Alien Relic Hunter

"Tsk, it seems that the hour I just saved on the flight will be wasted here." Thirty-three said.

"If it helps our next actions, it can't be called a waste." Ke Lan said, "Valentina, don't join the war now. Find a place to hide the Blasphemer mecha."

Valentina: "Understood."

The Blasphemer mecha is too conspicuous, especially after the Ark's propaganda department released a recruitment short film edited with battle clips of mass-produced Fallen Angels. This model of mecha has left a deep impression on the public's mind. impression. If the Blasphemer mechas were directly allowed to participate in the battle, their identities would be easily guessed.

"You can't kill a chicken with a butcher's knife." To deal with this ragtag group of people, three of the five people in this car can resolve the battle within a minute - and that's without using any hot weapons.

"Let's go and save people."

Ke Lan flicked the direction control lever, and the off-road vehicle drifted in place under the strong thrust, swinging the front of the vehicle in the direction of the gunfire, and flew away with smoke and dust.

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When Ke Lan and the others entered the battlefield, the remnants of the heretical sect happened to be close enough to launch a charge. The remnant believers holding rocks and wooden sticks rushed out from behind the shield soldiers and gunners with strange screams. In just two breaths, they had already crossed the last thirty meters.

Although seven or eight people were knocked down by stray bullets during the charge, when the distance between the two sides was erased, there was no advantage in defensive convenience.

Although it is said that "a gun is fast from seven steps, and a gun is accurate and fast within seven steps", this means that the gunman will have an absolute advantage when the difference in numbers between the two sides is not large, and when a gunman needs to deal with three When dealing with enemies in close proximity, the advantages brought by firearms are basically wiped out.

A man holding a modified P90 had just shot down a remnant believer who jumped on the hood of a vehicle. He was hit hard on the back of the head by a flying stone... Even though he was protected by a tactical helmet, the blow was still intact. It is not fatal, but short-term dizziness is inevitable.

At this moment, a remnant believer with a hunched body and a body as lean as a monkey seized this opportunity and jumped up. He slit the man's throat with the knife he held tightly in his hand.

But before he could cheer for success, the barrel of the TAC-50 anti-materiel sniper rifle was pressed against his chest, followed by a thunderous gunshot.

A 0.5-inch caliber anti-materiel sniper rifle can easily cut a person into pieces at a distance of two thousand meters. As for zero-range shooting - the body of this remnant believer directly turned into a rain of blood that exploded in the sky. .

This shot seemed to be the only bullet left in the chamber of the TAC-50. After firing this shot, the female sniper threw away the heavy anti-material sniper rifle and pulled out a large one from her waist. With his Gurkha saber, he chopped down a remnant of the believers who rushed up in the rain of blood.

But just when she stepped on the opponent's body and pulled out the saber stuck in the bones, she found that the battle had ended strangely.

Including the shield soldiers and gunners, the corpses of the remnant believers who rushed over lay on the ground. Even the few black-robed men in the distance who were in charge of command and did not directly participate in the battle were now transformed into corpses. The body was lying on the ground.

An armored off-road vehicle that was comparable in size to a tank was parked not far away. Several people wearing field force training uniforms without any logos or badges jumped off the armored off-road vehicle and walked towards it. .

The female sniper held down the pistol inserted in her waist with some vigilance, and asked Ke Lan and others in a loud voice: "Who are you?"

"We are not enemies." Ke Lan raised his hands to indicate that he had no weapons in his hands.

But what the female sniper didn't see was that at her feet, an inconspicuous black blade had quietly penetrated into the sand. As long as she made any attempt to draw a gun and shoot, this black blade would The blade would burst out of the ground in an instant and break her tendons.

"These exiles...were you killed?" the female sniper asked again.

In the brief hand-to-hand battle just now, in addition to the man whose throat was cut, another companion was seriously injured. One of the other two people was helping the injured person deal with his injuries, while the other was squatting on the ground holding a gun and looking nervously. By Ke Lan and others.

