Alien Relic Hunter

Naturally, Ke Lan does not need to worry about the follow-up matters. The people from the Crisis Management Department and the Security Bureau will take care of everything. As for how to explain to the public the reasons for the ship-wide blockade, there are not too many reasons that can be found. Just pick any one. Just say something that won't cause panic and riots among people.

Of course, there will definitely be people who doubt this reason, but with Ark’s official public opinion control efforts, as long as the undead crew members want to take care of it, there will be no such rumors at all - "If you can’t solve the problem, then solve it." "People who ask questions", this method may seem crude and unreasonable, but it is the best choice for maintaining stability.

What's more, most people can only complain to people they know well and just use it as a source of conversation after dinner.

If under such circumstances there are still people who deliberately incite the public in the public media and try to reduce the official credibility of Ark through slander, suspicion, etc., then there is a high probability that there is something wrong with the composition of these people... Maybe the Security Bureau can still Take this opportunity to uncover a group of "special elements" hidden among the people.

Even if they are not from heretical sects, they are probably members of some radical organizations.

It is difficult to detect such malicious people disguised as ordinary people, but if they jump out on their own, Ark has always adopted vigorous and resolute measures.

As for the Morgan consortium's frame-up of Ke Lan last time, it was only possible because the undead crew wanted to test Ke Lan's adaptability... If they decided to intervene, even the two "stewardesses" would not be able to board The battleship of Fleet Zero, let alone drugged Ke Lan and secretly filmed the video.

But this time the nature of the "meme crisis" is completely different. The confidentiality level of this accident is probably higher than that of Leviathan's resurrection.

Now that we are talking about the Leviathan incident, we have to say that the Security Bureau's confidentiality work is still very good - this kind of thing is not just about blocking information, a "rich mine" like Leviathan that produces a large amount of energy crystals , suddenly disappeared, which had a great impact on market supply and demand... But not only did the news of Leviathan's resurrection and killing not spread, even the market price of energy crystals did not show any abnormal fluctuations. Tens of thousands of supply chains involving energy crystals in various industries, large and small, have not been affected in any way.

Ke Lan has never understood how the Ark officials managed to fill such a huge demand gap... Could it be that they relied on the mining surplus reserved in previous years?

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any surplus of hard currency like energy crystals... As much as it is mined, the market can absorb it... The Undead Crew Association can never use the emergency reserves of each fleet to fill the gap in the private market. Bar?

Ke Lan believed that they would not be able to do such a thing that was putting the cart before the horse.

…

Under the escort of Lin Qiming and another elite crisis management officer, Ke Lan quickly passed through the contaminated area - at this time, a large number of heavily armed crisis management officers and security bureau agents had entered the contaminated area. , there were gunshots coming from almost every direction, and the corpses of indigenous creatures and pretenders could be seen everywhere along the way.

After the death of "Seraph", the collections that were breached did not die with them, but fell directly into a violent state. Although they have now lost the ability to spread memes, the mutations caused by memes have not disappeared. From the reports constantly ringing on Lin Qiming's walkie-talkie, several "cleaning" teams are locked in a bitter battle.

"Hold on, the third batch of reinforcements is about to enter the contaminated area." Lin Qiming replied in the communication channel, then looked at Ke Lan and showed a helpless smile: "The entire crisis management department, there are at least three Two-thirds of the people died from the initial memetic infection, and now manpower is really too tight..."

"Then why don't you bring in the garrison to help?" Ke Lan asked.

"There are not many people in the garrison that can be spared... The entire ship is still in a state of blockade. The garrison has to work overtime to maintain order in each area. Although their mission is not as dangerous as ours, it is still Just as onerous.”

Lin Qiming paused and then said: "The current blockade of the entire ship is gradually coming to an end. Those garrison troops in areas far away from the contaminated area will be transferred here first... It's just..."

Lin Qiming couldn't help but sigh: "There are too few useful people in the garrison."

