Alien Relic Hunter

On the first floor of the Pioneer's bridge, VIP room No. 1.

Seeing Ke Lan and the others pushing the door open, the hound who was drinking tea immediately jumped up from the sofa. He didn't even bother to pay attention to the precious tea leaves and hot tea in the bone china cup, and hurriedly greeted him. Come up——

"How's it going? Did you find anything?"

"No." Ke Lan shook his head, "And things have become more complicated."

Then, he recounted what happened in Cargo Bay No. 9 and threw the two magnetic cards on the coffee table.

"This is what the captain insisted on giving to me. There are five million credit points in each bearer savings card. You can take it, old dog, and it will be used as compensation for your purchase of equipment."

"Let's not talk about money." Hound waved his hand, "Our problem now is not money, nor that black skeleton, nor that weird warning - I just want to know one thing, in the video That 'container', whether it contains what we want... If not, I think we have to re-compare the risks and benefits of this operation."

The hound paused, looked directly into Ke Lan's eyes and said, "You are the only one who saw that thing coming out of a person's stomach with your own eyes. If even you are not sure..."

"I'm not sure, but judging from the witnesses' descriptions, the 'container' in the diving cabin has exactly the same characteristics as the 'container' in that settlement." Ke Lan hesitated for a moment, then replied.

"But no one can guarantee that it is what we want... In fact, the girl named Caroline is right. The danger of this sea area is far beyond our expectation. When we want to regret it, I'm afraid it's too late." Hound sat back on the sofa and glanced at the silent Natasha from the corner of his eye. "On one side is Ivan's life, and on the other side are you, me, Liao Zilang, Layton, and Akira Asano. , Zhuoligetu and Natasha have seven lives. I really want to save Ivan, but I can’t let others risk their lives just to save one person.”

"Old dog, failure of the operation will not necessarily lead to death. We may still have a chance to retreat..." Layton was just halfway through his words when he was glared at by the hound.

"There are dozens of people entering the water one after another. Have they ever had a chance to retreat?" The hound shouted coldly, "The operation must continue, yes, but we must make sure there is nothing we want under the water... and , after we go down, can we come back alive?"

"The information about that thing has been completely blocked by the Security Bureau." Ke Lan turned around and closed the door of the VIP room, "But it's not like they didn't leave any clues..."

"You mean the black skeleton you encountered?"

"Yes." Ke Lan nodded, "The people from the Soma Consortium have brought the thing back. The analysis report will be out the day after tomorrow. I think that thing is likely to be related to our goal. In addition, the previous few times The dive sites, hydrographic data, and marine animal activity patterns are all recorded on the ship, and I have asked Caroline to make a copy of them all for me.”

Ke Lan took out a memory card the size of a fingernail from his pocket and inserted it into the holographic projector under the coffee table.

"The sacrifices of those in front are not entirely worthless. With the information they exchanged for their lives, the risks of this operation are actually not that exaggerated."

A seabed formed by a three-dimensional holographic projection appeared in front of everyone. It was densely marked with a large amount of data and notes. This information was accumulated bit by bit during the previous explorations. In addition to the sacrifices of dozens of people, In addition, the Pioneer also launched hundreds of unmanned detectors. Although only one out of ten of these detectors could be successfully recovered, they still brought back a large amount of data.

"These black areas are all unexplored areas. In our next actions, we must avoid them as much as possible, and these areas marked in red are areas where high-threat sea beasts are found to be active. If we rush into it rashly, we will It is very likely that you will encounter a powerful monster——"

"What about the blue area?" the hound asked aloud.

"'Relatively safe area', at least none of the first few groups who entered the water had an accident in the blue area."

"I think it's still not possible." Hound shook his head, "There are too few samples, the data lacks reliability, and the seabed environment is so complex. We can't guarantee that the previously safe areas will always be safe... As for sea beasts, nothing else. , the deep-sea giant eel alone cannot compete with it with the weapons in our hands, let alone those stronger beings."

"There are still more than one hundred and twenty hours," Ke Lan glanced at the watch on his wrist, "At least we can give it a try."

"You mean... reconnaissance in a small area first, and then gradually expand the search area?"

"Yes, anyway, we are not sure whether there is really what we want in the deep sea. There is no need to put all our bets on one dive. Even if we just swim a few laps at a depth of about 100 meters to look for some clues, it will be enough." It's better than wasting time in the cabin." Ke Lan nodded.

"What you said makes sense, but even at a depth of 100 meters, there is still a lot of risk... Who will go for the first test dive?" Hound asked seriously.

"I'll go." Ke Lan said immediately, "Since I proposed the plan, I should execute it."

It wasn't until he arrived in Zhonghai that Ke Lan realized that this operation was much more difficult than he imagined. Otherwise, the hound's opposition wouldn't be so obvious. But since he chose to persist, he would bear the brunt of the risk. Of course he has to bear it himself.

"No." Hound knocked on the table with his knuckles, "I have no diving experience, my physical fitness is average among the rest of us, I haven't undergone physical strengthening and transformation, and I don't have any hard life-saving means... What do you mean? Be the first to dive? Are you going to die?"

"The test dive is not that dangerous. I will not leave the Pioneer too far. If anything happens, you will have enough time to support me." Ke Lan took a breath and continued, "Besides, among the few of us, I am the most familiar with the target, and I have even touched that thing with my own hands... If it were someone else, what would I do if I missed any clues?"

At first, the hound wanted to refute Ke Lan, but when Ke Lan said the last reason, even the hound fell silent.

Indeed, no matter what the conditions are, he is not the most suitable candidate, but from this point alone, he is the only optimal solution.

The hound gritted his teeth and lowered his head and thought for two minutes. Then he exhaled a breath of air, raised his head and said, "Okay, I'll let you go for the first try, but... you have to take Liao Zilang with me." superior."

In terms of physical resistance alone, Liao Zilang is the strongest among the team members, and he is also the only one among them who has had many diving experiences in Zhonghai. If you exclude that, he is actually the best among the vanguard. Candidate.

"Yes, boss!"