"Otherwise, how could they have died on their own?" Ke Lan shrugged, "There is one more thing I need to correct. This group of people is not actually exiles in the strict sense, but the remnants of a heretical sect."

"You guys...came down from the Ark?" The female sniper's tone was slightly relaxed - in her opinion, people who can own such vehicles and equipment are not exiles wandering in the wilderness. By.

"Yes." Ke Lan nodded and said shamelessly, "We are an expedition team. We happened to hear the sound of a firefight when passing by. Driven by a sense of justice, we immediately decided to draw our swords to help when there was injustice on the road."

"Thank you, thank you." As if she didn't know how to express her gratitude, the female sniper nodded to Ke Lan with a stiff expression, "If you can, please leave your contact information. We will find a way after we return to the Ark. I’ll repay you for saving my life.”

If you want to repay your life-saving grace, you don't have to wait until you return to the Ark... Ke Lan looked at the four survivors and said silently in his heart.

"Were you an 'O.D.S.T' before? Or were you in the First Regiment of the First Division?" Thirty-three glanced at the woman's left wrist, "A female soldier who can be absorbed into the First Regiment is really awesome. It’s so rare.”

"You...are you from the military?" The female sniper was slightly startled and subconsciously covered her left wrist.

But Ke Lan had just seen a burning skull tattoo on the inside of her left wrist.

"O.D.S.T.", the full name is Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, "Orbital Airborne Assault Troops"... Of course, among the people, they have a more famous name, called "Hell Paratroopers".

This force was formed before Ark landed on Alpha Planet. In order to clean up the indigenous biomes near the landing site, Ark's senior leaders specially formed a highly mobile force that could carry out individual airdrops from low-Earth orbit and quickly enter the battlefield. The elite force, "Hell Paratroopers" came into being.

In order to withstand the high temperature during the airborne landing and the impact when landing, all members of this commando team were composed of modified people. This was a very bold decision in an era when human body modification surgery had not yet been publicly legalized.

When the Ark successfully landed on Alpha Planet, the historical mission of the "Hell Paratroopers" was completed, but the designation of this legendary force was not revoked. Instead, it was retained as the code name of the most elite airborne force of the Field Corps. came down and expanded to four divisions.

However, in the eyes of many people, only the First Regiment of the First Division is the true inheritor of the "Hell Paratroopers".

Since this female sniper came from the first regiment of the first division of O.D.S.T., her strength can be explained.

"It was." Thirty-three replied, "It's your turn to answer our question: Who are you? Why are you besieged by this group of remnants of the heretical sect?"

"We are... also explorers. Our convoy was suddenly attacked by these people when we passed through the Great Basin. They divided into several groups to chase and intercept us, and forced us to this place." The female sniper answered. road.

"Explorer? Are you sure?" Ke Lan stared into the other person's eyes and said with a half-smile.

"...Okay, actually there is nothing to hide, we are a group of 'lumberjacks'." The female sniper and Ke Lan looked at each other for a few seconds, and then they were defeated and admitted, "The Gray Mist Forest is located The edge of the Great Basin, you all know this, right? The specialty of the Gray Mist Forest, the mist perch, is an expensive and rare material in the upper class of Ark. The wood of the mist perch is as hard as metal and is invulnerable to water and fire. The furniture made from them is especially popular with wealthy people. Our job is to cut down the mist trees and process them into logs, and then transport them back to the Ark to sell them. It’s that simple.”

"If Mist Roost was so popular, the area around Gray Mist Forest would have been overcrowded a long time ago." Ke Lan said, "After all, people die for money and birds die for food, right? If there is such a way to make money, there must be many People want to get a piece of the pie, right?"

He walked slowly to the overturned off-road vehicle, squatted down, and carefully observed the logs tied to the roof rack.

"Mistwood is difficult to cut and process, and the transportation cost is very high, so the profit margin is not large, and it is not as profitable as you think." The female sniper explained.

