Alien Relic Hunter

"Sorry, I was just a little too..." the hunter named Martin said with some embarrassment, "The last thing in my memory... the last thing I remember was that there was an explosion and an avalanche..."

"Memory? Finally?" Ke Lan narrowed his eyes, "Don't you remember what you just dreamed about?"

"A dream? What dream? Does it mean when I was in a coma?" Martin said in shock. From his very natural expression, it could be seen that he was not lying.

Ke Lan and Hound looked at each other and nodded to each other - it seems that the mental attack of the bottomless sinkhole is not a "covering strike". Like Martin and Qin Zhao, they obviously have not suffered from nightmares. It was just that he was knocked unconscious.

"You two, can you tell us what happened? Also, where is this place? Could it... could it be at the bottom of the sinkhole?" Martin looked at the stone room in panic, and stood there. Qin Zhao next to him was much calmer. She lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking about.

"We don't know where this place is, but it's probably not far from the sinkhole." Ke Lan said, "As for what happened before - the exile's convoy attacked the observatory and your Polaris camp, and the explosion triggered The avalanche, like you, we were all affected and fell into the sinkhole, and when we woke up, we were already in this place."

"In other words, we were moved into this stone room?" Qin Zhao raised his head, frowned slightly, and looked at Ke Lan and asked.

"Probably, but it's hard to say whether the people who moved us are 'people'."

"Then let's find a way to get out of here now. I always feel that it is very dangerous to stay here!" Martin said quickly.

"We also want to leave here, but there is no exit from this place." Hound shrugged.

"There is no exit? How is it possible? Then how did we get in?" While Martin was still shouting, Qin Zhao had already walked to an adjacent stone room, and her voice came from the next door: "These stone rooms, Is every room the same?”

"There are nine rooms in total. They are all the same." The hound replied, "No need to waste time. We have already checked them countless times."

"Then we are trapped here and die?" Martin looked a little depressed, "When I fell from the pit wall, I thought I was dead, but who knew that I was not dead... I am not dead, but I want to live. I can’t survive either…”

He knelt on the ground, raised his head, and said with a sad face: "I don't want to die... I'm still a virgin, and there are still many things I want to do that I haven't done yet..."

Hearing his lament, the hound suddenly burst into laughter. He turned his head and looked at Ke Lan, but was stared back fiercely by the latter.

"We are trapped to death, but not completely." Ke Lan glanced at the watch, "There are still twenty-five minutes left, and the mechanism in the stone chamber should be activated."

"Agency? What agency?" When he heard that there was hope of getting out, Martin suddenly became energetic and straightened up and asked.

Qin Zhao also quickly returned to the stone room, staring at Ke Lan with burning eyes.

"I don't know. The only clue we have is the 'bi-lunar internal eclipse', and there are still twenty-four minutes until the nearest bi-lunar internal eclipse." Ke Lan replied.

"Wait and see what will happen then - I advise you not to be too happy too soon, no one knows what will happen... maybe nothing will happen." Hound added.

"Why two-month internal eclipses?" Qin Zhao took a step forward, "How did you get this clue?"

"This involves trade secrets. You are a member of the Polaris Hunting Group. There is no way we can tell you." The hound said, suddenly showing a wicked smile and patting the holster on his waist. "Of course, if you really If you really want to know, I can also tell you... But after I finish speaking, I will silence you. How about it? How about becoming a seeker of knowledge who "hears the Tao in the morning and will die in the evening"? "

"I don't want to know, I don't want to know at all, please don't tell me!" Before Qin Zhao could speak, Martin had already lied on the ground first. He closed his eyes tightly and covered his ears with both hands. I was afraid that I would accidentally hear the "trade secrets" from the hound.

"Then... forget it then." Qin Zhao looked timid and shook his head gently.

In the final analysis, they were just a group of rookie hunters with little experience, and they were too immature in front of Ke Lan and the hounds.

"There are still twenty minutes." Ke Lan said calmly.

The hound walked over and pulled Martin up who was lying on the ground. The latter suddenly trembled with fear and thought he was going to be silenced.

"Why are you so cowardly? How dare you explore S-class ruins if you are so cowardly?" The hound was so angry that he slapped the opponent's butt hard.

"Because... because... they said... this ruins is not dangerous, the casualty rate is almost zero, and the people who died were all caused by operating errors... I... I just came..." Martin said timidly , "They also said that this ruins may be downgraded soon, so hurry up and come here before it is downgraded... This way the reward will be much higher, and it will also give you an S-level exploration qualification... They said this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..."

His speech was not very clear, but Ke Lan and Hound still got a general idea. Hound sighed and shook his head unbearably: "Who... are they? People from the Polar Star Hunting Group?"

"No, it's the people I met at the hunter gathering place and the bar. They said they have reliable connections and can introduce me here for only a small agency fee..."

"My feelings were sold and I'm still counting the money." Hound said, "You have all been deceived. There are indeed very few people who died in this ruins, but more than half of them went crazy after going back. Presumably they didn't Tell you this?"

"Crazy, crazy?" Martin was stunned and asked in disbelief, "What's going on?"

"Psychic attack. There should be some devices in the ruins that will launch spiritual attacks on people who enter the sinkhole. This kind of spiritual attack cannot be detected by human senses. Anyone who is attacked will fall into a nightmare. I can’t help myself..." Ke Lan said.

"So, why did you ask us if we were dreaming just now?" Qin Zhao said.

"Yes." Ke Lan had no intention of hiding this matter. Anyway, this was a dispute between Qin Zhao and others and the Polar Star Hunting Group, and had nothing to do with them.

"Then they...Cao Feng and the others were mentally attacked?" Qin Zhao looked at the people lying on the ground.

