Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 754 Maps Left by Alpha Civilization
"Necklace? Is there something wrong with the necklace?" Ivan picked up the cross pendant necklace and threw it to Ke Lan.

Ke Lan took the cross pendant, inspected it carefully, and soon discovered the problem.

This cross pendant looks like a religious ornament, but it is actually a delicate and small hidden container.

On the side of this cross, which is no more than one centimeter thick, there is a somewhat obvious gap. This gap was originally a tight fit, but because the metal at the joint produced a layer of oxide, it was difficult to see this gap with the naked eye. The gap I saw was propped open.

With the mold opening and pouring techniques on the Ark, even cheap handicrafts sold on the street stalls can be formed at one time. The structure of this cross is not complicated at all, and there is no need to divide it into two parts. Doing so will only be in vain. Additional labor time and cost.

This can only explain one problem: there is another mystery inside the cross.

Ke Lan inserted his nails into this gap, and with a light pull, the cross formed by nesting the front and back parts was immediately divided into two halves, revealing the hollow internal structure.

Inside this cross, there is a circle of small pink paper slips. The edges of the paper slips have faded and turned yellow. It is obvious that they have been rubbed by hands many times.

Ivan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Ke Lan, how do you know that there is something hidden in the cross?"

"Mo Jue said just now that this golden retriever usually speaks mixed truths and falsehoods, and the gift from the wine girl is mostly a story made up at random... But there is one thing he told the truth. To him, this cross is It is indeed a very important thing. You can see that the edges and corners of the cross have been rounded. This is not the effect caused by metal oxidation. It is difficult for this hard alloy to wear down to this extent in daily wear... There is only one Possibly, the wearer will touch the pendant with his hands from time to time to confirm whether it is lost." Ke Lan analyzed.

"Can you guess this with just such a little wear and tear?" Mo Jue was a little surprised. Although she didn't get along with Uncle Golden Retriever for a long time, it was at least a few months. Some of the clues on the skeleton revealed Uncle Golden Retriever's most frequent unconscious movements... She would never think of any mystery hidden in the pendant. hobby.

What he said is right. Uncle Golden Retriever has always had a quirk, that is, he would reach out to touch the pendant on his neck every few minutes, but if Ke Lan didn't bring it up deliberately, she wouldn't think of it at all. ——Because after getting used to it, Uncle Golden Retriever's behavior of touching the pendant is really normal for me,
"Of course, based on this alone, I can't be sure that there is any secret hidden on the cross. After all, Mo Jue also said that the golden retriever is a Christian. As a sustenance of faith, it is very important to often touch the cross pendant." Normal behavior. But now I have searched every corner of his clothes, even the interlayer of the fabric, but I still found nothing. At this time, I naturally thought of this cross pendant." Ke Lan continued Said, "In fact, according to the normal evidence-search process, the inspection priority of this cross pendant is the same as other things. It's just that everyone's attention is attracted by the bones and the clothes on the bones. The target is too small, and it played a role as the identification of the bones in the first place, so we ignored it."

"Stop talking about this, hurry up and see, what's on the note?" 33 couldn't help but urged.

Ke Lan didn't dare to do it directly, for fear of damaging the pineapple-pinapple note, he had to ask Ivan for a pair of tweezers, and carefully pulled out the note.

However, when he flattened the note with great anticipation, he found that the pink note was just a corner torn from a custom shop coupon, and there was also a picture of a girl wearing a black silk net printed on it. The photo of the bunny girl in socks, except that the part above the waist of the bunny girl has been torn off, leaving only two long legs that have been clearly PS, posing a seductive pose.

"What the hell is this..." The corners of Ke Lan's eyes twitched involuntarily. He couldn't accept the result—hidden in this cross pendant was a damaged custom shop coupon? !
Moreover, judging from the emblem on the QR code, it belongs to the same custom store as the VIP card with the lip print... Even if Golden Retriever buried some clues in that custom store, it is now with the old East Ninth District Turned to ashes.

This thing is obviously the kind of connection code similar to a poker card - the torn corner of the coupon is held in the golden retriever's hand, and the rest is in the other connection person's place. It doesn't take much time when the two meet. Say half a word, as long as you can piece together this coupon, it will be considered identity verification.

But the problem is, even if the connector did not die in the old East Ninth District incident, where would Ke Lan go to find him?

What's more, it is impossible for him to return to the ark until he has figured out the secret of the gray mist forest - going back now, it will be difficult to come out next time.

"This thing should be a token of connection, right?" Ivan had exactly the same idea as Ke Lan, "I have seen a lot of spy movies where agents and informants connect with a card that is torn in half or something. The shot of putting things together, and this corner of the coupon, should be the same."

As he spoke, Ivan sighed and said, "This may be a very important clue, but it's a pity that it's useless to us at this stage."

Ke Lan looked at the corner of the custom store coupon several times, except for the explicit promotional copy, the bunny girl's long black silk legs, and the service items that only veteran drivers can understand, all the coupons on this corner The only information contained is the QR code.

Ke Lan suddenly had a shock in his head——QR code? !Why is there a QR code on a coupon of a custom shop?

Although the custom store is an official apricot trading place that exists by default in Ark, it is still a part of the gray industry. Scanning this QR code will definitely not be the official website of the custom store—no custom store dares to do so. Such a blatant and public advertisement, even in Kabukicho, most of the services that can reach home plate are only open to regular customers.

As for the payment code... Which store have you seen that will print the payment code on the coupon?
This QR code can’t be a small video for guests to “try it out”, right?

