Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 451 "Shortcut" (4000-word chapter)
"Layton, measure the inclination and ductility of the tunnel." Ke Lan said, although Park Shangyou said that the tunnel can be extended to more than twice the length, but Ke Lan still believes in the measured data.

"The inclination of the tunnel is 28 degrees, rounded up to 50 degrees. The depth of our current location is about 100 meters. According to the formula, we can reach the surface by walking forward about [-] meters." Layton said, "In addition , I used a probe to test the strength and ductility of the tunnel... I can only say that the technology of the Alpha civilization is much stronger than ours. Perhaps two times is still a relatively conservative figure. In my opinion, an extension of three Four times the length is not a problem at all. And the airtightness and heat insulation can also be guaranteed, I really don’t know how they made this tunnel.”

"You mean, if we walk another 100 meters, we will run to the ground?" said the hound, "Isn't that exposed?"

"No, the premise of Layton's algorithm is that this must be a straight and rigid tunnel." Ke Lan shook his head, "I want him to measure the inclination just to determine the settlement of the main body of the tunnel when the rock formation is severely cracked. Depth and tensile stress performance. Judging from the current situation, even if the entire ground sinks into magma, as long as the exit is still on the ground, the tunnel is safe."

"I don't understand." The hound shook his head, "What's the depth of settlement, what's the resistance to stress... It sounds like a term that those people who study civil engineering will use. Could it be that you have lived on a construction site before?"

"Because I am interested in the remains of the Alpha civilization, I have also read some books on architecture and geology... These two data are very important safety indicators in the two fields of architecture, mainly the depth of the foundation and the building It is related to its own stress structure, of course, it is also applicable to some buildings built under the surface..."

"Can you make it simpler?" The hound interrupted Ke Lan's long speech.

"Is the site selection and structure of the building strong enough? The stronger the building, the more grass-resistant it is. Is this straightforward enough?"

"Didn't it be over if you said that earlier?" The hound rolled his eyes.

"You asked yourself..." Ke Lan made an international friendly gesture to the hound a little speechlessly.

"Okay, okay, just treat me as a fart, okay?" The hound took out a can from his backpack while muttering, "Damn, I ran for a day hungry, and I didn't have anything before. I feel, now that I am safe for the time being, I just realized that my stomach is so fucking flat that my chest is sticking to my back."

But when the hound opened the mask, a suffocating sulfur smell suddenly penetrated into his nostrils, and he burst into tears immediately, and even dropped the can in his hand to the ground, rolling down the slope , and finally fell into the semi-solidified magma, and there was a series of "chi chi" sounds.

"Cough...fuck...cough...in this passage...fuck...cough...the air is poisonous..."

"Isn't this a very normal thing?" Layton said while chewing the food - he closed his eyes the moment he opened the mask, and held his breath at the same time, and quickly stuffed the food into his mouth. He closed his mask and waited until the air circulation system sucked out the poisonous gas from the helmet before he dared to resume breathing.

"...cough...cough...I'm careless...cough..." The hound coughed hard. His sense of smell was already very sensitive, so the stimulation he received was naturally stronger than others.

Everyone rested in place for 5 minutes, ate something briefly, and then began to move forward along the tunnel.

There are lighting devices in the tunnel. These lighting devices can be activated by energy crystals. Only a small piece of the lowest-level energy crystals can light up a tunnel tens of meters long. Ke Lan is not stingy with this crystal. , every time he finds a groove for energy supply, he will insert a first-level energy crystal into it.

These lighting devices are all-round without dead ends, just like the shadowless lamps in the operating room, and even the ground under their feet is embedded with light sources. Walking inside, Ke Lan suddenly thought of a scene from an old movie.

The name of that movie is "Resident Evil", and there is a similar passage in it. The walls of the passage are made of glass and mirrors, and the top, bottom, left, and right are filled with light tubes. At the end of the passage is a locked security door—— —Of course, this is not the key point. The most terrible thing is that a high-speed moving cutting laser will be generated in the passage, and this laser can even form a dense network, covering all the spaces in the passage.Several of the mercenaries who entered the laboratory with the protagonist died under the deadly laser.

Even the boss of one of them was finally buried in this laser corridor.

Could it be that the Alpha civilization also has similar institutions?Ke Lan raised his head and looked at the four walls of the tunnel. If the glass walls in the movie can still be broken, then the strength of the material used in this tunnel is not comparable to that of glass... Moreover, even if they have the ability to break the tunnel The wall is also thick rock formations outside... If you are unlucky, there may be magma pouring in.

If you really want to encounter that kind of agency, you won't even have a place to run.

"By the way, Dr. Park Shangyou, how many times have you explored this tunnel, have you gone through it all at once? Have any organs or other equipment been triggered?" Ke Lan asked Park Shangyou with some concern.

"I just walked back and forth by myself, without any mechanism, very safe... If there is any equipment, it is probably only these lighting equipment..." Park Shangyou, who was lying in the rescue cabin, replied, "Are you worried about the Is it a trap?"

"If you say you don't worry about it, that's pure nonsense! I don't know if it's a brain hole or what's going on. Alpha people especially like to set up various traps inside their buildings, except for the lowest-level residential areas. , the more important the place, the higher the level of danger. And such tunnels with unknown uses but costing so many high-end materials must have some important role for them—you have to say that every one of you I won't be surprised if a trap is installed every three steps." The hound replied for Ke Lan.

