Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 4 Corpses That Shouldn't Appear

"Okay, now, the second question—" Hound pointed to the box at his feet, "Except for the protective suits that the Ke Lan brothers desperately grabbed, most of our equipment was covered with the crispy cargo hold. It's gone. However, everyone is not a rookie. Apart from the things in the boxes, there should be a lot of personal equipment. I hope that some of these resources can be managed as a whole - after all, we are now a team. "

Although the Hound did not specify clearly, several people present knew what the "part of the resource" he was referring to was.

"Alpha Energy Crystal".

This is an energy carrier manufactured in the Alpha civilization, mostly in the form of pyramid-shaped crystals. According to the research of scholars, this carrier’s status in the Alpha civilization is equivalent to the battery in the human world, only the size of a palm. The energy contained in the crystals is far more than that of a fuel cell of the same quality.

This is a clean, efficient and portable energy storage device, but unfortunately, with the current scientific and technological level of human beings, only a conversion device can be produced to extract crystal energy, but energy cannot be reversely charged into the crystal. Not to mention imitating similar energy crystals.

Fortunately, the reserves of this kind of crystals are huge, and they have been found in the remains of many Alpha civilizations.In the past few decades, the alpha energy crystal has gradually become a hard currency with a very high value among human survivors from the top secret of the ark. In addition to the official research team, the private sector has also introduced a set of extremely complete standards. , used to identify the color and texture of energy crystals at all levels.

As for the conversion device of crystallization energy, although the popularity rate is not high, it is not difficult for relic hunters like Ke Lan and the others to get a few sets-the device with a slightly lower conversion rate is about 70.00%. Around, you can buy a brand new set with only two or three thousand credits.

And the mid-to-high-end conversion device used to drive the mechanical prosthesis on Layton's body has an energy conversion rate of about 90.00%, and its price is only [-] credits.

Compared with bulky fuel cells, most hunters choose equipment powered by crystals. This type of equipment is lighter, has greater output, and has excellent battery life. To talk about the disadvantages, it may only be cost-effective.

Moreover, for hunters, in addition to the role of energy crystals as batteries for equipment, there is another very important use, that is - "keys".

As the main energy carrier of Alpha Civilization, many organs in the ruins need energy crystals to drive. If there are not enough crystals, even if the right way is found, it will only become a dead end in the end.

"I only brought four pieces, all of them are of first-class quality..." Ke Lan took out a pocket from his body a little embarrassedly, and poured out four dim-colored energy crystals, first-class quality, which is the lowest one The level is higher than that of the waste crystal that has run out of energy.

"At the beginning, no one thought that they would go into the depths of the ruins, and the crystals on their bodies were not too many, and I didn't have any equipment to use crystals, so this is all I have." Ivan He opened his medical box and took out two crystals of secondary quality.

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"One piece of level 24, five pieces of level [-], nine pieces of level [-], [-] pieces of level [-]..." The hound looked a bit ugly, and shook his head slightly, "In addition, two pieces of level [-] were dug out from the wreckage of the transport plane... No, the energy in these two five-level crystals is almost bottomed out, and it can only be converted into three levels at most... It's really a little less, just to open that gate, we have to use up half of our inventory."

The gate in the hound's mouth is the only connection between this cave and the A-087 relic. This gate has now been locked. After testing and calculation, it requires at least [-] units of energy to restart it.

A piece of first-level crystal is considered as one unit. When the crystal level is increased by one level, the energy reserve will be tripled. Ke Lan made a rough calculation, and all the crystals in the hands of everyone are only about 140 units. More than half of the gate will be used, and no one knows how many gates like this will appear in the next journey...

"But this is the only way out," Layton said solemnly, "After entering the ruins, everyone's eyes will light up a little. If you can't find enough crystals in this Grade A ruins, I'm afraid we will all have to die inside. ."

"Bah!" The Hound glared at Layton, "I haven't lived enough, don't put the word dead on my lips all day, it's not good luck!"

"Okay, if there is no problem, then put on the protective clothing and get ready to work."

The radiation intensity of the underground world of Alpha star is slightly weaker than that of the surface, but if it is exposed to this environment for a long time, it will still cause irreversible damage to the human body. Radiation sickness at doses below 10 sieverts will not kill you immediately, but it will definitely make life worse for the short-lived second half of the patient's life.

