Alien Relic Hunter

"Really?!" Layton turned around and saw that the speaker was a tall and thin man with a pink afro. He was wearing a motorcycle jacket covered with rivets and nuts, and two old-fashioned mechanical arms. Stretching out from the shortened sleeves.

"You can find out if it's true or not by yourself. It's not a secret." There was a hint of resentment in the pink afro's tone - Ke Lan glanced at his prosthetic body, which was at least one hundred and fifty It is a ten-year-old model, and even the common standard parts have been discontinued for a long time. It is difficult to find these items even on the black market, and I don’t know how he completes daily maintenance.

Layton had already taken out a PAD from his pocket. He didn't care that his fingers were still stained with oil and started swiping on the screen.

But the more he rowed, the darker his expression became.

"...Hey, the Higman Six-type skeleton has increased by a full 50% compared to a month ago! Norma Technology's chips are more than twice as expensive! And Tamron Biotech's biochemical filling fluid... What on earth is this? what's going on?!"

Layton's eyes scanned the rows of numbers. They were his upgrade budget. But based on the latest price, he would have to pay at least double the credit points.

And...many items are already out of stock.

"According to rumors, new alien technology has been cracked at the institute. Didn't you read the news two days ago? According to those bullshit experts, artificial prosthetic technology will leapfrog to a completely new level within three years. At the same level, every manufacturer is now researching and developing new technologies. Many existing old production lines need to be transformed into production lines with new equipment... But you also know that we cannot afford the new equipment, and the old supply is beginning to shrink. Therefore, the prices of accessories for existing models have begun to increase.”

The pink afro twisted his wrist joint, and the rusty metal parts suddenly made a tooth-piercing friction sound.

"... Under normal circumstances, this price can't be so outrageous. There must be some profiteers hoarding the goods. It's a stupid thing!" Layton said with some indignation. If this had happened before, he would have waited for a year and a half at most. When equipment equipped with new technologies comes on the market, the prices of old models will naturally fall back. But the problem is that he can't wait now - he can't run around with an external battery all day long, right? And without that mechanical arm, Layton's own strength would be greatly reduced. Let alone exploring the ruins, it would be difficult to even protect himself in the wilderness.

"What can I do? I have a lot of credits in my account." The pink afro sighed, "You look like you are ruin hunters, right?"

"Yes." Ke Lan nodded. There is nothing to hide about this kind of thing, and you can find it with just a quick search.

"At least your income is not low. For a wage earner like me, a few years of wages may not be enough to replace a prosthetic body..."

"Then you still have money to drink?" Ke Lan was speechless. There was a 150 ml bottle of "Roland Malt Craft" on the table with a pink afro. Although the price of beer was cheaper than that of liquor, this The portion was already more than what Ke Lan and the three of them had in their cups combined.

"Anyway, there is no hope for the day. It's just a day that can last for a day." The pink afro shrugged indifferently, "Who knows if I will suddenly die tomorrow. If the money in my pocket is not spent, wouldn't it be? Death?"

"What about your family?" Ke Lan asked. On the Ark, there are still only a few people like him who were born in the cultivation center. Most people still maintain the traditional human family structure.

"There used to be a sister who saved up ten years of money for genetic modification surgery. However, she was tricked by the Black Heart Biotech Company. The surgery failed and she died." The pink afro's tone was extremely cold, just like the one who died. The person is not his sister but just an unrelated stranger.

"Uh... After chatting for a long time, I still don't know your name." Ke Lan quickly changed the topic.

"Bartelle, if you think it's okay to call me daddy in a roundabout way," Bartelty glanced at the advertising wall in the distance, "It's getting late. It's time to go. We're going to sea again early tomorrow morning."

"Going to sea?" Ke Lan was stunned for a moment. This word was indeed a bit unfamiliar to the people on the Ark.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I am a boatman... not a spaceship, but the kind of ship that sails in the sea." Bartelty grabbed the bottle and drank it in one gulp, "Now you know... burp... …Why should I spend all my money today?”

"...The sea you said you were going to go out to, wouldn't it be the Zhonghai?" There are only two oceans on Alpha Planet, and the naming method is also very simple and crude - the one at the South Pole is called "Extreme Sea" or "Duanhai" ", and the other place is called "Zhonghai".

"Otherwise? You can't sail a ship in the extreme sea."

As Bartelti said, the extreme sea is unnavigable. The entire ocean is covered by ice sheets more than ten meters thick. Even a nuclear-powered icebreaker would be difficult to break it.

"Oh, by the way, there is also a group of hunters among the people who went out to sea this time. We discovered a ruins under the Central Sea, and they went to explore this ruins." Bartelty suddenly said.

"Huh? What kind of ruins, can you tell me in detail?" Hearing the word ruins, Ke Lan, Hound and Leighton instantly became interested.

For hunters, in addition to the ability to eat, the ability to collect and process intelligence is also very important, especially the intelligence related to the Alpha ruins. In the past, these things had to be bought with money, and the ones bought were also very important. It may not be useful.

"Boss!" Hound snapped his fingers, "Give this guy some roasted leeks and charge it to our account."

Bartlett immediately sat down with a somewhat annoying smile on his face: "Hey, can you get some more drinks?"

"Tell me first, what kind of ruins are they?"

"...Okay. Actually, I don't know much...but it must be first-hand information." Bartelty pretended to be mysterious, "That's a city..."

"City?" Ke Lan and Hound looked at each other, each seeing a hint of surprise in the other's eyes.

The ruins at this level of the city must be extremely large ruins, and the level will definitely not be low.

"Yes, the city!" Bartelty licked his chapped lips and continued, "The city was supposed to be built on a small island in the middle of the sea, but for some reason, the island sank to the bottom of the sea. , the city on the island naturally turned into an undersea city..."

"How big is this city?" asked the Hound.

"I don't know the exact size, but I remember that during the last survey, it took our ship a week to complete a circle, and the voyage had to be hundreds of nautical miles."

"It's a big guy!" Layton said excitedly.

"But there are a lot of sea beasts in that sea area. We encountered at least a dozen attacks along the way, and several people died... As for the last batch of hunters who went into the water, none of them came out alive... For the sake of you treating me to something to eat Come on, I advise you not to take this job." Bartelty said sincerely.