Alien Relic Hunter

The hound rubbed his nose a little irritably and said, "Unless they are crazy - in fact, in my opinion, sending troops to attack a fully activated Alpha ruins is essentially the same as being crazy."

"I also think this is a suicide mission..." Layton sighed, "The technological level gap between the two warring parties is too big, and Ark's side has no chance of winning."

"Damn it... I would have never imagined that one day the Ark's army would be overwhelmed by those rats in the wilderness in terms of technology... It's so fucking stupid, why is that bullshit? Didn’t the prophet get killed while exploring the ruins? Isn’t this really lucky?”

"Actually, we are the same." Ivan lowered his voice and said to the hound, "Old dog, you haven't noticed... Since our group officially formed a group, there hasn't been any attrition in the process of exploring the ruins?"

The hound was stunned.

What Ivan said is correct. Since they formed a team, except for Jiang Lian who was killed in the glacier ruins, none of the team members have really had any accidents in the ruins - the only teammate they lost was because of the Arasaka Consortium. The reason has nothing to do with the ruins themselves. As for the people who died in the subsequent missions, whether they were members of the Polaris Hunting Group or agents of the Security Bureau, they could only be regarded as "outsiders" and not "one of our own."

As for the six of them who came out of the glacier ruins alive together, there has been no attrition until now, and it can be regarded as a legend in the hunter circle.

Not to mention, the ruins they explore later are either S-level or A-level... As long as other hunters can come out of this level of ruins alive, they will have more to brag about in the future, and the whole team has zero deaths and continues to explore high-level ruins. Level Relics - Hounds They were completely unaware that they had created a record that was difficult for others to match.

Before the transplantation of living armor, Ke Lan's own combat effectiveness could only be considered average among elite hunters. However, the special abilities he unexpectedly acquired can greatly improve the team's survival rate and the success of exploring ruins. Efficiency - Thinking about it this way, the efficiency of a prophet with the same ability in exploring ruins must also be terrible.

After all, he gained his abilities more than ten years earlier than Ke Lan...

The only difference between Ke Lan and the others is time... If Ke Lan is given ten years to develop most of the functions of Yaguna Kotor, the ruins of an ancient copper city will not be able to withstand this ship from a more advanced civilization. super battleship.

Unfortunately, there is the word "if" at the beginning of this paragraph, and this is just a hypothesis.

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Ke Lan and the others are still having a meeting to discuss the plan to attack the ruins of the Bronze City, but the field army has already begun to take action.

It takes time to assemble a large force, but this does not prevent a small group of elite units from carrying out infiltration operations at the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City. The "Gophers" of the 574th Special Forces Team of the Field Service Corps were one of the first combat units to receive the mission. .

As their name suggests, the Gopher Team is equipped with the only "Super Gopher" heavy-duty drilling rig in the entire Ark. This drilling rig was modified on the chassis of the "Mammoth Tank" (Note 1). The front end of the drilling rig is equipped with six largest tri-cone drill bits, with a total of more than 12,000 diamond drill teeth. No matter how hard it is, Rock formations can also be cut and minced as easily as freshly baked shortbread.

At the same time, this drilling rig is also equipped with two high-power pumps that use crystal energy to pump the mud generated during excavation several kilometers away to ensure the smooth progress of excavation operations.

At this moment, the drilling rig is located in the rock formation 140 meters deep underground, 11 kilometers away from the ancient copper city ruins.

Several members of the Gopher Team gathered in the control room of the drill rig. In order to save energy, all unnecessary light sources in the control room were turned off, leaving only the fluorescent light emitted by the screen and indicator lights illuminating their faces - from Viewed from a third perspective, it feels like a low-quality horror film from the old era.

"There are still eleven kilometers left... At this speed, we will have to dig for a day and a night to reach directly under the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City." The engineer who was sitting in the passenger seat and controlling the drill said, "But the problem is... If we get too close to the ruins, the power of the pump will not be enough to discharge the mud directly out of the tunnel, and a transfer station must be built."

"If you set up a transfer station a few kilometers away from the ruins... you will definitely be discovered by the enemy, right?" Another soldier sitting in the back row said.

"Of course the transfer station cannot be built on the surface." The engineer who spoke earlier shook his head. "My suggestion is to build the transfer station directly in the tunnel. You only need to reserve an opening for the follow-up troops to pass through. The rest of the space is completely fine. It is used to install the second set of silent pumps, and connect several kilometers of pipelines, so that the mud can be discharged to the ground twenty kilometers away."

"I have reported this plan to the headquarters." The captain of the Gopher Team nodded, "The silent pump and extension pipe will be shipped directly from Mukach Base, and it will take about eight hours to transport and assemble. "

"The action is really fast." The engineer sighed, "I heard that this time, the entire field corps has been mobilized, and hundreds of thousands of people will be transferred here in the future."

"That's not what we need to care about." The captain frowned, "Our mission is to dig this tunnel, and when the battle starts, send the special operations troops directly to the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City."

"I know..." Before the engineer finished speaking, the entire control room suddenly shook violently, and on the operation panel in front of him, a series of green indicator lights turned red in the blink of an eye.

"What's going on?" The captain held his hand on the roof of the control room and asked in a deep voice.

"The drill stopped... Hey, it's strange. I checked the equipment up and down and found no fault..." The engineer slid his fingers on the screen, and the six huge drills were divided into dozens of independent ones. modules - however, the status displayed by each module is "everything is normal", but after putting them together, the drill bit just cannot move.

"Is the pump malfunctioning? Or is the pipeline blocked?" The driver sitting in the driver's seat on the left is a muscular man. He turned around from the narrow driver's seat with some difficulty. Come and say to the others, "If the mud cannot be discharged smoothly, the safety device will lock the drill bit."

