Alien Relic Hunter

Only members of the Immortal Crew Association have the power to transfer information in the general archives. However, in New Era 499, the Immortal Crew Association and the technology named "Coffin of Immortality" had not yet appeared. That year's "Ten It is absolutely impossible for the members of the "ten-person decision-making seat" to survive until now... All the members of the current Immortal Crew Club were born after the 499th year of the New Era. Without exception, there are no members of the "ten-person decision-making seat" at that time.

Even if there was some "black history" in that year, it probably wouldn't have much to do with the current members of the Undead Crew.

Could it be said that these files had been transferred before the establishment of the Immortal Crew Association...or rather, destroyed?

Ke Lan squatted down and carefully checked the oxidation of the metal in the bolt holes, only to find that there were even brand-new scratch marks in the bolt holes - that is to say, the cabinet frame that was originally placed here had been recently dismantled. .

It is difficult to judge the specific time, but it is basically certain that the files of the 499th year of the New Era were transferred or destroyed within a year.

A year ago, those files were most likely stored in this location, and any member of the Undead Crew could access them at will.

Ke Lan couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

It was clear that he was being targeted.

The members of the Undead Crew Club deliberately concealed what happened in the 499th year of the New Era from him... These secrets were not allowed to be known to Ke Lan even after he joined the Undead Crew Club.

What is the significance of the previous vote of the members of the Undead Crew? If it weren't for "The Fool"'s sudden corpse fraud, all the secrets of the crew would have been shared long ago, which would naturally include what happened in the 499th year of the New Era and the reasons why the relevant files were transferred and destroyed.

If these secrets cannot be kept to oneself, then wouldn’t the purpose of this vote be contrary to that?

If I asked those in the "yes" camp about this, would they tell me the truth?

Ke Lan was unsure, but he decided to give it a try.

The 499th year of the New Era, natural wormholes, time and space jumps... Just mentioning any of these keywords makes Ke Lan a little nervous. The appeal of these disappeared files to him is almost more than that of the last member of the 776 Special Forces Team. Mission accomplished.

According to the "official files" that can be easily found on the Internet, that year was the largest population decline in the history of the Ark interstellar voyage. Even the "Alexander" incident that just happened can only be ranked second - although the Ark was successful. It passed through the natural wormhole, but the damage to the hull took more than a hundred years to be completely repaired. This was a real serious injury to the vitality. If it were not for the survivors on the Ark who were lucky enough to survive on a nearby planet, Several resource asteroids have been discovered in the domain, and Ark may not be able to reach the galaxy where Alpha Star is located.

No one knows how the people on the Ark survived that period of time... Nearly 200 of the 260 grain warehouses on the Ark were destroyed, except for the year 499 of the New Era, and in the decades after that , the population of Ark has been declining - hunger, disease, armed conflicts and repression have claimed countless lives. The population of Ark once dropped to about one-tenth of what it was before the time and space jump. The human race has been completely extinct several times. The edge struggled back and forth.

The damaged parts of the Ark were only repaired more than 600 years ago in the New Era, and the population level did not barely recover to the level before the time and space jump until the 700 or 800 years in the New Era.

The Prophet also told Ke Lan - "The beta clones had been successfully developed in the year 750 of the New Era, but at that time it was a period of high incidence of riots on the ship. People in the Undead Crew Association were worried that the release of this technology would cause irritation. More people's emotions had the effect of adding fuel to the fire. As a result, this technology was sealed as a taboo, and the scientists involved in the project also signed the strictest gag orders."

Population growth is slow, so it is necessary to develop technologies such as asexual reproduction, cloning and human duplication; food shortages, resource scarcity and management chaos lead to increasing public dissatisfaction, which in turn triggers protests and riots... All of these clues are correct. That is to say, at least most of what the prophet said is true.

Others in the Undead Crew did not deny the existence of beta clones. But when Ke Lan asked him, they all remained silent.

