Alien Relic Hunter

Maybe the big eyeball was really attracted by the light. When all the lights were turned off, it never appeared again.

Naturally, Ke Lan and the two would not seek death again. The brightness of the flashlight was only kept at a level where they could see the road clearly. The journey was finally uneventful.

After passing through this strange ice path, there is a rectangular stone room at the end. The area of ​​the stone room is about one hundred square meters. There is a metal platform in the middle of the stone room, which looks like a table or a bed. , but it was empty, with neither bedding nor tableware.

But there are a lot of signs of being hacked on it - not only this platform, but there are similar marks everywhere in the entire stone room. Most of the dozen pots in the corner have been broken, and there are still blood stains. Splashed on the wall, it looks particularly scary.

Obviously, anyone who is not blind can tell that a fierce battle just took place here.

Moreover, the traces of battle left at the scene easily reminded them of the lone teammate.

"Is it Asano Akira? He's not dead!" Layton exclaimed in a low voice with some excitement. If a strong teammate like Asano Akira can join him, the entire team's combat effectiveness will instantly increase by several levels. level!

"It should be him... Except for the Nino alloy blade that cuts iron like mud, it is difficult for other weapons to leave such deep marks on this metal table." Ke Lan said as he squatted down, " Also, look at the footprints on the ground... these are left by humans. If I remember correctly, these should be type 105 universal protective boots?"

"They are No. 105 shoes." Layton, who has served as a soldier, nodded. This is one of the standard field equipment of the Ark Army. Many people also like to call these shoes No. 105 military boots.

"Then it should be him. The advance teams in front are all sponsored by large consortiums or families. They are not short of money and use customized products, but they don't like these standard military boots." Ke Lan said.

"Then how did he get down..." Layton looked around the stone room. However, except for the passage they entered, the other three sides were walls, and they didn't look like there were any hidden mechanisms.

"Directly above." Ke Lan pointed to the ceiling.

There was a hole with a diameter of more than two meters, and there was a lot of blood around the hole. I just didn't know if the blood came from Asano Akira or something else.

"Should we go up and find him?"

"He may not have left through this passage. There must be a third exit in this room." Ke Lan said suddenly.

"Why?" Layton was a little confused.

"Imagine, if you are Asano Akira, you jump down from the hole above and have a battle in this stone room -" Ke Lan pondered for a moment and continued his analysis, "If Asano Akira is still alive now, then There are only three outcomes of the battle. The first one is that Asano Akira wins easily; the second one is that Asano Akira wins with difficulty and is seriously injured; the third one is that Asano Akira is defeated by his opponent and runs away."

"Then what does this have to do with the third exit?" Layton became even more confused.

Ke Lan: "If it's the first situation, as a hunter, do you think Asano Akira will go back the same way he came, or take the way we came and go to the 'icehouse'?"

"Well... if you put it that way, it's really unlikely that he will go back the same way."

"But we didn't run into Akira Asano, and there were no traces of fighting on the ice bank, so it means he didn't choose this path - OK, now let's analyze the second and third situations. These two situations are actually It can be said together that no matter whether you are seriously injured or you are running away, the priority will not be to return to the original route, because this hole is a vertical passage, and without carrying any response equipment, it is relatively easy to get down, and it is just a matter of time to get up. It’s much more troublesome, but in that case he still didn’t choose the passage to the icehouse—all in all, there is definitely a third exit here.”

"However, this stone room can be seen at a glance. Even if there is any mechanism, it must have been hacked to pieces by Asano Akira... This guy, I didn't expect his fighting style to be so violent." Layton looked at the scarred faces in front of him. Wall sighed.

"The mechanism may not be on the wall, just look for it." Ke Lan said.

"That's all we can do. If it doesn't work, just destroy everything here. We can always find the exit."

Many outsiders on Ark always like to associate hunters with professions such as explorers and archaeologists from the old era. But in fact, another gray profession from the old era has more similar characteristics to ruin hunters.

That profession, to put it nicely, is called "Golden Colonel", to put it worse, it is a tomb robber...

In the process of exploring the ruins of Alpha civilization, destruction is inevitable... In other words, most of the ruins were destroyed during the excavation process, and only a small part of the things were preserved, but even though In this way, the humans on the Ark have not digested all of this small part of things.

Less than five minutes later, Leighton suddenly shouted: "Ke Lan! We are rich! I finally found this treasure!"

He was holding a clay pot in his hand. The mouth of the pot was slightly tilted, and he could see crystal clear energy crystals inside. The quality was quite high!

"Half of the remaining intact jars are empty, and half are filled with crystals. I estimate there must be five or six thousand units at least!" Layton's excitement was palpable. Energy crystals were not only useful to him, but Used to exchange for credit points, it is also life-saving capital - that astonishingly heavy mechanical prosthetic body is a monster that eats energy. If there is no worry about energy consumption, then Layton with full power can definitely be regarded as an energy-hungry monster. A terrifying war machine.

"The empty ones should have been taken away by Asano Akira. These are what he left for us - but what makes me a little curious is, what is he doing with so many energy crystals? He doesn't have any equipment that uses crystals. ." Ke Lan said.

"Sell it for money!"

"The quality of these crystals is indeed good, but if I want to redeem them for credits, I will never choose them. Whether it is a metal bug that can control human corpses or a blood sample that can deform flesh, the value is much higher than the crystals. …”

This is like a thief entering a mansion. There are two kinds of treasures in front of him, one is bulky gold bricks, and the other is art that is more valuable and weighs less than one-tenth of the gold bricks. Regardless of the difficulty of selling the artwork, even a fool knows which choice to make.