Alien Relic Hunter

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In the next week, the mission of the God Hunting Group was to "help defend Mukach Base", which was actually a paid vacation in another sense - Layton and Valentina plunged into the base. In the mecha warehouse, Hound took Zhuoligetu and Ivan to go have a drink with old acquaintances from the field troops. Although Akira Asano had no activities, at least he stayed in the dormitory and was happy to have some leisure time.

Aya Breya and her special agent team took the transport plane back to Ark to resume their duties after handing over with the members of the Security Bureau branch at Mukach Base - the only remaining members of the entire reconnaissance team Instead of Ke Lan, a hard-working social worker, he still has to stay on the battleship and work overtime every day.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. In order to prevent the heretical sect from coming back, "Aguna Kotor" must always keep an eye on the tunnel and the area around the base, and the only one who can control this battleship is Ke Lan. .

Although the warship has an automatic cruise mode, considering that the prophet also has a lot of information related to the warship, it is possible to send a task force to seize the warship. If the warship falls into their hands, the Mukah Base The situation that has just stabilized may collapse in an instant - no, not only the Mukah base will be "GG", but even the human base camp Ark will be under huge threat.

This thing is much more terrifying than a Leviathan.

And with the prophet's reckless and crazy character, even if the weapons on the "Yagunaktor" are useless, he can still directly smash the entire battleship as a cannonball——

To avoid this kind of thing, Ke Lan has to sit in the power room himself - he feels like the kind of hunter who finds priceless treasures in ruins. Before exchanging the things for credits, he must always exchange the treasures. Just carry it in your arms. You can't leave it even when sleeping, for fear of being stolen by others.

In a sense, this battleship can indeed be regarded as a treasure dug out of the ruins, but it is a "big treasure", a "very, very, very big" treasure.

Fortunately, the console of the "Yagunaktor" battleship can be connected to the network of the Mukakh base. Not only that, it can even perfectly simulate the infrastructure of a human computer for running those using computer languages. Written computer program.

Although Ke Lan couldn't crack the way the console worked, he would be very familiar with the digital world of 0s and 1s.

Taking advantage of having nothing to do these days, he was so idle that he even made a half-finished immersive shooting game. With the help of the consciousness connection of the console, Ke Lan can directly control the virtual world with his own thoughts and consciousness. The characters - as for the models and data of weapons, venues, monsters, etc., are borrowed resources from the military simulation training system.

However, compared with the kind of "realistic training" that uses a controller or a keyboard and mouse to operate, this game made by Ke Lan is much more realistic. Going forward, backward, and turning are no longer fixed WASD commands, and you can change the perspective. And firing is not about swinging the mouse and clicking the left button. Players who enter this game will feel as if they are in a different space whose style is slightly different from the real world. The console's consciousness connection device will block the brain's ability to Signals sent by the real body, and these signals are input into the characters in the game.

Ke Lan couldn't help but think of the recently popular virtual immersion technology on Ark. If the data here could be packaged and bought to developers to improve their immersion engines, it is estimated that these developers could provide Ke Lan like an emperor. .

Of course, this kind of thing can only be thought about. All data related to "Yagunaktor" can probably be classified as the top secret of Ark. Before it is adopted by the research institute or the military, It is absolutely impossible to enter the civilian market.

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On the fourth day after the Mukach base was attacked, when Ke Lan was carrying Gatling in the virtual game and shooting at zombies all over the mountains and plains, the transport fleet from Ark finally arrived at the base.

Also arriving with the transport fleet was an unexpected "uninvited guest" from Ke Lan.

This "uninvited guest" was personally accompanied by Maginot on board the "Yagunaktor" - Logically speaking, when the transport fleet arrived at Mukach, Lieutenant General Maginot should be so busy that he even got his butt wet. It's better to get to the chair. Let alone come to Ke Lan on his own initiative. Even if Ke Lan and the others want to go find Maginot, he may not have time to deal with it.

The identity of this uninvited guest was already obvious.

"Hello, this may be the first time we have met." This is a woman who looks about forty years old and has a graceful and luxurious temperament. "I am the fourth seat of the Immortal Crew Association's Queen. You can also Call me Demeter.”

Compared with Lieutenant General Maginot who couldn't help but look around after entering the interior of "Yagunaktor" for the first time, Demeter seemed much calmer. Those stone walls covered with crystalline structures and controls The metal ball suspended on the stage... She only glanced at it lightly. From the beginning to the end, her attention was entirely focused on Ke Lan. For some reason, Ke Lan always had the illusion that this immortal In the eyes of the crew, they seem to be more important than this powerful ancient battleship.

No, it's not an illusion... After Ke Lan and Demeter looked at each other for a few seconds, he was basically sure that in the eyes of the other party, his priority was really above this battleship.

"Uh...Hello, Ms. Demeter." Ke Lan subconsciously raised his palm, but halfway through, he felt that this more casual greeting did not seem to be suitable for the current scene, so he could only say awkwardly He put down his palms and bowed to the other party stiffly.

"Lieutenant General Maginot, please return to the transport plane first." Demeter nodded slightly to Ke Lan, and then said to Lieutenant General Maginot who was standing behind him.

"Ah - oh! Yes! I will obey your order!" Maginot replied somewhat incoherently. Ke Lan noticed that this guy shivered involuntarily after hearing Demeter speak to him. Even the fat on his cheeks trembled twice.

There was a trace of grievance and unwillingness in his eyes. After giving Ke Lan a final look with pleading eyes, he turned around and stepped into the portal.

