Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 280 Another Squad (4000 words chapter)
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Finally, when their oxygen was about to run out, a faint light emitted by fluorescent fungi penetrated the water body and seeped down from the top of everyone's heads.

"Finally came up..." Ke Lan breathed a sigh of relief, while Layton slightly slowed down the power of the thrusters, and protruded a section of metal tube with a surveillance camera into the water as a periscope.

But less than five seconds after the metal pipe protruded from the water, Layton immediately turned off the propeller, and even used the forced braking device to stop the blades of the propeller immediately.

Layton bent down and gestured to the crowd. The meaning of the gesture was: there are people above.

Hearing what he said, Ke Lan let go of the rope in his hand, swam to the side of Layton, and took over the terminal display of the surveillance camera.

The picture on the monitor was very blurry, and it was even more difficult to see through the water. Ke Lan simply unplugged the camera cable and plugged it into his goggles, so that the captured picture was directly projected on the lens in front of him. superior.

From the information obtained from the monitoring screen, we can know that this water body is an underground saltwater lake covering an area of ​​tens of hectares. The height of the top of the cave is about 300 to [-] meters from the water surface. There are a large number of stalactites hanging above it, some of which are the largest The stalactites have even been inserted into the water surface, forming stone pillars standing on the lake.

And on the east bank of the underground lake, about 400 meters away from where Ke Lan and the others were, there was a blazing bonfire, and several figures were sitting around the bonfire, although their appearance and Attire, but you can see that everyone has a gun hanging from the back, and one of the burly men even has a portable recoilless gun next to him.

This group of people are obviously not relic hunters. Among other things, the use of bonfires in the relics alone is beyond the capabilities of a hunter who has received formal training-in non-combat situations, open flames are definitely not necessary. No need, whether it is heating, lighting or heating food, hunters will choose other alternative methods, and no one will light a bonfire in the ruins unless it is a last resort.

This is not a wilderness, and flames can be used to expel approaching native creatures—on the contrary, many devices in the Alpha Ruins are sensitive to temperature and smoke, and lighting a fire rashly can easily lead to an unwarranted disaster.

And this group of people obviously didn't reach the point where they had to start a fire.

They were too unprofessional, even a rookie like Martin would not be like them.

Ke Lan thought for a while, and quickly made a judgment, and said to others in sign language:

"East, on the shore, 400 meters away, ten to 15 people, militants, most likely the group of exiles who attacked the sinkhole camp."

Ke Lan led the crowd around the water, found a stalactite pillar as thick as several people hugged, and drilled out of the water at the blind spot of those people's vision.

"Exiles? Are you sure? How did they come here?" the hound asked, keeping his voice low, for fear that the echo in the cave would be heard by the other party.

"Not sure, but they are definitely not hunters." Ke Lan shook his head.

"Could it be washed down by the avalanche just like us?" Layton guessed.

"That's the only way to explain it," Ke Lan said.

"Then what shall we do? Get rid of them? These people are our sworn enemies. To be honest, I don't have any psychological burden to kill them." The hound touched the pistol in the holster, revealing a trace of Killing intent.

"These people are hard to deal with." Layton shook his head slowly. "There are more than a dozen of them, and everyone has guns, and they all have long guns. On the other hand, on our side, you all only have pistols, and the only heavy firepower is me. And the ammunition on my body is exhausted in the stone room, even if the energy shield is included, we are completely at a disadvantage in terms of firepower."

"There is one more point that you didn't mention about Layton," Ke Lan said in a deep voice, "These people are inseparable from that heretical sect, and we can't guarantee whether there are any containers of Corrosive Seeds or other biological weapons among them. , but if anything..."

Ke Lan didn't continue, but everyone else knew what he didn't say - the gap in combat power between the two sides was too great. In the case of monsters, Ke Lan and the others have almost no chance of winning.

If Akira Asano was awake, with his saber and those special abilities, he might still be able to fight the opponent head-on, but now, even if it is a sneak attack, he must be cautious.

"Well, let's divide into two teams. The Mongol and I will go around to their left, attack first, and try to attract their attention, then Ke Lan, Layton and that little girl named Qin Zhao, you sneak up to On their right side, don't show your head, wait until these people are attracted by us, and then concentrate your firepower on their backs." The hound said, "Remember, no matter whether there are containers of erosion seeds in this group of people Focus on those with guns first, guns are more of a threat to us than monsters."

At this time, Qin Zhao couldn't help asking: "Excuse me... what is the 'container of the seed of erosion'?"

"People who are infected by a 'virus', after they die, the 'virus' parasitic in their bodies will burst out, turning into a monster covered with tentacles, if they are attacked by this monster, they will also be infected... As long as you know about this kind of thing, don't tell it, otherwise, we won't be responsible if people from the Security Bureau come to our door." Layton explained to her.

Qin Zhao was stunned, and asked, "Is it a virus like in "Resident Evil"?"

Although Layton's statement is very clear, it is still difficult for a person who is completely ignorant of the existence of the Corrosion Seed to imagine it out of thin air.

"It's almost...but it's not the same. In short, after you actually see that thing, you will definitely understand it. Don't worry too much. We have already mastered the nemesis of this monster, so that old dog will say Guns are more of a threat," Layton added.

After all, if the seed of erosion is attacked, if it is not a vital part, even if it is infected, it can be suppressed by implanting stalagmite fragments; and the long guns in the hands of those armed men are basically full power with a caliber of more than ten millimeters. bullets, a single shot to the torso is enough to kill, but for the limbs, being hit by a bullet is basically equivalent to amputation, even if it is rubbed, it can tear off a large piece of flesh and blood in an instant.