"Three of them can be confirmed to have been mentally attacked, but I have injected them with Mengzao preparations and neutralizers, so there is no danger for the time being." Ke Lan said, "The only problem is that they have to wait for ten Two hours...oh, no, based on the injection dose, I'm afraid it's more than twelve hours."

Ke Lan received another injection later. Based on this calculation, the sleeping time of Cao Feng, Yifan and Asano Akira will be extended to more than 20 hours.

"What about the others?"

"They should just be unconscious..."

Before Ke Lan finished speaking, Layton had already sat up from the ground and mumbled a little dizzy: "Where...where is this? Wait! Didn't I fall into a sinkhole? Old dog ?Ke Lan?!"

"Stop barking, everyone is alive." The hound stepped forward, kicked Layton on the butt, and then pulled him into a nearby stone room.

There are some things that Qin Zhao and Martin cannot know... Otherwise, according to what the hound said, they can only be silenced.

Not long after, Zhuoligetu also woke up. Through communication, he learned that Leiton and Zhuoligetu also had no nightmares... or in other words, they didn't remember it at all.

Ke Lan looked at the watch again. There were still two minutes left before the "Double Moon Inner Eclipse".

At this point, Qin Zhao suddenly spoke: "Um...can you give us our weapons? If something unexpected happens then, Martin and I can also provide you with some support."

"Support?" Hound glanced at Martin, who was standing behind Qin Zhao, "If something unexpected happens, are you sure this kid won't accidentally hurt one of your own in his haste?"

"No, no, no, it won't happen..." Martin hurriedly defended, "I got full marks in the shooting subjects in the relic hunter entry assessment..."

"Thanks to the fact that you scored full marks in shooting, which helped you gain a lot of points, otherwise I would have suspected that you failed." Hound complained, "With your mental quality, no matter how good your marksmanship is, it won't be of any use... Shoot and kill Targets and shooting monsters coming at you are completely different things."

"Strange, monsters... Senior, have you ever encountered monsters in the ruins? What do those monsters... look like?"

"That's a lot..."

Just when Hound wanted to brag, Ke Lan interrupted him: "Stop bragging now, there are still thirty seconds left."

After saying that, Ke Lan turned his head again and said to Layton quickly: "Leighton, return the gun to them. If something really jumps out, it is impossible for us to allocate manpower to protect them. How much will it cost?" Give them some ability to protect themselves.”

"Hey, go on." Layton threw two pistols in holsters to Qin Zhao and Martin, "Rookies, remember, never point the muzzle at your own people, even if the safety is turned off. Not even the right time!"

He only gave each of them one magazine. In Layton's view, if one magazine couldn't solve the problem, a few more would not help, especially for such an inexperienced rookie.

Giving them a gun is more effective in emboldening them than in self-defense.

"Five seconds." Ke Lan stared at the pointer on the dial.

Everyone held their breath involuntarily. They felt that the last five seconds seemed to be extremely long. The slender second hand seemed to be stuck with glue and did not beat for a long time.

…

"It seems like nothing happened?" Hound said softly. He held the gun tightly in both hands, raised his head, and carefully looked at the ceiling above his head.

"Shh... there seems to be some sound." Ke Lan made a silent gesture, but the next second, his expression suddenly changed, "The sound of water! It's the sound of water!"

Although there were no gaps or holes visible on the floor of the stone chamber, a large amount of clear liquid emerged directly from the floor, and in the blink of an eye it had covered the insteps of everyone.

"Lift up the man lying on the ground!" shouted the hound, "put him on the stone platform!"

The liquid quickly reached the height of Ke Lan's chest, almost flush with the surface of the stone platform. Just when Ke Lan was worried about how to solve his breathing problem after the stone chamber was filled, the water level finally stopped rising.

"It seems to have stopped." Martin couldn't help but said. He glanced at Ke Lan and the others, "We... what are we going to do?"

"Let's test the composition of these liquids first." Ke Lan nodded to Leighton and said.

"...This thing is serious water. According to the analysis results, it contains a certain amount of mineral impurities, but it is not toxic, has no radiation, and no parasites or other microorganisms have been found... From a certain perspective Generally speaking, it is cleaner than most water sources in Alpha Star and fully meets the fourth-level drinking standards.”

"Can you drink it?" The hound was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but pick up a handful of water, put it in front of his nose and smelled it.

"You can drink it after a little filtering." Layton nodded.

"But that's not the key. The key is... where does the water come from?" Ke Lan said solemnly, "It's impossible to achieve this flow rate just by the small gap at the connection between the stone chambers."

"You mean... maybe a certain channel was opened, and the water was poured in from this channel?" The person who spoke was Qin Zhao, and Ke Lan couldn't help but look at her more - this young girl Although she is a trainee hunter, she is calm and quick in thinking and reaction. If they can get out alive, they can consider absorbing her into the hunting god hunting group.

After all, a consortium-level hunting group cannot always rely on the six of them. If you want to grow it, you must absorb fresh blood, and this Qin Zhao is a good seedling.

In contrast, the one named Martin behaved as normal as most rookies should.

"Yes, so I suggest that everyone spread out and look for the entrance of this passage... The 'bi-moon inner eclipse' lasts for less than four minutes. After this point, the passage may be closed, so you have to hurry up."

With that said, Ke Lan found a breathing mask from the equipment bag and put it on his face: "Old dog, take Layton and Zhuo Ligetu in that direction -"

He pointed at Qin Zhao and Martin: "You two, follow me."

…

The water is not turbid, and the visibility is not bad - but since there is no light source in the stone room, and it relies entirely on flashlight lighting, it is difficult to see the underwater scene clearly across the water. Ke Lan can only dive into the water while moving forward. Swim around, examining the underwater walls and floor with your light.

As for the part on the water, it was handed over to Qin Zhao and Martin who did not have breathing masks.