Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 863 Managers

"It seems that I guessed correctly, this 'hive capital' is a large refuge." 33 nodded vigorously, and agreed with some complacency.

"Then what do these characters mean, can they be translated?" Ke Lan asked, pointing to the inscription on the inside of the can.

"No.40 three batches, only for use by the ground exploration team." Zeluo said.

"Only for the ground exploration team?" Ke Lan quickly made up a picture in his mind: the surface of Alpha Planet was completely covered by ice sheets, and the "people" living on this planet were forced to transfer to build underground Deep refuge life.However, as the long years passed, the environment on the surface did not show any improvement, and the various resources in the underground shelter gradually began to be stretched.In order to prevent the shelter from collapsing, the managers had to form a "ground exploration team" and send people to the surface to collect information and resources... If this is the case, this ground exploration team is somewhat similar to the relic hunters on the ark.

"From this point of view, this kind of canned food should be regarded as a special offering, and the output will not be too large." 33 thought of something similar to Ke Lan, "No. 40 three batches... It seems that this nest has already sent a lot to the ground An exploration team."

"These cans are not for food," Zelo said suddenly.

"Why do you say that?" 33 was taken aback, "Where did you see it?"

"Intuition tells me that what is to be contained in this can is very dangerous." Ze Luo said seriously.

"Intuition..." The corners of 33's mouth twitched a few times, "These are just empty cans that have never been filled with anything. How could you 'perceive' that the contents inside are dangerous? Prefabricated fragment slots are engraved, and there may be explosives in it... But the problem is that this thing is almost the same as the common food cans on the Ark? Except that the tab of the lid may be a little different. "

33 thought for a while, and found a can of "Potato Stewed Beef Brisket" from his backpack, tore off the label on it, and shook the bare can in front of Ze Luo, saying: "Then you Looking at this can, do you feel any danger?"

"That's not what I mean." Zelo shook his head. "It's just that I'm standing here, and I seem to be able to see...they are filling the can with...something that can make me feel dangerous."

"You can see... Could this be the legendary 'sense of sight'?" 33 immediately shifted his focus to Ke Lan, "If it's convenient, can you tell me about Ze Luo's origin? Say Maybe, she has been to this place before?"

"Even me and herself don't know the origin of Ze Luo." Ke Lan shook her head, "When her self-awareness awakened, she was already on the 'altar' built by the Arasaka Consortium... As for the Arasaka Consortium Those who knew her background inside had all died in the East Ninth District incident, even if there were survivors..."

Speaking of this, Ke Lan suddenly let out a sigh: "Hey... I suddenly thought that the undead crew might know the true origin of Ze Luo. When they sent 'World' to carry out the scrapping operation of the East Ninth District module, would they Could it be that you want to obliterate all the survivors of the Arasaka Consortium and prevent them from leaking this matter?"

"Didn't the undead crew mention the matter of Zelo later?" 33 asked curiously.

"I mentioned it, but only once. They seemed to have tacitly allowed Ze Luo to stay by my side without any interference." Ke Lan mused, "The more I think about it, the more suspicious I become... After the incident in the East Ninth District, Those members of the Arasaka Consortium who stayed in other areas also disappeared... Although with the level of these people, it is impossible to come into contact with the secrets of this level. But judging from this method of cutting grass and roots, it is indeed like immortality The handwriting of the crew's association... I used to think that the remnants of the Arasaka consortium were cleaned up by people from heretical sects."

"Zero, I remember that you can have a spiritual connection with me, right? Then can you share this 'sense of instant vision' with me?" Ke Lan asked the three-no girl.

"I'll try." After Ze Luo finished speaking, it turned into that black liquid again and attached to Ke Lan's back.Ke Lan could clearly feel that countless fine tentacles pierced his neck, went all the way up the cervical spine, and then drilled out from the gap under the occipital bone, carefully avoiding the rich blood vessels and nerves in the brain, and then penetrated Through several layers of ligaments and mucous membranes, it reaches the position of the cerebral cortex.