Putting on the protective equipment and briefly dealing with the crash site, Ke Lan followed the other hunters into a tunnel formed by landslides, and walked about a hundred meters, a path more than 20 meters high. , The round gate covered with weird relief patterns appeared in front of everyone.

The gate was covered with a large amount of turquoise patina, but after erasing this patina, a black glossy metal was exposed underneath.

"Why is there a layer of copper rust on this door? I don't think this door is made of copper?" Zorigtu touched his head in confusion. His originally rough voice came out through the mask, making it even more pronounced. bored.

"The copper rust is due to the fact that this place is originally a piece of copper ore, coupled with the high humidity in the ground, and the copper element reacts with the air. As for this door... Hehe, do you know what this is? This is Nino alloy! Alpha Civilization The top alloy material smelted, the group of useless wood on the ark has not yet figured out the formula of this alloy, if this door can be removed and shipped out, conservatively estimated that it will be worth 200,000 credits!" The hound patted the gate and said proudly.

"It depends on the thickness of the gate. I think it's more than 200,000, at least double it." Layton shook his head.

"It doesn't matter whether it's 200,000 or 400,000. If you have money, you have to spend your life. Open the door first. If you can get out alive, you can come back and open the door in time." Ivan urged.

"Okay, be careful, I'm not sure what will be behind the door—" The Hound said as he counted eighty units of energy crystals, which were embedded in the grooves on the gate.

"Don't worry, no matter what it is, as long as it's alive, I'll smash it into pieces!" Leighton spread his legs apart, stomped steadily on the ground, and the entire robotic arm was disassembled, revealing A large-caliber machine gun hidden in it was aimed at the gate.

"The gate is activated!" With a rumbling sound, the circular gate began to roll to one side, and the hound quickly hid behind Layton.

"This...this is?!" There was indeed something behind the gate, but it wasn't an alien monster with claws and claws, but a corpse, a human corpse.

"He's wearing... it seems to be the uniform of the advance team!" Ivan exclaimed in a low voice.

"It's impossible!" At this time, even Jiang Lian, who had been keeping aloof, couldn't calm down.

"How come the people from the advance team are here?" Ke Lan took a deep breath. The information provided by Fangzhou was read by the seven people present, including the exploration records of the first three advance teams.According to the information, the last recorded location of the three advance teams before they lost contact is also [-] miles away from here. Besides, this corpse was only wearing the simplest advance team uniform without any protective equipment. With the physical quality of human beings, how could he have gone so far.

As the only doctor in the team, the task of examining the corpse naturally fell on Ivan's head.The corpse is already highly decomposed, and the disgusting smell can still be smelled even through the filter of the protective mask, but Ivan does not seem to be affected in any way, his hands are stable, and every step is orderly, just accompanied by inspections As he continued, the look of doubt on his face became heavier and heavier.

"The direct cause of death is a penetrating wound on the front chest, which is very common. There are not a thousand or eight hundred traps that can cause this kind of wound, but..."

Ivan paused and continued, "The muscles and soft tissues at the joints of the corpse are severely damaged. This damage is only caused by high-intensity mechanical movement after the body has become rigid. This is not normal."

"What do you mean..." Ke Lan was stunned for a while, and suddenly felt his heart tremble.

"That's right," Ivan nodded. "This corpse came here after it died."

"Damn it! Isn't this a zombie?! It won't jump up suddenly right now?" The Hound took a step back subconsciously.

"Give me 10 minutes, I need a partial autopsy, and I have to verify one of my guesses." Ivan's eyes suddenly lit up as if he had thought of something.

"Okay, but is 10 minutes really enough?" Layton asked.

"Enough, it's just a local anatomy." He said, he has taken out a bunch of tools for anatomy from the medical insurance.

Ivan did not follow the routine anatomy procedure like ordinary medical students, but went straight to the head of the corpse. Tissue scissors and scalpels flew up and down, and quickly removed all the skin and soft tissue of the corpse's head. Then there was a sour sound of sawing bones...

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"It's over." Before 10 minutes had passed, Ivan had already stood up from the ground, shook off the dirt in his hands, and said, "It's basically consistent with my guess."

"How?" the hound asked immediately.

"Although the decay is very serious, the laceration at the nasal cavity is still clearly discernible. In addition, the horizontal plate of the ethmoid bone is perforated, and the brain also has serious organic damage... I speculate that something invaded his nasal cavity. The brain, and then controlled his body to get here."

(End of this chapter)