"It is also possible that this is a common passageway used by Alpha people in the mining area... The expert team once speculated that this tunnel is likely to be a fast passage for transporting Nino alloy, just like the bridges and bridges we built on the earth. Like highways, it’s not unusual to use high-end materials for infrastructure facilities like this.” Park Sang-woo said, “Military bases and laboratories may set up a large number of organs to prevent outsiders from entering, but on a road that passes every day How can you not dig a full pit?"

"Hey...Although I don't want to..." The hound shook his neck vigorously, "But I have to say, your words are really fucking reasonable..."

At this moment, Layton, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and raised his arms: "There seems to be something ahead!"

"Is it the enemy?" The hound turned around in an instant, skillfully picked up the firearm hanging on his chest, and aimed it at the tunnel directly in front of him.

"I don't know... It seems to be a person who fell on the ground..." Layton said while throwing the drone, and the car with four wheels that were bigger than the body galloped out, and then jumped up. Standing up, four blue flames sprayed out from the bottom, directly sticking to the top wall of the tunnel.

After seeing the picture sent back by the drone, everyone breathed a sigh of relief-there were three human beings who fell on the ground and their lives and deaths were unknown. The protective clothing they wore all had the logo of the stationed base.

"It's one of our own, but their heartbeat cannot be monitored, so they should be dead," said the hound.

"Go, go and have a look." Ke Lan picked up his gun and ran towards the three corpses first.

……

The three deceased were all men, aged between 35 and 40 years old. According to Ivan's autopsy results and the almost zero barometer reading on the oxygen tank, the cause of death of the three was hypoxia and asphyxiation. It was too hasty when we evacuated, and I didn't remember to bring enough oxygen generator when I didn't come.

"Looking at the attire, it seems to be a researcher at the base. Could it be that stick's colleague?" The hound inspected the corpse and said.

"It's simple, just ask Captain Breya to scan the facial features of these three people."

Although the faces of the three deceased were seriously distorted due to the pain of suffocation, the identification method adopted by the Security Bureau is mainly based on the bone structure—that is, what is commonly known as "bone phase" rather than "skin phase". Some wanted criminals can still be identified even after undergoing makeup and micro-plastic surgery. Unless they have the courage to make a large-scale operation on their facial bones, they may escape the security bureau's facial recognition device.

"It was found out...these three are Dr. Bern Ferry, an expert in aerodynamics and a senior researcher at the Institute; Dr. Muller von Guderian, an expert in architecture and archeology of ruins , a mid-level researcher at the research institute; there is another one called 'Huang Renxun', although he is not a staff member of the research institute, he is an authority in the field of Alpha technology, and his name was included in the team that cracked the energy crystal converter..." Ah Ya Brea said.

"Good guy... Any one of these three people is a well-known expert in this field. This one is called 'Burne Ferry'. The thesis on how to use the ship vector propeller in combination with the anti-gravity device, there is one thing to say, he does have unique insights in this regard, I also referred to his design ideas when I transformed the Valkyrie... I didn't expect them to die in the here." Layton sighed with some regret.

But before Ke Lan could say anything, Park Shangyou in the rescue cabin suddenly yelled: "What...whose body did you find? I seem...I seem to hear you talking about Mueller...and Bourne ?”

"What's the matter, do you know these people? Bern Ferry, Muller von Guderian, and Huang Renxun, we found their bodies." Layton replied.

"What did you say?!" Park Shangyou's reaction was like being struck by lightning, "Are you sure it's the bodies of the three of them? Did you admit your mistake?"

"That's right, the badges hanging on their chests have names and identification numbers on them, and we have also scanned their facial features, and the numbers are exactly the same as the files kept by the Security Bureau," Layton said.

"Judging from the files, Dr. Park Sang-woo and the three of them were transferred to the Molten Mine at the same time. They should have also participated in the project to restart Yagunakotol. They are Dr. Park Sang-woo's colleagues." Aya said Flipping through the files, he said.

"Put me down, I want to see them with my own eyes! I don't believe it!" Park Sang-woo yelled.

"Oh... I really can't help you. Do these three people have a good relationship with you? Why are you so excited?" Layton sighed, unloaded the rescue capsule from the support, and stood it on the ground so that the capsule The porthole on the door can just look at the three corpses lying on the ground, "Hey, is it true? You can see for yourself... By the way, didn't you acquiesce that everyone except you is dead, why is the reaction so big now? ?”

Ke Lan also looked at Park Shangyou with some puzzlement. Through the porthole, he could see his facial muscles trembling constantly, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

He hesitated for a long time before he opened his mouth and said:
"They... they are indeed my colleagues... and participants in the 'reboot' project...but, but they don't deserve to die here!"

"Yes, they are all rare talents. It is indeed a pity to die here... But something has happened, and no one can bring them back to life. You have to accept this reality." Layton supported the life-saving capsule and comforted him. road.

"No...that's not what I meant!" Park Shangyou shouted hysterically, "They...they are three of the four experts who voluntarily entered that magma passage! They...how did their bodies appear here? Woolen cloth?!"

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings suddenly fell into silence.

"You...you're not mistaken, are you? Are you sure they entered the magma channel?" The hound was the first to break the silence, "Could you be too nervous and remember wrongly, this place, and the No. [-] magma lake in the middle of the mining area, It's hundreds of thousands of miles away!"

"No! I watched them get into the vehicle with my own eyes! I still remember that Muller told me before departure that if he couldn't come back, let me help him save the two articles on the computer before it was too late. Published papers published...Damn! Why is he here! It's impossible! Impossible!"

"It's not impossible..." Ke Lan said suddenly, "That ancient warship hovered over the mining area for a while, right? Could they have escaped by taking this opportunity and came here? "

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