A feeling of electric shock came from all the limbs, and Ke Lan couldn't help shivering, followed by bursts of scalp numbness.

Generally speaking, it is a metaphor to describe that the brain hurts like a needle, but now Ke Lan can really feel the feeling when those tentacles penetrate the brain... Although Ze Luo has avoided important blood vessels and nerves as much as possible However, the abnormality from the brain still caused Ke Lan to have a short-term facial paralysis.

Fortunately, this strange feeling subsided before Ke Lan was about to burst into tears.

"Huh...huh..." Ke Lan panted heavily, "Spiritual connection...is it so exciting? Why didn't I feel this way a few times before?"

"The previous few times were shallow connections." Ze Luo's voice rang directly in Ke Lan's brain, "But I just tried it, and just a shallow connection can't connect the pictures I saw and heard. Those voices are shared with you, so only use the deepest connection. If you don't connect in the cockpit of the blasphemer mech, it will be uncomfortable, and it will be more psychic in the connection. The weaker side inflicts irreversible damage."

"Irreversible damage...what do you mean?" Ke Lan subconsciously remembered the connection between himself and Valentina.

"If the spiritual connection is too deep and the time is too long, the weaker of the two will lose its complete personality. In other words, it will 'live forever in the shadow of others'." Ze Luo explained.

"I probably understand." Ke Lan couldn't help thinking of his first encounter with the "black skeleton", which was in the No. [-] cargo hold of the "Pioneer" icebreaker.At that time, Ke Lan, who hadn't figured out his own abilities, tried to control the "black skeleton", but his self-awareness was almost swallowed by a "black hole" that suddenly appeared in his mind.

At that time, Ke Lan thought that his consciousness was invaded by the other party when he invaded the "black skeleton", but combined with the symptoms of brain tingling at the beginning, he should have unintentionally interacted with the "black skeleton" at that time. skeleton" establishes a spiritual connection.

The black skeleton had obviously lost its self-awareness long ago, so what Ke Lan touched was a "black hole", not another conscious body that could communicate.

"Are you ready?" Zelo asked.

Ke Lan nodded silently.

A feeling that is difficult to describe in words spread instantly, and Ke Lan only felt that his vision seemed to become blurred... But when the scene in front of him began to blur to a certain extent, he could vaguely see a Human-shaped shadows walk in the streets and factories.

This kind of image is very similar to the shadowy figures that Ke Lan saw in the memory fragments before, but there is a subtle difference between the two: the memory fragments are like short films that have been shot, and only a specific time can be seen. The things and scenes of the place; and the "sense of sight" shared by Zeluo to Ke Lan is more like giving Ke Lan's eyes the ability to go back in time, spying on things that happened tens of thousands of years ago through the confusion of time and space .

The bodies of the workers who operate the "capping machine" seem to have been specially modified. Compared with the figures walking on the street, their shoulders and arms are more than a circle thicker, and the edges, corners and turnings are also very rigid, not at all like The roundness of biological limbs-like the cyborg mechanical arm on Layton.

The workers are in groups of four, one person fixes the empty cans on the machine, the other two work together to lift a seemingly heavy barrel-shaped container, and the last person guides the contents of the barrel with a long drainage rod into empty cans.

Although he couldn't see what was in the bucket, when the liquid was exposed to the air, Ke Lan also felt an inexplicable palpitation—he didn't know whether this feeling came from himself or Ze, who was connected with his spirit. Luo, but all in all, when his line of sight and the gurgling liquid on the drainage rod were released, he felt a feeling of frenzy all over his body, wishing to immediately turn his eyes to other places, or simply withdraw from the state of spiritual connection.

Ke Lan forced himself to stare at the workers as they operated, pinching his thighs with both hands, not even noticing that his fingernails sank into his flesh through his trousers and small blood stains stained out.

Those workers were very careful in their actions, as if the liquid they were filling was nitroglycerin... But if it was really a flammable and explosive product like nitroglycerin, although it was very dangerous, Ke Lan knew that he would never produce it. that feeling.

