Alien Relic Hunter

"It seems that some unknown creature was discovered during the exploration and a living sample was successfully captured." The secretary pushed up the glasses frame on the bridge of his nose and said.

She actually does not have myopia - even if she did, her profession would require her to have corrective surgery before joining the job... With Ark's current medical standards, myopia correction is a minor surgery that has been very mature in the old era. , its difficulty is about the same as pulling out wisdom teeth. Except for some people who cannot undergo surgery due to their own reasons, it can be said that the myopia patients on the Ark have almost disappeared.

Glasses, however, have been retained as decorations and protective equipment.

The retro-style gold-rimmed glasses worn by this secretary are actually a smart AR display. When she focuses her gaze on someone or something, the data and information related to it will be displayed. will quickly appear on this screen.

She noticed that after hearing the name "Yagunaktor", her young boss's heartbeat and breathing rate increased significantly.

"What kind of unknown creature?" Lin Qiming asked.

"The specific information has been sealed in the report file...I don't have permission to view it." The secretary replied.

"Where are the report documents?" Lin Qiming stood up, "Show me."

"It has been temporarily stored in your mailbox."

Hearing what the secretary said, Lin Qiming, who had just stood up, immediately sat down again and tapped on the keyboard with his hands.

Suddenly, his brows furrowed: "How come the report document was sent to the institute's public account? Doesn't he know that... everything related to the institute must first go through our crisis management department?"

Lin Qiming's tone contained a hint of complaint and a hint of helplessness. Of course he also knew in his heart that Ke Lan's authority was far above his own. Even if he wanted to bypass the crisis management department and go directly to the research institute, Lin Qiming would take full advantage of him. There is no way. If someone is willing to notify me, it is already a great honor.

But when Lin Qiming clicked on the report, his brows furrowed even more.

He noticed that the report document had been viewed six times, which meant that, besides him, five people had read the report first.

Apart from Lin Qiming and Schroeder, the two deputies of the Crisis Management Department, the only people with permission to read this report were the professors at the institute.

Although Lin Qiming himself did not have high attainments in the academic field, as a member of the crisis management department, his keen sense of smell still made him realize the importance of this report at the first time - if there was nothing in the report, If there is any deviation, it is obvious that this can definitely be regarded as a heavyweight discovery.

Just when he was about to read the report again, the secretary standing aside suddenly paused and raised his hand to hold the frame on one side.

Of course, Lin Qiming also knew that the glasses worn by the secretary were not ordinary decorations. When new information was received, the frames would vibrate slightly to remind the wearer, and she subconsciously reached out to hold the frames because she felt the vibration.

"Is it a message from the institute?" Lin Qiming glanced at her and asked.

"Yes." The secretary nodded, "Dr. John Norrison and his research team applied to go to 'Yagunaktor'."

"Don't they know that the official members of the institute are now restricted from leaving the Ark... or even from the West District 1?" Lin Qiming stared at the computer screen in front of him, "I know... this report is very important to them. , how tempting it is, but an order is an order, unless——"

"Dr. Norison has obtained the special permission from the crew association." The secretary placed the tablet under his arm on Lin Qiming's desk. "This is the digital permission document just sent by the doctor."

"What?!" Lin Qiming was slightly startled. He quickly took the tablet over and rummaged in the drawer for a while before finding something that looked like a USB flash drive and plugged it into the interface on the side of the tablet.

In less than two seconds, the red indicator light at the end of the USB flash drive turned green with a beep - this meant that the digital license sent by Dr. Norrison and the others... was valid.

"Does Schroeder know about this?" Lin Qiming sighed helplessly and asked.

"The section chief already knows, but he is busy with other things now. He said that you have full authority to handle this matter." The secretary replied.

"I have full authority to handle it?" Lin Qiming let out a bitter smile, "I have full authority... Both sides directly bypassed our crisis management department. Our department is like a decoration, but we can't do anything with them. ...Forget it, every time something happens, we have to be responsible... I finally know why the previous section chief often complained to us that this seat is not easy to sit in."

