Alien Relic Hunter

"In this case, two positions among the three have been finalized, and the remaining one will be chosen between you and Akira Asano." Hound said.

With an outsider like Ye Yan present, Hound was embarrassed to speak too bluntly... But at least in his opinion, Ke Lan's priority should still be above Asano Akira. After all, the venue for the knockout round is an Alpha Civilization ruins, and Ke Lan has the ability to read Alpha text. In the ruins, the advantages this ability can bring to them are immeasurable, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it can even determine victory or defeat.

"Actually, you don't necessarily need that kind of professional mechanic..." Ye Yan added, "The accessories placed in the arena are all modular in design. As long as someone has mastered the daily maintenance of the mecha, look at the two You can see how to assemble it right away.”

"That little girl Valentina should be able to do it, right?" The Hound said to himself while picking at the stubble on his chin with the nails of his thumb and forefinger, "If I remember correctly... Strangler Squadron It is considered an independent combat unit. When performing missions outside, they are all equipped with mechas and will not be equipped with professional mechanics who accompany the team... In this way, everyone is basically required to master certain skills. Prepare your skills..."

Unlike those club players who only need to master driving skills and logistics support and don't have to worry about it at all, pilots with military background need to master more skills. After all, the conditions on the battlefield and the competition field are completely incomparable.

The hound stood up, waved to Chi Hanfeng, and shouted: "Hey, Lao Chi, come here, I'll see you if I need anything... Oh, by the way, there's Valentina and Leighton, you guys come here too. "

A few of them had gathered at the porthole, watching the second game in the field below. This game was no less exciting than the opening game just now. The teams on both sides were wealthy clubs, and the competition format was still a team melee, all six colors. An ace pilot fought fiercely in the field, and several commentators spoke so fast that they felt like they were suffocating... However, under the greetings of the hounds, several people gave up watching the game and walked over.

"What's the matter, old dog? We are busy studying other participating teams... Damn, those two groups below are six ace pilots. Fortunately, we didn't run into them just now." Leighton muttered. road.

"There will be videos to watch later on in the game. If Young Master Ye leaves later, you won't have anywhere to look for this exclusive information." Hound curled his lips and said.

"Master Ye...is this fat...a friend of Ke Lan? Ye...? Ye's Consortium? Is he the young master from Ye's Consortium?" Leighton was stunned for a moment, "Just now Miss Soma just said Said he was a friend of Ke Lan... So you are Ye Yan? The young master Ye Yan who sent someone to deliver the new type of skeleton? "

"Okay, if you want to lick it, there will be time for you to lick it. Now let's get down to business." The hound said and gave Leighton a hard stomp.

"Business? What business?"

"The format of the knockout round has been changed to a battle royale mode." Ke Lan said, attracting everyone's attention.

He repeated the information Ye Yan had just provided in as concise words as possible, and then looked at Chi Hanfeng and Valentina: "Old Chi, if it is to assemble modular design components, can Valentina Do it?"

"Of course, if the soldiers from the Strangler Squadron couldn't even protect their own bodies, they would have died long ago..." Chi Hanfeng suddenly paused in the middle of his words. He coughed twice, and then immediately The topic changed, "In fact, modular design accessories are originally prepared for people who are not very proficient in mechanical maintenance. However, these things are expensive and wasteful, so in non-emergency situations, no one will use the modules at all. Use spare parts to repair the mecha."

Chi Hanfeng continued: "For example, if the heat sink in the Valkyrie's back thruster is broken, then for me, I only need to replace the broken heat sink with a new one, and the repair cost will not exceed Five hundred credits, but if you replace it with modular accessories, the entire thruster backpack will need to be replaced with a new one, which would cost enough to buy hundreds of radiators."

"Okay, it looks like I'm going to be on the bench again." Layton touched the back of his head with some depression, "To be honest, before I played against Valentina, although I also knew that I and Ace Machine There is a big gap between the teachers, but I always thought that I could still struggle a few times..."

"Indeed," grumbled the Hound, "everyone watching the game will think, 'I can do it, too.'"

