Alien Relic Hunter

"It's called the 'Abandoned Nuclear Beacon'." Hound continued. "Previously, the Undead Crew Association required Ke Lan to always carry this thing with him, but then Ke Lan became a formal member of the Undead Crew Association, and he no longer abided by this rule. I made a request. It is said to be something related to that 'great god'."

The hound glanced at the flashing spent nuclear beacon with some fear, and continued: "I always feel that anything related to that 'great god'... is not a good thing."

"Let's not talk about whether this thing is a good thing or not. What does it mean when it keeps flashing now?" Zhuoligetu muttered.

"How about we throw it away... The people from the Immortal Crew Association asked Ke Lan to carry this thing with him. They must have bad intentions!" Leighton suggested.

"I think so too." Zhuoligetu nodded in agreement, "The name beacon is hard not to make people wary. This thing is either used to locate coordinates, or it is the trigger of some kind of teleportation device. Terminal...according to my understanding of the beacon, there are roughly only two explanations. No matter which one it is, it will do more harm than good to us now."

Although Zhuo Ligetu has well-developed muscles and a relatively simple and honest personality, he looks like the kind of character who can solve problems with brute force and never use his brain, but in fact he is a rough and thin man... Otherwise, it would be impossible to become a senior elite hunter just by relying on brute force.

"You mean, this thing will send my real-time positioning coordinates to the Undead Crew, just like the GPS on the earth in the old era?" The hound frowned, "But the problem is, like Yagunaktor, It's impossible for a big guy to hide his whereabouts... As for the teleportation device, is it possible that such a small piece of stone can teleport an entire army over?"

The hound paused and then said: "I'm just afraid that this thing is what the undead crew will want, and they are now eager for us to throw this thing off the ship. What should we do?"

"How is it possible?" Leighton wondered, "If the undead crew wanted this thing, why didn't they just take it away instead of giving it to Ke Lan for safekeeping, and specifically emphasized that he should carry it with him? "

"Are you stupid? Can't you use reverse thinking?" The hound rolled his eyes at Leighton and said, "The more the undead crew will show more attention to this thing, the more Ke Lan will pay attention to the mystery of this thing... But if Ke Lan completely reversed his attitude and abandoned it like a worn-out shoe. Not only did Ke Lan not pay attention to this spent nuclear beacon, but he also regarded it as a hot potato..."

"Why do I feel like I'm forcing an explanation..." Layton grinned, with a look of disbelief on his face, "At that time, Ke Lan was just a wage earner who worked for the undead crew. They There is no need to be so afraid of Ke Lan. This approach is meaningless... It's like taking off your pants to fart. No, to be precise, you should be taking off your pants to fart, but then you take off your pants before the fart comes out. If they really want this thing, they can just ask Ke Lan to hand it over. Ke Lan had no intention of keeping this thing at that time."

When Leighton said this, the hound blushed immediately, but with his thick skin, his expression immediately returned to normal: "Stop talking about this fart. If you don't talk about it, there will be nothing. According to your wishes, we are now Should this stone be thrown down?"

"For the sake of safety, I think it is better to destroy it completely." Layton said, "Although the evacuation was relatively hasty, in order to fill the vacancy of Yagunaktor's long-range weapons, I dismantled it from the battleship of the Zero Fleet. Come down with the plasma cannons of the two heavy cruiser-level main guns, and you should be able to evaporate this stone with those things."

"Are you sure? This is something that fell out of the black mummy." The hound raised his eyebrows, "That guy's plasma cannon and hydrogen bomb can't do anything with it... If nothing else, try using your Try that thick and stupid mechanical arm to see if it can make a gap in this rock."

"This is what you asked me to try." Layton raised the robotic arm, "Just try it."

The palm at the end of his robotic arm retracted into the inside of the forearm, and was replaced by a drill bit made of pure Nino alloy. With a "buzzing" sound, the black drill bit spun rapidly.

The two auxiliary auxiliary mechanical arms separated from the main arm, clamped the still flashing "waste nuclear beacon" with pliers, and fixed it firmly on a horizontal surface. Then, Layton Slowly bring the Nino alloy drill bit closer.

"Bah-bah-ka-"

A heart-wrenching sound instantly filled the entire command room, and Hound and the others immediately covered their ears—the energy shield could isolate flying sparks and debris, but it could not isolate high-decibel noise.

When the dazzling sparks dissipated, the drill bit on Layton's robotic arm slowly stopped.

The "waste nuclear beacon" was intact, but there was a circle of "cut off" grooves on the Nino alloy drill bit.

"Hiss... good guy." Leighton sighed in a low voice, "The hardness of this thing is actually higher than that of Nino alloy. If this material can be reproduced, even a small amount of it can be used as a processing tool. Ark’s current machining level has been improved by several levels.”

"Haha... Alpha civilization can't even reproduce Nino alloy. You still want to reproduce this thing? I suggest you go to bed quickly before it's too late. After all, there is everything in dreams." The hound sneered mercilessly, "As you can see now, the physical strength of this thing is definitely on the same level as that black mummy. Even the main gun of the heavy cruiser cannot destroy it."

Saying that, the hound sighed again: "Sigh... I think we should find a way to contact Ke Lan first. In addition, we must also find out whether the sudden interruption of communication has anything to do with this stone."

"I have a suggestion." Zofia said, "Send a plane to take this spent nuclear beacon and fly away from Yagunaktor. If the spent nuclear beacon is far away from Yagunaktor, After that, the communication between us and Ke Lan is restored, which means that the beacon is a source of interference. At the same time, we can also discuss with Ke Lan how to deal with it. If the communication is not restored, then make another plan."

