Alien Relic Hunter

"War Traumatic Stress Syndrome," Ivan continued, "is a type of PTSD. The most famous example in history is undoubtedly the Annan War that occurred from the 1950s to the 1970s. According to incomplete statistics, More than one-third of the American soldiers who participated in the Annan War suffered from this kind of mental illness. In this war, the American army killed about 60,000 soldiers, but many of the surviving soldiers returned to China. Instead of ending their lives by suicide...the number of these suicides has even exceeded the number of soldiers who died directly on the battlefield."

"I've heard about this war..." Hound curled his lips and said, "It is said that retired veterans will immediately become nervous as soon as they hear the sound of helicopter blades or metal collision, and even draw their guns and shoot at them. People around them shoot. In addition, they will also have hallucinations when they go to places with dense vegetation or complex terrain. They always suspect that there are people hiding in those trees and shrubs, pointing guns at themselves... This is a very rare phenomenon in the history of war. This is a classic topic. One of the compulsory courses for field army officers is to pay attention to and ensure the mental health of their subordinates..."

The hound paused, and a hint of sadness flashed through his eyes: "But what's the use? The people who wrote the project are experts in white coats, sitting in laboratories or offices. They have no personal experience. Having experienced the cruelty of the battlefield, how can you help those soldiers get out of their nightmares?"

"Let's not mention this for now." Ivan said solemnly, "Since these survivors of the Velociraptor team suffer from war traumatic stress syndrome, will letting them join become a decision... an unstable one?" factor?"

Ivan originally wanted to say a time bomb, but after thinking about it, he changed it to a more euphemistic term.

People suffering from PTSD, especially veterans with combat trauma emergency syndrome, are fine without being stimulated. If they accidentally hit their stressors, the situation will be more troublesome than a few "black sheep" mixed in.

At least the purpose of those black sheep is for their own interests, and no matter how much they go too far, they will still retain some sense. However, a veteran with an outbreak of war trauma emergency syndrome is a complete madman and cannot communicate at all.

"But I think they are all quite normal, and they were all talking and laughing along the way... They don't look like the kind of people with mental problems." Zhuoligetu scratched his head and said.

"When mental patients are not sick, they are no different from normal people." Hound sat down cross-legged and tapped the edge of the hard rubber boot sole with his fingertips, "I think we should reconsider this kind of thing. …The main thing is to seek stability.”

"I agree with Old Dog's point of view." Ke Lan said, "As far as the information I have obtained so far, there are indeed some indigenous creatures living inside the battleship, but there are no particularly powerful ones - the mutated lava cantharis in the power room is a special case. , what we need are experienced hunters, and the requirements for personal strength are actually not high."

Just as Ke Lan finished speaking, the phone in his pocket suddenly buzzed and vibrated. He took it out and saw that the profile picture displayed on the screen was that of a familiar fat man - Ye Yan from the Ye Family Group.

Glancing at the dialog box of "The other party applies for video communication", Ke Lan covered the phone's camera with his thumb, and then clicked "OK."

"Hello, Mr. Ye?"

"Is it brother Ke Lan?" Ye Yan's voice sounded a little eager, and it also contained a bit of uncontrollable excitement.

"Ah, it's me, it's me, Mr. Ye, you are calling my mobile phone, so of course I am the one who answers the phone." Ke Lan replied.

"But...why is the picture over there so dark? I can't see you?" Ye Yan asked.

"Oh, this is because there is no light here, so I can't see it."

"There's no light? But it should be daytime over there right now, shouldn't you be in -" Ye Yan stopped abruptly, "What, brother Ke Lan, we should be considered friends, right?"

"Forget it." From the first words Ye Yan said, Ke Lan already knew the other party's intention. Not to mention his sentence "It should be daytime over there now", which meant that Ye Yan already knew Knowing that Ke Lan and the others were at the Mukahe military base, he must have known about the heretical sect's invasion and the ancient battleship.

