Alien Relic Hunter

Thanks to the fact that the blockade of the entire ship has not yet been completely lifted and the streets in most areas of the Ark are still deserted, Ke Lan drove the lady's luxury car to the nearest airport in just half an hour. District, and with the authority of the Crisis Management Section, a stealth fighter from the garrison was forcibly recruited.

"Immediately ask the marines to go to the coordinates I sent and surround the area, but be sure not to alert the enemy." Ke Lan was adjusting various parameters of the fighter jet while using his mobile phone under his shoulder to command Fleet Zero. Colonel Yevgeny, the adjutant, said, "By the way, even if someone wants to leave the blockade, don't stop them. Send a team of people to follow them without being discovered, and report their location at any time."

The person who took Dr. Renee away was the prophet...if not the prophet himself, at least one of his substitutes. Although he may not be able to defeat the Marines with remote support from the fleet, it is difficult for ordinary people to stop him if he wants to escape. If he loses trace of the opponent here, then the clues in Ke Lan's hands will be really It was completely broken.

"Remember, never alert the enemy." Ke Lan emphasized again. After receiving the colonel's sworn assurance, he hung up the phone and started the fighter's engine.

Although Ke Lan has not received training in driving this type of fighter jet, he has driven it in the immersive combat game no less than two hundred times. He also remembers the functions of the dazzling buttons and joysticks on the eight instrument panels in front of him. It was clear - the only thing he didn't master was how to land the plane safely on the ground.

After all, the fighter jets in the game will either be shot down or choose to parachute after taking off, and there is basically no chance of landing - even if the fuel and ammunition are exhausted, the pilot player will choose to aim the plane towards an important enemy target and hit it. Go down to get a higher score instead of turning around and flying back to Gene for supplies.

But this is not a problem for Ke Lan. Anyway, it is impossible for him to land the plane near the gathering point of the exiles - after he parachutes, the automatic cruise system of the plane will be activated... As for this " Whether the "drone" can be successfully recovered by Ark is none of Ke Lan's business.

Directly push the thruster output valve to the top, and the two thick rocket thrusters at the tail of the aircraft suddenly let out a deafening roar. The entire aircraft slid out of the airport dragging a tail flame that was more than ten times the length of the fuselage, and rushed out of the airport in an instant. Into the sky.

A strong pushing sensation came from the seat, and the tube connected to the oxygen mask vibrated violently, hitting Ke Lan's jacket and making a crackling sound - he did not wear the necessary armor for high-speed fighter pilots. He didn't even wear a lined anti-static suit, he just put on a casual sweatshirt outside his shirt.

However, the ground staff are already used to this - among the pilots and pilots in the military system, enhanced people account for a large proportion, and many of them can rely on their bodies to resist the huge G force generated by the acceleration of the body. For them, anti-gravity suits that rely on pressurizing the body to achieve overload resistance are no different from straitjackets and are a burden.

After Ke Lan's body was strengthened by the living armor, he was already considered a serious strengthened person. Although his strength had not been measured, according to his self-feeling, without activating the armor, his physical strength was at least equivalent to five An enhanced person who reaches around level six. Moreover, compared to those enhanced people born on the operating table, Ke Lan's condition is more stable, and his physical strength, toughness and tolerance are far superior to conventional enhanced people of the same level.

As for after activating the living armor... Even the top level nine enhanced person is almost like an ordinary person in front of him.

The power brought by the living armor is completely beyond the limits of human beings. When Ke Lan uses this power, he often has an illusion that he is not controlling the armor, but the armor itself is driving him. body.

It's hard for him to describe this feeling. When entering combat mode, this armor will seem to come alive... It seems to have an "inertia" between self-awareness and muscle memory, or in other words It's... "fighting instinct".

During the battle with Seraph, he made many actions subconsciously under the guidance of his armor. As for some actions that lacked completion, the armor would automatically help Ke Lan correct them to achieve zero error. .

Ke Lan even felt that even if the person wearing this armor was not himself, but a non-powered doll skeleton made of several metal pipes that could be seen everywhere in clothing stores, Seraph could still be killed.

