Alien Relic Hunter

"Wait a minute..." At this time, a mercenary wearing a brown tactical vest pulled his companion in front, "Boss, this guy... seems to have been in the field force."

"Been in the field force? How do you know?" The mercenary known as "Boss" turned his face sideways and asked with a frown.

"Look at the helmet hanging on the wall. It's an EOP910 tactical helmet produced by the military in the early years." The mercenary pointed to a helmet that was hung on the stove, stained with putty, and used as a utility rack. The helmet said, "The shape of this helmet is very special. I can't mistake it. That thing was only equipped with troops of the field corps before it was discontinued."

"Humph, you're scared out of your wits just by a broken helmet?" The boss snorted with disdain, "Who knows where he picked up this helmet from some nook and cranny on the black market... and hung it in the store. Is it intended to scare people? Unfortunately, I don’t like this."

"But..." The mercenary wearing a brown tactical vest had a fearful look on his face and hesitated to speak.

"Don't worry, even if he has really been in the field army, he is probably just a gang leader, otherwise he wouldn't come here to open a shabby restaurant. There are six of us, and he is the only one. You What are you cowardly about?"

"You don't need to come, I can take care of this guy by myself." The two-meter-tall mercenary grabbed the assault rifle leaning on the table - he grabbed the front handguard, obviously intending to take it The gun is used as a melee weapon.

On the Ark, it is a felony to shoot at someone without permission. Even soldiers performing stability maintenance tasks cannot shoot without permission from their superiors. But if you just use the butt of a gun to wheel people around, it will at most be considered a violation of public security regulations. This group of mercenaries has fought with many people at first glance, and they know these rules clearly.

Seeing the smell of gunpowder in the store getting stronger and stronger, Ke Lan couldn't help but feel a headache - could he really be the bad luck star? Not to mention the various unexpected situations and emergencies encountered while exploring the ruins. You can encounter this kind of thing no matter how you go out to the street to have a meal...

The fried rice hasn't even been cooked yet, and the restaurant is about to be smashed...

However, Ke Lan didn't intend to just slap his ass and leave. In any case, the cause of this incident had something to do with him. He took a step forward, walked to the window, and asked the restaurant owner: "Do you need any help? ?Uh...I mean, I can call the police for you."

"It's okay, I can handle it." The boss first turned around and turned off the air supply valve of the stove. Then he put all the knives on the stove back into the knife holder, and even the spatulas with sharp edges were thrown into the drawer.

Ke Lan thought to himself that this was probably because he was afraid of being injured by the sharp weapons placed everywhere in the melee - but there were six people on the other side and he was the only one. Did he really plan to fight against six with his bare hands?

Could this guy be an enhanced person?

If it is true as the brown vest said, the restaurant owner was once a soldier in the field force, then the possibility of being an enhanced person is not small... But the problem is that among these six mercenaries, at least two A strengthened person.

One is the strong man who is more than two meters tall, and the other is what they call the "boss".

Although Ke Lan couldn't see the enhancement levels of the mercenaries, he could deduce their economic level from the value of their equipment - they only had two first-level enhancements. As for the "boss", he was pretty good. The possibility of losing two levels, as for the third level of intensive surgery, is not something that this group of people can afford.

However, among ordinary soldiers in the field force, the proportion of enhanced people is only about 15%, and 90% of these 15% of enhanced people are first-level enhanced people.

The proportion of enhanced people in the elite troops may be slightly higher, reaching about 30%, but the enhanced people who can reach level three or higher are basically mid-level officers. After retirement, they will not be like this. appearance.

Of course, except for the two special cases of Lao Gou and Chi Hanfeng.

If analyzed based on paper strength alone, Ke Lan is not optimistic about the hotel owner.

But for some reason, subconsciously, he had no doubt that the restaurant owner could win.

And it will be very easy to win.

Seeing the restaurant owner inserting the kitchen knife back into the knife holder, the mercenary boss's eyes twitched twice, and a vein on his forehead suddenly popped out: "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting..." The restaurant owner shook his head, "Actually, when you came in, I wanted to remind you that smoking is prohibited in this restaurant."