"I think this method will work, but we must pay attention to whether there are stealth fighters sent by the undead crew to follow us... If our plane is intercepted or shot down with a beacon, it will be troublesome." Hound said.

"The flying vehicles on Yagunaktor are either escape airships or transport planes. They are not much faster. The fastest and most flexible is the spindle shuttle of the Ye Consortium. It is said that it can It can reach Mach 15, but that thing is just a trial prototype. It does not have any armor or shield generator installed, and its defense power is equivalent to zero. No matter how fast it is, it cannot be faster than a laser weapon."

"Let the shuttle plane perform this mission. In addition, send a few armed transport planes as escorts. Once it encounters the enemy, the shuttle plane will return immediately, and the armed transport planes will be responsible for covering...Zoligetu, please contact Major General Alexander and let him He selects a few pilots with high enough skills and high enough credibility. As for the specific mission content, just tell him that it is patrol..." Hound said.

"Major General Alexander won't be suspicious, right?" Zhuoligetu asked worriedly, "How can such a configuration be used for patrol missions..."

"Even if he becomes suspicious, he will cooperate with us." Hound continued, "Until we contact Ke Lan, we will keep this matter a secret for the time being."

"Okay, I'll go right away -"

Before Zhuoligetu finished speaking, the closed-circuit video phone in the command room rang.

A reserve hunter from the God Hunting Group appeared on the monitor screen with an anxious look on his face.

This young man named Qi Xiao is no stranger to hunting dogs, he is even familiar with them. This is the son of one of his subordinates who sacrificed his life in the past. He has a very good relationship with the hounds. The two of them even refer to each other as uncle and nephew. As the second batch of "employees" to join the Hunting God Hunting Group, everyone trusts him. The level is second only to the core members of the hunting group.

"Qi Xiao, what happened?" Seeing Qi Xiao's anxious look, the hound couldn't help but have a bad feeling - the task he assigned to Qi Xiao was to guard Yagunaktor's console. The way he looked looked like something was wrong with the console.

"Uncle Nick! The route you originally planned has been changed, and Yagunaktor is now heading in another direction!" Qi Xiao said urgently.

Hound is disgusted when others call his name, but he never says anything when relatives of his old comrades and subordinates call his name. What's more, now is not the time to dwell on such trivial matters.

"What did you say?!" Hound and Layton looked at each other, and the two immediately rushed out of the door and ran towards the console.

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"The route has indeed been modified, but no traces of intrusion have been detected." After the operation, Layton shook his head at the hound, "My permissions have been locked and I cannot change the route back. I can do this A little bit, just..."

"It's just Ke Lan, right." Hound frowned.

"Yes...but he has no reason to do this. Moreover, if he can change the route through the console, then he can also use this method to leave us a message, even if it is using some simple communication signals... ...But except for the changed route, everything in this control interface has not changed." Layton wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"Can you determine the destination of the new route?" asked the Hound. "Are we heading towards the Ark?"

"The target location is not marked, but at least the current flight direction is away from the Ark." Layton replied.

"Can you guess the destination based on the movement path?" the hound asked again.

"It's being done...but there are several inferred results, and the probability of each is about the same..."

"The destination of the new route is Zhonghai." Zofia's voice interrupted. The hound turned around and saw that the eldest lady was holding the flashing spent nuclear beacon in her hand, and a faint light curtain shone on it. The surface of the beacon emerged.

But if you look carefully, you will find that this light curtain is actually an imaging technology similar to holographic projection. The projected content is a map of a small half of the Alpha star, and an irregular curve that traverses the small half of the Alpha star.

"This line..." Layton looked at the map that appeared on the beacon, then looked at the virtual screen of the console, and whispered, "The first half of this curve is completely consistent with our navigation trajectory. superior!"

"So, this thing is responsible for the change of route?" The hound's eyes widened, "Zhonghai...this stone wants us to go to Zhonghai?"

"Zhonghai...what's there?" Layton was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Zofia, and then met the hound's eyes again.

The first time they came into contact with Zofia Soma was on the middle sea... At that time, Zofia was still the captain of the "Pioneer" icebreaker.

"A city under the sea?" the three said in unison.

"After we evacuated that sea area, the ruins of the Undersea City have been sealed off, and no ruin hunters and private exploration teams are allowed to enter." Zofia said, "The Security Bureau...or in other words, the troops directly under the Immortal Crew Association took over In subsequent exploration operations, even the Pioneer icebreaker was transferred to other sea areas to perform some insignificant scientific research missions."

"I know that." Hound nodded. "Ke Lan also checked the relevant files after joining the Undead Crew. In fact, those people did not continue to explore the underwater city after taking over. A large number of mines and sonar devices were deployed in that sea area... Oh, by the way, they also built a floating offshore platform not far from the minefield, leaving a group of people to keep an eye on the sea area. But those people There was no abnormal data in the report submitted.”

"I can't figure it out, why does this stone want us to go to Zhonghai?" Layton used electronic equipment to scan the route that appeared on the spent nuclear beacon. After zooming in, it covered the three-dimensional map model of Alpha Star. The end point of the route. It happens to be the forbidden sea area.

"Leyton, can you stop Yagunaktor?" the hound asked.

"It can't be done. I only have permission to view it now but not to manipulate it... The 'read-only' file cannot be edited or modified, do you understand what I mean?" Leighton shrugged helplessly.

"Can the teleportation device work? If not... at least put those people down first."

"It's also locked." Layton sighed, "Yagunaktor has now become a mobile air prison, and all of us have become its prisoners."