Alien Relic Hunter

"Could it be that...the names of relevant documents have been changed?" Aya said, "In order to keep it confidential, some information will be processed in this way."

"It is true that this possibility cannot be ruled out." Ke Lan nodded, "I'll try searching with keywords."

"Keyword search is useless." Aya said to him again, "The purpose of renaming the file is to prevent people from easily searching for it, so all the keywords related to specific names and locations will be replaced with code names. If you just Searching for files containing keywords will exclude the real target from the search results.”

"Then the only clue is time." Ke Lan sighed and searched all the newly created files from the time when Park Sangwoo was captured by the field troops until his application for naturalization was approved and he was assigned to work in the molten mine. out.

"This... is simply a lethal dose..." Leighton came over, glanced at the screen Ke Lan was facing, and immediately turned his head away with a grimace - even though this period was only less than half a month, but There are as many as 1,729 new files in the Security Bureau's archives, and without being able to determine more keywords, Ke Lan has no way to further narrow the scope of the search... Each of these 1,729 files is possible. It's what they're looking for.

"You look for it slowly, and I'll go see how the stick is doing." Seeing this vast amount of documents, Hound suddenly felt like his head was getting bigger. He stood up without interest and patted Ke Lan on the shoulder. , and then walked to the truck.

At this time, Ivan had already cut open Park Sangwoo's abdominal cavity - Park Sangwoo's internal bleeding was so severe that surgery had to be used to stop it, otherwise no matter how much plasma he was given, it would not help.

Ivan used the inner side of his wrist to hold several hemostatic forceps that were inserted into the injured person's body, while constantly using tweezers and scalpels to cut off the necrotic tissue and take it out of the body. Logically speaking, for this level of surgery, at least There should be more than two deputies to assist, but the space in the carriage can no longer accommodate more people, and Ivan can only treat himself as three people.

Fortunately, his mechanical prosthetic limb has been specially modified. The four mini robotic arms separated from the forearm can easily complete tasks such as picking up tools and delivering gauze, barely allowing Ivan to complete this task by himself. Taiwan rescue surgery.

"The situation is not optimistic." Ivan said on the team communication channel while performing the operation. "He has irreversible damage to many of his organs. Even if the bleeding is stopped, he will not be able to last long. This kind of injury can only It can be cured by replacing artificial organs or sending it to a medical cabin for human repair...but we are unable to do these now."

"Is there any way to hang his life?" Ke Lan asked immediately.

"Yes, giving him the only extracorporeal life support system (Note 1) we brought into the mining area should allow him to survive for a week." Ivan paused and continued, "But it is possible to do so It will cause our people to lose a precious rescue opportunity...With our current conditions, once it is turned on, there is no way to clean it and replace it with others...and those consumables are only enough for a week."

Ivan still had half a sentence left unsaid: If Park Sangwoo cannot be sent out of the molten mine within a week, he will still die.

"Let's not talk about this first, let him use the machine." Ke Lan said, "He can't die, at least not now."

The bulky device was quickly stuffed into the car, and the already tight space suddenly became even tighter. Although this is already a portable version of an extracorporeal life-support device, its size should not be underestimated - after all, the conventional version of this thing requires a room of more than ten square meters to fully accommodate it.

Ivan connected the catheters of different thicknesses to Park Sangwoo's blood vessels and trachea one by one. Amidst the soft sound of the centrifugal pump motor, the deep red venous blood flowed into the transparent polymer catheter. When the blood was invisible to the naked eye, When the inside of the observed machine came out, it had turned into bright red arterial blood, which was then pumped into Park Sangwoo's body.

"Ke Lan, be mentally prepared." Ivan whispered while operating the machine, "His brain has been deprived of oxygen for some time. You have also studied medicine. You should know that this will cause harm to his brain. What impact...even if he can wake up, it's not necessarily..."

