Alien Relic Hunter

"Please explain the process of causing the earthquake in detail." Ke Lan demanded.

"That started two months ago." Park Sangyou said, "After spending a lot of manpower and material resources, we finally determined the location of 'Aguna Kotor' - it sank in the center of the molten mine area. The bottom of 'Lake No. 1'."

"It seems that the monitored data is still very accurate. Sure enough, the epicenter is in the 'No. 1 Magma Lake'..." Ke Lan whispered to himself, "One-sixth of the volume of the Ark, plus the density of Nino alloy , this magnitude and intensity are already considered conservative estimates.”

"After determining the location of 'Yagunaktor', we began to look for a way to enter the magma lake. At the beginning, we planned to build a vehicle equipped with a large energy shield... uh, my life-saving vehicle The cabin was originally intended to be used in this vehicle." Park Sang-woo continued, "However, after calculations by the expert team, even if the vehicle is filled with top-quality energy crystals, it will not be able to meet the consumption of the energy shield. Even without considering the return journey, it’s still not enough.”

"Then can't you increase the cargo hold of the vehicle? Wouldn't this solve the problem directly?" Hound said naturally.

"Things are not that simple. The expert team has naturally considered the option of enlarging the cargo hold. However, the heat insulation layer and pressure-resistant layer of the vehicle itself need to be at least two meters thick. Every cubic meter of space in the cargo hold increases. The overall The volume will be larger. In this way, not only will more shield generators need to be loaded, but the excessive volume will further slow down the speed of the vehicle traveling through the lava... The result of the calculation is that the gain outweighs the loss. "Park Sangwoo said.

"Indeed." Leighton, who was equipped with armor, said thoughtfully. "The most troublesome problem when moving in magma is not the high temperature, but the terrifying pressure in the depths. This pressure is much more terrifying than the water pressure. ...Do you still remember the operation in the Undersea City? Ke Lan, you should have a deep understanding of the water pressure in the deep sea, right?"

Ke Lan nodded and said to Park Sangwoo: "Keep talking."

"After the homemade vehicle plan failed, we focused on the relics left by the Alpha civilization. The expert team believes that since the Alpha civilization can obtain the Nino alloy from 'Aguna Kotor', then They must have the technology to penetrate deep into the magma lake. As long as they can find the equipment they use to 'mining' Nino alloy, the problem will naturally be solved."

Park Sangwoo sighed: "This second plan ultimately failed... In half a year, we investigated a total of 87 Alpha civilization ruins in the molten mine area, but we did not find any clues. These ruins were not The factory used to process Nino alloy ingots is a laboratory for researching the Nino alloy formula and has nothing to do with mining operations."

"It wasn't until half a month ago that the special agent team stationed at Magma Lake No. 1 sent a message - a channel appeared on the edge of the magma lake."

"A passage? What passage?" asked the hound.

"A lava channel." Park Sangwoo replied.

"Are you kidding? You mean... there is a... passage inside the magma that can be passed through?" The hound twitched his lips, "To be honest, I can't even imagine this scene..."

"It's true. The magma there seems to have been stretched open by a force field that cannot be seen with the naked eye, and an oval channel with a diameter of about six meters appears... It's like throwing a particle into the magma. It’s the same as the magic weapon in Chinese mythology, the ‘water-avoiding bead’.” Park Sang-woo said confidently.

"But even if there is a passage, people who jump in will still be evaporated, right?" The hound muttered, "Besides, the water-proof beads can't block the magma, so I guess they need fire-preventing beads, right?"

“The heat insulation problem has been solved when implementing the first plan. The real technical difficulty is traveling through high-density and ultra-high-pressure magma, but now there are ready-made channels in front of us, which means that we don’t need to consider the load carrying capacity. "It has excellent pressure resistance..." Park Sang-woo said, "We will immediately submit the report from Ark, hoping to receive more material and technical support."

"Based on the current situation, I'm afraid that the report you submitted was intercepted by the heretical sect." Ke Lan said, "Otherwise, they wouldn't be like flies that smelled of carrion, rushing into the mining area. coming."

"I'm not very clear about this...but at that time, Fangzhou gave us a reply..." Park Sangwoo murmured.

"Since you said that the heretical sect has excavated ruins, it is not surprising that they would find some equipment that can intercept radio signals and disguise them in the ruins of Alpha civilization. Compared with Alpha civilization, human technology It's all about being crushed." Ke Lan glanced at the time in the corner of the heads-up display. It had been more than 24 hours since they entered the mining area, and the supplies they carried with them were only enough to last for 72 hours at most.

After 72 hours, regardless of whether the mission is completed, they must withdraw from the mining area and return to the support base for supplies.

Ke Lan said to Park Sangwoo: "I have read the records. During this period, Ark did not send any support to the molten mine area, whether in terms of personnel, materials or technology. The only two logistics records were for molten fire. The fire mining area transported the roughly processed Nino alloy back to Ark, and then brought back a batch of daily supplies as usual. It can be seen that Ark has not received your report at all. "

"It was really intercepted by the heretic sect." Hound shrugged, "It seems that we have to be more cautious in this regard in the future."

"These bastards..." Park Sangwoo gritted his teeth and cursed a curse word in Korean, "Xi Ba Lao Ma!"

"Then what happens next? What happened again?" Ke Lan asked, "We have not received support from Ark. You should be on standby. How could it cause an earthquake? Did someone act without authorization?"

"Yes, we originally planned to wait until the support from Ark arrived before formulating a detailed exploration plan." Park Shangyou said, "But... the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Just when we were about to use the modified drone to explore the lava While conducting a short-distance survey of the passage, the team staying at the entrance of the passage suddenly came back with news——"

"They found that the mouth of the channel was slowly shrinking, and the magma wall that was originally separated also began to show signs of instability. The entire expert team became anxious all of a sudden. We were worried that this channel would suddenly appear just like it did. It disappeared before our eyes...and we have no way of knowing whether it will appear again."

[P.S. Thanks to the villain in the villain for the 7,000 starting coins; thanks to Xu Ditai for the 1,500 starting coins. 】