With the idea that it would not cost money to scan it anyway, Ke Lan took out his mobile phone - the words "Not in the service area" were displayed on the screen of the mobile phone. If the information contained in this QR code is a link As for the address, Ke Lan can't do anything with it, but if it's something else...

He pointed the phone camera at the QR code.

Ke Lan’s mobile phone was customized by Zofia. All the configurations are basically top-notch, and the QR code recognition speed is extremely fast. Just as Ke Lan moved the camera over, a photo jumped out on the screen .

It's not the kind of large-scale pictures of beauties, nor is it the price list of various apricot services, but a photo of a khaki-colored stone tablet engraved with weird words.

Ivan looked up at Ke Lan the first time he saw these weird characters, and said in a deep voice, "It's the characters of Alpha Civilization."

The second half of his sentence obviously wanted to ask Ke Lan what the meaning of these words was, but with Mo Jue, an outsider present, the fewer people who knew about some things, the better.

Ke Lan naturally wanted to "read" these alpha characters subconsciously, but when he focused on the alpha characters on the stele, he felt his head suddenly sink, and in a trance, these words seemed to float from the picture stood up, and then slammed into his eyes heavily!

These words have no specific meaning, but when they are connected together, they form another picture!
"This is... Alpha Civilization's image-to-text conversion technology? These texts are actually a painting?!" Ke Lan was stunned. The thing engraved on this stone tablet can actually be regarded as a two-dimensional code.

"Russian dolls, right..."

He concentrated his attention on the picture that appeared in his mind. It didn't take long for Ke Lan to realize that this should be a map, and it was a map of the foggy forest!
This map is different from ordinary maps: ordinary maps directly draw the terrain and routes, making it clear at a glance; but this map is more like a dynamic compass...or a navigation software.

It will not present the whole picture of the forest in front of you, it will only tell you how to go through the areas shrouded in gray fog.

When Ke Lan went to "look" at the map, the map would instantly expand, enveloping his consciousness.

From Ke Lan's point of view, he felt as if he had turned into an incorporeal ghost, walking quickly through the thick fog, and the countless tree trunks and pillar roots of the mist-roosted trees on both sides retreated quickly... From time to time, the angle of view would change. Turn a corner, sometimes, even move horizontally or even back.

But no matter how the perspective changes, there is a subconscious voice telling Ke Lan: I am moving forward, moving forward, moving towards the core of the foggy forest.

But just when Ke Lan felt that he was about to reach that destination, the camera stopped abruptly—it was a map, but it was not a complete map.

It can take Ke Lan to the depths of the foggy forest, but it can't directly reach the core area.

"Did you see anything?" Ivan glanced at Mo Jue, changed the question, and asked cautiously.

"It's a map." Ke Lan said without hesitation.

"Map?!" Mo Jue was the first to react, "What map? Gray...the map of the gray fog forest?"

"Well, but it's not complete." Ke Lan nodded, "It can only take us to a depth of 35 kilometers at most, and we have to go for the remaining one-third of the distance."

"35 kilometers?!" Mo Jue was startled. It took several years and more than 500 members of their team to reach the depth of 35 meters. The depth of kilometers, is this span too exaggerated?

If father and the others had this thing in their hands at that time, how could it be...

As soon as Mo Jue thought of this, he suddenly recalled, looked at the photo of the stone tablet with a puzzled face, and then looked at Ke Lan: "How did you know that this is a map?"

"I can read the text of the Alpha civilization." Ke Lan said bluntly.

Anyway, this matter is not a secret to the Undead Crew, and Ke Lan is too lazy to hide it anymore.

Mo Jue was stunned for two seconds, then the whole body trembled suddenly, and said in a low voice: "It seems...you have made up your mind to silence from the beginning, right?"

"I didn't plan to silence you, as long as you don't talk nonsense after you go back." Ke Lan looked indifferent, "Even if you really do this, the only ones who will come to you will be The agents of the Security Service... as for what they will do, I don't know."

"Then...then this thing is really...a map?" Mo Jue changed the subject a little stiffly, "But my father and the others can't understand the text of the Alpha civilization, so how would they know it's a map? Save it?"

"Your father and the others may not know that this is a map, but they must know that this stele has a very important connection with the foggy forest." Ivan said aside, "Actually, you can rest assured that if we want to silence you, you are now died."

"Uh..." Mo Jue thought about it again, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with what the team doctor named Ivan said: the farthest exploration depth of his own was 500 meters, and the most important thing to reach that depth at that time was to rely on Father and others...With their own abilities, it is already the limit to bring Ke Lan and others to a depth of 400 meters.But now, the opponent has obtained a map with a depth of 35 kilometers, which means that he is no longer useful to them.

"Is there a safe route drawn on this map?" 33 asked, "Judging from the strange situation of this forest, even if we follow the route on the map, we may still get separated. After all, a map can't protect against those things."

The "those things" that 33 refers to naturally refers to the strange phenomenon that when Denning disappeared, everyone "collectively forgotten" him.

"This is not an ordinary map. It's a map. I prefer to call it navigation." Ke Lan shook his head, "I've walked that road in my consciousness just now, as long as everyone follows my pace , you won’t get lost.”

After saying this, Ke Lan turned to look at Mo Jue: "Miss Mo Jue, your mission has been completed, you can choose to return to the forest the same way you came, or you can choose to stay and go forward with us. "

"I..." Mo Jue hesitated, bit her lower lip hard, and finally said ruthlessly, "I'll continue walking with you... Actually, I really want to know, what my father has been chasing 'Secret', what the hell is it?"

(End of this chapter)