Lin Qiming complained while rubbing his cheeks - there were two extremely obvious dark circles around his eyes... In order to deal with the aftermath of the "memetic infection" incident, he had been working overtime at high intensity for more than half a month. Now, I can't even guarantee three hours of sleep every day.

He felt that he was on the verge of collapse at any time, but he had to finish the mountain of work on his desk before the deadline. The crisis management department also lost a large number of personnel in this accident. The Security Bureau transferred some people to supplement the work, but it was only a drop in the bucket.

The already extremely heavy workload has been shared by far fewer people, and the results can be imagined.

If it weren't for the strong coffee and refreshing drugs, Lin Qiming felt that he would have been lying on the table tiredly.

Even his secretary was the same. The thick makeup on her face couldn't hide the huge dark circles under the frames, but instead made her face look as pale as a zombie. Although the two slender legs wrapped in black stockings stood straight, the muscles on the calves were beating like cramps... It was obvious that the secretary was in a state of extreme fatigue.

"Alas..." Lin Qiming sighed again, "How are they going to get there - I mean, Dr. Norrison and the others."

"The doctor asked us to provide a large transport plane..."

"Large transport aircraft? How many people are there in his research team?"

"There are a total of 17 researchers who have applied for field work, including Dr. Norrison himself. The main reason is that the research equipment requires a relatively large space." the secretary explained.

“What equipment are they going to bring?”

"Everything has been sent to you."

Lin Qiming looked at the email he had just received and felt a deep headache again.

"...The total required transport capacity is actually 180 tons? And these are some precision instruments, which cannot be hauled with external cargo bays or hooks... Where should I find a transport aircraft of this level for them now?" Lin Qiming rubbed his temples and said, "We have to find a way to borrow a military transport plane or simply find an empty ship to come over..."

"Which military airport is closest to West District 1?" Lin Qiming raised his head and asked his secretary.

"...It's the 'AF-015 Airport' located on the top floor of the West Third District."

"Immediately contact the garrison over there and ask them if they have any spare large transport aircraft or transport ships." Lin Qiming said.

Two minutes later, the secretary shook his head: "The airport responded that there are only fighter jets and two light patrol ships parked in the port, and there are no aircraft or ships that meet our requirements."

"The second closest military airport -"

"Deputy Section Chief, would you like to try to mobilize the transportation resources of non-governmental organizations?" the secretary suddenly suggested.

"Civil organization? Which organization?"

"The joint transport fleets of the Ye Family Consortium and the Soma Consortium have just returned... Their previous mission was to transport supplies like the 'Aguna Kotor'. We may be able to recruit a transport aircraft from them, which can also save a lot of work. unnecessary trouble."

"Just returned from 'Yagunaktor'... What you said makes sense, get in touch with them immediately." Lin Qiming nodded.

…

"Deputy Section Chief, Ye's Consortium expressed its willingness to lend us a 'Hercules' heavy transport aircraft and all its crew without requiring us to reimburse any expenses - including round-trip fuel costs and labor costs for loading and unloading equipment. The aircraft will be parked now. We'll be on standby at Yong'an Port in East Second District, it's only two and a half hours away from here," the secretary said.

"Thanks to Ke Lan's close relationship with the Ye Family Group, this has saved us a lot of money." Lin Qiming said that although the crisis management department has great power, the recruitment of civilian personnel and property also requires payment. During this period, their financial budget has already been stretched thin, so it is naturally a good thing to save some money.

"You go contact the first team... No, the first team should be on duty in the ice warehouse now. As for the second team... forget it." Lin Qiming suddenly waved his hand, "I will personally escort Dr. Norison and the others there. , it’s not peaceful outside now, some time ago a researcher was kidnapped and killed by a heretic sect, so I’d better go with you and feel at ease.”

