Alien Relic Hunter

"Huh... To be honest, this section of the road is the most comfortable one I have walked since I got off the cruiser. Although I hate Alpha civilization, I have to admit that this tunnel is really well built. Walking in Here, it's like wandering on the streets of Ark." The hound said, while stamping the ground twice with the soles of his feet, "Oh, it's a pity... If there are so many Nino alloys, it can be dug out and taken outside the mining area. The assets of our hunting group can be doubled several times."

"Wait a minute." Ke Lan suddenly stopped, "Old dog, what did you just say?"

"I said that if we can bring out the nino alloy used to build the tunnel, we will make a fortune." Hound was a little stunned by Ke Lan's sudden move, "What's wrong? I was just joking, you Why do you look so nervous?"

"Not this sentence, the previous sentence." Ke Lan said, staring at the hound.

"The previous sentence...the previous sentence was...Oh, I said the Alpha tunnel was well repaired, and it was all stable...stable..." The hound stopped mid-sentence. He seemed to have discovered something unbelievable, and his eyes widened. He closed his eyes and looked at Ke Lan.

"This...this is not right!" The hound let out a low cry, as if the floor was burning his feet. He suddenly jumped up and bounced hard a few times. The sound of "bang bang" echoed in the tunnel and gradually spread. To the distance.

Immediately afterwards, the hound ran to the side of the tunnel like a madman, pressed his body against the tunnel wall, and beat it with his fists.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with him, old dog?" Zhuoligetu arched his waist with a cautious look on his face, holding a recoilless cannon in his arms, and looked around suspiciously, "This tunnel seems... it seems that it has always been... Nothing has changed, it’s exactly the same as when we first came in.”

"What's wrong is that there has been no change." Ke Lan said in a deep voice, "We all know that because of the earthquake caused by 'Yagunaktor', the entire molten mining area has now become torn apart. When we came in, we saw The largest complete piece of land I have ever visited is only five kilometers square."

Ivan nodded, "But... we have walked more than ten kilometers in the tunnel now."

"If the plates on the surface crack like that, then the tunnel buried in the rock formation cannot be unaffected. Even if the tunnel has good ductility and will not be torn off, it should not be like this." Ke Lan took over the conversation and said, "Just like the old dog said, everything is stable."

"It's like the earthquake never happened," Aya added.

"Before we decided to enter the tunnel, we were mentally prepared that it would be a difficult journey. But now, not only have the various obstacles and dangers that we imagined not appeared, but the horizontal angle of this tunnel has not even appeared. There are obvious changes." Ke Lan took the electronic map from Layton's hand, "This is the route we have taken, it is a straight line."

"No wonder, I just kept feeling that something was wrong, but I just couldn't think of a reason, so I didn't have the nerve to speak." Layton muttered.

"The overly easy journey has paralyzed our nerves. Although everyone is still vigilant, in this environment, the condition of the tunnel itself is the most easily overlooked factor." Ivan sighed, "It seems , we must have triggered some unknown mechanism again... The end of this tunnel may not be the exit we imagined."

"As senior ruin hunters, how do you usually deal with situations like this when exploring ruins?" Aya Breya focused her attention on Ke Lan.

"Relic hunters are not capable of handling this situation. You think too highly of us. All we have is the freedom of choice." Ke Lan shook his head, "Keep going, or go back the same way."

"...Is there no way to crack the mechanism?" Aya frowned and asked, "Did you always behave like this in previous missions..."

She did not continue speaking. Instead, the hound who came back said the word she had not said: "You want to say gambling on life, right? You are really right. Those who you can see are alive." The hunters who bet all made the right bet. As for those who lose the bet, most likely they won’t even leave their bodies behind... Haha, how do you think our industry’s elimination rate is so high?”

"This is not a question of whether we can crack the trap." Ke Lan raised his hand and signaled the hound to stop talking. "Now we even know what trap we have been hit by. This is the most troublesome. The only information we have is this piece of information. The tunnel... is too smooth, a place that is contrary to reality, but other than this anomaly, we know nothing about it.”

"Then...go back?" Aya said, "Just go back to the exit..."

"Although I can't be sure, experience tells me that going back is generally the wrong option when encountering this kind of thing. Since the designer of the tunnel did not cover up the anomalies, it means that it is not worried about these problems being solved by us. It was discovered. Of course it will also take into account that people who enter the tunnel will choose to return the same way. Do you think the designer will not take any measures against this?" Ke Lan said, "Since it did not choose to directly obliterate us, that means , as long as we act according to the 'rules', we will not encounter danger."

"You mean we can only follow the designer's ideas and keep moving forward to where it wants us to go? Doesn't that make us puppets at its mercy? Do you think it will show mercy to us all? Let it out?"

"Of course not, but at least we have to ensure our own safety first." Ke Lan lowered his voice slightly, "At least on the surface, we should 'obey the rules'."

"What's more, if we return the same way, our supplies cannot support us in wasting this round trip." He added.

"What if going forward is a dead end?" Aya asked.

"Then going back will definitely be a dead end." Ke Lan pointed to the end of the straight line on the map, "I even doubt that we are no longer at this location."

"Not at this location?" Layton said with some confusion, "But... I drew this route myself, and we walked this road step by step. I can guarantee that the overall error will not exceed ten meters. "

"No, I mean... not our position in the tunnel, but our position in the mining area." Ke Lan said solemnly, "Although we have been walking in a straight line, in fact, we are not walking along the straight line. Moving along this straight line on the map."

"What?"

"Although it sounds convoluted, to put it bluntly, it's actually very simple - I suspect that we were transported to another place while traveling."

As early as in the Undersea City, Ke Lan had experienced a mechanism similar to "teleportation". He had no doubt that the Alpha civilization had the ability to create a wormhole-like device that could directly teleport creatures over short distances. This device Two spaces that were not originally connected can be folded together. Taking a step in this device may span a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers in the original three-dimensional space.

[P.S. Thanks to Tian Qing and others for the 300 starting coins. 】