Alien Relic Hunter

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Finally, when their oxygen was about to run out, a faint light emitted by fluorescent fungi penetrated the water and seeped down from above everyone's heads.

"Finally surfaced..." Ke Lan breathed a sigh of relief, while Layton slightly slowed down the power of the thruster and used a metal pipe equipped with a surveillance camera as a periscope to explore the water.

But less than five seconds after the metal pipe came out of the water, Layton immediately turned off the propeller, and even used the forced braking device to stop the propeller blades immediately.

Leighton leaned down and gestured to everyone. The meaning of that gesture was: there is someone above.

Hearing what he said, Ke Lan let go of the rope in his hand, swam to Layton's side, and took over the terminal display of the surveillance camera.

The picture on the monitor was very blurry, and it was even harder to see clearly through the water. Ke Lan simply unplugged the camera's cable and plugged it into his goggles, allowing the captured picture to be projected directly onto the lens in front of him. superior.

From the information obtained from the surveillance screen, we can know that this water body is an underground saltwater lake covering an area of ​​tens of hectares. The top of the cave is about 200 to 300 meters above the water surface. There are a large number of stalactites hanging from the top, some of which are large in size. The largest stalactites have even been inserted into the water, forming stone pillars standing on the lake.

On the east shore of the underground lake, about four hundred meters away from Ke Lan and the others, there was a blazing bonfire. Several figures were sitting around the bonfire, although their faces could not be seen clearly. and attire, but you can see that everyone has a gun hanging on their back, and one of the burly men even has a portable recoilless rifle next to him.

This group of people are obviously not ruin hunters. Apart from anything else, the use of campfires in ruins is not something that a hunter who has received formal training can do - in non-combat situations, open fires can definitely be used without them. No, no matter it is for heating, lighting or heating food, hunters will choose other alternatives. No one will light a bonfire in the ruins unless it is absolutely necessary.

This is not a wilderness, and flames can be used to drive away approaching indigenous creatures - on the contrary, many of the devices in the Alpha ruins are sensitive to temperature and smoke, and lighting a fire hastily can easily lead to an unnecessary disaster.

And this group of people obviously didn't reach the point where they had to light a fire.

They are so unprofessional, even a rookie like Martin would not be like them.

Ke Lan thought for a while, made a quick judgment, and said to the others in sign language:

"To the east, on the shore, four hundred meters away, ten to fifteen people, armed elements, most likely the group of exiles who attacked the sinkhole camp."

Ke Lan took everyone in a circle underwater and found a stalactite pillar that was as thick as several people could hug it, and emerged from the water in the blind spot of those people's vision.

"Exiles? Are you sure? How did they get here?" Hound asked, lowering his voice for fear that it would echo in the cave and be heard by the other party.

"Not sure, but they are definitely not hunters." Ke Lan shook his head.

"Could he be swept down by an avalanche like us?" Layton guessed.

"That's the only way to explain it." Ke Lan said.

"Then what should we do? Kill them? These people are our mortal enemies. To be honest, I won't feel any psychological burden at all if we kill them." Hound touched the pistol in the holster, and there was a trace of emotion in his words. Killing intent.

"These people are difficult to deal with." Layton slowly shook his head and said, "There are more than ten of them, and everyone has a gun, and they are all long guns. On our side, you all only have pistols, and the only heavy firepower is me. And the ammunition on my body has been exhausted in the stone chamber. Even including the energy shield, we are completely at a disadvantage in terms of firepower."

"There's another thing you didn't mention, Layton," Ke Lan said in a deep voice, "These people are inseparable from the heretical sect. We can't guarantee whether there are containers of erosion seeds or other biological weapons among them. , but if there is..."

Ke Lan did not continue speaking, but everyone else knew what he did not say - the gap in combat power between the two sides was too great. If there were more people like Seed of Corrosion in the opposing lineup, As for monsters, Ke Lan and the others have almost no chance of winning.