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." The engineer nodded, "Someone has to go down and take a look."

"Basil, get out of the car and take a look." The captain said to a soldier wearing light power armor who was sitting outside the control room. "Pay attention to safety. This place is already deep in enemy-occupied territory. Anything can happen." It can happen."

The soldier named Basil nodded silently. Just as he stood up, he was pulled back by the captain.

"Wait a minute, I'd better go with you." The captain said, taking off the breathing mask and carbine hanging on the bulkhead. "I always feel that things are a bit strange, so I have to go and see for myself to feel at ease."

The two pushed open the hatch at the rear of the control room and climbed up along a vertical passage with a ladder.

Although the "Super Gopher" transformed from the Mammoth tank site is very large, its internal space is actually filled to the brim with pumps, crystallization engines and energy conversion devices, leaving little room for the crew. Not much bigger than an ordinary tank.

Two members of the Gopher Team got out one after another. Basil, who was wearing power armor, turned on the searchlight on his shoulder and turned the light beam around the car body.

"No abnormalities were found." Basil said in a low voice - he usually doesn't like to talk, because for a special team whose main task is drilling operations, his presence as a fireman is really redundant... Gopher The team rarely received missions that required combat. As time went by, Basil, who was already relatively introverted, became even less vocal.

"Don't let your guard down." The captain said solemnly, "Wait a minute... something seems wrong..."

Basil turned his head and looked at his captain with a puzzled expression.

"Basil, just say something," the captain said.

"What did you say?" The puzzled look on Basil's face became even more serious.

"Didn't you notice that when we were talking, there was no sound at all in the headphones?" The captain pointed to the communication device hanging on his head, "The reason why we can hear each other's voices is entirely because we are relying on It’s very close, but there’s no sound coming out of the earphones… By the way, when I’m talking, is there any sound in your earphones?”

"No." Basil shook his head.

"Then can you get in touch with the people in the car?" the captain asked again.

"No." Basil still shook his head.

"It seems that either our communication devices are broken at the same time, or there is some extremely strong interference here... The interference is even so strong that when the two of us face each other, the radio communication will fail..." the captain said, turning around He turned around, raised the hatch, and shouted into the car: "The radio communication seems to be interfered with, have you noticed it?"

"No -" the engineer's voice echoed from the passage, "Our communications with the headquarters are all normal."

"Idiot, we use wired communication with the headquarters, so of course there will be no interference!" The captain couldn't help but cursed, "Check whether the remaining sets of radio devices can still work normally."

Ten seconds later, the voice of the engineering soldier came over again: "Report to the captain, the remaining four sets of radio communication devices have all failed... Even zero-distance communication cannot be achieved."

"Such a strong interference, even if we are in a tunnel surrounded by metal ores, this should not happen... Take a look at the radiation intensity of the surrounding environment to see if it is abnormal."

"The radiation intensity outside the vehicle is below the safety threshold and no abnormalities are found." the engineer replied.

"I guess so." The captain whispered to himself. Not only did he not wear radiation protection clothing, but because of the crowded and hot environment in the carriage, he didn't even wear a combat uniform jacket. He only wore a short-sleeved summer uniform with two pairs of His arms were completely exposed - if the radiation intensity in the environment could be high enough to affect wireless communications, his body would have already experienced discomfort.

"You guys stay in the car, while Basil and I go check around." After the captain said that, he climbed down from the roof of the car with Basil.

Although the cross-section of the tunnel dug by the "Super Gopher" is very large, due to the huge size of the drill itself, there is only less than two meters of space around the body, and only one person can barely pass through - the leader of the Gopher team was originally He planned to split up with Basil and circle the car in two directions. But for some reason, just when he was about to say this, he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart for no reason.

"Basil, let's work together and start the inspection from this side first. You are responsible for the part above the crawler track. I will check the bottom of the vehicle and the exposed part of the pump... As for the mud conveying pipe, we will leave it to the end."

"Understood." Basil didn't say much and walked forward with the electromagnetic assault rifle.

The captain took out a tactical flashlight from his pocket, mounted it on the Picatinny rail that came with the carbine, bent down, and looked under the car.

At the moment when the light of the tactical flashlight swept towards the bottom of the car, he seemed to see a shadow flash past and dive deeper into the darkness.

"Basil." The captain immediately whispered, "There seems to be something under the car."

Basil, who was wearing power armor, did not look back. He stood there blankly, seemingly stunned.

"Basil?" The captain thought Basil had also seen something surprising, but when he looked in the direction he was facing - however, under the bright searchlight, there was only a dark rock wall covered with drill bits in front of him. Crushed gravel.

"What's the matter with you?" The captain patted Basil, but there was still no response. This made the captain suddenly nervous. He quickly walked around to the front of Basil, only to find that under the transparent mask of the power armor helmet, there was something shocking. It's a white skeleton! !

The captain was horrified and hit the chest plate of the powered armor with the butt of his gun. The entire powered armor fell straight down and hit the ground with a loud noise.

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[P.P.S. Note 1 - Mammoth Tank: The largest combat vehicle of the Ark Field Corps land armored force, with a body length of more than 20 meters, a height of nearly four meters, and a weight of approximately 260 tons. The main weapon is a 160 mm caliber twin cannon.

This tank is an improvement and development of the "Maus Super Heavy Tank" that the German military industry failed to complete in the old era. After adding an anti-gravity device, a crystal engine and an energy shield generator, the shortcomings of the original Maus tank have been eliminated. A perfect solution, this also makes the Mammoth Tank a veritable "mobile fortress". 】