Alien Relic Hunter

The transport ship's propeller power was directly turned to maximum, and amid the deafening roar of the engine, the altitude began to slowly climb.

"Watch the tightrope!!"

The six steel cables connected to the harpoon suddenly stretched straight, and the huge force coming from above made the bracket and the keel rattle. Fortunately, this force was evenly distributed by the six keels, so there was no need to worry about the keel being pulled. risk of disruption.

As for the steel cable itself, although it looks only as thick as an adult man's thumb, its strength is far greater than the keel of a transport ship. Each cable is made of four twisted strands of steel wire rope, and each strand of steel wire rope contains twelve steel wires with a diameter of less than one millimeter - these steel wires are not made of ordinary high-carbon steel, but made of 100%-containing steel wire. "Special ultra-high tensile steel" made of 75/75 Nino alloy. This material is also called "75 Nino steel" by the engineers on the Ark. While it has a strength comparable to that of Nino alloy, it is also It has excellent toughness and ductility, and the fatigue resistance of the metal itself is also top-notch.

The rope core of each strand of steel wire rope is made of "UR" polyurethane rubber, an artificial polymer with the same ultra-high strength. The spaces between the four strands of steel wire ropes are filled with sticky silicon-aluminum gel to ensure that the four strands of steel wire ropes can maintain maximum strength. Uniform force is applied to reduce the possibility of breakage.

"Tell the Pioneer to focus on the giant deep-sea eel that was pulled out of the sea by the harpoon! Don't save ammunition!" Ke Lan ordered again.

In fact, he didn't need to say much. When the "No. 14" deep-sea giant eel was lifted into the air, all the weapons on the Pioneer were already in full fire mode - limited by the shooting angle, Many weapons on the deck and bridge cannot attack the sea around the ship, but if it is an aerial target, the situation will be completely different...

Two hundred millimeter armor-piercing cannon, 35 millimeter "Spiker" rapid-fire railgun, "Purgatory" heavy flamethrower, 1130 close-in anti-cannon, air defense cluster rockets...the ammunition of these weapons is poured out as if it is free of money. When it came out, no matter how high the physical defense of the deep-sea giant eel was, it was beaten into minced meat almost instantly. Several sections of its dozens-meter-long body were broken and fell into the sea water one after another.

"Huh..." Seeing that the plan was successful, Ke Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground leaning on the harpoon cannon support. Layton and Hound high-fived each other, both of them without any scruples. The ground laughed wildly, and as for Zhuoligetu, the Mongolian man simply fainted again.

"Is he...is he okay?" Natasha, who had been following the crowd and said little, pointed to the unconscious Zhuoligetu and asked worriedly.

"It shouldn't be a big problem, it's mainly the side effects of the muscle strengthening agent..." Ke Lan shook his head tiredly, put his right hand on the ground, and stood up.

He walked behind Zhuoligetu and dismantled the nearly scrapped mechanical exoskeleton in a rather violent way.

"Leiton, stop yelling and come here to help." Ke Lan said.

"Okay - hey, when did this guy faint? I didn't notice it just now..." Layton said as he took Zhuoligetu off the stand.

"He fainted just before you fired the gun, but his hand didn't let go at all..." Ke Lan took some effort to pry Zhuo Ligetu's fingers off the handle of the gun barrel one by one. .

"He's a man—" Layton nodded in agreement.

At this time, the escort captain suddenly shouted: "Retreat! Those deep-sea giant eels have really retreated!"

Ke Lan lowered his head and looked towards the observation window on the floor. He saw that some of the remaining giant eels in the deep sea dived into the deep sea without looking back after "No. 14" was killed, and some of them were indiscriminately diving into the deep sea. After launching several ineffective attacks on the Pioneer, they dispersed and fled around.

What's more, they actually started biting and attacking each other...

Only a handful of deep-sea giant eels were still executing No. 14's orders during his lifetime, ramming the Pioneer without fear of death, but they were soon killed by the Pioneer's defensive weapons.

Sure enough, this "No. 14" is the commander of these giant deep-sea eels. The order to siege the Pioneer was sent from him. Without him, the remaining group of leaderless giant eels would have no hope of attacking the Pioneer. No. poses no threat at all.

"Damn, it actually worked -" Hound touched Ke Lan with his elbow with emotion, "I thought you were just bragging at first."

"I won't brag about my brothers' wives. If we lose, we will all have to drink the northwest wind." Ke Lan gasped for air and forced a smile.

"Confirm that the threat has been eliminated...uh, are you going to carry out the original mission?" the transport ship captain's voice came from the loudspeaker again.

"Why are you asking me for this... Oh, I forgot that I am the commander of this transport ship now..." Ke Lan scratched his head, "Perform the original mission, lower the altitude, and prepare to dock with the Pioneer. ...Oh, by the way, let them prepare the infirmary on the ship, we have a wounded person here."

"The Pioneer has approved our request and will dock after the deck is cleared - but they said there are too many wounded and there are no empty beds in the infirmary... Well, they also said that even outside the infirmary The corridors are full of people." The captain said a little cautiously, as if he was afraid of irritating Ke Lan.

"...Forget it, just let them prepare a clean cabin." Ke Lan waved his hand. Compared with the injured on the ship, Zhuoligetu's condition was not serious. The reason why he passed out was mainly due to loss of strength. And the side effects of drugs, just sleep can make you feel better.

"And..." the captain continued, "the captain of the Pioneer said he wanted to see you. He said he would send someone on the deck to pick you up..."

"See me? Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Ke Lan was slightly stunned.

"The other party's original words were that he was the architect and executor of the rescue operation just now... I think, in addition to you, your companions should be included..."

Ke Lan glanced at Benson, who was sitting in the corner with a gloomy expression and said nothing. He nodded to the camera and said, "I understand, I will come over."

The transport ship of the Aurora Consortium slowly descended to almost the same height as the sea surface, and sailed side by side with the icebreaker Pioneer. At the same time, the docking mechanisms on the sides of the two ships engaged with each other, and the doors of the eight cargo holds opened at the same time, and a box was opened. A box of supplies was transported to the deck of the Pioneer via a conveyor belt.

The person who greeted Ke Lan was a tall young woman with wheat-colored skin and heroic short ear-length hair. The blood-stained power armor on her body had not been completely taken off. It was obviously from the battle just now. frontline personnel among them.

White heat continued to rise from the open collar of the power armor. She shrank her shoulders, took one arm out of the armor, wiped two handfuls on the soft pads on the inside of the armor, and walked towards the front. Ke Lan stretched out his hand.

"Hello, I am the first mate of the icebreaker Pioneer, Caroline. What is my name?"

The first mate on the Pioneer is actually such a young woman? And he was still fighting on the front line wearing power armor, which made Ke Lan a little surprised. After hesitating for a moment, he took Caroline's outstretched hand.

"Ke Lan."

"Mr. Ke...? It's an uncommon Chinese surname." Caroline smiled, "Thank you very much for your and your team's rescue of the Pioneer. The captain is waiting for you in the captain's cabin. Please follow me. Come."