Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 976 D-Class Personnel

"Clown, do you have a way to get in touch with the core mastermind?" Soap turned to look at the clown, and asked, "As long as we can figure out the law of change in the underground labyrinth, we will have a way to bring these powerful mutant creatures to the ground. "

"Yes, as long as there is a public communication terminal, I can use the back door I left in the core mastermind to directly read those data." The clown said, "But the consequence of doing this is that the first time I connect to the core mastermind, Our location will be locked by Zeus, and my identity will also be exposed. If Zeus knows that I have also sneaked into the ark, it will not be just those little people who come to hunt us down."

"That Zeus... is he afraid of you?" Soap gave a "tsk" and continued to ask, "Do you have any trump card that can kill him?"

"If there was such a thing, I would have used it a long time ago." The clown said, "It's just because Zeus is cautious by nature and has a strong desire for control. He doesn't like any uncontrollable factors in his plan... and In his eyes, I am one of the few 'uncontrollable factors'. So as long as he finds out my location, he will do whatever it takes to get rid of my 'uncontrollable factor'."

"That will be troublesome..." Soap's tone was full of regret, "If we can really release these monsters, we will definitely be able to send a big 'suprise' to that Zeus. Isn't he the most annoying Controlling factors? If these monsters run to the ground, then the ark will be full of 'uncontrollable factors', see if he feels uncomfortable!"

Just when Soap was imagining that his "monster ally" plan could be carried out smoothly, the clown who was walking in the front suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"What's going on?" The distracted soap almost hit the clown's back, but fortunately, the tentacles connected to his protective suit tightened in time, so that he didn't lose his balance and fell to the ground.

"Are there dangerous mutated creatures nearby?" Noir suddenly became vigilant, raised his gun, and looked around nervously.

They are still walking on the waste pipe plank road. It is not ideal to fight mutant creatures in this kind of place, not only because of the narrow space and no room to dodge, but also because the aftermath of the battle wakes up the giant monster above their heads. Moth, Soap, and Noir would all be killed by the super-intensive radiation released by the giant moth, without even a chance to escape.

"No, it's a human being." For the first time, the clown's tone of doubt appeared in his words, "and it's still...a human being that hasn't been corroded."

"Humans? How could there be humans here?" Soap was taken aback, and then whispered, "Could it be someone sent by Zeus? He has already found our traces?"

"No, if it's someone sent by Zeus, it's impossible not to have been corroded." The clown shook his head and vetoed it.

"Can you sense where that person is?" Noir asked.

"It was 80 meters directly below us."

"Can other information be perceived? For example, the person's state, vital signs, etc..."

"I can only perceive a general location and the degree of erosion in his body. I don't know any other information." The clown said, "But at least one thing can be confirmed, he is still alive."

Noir hesitated for half a second and asked, "Shall we go and have a look?"

"He is in the way we must pass, even if we don't want to run into him, we can't avoid him." Soap curled his lips, pulled the bolt of the gun, and pushed a bullet into the chamber, "Don't forget We can’t stop or turn back on the road we’re on now.”

"Humans who have not been corroded, I think you can try to get in touch with them." The clown nodded, "Don't let your guard down... This person who appeared suddenly, for me, is also an unplanned uncontrollable factor ’, I can’t necessarily guarantee the safety of both of you in the event of a conflict between us and him.”

"It's okay, we have guns in our hands." Soap replied, "As long as you are sure that it is a person and not a monster, then there is nothing to be afraid of."

"Speaking of which, don't the undead crew members have all the information about the underground labyrinth?" Noir asked again, "Have you found any traces of human activities in the underground labyrinth before?"

"Never before." The clown said, "This person either entered the underground labyrinth recently, or he is very familiar with the underground labyrinth, and can avoid the travel routes of those detection robots every time."

"Extremely familiar with the underground labyrinth?" After hearing this key word, Soap suddenly became excited, "Isn't our plan just missing such a person? Isn't this just passing the pillow to the side when you are sleepy? !"

"Don't rush to be happy. It's not clear whether the other party is an enemy or a friend." Noir seemed calmer, "Even if that person is familiar with the underground labyrinth, he may not be willing to assist us."

"Go and have a look first." The clown made a decision.

The three people slowed down their movement speed a little, and touched down silently. As for the "person" perceived by the clown, it stayed in place and never moved.

After walking around the waste pipe again, the three of them stopped and looked at each other silently—they all knew that they only needed to walk a short distance ahead to see that person. At the same time, they will also be exposed to each other's vision.

There is no shelter on this plank road, and it is impossible to sneak up close, unless the clown hangs himself on the edge of the plank road with his tentacles and hangs directly from above.

But this "sudden appearance" method can easily cause too much stimulation to the other party, and then cause misunderstandings-if the other party identifies the three of them as enemies, then things will be troublesome.

The primary goal of the three of them is to negotiate—after all, it might be a person who is familiar with the environment of the underground labyrinth. Such a person will be of great help to their next actions.Whether it is to implement Soap's "Monster Ally" plan or sneak directly into the core area of ​​the Ark through the underground maze according to the Joker's original plan, if there is a "guide", the difficulty of the action will be reduced by several levels in an instant.

"Let me go out first." Noir said to the clown and Soap with his lips. He took off his weapon and other equipment on his body and handed it to Soap, took a deep breath, and walked out with as gentle a pace as possible.

A skinny figure appeared in Noir's field of vision. The person was leaning against the waste column, holding a killed flying squirrel in his left hand, and holding an irregular piece of metal in his right hand, squeezing the flying squirrel's abdominal cavity Cut it open.

