Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 330 Fierce Fight in the Abandoned City (4000 words long chapter)

"Could it be your imagination?" The hound rubbed the stubble on his chin, frowned, and asked in a tentative tone.

"I'm not sure..." Ke Lan shook his head.

"The thing in the Iron Maiden was hit by a frontal bombardment from the Ark's main gun... With such destructive power, even a prehistoric species would never survive," Hound said.

"Maybe..." Ke Lan nodded and waved to the hound, "Old dog, follow me."

The two of them walked around the foyer, and after making sure that Chi Hanfeng could not hear the conversation between them, Ke Lan said seriously to the hound: "Suppose, I mean...suppose...suppose that thing is still alive, and it comes from the Ark Master." It survived the bombardment, so what do you think it will do?"

"Tsk... If that thing is really still alive..." The hound rubbed his temples vigorously with his index finger and closed his eyes and muttered, "Then I think... it must survive first."

"Survived?"

"Yes." The hound opened its eyes and looked directly at Ke Lan, "Even if it is really alive, it cannot be unscathed... Just like a seriously injured beast, it must find a safe enough place. Healing his injuries and gathering strength... But whatever he wants to do next, he must survive first."

"Nearly two months have passed since the East Ninth District was destroyed... Combined with my own self-healing ability, even if the thing suffered severe trauma, two months is enough for it to recover as before."

Ke Lan continued: "My ability comes from it... and the call that appeared in my nightmare last night should be the connection between me and it."

The hound's face turned slightly pale: "You mean... that thing, after recovering from its injury, wants to find you and take back those abilities of yours?"

"I don't know." Ke Lan shook his head, "But it seems to want me to go somewhere..."

"The coordinates?"

"Well...it's just that I can't remember at all..."

"Don't worry about this. Don't you Chinese people have a saying that 'there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain'... It's useless for you to worry about this now, but you are worried and can't sleep well... Let me tell you, last night Such a rare opportunity, what a pity." Hound took out a cigarette case, "Would you like one?"

"No, let's wait until everyone else has finished their breakfast and get ready to go to the stadium. We have four games today," Ke Lan said.

Faced with this unknown existence, he decided to give in: before he figured out the true meaning of the coordinates, he would not take any more exploration missions for the time being... If that thing came to him on its own initiative, Ke Lan would I don't mind letting it take another close-range bombardment from the Ark's main gun.

At nine o'clock, everyone once again arrived at the suspended viewing platform that belonged to them... But what surprised Ke Lan was that Ye Yan actually came earlier than them and sat on the seat next to him. , still sitting was the girl who stunned him and dragged him away yesterday.

Ye Yan's childhood sweetheart, if Ke Lan remembers correctly, should be called Song Shiyun.

Today she is wearing a "blue and white porcelain" cheongsam-style dress, with smooth black straight hair draped over her shoulders, and a hairpin decorated with pearls and gold foil flowers and leaves inserted in her ear...but she is holding something in her hand. The thing she was playing with didn't quite match her outfit - it was a 0.44-inch Magnum pistol with a beautifully carved barrel and a black walnut handle. Although this gun could also be regarded as a It is a rare work of art, but what attracts more attention is its terrifying destructive power and lethality.

Seeing Ke Lan and others coming up, Song Shiyun first smiled and said hello, and then quickly stuffed the pistol into the cosmetic bag she carried.

Fortunately, this is a short barrel version of the Magnum pistol, otherwise this exquisite cosmetic bag would really not be able to fit this thing.

"To be honest, I won't be surprised if I see women taking out any weird things from their makeup bags in the future." Hound complained to Ke Lan in a very low voice.

But what I have to say is that Song Shiyun's appearance is definitely one of the best among the women Ke Lan has ever seen, and she can be regarded as a beauty on the same level as Zofia. It's just that the two are completely different beauties, so it's difficult to compare one with the other.

With such a beautiful girl by his side, Ke Lan felt that it was not unfair at all for Ye Yan to get electrocuted.