"Ye's consortium has developed three more derivative models of the Phoenix skeleton. I'll have someone deliver it to you in two days. Oh, yes, and the set of power armor you borrowed when you went to the South Sixteenth District last time to find someone. , now it has been finalized and put into production, and I have also specifically asked the production department to reserve a few sets of customized models for you..."

"No reward for no merit, Mr. Ye, just tell me straight away, why do you have anything to do with us?" Ke Lan said bluntly.

"Uh...what, I got some news...did you just come back from the molten mine area?"

"yes."

"Did you make a big discovery in the mining area?"

"That's right."

"I heard that the harvest this time is amazing?"

"No, it's already on the news headlines..." Ke Lan said with a smile, "Young Master Ye, please don't test me. The reason you called me is about the 'Aguna Kotor' matter."

Ke Lan simply released his fingers covering the phone's camera and quickly walked to the edge of the giant pit.

He slowly turned the angle of the camera and scanned the entire stone wall. The crystal circuit structures flowing with various colors of light and unparalleled in complexity and precision were all included in the image. Although Ye Yan did not make a sound, Ke Lan could hear his breathing becoming obviously heavier.

"Brother Ke, Ke Lan, this...this, this...is this the inside of the ancient battleship 'Aguna Kotor'?" Ye Yan swallowed a large mouthful of saliva with great difficulty and stuttered. , "I heard that this battleship was built by a civilization that was more advanced than Alpha Civilization. Is this true?"

"Oh, it seems that Mr. Ye has obtained a lot of information." Ke Lan took back his mobile phone, "Yes, what you just saw is the central engine of the power room of the 'Aguna Kotor', but as for this battleship Whether it was built by a third civilization or not, I can’t say, it has to be identified by professionals before we can draw a conclusion.”

"Oh my god... when I first got the news, I couldn't believe it... I didn't expect that these were all true..." Ye Yan murmured, "How on earth did you get this battleship out?"

"Master Ye, do you think it sounds ridiculous for relic hunters like us who only pick up rubbish in ruins to be associated with such a magnificent ancient battleship?" Ke Lan teased.

"No, no, what do you mean by a relic hunter who can only pick up trash? I have always thought that the relic hunter profession is very awesome and cool. Besides, brother Ke Lan, you are my savior, why would I say this to you. I have always been optimistic about you and your God Hunting Group. I know that you will definitely be able to do great things... But, but..." Ye Yan swallowed again, and the order of the words was slightly confusing, "But What I didn’t expect was that...this business...is also too big...it’s really...a little too big...This is completely beyond my imagination.”

"Yeah, it's a billion points bigger, a billion points bigger." Ke Lan nodded.

"Ah, let's not talk about it for now. When I came to you this time, I actually got the news that the United Parliamentary Group decided to open this battleship as the nineteenth S-class ruins... But this opening is not open to all organizations and organizations. It's open to individuals, but only with the permission of the person in charge can you participate in the exploration and development of this 'relic'." Ye Yan rubbed his hands nervously, "I heard that Brother Ke Lan, you are the one... principal?"

"Who did you listen to?" Ke Lan looked at the nervous and expectant look on the little fat man's face, and felt a little funny in his heart, so he teased.

"...Ah, I can't tell where the news came from, but I can only guarantee that the news is reliable." Ye Yan said with a confused look on his face.

"Since you know the news is reliable, why are you still asking me?" Ke Lan narrowed his eyes, "Ask the person who gave you the news."

"No... Brother Ke Lan, you have misunderstood me... You also know that I have no ability and have no access to the core power of the family... In fact, the person who received the news is my father. The reason why I can know These things are all because I have a good personal relationship with you, so the family decided to send me to find you." As he said that, Ye Yan suddenly changed his attitude, "But there is one thing I can guarantee. Within the scope of my authority, I will try my best to help Brother Ke Lan get as many benefits as possible. Brother Ke Lan, if you have any requests, just put them forward... Even if it is outside my authority, I will reflect it. As long as we, the Ye family, can satisfy the elders and the board of directors, I think my father and the others will not refuse."

