Alien Relic Hunter

Judging from the information currently available, it seems that only "missionaries" and "priests" in heretical sects will tattoo this kind of emblem on their bodies, and without exception, they all have some kind of danger in their bodies. creature.

Could it be that there is something hidden inside these two miners?

However, every miner who is sent to the "sick village" should have been examined. Even if the examination is not as detailed as the self-paid physical examination, there should be no shortage of items such as blood tests and radioactive scans. If there was something parasitic in their bodies, it should have been discovered long ago.

No... No, since the heretic sect can let these two people sneak into the miners, it is not difficult to hide from the routine inspections. Those staff responsible for the inspections are all employees of the Mine Development Alliance, both They are neither soldiers nor agents of the Security Bureau. If you want to bribe them, you don't even have to pay a high price...

But the question is...why did the heretical sect send these two people to the "sick village"?

Ke Lan looked at the two people with the corner of his eyes: their "emblem", one was tattooed on the ankle, mostly covered by the trouser legs, and the other was on the neck, mixed with a lot of messy tattoos.

It's just that compared to the other tattoos, this emblem consisting of skulls, tentacles and water drops is obviously much more detailed, which is why Ke Lan noticed it at a glance.

What is their purpose? You can't go to a sick village to preach, right?

This is an isolated place. Even if the heretical sect occupied the entire sick village, it would be meaningless. It would just be to activate the main gun of the Ark again... Without an empty ship, no one can leave here. A space station like a prison...

There is no land, no resources, and no wealth left over from the Alpha civilization. The only thing of some value may be the miners who are seriously ill... No, to be precise, even these people have no value.

They are unable to provide funds, intelligence, and technology to heretical sects like the Arasaka Consortium, and their weak constitution is difficult to become an ideal "container" for parasitic monsters. Even if a very small number of miners mutate into that kind of radiation monster, Compared to the Seeds of Corrosion, they are nothing more than cannon fodder.

In Ke Lan's view, it is much wiser to go to an exile camp in the wilderness to develop believers than to go to such an aerial prison filled with dying people.

Unless there is something they want.

In order not to attract the attention of these two "missionaries", Ke Lan and Asano Akira did not do anything extraordinary from beginning to end. Almost ten minutes after the man who choked to death on his own vomit died, two crew members wearing protective suits and carrying U-shaped long-handled anti-riot steel forks and electric shock batons walked into the cargo hold - obviously, in There should be infrared cameras installed somewhere that the miners can't see to monitor them, otherwise the crew wouldn't have arrived so quickly.

The two crew members came closer and first looked around at the miners. After confirming that there were no other abnormalities, the one holding the riot-proof steel fork took a step forward and stabbed the corpse on the ground with the fork in his hand.

"He is dead. The cause of death was suffocation." The man said to his companions, and the voice coming out from under the protective clothing sounded particularly dull.

"Hiss...it's really troublesome..." Another person squatted down, shined a flashlight on the deceased's face, and then pulled up the deceased's arm - including Ke Lan and Asano Akira, everyone in the cargo hold Every miner wears a rubber band on their wrist. This thing contains a chip, and its function is similar to the wristbands used in hospitals to mark patients' identification information.

He took out a scanner gun and glanced at the rubber ring. The scanner gun made a soft "beep" sound, and the screen at the handle lit up slightly with fluorescence.

"It's from Telamin Mining Co., Ltd...." he read while looking at the information on the screen.

"Do you want to report it?" the crew member holding the steel fork asked.

"Forget it, just leave it here. When the ship arrives at the station, just drag the bodies off... No one cares about their lives anyway. Once the cargo is delivered to the space station, our mission will be completed." The man holding the scanner gun The crew member said impatiently.

"That's right." The other person nodded, "Even if we reported it, the people above would probably be too lazy to reply..."

"That is to say...if we have this time, we might as well watch a few short movies..."

"Movies? We have flown to this height, can you still connect to the Ark's network?"

"Humph, I knew I was going to go on this mission a long time ago, so I downloaded the resources to my PAD in advance. This time there are several films starring amateurs. I took a few glances in advance. The quality is quite good, and they are all infantry. …”

"What a good thing! Send it to me later!"

…

The voices of the two crew members gradually faded away, and with the sound of the electric door closing, silence returned to the cargo hold again.

In the air, a stench mixed with the sour smell of vomit gradually filled the air... After the miner died, the sphincter of the excretory organ lost its function, and the filth accumulated in the bladder and rectum began to be discharged from the body. There was flow on the floor of the cargo bay.

Radiation sickness severely affected his gastrointestinal system. There was almost no formed feces in the excrement. It was all pulpy dark green liquid, mixed with a lot of pus and blood and necrotic tissue that fell off the inner wall of the intestine... Even if He did not choke to death because the vomit blocked his trachea. Judging from the severity of his condition, he probably did not have much time to live.

"Perhaps it would be a relief to die like this." Ke Lan thought silently in his heart.

A few hours later, the electric door opened again, and two crew members pushed a cart in and stopped about ten meters away from the miners.

"It's time to eat. Everyone is lined up. No fighting is allowed. Otherwise, don't blame me for taking action." A crew member knocked on the cargo box next to him with the electric shock baton in his hand. Under the urging of the "dong dong" sound, the miners jumped from the ground. He climbed up and formed a thin line in front of the cart without saying a word.

The body of the dead miner was lying in the middle of the team, but no one took action to pull the body aside. They just stepped over the body numbly and walked forward stepping on the filth on the ground.

"You, you and you, the three of you, bring a meal to the people over there who can't get up." The crew member in front of the trolley casually named three people, and then opened the side door of the trolley.

The food distributed is a nutritious meal in the form of batter in plastic bags. This food is originally in powder form and can be eaten directly after being brewed with water. Even patients with tumors in their throats who cannot swallow can eat it. ——But this is limited to a few meals on the transport ship. After arriving in the sick village, the black, palm-sized protein blocks will become the only food they can choose for the rest of their lives.

[P.S. Thanks to the Templar Knight for showing the light blade for the 5,000 starting coins, to book friend 20180107165820988 for the 310 starting coins, to Qiuyi Cuckoo and book friend 20180509222128782 for the 100 starting coins. 】

[P.P.S. Explanation on why it takes two and a half days to fly to low-Earth orbit: If it flies straight like a rocket, the miners on the transport ship will not be able to withstand the huge G force. The route adopted in this article is similar to that of a winding mountain road, gradually increasing the altitude while continuously flying around Alpha Star, while adjusting the relative orientation between the transport ship and the space station... As for the first cosmic speed and the second cosmic speed Problem, since the airships in the setting are all equipped with the anti-gravity device of the Alpha civilization, we will not discuss it. 】