"No, that's not right." Ke Lan shook his head again, "There are two types of fog perches. The fog perch that grows outside the red line area can only be considered average in wood. It is neither fireproof nor mothproof. The market price will not be the same. Much higher than other solid wood materials. However, the fog perch that grows in the red line restricted area has solid wood with tight annual rings. Its hardness and toughness are comparable to alloys, and it can emit a special fragrance for a long time... and the parasitism of fog perch. Unlike the fog vine, this fragrance is not only non-toxic, but can also refresh the mind... Just like the sandalwood on the earth in the old era, this kind of fog perch is the best quality that is truly sought after by the upper class."

Ke Lan stood up and continued: "After crossing the red line, the deeper the mist perch, the better the quality, but the difficulty and danger of mining are also greater... Every one hundred meters, the growth rings of the mist perch are The density can even be doubled, and I think the quality of these logs should be cut from a place about two hundred meters away from the red line, right?"

"You...you know...a lot about Wuqimu." The female sniper muttered.

This woman probably regards us as her companions, Ke Lan thought to himself - since he has decided to come to the Gray Mist Forest to find out what's going on, he definitely doesn't have any information related to the Gray Mist Forest. I will let it go, and it naturally contains things related to Wu Qi Mu.

But then again, these "lumberjacks" can go as deep as two hundred meters behind the red line to harvest fog perches, and it seems that some of them also have two brushes.

If everyone could go deep into this location to harvest fog perches like them, I'm afraid the outer areas of the Gray Mist Forest would have become as lively as the original molten mine area...

It is indeed profitable to harvest high-quality mist trees, but not everyone can earn this money.

"I'm just more interested." Ke Lan said casually, "By the way, did you just say that you would repay our life-saving grace after returning to the Ark? I don't think you need to wait until you return. If you want to repay, you can do it now. "

"You...you want these foggy trees?" There was a hint of reluctance in the female sniper's words, but she did not refuse directly. "If you want, I can take this batch of wood." For you... But can you leave us one stick, no, half a stick will do. My companions suffered many casualties during this operation, and their families are still waiting for them to return on the Ark... If I just do this If you come back empty-handed..."

The female sniper did not continue, but her meaning could not have been more obvious.

She should be the leader of this group of "lumberjacks". This is a good leader. At least he will not forget his dead companions. If the old dog is here, he probably can't help but feel sorry for the military's past. The pension system is smelling sweet...

"You misunderstood me. What I want is not these pieces of wood, but people." Ke Lan pointed at the other party and said.

"Ah?!" The female sniper was stunned for a moment, and her eyes suddenly became a little weird... But when her eyes swept over Ze Luo who was standing behind Ke Lan, the panic and embarrassment in her eyes were so obvious It turned to shock for a moment, and then to confusion.

Does this man want to use his body to repay the favor? No...no, the girl traveling with him is so beautiful, how could he be interested in her?

This female sniper is not ugly, at least six minutes above the average level. This is without makeup. If she puts on light makeup, she can probably be close to the entertainment industry average level of seven points. She also has a good figure, and carries a kind of heroic spirit that ordinary girls don't have in her movements. If she can get the dual blessing of "makeup magic" and "PS armor", she can even reach the level of an eight-point goddess...

However, compared with a monster with good looks like Ze Luo, even an eight-point goddess can still only be described by the word "different from clouds and mud".

"We want to go deep into the Gray Mist Forest, and we need a guide who is familiar with the forest." Ke Lan did not pay attention to the change in the other party's expression, and continued, "I think there should be no one on the Ark who is more familiar with Gray Mist than you 'lumberjacks' Is it the foggy forest?"

"Going deep into the gray mist forest? How deep do you plan to go? How many meters?" the other party asked in astonishment.

The depth she mentioned naturally refers to the depth beyond the red line... So far, excluding those who disappeared in the forest, the furthest human exploration record is 433 meters.

"We are going to the core area in the center of the Gray Mist Forest." Ke Lan said with a smile, "right below the 'fog mountain'."