Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 203 Goalkeeper (two-in-one 4000-word chapter)
"It seems that we have to hurry up." Ke Lan picked up a black bone from the ground, and as expected, there was a sticky and transparent substance similar to a slug in the bone marrow.

"There's no need to worry about this thing. According to the institute's report, after losing the protection of the bones, the medulla inside can only survive in the external environment for 48 hours, and there is no risk of infection or parasitism." Victoria kicked Kicked the pile of bones on the ground.

"It's really unnecessary to worry about this thing, but the wounded... what are you going to do?" Ke Lan asked, throwing the bone aside casually.

"Phew...the wounded...you can let my people send the wounded back to the blockade...Phew..." Major Ashkani who was sitting on the side gasped, "Anyway...the current situation...my men The people...they actually can't help much, but...they will become a burden instead. "

"But if you continue to walk in, there will be a lot of wounded people. If every wounded person needs to be sent back to the blockade line, the rate of staff reduction will be too fast." Ke Lan shook his head. Place the wounded nearby, or suggest a centralized medical point..."

Ke Lan raised his head and glanced at the track of the suspension train in mid-air, and said, "It's a pity that there is no energy, otherwise the problem of transporting the wounded by the suspension train will be solved."

"I agree with the plan of setting up a centralized medical point." Victoria said, "The medical point can also be used as a temporary transfer station."

"Have you seen the private clinic in front? The building is strong enough, and there should be a certain amount of medicines and medical equipment in it. I think this place is good." Ke Lan pointed to a two-room clinic with a red cross logo about 200 meters away. Layer Xiaolou said.

……

In less than 10 minutes, the investigation team had already occupied the clinic that Ke Lan mentioned.

"Report sir, four corpses were found on the second floor of the clinic, no signs of infection were found, and no survivors were found." Alyosha quickly walked down from the second floor, while several other agents moved the four corpses to the first floor inside the hall.

"One doctor, three...should be patients...have you confirmed the cause of death?" Ke Lan glanced at the four corpses one by one, raised his head, and asked Ah who was standing aside. Liao Sha.

"The cause of death of the three patients was bullets to the heart and lungs. As for the doctor, he had multiple bruises on his body, multiple fractures in his right arm and leg, and was shot in the abdomen. The main cause of death should be the gunshot wound... In addition, there are traces of fighting on the second floor, and this is the shell case found on the floor." Alyosha said, raising the evidence bag in his hand, "11.43mm subsonic heavy pistol bullet, from the inscription on the bottom of the shell case Judging from it, it should be a product of the Arasaka consortium's own military factory."

"It seems that when those heretics wanted to take the doctor away, the doctor resisted and was beaten to death." Ke Lan analyzed, "It should be to protect his patients... a good one." Guy, what a pity."

"There is no time to mourn for strangers." Victoria only glanced at the corpse on the ground, and then said to Ashkani: "Major, I ask you to leave a mecha to protect the stronghold, and the others continue to Advance to the East Ninth District."

"Leave only one mech? Will it be too few? If the stronghold is attacked..." Victoria interrupted Ashkani before he finished speaking: "If the stronghold is attacked, Even if we keep all the mechas, we may not be able to defend them, our task is not to protect the wounded...and as soldiers, they should have sufficient awareness."

"..." Major Ashkani glanced at Victoria, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally swallowed the words that had reached his throat.

Indeed, they are all soldiers, he should have enough awareness.

"If there is no objection, except for those who stay at the medical point, the others will continue to advance. Our time is very tight. I request that within 10 minutes, we must arrive at the entrance of the Central Industrial Park in the East Ninth District .”

The East Ninth District Central Industrial Park that Victoria mentioned is located in the middle of the East Ninth District, covering an area of ​​nearly twelve square kilometers. It is the core area of ​​the area controlled by the Arasaka Consortium, and it is also the location of the headquarters of the consortium.

