Alien Relic Hunter

"You are gambling." Hound stared into Ke Lan's eyes, his expression extremely serious, "You are gambling with your life."

"Yes, Ivan's life, and the lives of the rest of us," Ke Lan said.

"How sure are you?"

"Honestly... 30%." Ke Lan originally wanted to say less than 10%... In fact, he didn't even know 10%.

No one knows whether there is anything they want in the underwater city... All the clues come from the shocking glimpse in the blurry video.

"It's too low. If the winning rate is less than 50% when I play cards, I won't play." Hound pursed his lips and turned his head to look at Ivan. "What's more, we are not gamblers now. It’s not like playing cards.”

This is life-threatening, the Hound added in his mind.

"But the bet is not absolute. Even if the bet is wrong, it will not lead to a total loss." Ke Lan walked around the operating chair. Although Ivan's condition has stabilized now, no one can I don't know how long his own immune system can last - when the immune system completely collapses, I'm afraid he will become the second "seed of erosion"...

Of course, in order to eliminate this risk, they can kill Ivan now and burn the body and the alienated cells at high temperatures. This is the most conservative approach and the most correct choice from a rational perspective.

There was a subtle stalemate among the people present, and a bone-chilling chill gradually rose in the operating room.

Ke Lan also knew that the hound objected to his plan not because he was afraid of death. On the contrary, if he could enter the underwater city alone, he would definitely board the Pioneer without hesitation... But in fact, even if he The four of them combined, the success rate of this operation is still slim.

Even Natasha stopped sobbing. She lowered her head and held a dark green surgical towel tightly with both hands, trying her best not to let her eyes stay on Ivan.

Ke Lan's eyes swept over the girl's red and swollen eyes. His lips moved, but he finally swallowed his words.

He couldn't comfort Natasha, any words were too pale in this situation.

Should I take a gamble or just give up?

"How about... let's vote..." Layton looked at the hound, then at Ke Lan, and said cautiously.

But as soon as he made this suggestion, the hound gave him a slap in the face.

"Vote? Vote with a hammer!" The deadlock has been broken, and the hound simply stopped being silent and cursed: "Since we want to save people, we have to make arrangements quickly! If we delay it any longer, I think the doctor won't be able to hold on. Got it!"

"Have you decided?" Ke Lan looked at the hound.

"Before I regret it, tell me what your plans are." The hound said impatiently.

"Okay, Layton, you can log in to the Hunter Network immediately, apply for an exploration mission, and at the same time contact the vehicle that can take us to the Pioneer as quickly as possible. Don't care about the price. The search scope is expanded to all aircraft parked in the airport. Even if It’s a battleship, as long as we can afford the air tickets, book it for me!”

"Okay!" Layton nodded.

"Old dog, you have to find a way to get some sets of diving equipment. It must be of military protection level. In addition, we also need underwater boosters and weapons that can be used in the water - battles are definitely unavoidable. This You have to be mentally prepared.”

"That's no problem. I can also use my connections to get depth charges, if you need them."

"Natasha, you immediately rush to the nearest medical supplies exchange point and buy as much fluorocarbon emulsion and artificial cell permeate as possible... Remember, you must buy a low-temperature model with a freezing point below minus 120 degrees Celsius. "

"Oh...oh!" Natasha nodded quickly and hurried out.

"Fluorocarbon? Are you planning to..." There was a hint of surprise on the hound's face.

"Yes, I plan to freeze Ivan to buy enough time for our actions." Ke Lan said.

Fluorocarbon is a highly safe substitute for human blood. When a patient loses a lot of blood and cannot receive timely blood transfusion, this emulsion can be used as an emergency supply to maintain the body's blood pressure and provide a certain amount of oxygen. Transportation capability - In the medical community, this thing is also called "artificial blood".

Cell permeate is a new type of biological agent that can replace the water in biological cells by controlling osmotic pressure. It is generally used in the fields of organ preservation and wound treatment.

What Ke Lan had to do was to use fluorocarbon emulsion to replace the blood in Ivan's body, replace the cell fluid with osmotic fluid, and then use a liquid nitrogen tank to freeze Ivan.

Low temperature cannot inhibit the erosion of alienated cells, but when the temperature drops to a certain level, the cells in Ivan's body will enter a "hibernation" state. This state is no different from suspended animation, and life activities almost completely stop. The alienation method of the Seed of Erosion is accomplished by modifying the genetic sequence of the host cell. In this state, the alienation process will naturally become extremely slow.

With these two substitutes, Ke Lan does not have to worry about Ivan's body cells being damaged due to the ice crystallization of the liquid during freezing. This is also the routine chosen by most biomedical companies when providing body cryonics services. operate.

"How much time can we buy if Ivan is frozen?"

"I have never seen this kind of alienated cells before... I don't know for sure... If I had to give a number, it would be seven days at most. Let's be more conservative, five days." Ke Lan held out five fingers.

"So short?" The hound frowned.

"If we want to completely alienate it, it will naturally take more than this time, but in fact as long as the alienated cells invade the brain, even if we can find flesh-eating worms, it will be meaningless."

According to the current level of biotechnology, all organs in the body, including the heart, can be replaced with artificial objects, except the brain... Perhaps the top medical research institutes have made breakthroughs in this regard, but Ke Lan is It was impossible to ask those in white coats for help. If Ivan's condition was known to them, they would only think about how to get him on the autopsy table instead of rescuing the person.

In their eyes, perhaps a completely alienated Ivan has more research value...

"It takes ten hours by the fastest transport plane to get from Ark to Zhonghai. If the round trip time is one day, then we have a total of six days available. If we have not found the flesh-eating worms beyond this time, the operation must be suspended." The hound glanced at his watch and said, "You have no objection, do you?"

"No." Ke Lan shook his head.

"Found it!" At this time, Leighton shouted at the side, "I found a high-speed transport ship, and its destination happened to be China Shipping's Pioneer icebreaker. In addition to transporting supplies, it also brought a team of The hunters of the 'Aurora Consortium' are also going to explore this undersea city! I asked the leader on the opposite side, and he said he could take us on board, but we have to pay half of the fee."

"How many people do they have?" Hound frowned. The rental price of a high-speed transport ship was much more expensive than a transport aircraft.

"I haven't said anything specifically... but an advance team like this, including logistics, should have at least twenty or thirty people, right?" Leighton scratched his head.

"There are only four of us. It's really shameful for us to bear half of the expenses." Hound was a little unhappy.

"Forget it, it'll be nice if you can free up four seats for us. If you're going to be slaughtered, you'll be slaughtered... By the way, what time does the transport ship leave?"

"Eleven o'clock tonight, six hours left."

Deducting these six hours, there are still one hundred and thirty-eight hours before the deadline!