The power armor and humanoid mecha made by humans are more like a joke in front of this armor.

But what Ke Lan doesn't understand is why Alpha Civilization insists on designing this weapon of war to be wearable instead of an autonomous device like a drone... Could it be that he is worried that this thing will be operated by no one? Will it get out of control?

"The current altitude is 11,000 meters." The voice of the auxiliary AI brought Ke Lan's thoughts back to the present. The fighter jet had already penetrated into the thick radiation cloud, and the energy shield loaded on the plane had automatically opened, like a rainbow. From time to time, colorful thin lines will appear on the surface of the gorgeous colorful light mask, just like the sparks dragged out when hard objects are rubbed at high speed - this is caused by the burning of small metal particles floating in the clouds after they hit the energy shield. The light emitted. Because the speed of the fighter jet is very fast, these tiny but bright flames will be pulled into extremely thin threads at the moment of burning, which looks like a fleeting beauty.

But it is precisely because of these tiny metal particles that fighter jets cannot communicate with the outside world when flying in the clouds, and the radar is completely unavailable. All situations must be judged by the pilot's eyes - —There are similar scenes in several flight simulation games that Ke Lan has played. In these scenes, even the most advanced fighter jets can only rely on dogfights to resolve battles.

As for beyond-visual-range combat, unless you are lucky enough to hit blindly, it will be a waste of ammunition.

This environment is somewhat similar to the settings in the "Gundam" series of classic mecha combat anime from the old era. (Note 1)

However, Ke Lan has already entered the coordinates sent to him by the intelligence dealer into the fighter's navigation system. Even if the positioning device and radar are now unavailable, as long as the aircraft's course does not deviate, the auxiliary AI can determine the current location of the aircraft. calculated and displayed on the screen.

The fighter jet had only flown within the radiation cloud for less than thirty minutes, and the auxiliary AI had already begun to remind Ke Lan: "We are about to arrive at the scheduled coordinates."

This coordinate is actually not very far from the Ark. After all, the parking place of "Yagunaktor" is originally near the Ark. The observation decks on the top floor of the Ark can even directly see this floating in the air with the naked eye. The behemoth—as for the small black dots surrounding this behemoth, they are the Zero Fleet responsible for protecting Yagunaktor.

The transport plane snatched by Dr. Renee was shot down before it even flew out of the hovering area of ​​the fleet. The crash site was only a few hundred kilometers away from the Ark.

In addition to the 680 kilometers distance from the Exile stronghold, for the fighter jet driven by Ke Lan, the journey is only half an hour.

"We have arrived at the predetermined coordinates. The current altitude is 11,460 meters."

The coordinates given by the intelligence dealer were just below the clouds.

Ke Lan controlled the fighter jet to circle in the air, and then pressed down the joystick greatly. The fighter jet, which was still flying horizontally, suddenly lowered its head and emerged from the clouds.

The moment it emerged from the clouds, the optical camouflage armor on the surface of the fuselage appeared with layers of color halo like water ripples. In the blink of an eye, the entire aircraft changed from the original black to bluish white, and the lead gray behind it. The radiation clouds merge into one.

A burst of noisy electricity sounded in Ke Lan's earphones. Although the interference was still strong, the communication channel that had been silent for nearly half an hour finally returned to normal again.

"The Marines have arrived at the scheduled combat position, and heavy artillery cruisers No. 4, 6, and 7 have locked onto the target and are ready to fire at any time." The voice of a middle-aged man who was still breathing heavily sounded in the communication channel accompanied by the sound of electricity. Ke Lan heard it all at once. The person who was reporting to him was the commander of Fleet Zero, the immediate superior of Captain Sophia and Colonel Yevgeny: Major General Alexander.

After the defection of Dr. Renee, Major General Alexander really lived up to his name and felt a mountain-like pressure - the undead crew would order him to capture the defector within twenty-four hours, whether alive or dead. whether. But Major General Alexander led thousands of people to search the area around the crash site several times, but could not find even a single clue.

