Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 329 The End of the First Day (4000-word chapter)
"In this case, two positions among the three have already been finalized, and the remaining one will be between you and Akira Asano," said the hound.

Since there was an outsider like Ye Yan present, the Hound was embarrassed to speak too bluntly... But at least in his opinion, Ke Lan's priority should still be higher than Asano Akira's. After all, the knockout venue is an Alpha In the ruins of civilization, Ke Lan has the ability to read alpha characters. In the ruins, the advantages that this ability can bring to them are immeasurable, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it can determine victory or defeat.

"Actually, you don't necessarily need that kind of professional mechanic..." Ye Yan continued, "The accessories placed in the arena are all modular in design. You know how to put it together right away.”

"That little girl Valentina should be able to do it too, right?" the Hound said to himself as he grabbed the stubble on his chin with the nails of his thumb and forefinger, "If I remember correctly... the Strangler Squadron It is the kind of independent combat unit. When performing missions outside, they are all equipped with mechas, and they will not be equipped with professional mechanics accompanying the team... In this way, everyone is basically required to master certain skills. Get your skills ready..."

Unlike club players who only need to master driving skills and don't have to worry about logistical support at all, pilots from the army need to master more skills. After all, the conditions of the battlefield and the arena are completely incomparable.

The hound stood up, beckoned to Chi Hanfeng, and shouted: "Hey, Lao Chi, come here, I need you for something... Oh yes, and Valentina and Layton, you also come here. "

The few of them had gathered by the porthole, watching the second match in the field below. This match was no less exciting than the opening match just now. The teams on both sides were rich clubs, and the competition system was still a team melee. All six The ace pilots were fighting fiercely in the arena, and the speed of the commentators was so fast that they wanted to suffocate... However, under the beckoning of the hound, they gave up and continued to watch the game, and walked towards this side.

"What's the matter with the old dog, we are busy studying other participating teams...Damn it, there are a total of six ace pilots in the following two groups, fortunately we didn't run into each other just now." road.

"There are still videos to watch after the game. If Young Master Ye leaves, you will have nowhere to find this exclusive information." The Hound curled his lips and said.

"Young master Ye...is this fat...is this Ke Lan's friend? Ye...? The Ye's Consortium? He is the young master of the Ye's Consortium?" Layton was stunned for a moment, "Just now Miss Soma only Said he was a friend of Ke Lan... so you are Ye Yan? The young master Ye Yan who sent someone to send a new skeleton?"

"Okay, if you want to lick it, there will be time for you to lick it. Now let's get down to business." The hound said, and stomped Layton's foot vigorously.

"Business? What business?"

"The format of the knockout round has been changed to a battle royale mode." Ke Lan said, attracting everyone's attention.

He repeated the news that Ye Yan just provided on the side in as concise a way as possible, and then looked at Chi Hanfeng and Valentina: "Old Chi, if it is assembled with modular design parts, can Valentina do it?"

"Of course, if the soldiers from the Strangler Squadron can't even maintain their own bodies, they would have died in..." Chi Hanfeng suddenly stopped in the middle of his words. He coughed twice, and then immediately put the The topic changed, "In fact, the modular design of accessories is originally prepared for those who are not very proficient in mechanical maintenance, but this thing is expensive and wastes a lot, so in non-emergency situations, no one will use modules at all. Change parts to repair the mech."

Chi Hanfeng continued: "For example, suppose the heat sink in the Valkyrie's back thruster is broken, then for me, as long as I replace the broken heat sink with a new one, the repair cost will not exceed Five hundred credits, but if you switch to modular accessories, the entire thruster backpack will have to be replaced, which is enough to buy hundreds of heat sinks."

"Okay, it looks like I'm going to sit on the bench again." Layton rubbed the back of his head depressingly, "To be honest, before I fought Valentina, although I knew that me and Ace Machine There is not a small gap between teachers, but I always think that I can still struggle a few times..."

"Indeed," muttered the Hound, "everybody watching the game is going to be like, 'I can do it too.'"

