Alien Relic Hunter

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Nest Capital, the second floor "Diamond City", No. [-] Garbage Treatment Plant.

According to the information provided by Nieto, this garbage treatment plant has a total of four garbage transfer channels, two of which have been blown up in the "Era of Calamity" and are impassable, and one of them is specially used to transport high-risk garbage and waste , is very dangerous, and only the last passage is barely "passable".

"It should be this one." Ke Lan looked at the ten-meter-diameter, rusty passageway in front of him and said - after connecting with Zelo's spirit, he also obtained the kind of passageway that can understand the residents of the hive capital. The ability of writing, the inscription on the ground clearly states that this is the exit of the "Passage No. [-]" mentioned by Nieto.

This is a one-way passage with the exit at the lower town and the entrance at the upper town.In the past, the garbage generated in the daily life of the upper urban area would be transported here in a centralized manner, and then directly put into the channel after simple processing and packaging. Then, the garbage processing plant built in the lower urban area would conduct a more detailed screening to pick out those valuable things. Sorting and sorting out, as for the real garbage and waste, it will be incinerated or landfilled.

Of course, in such a hive city where even the corpses of the residents are put to good use, there are very few things that can be called "garbage and waste in the true sense". It can be seen in an incinerator with an ultra-small model and a clean chamber that does not have much residue at all.

At least in Ze Luo's "sense of instant vision", Ke Lan has never seen this incinerator being used.

Even if it is something that is really of no value, throwing it into the "bottom nest" can make those bottom-level residents scratch their heads-even if it is a stone, those who are hungry and crazy can't help but lick it. Take a few bites, trying to find some food residues that are stained in the crevices... Although the probability of this kind of thing is lower than winning the lottery, every time garbage from the lower city is packed and thrown into the bottom nest, it will cause a lot of looting, Even caused a few lives.

But no one thinks there is any problem with this kind of thing... Even if several people died in the last looting, the next time garbage is thrown into the nest, the same scenario will still happen again.

Everyone is struggling desperately to survive.

Joining the ground exploration team is a struggle, and scrambling for garbage is also a struggle, but compared with the former, the death rate of the latter is simply negligible.

Thinking of this, Ke Lan suddenly became very interested in those ground exploration teams who returned to the Hive Capital alive—those who can survive under this exaggerated probability can be said to be the "chosen ones".

Based on this survival rate, the surface of Alpha Planet at that time was simply more dangerous than the S-level ruins.

"By the way, if the garbage is sent from the 'upper city' below to the 'lower city' above, it shouldn't be as easy as throwing it directly into the pipe?" 33 said looking at the depths of the dark passage, "or there is a lift Or there is an anti-gravity device or a launching device to push the garbage up... As for the 'one-way valve' mentioned by the manager, it is probably used to prevent the scattered garbage from falling.”…

"It should be." Ke Lan nodded, took out a breathing mask, put it on his face, and walked in first.

This garbage channel has been idle for several 100,000 years. Even if there is garbage left in it, it has been completely degraded long ago. Toxic and harmful garbage goes through another channel. This "No. [-] channel" contains toxic substances and odors. The chances are very small... But at this point, I have to mention the "sense of sight" that Ze Luo shared with Ke Lan.

Although it is called "sense of sight", the senses are not only vision... Hearing, smell and touch will all be affected. Ke Lan can hear the voices from 100,000 years ago, and the shadowy figures on the street collided with each other. He will feel a slight strangeness when passing through his body, as if a cold "ghost" has passed through his body... and at the exit of this garbage transfer channel, Before getting close, Ke Lan could already smell the disgusting stench.

He could see a lot of garbage wrapped in polymer film into huge balls being pushed out from the opening of the passage, but where the power to push these garbage came from could not be seen from the "sense of sight", Ke Lan could only Guess it should be some kind of mechanical device... After all, in this hive city, Ke Lan did not see any anti-gravity devices in many places where they could be used. From this, it can be confirmed that the civilization that built the hive city did not Master the technology related to it.

"Why are you wearing a gas mask?" 33 followed behind Ke Lan, looking at the environment in the passage, and asked a little strangely, "There is no smell in here... Besides, with your physique, you should Are you afraid of poisonous gas?"

"You can't smell it, but Zeluo can smell it, and I can smell it too." Ke Lan said a little depressed, Zeluo "smelled" the smell of garbage through the "sense of sight", just It is equivalent to this "smell signal" is formed directly in the brain, unless Ke Lan can directly block the related modules in the olfactory center, otherwise he will not be able to block the smell even if he wears a hundred layers of gas masks.

Although the population of "upper city" is only one-twentieth of that of "lower city", the resources consumed are hundreds of times that of lower city, and the living conditions are the same. Ke Lan even saw a cowboy bone that hadn't been eaten yet, and a cupcake with only a scoop of cream on the top.

Not only food, but also all kinds of clothing... Even from the perspective of a resident with a normal living standard on the ark, many of these things cannot be called garbage at all.

Another garbage bag was pushed up from the bottom of the passage. The surface of this garbage bag was not damaged, but Ke Lan could still see through the almost transparent wrapping film and see what was inside—a royal blue bag studded with broken diamonds. There is no damage on the surface, only a little dirt on the skirt that seems to be wine stains... This kind of clothes can be said to be luxury goods on the ark, let alone this one. It's been used as a "shelter" hive.

It seems that the luxury of life in Shangcheng District is far higher than Ke Lan's original imagination. …

People in the bottom nest cannibalize people, people starve to death every day, and the residents of the lower city are squeezing their lives in the factory early and dark for the poor food and housing rights, while the people of the upper city are still holding a reception , eating expensive steak and red wine, listening to "elegant" retro vinyl records...

