Alien Relic Hunter

Ke Lan and the four of them randomly found an isolation area where there were not too many people and sat down directly on the ground.

As soon as Ke Lan sat down, he felt someone behind him gently tugging on his sleeve. He turned around and found that the other person was a well-dressed middle-aged man, wearing a pair of thin-rimmed glasses and a meticulous suit and tie. , looking very gentle.

If Ke Lan hadn't noticed that the watch on the middle-aged man's wrist was a high imitation, he would have classified the middle-aged man into the upper class of Ark.

A suit worth 3,000 to 4,000 yuan is paired with a genuine replica watch with an original price estimated at 300,000 yuan... Well, this guy is probably just a vain white-collar worker.

To be honest, Ke Lan doesn't like to deal with such people. Such people are too philistine. They value interests more than anything else, but they are also careless. They don't have the stomach and courage of those in power, and they often do things for trivial matters. Benefit and evil.

But this kind of people are not like the rough people at the bottom who will quarrel with people in person. Most of them like to play dirty tricks, such as secretly speaking ill of people behind their backs, causing obstacles, etc... This aspect is different from the previous Morgan consortium. The things they did were pretty much the same.

In addition, words such as following the crowd, bullying the weak and fearing the strong are also typical labels for this kind of people.

It can be summed up in three words: not popular.

"Little brother, were you brought in by those soldiers?" the middle-aged man asked with a smile.

"Yeah. What's the matter? Is something wrong?" Ke Lan tried his best to pretend to be confused.

"Uh... Well, I just saw that the soldier who brought you in seemed to have a very good attitude towards you. Do you know that soldier?"

"I don't know." Ke Lan shook his head. He just wanted to end this conversation as soon as possible and didn't want to have too much interaction with the other party.

"Then you must be a person of some status. Could you be the young master of a big family? To be honest, with so many people coming in, this is the first time I have seen those soldiers with such a good attitude." The smile on the young man's face turned into a flattering smile in an instant, and he pointed to the stitches on his shoulder, "When we were brought in, it was like arresting prisoners, pushing and pulling... There was a young man who spoke a little harshly and got hit hard by the butt of a rifle, even his teeth were knocked out.”

When he said this, his tone was full of pain and resentment. It was obvious that this relatively high-end suit was very valuable to him.

But he did not focus on his torn clothes, but focused on describing the young man who was "violently enforced"... Ke Lan couldn't help but complained in his heart: This guy... is really a scheming bitch. ah.

"Then I can only tell you that you are completely wrong. I am just an ordinary person. The good attitude of those soldiers may be because a few of us are more cooperative, and then we happened to bump into a group of soldiers with good tempers."

Seeing what Ke Lan said, the middle-aged man showed a look of obvious disbelief in his eyes. However, he did not dwell on this matter. Instead, he cleverly changed the topic: "Little brother, you know what's going on outside?" What happened? They brought people here out of nowhere. This is illegal imprisonment. Even if they are the garrison, they have no right to restrict our personal freedom without justifiable reasons!"

"Didn't you hear what was being said on the loudspeaker - a sudden outbreak of an acute infectious disease, and for the sake of people's safety, everyone must be quarantined." Ke Lan pointed to the two loudspeakers in the mall that were playing loops. said the power speaker.

"No one would believe such a shitty excuse! This is a ship-wide blockade. What kind of infectious disease can seal up the entire Ark! We also need to activate the separation wall - let me tell you, I'm afraid the Alphas didn't break in!" The young man suddenly lowered his voice, "This is what another group of ruin hunters just said. They said that there have been major discoveries in the field of ruin exploration recently. It is very likely that the Alphas are still alive on this planet, but they are all in collective dormancy." , someone activated the alien battleship of 'Ya What Thor' some time ago, and it has woken them up!"

"This imagination is too rich..." Ke Lan couldn't help but twitching his lips, "Uncle, which hunter did you hear such alarmist statements from? This is simply spreading rumors. There will be bonuses for reporting. of."