"But you can only know if you actually fight..." Layton sighed deeply, "I still don't want to go to the ace pilots anymore. I have to deal with the ace pilots of other clubs. Apart from ace versus ace, it's just you and me. Only Akira Asano can do this."

It is certain that he was unwilling to give up, but Leighton also knew how much he weighed, so he simply gave up his starting position.

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…

There were only six games in total on the first day, and they ended quickly. The remaining half a day was basically an exhibition of the new frame of the Yip Consortium... Since most of the machines participating in the competition used this Phoenix Skeleton, so the popularity of the exhibition is still quite high. Regardless of whether they can afford it or not, the audience still gathered under the booth to take a closer look at this new skeleton that was blown up to the sky by the Ye Family Group. .

"The Phoenix skeleton is actually just like that..." Although Ye Yan was right next to him, Chi Hanfeng had no scruples when talking about these things. "There are so many areas that can be improved, especially in terms of joint strength. The prototype skeleton is still It is considered easy to use because it uses parts containing 45% Nino alloy, but I see that the Nino alloy content of mass-produced joint parts has shrunk to 9%, which is not even as good as the 12% of the Raider III frame... Maybe the Yip Consortium has commercial considerations in doing this, but if I were a person in the military procurement department, I would rather choose the old version of the skeleton than purchase the Phoenix mass-produced model."

"Uh... this... I actually don't know much about the technical department." Ye Yan said with a smile, "But if you need it, I can ask them to customize a Type Zero version with 45% Nino alloy content for you. , it’s no problem if it’s more high-end.”

"Actually, the approach of the Yip Consortium is not incomprehensible. For the mass-produced version... cost control must be considered. This Phoenix skeleton is for competition use at a glance. Military skeletons simply don't need so many movable joints. The more the alloy is, the worse the overall reliability and durability will be. If used for competition, 9% Nino alloy content is more than enough." Leighton said, "Moreover, this will also facilitate the launch of subsequent models, such as adding 0.5% Nino alloy. The alloy content has been reduced, some of the original defects have been slightly optimized, and the appearance has been slightly changed. Isn’t this a new frame? One, two, and three generations of Phoenix, with the price of each generation increasing by more than ten percent. It’s really a new frame. It’s just a routine operation.”

"Uh...Although I don't usually participate in those things, it seems...that's really what happened..." Ye Yan said with some embarrassment.

"Isn't this method just like 'squeezing out toothpaste'..." Ke Lan said, "This reminds me of a very famous company in the old era."

"What company?" Curious Ye Yan couldn't help but ask.

"Intel...in the old era, it and AMD almost monopolized the home computer CPU market." Ke Lan shrugged, "But now you can see that AMD still has one-third of the market share, and the brand Intel , has long since disappeared without a trace.”

"Is this... is this killing yourself by squeezing toothpaste while you're still alive?" This time it was Layton's turn to be curious.

"Absolutely. Consumers are not fools. After being played by merchants time and time again, they naturally choose to vote with their feet."

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After such teasing, everyone was no longer interested in the exhibition of the new skeleton. After parking the suspended platform at the organizer's designated berth, they took the elevator back to the ground - the venue for the Mecha Competition. The reason why tickets are so expensive is because they also include room and board during the game. In order to prevent spectators from sleeping and eating in the stadium, the Ye Family Group even built a permanent base not far from the stadium.

Like the viewing area, the rooms in the base are also divided into VIP areas and economic areas. The hound only ran to the economic area to take a look, and then immediately ran back dejected——

"It stinks, it really stinks!" He covered his nose and said angrily, "There are sixteen beds in a room of less than ten square meters, which is more crowded than a dormitory in a military camp. , this is not the most terrifying thing... A corridor, twenty-four rooms, a total of 384 people, actually share a bathroom... Damn, the feces and urine are overflowing into the corridor, the smell is almost the same as There are enough biological and chemical weapons to fight!”

According to the description of the hound, there were some subtle changes in everyone's expressions... Just thinking about it is very exciting, not to mention that the hound's sense of smell is extremely sensitive, and this smell is particularly lethal to him.

"Huh... okay, okay..." Leighton breathed a sigh of relief with a look of luck, "In the past two years, I originally planned to save money and buy an ordinary ticket to watch the game... You must know the accommodation provided by the organizer. The conditions are so bad, I would rather build a floor in the viewing area.”

