Alien Relic Hunter

Although this G3A3 is not equipped with any sights, for Ke Lan, the most basic machine sight alone is enough to make this gun a weapon for harvesting heads within a range of two hundred meters.

What's more, after entering the game, he still has a trump card that he has never used.

That is "time stops".

"Battle of Mogadishu", as a VR game, does not allow players to pause during the game except at save points. In order to prevent players from facing enemies, they first turn on the pause, and then use the gun-shaped handle to freely move in the real world for preview.

Thinking of this, Ke Lan couldn't help but want to do a test - he slowly aimed the crosshair at a Ranger who had just fired an M72 rocket launcher and retracted behind the barricade two hundred meters away, and then turned on "Time Stop"!

An unexpected scene happened for Ke Lan: in the time-stop state, not only the game screen turned into black and white, but the modeling of those characters also had obvious bugs - many NPC joints and bone penetrations It penetrated the skin, muscles and internal organs, and the blood that was about to splash out was frozen in place. The flame gas spattered by the explosion of the bullet primer drilled directly out of the wall of the barrel, and the blood flew everywhere on the battlefield. The bullets created countless ballistic trajectories.

But what surprised Ke Lan the most was not these, but the massive characters that appeared in every corner of this virtual space... These characters were not computer programs written by humans, but the words of Alpha Civilization!

As a human hacker who can read Alpha text, Ke Lan saw the meaning of these Alpha texts with only a few glances - they are the underlying structure of this virtual world. This "complete immersion system" is not independent of human beings. The most important core technologies developed all come from Alpha Civilization!

Ke Lan's eyes kept moving on these character fragments. The more he looked at them, the more doubts he had in his heart. Logically speaking, this underlying structure should be a black technology belonging to Alpha Civilization. For the technology of writing this completely immersive system For human resources, this architecture is equivalent to a "black box": they can embed this black box wherever they need to use it, but they cannot make any interference in the internal structure and operation of the black box.

However, in this underlying architecture, Ke Lan saw a lot of programming logic unique to humans.

He didn't think it was a coincidence.

Could it be that in addition to himself and the prophet, there is a third... or even more person who can understand the Alpha text?

However, if such a person exists, and this person has a close cooperative relationship with the institute - then why have the institute's technical difficulties that have been stuck for more than ten or even decades due to language barriers not yet overcome? Aren't those important projects inferior to a fully immersive system used for virtual training and battle situation derivation?

This is no longer a question of whether there are many doubts, but that it simply does not conform to the logic of normal human behavior.

It's like humans in the old era made outstanding technological breakthroughs in a certain field, but they didn't apply this new technology to military industry or people's livelihood fields. Entertainment products - If the world was really like this, let alone building an ark, I am afraid that mankind would have been destroyed along with the solar system a thousand years ago.

The time pause ended, and all the NPCs on the street exploded into balls of blood-red mist, with their disintegrated limbs scattered on the ground. Those firearms that were roaring and pouring out firepower a second ago exploded one after another, and hot metal fragments flew everywhere.

Ke Lan was stunned for a moment, and then immediately quit the game.

When he sat up from the immersion chamber, he found that the technician responsible for monitoring the status of the equipment was staring blankly at the screen without saying a word - on the screen was the last scene before the end of the game: The hellish Mogadishu.

The "purgatory" here is not an exaggerated adjective, but a purgatory in the true sense: flames and flesh are spread throughout every inch of space, twisted and broken bones can be seen everywhere, and death falls on every "person" instantly like a curse. , an incredible force directly crushed and crushed them...

Even those buildings seemed to have been hit by a magnitude 10 earthquake...

"How could this happen...how could this happen..." the technician muttered to himself.

"What happened?" Ke Lan took off his hood and looked at him and asked.

"Just now...just a second before you exited the game, the entire program suddenly froze for a moment. When the lag was restored, the entire virtual world collapsed...No, it can't be said to be a crash... After the lag is over, all subroutines are still running normally, and all the virtual rules and physical laws we set originally have not been violated. You see, the blood on the ground is still flowing to the ground and has not floated into the air. The wood burned by the flames is gradually carbonized instead of disappearing directly...but, it shouldn't be like this..."