Ke Lan knew that Lieutenant General Magino wanted to intercede for him, so that the undead crew would transfer him away from the Mukah base - Mukah, who now has "Yagunak Tol" to help defend him, can be said to be Apart from the Ark, it is the most difficult human fortress to conquer on Alpha Planet, but "Yagunaktor" will leave sooner or later. By then, if the heretical sect launches another attack, can the base be defended? That's two things to say.

After watching Maginot leave, Ke Lan closed the portal and focused his attention on Demeter.

He had to admit that she was a beautiful woman - even though she was no longer young, her mature charm and noble temperament were mixed together, which gave birth to a different kind of charm, which has not experienced the precipitation of time. You can't find it on the young green girl. A single gesture is enough to make a man with weak determination fall under her pomegranate skirt...

Coupled with the expensive, well-tailored rose-colored dress, the outrageously exquisite precious metal jewelry and the hairstyle made by a professional stylist, such a woman will look stunning when she appears at any dinner party. Instantly became the focus of the audience.

But it's a pity that the stunning and beautiful woman in front of Ke Lan is not a human at all.

Although the cream-like skin exudes a moist shimmer, and its texture and lines are no different from those of a real person, Ke Lan can't see the cyan blood vessels under the skin at all, and her towering breasts never move with her breathing. It went up and down with the rhythm. Moreover, when she just turned her head to talk to Maginot, Ke Lan could clearly see the exposed metal joint on the back of her neck through the gap between her hair.

Like "Justice" Metes, "Queen" Demeter also uses a stand-in. This stand-in is not even a cyborg, but can only be regarded as a highly realistic robot.

The only difference is that "Justice"'s stand-in is an unmodified body, while Demeter's stand-in is carefully dressed up.

Even Ke Lan, who is not very sensitive to such things, can see that the "leather sheath" that Demeter puts on the outside of the body can be cut into an area the size of a palm. The value is completely worth the cyborg prosthetic body and bionic organs that Layton wears inside and out.

The lack of texture of subcutaneous blood vessels is probably the only shortcoming of this leather sheath.

When Ke Lan was looking at Demeter, she was also looking at Ke Lan with a scrutinizing gaze. After the two looked at each other in silence for almost ten seconds, she said: "You did a good job in this mission. , all members of the Undead Crew Club are very satisfied with your performance."

"Oh, is it true?" Ke Lan made an expression of surprise that couldn't be faked, "Then I'm really honored."

"There is still a long time before the next assessment mission - after all, if we want a new member to join the Undead Crew, we must be very cautious in the assessment process." Demeter said, "We will not interfere with your freedom during this time."

"It's very good. To be honest, the difficulty of your assessment tasks can be regarded as death-level. I'm not a masochist. I don't like the rhythm of rushing to reincarnate. It would be nice to give me a holiday. ." Ke Lan said.

Sure enough, there must be differences within this group of people - some people want to join the Undead Crew Club, while others don't want to join... The opposition may have wanted to trick themselves into using difficult tasks at the beginning, but after After they "perfectly" completed the first assessment task, they changed their strategy to a "procrastination strategy": while delaying their joining the Undead Crew Club, they tried to design a more difficult assessment task.

Why are these people so reluctant to let themselves join? Do they simply think that they are not qualified...or are they afraid of something?

"But after our discussion, we decided to give you some phased rewards first." Demeter said, "From today on, you will be the captain of 'Yagunaktor' and also the captain of S-019 The person in charge of the ruins.”

"Um?"

Ke Lan couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.

In his prediction, there is still a relatively high probability of letting himself serve as the captain of the "Yagunaktor". After all, this battleship was launched by himself, and in the matter of rushing to the rescue of Mukah, He has shown enough loyalty again - after a normal person gains control of such a super battleship, he or she will immediately consider how to set up his own business, but Ke Lan still obeys the orders of Ark and the Undead Crew Association. From this point of view, they have no reason to take away their control.

Instead of kicking yourself away and choosing another captain, it is better to give yourself such a "sweet date" to eat as the tide goes. You don't have to worry about being dissatisfied, and you don't have to consider whether the new candidate is reliable... From another aspect He said that this appointment could also brush up the favorability of his center towards the Immortal Crew Association.

An excellent ruler must treat his subordinates with both kindness and power. If the undead crew members don't even have this courage, then I'm afraid no one will be willing to sacrifice their lives for them.

Unless the members of the Immortal Crew Guild are personally controlling the battleship, Ke Lan, who is a reserve member of the Immortal Crew Guild, is the only best person.

But this S-019 ruins... If Ke Lan remembers correctly, the S-class ruins are only ranked eighteenth now, right?

That's the bottomless sinkhole they explored before...

Is it possible that this S-019 ruins...

"I have already guessed what you are thinking." Demeter suddenly said, "Yes, the 19th S-class relic is the ancient battleship 'Agunaktor'."

"If you regard this battleship as the nineteenth S-class ruins, do you plan to open it to all hunters?" Ke Lan couldn't help but frowned, "You haven't considered what if there are several heretical sects mixed in. Spies...for example, guys like Park Sang-woo. Since they can deceive you the first time, they will naturally deceive you a second time. If such people are allowed to enter the interior of the battleship...have you considered the consequences?"

"But there are many unexplored spaces inside Yagunaktor, which contain a large number of high-value items, as well as various technologies used by the warship itself. If they can be fully developed, they will be enough to bring the technological level of human civilization Improve several levels." Demeter said, "Of course we have considered the issues you mentioned, so we decided that you will be the person in charge of this new ruins. The exploration and development of the ruins will be under your full control. You can Only your hunting god hunting group can explore 'Yagunaktor', or you can jointly explore with hunting groups under the military, research institutes, and major consortiums. The distribution of exploration profits is also entirely up to you. , as long as the partner can accept it, we will not interfere with it. What do you think?"

"So...can I charge the ticket money?"