his teeth, lowered his head and thought for 2 minutes, then exhaled forcefully, raised his head and said, "Okay, I will let you go for the first dive, but...you have to take Liao Zilang with you." superior."

In terms of physical resistance, Liao Zilang is the strongest among the team, and he is also the only one among them who has had many diving experiences in Zhonghai. If that is ruled out, he is actually the best pioneer. candidate.

"Yes, boss!"

(End of this chapter)