Even though Ke Lan knew that the civilization that built the Hive City was most likely from the compatriots on Earth, he still couldn't help but feel a strong sense of disgust in his heart.

A civilization like this, a hive like this... It would be nice to be destroyed.

The things in these rubbish are things that people in the lower city and the bottom nest don't even dare to think about. They don't even know that the nest has the ability to produce these things... If they could know, it is estimated that Ke Lan saw it earlier. It's not just a mass protest.

Ke Lan didn't tell 33 about these things... 33's personality is very similar to that of an old dog. Although he usually looks indifferent to things that have nothing to do with him, in fact he is also a guy who hates hatred and hatred in his heart. Tell him these things, It will only make him feel awkward.

What's more, after reaching the third floor, even if Ke Lan doesn't say anything, 33 should be able to see what kind of living standards the residents in the upper city have and how huge the gap is between them and the lower city.

Ke Lan sighed imperceptibly, and continued to walk forward. The hard soles of his boots stepped on the rusty passage wall, making a "Dongdong" sound, which continued to spread along the passage wall.

This garbage transfer channel is not straight down, but sloped. At the exit, it is at an angle of 25 degrees to the ground. The further you go, the steeper the slope... After walking 200 meters forward, the slope It has become nearly 45 degrees.

Ke Lan and 33 don't have the kind of claw boots specially used for climbing and climbing, and the gecko sucker and other equipment are not on their bodies... Fortunately, Ze Luo's space power can be used under their feet. Condensed a level of steps, so as not to allow the two of them to slide down the channel wall in embarrassment like sitting on a slide.

"This passage is really long... By the way, did the manager tell you how deep is the third floor of the hive capital?" 33 asked.

"No." Ke Lan shook her head, "But she told me that this garbage transfer channel is [-] kilometers long... This distance is not short."

"Seventeen kilometers... If all calculations are based on the 25-degree angle at the beginning, the sine function is 25 degrees... Well, the multiple is about 33... It must be seven kilometers deep. It seems that the upper city and the The lower part of the city is far enough apart, is it because you are worried that the people below will riot and cut through the partition between the two floors?" [-] joked.

The height of the "bottom nest" space is about 1000 meters, and the height of the lower city is similar, but the thickness of the partition between the bottom nest and the lower city is only about 60 meters. If people living in the bottom nest can get a The excavation equipment—it doesn’t need to be too high-end, just a single-man operation model like the “Gold Digger 3” commonly used by the miners on the Ark—can drill through this layer of rock in a month’s time , into the lower city.

And if you want to cut through the rock formation from the lower city to enter the upper city, I am afraid that only the shield machine can complete this task. …

Not to mention, between the upper city and the lower city, there must be a separation layer made of metal, or other means to prevent the residents of the lower city from "smuggling" through tunnels.

"Speaking of which, this passage is almost deserted. I didn't see anything along the way. I really don't know how the upper city sent the garbage up. Did you use the force?" 33 shrugged, "Seventeen kilometers Long pipes, even if you put a rocket booster on a garbage bag, it feels awkward."

"This question may only be answered after seeing the first 'one-way valve'." As soon as Ke Lan finished speaking, the road ahead was cut off.

"You've really opened your mouth. Layton is not the only one. I think all members of the Hunting God Hunting Group belong to crows, right?" 33 raised his tactical flashlight above his head and looked at things not far away.

This is a metal ring slightly smaller than the diameter of the channel, and it should be the "one-way valve" mentioned by Nieto.But the valve is in an "open" state...not to mention closed, even Ke Lan didn't see the door panel.

"Is it just such a ring?" 33 walked to the middle of the ring, "Where did the door panel go? There doesn't seem to be a part on this ring to connect the door panel or a gap for the door panel to hide in?"

"This door doesn't have a door panel." Ze Luo suddenly said, "This is actually an 'accelerator', using technology similar to the 'voyage stargate' made by humans, it can impose a force on things passing through the accelerator. The thrust of one-way movement is like the stargate pushing the ark away from the solar system. It’s just that the power of these accelerators is very small, less than one billionth of the stargate.”

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"Stargate?" The corners of 33's mouth twitched twice, "Even in the hive city where the lifting platform is purely mechanical, there is such a technology? And it is still used in the garbage transfer channel... This..."

Ke Landao was not too surprised. Theoretically speaking, if the people who built the hive were really the earthlings on the escaped engineering ship or their descendants, then they might indeed possess such technology—after all, these people Probability was involved in building Arks and Stargates and maintaining them.

The mini stargate in front of him has obviously stopped working. 33 has traveled back and forth several times, but nothing happened—if it was still working, the moment 33 stepped into the ring, he would be pushed directly into the passage export.

"No wonder it's called a one-way channel. It turned out to be such a design..." Ke Lan nodded secretly in his heart, took a few glances at the scrapped mini stargate, and continued walking forward.

But he hadn't gone far before he was forced to stop again.

There was a deviation in the information given by Nieto—the No. [-] channel was also not perfect. At a depth of about one kilometer, the entire channel had collapsed and was completely blocked by broken rocks.

"What should I do?" 33 glanced at Ke Lan and asked, "Do you want to dig it?"

"The amount of work is too big. Even if Zeluo is here, we still have to dig until the year of the monkey..." Ke Lan sighed, "We can only turn around and go to the last passage to try our luck."

The last channel is the No. [-] channel dedicated to transporting "dangerous waste".

[. Thank you for the 500 coins rewarded by Tianyi’s BBQ Pork Bun; thank you Ming Prison Gate for the 100 coins rewarded. 】

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