Alien Relic Hunter

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After confirming that there were no monsters around, Hound and the others filed into the base and met Ke Lan in the central square.

"It's really more spectacular when you get closer..." Ivan looked up at the giant cocoon, "It's incredible... I really don't know how those creatures created it in such a short period of time..."

"It's easy." Layton pointed to the cameras around the square, "Just go to the general control building and look at the surveillance videos. By the way, you can also know where the monsters that attacked the base have gone."

"Let's go to the main control building and see if there are any usable aircraft on the rooftop apron." Ke Lan took the lead in crossing the square and led everyone into the main control building.

The situation on the first floor of the general control building was not much better than outside. All kinds of broken furniture and equipment were scattered on the floor. The floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides were all smashed to pieces. Congealed blood stains could be seen everywhere. An armored vehicle even hit the building directly. Entering the corridor, the explosive ammunition blew a big hole in the entire wall.

Everyone quickly walked into the control room. However, there had also been fierce battles here. The monitor and the chassis were full of bullet holes. Layton squatted down and cut open the chassis with a welding gun. He took a look and saw that the inside was broken into pieces. hard drive and shook his head at everyone.

"Go upstairs. There must be a backup copy of the surveillance video in Manstein's computer." Ke Lan said.

The stairs leading to the second floor had been blown apart. Fortunately, everyone was equipped with power armor and jumped directly to the second floor with a slight jump.

Like the first floor, the corridor on the second floor was also full of bullet holes, blood stains, and monster claw marks, but no body was found.

"Look here," Layton, who was walking on the other side, seemed to have discovered something and shouted in a low voice, "This doesn't seem to be a monster's claw mark... This mark..."

Ke Lan turned around and saw that it was an extremely thin and straight cut. It was about 1.5 meters long and made an angle of about 45 degrees from the bottom to the ground... The scratch made by the monster's claws The mark and this mark are completely different.

"There is no damage to the wall at the edges of the traces. The traces are very deep. It is visually estimated that more than three centimeters have been cut into the wall... This trace should have been cut by an extremely sharp blade. This person dares to use such a weapon to deal with those monsters. Either he's an idiot, or he's a master..." Ke Lan couldn't help but look at Akira Asano who was following him, "Asano, come and see, what is the approximate level of the person who made this knife?"

Akira Asano stepped forward, stretched out his hand and touched the knife mark on the wall. He was silent for a moment, and then said, "I may not be his opponent."

"What?!" This time it was Ke Lan's turn to be shocked, "You mean, after using that ability, you are still no match for this person?"

"If he tried his best, then I'm not sure." Asano Akira's fingers gently rubbed the knife marks, "Because with this knife, the person didn't use all his strength, and even had a lot of remaining strength."

"..." Ke Lan and the others are all aware of Akira Asano's strength. A three-meter sea anemone head that can wipe out all of them in just a matter of seconds will come out in a matter of seconds. If another one with power no less powerful than him emerges, it will happen in seconds. ...Even a swordsman stronger than him, this is really too magical...

If it weren't for the decoration in the general control building that still maintained the minimalist sci-fi style of Ark, Ke Lan almost thought they had traveled through time in a martial arts novel.

"Such a strong guy should still be alive now..." Layton whispered.

"Not necessarily." Ke Lan looked at the knife marks on the wall and shook his head, "No matter how strong he is, he can't kill a large group of those monsters on the opposite side. This is already the limit of a cold weapon... Wait a minute. , It doesn’t seem right——”

Ke Lan said, suddenly moving forward and observing the wall carefully.

"Asano, try to imitate the way this man draws out the knife. Give me a knife...er, I mean use the scabbard. Don't use force. Just imitate the trajectory of his knife." Ke Lan said and stood up. Beside the wall, when Asano Akira's scabbard came into contact with his body, he immediately asked Asano Akira to stop, and then called Ivan over.

"Ivan, look, Asano's scabbard hit my neck exactly. If my head is cut off at this angle, which direction will the blood in my veins spurt out?"

