Alien Relic Hunter

"Uh... Didn't I say before that she and I grew up playing together... She was probably only fourteen years old at that time, mainly out of curiosity..."

"Okay, stop it, stop talking, this book will be gone if you keep talking." Ke Lan quickly interrupted Ye Yan's memories, "So what are you going to do now? You can't stay here forever, right?"

"I'm going to hide for a few days to avoid the limelight and wait until her anger subsides..." Ye Yan said, suddenly changing the subject, "How about we join your hunting group? For the reason of going on a mission, She ran outside the Ark and dragged her away for a month, and when she came back, she would have almost forgotten about it."

"No, no, no." Ke Lan shook his head like a rattle, "Exploring the ruins is a life-and-death job. If you have any trouble outside, the Ye family will not let our entire hunting group suffer."

"I know, I know... I mean, on the surface, I joined your hunting group, but in fact, I hired you as my guards. Let's just find a few low-level ruins that have been explored to a great extent, and treat them as You are on a trip...Brother Ke Lan, I have seen your strength before at the cocktail party. Compared with your teammates, they must be masters. With you here, nothing will happen."

"It's still not possible." Ke Lan flatly refused, "You may not believe it, but any ruins we go to, no matter how safe they were before, will turn into dangerous places with no life or death after we enter... like hounds I don’t even dare to guarantee that I can escape alive, so how can I take you with me?”

"Are you lying to me? If this is the case, there will be big problems in the knockout rounds..."

"There's a big problem in the knockout round? What do you mean?" Ke Lan asked with some confusion, but in his heart, there was suddenly a feeling that something was wrong.

"Part of the reason why I came here this time is to reveal this matter to you." Ye Yan lowered his voice, "In order to make the game more enjoyable and have higher ratings, the entire knockout stage competition system has been It has been modified...the venue outside now is just a venue for the group stage."

"Modify the competition system, change the venue...wait a minute! According to you, is it possible that the venue for the knockout round will be moved to a certain ruins?!" Ke Lan reacted instantly.

"Yes, the venue for the knockout round is set up in a C-class ruins 460 kilometers away from here... I remember the name of this ruins is called 'Sandstone Waste City'..."

"C-039 'Abandoned Sandstone City', the ruins of the Alpha civilization discovered in the early days of Ark's landing, is very dangerous. After years of exploration, more than 90% of the area in the ruins has been discovered... The only characteristic of this ruins is It is large enough, and the terrain is very complex. A rift valley with a depth of more than 300 meters runs through the city. The entire city is also divided into two main building groups: the upper city area on the surface and the lower city area at the bottom of the canyon. There are still some remaining suspended structures between the upper city and lower city..." Ke Lan looked at the information found on his phone and muttered silently.

"That damn place...what, are you planning to play hide-and-seek in the knockout round?" The hound couldn't help but complain.

"There is a battle royale online game commonly known as 'Chicken Eater'. Have you heard of it?" Ye Yan asked.

"Not only have I heard of it, but I have also played many chicken-eating games... Just two days ago, I also logged into the 'apex jail simulator', which is a sci-fi style chicken-eating game. It's quite What’s interesting is that there are a lot of cheating orphans. It seems that the organizers of the tournament are planning to make the knockout competition into a chicken game mode? Fighting chicken in a mecha... This is quite new."

"Wait a minute...Chicken? What kind of chicken? Roast chicken or fried chicken? Ke Lan, please explain to me what the rules of this game are first." Hound, who is rarely exposed to games on weekdays, asked again and again. road.

"'Chicken' is just a common name among players, because there used to be a game called 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'. After winning the first place, it would display 'Good luck, eat chicken tonight', so there is this saying. To be precise Said that this type of game should be called a "battle royale" game, which puts a number of players into a shrinking limited area and allows the players to fight each other. The player or group of players who survives in the end counts as The winner’s game.”

"Tsk... It sounds like raising voodoos. Then we just have to hide and wait for others to kill each other, and then come out to reap the benefits." Hound said.

"This is indeed a tactic, but generally the designers of battle royale games will find ways to force players to fight...for example, the concept of safe zones. As the game progresses, the area available for players to move will increase. As the area becomes smaller and smaller, the number of players per unit area will increase, and the tactic of simply shrinking will not work at this time." Ke Lan explained.

"In addition to the safety zone, there is also the issue of supplies -" Ye Yan interrupted, "According to the new rules of the knockout competition, your mecha cannot bring any weapons or additional equipment into the arena except for a standard fighting knife. The maintenance points limit is also very low, so low that at the beginning everyone is almost a blank slate... whether it is firearms, ammunition, shields... or even things like outer armor, thrusters and replacement parts. , all have to be obtained by exploring within the competition area. At the same time, the energy crystals you carry at the beginning are also limited. In other words, if you are unlucky and do not find the crystals in the ruins, the mecha will not be able to go very far. Paralyzed due to energy depletion..."

"Although the event organizers will put a certain amount of supplies in every corner of the venue, these supply points are very scattered, and the amounts at each place are not very large..." Ye Yan continued.

"In other words, to avoid fighting and develop, it is better to rob other contestants... Otherwise, in the finals, the mechas with a blank slate and have not fought much and the mechas that come all the way and are fully armed will have no combat power. There will be a huge gap... But if you choose to fight, you have to pay attention to the consumption of ammunition and crystals, as well as the risk of being persuaded by other teams... There are really many factors to consider." Ke Lan frowned and said, " By the way, what is the specific competition format? It’s impossible to cram all the qualifying teams into one game, right?”

Ye Yan replied: "Of course not. There will be a total of 64 teams qualifying from the group stage. These 64 teams will be divided into four divisions. If each team plays three people, the number of people in a game will be 48 People... In these four competition areas, as long as the participating teams enter the top quarter, they will advance, and the remaining three-quarters will be eliminated. Then the top quarter teams of the four competition areas will be brought together , for the finals.”

"Oh, by the way," Ye Yan seemed to have thought about something, and then said to Ke Lan, "Are there any mechanics among your contestants? The maintenance mechanic on the personnel list cannot follow the players into the arena. Replacing equipment, adding accessories, and repairing the machine body all have to be completed by the players themselves. If there is not a mechanic among the three people, it will be a big trouble."

"Mechanic... This is not a problem. The mechas in our team are basically modified by Leiton and Chi Hanfeng... It's just that it's a bit difficult for me to choose this candidate." Ke Lan pondered. Dao - Logically speaking, his ability should be able to play a key role in this game, but the problem is that his driving skills are very average. If the "immovable mountain" is replaced by a blank skeleton, there will be no Before he obtains enough weapons and ammunition, he is basically a loser with no combat effectiveness. Not only is he unable to provide any help to his teammates, but he will become a burden to them...