Alien Relic Hunter

"Ah?" Not to mention Zofia herself, even the first mate Caroline on the side had a look of astonishment.

"...Why do you want this? Don't you hunters explore ruins just for money? Why don't you just ask for a sum of money? Or, if you want a share of the Soma Consortium, I can do it... Zofia shook her head in confusion, "I can give you 0.3% of the shares of the Soma Consortium. The interest and dividends alone will be enough for you to enjoy the life of the aristocracy for the rest of your life."

"Yes... you have also seen how difficult it is to deal with these giant deep-sea eels. Such ghosts are everywhere under the sea. Even if you get the information, it will be difficult to enter the undersea city..." Caroline The first mate also advised from the side.

"Uh... to be honest, money... tsk... external things like this are actually enough. I chose to become a relic hunter more to satisfy my curiosity and desire to explore... So, I Let's choose intelligence." Ke Lan reluctantly made up a reason. To be honest, even he himself found it difficult to convince himself of this reason - 0.3% of the shares! That is not the shares of a company, but 0.3% of the entire Soma Consortium. What Zofia said is absolutely right. He does not need to transfer these shares at all, and only relies on the income from dividends. It has been able to surpass 99% of hunters, and... without risking any life.

In any previous mission, he would have chosen to accept Zofia's suggestion, but not this time.

They were not doing this operation for money, and they had never thought about entering the underwater city. What they wanted to save was the life of a brother who had been with them through life and death.

But Ke Lan can't directly ask the other party to get a flesh-eating worm. Let's not talk about whether the Soma Consortium can get such a thing. Even if they can, I'm afraid they will be targeted by the Security Bureau immediately. .

That's almost the same as surrendering.

At this step, Ke Lan and the others can only rely on themselves... The biggest help Zofia can provide them is the information that is classified as highly confidential by the official... Especially the things related to that video, for them It's even more important to say.

"But..." Zofia said with a look of embarrassment, "I don't have the information you want here either."

"No?!" Ke Lan was stunned, "Aren't you the captain of the Pioneer?"

"I am the captain, yes... All the records and documents of the previous underwater exploration operations were taken away by the Security Bureau. Not only did they not leave any backup, they also gave the captain's people a hush order. But in fact, apart from the staff of the Security Bureau, we really know very little." Zofia said helplessly.

"Why did the Security Bureau get involved?" Ke Lan asked, "Logically speaking, exploring the ruins should not be under their control."

"I don't know..." Zofia frowned slightly, "The Soma Consortium...the family told me not to pay too much attention to this matter, and to cooperate with the work of the Security Bureau as much as possible."

"That is to say... there are no exploration records related to the Undersea City left here? What about the personnel? Are there any personnel who participated in the exploration operation?"

"The relevant personnel have also been taken away. The remaining sailors and boatmen don't know more than me." Caroline added on the side, "In fact, there is not much information at all. All that was caught is There were no dead bodies, no living people, they didn’t leave any written records, and they didn’t bring any relics of the Alpha civilization. The camera equipment they brought was either damaged or lost... Otherwise, the description of the underwater city on the Hunter Network would not be the same. It would be a blank slate.”

"The corpse... what the corpse looks like, Ms. Caroline, do you remember?... Well, I mean, if we can analyze the cause of death of those people from the corpse, we may be able to predict the death of those people when we go to the undersea city. Be prepared to deal with it." Ke Lan asked eagerly.

"I didn't pay attention to this..." Caroline recalled, "...the autopsies of those corpses were all handled by the Security Bureau, and we can't see the results."

"Then...is there anything weird about those corpses? Maybe there are any special monsters or traps?" Ke Lan tentatively asked. He wanted to bring the topic to the video without arousing suspicion as much as possible. On top of the body inside.

"Actually, those corpses all look the same. The corrosiveness and toxicity of seawater can make them unrecognizable... Most of them were attacked and died by sea beasts. There are all kinds of wounds, such as bites, entanglements, electric shocks, The impact... and part of it was due to damage to the diving equipment... Well, actually if you go to the deck now and take a look, you will know that the dead are almost the same as those who died in the battle just now." Caroline scratched the back of her head , said.

"But I remember that there seems to be a special corpse...Caroline, do you still remember?" Zofia said suddenly.

"Which one? To be honest, too many people have died on this boat in the past half month. I can't remember them all..." Caroline smiled at Ke Lan sheepishly.

"The corpse pulled out from the No. 6 diving cabin looks like a mummy in a horror novel that has been drained of flesh and blood, but its belly is as swollen as a pregnant woman..." Zofia's expression was slightly resistant. After all, , such a weird and terrifying scene, no one will feel too comfortable recalling it.

Although Ke Lan didn't show any expression on his face, his heart was shaken up - the purpose of their trip was for the "thing" that might be in the belly of the corpse!

If it is really a flesh-eating worm, then at least so far, their efforts have not been in vain.

"Oh! I remember coming! But that guy doesn't seem to be from the exploration team, but an agent from the Security Bureau... But he seems to be the one who has stayed down there the longest, for four hours... No, it should be It’s five hours,” Caroline said.

"Five hours?" Ke Lan glanced at Caroline and pretended to be confused, "Then what happened to him that made him look like that...that weird look?"

"I don't know about that." Caroline shrugged with regret, "The entire operation process was completed by people from the Security Bureau. Even the first mate like me was not allowed to get close. The body had just been fished out. They were sent to the Security Bureau’s special plane—well, but I remember that the people from the Security Bureau had very strange expressions after seeing the body, and they looked very nervous.”

"anything else?"

"It's gone. They said the body was taken away."

It's a pity...the clue is broken...Ke Lan sighed secretly in his heart. Until now, they can only make guesses based on the appearance of the corpse, but what if all this has nothing to do with flesh-eating worms?

"You seem to care about that corpse?" Zofia still noticed something strange about Ke Lan and asked.

"...I'm just curious. I've explored many ruins of Alpha civilization, but I've never encountered anything like this." Ke Lan quickly covered it up.

"Actually, sometimes I envy you ruin hunters." Zofia turned around and opened a cabinet next to her desk. "It's a pity that the family doesn't allow it. Being able to let me come to the Pioneer is already their biggest achievement." Gave in."

"Actually, being a hunter is not fun at all, it's very dangerous..." Ke Lan didn't know how to answer this sentence. He suddenly felt that if they continued to dwell on this topic, their intentions might be exposed. .

"Actually, it's not that there are no clues at all." Zofia took out a key card from the cabinet. "There is one thing that the Security Bureau did not take away."

"What?"

"The diving cabin is now in the No. 9 cargo bay on the bottom floor of the Pioneer." Zofia raised the key card in her hand.

The results of the bone puncture came out, and the residue is still negative. I breathed a sigh of relief and can spend the New Year with peace of mind.