"There's nothing we can do about this kind of thing..." Ye Yan said helplessly, "Actually, the price of ordinary tickets is already very close to the cost price. The cost of building and maintaining a stadium of this size is too terrifying. I One time I accidentally glanced at the bill on my dad's computer. Even I was shocked by the amount of expenses. Just one tree in the tropical jungle venue costs tens of thousands of credits. In order to provide the audience with the best If you want a good viewing experience, the cost can only be found elsewhere..."

"So, it is most comfortable to watch the live broadcast of prostitution at home." Ke Lan said with deep understanding.

Fortunately, the conditions in the VIP area are still much better than those in the economic zone. Although not as good as the luxury hotel on the Ark, it is at least much better than Ke Lan's original residence in the North Fifth District.

Counting Zofia and Ye Yan, the number of rooms assigned to Ke Lan and the others was even vacant... However, when Ke Lan opened the door of the first bedroom, he was shocked to find a pretty girl sitting on the bed. A girl as beautiful as Zofia.

"Huh? Excuse me...did you go to the wrong room?"

"I made the right move -" The girl stood up and walked towards Ke Lan step by step with an angry expression.

Suddenly, she raised her finger, pointed behind Ke Lan, and shouted loudly: "Damn fat man, stop here, don't even think about running away!"

Ke Lan subconsciously turned around and saw that Ye Yan, who was following them, had already slipped to the door of the living room and had already stepped out with one foot.

"Stop!" the girl shouted again, quickening her pace again.

Ye Yan at the door looked at Ke Lan pleadingly and mouthed to him: Help, stop her.

Stop her?

Ke Lan looked at the girl, then at Ye Yan, and immediately stood up against the wall, with his hands close to the middle line of his trousers, his eyes staring directly at the ceiling above his head, with a look of "It's none of my business, I don't care." I know, I didn't see it" look.

This girl is obviously the daughter of the Song family who was the childhood sweetheart that Ye Yan mentioned. It is difficult for an upright official to handle household affairs. I am not even an upright official, so I should not get involved in this matter.

Seeing Ke Lan and others getting out of the way, Ye Yan's expression changed from panic to despair... Without Ke Lan and the others to stop him, he would have been unable to escape. Instead of being overtaken and ravaged, It would be better to surrender directly and maybe get a lighter sentence...

"Song Shiyun, you...you, you, calm down. I admit that I was at fault first, but can we sit down and have a good talk? No matter how big the problem is, it can be solved. I still have my friend here, If things get serious, it will be bad for both of us... You, please don't be impulsive..."

The girl did not speak, but put her hand into her pocket...

"Is this girl really planning to come and shoot Ye Yan?" Ke Lan was slightly startled and thought to herself, "A Magnum pistol with a caliber of 0.44 inches... hitting Ye Yan in the head and torso would probably kill her on the spot. Sudden death, if the blow is to the limbs, the outcome will definitely be missing arms and legs. Although the limbs can be regenerated with current medical technology, the massive bleeding alone is enough to be fatal..."

He can't let the eldest young master of Ye's consortium die under his nose... Just when Ke Lan was about to stop him, he finally saw the black thing the girl took out, and forcefully pulled it out The words stuck in my throat were swallowed again.

Fortunately, it's not a magnum pistol, just a non-lethal stun gun.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

After a burst of ecstasy screams, Ye Yan, with his hair standing on end and a puff of green smoke, fell to the ground. The girl directly picked up one of his legs and dragged him out with some effort. Before going out, When doing so, he did not forget to turn around and give Ke Lan a slightly apologetic smile.

"Hey, this girl is so polite. She didn't forget to close the door for us before leaving." Hound touched the top of his head and squeezed out this sentence.

"Indeed, not only polite, but also gentle." Ke Lan nodded in agreement. In his opinion, as long as he didn't take out the Magnum, he was really gentle.

[P.S. These are transitional chapters recently, which may be a bit watery. I am currently writing the plot outline of the knockout part. Although the subject of chicken eating has almost been written out in online novels, I will still add as much as possible. New things come in.

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