"Generally speaking, the arteries that cause bleeding are mainly the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery in the neck. One is at this position and the other is at this position." Ivan said while using a laser sight on Ke Lan pointed out the corresponding parts of his body, "If it was cut in this way, the direction of the blood spray should be..."

At this point, Ivan was also stunned, because on the wall behind Ke Lan...right above the knife mark, there was just such a blood stain.

"The blood of those monsters is as thick as asphalt and will not flow out at all... This knife killed a human being." Ke Lan concluded.

"What the fuck, someone would attack one of his own at this time?" Layton couldn't help but cursed.

"He may not be killing one of our own... In short, be careful. Even if you see humans, they may not be our allies." Ke Lan patted the knife mark on the wall and continued walking forward.

At this time, Asano Akira suddenly spoke: "Twelve meters ahead, the first door on the right, there is movement behind the door."

"Is it that kind of monster?" Ke Lan asked. Hound and Layton had already drawn their guns and pointed at the door Asano Akira mentioned.

"There are two breathing sounds, the frequency is consistent with humans, they should be survivors." Asano Akira added.

"I know." Ke Lan said to the hounds and the others, and walked to the door softly.

It can be known from the door number that this room is the office of the base director, Manstein's secretary. Ke Lan pulled out his pistol and put it against the door. Then he motioned for Layton to come forward and used a welding gun to cut the door lock. open.

This door was originally equipped with an alarm device, but now the defense system of the entire control building has been paralyzed. Even if they blow the door open directly, the alarm device will not be triggered.

In less than ten seconds, the welding gun cut open the door lock. Ke Lan gently pushed the door open, put the energy shield at the front, and walked in.

The room was filled with a strong smell of perfume, but in this perfume smell...it seemed to be mixed with a hint of urine smell...

The floor of the room is covered with thick carpets, and the bookcases, desks, coffee tables, and chairs are all made of expensive solid wood. Opposite the desk, there is a finely crafted leather sofa.

At the very back of the office is a large wardrobe built into the wall, which is obviously the only place in the entire office where people can hide.

"Stop hiding, come out, we are from the Soma Consortium." Ke Lan pointed the gun at the closet and said.

After almost half a minute, the closet door creaked and opened half a crack. After several seconds, a beautiful and disheveled woman stumbled out of the closet.

This woman was wearing a blood-stained professional skirt, with messy brown curly hair hanging over her shoulders. There were obvious signs of moisture on the edge of the skirt and dark brown stockings, and the high heels she was wearing were even more wet. It was only one higher than the other, and the broken heel fell not far from the wardrobe.

"You...are you really from the Soma Consortium?" The woman shrank her neck, glanced at Ke Lan with some fear, and asked cautiously.

"Yes, I am Ke Lan, the nominal person in charge of this base, also your immediate boss." Ke Lan replied.

"You, are you Mr. Ke Lan?" The woman raised her head in surprise. This time, she finally saw Ke Lan's face clearly behind the mask.

Ke Lan had some impression of this woman. When Manstein came to greet them, she was right behind him. It seemed that she was indeed the owner of this office.

"Where is the other one?" Ke Lan tapped the thigh armor with the handle of the pistol, making a crisp metal collision sound. "Mr. Manstein, are you still planning to hide in the closet?"

The secretary could be asked to come out first to confirm the situation. Apart from Manstein himself, there was no other person with such a status in this base.

"Ke... Mr. Ke Lan, are you... all of you... still alive?" When Manstein crawled out of the closet, the hound had already rushed up and grabbed him by the collar. , picked him up completely.

"What do you mean we are all still alive?!" the hound growled at him, "Okay, you guy, you finally fell into my hands, now you can start praying -"

"Don't... Mr. Hound... this is a misunderstanding!" Manstein shouted hurriedly.

"Misunderstanding? What a misunderstanding!" The hound just raised his fist, but before it could hit him, Manstein screamed -

"No, no, no! Don't do it! It's really not me! The person who ordered the fire is not me...it's Yui, it's the female secretary you brought! She...she is a spy of the Mitsui Consortium! She modified your communication channel , and forged the news that you were all killed by unknown creatures, and then used my name to issue an order to the camp to close the mine! It was all done by that woman, you really can’t blame me!"