At this moment, the nominal "Supreme Commander" of Fleet Zero suddenly sent over a somewhat inexplicable coordinate, which made him feel like he was grasping at a life-saving straw - no matter what was on this coordinate , at least it means that the "highest officer" wants to take over this matter, which means that he will no longer be the first person responsible for this matter.

It is naturally the best thing to have someone willing to take the responsibility... What surprised the major general even more was that the reconnaissance team sent out actually found a cleverly disguised exile settlement at this coordinate. point!

This settlement is built at the bottom of several natural rock ravines with a vertical depth of more than 20 meters. Compared with the depth of four or five stories high, the width of these deep ravines can only allow a small hover vehicle to pass - - This was originally a fissure zone in fractured rock formations. This unique landform gradually formed over the years due to weathering.

Normally, it would be difficult for either radar or drones to detect the settlements hidden in these rock ravines, not to mention that the exiles here are extremely cautious in entering and exiting, leaving almost no traces on the surface.

As a result, this exile settlement, which is not far from the Ark, has never been discovered by field troops and air force fleets.

The resources in this area are very scarce, and there are no relics of Alpha civilization nearby. It is far away from other exile settlements, even Ark's transfer stations and transportation routes... Logically speaking, it is impossible for the exiles to choose this. A place serves as a settlement - no matter how hidden it is, if it cannot even solve the problem of filling the stomach, then all other advantages are meaningless.

If the exiles living here want to live, they must have a stable supply channel. In the wilderness, the only ones who can provide such a channel, apart from Ark, are heretical sects.

If Ke Lan hadn't repeatedly emphasized not to alert the enemy, Major General Alexander would have led the Marines in by this time.

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"Everyone, please don't act rashly. Stay where you are." Ke Lan said as he opened the cockpit hatch and climbed out.

Looking down from his angle, the rock ravines were no thicker than a human hair and only a few millimeters in length. But in fact the shortest one was over two hundred meters long. As long as there was a little digging inside, There is no problem in accommodating several thousand people.

Ke Lan took off his oxygen mask and jacket, and the blood pouring out of his pores instantly formed a complete armor on his body.

The control of the aircraft was all controlled by the auxiliary AI. Ke Lan squatted on the edge of the cockpit, pulled the hatch cover behind him with both hands, looked at the direction, and then jumped out!

The plane behind him quickly shrank into a blurry point, while the ground below was constantly enlarging. The strong airflow tore away the remaining shirt fragments on the surface of the blood-colored armor in an instant - this was not Ke Lan's first time. It was his first time skydiving, but it was definitely his first time "skydiving" without a parachute.

And it's still at an altitude of nearly seven thousand meters.

This can definitely be regarded as a genuine hard landing. Even if he is wearing the "Hell Paratrooper" power armor, it is difficult to ensure that the flesh and blood body wrapped in steel will remain intact when it lands - but just when Ke Lan is about to hit the ground At that moment, a large cloud of blood mist suddenly exploded on the surface of the bloody armor, which directly offset most of the impact.

Even... there wasn't even a loud noise when it hit the ground.

Ke Lan was launched into the air nearly a hundred meters high, and then fell down again.

This time, he finally landed on his feet, firmly making a shallow pit on the ground that didn't reach the top of his feet.

"I landed..."

Ke Lan said subconsciously, but when he finished speaking, he realized that the Tonghua device worn on his head had long been shattered, leaving only a metal frame hanging symbolically around his neck.

"Forget it, I don't expect them to help anyway..."

[P.S. Note 1: In the Gundam series, there are settings for virtual particles such as Minovsky particles. These particles can not only miniaturize high-output power furnaces, but also interfere with communications and radars on a large scale, causing Long-range weapons such as missiles cannot lock on to their targets, so even if a war breaks out in the universe, the combat distance of the warships on both sides will hardly exceed the limit of the visual range.

And this setting also gives the "MS", a humanoid mecha that has almost no advantages in real combat, an opportunity to take the stage.

In addition to the Minovsky particles of the UC era, other Gundams with different world views basically have similar settings. 】

[P.P.S. Thank you. What are you looking at? Let me take a look at the 500 starting coins for the reward. 】