"Here, there are a few ruin hunters over there wearing sand-colored camouflage uniforms, sitting together. I heard that they are members of a large hunting group." The middle-aged man pointed to a dozen people sitting not far away. , they were discussing something nervously, while the group of people nearby who were listening to their discussion all looked nervous.

Ke Lan and Thirty-three looked at each other. They ignored the middle-aged man who wanted to continue talking. They stood up and walked over, squatting down outside the circle of the group of ruin hunters.

The ruin hunters immediately noticed Ke Lan and Thirty-three approaching. At this time, Thirty-three was still wearing a casual suit stained with oil, but it was Ke Lan's combat uniform that aroused their interest.

A lean boy who looked less than twenty years old raised his chin at Ke Lan and asked, "Hey, that one over there, are you a mercenary?"

"No, I am a hunter, a relic hunter." Ke Lan replied.

"Ha, colleagues, it's a pleasure to meet you." Hearing Ke Lan's reply, a tall man nearby moved his butt slightly, leaving a little space in the circle, and motioned for Ke Lan to join the discussion.

"Brother, which hunting group are you from?" the lean boy asked again.

"I didn't join the hunting group, I worked alone."

"Oh...it turned out to be a lone hunter." An obvious look of disappointment flashed in the lean boy's eyes, but he quickly returned to his original expression, pretending to be enthusiastic and asked Ke Lan: "Brother, how did you get caught? Brought here?"

"I was shopping with friends for dinner, and suddenly we encountered a blockade. A group of soldiers we met brought us here." Ke Lan briefly narrated, and then directly cut the topic to the core of the problem, "I just heard over there An uncle said, "Do you know the reason for this ship-wide blockade?"

"Ah... Well..." The lean boy seemed to want to show off, deliberately pondering for a moment, and then said in a very low voice, "Actually, it doesn't mean that he knows... we just caught a little bit of rumors."

"A little bit of news? What kind of news?" Ke Lan asked immediately.

"Right now, outside the Ark, there is an ancient battleship from the Alpha civilization hanging not far away, called 'Yagunaktor'. You should know that, right?" the lean boy asked.

"Of course I know. Not everyone in our field knows about such big news." Ke Lan nodded repeatedly, "That is the nineteenth S-class ruins, but it is a pity that it is not open to all hunters yet."

"Hey... you don't know, today's matter has something to do with 'Yagunaktor'!" the lean boy pretended to be mysterious.

"How to say?"

"I don't know which bastard actually pulled this treasure out of the ground... Do you think the Alpha people can just watch their super battleship being stolen?" said the lean boy, he didn't have it at all. Realizing that "that bastard" in his mouth was now sitting across from him.

"Haven't the Alphas disappeared for tens of thousands of years?"

"Oh, that's all made up by the guys at the institute to bluff people. In fact, the Alpha people have always been sleeping deep underground on the Alpha planet... They are a very special creature, just like the cold-blooded animals on the earth. It’s like they need to hibernate, but their hibernation lasts for tens of thousands of years. If the guy who stole the ship hadn’t disturbed them, they would probably have continued sleeping!”

"Hibernation theory?" Ke Lan murmured in his heart. This can be regarded as a very classic one among several speculations about the whereabouts of Alpha civilization. In the early years, there were quite a few supporters, but as more and more negative evidence was discovered, This kind of speculation has gradually declined in the academic world. On the contrary, there are many "non-professionals" among the people who firmly believe it.

"Then what's going on with this whole-ship blockade?" Ke Lan asked with great interest. He wanted to see how far this group of people could go with the story.

"I'm afraid you don't know... We have been abandoned by the top management of Ark!" The lean boy's voice was lowered. Several of his companions raised their heads and looked around cautiously in case there was a garrison at this time. Guardsmen approached.

"Abandon?" Ke Lan frowned.

"The Alphas have awakened, and with the power of the Ark, there is no way they can compete with them... Those big shots have been ready to run away a long time ago. They locked us ordinary people here. In fact, they intend to use us as bait to attract the Alphas. attention to buy them time to escape."