Different from the outer blocks of the East Ninth District, only the official staff of the Arasaka Foundation are allowed to enter the Central Industrial Park, and the further you go in, the higher the level of authority required. Only members of the Arasaka family and their entourage can freely enter and exit.

The height of the Arakasa Tower is 280 meters, almost touching the dome of the ark on this floor. Among the buildings with an average height of less than [-] meters, such a tower is particularly conspicuous, even in the periphery of the East Ninth District. You can see it even when you look up.

And this high tower is the final destination of the scouting team.

However, just as the scouting team walked out of the narrow alley, they were once again blocked.

Only this time, the enemies they encountered were actually human beings—a group of heretic sect believers in black robes, but under their black robes were mercenaries from the security company wearing "Rangers" standard armor.

The "Ranger" security company is one of the industries under the name of the Arasaka consortium. According to the data released to the public, this company has at least 150 armed mercenaries who can be called the top elite in the industry. But now, just There may be more than two hundred mercenaries blocking the reconnaissance team at the entrance of the alley—if it weren't for the "Bloodhound" mechas with their heavy armor at the front, the reconnaissance team would be the first to meet with them It is estimated that more than half will be killed.

"Are these guys crazy?" Ashkani hid behind a "Bloodhound", and the bullets fired from a distance kept hitting the body of the mecha, emitting the unique "ding ding" of metal impact "Crackling, the opponent's intensive firepower made him unable to lean out to fight back - he just made an attempt, but luckily the movement was half a beat slow, a stray bullet passed his shoulder, hitting the carbon fiber shoulder. A half-centimeter-deep ravine was plowed on the armor, and Ashkani was dragged to the ground by the force attached to the bullet.

If he had been a little faster just now, the bullet would have hit his face instead of the shoulder armor.

"It would be great if they were really crazy. They obviously have very good tactical planning, and the layout of several firepower points is also very particular. The dead angles between each other can make up for each other. We can't use the mecha as a cover to rush out. "Alyosha said while helping an injured agent to bandage the wound.

"I have just fired three orange flares, and in less than half an hour, large troops will enter the East Ninth District. Their resistance is meaningless...I really don't know how much the Arasaka consortium paid them to make them So desperately working hard." Ashkani said that the signal flare is the only way they can communicate with the troops outside now, and the meaning of the three orange flares is "the situation is urgent, and an immediate attack is required."

"I'm afraid it's not about money." Ke Lan sighed, "Did you see those black robes wrapped around them? These people must have been brainwashed by heretic sects... The Arasaka consortium should have been brainwashed by heretics." The sect has infiltrated for a long time, and now we directly equate the two, I don’t think it’s a big problem.”

"Actually, Commissioner Victoria has always known that there is a problem with the Arasaka Consortium, but these Dongying people are impeccable in details. We have checked many times and found no clues. Instead, the Arasaka Consortium has complained to the Ark executives several times that our investigation is serious. Interfering with their normal operations... After that, the investigation into them has basically come to a standstill." Alyosha said with a bitter face.

"To put it bluntly, I think the top management of the Ark may have an inner ghost." Ke Lan said.

At this time, Victoria suddenly turned her head to look at him, but didn't say much, it seemed that she acquiesced to Ke Lan's statement.

"It seems that there are people in your security bureau who dare not move." Ke Lan poked out the muzzle of the gun, fired a few shots indiscriminately, and immediately attracted a burst of shots, and the metal ground at his feet was hit with sparks. .

"It's not that I don't dare to move, it's just that I can't move for the time being." Victoria didn't look at herself, but Ke Lan knew that she said this to herself, "Too much curiosity is not necessarily a good thing."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, do you have any countermeasures for the current situation? We can't waste all our time here." Ke Lan said.

The terrain outside is a fan-shaped square. Except for a few lampposts, there are basically no shelters in the square that can be used as shelters. The exit of the alley is located at the apex of this fan. As long as Ke Lan and the others rush out, they will be attacked by With an all-round attack at a 120-degree angle, even with Victoria's mobility, it is difficult to pass through the square in front of him.