This should be a male human being, but he doesn't have any hair on his body, his complexion is pale, and his skin texture presents a strange smooth feeling, and the existence of pores cannot be observed with the naked eye... It seems that some people have a strong self-healing ability After a creature is severely burned, the scab falls off and new skin grows back.

The face of this person is like a skeleton, the bloodless skin is tightly stretched on the skull, fully showing the outline of the bones, the eye sockets are deep sunken, the upper and lower lips are thin and short, and the sharp teeth cannot be covered at all— ——His teeth are completely different from those of normal humans. There is no difference between incisors, canines, and molars. The entire mouth is full of fangs like beasts.Noir even felt that even if he didn't rely on the metal piece in his hand, he could crush and swallow the flying squirrel just by relying on these fangs.

Noir took another two steps forward, but the other party didn't seem to see him at all, he was concentrating on handling the dead flying squirrel in his hand - he skillfully cut the fur and muscles, pulled out the flying squirrel's intestines, It was stuffed into a dirty little bag, and in the process, from time to time, he would scrape some fat-like substance from the taken out internal organs and randomly stuff it into his mouth.

He seems to be very hungry, but he still maintains his sanity as a human... This is like the human beings in the primitive society. Although they drink blood like a feather, they don't directly pounce on their prey after killing them... The difference in eating behavior, This is one of the biggest differences between humans and beasts.

This person was still wearing a set of very worn off-white clothes, the cuffs and trousers were frayed, and there seemed to be some black words printed on the armbands and the back, but now these marks have been fragmented, and most of them The area peeled off, and it was impossible to tell what was printed on it.

But Noir is very clear that the clothes on the opponent have absolutely no protective effect.

Even if there is, the damage of the clothes has already made it lose most of its functions, not to mention that this person is not wearing a helmet and gloves, and even his feet are bare.

"Why is this person not affected by radiation?" A question mark popped up in Noir's heart.

He has seen many miners who unfortunately suffered from radiation sickness due to mining in the radiation area. The most obvious symptoms of acute radiation sickness are skin ulceration, muscle dissolution, and extensive bleeding throughout the body; while chronic radiation sickness is similar to malignant tumors. It's just that compared with the tumors growing in the body, patients with chronic radiation sickness will also have many disgusting-looking growths on the body surface-most of these patients will be sent to a place called "sick village" go.

But the person in front of him, although his appearance looked very strange, did not meet the symptoms of acute radiation sickness, nor did he meet the symptoms of chronic radiation sickness—except for malnutrition and poor hygiene, his physical condition did not seem to be good. Not bad.

Flying squirrels fly very fast. Noir has seen it just now. Since this person can hunt flying squirrels, it means that his skills will not be too bad. That is not something that patients with radiation sickness can do. to things.

"Hello, how are you?" Noir took another step closer and greeted each other proactively.

The moment Noir made a sound, the man jumped up from the ground as if he had been scalded by the floor, picked up the corpse of the flying squirrel that hadn't been processed, and ran in the opposite direction.

"No, this guy wants to escape!" Soap also rushed out at this time, seeing that the other party was about to disappear at the turn, he hurriedly shouted, "Clown! Quick! Stop him!"

In fact, needless to say, the clown has already made a move—two tentacles shot out quickly, wrapped around the man's ankles, dragged him directly, and then forcibly dragged him back.

"This guy didn't respond when he saw me appear. I thought he didn't care. Who knew that he ran away as soon as I said hello..." Noir said.

"He didn't see you. He lived in the underground labyrinth for a long time. His vision has completely degraded, but his hearing has become very keen." The clown said.

"This hearing isn't too sharp... It's only 20 meters away, and some indigenous creatures would have already been startled by our footsteps." Soap questioned.

"He just leaned against a waste pipe with strong radiation. The radiation released by the waste pipe will affect the human auditory center. It is normal not to hear our footsteps. Perhaps in his view, this area is the territory of the giant moth , there will be no other powerful mutant creatures invading, it belongs to the 'safe zone', so let your guard down." The clown said.

"By the way, who the hell is this? It looks like a ghoul in a horror story..." Soap looked at the man who was subdued by the tentacles but was still struggling and said, "Speaking of it, Why can this guy survive in such a high-intensity radiation environment? Will he not suffer from radiation sickness and die?"

"He is the same as me, his body has mutated." The clown said, "It's just that the source of my mutation is erosion, and he is a mutation in the true sense... To be precise, it is 'evolution'. As a human being, he originally He should have died in the underground labyrinth, but his strong survival instinct allowed his body to evolve on its own, evolving a physique capable of surviving in a radiation environment. The probability of this is very low, but not completely zero."

Noir pursed his lips, and shifted his gaze from the man to the clown: "From your tone, you seem to already know his identity?"

"This should be a 'D-class personnel' who was sent into the underground labyrinth for experiments. The off-white jumpsuit uniform he was wearing was specially prepared by the research institute for 'D-class personnel'. It's just that the Both the locator and the vital sign monitoring device have been removed... It is estimated that in the archives of the research institute, this 'D-class personnel' has been deemed dead, but no one thought that he could actually survive in such a desperate situation. , creating a miracle of life." Even the clown, who had always been moody, had a hint of emotion in his tone at this time.

"You...you...are...who...?" After struggling to no avail, the D-class personnel spat out these few words from his throat with great difficulty—his voice was dry and hoarse, and his pronunciation was very rough. It's weird and difficult to understand. Obviously, it's because I haven't talked to anyone for a long time, which has caused a certain degree of degeneration in the vocal system and language center.

(End of this chapter)