Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 256 Awakening (4000 words chapter)
"Fly down!" Ke Lan roared hoarsely.

Going up, hitting the avalanche head-on, is definitely a dead end... Only by accelerating down and falling, and rushing out of the avalanche coverage before being swallowed by the avalanche, can you win a chance of life.

Ke Lan huddled up in the air with difficulty, bent his knees as much as possible, and aimed the two remaining rocket thrusters at the top of his legs...

The huge white waves rolling down from the cliff were less than 20 meters away from him, and he couldn't even hear any other sound except for the loud "rumbling" sound. With terrifying energy falling from the sky, Ke Lan could smell the suffocating breath of death... Once he was caught up by the avalanche, he would be crushed to pieces in an instant.

Ke Lan felt like he was racing against death... The torrent of ice and snow chased him, and he could only plunge headlong into the bottomless abyss below.

The surrounding light is gradually dimming, and Ke Lan feels as if he has melted into the shadows, and even the loud noise from the avalanche above has gradually become distant... The chill is gradually disappearing, and a strange warm current flows along the His back crawled towards his limbs, he could clearly feel the touch from every inch of his skin, but he lost control over his body... He wanted to stretch out a hand to touch his face, but I found that there seemed to be something heavy and soft on my arm, and I couldn't move at all...

Endless drowsiness is coming up, the eyelids are almost completely closed, leaving only a gap for the final struggle... Ke Lan knew that he must not sleep at this time, but he even bit his tongue like this Simple actions can't be done.

"It's dead..."

"Even if he wasn't buried alive by the avalanche, he would fall to his death if he hit the bottom of the pit like this..."

His consciousness became more and more blurred, and the darkness in front of him gradually turned into chaos... However, a light spot suddenly lit up in the chaos...

Light?
Ke Lan froze for a moment, he felt that he was regaining the ability to control his body... But he was shocked to find that he seemed to be no longer in the sinkhole...

He forcefully opened his eyes, and the light spot directly above was also expanding, gradually spreading to his entire field of vision... It was a lamp installed on the ceiling, emitting a soft and bright light.

The heavy and soft thing Ke Lan felt just now was not an illusion. It was a thick quilt, and the fibers of the fabric exuded a unique fragrance of detergent.

where is this place?
Ke Lan was startled, she was clearly lying on a bed!
Is this on the ark...or is it somewhere else?
Ke Lan raised his head, only to find a familiar figure sitting on the sofa beside him...

"Zofia?!"

"Are you awake?" Seeing Ke Lan struggling to get up, Zofia hurried to the bed and helped Ke Lan up.

"What's going on? Why am I here?" Ke Lan rubbed his forehead, "I... didn't I fall into a deep pit?"

"That happened four days ago," Zofia glanced at him, and said softly, "When the rescue team found you in the depths of the sinkhole, you were hanging on the wall of the sinkhole, unconscious...you have I have been sleeping in the medical cabin for three days, and I just transferred to this general ward yesterday. The doctor said that your injuries have basically recovered, and you will wake up today... I just happened to be free today, so I came over."

"That level of avalanche... I hung on the wall of the pit... Didn't die?!" Ke Lan asked dubiously, "How is this possible..."

"But you are still alive, aren't you?" Zofia stood up, "Are you hungry? Want to eat something? Your current physical condition is not bad, not limited to liquid food, solid food is also available. "

"Wait a minute, what about the Hound, Layton...the others? Have they been rescued?"

"What?" Zofia frowned slightly, "What are you talking about?"

"I said—the other people in the team, Hound, Layton, Ivan, Asano Akira, and Zhuo Ligetu, do you have any news about them?" Ke Lan repeated. For some reason, he suddenly felt I had a very weird feeling...

He always felt that these names seemed very strange... Although he clearly remembered all the memories related to them, these memories didn't seem to belong to him.

"Who are these people?" Zofia asked slightly startled.

"My teammates, they are my teammates—teammates who went down into the sinkhole with me and encountered an avalanche! Have you forgotten? No, it can't be... When you were on the 'Pioneer', you should I got to know them, and the Leviathan task you entrusted to me was also completed with me..." Ke Lan tried hard to recall some details, but found that his brain was in a mess at the moment, thinking about everything Can't get up.

"Cola."

Zofia sat down by the bed, stretched out a hand, supported his shoulder, and said seriously: "Although I don't know what happened to you in the ruins... But what I want to tell you, Leviathan You completed the task alone, and you are the only one who descended into the bottomless sinkhole this time... You told me before that many of the hunters who came back from the sinkhole went crazy, At that time, you thought that these hunters were attacked by something in the ruins, but have you ever thought that these teammates in your memory may also be hallucinations after you were attacked by the spirit?"

"Illusion?" Ke Lan subconsciously held his breath, a creepy chill crept up his back, "Illusion... how could it be an illusion? By the way, five senior hunters are required to register a consortium-level hunting group As the team leader, it is impossible for me to pass the document review by myself!"

"At that time, you found a few other hunters on the Internet to name them, but the actual member of the hunting group was only you. At that time, I asked you if you wanted to recruit more people. You said that teammates who have not been well-trained are easy to become a drag anyway. After I plan to complete the qualification certification task alone, I will find a way to expand the size of the hunting group..." Zofia said.

"I'm alone... What's going on here? Leviathan... Leviathan's mission is also my next task?"

"Yeah." Zofia nodded.

"That's impossible! I clearly remember them..."

"Your memory may have been biased," Zofia paused, and handed Ke Lan's cell phone, "You can check past mission records by yourself."