"...And there's this thing?" Ke Lan couldn't help but think to himself, these hunters couldn't be worth "five hundred thousand", right?

After the "East Ninth District Incident" was exposed, Ark officials once issued an announcement. Anyone who finds suspected heretical believers or missionaries can receive a bounty of up to 500,000 credit points after successful reporting. After that, people called this kind of people "walking half a million", or "half a million" for short.

But in fact, there are very few examples of successful reports... Firstly, ordinary people may not necessarily have such a strong ability to identify, and secondly, by the time they discover the true identities of these people, they are often already stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate themselves. .

"Believe it or not...but then again, we ruin hunters are not the kind of ordinary people who are powerless. I don't think we should just wait to die like this. What do you think, buddy?" After the skinny boy finished speaking, he stared at Ke Lan expectantly.

"What are your plans?" Ke Lan is basically sure that even if this group of people are not members of a heretical sect, they are probably from an extremist organization. In this case, it is better to engage in a round of fishing and law enforcement. "In this situation, We can't do anything... Weapons and other things were all taken away when we came in. Those soldiers all had guns in their hands. Even if we wanted to escape from here with our bare hands, we couldn't."

"What if I can do something?" The lean boy suddenly showed a weird smile.

Could it be that there is a "container" of "erosion seeds" among these "half a million"? No... Ever since the East 9th District Incident, Ark officials have become much stricter on inspections in this area. It is difficult for "containers" to sneak into Ark, and they will be detected at the boarding point... Even if they use some special The method has avoided this first hurdle, and what awaits them is a weekly routine inspection: with the deepening of research, now the detection "container" does not even require blood drawing, and various stations, shopping malls, and districts Security gates equipped with scanning equipment at the entrance can distinguish these parasitic "containers" from the crowd.

If it's not a "container", then there is only one possibility...

Could this guy be a "black-robed bishop"? Ke Lan thought to himself, is he so lucky that he can bump into a "black-robed bishop" even in a random holding facility?

He glanced at the soldiers in the distance with the corner of his eye - the people responsible for maintaining order in this temporary shelter were all soldiers from the garrison, not agents from the Security Bureau, and these soldiers should have been temporarily received. Those who were summoned by the command were carrying conventional equipment. Not to mention heavy firepower and active ammunition, they didn't even have a heavy machine gun.

Perhaps they left the heavy machine gun, a weapon full of visual oppression and lethality, at the station in order not to cause panic to the people. But if the heretical sect was related to this matter, then the situation would be completely different.

At least thousands of civilians gathered in this temporary shelter transformed from a shopping mall. If the black-robed bishop used the "Holy Word" in this place, the consequences would be disastrous.

Ke Lan's eyes swept over the bodies of these ruin hunters one after another without leaving any trace. In this state, he could not tell which one of these people... or which ones were the "real threat".

"What do you mean by that?" Thirty-three asked, his tone a bit stiff - as a retired soldier, he naturally saw that this group of so-called "relic hunters" was not normal. These people deliberately There are obviously other motives for spreading rumors and creating panic among the people.

"Who are you?" The lean boy looked at Ke Lan, "Is this guy with you?"

"Yes, he is my friend." Ke Lan nodded and gently touched Sanshisan with his elbow from an angle that the other party could not see, hinting him not to act rashly.

He needs to further test the other party. If he can confirm the other party's identity, Ke Lan doesn't mind striking first.

"Oh, this guy seems to have some objections." The lean boy asked warily.

"It's nothing. He has always been cautious and unwilling to take risks, so sometimes he seems a bit annoying." Ke Lan defended, "By the way, are you planning to escape from here?"

"Not only do we have to escape, we also have to rescue the innocent people here-" the lean boy said.

[P.S. Thanks to book friend 161010142623313 for the 600 starting coins. Happy Winter Solstice everyone, remember to eat dumplings~]