Alien Relic Hunter

"Teleportation? You mean we just passed through a wormhole unknowingly?" Layton asked in disbelief.

"Well, it should be a wormhole-like device, and the transmission distance will not be too far." Ke Lan said, "At least the gravity and atmospheric pressure have not changed. We should still be on Alpha Star."

"Is your conclusion too hasty?" Aya questioned, "You should also know that the Ark once made a jump with the help of a natural wormhole while drifting, and that jump caused huge damage to the Ark. , the overall damage rate was over 85%, and the number of direct deaths exceeded half of the entire population of the ship. It took us fifteen years to restore power to the Ark, and the population of the Ark did not recover until a hundred years later. The level before the jump..."

Aya continued: "Even if this is just a short-distance transmission device, the operating principles of facilities such as wormholes, whether natural or artificial, are essentially the same. If we enter them, how can we Don’t you feel anything at all?”

"With the technological level of Alpha Civilization, whether it is starting from the stability of the wormhole-like device itself or starting from interfering with the user's senses, they have countless ways to prevent us from detecting the transmission process, not to mention..."

Ke Lan did not continue. After all, in addition to Hound and others, there were also "outsiders" like Aya Breya here.

After Ke Lan "inherited" the contents of the stone tablet, there were a lot of information fragments related to Alpha Civilization in his memory. Whenever he came into contact with something related to Alpha Civilization, the information associated with it Fragments of information will automatically emerge... Although many times they are just fragments of little value, as long as Alpha civilization is involved, something will always appear.

Whether it is words, sounds or images...this information seems to be imprinted in the depths of Ke Lan's memory, so much so that when he sees some of the creations of the Alpha civilization that he has never seen before, he will feel a sense of déjà vu. a feeling of.

But this time, not even a word related to this tunnel appeared.

He has every reason to suspect that this tunnel was not built by Alpha civilization...

"I plan to go back and take a look." Ke Lan said suddenly.

"Go back? Didn't you just say... that returning the same way was the wrong option?" Aya Breya said in confusion.

"I want to test a conjecture. If you don't want to follow me, you can just wait for me where you are." After saying that, Ke Lan turned around and walked quickly towards the entrance.

Naturally, Hound and the others would not object to Ke Lan's decision, and immediately followed him.

Seeing the members of the Hunting God Hunting Group walking further and further away, Aya couldn't help but hesitate.

"Team leader, should we... follow? Or should we stay where we are?" an agent from the Security Bureau asked in a low voice.

"...Follow them." Aya gritted her teeth and said with some dissatisfaction, "I want to see what they can find."

"Understood." Aya's four agents looked at each other and then closed their mouths knowingly - although the team leader has always been a bit stubborn, in daily interactions, he is actually a very serious and gentle person. Man, they have never seen the team leader like this... It seems that after cooperating with this group of ruin hunters, the team leader seems to be a different person, and his temper has not been good along the way.

Just when the four people looked at each other, Aya opened her long legs and took the lead to follow.

"Maybe you feel that as the leader of the field team of the Security Bureau, you are unhappy being commanded by a hunter from a civilian organization?" Agent A quietly opened the group communication and whispered.

"I don't think so. The team leader shouldn't be the kind of person who is obsessed with power. As long as the mission can be completed, she shouldn't care about this kind of thing." Agent B retorted.

"I think it's the problem with the hunters. I always feel that they don't think highly of us, and they are hiding many things from us. The team leader must have been offended by this attitude," Agent C said.

"Yes, yes..." Agent D agreed, "Especially after several conflicts in decision-making, the team leaders were all frustrated. It would be strange to say that they are not angry. It would be strange if it were the team leaders of several other groups. , he had drawn his gun a long time ago, and our team leader is the only one with a good temper who can endure it until now."

"But one thing to say, I think the abilities of this group of hunters are quite strong." Agent B lowered his voice a little lower, "I have dealt with many ruin hunters before, and they have the kind of professional background (Note 1) 'There are also professional hunters who work alone, but in terms of professionalism and ability, they are not as good as this group of people."

"How confident do you think we will be if we fight them, excluding the mecha?" Agent C asked.

"It's hard to say. The guy holding the knife gave me a very dangerous feeling. If there was a conflict, I definitely didn't want to confront that person." Agent B, the only one among the four who has retired from the field force and has the most combat experience, said , "And this commander Ke Lan, although his combat ability seems to be at the bottom among this group of people, I always feel that his danger level is second only to that swordsman."

"Real or fake? Is it that mysterious?" Agent A asked.

"Haha, while I was fighting hand-to-hand with indigenous creatures in the wilderness, you were still learning to read and write in the compulsory education class." Agent B sneered, "I'll give you a piece of advice, try not to get into trouble with these people."

"Just tell me, if the fight really starts, what is our winning rate?" Agent C, the youngest, couldn't help but ask.

"Even if we exclude that mecha, our winning rate will not exceed 30%." Agent B said solemnly.

"That's not true... with these hunters, our winning rate is only 30%?" Agent D frowned.

"At least three of them are veterans of the field force. The transformation level of that big guy should be around level four. In terms of individual combat power, these people are no longer weaker than us."

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[P.S. Note 1 "Educated background": "black talk" in the circles of ruin hunters and mercenaries. The original meaning refers to "people who have received formal professional training", that is, hunters who come out of training camps set up by hunting groups and heritage development companies with large consortium backgrounds. On the contrary, they are called "people who have received formal professional training". "Ye Luzi" generally refers to relic hunters who have not been trained in the training camp system, became a monk halfway, or are self-taught. Of course, as long as they obtain a relic hunter's license, "Ye Luzi" can also be regarded as an officially recognized regular relic hunter.

Hunters with a bachelor's degree generally have average abilities - average here is not a derogatory term, but refers to a series of abilities such as skill level and professional knowledge that are above or below the average.

The training camp is like a factory assembly line, and "Yeluzi" is like a small handicraft workshop. The level of relic hunters who are not from a professional background fluctuates greatly, and the upper and lower limits are extremely exaggerated. The senior hunters at the top of the pyramid are all elites, and That kind of low-level hunter is actually no different from a "trash picker" (in the Undersea City volume, the hunters of the Aurora Hunting Group used this metaphor to mock Ke Lan and others).

In addition, lone hunters are not necessarily hunters with "non-professional background". There are also some hunters with professional background who do not renew their contract or retire after the end of the contract period, but choose to leave the hunting group and work alone. Such people are very rare, but It does exist. There is also a hunter who spends his own money to receive training in a hunter training camp, but does not sign an employment agreement with the hunting group under the consortium or the ruins development company. 】