Ke Lan took the phone, hurriedly opened his hunter file, found the mission record, and before he clicked on it, a series of words "single mission" on the list had already hurt his eyes deeply.

How can this be? !
Not only the bottomless sinkhole and Leviathan, but also the underwater city and glacier ruins are all single-player missions!
And in the detailed mission records, all the content related to the hounds disappeared, as if they never existed in the world!
This is impossible!

By the way, number!He still remembers the Hound's communication number!

Ke Lan quickly entered the hound's number in the phone, and then dialed it...

However, after a "beep", an electronically synthesized female voice came from the receiver:

"Sorry, the number you dialed is empty..."

Empty number? !How could it be an empty number?Even if they died in the ruins, at most they just couldn't get through. How could it be an empty number?The communication numbers in this era are different from those in the old era. Each number can be used for life and will never be canceled. Even if the owner of the number dies, disappears or is exiled to the wilderness, their communication number will be retained Come down... Although these numbers cannot be connected, it is impossible to mark them as "empty numbers".

If it is an empty number, it means that this string of numbers has never been used by anyone...

But Ke Lan only dialed this number not long ago!

He tried to call several other people, without exception, all of them were empty numbers, and only one number got through--that was Lieutenant General Maginot's number.

"Hello? Ke Lan? Are you awake? I heard that you almost lost your life this time? If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have given you that letter of recommendation..." Magino said, "Speaking of which Why did you call me last time, did you want to know the history of the exiles who attacked the camp?"

"No..." Ke Lan said, he only felt that his throat was extremely dry, and even his voice seemed a little hoarse, "I want to ask you alone."

"Alone? Who?"

"Hunting... no, a man named Nick. He used to be a colonel in the field force. He had a bad mouth and a bad temper, but he loved his subordinates very much. He almost mutinied for the pension. Forced to retire...do you remember such a person?"

"Uh... There are not a thousand or eight hundred people named Nick in the field force... But it seems that there are really few people who get into the colonel... And according to what you said, if this guy has caused such a big thing, he will be more than a general. The higher-ups should know about this guy, but I don't remember such a person at all... Could it be that you made a mistake?"

"I'm not mistaken. His name is Nick. After retiring, he became a relic hunter, code-named Hound... Do you still remember what happened on Route 34 in the North Ninth District?"

"Of course I remember that. Heretic thugs hijacked a train. Fortunately, you subdued them in time to avoid a disaster. That was also the first time I met you. How could I not remember?"

"Nick was with me at that time, and he and I paid for that thug together." Ke Lan said word by word.

"What? You... weren't you alone at that time? Did you have a companion? But you didn't mention it at all?" Maginot's tone was full of doubts, and he didn't seem to be lying at all.

"..."

"If you want to find a guy named Nick, then I can ask someone to help you ask, but you'd better not have too much hope...Soldiers serving in the field force, no one can tell... "Magino didn't continue talking when he said this, but heaved a long sigh.

"Then trouble the general." Ke Lan hung up the phone, staring silently at the door directly opposite the hospital bed... Suddenly, he lifted the quilt covering his legs, and staggered out of bed.

"Be careful... your injury is not fully healed yet!" Seeing this, Zofia quickly hugged Ke Lan's waist... Fortunately, Ke Lan's weight is not too heavy, so the two of them didn't fall to the ground together .

"What's the matter? If there's anything, just tell me, I'll let someone handle it, and you can rest easy and recuperate now, okay?" Zofia's words carried some reproach, she really didn't understand why Ke After Lan woke up, she seemed to be a different person, and kept chanting names that she had never heard before.

"If those people are your former teammates, I can send someone to find them. No matter whether they are alive or dead now, they will definitely find clues..."

"I'm going to a place." Ke Lan said stubbornly, "I must confirm it with my own eyes, otherwise... I will never believe it..."

"Okay, where, you tell me the address, and I will drive you there."

The place Ke Lan mentioned was Ivan’s private clinic in North Fourth District—there’s an old saying, “If you can run away from a monk, you can’t run away from a temple.” He didn’t believe it. Disappear together?
……

Half an hour later, Zofia's car stopped at the intersection that Ke Lan was familiar with.

North Fourth District, Kangle Street No. 11, a familiar building is covered with a completely unfamiliar building. It is a Chinese restaurant called "Huaxia Kung Fu", with a huge neon sign hanging directly above the gate. During dinner time, there was an endless stream of diners coming and going, and even the tables on the street were full of people.

"Chinese restaurant? Do you want Chinese food?" Zofia, who was sitting in the driver's seat, asked curiously, but Ke Lan had already opened the car door and walked quickly towards the Chinese restaurant.

He ignored the protests of diners queuing up, and even ignored the inquiries of the waiters and the surprised eyes of the diners. He went straight through the lobby, bypassed the display cabinets full of sample dishes, and pushed away a person who came up to think about it. The restaurant staff who wanted to stop him kicked open the door of the back kitchen.

Four or five chefs in white uniforms turned their heads at the same time and looked at the intruder. Ke Lan walked into the kitchen in a daze. He looked around blankly, with a look of near despair in his eyes...

The ceiling of the kitchen was blackened by oily smoke, the chef's operating table and floor also had obvious signs of wear and tear, and the exhaust fan on the wall was covered with rust... All these signs told Ke Lan that the Chinese restaurant was built It's been a few years and it's not a recent move here...

"Sir, may I ask..." a chef tried to ask.

"Your boss... Where is your boss? I want to see him."

(End of this chapter)