Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 359 The Depressed Journey

Judging from the information currently available, it seems that only the "missionaries" and "priests" of heretical sects will tattoo this kind of emblem on their bodies, and without exception, they all have some kind of dangerous parasites in their bodies. creature.

Could it be that there was something lurking inside the two miners too?
However, every miner who is sent to the "sick village" should have undergone an examination. Even if the examination is not as detailed as the self-funded physical examination, there should be many items such as blood tests and radiological scans. If there was something parasitic in their bodies, it should have been discovered long ago.

No... No, since the heretical sect allows these two people to mix with the miners, it is not too difficult to hide from the routine inspection. The staff responsible for the inspection are all employees of the mine development alliance. They're not soldiers, let alone agents of the Security Bureau. It doesn't even cost much to buy them off...

But the question is...why would the heretic sect send these two to the "Sick Village"?
Ke Lan looked at these two people out of the corner of his eye: one of their "emblems" was tattooed on the ankle, which was mostly covered by the trouser legs, and the other was on the neck, mixed with a lot of messy tattoos.

It's just that compared to other tattoos, this emblem composed of skulls, tentacles and water droplets is obviously much more detailed, which makes Ke Lan notice it at a glance.

What is their purpose?It can't be going to the sick village to preach, right?

This is a place isolated from the world. Even if the heretic sects occupy the entire sick village, it is meaningless. It is nothing more than to activate the main gun of the ark again... Without an empty ship, no one can leave this place A space station like a prison...

There is no land, no resources, and no wealth left over from the Alpha civilization. The only thing of value may be the miners who are seriously ill... No, to be precise, even these people have no value.

They cannot provide funds, information, and technology to the heretic sect like the Arasaka Consortium, and their weak physique is difficult to become an ideal "container" for parasitic monsters. Even if a very small number of miners mutate into that kind of radiation monster, Compared with the Seed of Corrosion, it is just a weak cannon fodder.

In Ke Lan's view, even going to the exile camp in the wilderness to develop believers is much wiser than going to this kind of air prison full of dying people.

Unless, there is something in it that they want.

In order not to attract the attention of these two "missionaries", Ke Lan and Asano Akira did not do anything out of the ordinary from the beginning to the end.Almost 10 minutes after the man who choked to death on his own vomit died, two crew members in protective suits, carrying U-shaped long-handled riot steel forks and electric shock batons in their hands entered the cargo hold-apparently, in the Where the miners can't see, there should be infrared cameras installed to monitor them, otherwise the crew wouldn't have rushed over so quickly.

The two crew members approached and looked around at the surrounding miners. After confirming that there were no other abnormalities, the one with the anti-riot steel fork stepped forward and stabbed the corpse on the ground with the fork in his hand.

"He's dead, and the cause of death is suffocation." The man said to his companion, the voice coming from under the protective suit sounded particularly dull.

"Hiss...it's troublesome..." Another person squatted down, shone a flashlight on the face of the deceased, and then pulled up the arms of the deceased—everyone in the cargo hold, including Ke Lan and Asano Akira, Every miner wears a rubber ring on his wrist, which contains a chip, which is similar to the wristbands used in hospitals to identify patients.

He took out a scanning gun and scanned it against the rubber ring. The scanning gun made a light beep, and the screen on the handle lit up with a slight fluorescent light.

"It's people from Tramin Mining Co., Ltd..." he read while looking at the information on the screen.

"Do you want to report it?" asked the crew member holding the steel fork.

"Forget it, let's leave it here. When the ship arrives at the station, just drag the corpses down... Anyway, no one cares about their life and death. If the cargo is sent to the space station, our mission will be completed." Holding the scanning gun The crew member said impatiently.

"That's right." The other person nodded, "Even if we report it, the people above probably won't bother to reply..."

"That is to say...with this time, why not watch a few short movies..."

"Movie? We've already flown to this height, can you still connect to Ark's network?"

"Hmph, I knew I was going to go on this mission a long time ago, so I downloaded the resources in the PAD in advance. This time, there are a few amateurs starring in it. I took a few previews. The quality is quite good, and they are all infantry. ..."

"Good stuff! Pass it to me later!"

……

The voices of the two crew members gradually faded away, and with the sound of the electric door closing, silence was restored in the cargo hold again.

In the air, a stench mixed with the sour smell of vomit gradually permeated... After the miner died, the sphincter of the excretory organs lost its function, and the waste accumulated in the bladder and rectum began to be excreted from the body. There was flow on the floor of the cargo hold.

Radiation sickness seriously affected his gastrointestinal system, and there was hardly any formed feces in the excrement, all of which were pulpy dark green liquid, mixed with a lot of pus and blood and necrotic tissue that fell off the inner wall of the intestine... Even if He didn't choke to death because the vomit blocked his trachea. Judging from the severity of his condition, he probably didn't have much time to live.

"It might be a relief to die like this." Ke Lan said silently in her heart.

A few hours later, the electric gate opened again, and two crew members came in pushing a trolley, which stopped about ten meters away from the miners.

"It's time to eat, everyone is lined up, don't fight, or don't blame me for doing it." A crew member knocked on the cargo box on the side with an electric shock baton in his hand. They got up and formed a sparse line in front of the cart without saying a word.

The body of the dead miner was lying in the middle of the line, but no one pulled the body aside. They just stepped over the body and walked forward stepping on the dirt on the ground.

"You, you and you, the three of you, bring a meal to those who can't get up over there." The crew in front of the trolley randomly ordered three people, and then opened the side door of the trolley.

The food distributed is a batter-like nutritious meal in a plastic bag. This food is originally in powder form and can be eaten directly after being brewed with water, even for patients who have a tumor in their throat and cannot swallow. ——But this is limited to a few meals on the transport ship. After arriving in the sick village, the black, palm-sized protein lump will become the only food they can choose for the rest of their lives.

【P.S.感谢圣堂武士亮出光刃打赏的5000起点币，感谢书友20180107165820988打赏的310起点币，感谢秋一布谷鸟、书友20180509222128782打赏的100起点币。】

[PPS's explanation on why it takes two and a half days to fly to low-Earth orbit: If it flies straight like a rocket, the miners on the transport ship cannot withstand the huge G force.The route adopted in this article is similar to the way of winding mountain roads. During the process of continuously flying around Alpha Star, the altitude is gradually increased, and at the same time, the relative orientation between the transport ship and the space station is adjusted... As for the first cosmic speed and the second cosmic speed Question, since the airships in the setting are all equipped with anti-gravity devices of the Alpha civilization, they will not be discussed. 】

(End of this chapter)