"Oh? Then I will smoke another one in front of you right now. What can you do to me?" The mercenary boss said, taking out a wrinkled paper cigarette box from his pocket and pouring it out. Got a cigarette.

"You were allowed to smoke before because you were my guests, but now..."

Before the boss finished speaking, he was interrupted by the mercenary boss: "What's wrong? We are not your guests now? That's right! I am not your guest, I am your di..."

The mercenary boss only said the first half of the syllable of "your father", and a black light suddenly flashed. None of the mercenaries could see clearly what happened, and the two fingers of their boss were caught in it. The cigarettes fell to the ground together, and the bright red blood seeped into the cigarette paper in an instant.

The mercenary boss was stunned for a full two seconds before he reacted, and instantly burst into a shrill scream: "Ah - ah - my finger!!"

Although none of them saw the restaurant owner's movements, Ke Lan used "time stop" to capture the scene at the critical moment: the restaurant owner's right hand just touched the apron around his waist, and between his fingers There was an extremely thin black blade, and in the next frame, the black blade had already come out of his hand, passing by the mercenary boss's knuckles without any hindrance, and was nailed to the opposite wall.

Because the speed was so fast, the surface of the black blade was not even stained with blood - or in other words, until the black blade was nailed into the wall, the mercenary boss's fingers still looked intact.

About half a second later, a very thin red line appeared on his knuckles...

"What are you doing standing there?! Come on! Come on! I'm going to chop off all ten of his fingers!" The mercenary boss pinched the base of the severed finger tightly with his other hand and furiously shouted at his companions shouted, and after the initial daze passed, the other mercenaries rushed towards the restaurant owner.

Fortunately, the indoor space of the hotel was extremely small, and the two-meter-tall man occupied most of the aisle, blocking all his teammates behind him.

At least, it's still a one-on-one situation for the time being.

The giant mercenary roared and swung the Ark-01 rifle in his hand sideways - judging from his movements, it seemed that he originally wanted to hit the boss on the head, but the ceiling was too low, so he couldn't. Fa raised the gun in his hand above his head.

"This guy didn't listen to their boss at all..." Ke Lan, who was fighting outside the store, whispered to himself.

Although the mercenary boss had two of his fingers cut off by the other party, he never wanted the hotel owner's life from the beginning to the end - if someone died in a fight, the nature of the incident would be completely different. It’s the same: not only will their mercenary licenses be revoked, but they will also be imprisoned for several years... By the time these people are released, their anus will probably be filled with shit...

This is the bottom line in a fight, and this is the bottom line, but this giant man has obviously thrown this bottom line out of his mind.

The butt of his gun was obviously aimed at the restaurant owner's head. If it hit, someone would be killed!

Even if the restaurant owner is an enhanced person, if he can't avoid it, he may end up with a split brain.

However, Ke Lan was not worried about the hotel owner - just from the action of throwing the throwing knife just now, it can be seen that this person is a master. If he can be hit by such an attack that only has brute force but no skills at all, That can only mean that he is too lazy to hide.

Just when the gun butt turned into a black shadow and was about to touch the hotel owner's head, the giant man suddenly staggered back a few steps, and the rifle in his hand bounced against the wall on one side as if it was loaded with a spring. Bits of lime were scattered.

The few mercenaries at the back looked at the giant man who retreated in confusion... They only heard a sharp sound caused by the airflow passing through the strap hole on the gun butt at high speed, and then saw their companions stumbling. The ground fell back. If they hadn't stretched out their hands to support the giant man in time, the giant man would have sat down on the ground by this time.

"Your gun... is loaded with bullets, be careful of misfire." The hotel owner said calmly. At this time, the mercenaries discovered that the assault rifle in the giant man's hand was actually nailed to the wall!

It was a long, thin black metal piece, with a dangerous sheen on its edge - the metal piece penetrated directly through the receiver of the assault rifle, like penetrating soaked toilet paper. Same.

The Type 01 assault rifle in the hands of this mercenary is a genuine military version from the military arsenal. It is the standard equipment of the Ark military, as well as the "economic version" authorized by military industrial enterprises and the "economic version" produced by underground workshops. Compared with the "pirated" version, the biggest feature of the "military version" is that a small amount of Nino alloy is mixed into the raw materials - although the content is less than one percent, it greatly improves the strength of the firearm structure.