If Asano Akira was awake, with his sword and those special abilities, he might be able to fight head-on with the opponent, but now, even if it was a sneak attack, he had to be cautious.

"Okay, let's divide into two teams. The Mongolian guy and I will go around to their left, attack first, and try to attract their attention. Then Ke Lan, Leiton and the little girl named Qin Zhao, you sneak up to Don't show their heads on their right side yet. After these people are attracted by us, you can focus your firepower and hit their backs." The hound said, "Remember, no matter whether there is a container of erosion seed in this group of people, they will Prioritize those who have guns, because guns are a greater threat to us than monsters."

At this time, Qin Zhao couldn't help but ask: "Excuse me... what is a 'container of erosion seeds'?"

"For people who are infected by a 'virus', the parasitic 'virus' in their bodies will break out after their death and turn into a monster with tentacles. If they are attacked by this monster, they will also be infected... It's okay if you know this kind of thing, but don't tell it, otherwise, we won't be responsible if people from the Security Bureau come to our door." Leighton explained to her.

Qin Zhao was stunned and asked: "Is it a virus like in "Resident Evil"?"

Although Layton's explanation is very clear, it is still difficult for a person who is completely unaware of the existence of the Seed of Corrosion to imagine it in his mind.

"It's almost... but it's not the same. In short, you will definitely understand it after you see that thing. Don't worry too much. We have already mastered the nemesis of this monster. That's why the old dog guy said Guns are a greater threat," Layton added.

After all, if you are attacked by the erosion seed, if it is not a vital part, even if it is infected, it can be suppressed by implanting stalagmite fragments; and the spears in the hands of those armed are basically full-power with a caliber of more than ten millimeters. Bullet, one shot in the torso is enough to kill, and as for the limbs, being hit by the bullet is basically equivalent to amputation. Even if it is scratched, a large piece of flesh and blood can be torn off in an instant.

"...Oh." Qin Zhao nodded with some confidence. Up to now, she was tied to the same boat as Ke Lan and others. If the boat was scuttled, she would not be able to survive alone. Get out of the ruins. The only thing she could do was follow Ke Lan and the others and do what she could as much as possible.

"If you have no objections, let's take action." After the hound finished speaking, he bit a breathing tube in his mouth and sunk his head under the water.

Layton disassembled the small shield generator from the mechanical arm and handed it into the hands of Zhuo Ligetu - as the team that was feinting, they needed this more than the team that was attacking.

Ke Lan also bit into a breathing tube, dived into the water, and swam quietly toward the east bank of the underground lake according to the route set by the hound.

After arriving at the designated location, the three of them began to wait for the hound to launch a feint attack.

From a distance, Ke Lan could clearly see the details of these armed men.

As he expected, these people were indeed exiles, but not all of them - there were fourteen people in total, only six of them were wearing wasteland-style clothes that were common among exiles, and the remaining eight people, although their clothes were a little dirty, But it is not shabby, and the equipment and some small accessories on his body are all professional-grade goods that can be sold at good prices on the black market.

The weapons of the two groups of people are also different. The firearms of the exiles are very crudely modified, purely pursuing high power, while the weapons of the other group of people are more sophisticated, such as nylon grips, butts, and compound sights. There are all kinds of tactical accessories such as tools and laser launchers. One guy even had a "V-27 recoilless submachine gun" just released by "Advanced Equipment Manufacturing Company" on his waist last month, although it was cancelled. It is a civilian version of fully automatic mode, but the power of three bursts cannot be underestimated.

This group of people are mercenaries, and they are also the most elite group in the mercenary industry.

Of course, in addition to the prefix "the most elite", they are also the type of mercenaries with the "most courage and the least bottom line".

Whether they are cooperating with exiles or being hired by heretical sects, if any of them are discovered by Ark, the consequences can be imagined... But these people completely ignore the laws and regulations on Ark, and do not know that the rewards given by their employers are actually real. Is it too rich, or these people have joined the heretical sect and become one of those crazy believers.