"But you will only know if you have actually played..." Layton sighed deeply, "I still don't want to go to abuse, I have to deal with those ace pilots of other clubs, except for ace vs. ace, it is only you and Akira Asano was able to do this kind of coercion."

It is certain to say that he is not reconciled, but Layton also understands how heavy he is, so he voluntarily gave up his starting position.

……

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There were only six matches on the first day, and it was over soon. The remaining half day was basically an exhibition of the new skeleton of the Ye Group... Since most of the mechas participating in the competition adopted this Phoenix Skeleton, so the popularity of the exhibition is still quite high. Regardless of whether they can afford it or not, the audience still gathers under the booth, wanting to have a closer look at this new skeleton that was blown into the sky by the Yen Consortium. .

"The Phoenix skeleton is actually like that..." Although Ye Yan was right next to him, Chi Hanfeng had no scruples when talking about these things, "There are too many things that can be improved, especially in terms of joint strength. It is easy to use, and the parts containing 45% Nino alloy are used, but I see that the Nino alloy content of the mass-produced joint parts has shrunk to 9%, which is not even as good as the 12% of the Striker III skeleton... Or the Yip Consortium has commercial considerations in doing so, but if I were in the military procurement department, I would rather choose the old version of the skeleton than purchase the Phoenix mass-produced model."

"Uh... I don't know much about the technical department." Ye Yan laughed, "But if you need it, I can ask them to customize a zero-type version with 45% Nino alloy content for you. , even higher-end ones are fine.”

"Actually, it's not incomprehensible what Ye's consortium did. The mass-produced version... definitely needs to be considered for cost control. This Phoenix skeleton is obviously for competition. The military skeleton doesn't need so many movable joints. The more it is, the worse the overall reliability and durability will be, and 9% Nino alloy content is more than enough for competitions.” Layton said, “Moreover, it is also convenient to launch follow-up models, such as adding 0.5% Nino alloy. No alloy content, slightly optimize some original defects, and make some changes to the appearance, isn’t this a new skeleton? The first, second and third generations of Phoenix, each generation’s price is increased by more than ten percent, which is really another It’s a normal operation.”

"Uh...Although I don't usually get involved in those things, it seems...that's what happened..." Ye Yan said with some embarrassment.

"Isn't this way of 'squeezing toothpaste'..." Ke Lan said, "It reminds me of a well-known company in the old era."

"What company?" The curious Ye Yan couldn't help asking.

"Intel... In the old era, it and AMD almost monopolized the home computer CPU market." Ke Lan shrugged, "But now you can see that AMD still occupies one-third of the market share, and the brand Intel , has long since disappeared.”

"Is this... is this squeezing toothpaste to kill yourself?" This time it was Layton's turn to be curious.

"Almost, consumers are not fools. After being played by merchants again and again, they naturally choose to vote with their feet."

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After such a lot of ridicule, everyone was not interested in the exhibition of the new skeleton. After parking the suspended platform at the designated berth of the organizer, they took the elevator back to the ground—— The reason why tickets are so expensive is because it also includes the cost of board and lodging during the game.In order to prevent the spectators from having to eat and sleep in the arena, the Ye's consortium even built a permanent base not far from the arena.

Like the viewing area, the rooms in the base are also divided into the VIP area and the economic area. The hound only ran to the economic area to take a look, and then immediately ran back in a desperate state——

"It stinks, it really stinks!" He held his nose and said angrily, "There are sixteen beds in a room less than ten square meters, which is even more crowded than a dormitory in a military camp. , this is not the scariest thing...a corridor, 24 rooms, a total of 380 four people, and they share a bathroom...Damn it, feces and urine overflowed the corridor, and the smell is almost the same as that of biochemical weapons Fight!"

According to the Hound's description, there were some subtle changes in everyone's expressions... Just thinking about it is very exciting, not to mention that Hound has an extremely sensitive sense of smell, and this smell is particularly lethal to him.

"Phew... it's okay..." Layton heaved a sigh of relief, "Two years ago, I planned to save money and buy an ordinary ticket to watch the competition...you know the accommodation provided by the organizer The conditions are so bad, I'd rather play on the floor in the viewing area."