Although Ke Lan has become a member of the Immortal Crew Association, he cannot force other members to reveal this information to him - unless the previous resolution can be voted on.

If you want to know the truth, you have to investigate on your own.

However, before the investigation even really started, the leads were dropped.

Ke Lan could only put aside what happened in the 499th year of the New Era and continue to move forward.

The 776 Special Forces Team lost contact with Ark 49 years ago, in the 902nd year of the New Era, during its last mission. Also missing with the entire team was Liao Zilang, a former SDU member who joined the 776 Special Forces Team in the same year. Grandfather, Liao Xing.

The outcome of the 776 Special Forces Team was to be completely wiped out, as Ke Lan had verified with his own eyes - except for Liao Xing.

He still vividly remembers that scene: when he was leaning down to observe the abyss where the prehistoric species had been imprisoned, a black shadow quietly appeared behind him. He...or "it" had a long The faces of Zhang and Liao Zilang were so similar that he did not pull the trigger at the first moment. Then, the black shadow suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed himself into the abyss.

Through the information obtained by the hound, it can be confirmed that the dark figure should be Liao Zilang's grandfather, Liao Xing. At least, the face should belong to Liao Xing.

Liao Zilang looks very much like his grandfather, which can be seen from the column of photos on the file.

But why was Liao Xing the only one who survived while the rest of the 776 Special Forces Team died?

Did he...really survive?

One question after another flashed through Ke Lan's head.

The flow of time on that unnamed island is different from that in the outside world. Ke Lan once stayed on the island for at least one day and one night, but from the perspective of everyone on the "Pioneer" icebreaker, he was only "missing" four Only hours.

Let's not consider this for the moment. Although the flow rate of time is different, the effect of time on things in the same space will not be much different - on that unknown island, the plastic gun The support will age and become brittle, the fiber fabric on the body will decompose, and the small iron parts on the equipment will also rust... If you ignore the phenomenon that there is no alternation of day and night, and there is no comparison with the outside time, Ke Lan is completely unable to detect the time anomaly.

If that was really Liao Xing, and the bodies of his teammates had turned into bones, why didn't his appearance age at all?

Time seemed to have stopped flowing in his body, sealing him in the year when he lost contact with the outside world.

Ke Lan tried hard to recall those memory fragments... In his impression, the black figure was not wearing the combat uniform and equipment of the 776 Special Forces Team, nor was he wearing a diving suit, but was wrapped in a somewhat tattered black robe... ...Except for the head, almost all parts of the body are completely covered by this robe.

That dark shadow...is it really Liao Xing? Ke Lan couldn't help but have such doubts.

Could it be something else that just occupies Liao Xing's "body", or is it simulating Liao Xing's appearance?

There is a piece of meat in the glacier ruins that can perfectly replicate a human being, so there is something on the Nameless Island that can replicate the real "Liao Xing" and keep his original appearance for decades or even hundreds of years. , Ke Lan thinks it is entirely possible.

First eliminate the seeds of erosion.

The physical quality of the container parasitized by the erosion seed will become extremely strong, and Ke Lan clearly remembers that he pulled the trigger of the shotgun the moment he fell. Because his body lost balance, most of the shots were fired. All the projectiles hit the empty space, and only a few hit the black shadow, but even so, the black shadow staggered back a few steps...

"It"'s defense is not strong, at least much weaker than the Seed of Corrosion.

What puzzled Ke Lan the most was - why did "it" appear at that time and push him into the abyss?

He didn't know whether it was because Ke Lan was too tired at the time, which affected his condition, or whether the other party's movements were really silent. It wasn't until the black shadow was less than twenty centimeters away from Ke Lan's back that Ke Lan noticed something strange. , in that case, if the other party wanted to kill Ke Lan, Ke Lan would have died countless times.

Even if the opponent is not strong, it is too easy to sneak attack a person who has his back turned. However, the opponent did not do that and just watched him silently from behind Ke Lan.