"Tsk, you guy, you haven't learned how to negotiate with others at first glance." Ke Lan said with a smile, "How can anyone quote their entire bottom price as soon as they come up? How can you bargain with me later? "

"It's not that I don't want to bargain, it's that there is no room for bargaining at all..." Ke Lan always felt that Ye Yan was about to cry, "Not only our Ye family, but other big families and consortiums have also received the news. , they are looking for your contact information all over the world - you know, right now, in the reception room of your hunting group headquarters, there are at least high-level characters from twelve different forces waiting, and even the door is full of people waiting. Your fiancée, Miss Soma, has been harassed to the point of turning off all communication devices, and I can’t even get through to her private number."

Ye Yan paused and continued with a grimace: "Brother Ke Lan, this is not a reciprocal negotiation at all, but a big Black Friday sale - if you are quick, you will have it, but if you are slow, you will not! If those people also You are all like me, if you have your private number, your phone number will probably be blown up."

"Hey!" Leighton on the side suddenly exclaimed, "I just checked the business mailbox of our hunting group. There were only a few advertising emails last night, but now there are 2,000 unread emails, among which Many of them are VIP emails with the marks of those top consortiums!”

"There are 2,000 emails because the mailbox can only temporarily store 2,000 unread emails. When you process the previous emails, more emails will be sent in the future..." Ye Yan also heard Lei Dun on the side. The voice said with a wry smile, "Brother Ke Lan, now you know how popular you are, right?"

"Is the exploration and development rights of 'Yagunaktor' really that important?" Ke Lan asked, "In fact, if there are any important discoveries, they will usually be sent to the research institute first, and wait until the research institute can crack them After that, can’t you just buy it from the institute?”

"Well, by that time, we will really be unable to keep up with the hot stuff even if we eat shit... To tell you the truth, our Ye family's new body development is actually in trouble, and several technologies have encountered bottlenecks. The Phoenix Skeleton The development cost is sixty times that of the previous generation of main skeleton, but the performance has only improved by less than 10%, which is still the result of using a large number of experimental technologies..."

"That's true." Layton interjected, "There are many innovations in the Phoenix skeleton, but I think they are unnecessary. It's not that you are superfluous, but the stability of those new technologies is too poor, just to pursue that little bit. To improve the performance of the child, it will significantly increase the instability of the body, which is not a good deal at all."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Almost all the new technologies cracked by the institute have been bought by us. I'm afraid there won't be much breakthroughs in the past few years. As for competitors such as Anaheim, they It is impossible to sell the new technologies developed to us... In recent years, our Ye's market share has actually been declining, which is why the board of directors is so anxious."

"It's good. Healthy competition breaks the monopoly and benefits consumers." Ke Lan joked again, "If the mecha market is monopolized by your Ye family, the price will probably double."

"Hey, brother Ke Lan, please stop joking... This ancient battleship is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us and all consortiums. Whoever seizes the opportunity will be able to win in the future. To have the right to speak in the technological competition... If nothing else, the three halos at the tail of the ancient battleship are probably a suspension technology that is completely different from the concept of anti-gravity devices... If this thing can be miniaturized and used on battleships As for the mecha... the improvement in performance is simply unimaginable. There are also weapons that can directly cause damage to living organisms and can also distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Oh my god, I can't even imagine how it works. …”

Seeing that Ye Yan was so excited that he was salivating, Ke Lan couldn't help but think, if you guys knew that this battleship also had a Star Destroyer Cannon and a jump device, wouldn't you be afraid that you would faint?

"Well, I have a question... What we need now is a partner to explore the ruins. In other words, what we lack are ruin hunters, but I remember that you, the Ye Consortium, don't seem to have a hunting group?"

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