Ke Lan waited for almost ten minutes before a sudden gunshot sounded from a distance. A mercenary who was sitting by the campfire to warm his hands fell down at the sound. The bullet from the large-caliber hunting pistol directly ripped off half of his cock. The skull and red and white filth were sprayed a dozen meters away - I have to say that the hound's marksmanship is still very good, after all, it was fed with so many bullets on a real battlefield.

This shot immediately plunged the armed men around the campfire into brief confusion. Obviously, they did not expect to be attacked by modern human weapons in this place, and they could not help but panic for a while - and their reaction, It also corresponds well to the two identities: after the people in exile attire found the direction where the bullets were coming, they rushed towards that direction without fear of death. While they charged, they directly pointed their weapons at the direction. Shooting from the waist in the water; and the mercenaries hid behind the rocks on the shore as soon as the chaos passed, using them as their bunkers.

The hound fired two more shots, but the moving target was still much harder to hit than the fixed target. The two shots only wounded an exile's arm, and then he was suppressed by the opponent's firepower and had to hit again. Got back into the water.

The lake is a natural barrier. The resistance in the water will greatly weaken the kinetic energy carried by the warhead. Even if it is a full-power ten-millimeter caliber with an effective killing range of 1,200 meters in the air, in the water, the distance is more than one meter. There is no lethality.

As soon as the hounds and Zhuoligetu dived directly into the water, the firearms in the hands of the exiles basically posed no threat.

However, when these exiles approached within fifty meters, Hound and Zhuoligetu had to rush out of the water and ran to the shore with the energy shield.

In addition to firearms, these armed men also carry a lot of explosives such as grenades. Although the fragmentation damage of grenades is the same as bullets and will be limited in water, the shock wave damage will not decrease but increase. If they go down, even if they are not hit directly, the two hounds will be shocked to death by the shock wave transmitted from the water.

At this time, the distance between the exiles who rushed towards the hounds and the bonfire had increased by nearly a hundred meters, and the attention of the mercenaries who did not attack rashly was completely attracted by the two of them - the mission of feint attack had been completed. Once completed, the rest is up to Ke Lan and the others.

"superior!"

With a wave of Ke Lan's hand, the three of them quickly and silently reached the shore, and each found a huge boulder as their own bunker. Less than twenty meters directly in front of them, there were those who had their backs completely exposed. An unsuspecting mercenary within their sight.

"Leiton, you are responsible for covering the central position with micro rockets and bombing as many people as possible. Qin Zhao, you keep an eye on the one on the far left and leave the two on the far right to me." Ke Lan said on the short-range radio channel Nei said.

"clear."

"I know." They both replied at the same time.

"Three, two, one, fire!" Ke Lan said, while leaning out of the bunker, he continuously pulled the trigger on his two targets - he aimed at the larger chest and abdomen rather than the head. What he pursues is not a fatal blow, but the highest possible hit rate while ensuring that the opponent loses the ability to resist.

The two mercenaries were shot and fell instantly, but Ke Lan heard neither his own gunfire nor the screams of the other side - the whistling and explosion of more than a dozen miniature rockets sounded almost at the same time. At this distance, the sound was as loud as if it exploded in Ke Lan's ears.

"Damn it, I forgot about this..." Ke Lan covered his buzzing ears and thought to himself. Fortunately, their attack was very successful. The remaining seven mercenaries all fell to the ground in the blink of an eye. In a pool of blood, two of them were still struggling painfully on the ground, while the other five were completely silent.

"Come forward, support Lao Gou and the others!" Ke Lan shouted loudly, jumped out of the bunker, bent down and ran forward quickly.

The hounds were already in a tough fight, six against two, and they were completely outnumbered, and... those exiles dressed like beggars actually took out two energy shields from somewhere!