"...Oh." Qin Zhao nodded with some confidence. Up to now, she has been tied to the same boat as Ke Lan and others. If the boat is scuttled, she will not be able to live alone. Get out of the ruins.The only thing she can do is to follow Ke Lan and the others, and do what she can do as much as possible.

"If there is no objection, act." After the hound finished speaking, he bit a breathing tube in his mouth and sank his head below the surface of the water.

Layton disassembled the small shield generator in the mechanical arm and handed it to Zoligetu—the feint attacking team needed it more than the sneak attacking team.

Ke Lan also bit on a breathing tube, dived into the water, and quietly swam towards the east bank of the underground lake following the route set by the hound.

After arriving at the designated location, the three of them began to wait, waiting for the hound to launch a feint attack.

But at a distance, Ke Lan can already clearly see the details of these armed men.

As he expected, these people were indeed exiles, but not all of them—a total of fourteen people, only six of them wore the wasteland style clothing common among exiles, and the remaining eight people, although their clothes were a little dirty, But it was not worn out, and the gear and some small accessories on his body were professional-grade goods that could sell for a good price in the black market.

The weapons of the two types of people are also different. The firearms of those exiles are all modified to be very rough, and they simply pursue high power, while the weapons of the other group of people are more sophisticated, such as nylon grips and stocks, composite sights, etc. There are all kinds of tactical accessories such as guns and laser launchers. One guy even has a "V-27 recoilless submachine gun" that was just released last month by "Advanced Equipment Manufacturing Company" on his waist. The civilian version of the fully automatic mode, but the power of three bursts should not be underestimated.

These people are mercenaries, and they are also the most elite group in the mercenary industry.

Of course, apart from the prefix "the most elite", they are also the kind of mercenaries who are "the most courageous and have no bottom line at all".

Whether it is the cooperation of the exiles or the employment of heretical sects, if any of them is discovered by the ark, the consequences can be imagined... But these people completely ignore the laws and regulations on the ark, and they don't know that the rewards given by the employers are real. Is it too rich, or these people have joined heretical sects and become one of those crazy believers.

Ke Lan waited for almost 10 minutes before a sudden gunshot sounded from a distance, and a mercenary who was sitting by the campfire warming his hands fell in response, and the bullets from the large-caliber hunting pistol directly knocked off half of his chest The cranium, the red and white filth was sprayed more than ten meters away - I have to say that the hound's marksmanship is still very good, after all, it was fed with so many bullets on the real battlefield.

This shot immediately plunged the armed men by the bonfire into a brief confusion. Obviously, they did not expect to be attacked by modern human weapons in this place, and they were inevitably panicked for a while—and their reaction was, It also corresponds to the two identities very well: after the people in exile costumes found the direction where the bullets hit, they rushed towards them fearlessly. The mercenaries hid behind the rocks on the shore as soon as the chaos passed, using it as their own cover.

The hound fired two more shots, but the running target was still much harder to hit than the fixed target. These two shots only wounded one exile's arm, and then he was suppressed by the opponent's firepower and had to fight again. Drilled back into the water.

The lake water is a natural barrier, and the resistance in the water will greatly weaken the kinetic energy carried by the warhead. Even if it is the full power of the 1200mm caliber with an effective killing range of [-] meters in the air, in the water, the distance of more than one meter There is no lethality.

The hound and Zhuoligetu dived directly into the water, and the firearms in the hands of the exiles basically did not pose any threat.

However, when the exiles approached within 50 meters, the Hound and Zoligetu still had to rush out of the water and run to the shore with the energy shield on.

In addition to firearms, these armed men also carry a lot of explosives such as grenades. Although the fragmentation damage of grenades is the same as that of bullets, it will also be limited in water, but the shock wave damage will increase instead of decrease. A few grenades Going down, even if they were not directly hit, the two hounds would be shocked to death by the shock wave transmitted from the water.

At this time, the distance between the exiles who were rushing towards the hounds and the bonfire had been opened by nearly a hundred meters, and the attention of those mercenaries who did not attack rashly were completely attracted by the two of them—the mission of the feint attack was over. Finished, the rest is up to Ke Lan and the others.

"on!"

With a wave of Ke Lan's hand, the three of them quickly and silently touched the shore, and each found a huge boulder as their own cover. Less than 20 meters directly in front of them were those who completely exposed their backs. Unsuspecting mercenaries within their line of sight.

"Layton, you are in charge of covering the central position with miniature rockets, and request to blow up as many people as possible. Qin Zhao, you keep an eye on the one on the far left, and leave the two on the far right to me." Ke Lan said on the short-range radio channel Nei said.

"clear."

"Understood." The two replied at the same time.

"Three, two, one, fire!" Ke Lan said, leaning out of the bunker at the same time, and continuously pulled the trigger on his two targets - he aimed at the larger area of ​​the chest and abdomen instead of the head, What he pursues is not a fatal blow, but the highest possible hit rate under the premise of ensuring that the opponent loses the ability to resist.

The two mercenaries were shot down in an instant, but Ke Lan could neither hear his own gunfire nor the screams of the other party—the whistle and explosion of a dozen miniature rockets sounded almost at the same time. At this distance, the sound was as loud as if it exploded in Ke Lan's ear.

"Damn it, I forgot about this..." Ke Lan covered his buzzing ears and thought to himself. Fortunately, their attack this time was very successful, and the remaining seven mercenaries fell to the ground in a blink of an eye. In a pool of blood, two of them were still struggling painfully on the ground, while the other five were completely silent.

"Rush up, support the old dog!" Ke Lan shouted loudly, jumped out of the bunker, bent over and ran forward quickly.

The hounds were already in a bitter fight, six against two, completely outnumbered, and...those exiles who were dressed like beggars had pulled out two energy shields from nowhere!

(End of this chapter)