Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 84 "Good Times, Only Yesterday"

As the entire city of Alpha sank into the sea, the apocalyptic scene finally disappeared completely, and the black fog and firelight no longer existed. Ke Lan's field of vision was only left with the ink-stained dark sea and the sea. A sky obscured by leaden clouds.

The equatorial diameter of Alpha is very close to the earth. If the data on the earth is used, Ke Lan's line of sight can see things up to ten nautical miles away, and the distance between the pioneer and the nearest coast or island is definitely more than this value. , It is basically impossible to find the Pioneer at Sea with both eyes.

Ke Lan summed it up. If he wants to contact the icebreaker, he has only two ways: one is to set up a fire at a high place and use the thick smoke as a distress signal, whether it is the Pioneer, other ships, empty ships, etc. No matter the ship, as long as he can notice the distress signal, he can be rescued; the second method is to find a way to repair the communication device on his body, and then make a signal amplifier to search for the nearest human base station and send a radio distress signal.

But both methods have flaws and problems - to start a fire, first, he has to find enough combustible materials, and in this barren land with only rocks and sand, the difficulty of this task is obviously not low, and second, towering into the clouds The plume of smoke can not only be seen by humans, but indigenous creatures will also be attracted. If it attracts some dangerous predators, it is not easy to protect oneself with this self-defense equipment on Ke Lan alone.

As for the radio SOS, he also faced a lack of materials and tools, and he had no idea why the equipment was malfunctioning.Logically speaking, if there is something strange in that sea area, now that he has come to the land, these equipment should return to normal, but in addition to sonar and cameras, as well as some purely mechanical equipment, most of the electronic equipment Still paralyzed.

Even without a screwdriver, it is pure fantasy to want to overhaul these precision instruments.

"I didn't expect the plot to turn into a desert island to survive..."

Ke Lan sighed and continued walking along the coastline.

At the other end of the coastal bedrock, on the side closer to the land, is an equally desolate Gobi Desert, with nothing but stones and sand.Ke Lan decided to search the beach first, and if he didn't find anything, he would go deep into the Gobi Desert to try his luck.

If this is not an island, but a part of the mainland, then tens of thousands of kilometers behind it is a no-man’s land that humans rarely involve. Except for the only human port, the surrounding area of ​​Zhonghai has not established any The transfer station, even exiles seldom come here - the sea water in Zhonghai contains a huge amount of radiation, it is like a huge radioactive source, and even the radiation concentration in the surrounding area is terribly high. It is simply not suitable for long-term human settlement.

After walking out for about two or three kilometers, Ke Lan finally found something different—a human remains.

This is a mummified corpse, but it is not the kind of mummified corpse that has been parasitized by flesh-eating worms and sucked up its flesh and blood, but a naturally formed weathered mummy.

Although it was by the sea, due to the airflow, the environment above the bedrock was very dry. Coupled with the abnormally high dose of radiation, the microorganisms attached to the corpse were not able to enjoy the feast, and the corpse was completely dehydrated. It became something like a mummy.

The corpse was wearing a tattered standard armor, and was kneeling on a rock facing the sea, with a rusted calf-style automatic rifle at its feet.

"There is no fatal injury on the body... But there are signs of severe festering on the skin, and there is a high probability of death from acute radiation sickness..." Ke Lan walked around the body, then crouched down again, and picked up the rifle.

This is an old-fashioned rifle. According to the inscription on the gun, the model should be called "AUG-S900" assault rifle. It uses a 5.56mm caliber bullet, and the severely aged plastic stock is covered with cracks - this is a The weapons made with the technology of the old era firearms were discontinued before the Type 01 rifle was officially launched.

"This guy... is it the first group of people to explore the troop?"

It is only when the Ark has just landed on the Alpha star that the field troops will use this old antique of the old era.

Ke Lan took off the dog tag hanging from the neck of the corpse. On the front of the dog tag was the name of the deceased and the unit he belonged to—"Wood Collins, [-]st Reconnaissance Squad of the [-]rd Armored Mixed Brigade, Sergeant."

"The Third Armored Mixed Brigade..." Ke Lan repeated the number of this unit. He had never heard of the number of this unit. When humans first arrived at Alpha, it was just a war with indigenous creatures. It took four years to clean up the surrounding area of ​​the landing point. During these four years, there have been countless number of units and temporary numbers that have been cancelled, newly built, and rebuilt, such as the Third Armored Mixed Brigade. It's really hard to leave a deep impression on a number without any features.

Ke Lan turned the dog tag over, and on the back he saw a rather famous emblem: an eagle holding a rifle and a trident, and under the emblem was an English inscription, which translated as ...

"The good times were only yesterday."

This emblem and inscription all came from a U.S. special force called the "SEAL Team" in the old era, but after the destruction of the earth, the designation of this unit disappeared with the end of the old era... Now it seems, This third armored brigade should have inherited the direct line of this special force. Since this is the case, then they can definitely be called "elite".

The tasks performed by this kind of elite troops are all secrets in all likelihood. With Ke Lan’s authority, they cannot be consulted. The answer to why this corpse appeared here, I am afraid, can only be found in the central archives of the army. .

"This armor should be land combat equipment, so it can be ruled out that it arrived here by water... The magazines are full of bullets, so there should be no combat... If you are in the backpack... There are still unopened ones. Compressed military rations, eh? This is... the first generation of 'anti-radiation'?"

Ke Lan was a little surprised to unscrew the medicine bottle. There were more than half of the pills in the bottle, nearly a hundred pills.

Although the efficacy of the first-generation Kangfuning was not as good as the improved version Ke Lan was taking, the effect was still there, but the dosage was larger and the side effects were slightly more obvious. But this is Sergeant Collins' backpack. There are almost a hundred tablets of Anti-Radiation Ning in it, so he has no reason not to take it?

Ke Lan checked the corpse again, and there was no trauma. Apart from those characteristic of acute radiation sickness, no other cause of death was found. The unopened food also showed that the person was not starved to death.

So why did he "give up treatment"?

... Could it be that he made this choice in desperation because he knew that he could not wait for rescue?
(End of this chapter)