Ke Lan knew very well what he meant. If he wanted to help in the contaminated area and ensure that the information would not be leaked, it was obviously impossible to just drop the vacated troops into the contaminated area - at the very least, he had to It is the "elite" who were previously responsible for handling the East 9th District incident, and such "elite" accounts for less than 5% of the entire garrison. The few people who can be transferred are simply A drop in the bucket.

"Then you might as well let civil organizations intervene," Ke Lan said.

"What?" Lin Qiming was stunned for a moment and looked at Ke Lan in surprise - for a moment, he thought he heard wrongly.

"It is not in compliance with the regulations to allow non-governmental organizations to intervene, and it will make confidentiality work more difficult..." Lin Qiming explained immediately.

"I don't think so." Ke Lan shook his head, "Of the collections in the underground icehouse of the institute, what proportion did they personally capture from outside?"

"Uh..." Although Lin Qiming didn't know why Ke Lan asked this question, he still thought about it carefully and gave a more conservative answer, "If all the collections in the underground icehouse are included, the institute will I think there are still 20% specimens caught by members themselves..."

"Then the remaining 80%, could it be that they ran to the underground icehouse on their own?"

"this……"

"Actually, even if you don't tell me, I know whose hands these things got here." Ke Lan said while playing with the zipper pendant on his collar. "It's nothing more than field troops, mercenaries, relic hunters and various other The vast majority of 'hunting companies' owned by large consortiums are from non-governmental organizations that you call 'non-compliant'."

Speaking of this, Ke Lan couldn't help but think of the young master of the Morgan family who died tragically at the cocktail party. The heavily armored rhino spade was the prey of Angres Biotechnology Company, a subsidiary of the Morgan consortium.

Although this company is registered as reporting that its main business is to study the indigenous creatures of Planet Alpha, it is actually doing the work of "hunters" - the "hunters" here are not the same as "relic hunters" like Ke Lan and others. It is not a profession, but the most original meaning of the word hunter.

The front-line employees of this company are actually a group of mercenaries who have been hanging out all year round. They hold official "research licenses" to legally hunt and capture indigenous creatures. Whether it's parts of a specific organ, a complete corpse, or a living indigenous creature, they can get it for you, as long as you can afford the price.

Later, Ke Lan also used hacking technology to check the company's details - more than one-third of Angelis Biotechnology's orders came from official research institutes.

"In a sense, the personal quality of the employees of the 'civilian organizations' at the top of the industry is definitely better than that of the soldiers in the garrison who can become soldiers as long as they pass the physical examination... Moreover, under the pressure of high liquidated damages, these people You can definitely keep it secret," Ke Lan said.

He was not bragging. Just speaking of the circle of ruin hunters, the few who could make a name for themselves were not as good as the low-level hunters who were uneven in quality and reputation. Many of the closely protected "treasures" in the institute were brought out from high-level ruins by these people. The confidentiality agreements they signed may be stacked together higher than the desk, but they are rarely A leak occurred.

On the contrary, the soldiers in the army often get drunk during their rotational vacations, and then loudly leak the battle situation on the front line in the bar.

What reporters from the pheasant media like to do most is to squat in the bars where these soldiers love to go, inquiring about gossip on the front line, and then publish a lot of headline-grabbing articles with added flair.

Ke Lan didn't have any prejudice against the military, but people like Lin Qiming had always had prejudice against civil society organizations. As a member of the relic hunters, Ke Lan would still feel a little uncomfortable.

The Crisis Management Section rarely appears on weekdays, but when the people from the Security Bureau are working on things, their attitudes towards military personnel and civilians are completely different - so much so that in the eyes of many people , the Security Bureau agent is a completely unreasonable image.

"Okay... I will discuss your suggestions with Section Chief Schroeder, and he will have the final say." Lin Qiming nodded, "But... if civil organizations can really provide help, the cleanup progress should be accelerated. a lot of."

"Actually, all you need to do is pick a civil society organization that has a long-term cooperative relationship with the institute. I'm afraid these people know the relevant confidentiality regulations much better than the soldiers of the garrison." Ke Lan said, "By the way , there is a company whose reputation I don’t think is very good, I personally suggest you avoid it.”