"We can't do anything about this..." Ye Yan said helplessly, "Actually, the price of ordinary tickets is already very close to the cost price. To build and maintain a stadium of this size, the cost is too scary. Once I accidentally glanced at the bills in my dad’s computer, and the amount of expenditure scared even me. Just one tree in the tropical jungle site cost tens of thousands of credits. In order to provide the audience with the most For a good viewing experience, the cost can only be obtained from other places..."

"So, it's most comfortable to watch online live prostitution at home." Ke Lan said with deep conviction.

Fortunately, the conditions in the VIP area are much better than those in the economic area. Although it is not as good as the luxury hotel on the Ark, it is at least much better than Ke Lan's original residence in the North Fifth District.

Including Zofia and Ye Yan, the number of rooms allocated to Ke Lan and the others is still vacant... However, when Ke Lan opened the door of the first bedroom, he was shocked to find a pretty girl sitting on the bed. Pretty girl no less than Zofia.

"Uh? Excuse me... did you go to the wrong room?"

"I didn't go wrong—" the girl stood up, walking towards Ke Lan step by step with a furious expression on her face.

Suddenly, she raised her finger, pointed at Ke Lan's back, and shouted loudly: "Fatty man, stop, don't try to run!"

Ke Lan subconsciously turned her head to look, and at some point, Ye Yan, who was following them, had slipped to the door of the living room and stepped out with one foot.

"Stop!" the girl called again, picking up her pace again.

Ye Yan at the door looked at Ke Lan pleadingly, and mouthed to him: "Help, stop her."

Stop her?
Ke Lan looked at the girl, then at Ye Yan, and immediately stood beside the wall, with his hands clinging to the midline of his trousers, his eyes staring straight at the ceiling above his head, with a look of "it's none of my business, I don't care." I know, I didn't see" look.

This girl is obviously the daughter of the Song family whom Ye Yan mentioned as a childhood sweetheart. It is difficult for an upright official to decide on housework. I am not even an upright official, so I shouldn't interfere in this matter.

Seeing Ke Lan and the others step aside one after another, Ye Yan's expression has changed from panic to despair... Without Ke Lan and the others stopping him, he would definitely not be able to run away. Instead of being caught up and being ravaged, It's better to surrender directly, maybe you can get a lighter sentence...

"Song Shiyun, you... You, you, calm down. I admit that I made a mistake first, but can we sit down and have a good talk, no matter how big the problem is, it can be solved. My friend is still here, It's not good for both of us if things get serious...You, don't be impulsive..."

The girl didn't speak, but put her hand into her pocket...

"Could this girl really plan to shoot Ye Yan?" Ke Lan was slightly taken aback, thinking to himself, "A [-]-inch magnum pistol...the head and torso are probably shot by Ye Yan on the spot. Sudden death, if you hit the limbs, you will definitely end up missing arms and legs, although the current medical technology can regenerate the limbs, but the bleeding alone is enough to be fatal..."

We can't let the young master of Ye's Consortium die right under his nose... Just when Ke Lan was about to stop him, he finally saw the black thing that the girl took out, and abruptly put the thing that had arrived The words in his throat were swallowed again.

Fortunately, it's not a Magnum pistol, it's just a non-lethal stun gun.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

After a scream of ecstasy, Ye Yan, whose hair was standing on end and emitting a puff of green smoke, fell to the ground with a bang. The girl directly picked up one of his legs and dragged him out with some difficulty. When the time came, he still didn't forget to turn his head and give Ke Lan a slightly apologetic smile.

"Hey, this girl is really polite. She didn't forget to close the door for us before she left." The hound patted the top of his head and squeezed out such a sentence.

"Indeed, not only polite, but also gentle." Ke Lan nodded in agreement. In his opinion, as long as he didn't take out the Magnum, he was really gentle.

[PS These are all transitional chapters recently, there may be some water, and I am currently writing the outline of the knockout part of the plot. Although the subject of eating chicken is about to be written badly in online novels, I will still add as much as possible. New things come in.

Also, AMD YES! 】

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