"I know that there is a possibility of epilepsy, dementia, speech impediment... and even amnesia, but these are all things that happen with probability. I think this guy is still worthy of our gamble." When Ke Lan spoke, his eyes and His hand never stopped at all. The light of the screen reflected on his helmet visor, and densely packed characters scrolled rapidly.

The scope of these 1,729 newly created files is really too wide, from the cleanup report of heretical sect strongholds to the investigation results of food hygiene problems of a certain black-hearted enterprise, from the detection process of the case of the headless man's corpse in the sewage pipe to the selection process of a certain official. XP preference when I was a mistress... The work that the agents of the Security Bureau have to do almost covers a series of occupations such as special forces in the old era, intelligence personnel of the secret service, supervision, police, urban management, etc. Their management projects are numerous and their functional structures are huge. It was so complicated that Ke Lan, who learned the true face of this group for the first time, couldn't help but be a little speechless.

It was hard for him to imagine a group of security agents in black and gray combat uniforms raiding an illegal food processing factory - logically speaking, shouldn't this kind of thing be left to the garrison troops and security managers?

"By the way, Leader Breya, do your security bureau agents also work part-time as food quality inspectors?"

"What?" Aya Breya looked at Ke Lan confused.

"I just saw an investigation report on the food hygiene issues of XX company... Is this report wrong? Is this kind of thing your responsibility?"

"Oh...I know about this, but it's not our group who is on duty. I don't know the details. I heard that it was directly assigned by the superior." Aya replied.

Directly assigned by superiors?

Could it be that the child of a certain leader of the Security Bureau accidentally ate such low-quality food and then suffered from diarrhea? When his father was so angry, he directly bypassed the garrison troops and the Public Security Bureau and sent a team of agents to investigate the incident. thing?

That's not right... This kind of abuse of authority by slamming the table may still happen in other organizations, but in the Security Bureau, no one would be stupid enough to do such a thing, right? Among those who can sit in high positions, which one is not the best among the best?

Thinking of this, Ke Lan suddenly felt that something was wrong with the food hygiene investigation report. He quickly scrolled back the page, found the report, and opened it again.

He had only glanced at it a few times before, without checking it carefully. Now when he looked back, he noticed that this report document only had more than 13,000 words, but it had more than 70 pages!

Based on the default font size, 13,000 words only lasts for more than ten pages. Even if photos taken during the operation are inserted, there is no way it will be as long as seventy pages.

There is something wrong with this report.

Ke Lan even suspected that this operation was just a cover.

He quickly dragged the cursor and turned pages.

The original report ended on page 12, and the rest were large blank pages.

It couldn't possibly be because the report writer's body part was too majestic and he accidentally pressed the space bar on the keyboard, right?

Finally, on the penultimate page, Ke Lan saw a few lines of words.

"Part of the intelligence provided by 'Homecoming Bird' has been verified. The first, third, fourth and sixth items are true. The remaining two items need further verification."

"The existence of 'Yagunaktor' has been confirmed, the **** project has been formally established, and the executive personnel have been selected."

"It is currently impossible to rule out the threat of 'Yagunaktor' to the Ark. All relevant information is set as top secret, and it is prohibited to upload any project files to the digital archive."

As for the last page, it is blank again.

Ke Lan is still in the "highest authority" state, so all the information he sees is the entire document, and there is no hidden content.

If the content of these three sentences is true, it is not only in the archives of the Security Bureau, but even if the search scope is expanded to all the digital archives of Ark, he will not be able to find the relevant content - they have not uploaded it at all. , how could he possibly find it.

"I seem to have found a new clue." Ke Lan said. Immediately, Aya and Hound both came over and cast their eyes on the screen.

"At the time point of this document, the 'homing bird' obviously refers to Park Sangwoo, who had just escaped from exile. He provided six pieces of information to Ark, four of which were verified." Ke Lan said, "Furthermore, this One or more of the six pieces of information should have mentioned this 'Yagunaktor'. The reason why he was sent to the molten mine area must be because he participated in the confidential project whose name was changed to an asterisk. "

"I have never heard of such a project." Aya murmured, "I have never heard of the name 'Yagunaktor'."

