Alien Relic Hunter

"When you said that, I also felt that something was fishy..." Hound held his chin and said, "What's that cloth... What's your name?"

"Brea." Aya Brea glanced at the hound, knowing that the other party was deliberately teasing her, but she did not show the tough attitude before, "Can you be a little more serious?"

"I'm very serious!" Hound deliberately put on a solemn expression, "So, Leader Breya, what do you think about this matter?"

"The person who edited the emergency evacuation notice committed serious malfeasance." Aya Breya hesitated for a moment, and then said.

"We all know this, and you don't need to tell me. What I want to ask is, what do you think about this obviously problematic timeline?" Hound said.

"I won't jump to conclusions without solid evidence."

"I didn't ask you to make a conclusion, I just made a guess." Hound looked at her with a smile, "Don't you even dare to guess?"

"What do you want me to say?" Aya asked.

"It's because I'm stupid and can't think of a reason, so I asked Team Leader Breya for advice." Hound said and looked at Ke Lan, "What about Ke Lan?"

"I suspect that the earthquake has something to do with the garrison base." Ke Lan said.

"Do you think this earthquake was caused by the garrison base?" Layton asked, "But... didn't we have this assumption before? The conclusion is that the garrison base is not capable of causing an earthquake of this magnitude."

"The absence of a garrison base does not mean that there are no traces of Alpha civilization." Ivan shook his head.

"Why are the ruins of Alpha Civilization involved again? There is... no direct relationship between the two, right?" Layton said with some confusion, "If the mechanism in the ruins is triggered, it is impossible for the garrison base to obtain it in advance. Warning, right? We are all old hunters, and we have been exposed to the traps of Alpha Civilization quite a lot. Let alone eight minutes, we probably won’t even have eight seconds of reaction time.”

"Then what if they deliberately set off this mechanism? That makes sense..." Ivan analyzed, "Suppose there is something very important in that ruins, but to get that thing, the mechanism must be triggered. , so the person in charge of the operation asked the people stationed in the base to evacuate in advance before entering the ruins..."

"That's not right." Ke Lan shook his head. "If this is the case, we can evacuate a few days in advance. We can wait until all personnel and property in the base have withdrawn from the mining area before exploring the ruins. This way, we can explore the ruins to the greatest extent possible. Reduce losses. Instead of hastily issuing a two-word emergency evacuation notice just minutes before the earthquake erupts - and this level of action, no matter what the reason, must Reported to Ark for filing, right?"

"That's true..." Ivan nodded, "But in this case, the logic of the whole thing becomes an endless loop."

"I think that whether it caused an earthquake or issued an emergency evacuation notice, it should have been an impromptu initiative by the 'initiator of the disaster' - they may not have intended to trigger the mechanism at the beginning, but they encountered a situation where they were riding a tiger in the ruins and had to conditions that trigger it.”

"It's hard to get off the tiger?"

"Suppose this group of people are trapped in a closed passage, behind them is an approaching solid wall covered with spikes. This wall gradually compresses their activity space, trying to avoid being penetrated or penetrated by the spikes. If they are destined to be crushed into meat, they can only move forward, but moving forward will trigger another mechanism and cause an earthquake, but at least there is a glimmer of hope for survival, what will you choose?" Ke Lan said.

"I will kill other people in the ruins and then commit suicide." Aya Breya said without hesitation. "Compared with all the people and property in the entire garrison base and the molten mine area, the lives of a few people are not important. ."

"An extremely rational approach." Ke Lan nodded to Aya, "It seems that when faced with the tram problem, you should be the one who can pull the lever without hesitation."

"If you are going to suffer losses no matter what, then you should do your best to minimize the losses. This is the first issue that needs to be considered." Aya said solemnly.

The trolley problem is originally a question that tests human nature and morality. Although pulling the lever can change the number of people crushed to death by the trolley from five to one, it means that the person who pulled the lever becomes the murderer. He is " "Killing the person who didn't have to die with his own hands" - this is just looking at this issue from the perspective of a bystander, but what if the person with the right to make this decision is tied to the track?

"I have no doubt about Leader Breya's noble spirit of sacrifice and resolute execution. These two things are necessary for an excellent Security Bureau agent." Ke Lan said in a deep voice, "Even if those people are A noble person like you who dares to sacrifice himself... But what if... all the people and property in the garrison base and the molten mine area are the only ones tied up alone on the other track?"

"What do you mean?" Aya Breya was slightly startled and asked.

"Being forced to trigger the mechanism does not necessarily mean that the lives of the people in the ruins have been threatened... it may also be that they have endured unimaginable temptations." Ke Lan said word by word.

"Unimaginable temptation?" Aya repeated the seven words, "For the sake of valuable relics, they can ignore the lives of everyone in the entire mining area?"

"Then it depends on the value of this 'relic'. Assuming that this thing is enough to change the fate of all mankind, let alone sacrifice the people in the entire molten mine area, even if it has to pay the price of half the population of the Ark, it must be People in power will make the same decision," Ke Lan said.

"Then they can't wait until all the people in the mining area have been evacuated before taking measures?" Aya asked confused.

"As someone who has not participated in the exploration of ruins, Leader Breya, you can understand your thoughts." Ke Lan said calmly, "But many times, opportunities are fleeting. As long as there is a trace of hesitation, the hunter will We may miss the 'prey'."

"...You are sophistry!"

"But judging from the clues we have so far, it seems that only this 'sophistry' makes sense." Ke Lan shrugged helplessly, turned around and continued to inspect the cab of the truck.

…

In addition to some tools, a deck of playing cards and half a box of cigarettes in the glove box, he found a small locked box in the secret compartment under the driver's seat.

However, after everyone opened the small box with a little excitement, they were disappointed again - what was in the box was just some Nino alloy scraps that were cut during rough processing, most of which would Living on the black market, becoming part of the driver’s gray income...

However, when Ke Lan picked up one of the scraps, he let out a light sigh.

"Strange? Layton, come here."

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?"

"Look at this piece of scrap material. The octagonal hole on it has a very smooth edge... Will the equipment that processes Nino alloy leave such marks on the scrap material?"