Not only Ke Lan, but even Hound, when he saw Song Shiyun and Ye Yan sitting together, felt as if they had flowers stuck on them.

"Young Master Ye came so early. Did he come to see us for something?" Ke Lan glanced at Song Shiyun beside Ye Yan and asked.

As for the deeper meaning of this sentence, he believed that Ye Yan must have understood it: when he ran here yesterday, it was to "take shelter from the limelight", but now the "leadlight" he wanted to avoid was right next to him, so He even came to me, so it was obvious that there was something else going on.

"Hehe." Ye Yan smiled, "To tell you the truth, I bet money on you."

He held out five fingers, and Layton asked subconsciously: "Have a deposit of five hundred thousand?"

"No, it's 500 million." Ye Yan still had that playful smile on his face, "This is all the funds I can mobilize. I also borrowed a lot from the buddies I have good friends with in the weekdays. I hope I can get it today." It’s a big ticket earner.”

Five hundred million... Even though Ke Lan and the others already had a certain amount of wealth, when Ye Yan said this number in an understatement, everyone was still shocked.

"...If we lose, Mr. Ye, you won't find someone to buy our hands or feet, right?" Layton said subconsciously.

"No, no... but if you lose, I'm afraid I will have to go to the Song family to eat for the next year." Ye Yan pretended to be pitiful, and at the same time glanced aggrievedly at Song next to him. Poetic rhyme.

"It's okay to come to my house for dinner, but you can eat whatever Tom eats."

"Who is Tom?" Ke Lan asked.

"The little kitten I raised is very well-behaved, at least much better than someone else."

"...Shiyun, you won't be so cruel, right?" Ye Yan's expression suddenly changed.

"Don't you know whether I am cruel or not?" Song Shiyun said with a smile, which made Ye Yan look even more embarrassed...

"You see...Brother Ke Lan, you must win today, otherwise I will have to eat cat food for a year."

Leaving aside the issue that the cat food that Song Shiyun raised may be better than the food of most civilians, what Ke Lan was most confused about at this time was why Ye Yan suddenly bet a huge sum of 500 million on himself. You must know that in terms of strength, among the many participating teams, they can only be regarded as a mid-level team - not to mention, what they are facing today is a strong team with quasi-rich-level strength.

"Why bet on us? Instead of betting on those wealthy clubs? In my opinion, it is safer to bet on those popular and strong teams, right?" Ke Lan asked immediately.

"Sigh... I want to beat those strong teams, but their odds are too low, and the return rate is less than one thousandth. Moreover, even the strong teams will overturn sometimes... If they really let me hit If you do it, then these 500 million will be lost, so it is more cost-effective to overwhelm you - anyway, what you are drawn today is the SOLO game. This game system can eliminate the difference between wealthy teams and ordinary teams to the greatest extent. The gap between them is all ace versus ace, in comparison, I am more optimistic about Miss Valentina’s performance.”

As Ye Yan said, among all the competition formats that can be drawn in the Mecha Competition, one-on-one SOLO competitions account for more than 70% of the total. This setting is mainly to take care of those who only have one An ordinary-level team with an ace pilot can still compete against rich and powerful teams.

Otherwise, if the three ace pilots fight together, there will be almost no suspense about the outcome... In this way, the competition between those powerful teams and ordinary participating teams will not be interesting to watch... It may feel satisfying to watch the crushing battle situation once or twice, but if you watch it too much, the audience will still get tired of it.

There are two hours of preparation time before the game. Chi Hanfeng and Layton are working hard to replace Valkyrie with new equipment - the long-range railgun and retractable physical shield have been replaced. The map of Abandoned City is It is modeled on the cities that were destroyed by nuclear wars on the earth in the old era. The entire site is filled with ruins of buildings more than ten meters high. Coupled with the intricate urban underground pipeline system, there will only be explosions on this map. Close encounters or patient ambush battles, like the long-range shooting battles of the first game, simply don't happen here.