It wasn't until Ke Lan turned around and saw "it's" face clearly that "it" stretched out its hand and pushed Ke Lan off the cliff.

Moreover, judging from the final result, "it" seemed to have saved Ke Lan and allowed Ke Lan to escape from the strange unknown island - if the only way to leave that place was to jump off the cliff, Ke Lan I'm afraid I will be trapped in that place for the rest of my life.

But - if the other party pushed me down to save myself, then why didn't "it" jump into the abyss by itself?

Is it because "it" can't leave that place, or... "it" can't return to human society?

There were so many doubts that Ke Lan didn't know where to start for analysis.

Ke Lan's footsteps stopped, and the chaotic thoughts in his head also stopped - the inscription "New Era 902" on the ground told him: We have arrived.

With a trace of expectation and a trace of nervousness, Ke Lan's vision slowly came onto the stage, and then he breathed a sigh of relief - the files from New Era 902 have not been moved, and every cabinet shelf is fully placed.

The name of the commander of the 776 Special Forces Team is Ken. He once left an incomplete voice record in the "black box". The earliest voice record was on July 11, 902, New Era. At that time, 776 The special team has been on that weird unnamed island for four days - with the Ark's transport capacity of that era, it was fully capable of launching a small-scale special force to any corner on the surface of Alpha Planet within fifteen days. .

In other words, their departure time should be between the end of June and the beginning of July.

Ke Lan walked into the cabinet shelves, and soon he found the rows of cabinet shelves where the June files of New Era 902 were stored.

His eyes swept across the rows on the cabinet shelves, and soon his attention was locked on an anti-magnetic box labeled "Military Special Forces Mobilization File."

In 902 of the New Era, Ark's army had not yet been divided into three major armies: field force, garrison force and air force fleet. The numbers and affiliations of each force were also relatively complicated and confusing. In addition, it was an era of frequent wars. ——In order for Ark to gain a firm foothold on Alpha Planet, the soldiers are fighting countless indigenous creatures almost every day. Every day, troops are wiped out in organized formations, and there are new numbers and new soldiers every day. Charge into the battle line.

Just the anti-magnetic box where the special forces mobilization files were stored contained twenty-one hard drives.

This is only the mobilization record of special forces. If regular troops were included, the number would probably be more than ten times higher.

"Fortunately, I was prepared in advance." Ke Lan sighed, sat down cross-legged on the cold metal floor, moved the bucket backpack behind him to the front of him, and opened the lid.

What was in the backpack was a high-performance computer host. Ke Lan used his laptop to connect to the host, and then spread out a one-meter-square folding metal plate aside.

These metal plates are covered with hard drive interfaces, and thirty mechanical hard drives of this size can be connected at the same time.

Ke Lan inserted twenty-one hard drives into the interface and turned on the power.

The disks in the hard drive began to rotate and made a slight buzzing sound.

Although there are only twenty-one hard drives, the number of files stored in them is still an astronomical figure for the processing efficiency of the human brain. It is naturally impossible for Ke Lan to read every file. He could only enter the two keywords "776 Special Forces Team" and "Liao Xing" into the computer to search for files containing these two words.

Even so, the number of documents found still reached four hundred.

As one of the most elite special forces on the Ark at that time, in the month of June alone, the "776 Special Forces Team" was dispatched seventeen times and participated in many battles with indigenous creatures. As for Liao Xing, who was transferred from SDU to the 776th Special Forces Team, he had outstanding achievements. If he had not been MIA during the last mission, he would have been transferred to the Special Operations Command the next year.

"Sort by time - reverse order." Ke Lan moved the cursor and clicked on this option.

Suddenly, the last mission received by the 776 Special Forces Team was moved to the front position.

[P.S. Thanks to Long Yuansu for the 5,000 book coins; thanks to Reading Giraffe for the 1,500 starting coins. 】