"There is a bug in the program, a very serious bug." Ke Lan said calmly, "All data and records will be sealed and not backed up. No one present will spread the news outside. I will report this matter directly to the police." Advanced organization.”

"Institute?" the technician asked subconsciously.

"No, it is a higher-level existence than the institute." Ke Lan said, "I hope you can understand that the serious nature of this matter has exceeded the capabilities of the institute. If you don't want to be used by the people above, If it is to be sealed permanently by physical means, it would be best to forget everything you just saw."

"It's beyond the scope of the institute's capabilities. This is impossible -" The technician seemed to want to argue, but was immediately interrupted by Ke Lan.

"I can tell you one thing. The underlying architecture of this fully immersive system, that is, the 'black box' that you cannot interfere with, actually uses the technology of Alpha Civilization, and the BUG this time is located here. In the 'black box', now you know why I asked you to keep it secret."

"What?! It's actually Alpha..." The other party was stunned for a moment. As a technician, he naturally knew about the existence of this "black box", but at first he didn't think so much about it and thought it was because the institute wanted to keep it secret. , the program inside the black box was sealed, but now that he heard Ke Lan say this, the technician suddenly understood - no wonder the first precaution in the training process is to strictly prohibit cracking the "black box" , Emotions are not “man-made”!

His expression suddenly became serious and nervous, and he nodded hurriedly: "I understand!"

In addition to this technician, there were also Cheng Dong from the Security Bureau and two medical staff on the "New Dawn". Although they didn't understand what the "black box" Ke Lan meant, since When it comes to "Alpha Civilization", this is definitely not a trivial matter.

"Do I need to apply to the headquarters to mobilize more manpower?" Cheng Dong asked Ke Lan, "We can control the entire New Dawn to ensure that no information will be leaked..."

"There are only five of us who know about this matter now. The more people there are, the more likely it is that mistakes will occur... Don't forget, there have been moles in your security bureau." Ke Lan shook his head, "It's just temporary. Teasing people is enough to attract the attention of those who are interested.”

"What about them? Otherwise..." Cheng Dong said, his hand involuntarily placed on the holster on his waist.

Ke Lan naturally knew that the agent leader was referring to "silencing". In the eyes of this group of people, compared with Ark's interests and safety, personal life is simply something that can be discarded at will - no matter it is their own Life is still the life of others.

"No, no, no, it won't be a big deal." Ke Lan waved his hand quickly, "Team leader Cheng Dong, you are responsible for keeping an eye on them here and telling them not to run around and not to come into contact with other people - including yourself. ."

"Then do you want to handcuff or tie him up?"

"Uh... probably not necessary." Ke Lan glanced at the technician who was still in a state of shock and the two medical staff with depressed expressions on their faces. These three people were only civilian staff. Since they had not received Body modification is not about strengthening people. Although both medical staff have military memberships, the combat effectiveness of the medical staff on the battleship is still far behind those of the army's medical soldiers who need to follow the troops into battle.

Even if these three people go together, they probably won't be enough for Cheng Dong to fight with one hand.

Unless there is a heretic sect member who can use the "Holy Word" hidden among them - this possibility is almost zero, and even if there is such a hidden object, it is estimated that a whole team of fully armed agents will be sent There's no point in staring.

"I think I have to go back to the Ark." Ke Lan said, "Until I come back, I can only have you stay in this room."

"Do you need me to send someone to escort you?" Cheng Dong asked again.

"No, I will ask the captain of Fleet Zero to ask for escorts." Ke Lan rejected the proposal, "I will say it again, the sixth person cannot be allowed to know about this before the decision is made above."

"Yes." Cheng Dong nodded solemnly.

After explaining these things, Ke Lan transferred all the records just now to a hard drive, then cleared all the cached data in the device and formatted all the storage.