"Obviously, everything related to this project is highly confidential. The reason why such a record is left here should be that someone from your security bureau also participated in this project, but the specific content should only be the participation You know it yourself." Ke Lan said.

"Then what is this 'Yagunaktor' (note 2)? Why does it sound a bit like the name of a god and demon from a legend?" Hound asked, pointing to the second line of words.

"This name does come from the legends of the old era, but it is not a god or demon, but a kind of monster." Ke Lan said, "Aguna Kotor is a powerful creature that lives in volcanic areas. It is said that it lives in the The plesiosaurs in the Jurassic ocean are close relatives. This monster can use its fins to move freely through magma. Its sharp and hard mouthparts can cut through solidified volcanic rocks, and it can also eject hot lava flows from its mouth. ——Of course, what I’m talking about are descriptions in legends and stories. As for whether this kind of creature actually exists, we still need to...well, it’s probably impossible to verify it now.”

"Wait a minute! What do you mean by this Yagu, who lives in a volcanic area and can move freely in magma?" The hound raised his eyebrows, and his tone was a little higher, "Then this molten mine area, isn't there everything underground? Is it magma?”

"You mean... they found similar creatures underground in the molten mine area?" Aya looked at the hound.

"Ordinary indigenous creatures will not attract this level of attention, and it is impossible to cause this level of earthquake... Unless, this Yagu Thor, it is -"

"A prehistoric breed." Ke Lan continued what the hound said.

"A living prehistoric species lives in the molten mine?! This is impossible!" Aya shook her head repeatedly, "If this inference is true, all people working in the molten mine will be evacuated immediately! The garrison base will also be It is revoked……"

"Then what if the purpose of the garrison base's existence is to study this 'Yagunaktor'?" Ke Lan asked rhetorically.

Aya was speechless.

"If this 'Aguna Kotor' is really a 'prehistoric species', I even think that the secret of making Nino Alloy is also related to it." Ke Lan continued, "Otherwise, why would the Alpha Civilization mobilize so many people? With so many resources, how about building a smelting base on its habitat? Moreover, judging from the clues we have so far, the molten mine area seems to be the only place where Nino alloy is produced, so the relationship between this is very intriguing." Ke Lan said slowly.

"I think this project is just seeking death... Damn, you living primitive people... these people are really crazy." The hound wanted to spit as he spoke, but he forgot that he was still wearing a helmet. As a result, this The saliva was directly stuck on the inside of the mask...

[P.S. Thanks to Mo Shang for the 1,500 starting coins rewarded by Wen; thank you Mr. Rabbit for the 100 starting coins. 】

[P.P.S. Note 1 "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation System": The prototype of this device is a medical device called "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation", also commonly known as "ECMO (abbreviation for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)". The function of this device is to connect to the human body through a catheter, use a power pump and oxygenator to complete blood circulation and oxygenation outside the human body, and can replace the human heart and lung functions to a certain extent.

During this epidemic, many severely ill patients relied on ECMO to survive the dangerous period and were then rescued.

The extracorporeal life support system in this book can be regarded as an upgraded version of ECMO. As long as the injured person's brain is not damaged, even if the body part completely loses its proper function, he can still survive for a period of time relying on this device (provided that it is connected to extracorporeal life support). The brain was not dead when the device was created).

Note 2: "Yagunaktor" comes from the Monster Hunter series and is generally called "Yange Dragon" by players. If you are interested in the specific information, you can search it on your own, so I won’t go into details here. 】

[P.P.P.S. The cold got worse again, and then it also caused rhinitis and pharyngitis. The throat and nose were completely blocked, and I couldn't breathe. Those who felt uncomfortable had to go to the hospital tomorrow. No. I don’t know if I need to be hospitalized, so I’m not sure if there will be an update tomorrow. I hope everyone can understand. 】