The only good news is that these rebels who were brainwashed by heretical sects did not have heavy weapons in their hands. Otherwise, let alone a stalemate at the alley, the investigation team might have to be forced to go back to Kabukicho First Street go.

"You are here to delay these rebels. I will take a few people around." Victoria pulled out two Mozambique shotguns from the equipment box, inserted them into the holsters on both sides of the calf, and then put another one full of fragments. The grenade satchel was slung over his shoulder.

"It sounds like a feasible solution, provided that no new enemies appear on the path after the detour." Ke Lan glanced at the remaining ammunition of his Gauss assault rifle, and then said, "How about I go with you?"

"No, I refuse." Victoria shook her head, "You and Major Ashkani will stay here...I always feel that nothing good will happen if you stay by my side...Maybe I shouldn't have Let you enter the East Ninth District."

"As for it... These words are too hurtful." Ke Lan raised the gun above his head with some displeasure, stretched the muzzle out from the gap between the two mechanical arms of the "Blood Hound", and fired casually. One shot, and a scream sounded in the distance——

"You see, my luck is actually pretty good, and I can get shot in this."

"That's only for you." Victoria said, she had already selected the candidates to go around, and led the four agents directly into the trail on the right rear.

"By the way...is it really that unlucky to be with me?" Ke Lan patted the back of his head speechlessly.

"Actually, I think what the officer said is right... I have read your files. After the glacier ruins incident, you seem to have suffered somewhere..." Alyosha said in a low voice, "You and your teammates were killed by the Fourth Fleet. The battleship was rescued, but not long after, the battleship was shot down by the death ray cannon, and then you ran to the gathering place of the exiles, but happened to hit the sacrificial ceremony... Then, you ran to Zhonghai , this time is even more outrageous, before you boarded the icebreaker, the ship was almost sunk by the giant deep sea eel... Not long ago, when you ran to Leviathan, this giant beast was resurrected ... I have been in the Security Bureau for six years, and this is the first time I have seen a disaster star like you."

"Can this be my fault?!" Ke Lan argued, "These things have nothing to do with me!"

"Although I never believed in those supernatural claims..." Alyosha shrugged, "but I also think that Victoria's chief is right..."

At this moment, a deafening roar suddenly came from the other side of the square!
"What?!" The two who were chatting suddenly became serious. Ke Lan took out a lens from his pocket, adjusted the angle a little, and saw a "humanoid monster" walking towards this side. Its body has a living armor similar to that of a sumo wrestler. The "Bloodhound" cannon hitting its body can only cause a slight deceleration effect, and even the surface of the tentacles cannot penetrate.

"It's a mutant." Ke Lan spat on the ground, "It's really unlucky...As soon as that guy Victoria left, a mutant ran out immediately, and this is troublesome."

"I just said, it's not good to be with you!" Alyosha couldn't help but said, "If it gets closer, it will have to use up the flesh-eating worm it brought..."

"Wait a minute, don't rush to use up your cards." Ke Lan raised his hand and stopped Alyosha from dragging out the box containing the flesh-eating worms, "This mutant doesn't seem to be the same as the sumo wrestler just now." Too much the same."

"Look at its head, it seems that there is a person lying on its head... No, it doesn't seem to be a person..." Ke Lan pointed to the scene in the mirror and said.

This mutant is more than six meters tall, and its body shape is stronger than that of a ball-shaped sumo wrestler. In addition to the living armor made of tentacles, heavy armor is also installed on the chest, abdomen and joints. , his head was covered in a huge metal helmet, and on the front of the helmet, there was a mask in the shape of "Prajna".

Of course, these are not the main point, the main point is—behind this huge metal helmet, there is a figure in a black robe. Two sticky tentacles, these two tentacles have been extended to the inside of the Prajna mask, seem to be connected to the giant mutant under his feet.

(End of this chapter)