Then, he used his special authority to lock up the infirmary - as for the four people locked inside, there was a toilet in the infirmary anyway, and the emergency food stored in the safe was enough for the four of them. Half a month's consumption.

Not only that, Ke Lan also cut off all network connections in the medical room and set a label at the door saying "No one is allowed to approach during special operations"... In this way, this medical room has truly become a place. An "isolated island" inside a battleship.

He originally wanted these four people to stay in the confinement room for a while, but the walls of the confinement room on the battleship were made of one-way glass. People inside could not see outside, but people outside could see inside the confinement room. It can be seen clearly that if the news that four people, including the Special Agent Team Leader of the Security Bureau, were sent to the solitary room spread in the fleet, it would be difficult to explain.

Furthermore, we can't just leave the entire "virtual immersion equipment" in the infirmary. The four of them stay here to prevent leaks and also act as guards.

After sealing off the corridor where the infirmary was located, Ke Lan went to the bridge of the "New Dawn", made up a random excuse, and asked the commander of the Zero Fleet for a transport plane.

This commander is a confidant directly appointed by the Undead Crew Association. Ke Lan does not need to say it explicitly. As long as it hints that it is related to "above", he will give Ke Lan the greatest support.

But when he got on the transport plane, Ke Lan was in trouble.

Although he and Cheng Dong and others said they were going back to the Ark to report the matter to their superiors, the problem was that he had not yet had a complete showdown with the undead crew. If he told them about the matter, wouldn't it be tantamount to asking for trouble? ?

He didn't think that he could hide the cost from this group of people by using data files as evidence... Rather than fabricating a lie that could be exposed at any time, it was better not to say a word.

Or, simply confess to them directly.

Ke Lan thought about it and waited until the transport plane had flown into the floating airport, but in the end he still couldn't make a decision.

This was a crucial move, and once he made it, he would have no chance of regretting it.

Ke Lan, who was worried, walked down the gangway. Before his feet even stepped on the inside of the tarmac, he heard someone calling his name in the distance.

The people who came to pick him up were two girls from the hunting group - "Intern" Qin Zhao and "Hunting Group Chief Pilot" Valentina.

The hounds and others are busy with the joint exploration of "Aguna Kotor", and the only free hands in the entire team are Qin Zhao, who has just joined, and Valentina, who usually doesn't care much about these things.

When Ke Lan contacted the hunting group before, he used the communication line of Fleet Zero, so he couldn't explain the matter clearly on the phone. He only said that he wanted to "come back to do something." As for what exactly it was, The matter was not disclosed even a word.

"Captain, here." Qin Zhao, wearing a smart training uniform, walked up and handed a bottle of pure water to Ke Lan. Her hair is still very short, and has just grown to the same length as her chin. Although her long hair was cut in a dream when she was in the bottomless sinkhole, her body was completely synchronized with the dream. This action has also been completed in reality.

The hound specifically mentioned this incident afterwards - fortunately, the positioning of the folding knife was quite accurate. If it had been a little off, it might have been the neck instead of the hair...

"Where are the hounds and the others, are they still busy?" Ke Lan took the bottle and asked with a smile.

"Uncle Hound and the others are going to Ye's Consortium today. The only ones left at the headquarters are senior Valentina and me." Qin Zhao replied, "Oh, by the way, someone just came from the headquarters. He should still be waiting at the meeting. He's in the guest room, Captain, do you want to see him later?"

"Who?"

"I don't know him...but looking at the information on the business card, he is from the Morgan Consortium."

[P.S. I just received a notice that all employees in Shaoxing will be tested for nucleic acid starting from today. Fortunately, I rarely go out on weekdays, so it is relatively safe. The epidemic prevention situation has become more and more severe recently. I hope everyone can take care of themselves, wear protective equipment, try not to go to crowded places, and never travel far. Safety is the most important thing. Just stay at home when you have nothing to do. Read the novel, post this chapter to brag and vote, are you right...]