Alien Relic Hunter

"Leave...the...bed..."

The first time Ke Lan saw this secret message was on the shell of the diving cabin of the Pioneer icebreaker; the second time was on that mysterious desert island, in the mission log of Sergeant Collins, and this sentence Also recorded on paper was the stone pillar carved with the giant eye totem under the sea...

There is also the password code for the black box of the 776 Special Forces Team, which is also the same sentence.

But why did this sentence appear on the note clutched in Alfonso Gonzalez Sanchez's hand?

It was forty-eight years ago that the 776th Special Forces Squadron disappeared... No, it should be the forty-ninth year now, half a century apart.

To say that this sentence appears on the inside of the submersible's shell is because there is an inseparable connection between the undersea city and the mysterious desert island. This is barely justified, but now this tunnel can be closely related to the undersea city. What's the connection?

The molten mine area and the undersea city are almost at the two ends of Alpha Star, and the straight-line distance between the surface and the surface exceeds 20,000 kilometers - not to mention, this tunnel should belong to the more advanced civilization that built "Aguna Kotor". There is no trace of Alpha civilization here...

Ke Lan felt a little confused.

In addition, there was another discovery that made him even more puzzled.

"Leave the bed" He originally thought that "bed" did not refer to "bed" in the literal sense, because in English, "bed" not only refers to a bed used for sleeping, but also refers to "river bed" and "river bed". Interpretations such as "seabed" and "nursery" can even be understood as extended meanings such as having sexual relations and performing "reproductive behaviors" when used as a transitive verb.

Ke Lan once thought that this was a warning. The bed in it referred to the "hatchery" in the abyss - deep in the hatchery, there was a huge fusion body dormant. If it hadn't been for the encounter with that A group of giant nautilus clinging to the cliff, he may have already become the nourishment of the fusion body.

If you understand it this way, there seems to be no problem. The level of danger in the hatchery is indeed very high. The comprehensive strength of the fusion may have approached the level of the prehistoric species. With the ability of individual humans, there is no way to compete with it.

But the problem is, when this sentence is translated into Spanish, this explanation becomes a bit untenable.

In Spanish, "Cama" is rarely used to refer to things like "sea bed" or "nursery". In addition to the most commonly used meaning of "bed", there is also another meaning of "nest".

"A nest, nest, animal's habitat... can also be used as a quantifier, such as 'a litter of cubs'..."

If the hatchery is the habitat of the fusion, this seems to be true, but when the English word "bed" and the Spanish word "Cama" overlap, the only one who can correctly identify it is "Bed" is such a meaning.

Moreover, combined with the previous clues - the 776 special team did not carry diving equipment, so they naturally could not go deep into the seabed to approach the abyss hatchery, let alone discover the monster lurking in the hatchery... take 10,000 steps back In other words, even if they did find the fusion body, Ke Lan would not be able to find their skeletons in the cave.

Could it be that the "bed" in this secret phrase really refers to the bed used for sleeping?

"Stay away from that bed?"

What does this mean? Any words of advice for those who have difficulty getting out of bed?

No one would be so humorous that he would still make a joke to the world at the last moment of his life, right? And...there's not just one person doing this.

This must be a very important secret phrase, but it is a pity that Ke Lan cannot understand its meaning.

"What does this sentence mean, Ke Lan?" Hound asked from the side, "You can't read it even if you don't know it, right?"

"I really can't read it. But I can translate it into English." Ke Lan said.

"What did you say? How can you translate if you can't read?" Hound was confused.

"Leave the bed..." Ke Lan muttered silently.

"What? What are you leaving..." Before the hound could realize what Ke Lan said at the first moment, he heard a "crack" sound behind him. Asano Akira, who had been insignificant along the way, had already pulled the sword out of the scabbard. Out.

At this time, the hound finally came to his senses, and the expression on his face suddenly became extremely exciting: "This... is that what was written on this guy's note?!"

"Leave the bed, stay away from that bed. If I remember correctly, the last time it appeared was in the diving cabin salvaged from the Pioneer icebreaker, right?" Aya Breya walked over with a look on her face. He said seriously, "Our people did not find these words when they first checked the diving cabin. After the first batch of Security Agency agents left, you and First Officer Caroline were attacked by a black skeleton in the No. 9 cargo bay. , and found the words engraved on the inside of the diving cabin. Based on the Soma Consortium and your confession, you think these words were engraved on the black skeleton, right?"

"Yes." Ke Lan did not deny it. The diving cabin was finally transported away by the Security Bureau. They would naturally discover the words engraved on the inner wall. There was no need for him to hide it.

"But this is not the first time this sentence has appeared." Ke Lan said again.

"Did it appear elsewhere?" Aya asked.

"Judging from our time, the diving cabin is indeed the place where this sentence was first discovered, but from the overall timeline, this sentence should have first appeared forty-nine years ago, 776 Special Forces Team, Collins In the soldier’s diary.”

"What?" Aya's expression changed somewhat.

The diary mixed in a pile of antique equipment. When Ke Lan was rescued, the pile of items had been inspected by the Security Bureau agents placed inside the crew, but they only saw a messy pile of Lines, neither the stone pillar portrait nor the phrase "I AM SORRY" and the secret language were found.

(I would like to mention here that there was a small bug in the previous chapter. The black box found in the cave was lost in the water, and the only thing brought on board was Collins' mission log. I have corrected the bug in the previous chapter.)

"When I first read it, it was there, but after I recovered from my injury, I checked the diary again and found that many pages were missing... including the page with this sentence written on it." Ke Lan replied.

"The pile of things during the time you were injured were kept by our own people. Although many people saw the diary, I can guarantee that absolutely no one will have the opportunity to tear off the pages on it." Hound said immediately.

"I know." Ke Lan nodded, "I checked the traces where the pages fell off. It doesn't look like they were torn off. Those pages of the diary may have been soaked in sea water and then fell off on their own - I When I escaped from the underwater cave, the situation was so urgent that I didn’t have time to put it into a waterproof bag.”

"Then why didn't you report this matter before?"

"You didn't even ask... Oh, by the way, no one from your security bureau came to see me at all. The person who came to see me was Lieutenant General Maginot who represented the military, but he didn't mention that he was diving at all. The secret messages inside the cabin and Collins's log, I thought this information was not important to you at all." Ke Lan declined.