At the same time, it is precisely because of the complexity of the abandoned city map that the collection and analysis of information has become one of the important factors that affect the outcome of the game. Ke Lan and other off-site personnel cannot communicate with the next player. All judgments and decisions It has to be completed by Valentina herself, and it also has extremely high requirements for the pilot's own tactical literacy.

Valkyrie's new weapon is a pair of small arm shields fixed on the outside of the arm armor with cutting chainsaws on the edges, plus two short-barreled rapid-fire shotguns - this equipment combination is completely designed for close combat. The design, especially the less than one meter long barrel of the shotgun, allows Valentina to turn the muzzle of the shotgun and fight back even if the opponent's beast-shaped mecha pounces on it.

"Remember, don't force yourself. If it doesn't work, give in." Before setting off, Chi Hanfeng slapped the cockpit door heavily, "Put your own safety first."

"I know." Valentina's calm voice came from inside the mecha, which seemed very dull. Then, she controlled the mecha to turn around and walked towards the entrance of the competition venue.

The second group match of the Hunting God Hunting Group has officially begun!

As soon as she entered the site, Valentina found a building that had collapsed with only one-third of it remaining as her hiding place. She squatted down in the right-angle area formed by two ruined walls and moved the camouflaged cannon into the ground. The mouth was placed at the window on the second floor.

Not only the muzzle, but also the body itself has been changed from the eye-catching black, white and orange paint to the gray wasteland-style urban camouflage. Squatting into the ruins, it simply blends into the environment.

Because there are no equipment restrictions, the participating aircraft basically carry anti-detection devices, such as thermal infrared detection devices, metal detection equipment, etc. The detection range is very limited. When facing a person who is twenty meters away and remains The opponent who is stationary can basically only rely on the pilot's own eyes.

"We can see that Valentina changed her previous active attack style and chose ambush tactics..." The commentator of this game is still Alex, but the difference from before is that the entire competition venue is in a Under the soundproof cover, no matter how loud the commentary is, the players in the arena cannot hear it at all.

"If Wolfgang of the 'Flash Wolf Club' also chooses to use static braking, then this will be a competition that tests the patience of both parties..."

Choose a suitable location, lurk, and wait for the opponent to enter the ambush area. Although this tactic seems very cumbersome, in such an urban battlefield with complex terrain, once the battle begins, the side setting up the ambush will have extremely huge potential. Advantage--

There was an upset in the ninth competition: on the same map of Abandoned City, three ace pilots from a prestigious club accidentally entered the opponent's ambush circle and were attacked almost instantly. The opponent destroyed one aircraft, and in the ensuing battle, the three non-ace pilots fought and retreated. With the help of pre-laid traps and favorable terrain, they destroyed all three aircraft at the cost of losing only one aircraft. Ace. This is also the only time in the group stage that a powerful team was defeated by a team that "made up the numbers".

Although in the eyes of the outside world, this powerful team lost to its own arrogance, it also proved that in this kind of venue, the advantage of setting up an ambush is enough to smooth out the hard power between the ace and the non-ace. The gap... It is precisely because of this that the organizers of the competition have been prompted to design more such maps to enhance the unpredictability of the competition.

"Let's shift the camera to Player Wolfgang... Wait! Player Wolfgang didn't choose to set up an ambush. He... He dug out a collapsed sewer entrance - he now entered the abandoned city. The underground part of the arena! And it’s quickly approaching Valentina’s position!”

"Trouble..." Chi Hanfeng crossed his arms and frowned, "This Wolfgang seems to be very familiar with this map... especially the underground part. If you look at his movement route, he almost chose it. The shortest path did not lead to any forks or dead ends... For other players, it was not easy to understand the structure of the upper half of the city, let alone the maze-like underground pipeline system. "

"And he also guessed Valentina's hiding spot... The construction area composed of those buildings is almost the best ambush location in that block." Hound added.

"Impossible... Although every competition will have the map of Abandoned City, the details of each map are different. There is no chance for him to get familiar with the map!" Ye Yan said in shock.

"Maybe someone provided him with some help." Ke Lan whispered, "Just like Mr. Ye, you told us the content of the knockout competition in advance."

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