Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 137 Insane Survivor

"If the other companies know about the existence of the 'Holy Grail', the situation will completely get out of control."

On the road, Youyi had already told Ke Lan that "Holy Grail" is a code name given to ultra-purity crystals by the Soma Consortium for the sake of secrecy. species or humans parasitized by flesh-eating worms.

"I know, Miss Soma sent me here to deal with this matter." Ke Lan nodded, "Please rest assured Mr. Manstein, my teammates and I are professional relic hunters, and we have rich experience in such tasks." experience."

"Of course I believe in the abilities of Mr. Ke Lan and your team. I'm just a little curious... I heard that you have just joined the consortium?"

The meaning of Manstein's words could not be clearer. What he questioned was not Ke Lan's ability, but their identity.To him, Ke Lan and his group are a group of outsiders, and letting outsiders intervene in matters related to the core secrets of the consortium makes people feel completely at ease.

"Since Miss Soma chose me, it means that I am trustworthy, Mr. Manstein, what do you think?" Ke Lan didn't change the topic, but directly chose tit for tat.

Manstein was taken aback, and quickly said: "You are right, I was worrying too much..."

"These are not important, the most important thing now is the 'Holy Grail', you are right." Ke Lan deliberately lowered his voice, and said in Manstein's ear.

"But..." Manstein hesitated to speak, "How about this, there is still some time before lunch, I will take you and your team to the reception hall for a short rest, and the detailed information about the 'Holy Grail' I'll bring it to you after dinner."

"You don't need to go to the reception hall, just go directly to the infirmary." Ke Lan said suddenly, "The survivors of the previous exploration operations should still be recuperating in the base, right?"

"The first and second batch of survivors have all returned to the Ark headquarters. Of the third batch of survivors, only two seriously injured people in critical condition were sent back by the transport plane. The others are still here... As for In the fourth batch, only one person escaped alive, uninjured, just...something went wrong with his brain." Manstein replied.

"crazy?"

Manstein nodded.

Generally speaking, the willpower of hunters is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Even a group of rookies who have become monks halfway, if they fail to pass the test of will, they will not be able to obtain a professional license... Want to let a hunter The will completely collapsed and fell into madness, which can only be done by things or illusions that are extremely weird, can completely subvert human cognition, and even cannot be described in words...

So what did this survivor see in the mine?
"Mr. Manstein, I think I need to see this man, please take us to the infirmary immediately."

"Uh, this... that survivor, he's not in the infirmary," Manstein said.

"Where is that?"

"Because his symptoms are very strange, once he sees people or is in the dark, he will have a very strong stress reaction. In order to calm him down, we can only lock him in a confinement room and not allow anyone contact him directly."

Stress response when seeing people or being in the dark...

Ke Lan repeated this sentence in his head. The dark words are easy to understand. After all, the mine is completely dark, but why...there is a stress reaction when seeing people?
After encountering a monster attack, he finally escaped from the mine. Shouldn't he relax when he sees his own kind?
"Then please take us to the confinement room, this person is very important to us."

……

Through the observation window made of one-way glass, Ke Lan and the others saw a young man in a hospital gown curled up on the bed with his back against the wall. His face was very pale, his eyes were wide open, and the eyes were bloodshot. His hands were clenched into fists in front of his chest, and his lips were trembling constantly, as if he was talking to himself.

"He would only fall asleep if he was sedated, otherwise he would stay that way," Manstein said. A potion."

"Won't he have a stress response to the robotic arm?" Ke Lan asked.

"No, but in order to prevent him from committing suicide, we took away everything in the room except the bedding, and even the tableware was made of paper."

There are more than a dozen dirty lunch boxes piled up next to the man's bed, and the food in the lunch box has gone bad—judging from the amount of food remaining, his appetite is obviously very poor. I can't hold it anymore.

The white sheet was crumpled into a ball and thrown into a corner, covered with the excrement of the man. As for the pillow, he tore it into pieces, and the stuffing inside was scattered everywhere.

"We have already invited the doctors in the consortium to look at it, and the doctors are helpless about his symptoms."

"Open the one-way glass." Ke Lan looked at it for a while and said.

Manstein nodded, and the guard on the side clicked on the operation panel a few times, and the color of the observation window changed slightly—now, the outside scene can also be seen from the inside.

The man was stunned for a moment, and then a look of fear appeared on his face. He immediately jumped up from the bed, shrank into the corner, and shouted incoherently: "Don't come here! Please...don't come here Don't! Ah—help me—don't come here! Help me! Help!"

The madness in his eyes became more and more intense, and in the next second, he actually grabbed his own neck forcefully!
Manstein's expression changed, and he hurriedly said, "Quick, inject a sedative!"

Just when the man's face began to turn purple, several mechanical arms descended from the ceiling, directly pressed him to the ground, and stabbed the needle into his buttocks.

With the injection of the liquid medicine, his struggle gradually weakened, but he still stared at Ke Lan and the others behind the observation window, panting heavily.

"Restore one-way shielding." Manstein said to the guard, and then turned to Ke Lan: "Mr. Ke Lan, you have also seen that he is in this state, unable to communicate at all..."

"I have a solution." At this time, Ivan, who was standing behind Ke Lan, suddenly took a step forward, "But I need something."

Ivan handed over a list that he had just written, and Ke Lan understood his thoughts after just one glance.

"Are you going to hypnotize him?"

"Yes, although I can't have direct contact with patients, it will be more troublesome to operate, but I'm more than [-]% sure." Ivan said.

"You can try it. Anyway, there is no loss if you fail." Ke Lan handed the list to Manstein, "The base should be able to prepare these things, right?"

[PS Regarding whether there will be a heroine in this book, I will do a small survey here. Please leave your readers’ choices in this chapter: A: Women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword, B: But rich women will not, C: It’s better to have a harem than a rich woman, D: I don’t care, E: I want to fuck the ancient gods waaaaah (the above options are purely for entertainment, and will not affect the follow-up plot direction)]

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