Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 991 The Scavenger

"Forget it..." Black Braised Egg shook his head again and again, "The original body is more reliable... Those who have prosthetic bodies and artificial organs have to take anti-rejection drugs for life, and they are also prone to die of various diseases. A kind of inexplicable mechanical failure...compared with it, I still trust my original parts."

The cyborg transformation was gradually accepted by the public after the ark landed on Alpha Planet and entered into a bitter battle with the native creatures on the planet to continue to improve their combat power. In this era, human body transformation surgery is still in a gray area, not only the technology is not very mature , the success rate of the operation is low, and it is easy to be criticized by others... Especially the kind of prosthetics that account for more than half of them, in the eyes of many people, they can no longer be regarded as human beings.

Basically, only severely disabled people or terminally ill people will choose to undergo surgery. A healthy person who undergoes transformation will most likely be considered mentally ill.

Ke Lan walked to the console. The layout of the console of this shuttle is very "retro" - but Ke Lan is not unfamiliar. Although this kind of vehicle produced 100 years ago has long been discontinued, it is still in the black market. Rusty parts can often be found... some illegally converted vehicles that look like they are falling apart at any moment, with parts that date back to the last century or even the last century.

In the year 840 of the New Era, this type of shuttle was regarded as a high-tech equipment that ordinary people could not touch at all. By the year 900 of the New Era, this type of shuttle was already everywhere like taxis on the main road. .

Especially in the 880 years from 900 to 20 in the New Era, after the United Parliamentary Group, or the undead crew members behind the Parliamentary Group, decided to land on Alpha Planet, they mobilized almost all the people on the Ark that could be mobilized..." The profession of "relic hunter" was also born in that era.

If Noah's Ark wanted to land on Alpha Star, it had to come up with a way to resist the gravity of Alpha Star. Otherwise, with its own weight, the ark would probably be torn apart by gravity before it stopped still...

Coincidentally, the advance team sent in the early stage discovered anti-gravity devices in the ruins of the Alpha civilization, and the number of such devices is quite large, found in many different types of ruins-although the technology of the Ark civilization It is impossible to imitate the anti-gravity device, but the anti-gravity device left by the Alpha civilization is enough to support the entire ark.

During those 20 years, the main targets of the relic hunters were the anti-gravity devices scattered in the relics.

The Fool and the Alpha Civilization... What kind of communication did they have with the Night Watchman, and what kind of agreement did the two sides reach...

Immediately afterwards, he focused on checking the medical examination reports of everyone in the advance team, including the unlucky guy who died suddenly due to sudden heart failure. According to the contents of the report, he was basically sure that the people on this shuttle were still It has not been corroded, and there are no remodelers and replicators.

And the most critical event is the first contact between the Fool and the Alpha civilization.

Compared with the subsequent batches of advance teams, the "gold content" of this first advance team must be the highest.Even though the probability of this advance team being able to return to the Ark alive is extremely low, the members are still one in a million elites—the black stewed egg looks like a big fool, but it is actually a mechanic who is proficient in mechanics. He is a super academic in the fields of biology, biology and radio, holding four doctorates.And that female doctor who spoke a bit harshly, in addition to being the team doctor in the advance team, is also a geological expert and a fighting expert. In terms of melee combat, the "steamed egg" with a height of more than 1.9 meters is not even this one who is only 1.6 meters. petite woman rival.

Ke Lan glanced briefly at the mission logs left by the previous batch of "rotationists", and was disappointed to find that there was no valuable information in it... Even if there was, it might have been "forgotten" by the Fool.

"The last batch of rotation is really unlucky." A female teammate who looks like an underage loli, but her actual age is nearly 30 years old after hibernation is removed, smiled, "I just lay down for less than a week. , I will be called up to work again... If I were them, I would not sleep right away."

There is an existence that secretly "helps" the Ark to overcome various difficulties-of course, a large part of these "difficulties" are actually created by the Alpha civilization.

Obviously, the undead crew already knew the existence of the Alpha civilization at that time, not only that, I am afraid they also knew the secrets of traveling through wormholes and parallel universes... They might even know that all of this was done by the Alpha civilization .

