Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 22 Sarcophagus
"I don't understand, how can a monster like you that can break the seventh-order mercury lock become a lone hunter..." Layton's meaning is very straightforward, although their elite hunters are better than the advance team. The cannon fodder is a lot stronger, but as long as Ke Lan can prove that he has the ability to crack the seventh-order mercury lock, there will definitely be a lot of consortiums who want to hire him as a consultant, and the income treatment will definitely make all hunters. They have all thrown away several streets... and, the most important point is that they don't have to be like them, living and dying all day long, and earning less money than a low-level manager in those big financial groups.

The vast majority of people who become hunters are not driven by excitement, but for a living.

"...I don't know if I can crack the seventh-order mercury lock...Maybe it's just luck?" Facing Layton's question, Ke Lan could only smile bitterly, even he himself didn't know how. After the mercury lock was broken, he only remembered that he had a dream, but now he can't even recall the specific content of the dream.

"It's a pity not to buy lottery tickets..." Layton said quietly.

"You idiot, luck is the thing, whoever runs out first will leave first. If Ke Lan buys a lottery ticket, we will all die here today!" The Hound slapped Layton hard on the forehead. , "But then again, if you are lucky enough to crack a first-order and second-order mercury lock, I still believe that the seventh-order mercury lock can be cracked by luck, which is really against the sky."

"...Don't worry about this for now. The giant door has been opened, so let's hurry up and get down to business." Ke Lan chose to take the initiative to end this topic. He knew in his heart that no matter how much he tried to get to the bottom of it, he wouldn't be able to give an answer. For a reasonable explanation, it is better to put this matter aside first, anyway, the crisis is temporarily relieved, and it does not make much sense to dig into it.

"That's right... it's still more important to baby!"

"Don't you always say that little life is the most important thing, old dog? What's the point of earning life but not spending it..." Layton was only halfway through when he was interrupted by the hound: "Now life and baby are again No conflict! Good things are in the core area, and the way to escape is also in the core area, why are you so clueless?"

"Damn... it's always up to you to take care of things, and I'm too lazy to argue." Leighton said as he lifted Zorigtu with one hand.

"I'll take the lead this time, and take advantage of my luck now," Ke Lan said.

"Okay, I'll help you sweep the formation." Asano Akira held the scabbard in his left hand, clinging to his waist, in a posture ready to draw the sword at any time.

Following behind were Ivan and the Hound, holding a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other, guarding the left and right sides.

"Pay attention, especially under your feet and above your head. The core area of ​​Alpha Ruins is not your own bedroom, and there will only be more or less traps," the hound whispered.

The drones and survey robots they were carrying were buried in the cargo hold together. Otherwise, with the help of those equipment, they wouldn’t be so embarrassed along the way. In the slang of the industry, their trip is equivalent to It's "running naked".

This is a big taboo in this line of work - even a novice hunter who is so poor, even if he borrows a loan shark, he must purchase all the equipment he needs to use. If he directly chooses "streaking", it is no different from suicide.

Of course, they still have another option, which is to join the advance team organized by those big consortiums. It can become the hunter's private property, and it can be taken away even after withdrawing from the advance party.

Behind the giant gate is an extremely vast space.The Alpha Stars almost hollowed out the entire mountainside. They use 32 columns more than 200 meters high to support the rock top above. The top and bottom form a complex symmetrical figure, and directly below this figure is a high platform shaped like a flat-topped pyramid.

"Ke Lan? What's wrong with you? Why didn't you go forward?" The hound asked in confusion when he noticed that Ke Lan, who was walking at the front, had stopped.

"This high platform... looks familiar, I... I seem to have been to this place before." Ke Lan said uncertainly.

"How is this possible?! Could it be that you have explored similar ruins before, so you have a feeling of deja vu?"

"No... I seem to have seen it in a hallucination, but I'm not sure... The relevant memory is very vague, and when I think about it, my headache is splitting." Ke Lan only felt a sudden strong sense of dizziness. , staggered under his feet, but fortunately, Akano Asano who was behind him helped him in time, so he didn't fall.

"Why does this sound so mysterious... Hey, look, there is something on that high platform!" The Hound suddenly pointed to the top of the high platform and said.

Layton squinted his eyes and looked up: "It looks like a... a box made of stone?"

"What box... That thing is clearly a coffin!" The hound's voice was already trembling. "There... shouldn't there be an Alpha star corpse lying there?"

The corpse of the Alpha star, what this means is very clear to everyone present-for 50 years, from the landing of Noah's Ark to the Alpha star until now, in 50 years, even a small piece of human body belongs to the Alpha star No organization has ever been found, and a complete corpse... This is enough to make the name of the discoverer enter the annals of history!

"I feel like I have a tachycardia." Ivan said. Compared with others, he knows more about the value of the remains of an Alpha star. This is a wealth that cannot be measured by money... It can even be said that However, the sum of all human discoveries in the past 50 years is not worth such a remains.

But at this moment, Ke Lan suddenly took a few steps back, with a look of horror on his face, and murmured, "I'm still alive, I can feel... still alive!"

"What is still alive?" Ivan's face changed and he hurriedly asked.

"The thing in the sarcophagus, it's still alive!" Ke Lan gasped, staring intently at the sarcophagus, "I don't know why, but I can feel the heartbeat and pulse of that thing—"

"Ke Lan, don't scare me..." The hound widened his eyes, "This place is more than 100 meters away from the sarcophagus, and we didn't even see anything in the sarcophagus!"

"No, what he said is true. Although I can't feel it, but I can hear it, there is indeed a heartbeat coming from the sarcophagus, and... it is gradually getting stronger." Asano Akira gently pushed his left thumb , the war blade made of Nino alloy was suddenly unsheathed by half an inch, and a dangerous cold light was reflected on the surface of the blade.

Asano Akira just finished speaking, a gray-black palm suddenly stretched out from the sarcophagus. This palm was thin and slender, with blood vessels twisting and twisting like earthworms under the cortex. It held a few times in the air. , and then grabbed the edge of the sarcophagus!
"This thing wants to crawl out!" The Hound shouted fiercely, "Everyone, get ready, don't let it have a chance to activate the mechanism in the ruins!"

The Hound's thinking is very clear. If it is just an Alpha star who swindles the corpse, there may be a chance to kill it by gathering the combat power of the entire team, but if the control of the ruins falls into the hands of this Alpha star, then the present All will be lambs to be slaughtered...

However, to everyone's astonishment, what crawled out of the sarcophagus was not the Alpha star who "deceived the corpse" as they imagined, but... the pilot who died when the plane crashed!
"How could it be him?!" Ivan blurted out subconsciously.

"Damn it... This is a real hell! The smell of the corpse has disappeared in the secret passage, why did it bump into here again!" The Hound shook his head repeatedly.

"Although I don't know how he got into the sarcophagus, at least it's good news," Layton breathed a sigh of relief, "It's just a human corpse controlled by a bug, even if I don't have a robotic arm, I can Easy to handle."

"No, he's different from those before, don't be careless." Ke Lan's breathing has stabilized, he holds a gun in one hand, and a grenade that has been pulled off in the other. The ones it controls are corpses, but it has a heartbeat, it's alive..."

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