After saying that, Lin Qiming looked at the thick stack of documents on the table and the pile of half-processed business boxes on the computer desktop, and sighed deeply in his heart - when he comes back, I'm afraid the accumulated work will be too much. It's probably more than ten times what it is now...

He took out two pistols from the bottom drawer with a combination lock, inserted them into the holsters under his ribs and at his waist respectively, then grabbed the coat hanging on the back of the chair and put it on, stood up and walked outside.

When passing by the secretary, Lin Qiming paused for half a step, stretched out his hand and patted the other party's shoulder, and said: "Everyone has worked hard during this period, and it just so happens that I am out in the field. Please hurry up." It’s time to take a rest and don’t overwork your body.”

"Okay...thank you, deputy section chief." The secretary was stunned for a moment and responded quickly.

…

…

Compared with Lin Qiming's sluggishness, Dr. Norrison and others who had been waiting at the entrance and exit of the blockade were in much better spirits. During this period, they were the most idle people in the entire institute. Reconstruction There is basically no need for them to intervene in the work, and the experimental projects in various departments have been stopped. This group of people is equivalent to being "forced" to take paid leave - in the eyes of the social beasts, except that personal freedom will be restricted to a certain extent, there is simply nothing more enjoyable than this.

But Dr. Norrison was not happy at all. Several projects he had been following up on had come to nothing. Although it was said to be suspended, many important samples and data were either destroyed or lost. Even after the institute If they can resume normal operation, these projects will probably have no progress... For a scientific researcher, it is equivalent to losing several years of achievements. This is undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow.

However, an email from "Yagunakitor" made this PhD in biology who was nearly seventy years old suddenly excited - although the content of the report was only a few hundred words, these few hundred words The amount of information contained in it instantly detonated the entire research team. As a person who has spent his whole life studying the indigenous creatures of Alpha Planet, Dr. Norison understands the value of these wolf-like creatures far better than Ke Lan and Ivan.

It is said that "Yagunaktor" originally planned to send living samples directly to the institute, but considering the current situation and safety issues of the institute, they finally canceled this decision and instead moved the research location to Within the forward supply base. Dr. Norrison and others must go to "Yagunaktor" in person if they want to get in touch with this magical biological sample for the first time.

They didn't care at all about this. After all, when studying other indigenous creatures, Dr. Norrison and his research team often stayed in the wilderness for months...or even years.

"Deputy Section Chief Lin." Seeing Lin Qiming walking towards him with several staff from the Crisis Management Department, Dr. Norrison immediately greeted him, "We have packed all the necessary equipment and stuffed it into the truck. Regarding the transport aircraft, Something...?"

"The transport plane has been contacted. Let's take the Ye Consortium's plane there." Lin Qiming said with a cold face, "Get your people on the bus. The destination is Yong'an Port in the East Second District. I will personally handle this operation. Lead the escort."

…

Yong'an Port is not far from the institute. The two and a half hours mentioned by the secretary was a conservative estimate. In fact, under Dr. Norrison's constant urging, the convoy took less than two hours to complete the journey. Arrived at the port.

The "Hercules" heavy transport aircraft painted with the emblem of the Ye Family Consortium had just completed the last maintenance procedure before takeoff, and was parked on the takeoff runway, waiting for them quietly.

This "Hercules" heavy transport aircraft is not the same model as the Hercules transport aircraft of the United States in the old era. It is a super transport aircraft specially developed by the Ye Family Consortium for the transportation of construction materials at the mecha competition venue. The fuselage length of this transport aircraft is more than 80 meters, and its wingspan is more than 150 meters... This size is comparable to some small airships.

For Lin Qiming and others, the transport capacity of this "Hercules" can be said to be more than enough, even if Dr. Norrison's entire biological laboratory has to be moved on it, it may not be a problem.

The Ye Consortium not only retained a complete crew, but also equipped a professional ground handling team. A dozen engineering mechas used for loading and unloading cargo were waiting next to the runway, waiting for their arrival.

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