"Which company?" Lin Qiming immediately raised his ears - even this "big man" deliberately named a company, so there is obviously a big problem.

"Angres Biotechnology Company." Ke Lan said - as long as there is a reasonable reason, he will not refuse such a matter of public vengeance. "The managers of this company have violated twenty-six safety regulations. A dangerous indigenous creature, the 'Heavy Armored Rhinoceros', was sent into the venue of an upper-class cocktail party, causing the death of more than a dozen powerful children, including a member of the Morgan family, and injuring more than a hundred people... Afterwards However, Angelis Biotechnology only dismissed two safety directors without receiving any official punishment. The reason was that 'the incident fell into the category of force majeure and no one could have expected that the sample would undergo stress mutations'... Very Clearly, there was serious negligence on the part of some people."

Ke Lan shrugged. Although this report was not made public, he had already read everything he needed to see.

"To be honest, the two security directors were really unlucky. It was clear that the main fault was not theirs, but in the end they became the scapegoats. As for all Angres executives, they were not held accountable in any way."

"Is there really such a vicious incident?" Lin Qiming was stunned for a moment. The security bureau was responsible for the cocktail party incident. Their crisis management department had to deal with matters related to the institute. In addition, Lin Qiming was only the deputy captain of an action team before. That's it, he's not a high-level person, so it's normal that he doesn't know anything about it.

"Yes, do I need to lie to you?" Ke Lan continued, "Because I was one of the participants at that cocktail party... Tsk, if I hadn't reacted quickly, I would have been killed by that big bug. ”

"Okay, I understand." Lin Qiming nodded solemnly. Ke Lan was not worried about him going to find someone to verify. After all, what he just said was true.

"In addition, I will inform the Security Bureau of this matter and let them re-examine the case." Lin Qiming added - although the "big shot" did not say it clearly, it is obvious that he has no regard for the Security Bureau's handling of the case. The result is not satisfactory... This may involve the interests of some powerful people, but for the crisis management department, they never care about this kind of relationship.

Lin Qiming secretly decided that if the people from the Security Bureau were unwilling to re-examine, even if it was an act beyond their authority, he would have to handle the matter.

…

After returning to the headquarters, Ke Lan first explained the incident of the Undead Crew to the other members of the hunting group, and then arranged for the hunting dog and Zhuoligetu to be responsible for the contact matters with Thirty-three - despite the "memetic incident" It had a huge impact, but for Ke Lan, it could only be regarded as a small episode. Now that the song is over, everything should get back on track.

And their next most important "business" is naturally the further exploration of "Yagunaktor".

It took Ke Lan a full two hours to roughly arrange all the work, and then asked Schroeder to open a "special pass". Amid the laughter of the hounds and the others, Ke Lan hurried to Zoffei Ya's residence.

Just when Ke Lan arrived at the gate of the yard and got out of the car, he happened to see several security agents in dark gray uniforms taking two "white coats" out of the villa.

"Who are they?" Ke Lan stopped an agent and asked after showing his ID.

"They are Dr. Renee's assistants." The agent whispered in Ke Lan's ear, "We are here to 'protect' Miss Soma under the orders of the Crew Association."

"It seems that Pan's movements are quite fast." Ke Lan said in his heart, but calmly nodded to the agents, bypassed them, and walked into the villa.

As soon as he entered the house, Ke Lan saw a girl wearing a lotus white dress coming down the stairs - this girl was none other than the "big trouble" that Ke Lan entrusted to Zofia to take care of before going to the molten mine area. ": Ze Luo.

[P.S. Thanks to onimiko for the 500 starting coins; thanks to stellr for the 100 starting coins. 】

[P.P.S. Regarding Lin Qiming’s attitude towards the protagonist, firstly, he is impressed by the protagonist’s strength and analytical ability, and secondly, because the protagonist can directly bypass the crisis management department and have a dialogue with the undead crew, so in his eyes, Ke Lan can definitely be regarded as An out-and-out big shot...

Of course, the second reason accounts for the vast majority. 】