There are a total of sixteen cans in one batch. After the filling is completed, there is a screening process. The qualified ones will be transported to other places by rail trains, and the unqualified ones will be kept and pushed to the basement of the factory with trolleys. to go.

Ke Lan really wanted to follow the trolley to the basement, but in reality the entrance to the basement had been doused with molten steel, and he could only watch helplessly as the figure on the trolley passed through the steel and disappeared under the ground .

"What did you see?" 33 on the side saw Ke Lan walking towards the semi-open factory building with wide-eyed eyes, and hurriedly followed.

"I don't know what they are filling...but I also feel a little danger from that thing." Ke Lan said in a very sure tone, "After the cans are sealed, there is a 'quality inspection process', Qualified products will be transported away, and unqualified products will be sent to this basement... But this basement has been sealed by molten steel, so it is impossible to enter."

"Then it seems that we can only trace another clue." 33 continued, "Can you keep up with the qualified products that have been transported away?"

"Yes." Ke Lan turned and walked out. After looking around, he chose a track leading to the distance and quickened his pace.

The two of them walked through the second floor of the Hive City for half an hour before finally arriving at an empty square, but just as they walked out of the corner, 33 came to a sudden stop, and hundreds of black flying blades flew at him at the same time. All the dark pockets on his body shot out, floating one meter in front of him.

"What's the matter?" Sensing 33's attacking posture, Ke Lan showed a trace of doubt on his face.

"In the middle of the square, there is a platform, can you see it?" 33 said in a low voice, "There is a lump... a lump of rotten meat on the platform... This lump of meat seems to be alive, I can see it , it is wriggling slightly."

"A lump of rotten meat?"

However, what Ke Lan saw was a little girl with black long straight hair, pale skin, slender figure, about twelve to 14 years old.

Different from those other figures, he can see the appearance of this little girl clearly, so that when Ke Lan saw her for the first time, he almost thought that this little girl existed in the real world, not the one shared by Ze Luo. own "sense of sight".

She is so real, so real that she is so incompatible with the foggy world in the "sense of sight".

Ke Lan looked at the lower body of the little girl - don't get me wrong, he is not some kind of pervert with some strange quirks, he just wants to know whether this little girl is a "human" or an "alpha person".

But to Ke Lan's disappointment, the little girl's body is only the upper part, just like a bust statue, her waist is directly connected to a base, and there are many tubes extending from the base, inserted into her back and ribs.Some mechanical structures similar to powered exoskeletons covered her spine and limbs, and the hard and cold metal restraints tightly pinched her pale limbs.

A black robe was draped over her shoulders symbolically, and the outline of the bony shoulders was completely highlighted on the surface of the robe.

A mask with a ventilation valve and an oxygen supply tube was fastened on her face, covering most of her face, only half of her small and delicate nose bridge and a pair of big eyes with purple pupils were exposed.Even so, it can be seen that this little girl's beauty is definitely not bad. If she can be a few years older, she can definitely be called a stunner who will bring disaster to the country and the people - in terms of the aesthetic standards of normal human beings.

"Ke Lan, what did you see?" 33 asked in a low voice.

"A... no, to be precise, it's half a little girl."

"Half?!" 33 was taken aback for a moment, "Could it be that lump of rotten meat?"

"I'm not sure." Ke Lan shook his head, and just as he was about to turn his gaze to other places to investigate, the little girl suddenly raised her head and met Ke Lan's gaze.

She can see herself!Ke Lan's heart beat wildly - with just one look, Ke Lan can be sure that the other party can see him!

Why?Why can she see herself? !

This is Ze Luo's sense of sight. Logically speaking, it should only be regarded as Ke Lan's one-sided peep...From the perspective of a young girl, Ke Lan cannot be observed...Why, why did I and her Will there be this kind of staring at countless times and spaces between them?
Just when Ke Lan was shocked, the other party spoke——

"Hello, I am the manager of the second floor of Hive Capital, Nieto."

(End of this chapter)