To process this kind of material, you must use a 100,000-ton stamping machine. But now, it was penetrated by a throwing knife thrown by an egg fried rice seller? !

The mercenaries had a look of surprise on their faces. As for the guy in the brown vest, he was already leaning towards the door, ready to escape at any time.

"Come on? Why are you so scared? What a bunch of losers! Go up and beat him up!" The mercenary boss, who was sweating profusely in pain, didn't even notice what had just happened, and was still yelling there.

The hotel owner slowly took a step forward, and the group of mercenaries immediately took a step back in unison.

The giant man was so shocked that the muscles on his body trembled violently, completely losing his fierce look just now.

"Boss...Boss, this is a tough fight." The brown vest lowered his voice and said to the mercenary boss, "We...we may not be their opponents..."

"What did you say?!"

"You...did you notice how your finger was broken just now?"

This question immediately stopped the mercenary boss, and he looked intently at his wound - although blood was still seeping out, it could be seen that the section of the severed finger was very smooth, and the skin on the edge was even No signs of tearing visible.

At first, he thought that his finger was broken by a gun equipped with a silencer, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"That guy used a throwing knife." The brown vest swallowed with some difficulty, "His throwing knife... just... pierced the receiver of the Zero-1 rifle."

"Type Zero One? The military version of Type Zero One?" The mercenary boss felt as if his heartbeat had skipped a beat.

Because of its excellent strength, the military version of Type Zero One is often used as a melee weapon by mercenaries and even soldiers in the regular army. The Nino alloy-added gun body is extremely resistant to grass, even if it has experienced several high-intensity hand-to-hand combats. The body will not undergo too obvious deformation... This is very clear to everyone who has used this gun.

Some people have also done experiments. Even if a 12.7 mm caliber heavy machine gun is fired against the receiver of the Zero-1 rifle, it is impossible for the first few bullets to directly penetrate the receiver.

The mercenary boss slowly turned his head and glanced at the gun nailed to the wall.

"Let's go... hurry up and pick up my finger later!"

This group of mercenaries didn't even say a harsh word. They led their boss to exit the hotel in a panic and fled quickly towards the street.

As for the restaurant owner, he calmly walked to the wall and pulled out the black sharp knife stuck on it.

"Are you...thirty-three?" Ke Lan suddenly asked.

"Do you know me?" The restaurant owner turned around and glanced at Ke Lan lightly.

"A friend of mine told me about you."

"Which friend?"

"His name is Zhuoli Getu, he is a ruins hunter of Mongolian origin." Ke Lan replied.

"Zhuo Ligetu..." the restaurant owner read the name again, "Oh, I remember him, we have worked with him twice before... Well, he is a good person."

"Aren't you a ruin hunter? Why did you open a restaurant here?" Ke Lan was a little surprised to meet the "Thirty-Three" mentioned by Zhuoligetu in this place.

"Hunter is just a side job. Only when I'm too busy will I go outside for a walk." Thirty-three smiled, picked up a rag, squatted down and wiped the blood on the ground.

Ke Lan felt that this man did not seem to be suffering from severe "war traumatic stress syndrome" as they had previously expected. His temperament gave Ke Lan a feeling of being unwavering, even though he had just been with the group of people. When rogue mercenaries clashed, he spared no lives and did not harm anyone.

As for the broken finger, as long as you seek medical treatment in time, it can be reattached for not much money - not to mention that the cross-section incision is so smooth and smooth, and the surgical conditions cannot be better.

"I have something to ask you."

"explain."

"Do you know 'Yagunaktor'? Are you interested in going up there?" Ke Lan took the initiative to extend an olive branch to the other party.

"That ancient battleship of the Alpha civilization? The nineteenth S-class ruins?" Thirty-three raised his head and looked at Ke Lan.

The existence of the third civilization has not been officially announced to the outside world, so people have always thought that "Yagunaktor" is an ancient warship built by the Alpha civilization.

"Yes." Ke Lan nodded.

"Aren't the ruins temporarily closed to the public? Only hunters who have been invited can participate in the exploration."