"This thing...how does it work?" Ke Lan tried to recall the knowledge related to it in his mind-there are many shuttles of this type, but no one used them at all after 950 in the new era. Although Ke Lan has seen these old antiques, his practical experience is completely zero.

Shocked, the person on duty at that time immediately sorted out the information and sent it to the Ark tens of thousands of light seconds away.

"We will go around Alpha Star's low-earth orbit for a week, and after confirming the landing site, we will pass through Alpha Star's atmosphere." Ludan said, while putting a [-]D model on the big screen, "Four days later, Everyone will be awakened, and the first Alpha star exploration operation will officially begin."

It is no exaggeration to say that this is not only a turning point in his destiny, but also a turning point in the destiny of human civilization.

There have been many geniuses in human history, but the geniuses who can really achieve great things only account for a small part of the total number of geniuses.

After passing through the wormhole, those "life-saving" resource asteroids, inexplicably broken through technical difficulties... These clues may not be noticed by ordinary people, but for the undead crew members who are in a high position and overlook the entire ark, this is very important. All kinds of signs, none of them indicate one thing——

"Tsk." He took a deep breath and put his ten fingers on the touch screen. The moment his fingertips touched the touch screen, a lot of knowledge and operation knowledge poured into his head instantly. In seconds, he changed from a cute newcomer who didn't know where to start to a big guy who is very familiar with this shuttle... Now even if this shuttle is dismantled into the most fragmented appearance, he can still put it into pieces. Comes fully assembled.

This did not surprise the advance team members. Before they set off, the scholars on the Ark had agreed that there must be life on Alpha Planet—this is a planet whose conditions are very close to those of Earth. In other words, this is an extremely rare planet in the universe that is suitable for human survival.A planet like this, as long as it is given enough time, is bound to give birth to life.

According to unconservative estimates, before 900 in the new era, at least [-] shuttles of this type were manufactured, and as for the number of round trips between the Ark and Alpha Star, it exceeded one million.

During this time... what happened?

"Try not to contact this civilization as much as possible. If this civilization tries to take the initiative to contact and cannot avoid it, do not show hostility, let alone conflict with the other party." This is Ark's reply.

"It's not a big deal to land early, but I'm afraid of falling into the lair of some indigenous creatures, and that's the end." Braised Dan shrugged and said.

In 859 of the new era, the Fool was only a member of the first advance team. Although he could be regarded as an amazing genius among ordinary people, he can only be regarded as a mediocre genius throughout the history of human civilization. No wonder people.

"Then you have to be able to bear it." The team doctor glanced at her, "Is the orbit calculation result out? Check it again, and there must be no errors. If we are pulled down by the gravity of Alpha Star, we will have to No early login."

Each member of this advance team has at least two or more specialization skills. This kind of compound talent, placed in the circle of relic hunters, is a sought-after piece of cake... Even if they like freedom , unwilling to join the hunting groups controlled by those big consortiums, and will be hired as a consultant with a high salary...

The plan to explore Planet Alpha remains unchanged, but the mission of the first advance team is still to conduct the most basic inspection of the planet, such as data on soil quality, water quality, and atmospheric composition. As for those relics, they were not included in the first within the scope of exploration.

There is not only life on Alpha Planet, but also traces of civilization.

From the perspective of the advance team members, this is probably a manifestation of the "conscience" of Ark's senior management - after all, their technological level is much higher than that of Ark. Even if this civilization is already in decline, they are not enemies that Ark can contend with.

Although this advance team was the first group of people to land on Planet Alpha, before them, unmanned explorers had been sent to Planet Alpha—sixteen wheeled exploration vehicles and 32 unmanned aircraft, plus Sixteen underwater detection machines were dropped into the ocean, and [-]% of these detection equipment lost their audio, while the remaining [-]% ​​sent back a message: there is life on this planet.

These black-rimmed glasses are not used to correct eyesight, but a portable AR display. People with vision problems cannot pass the rigorous selection process of the advance team, even those who have undergone laser correction surgery.

All this is what Ke Lan wants to know.

Some of these shuttles were dismantled and returned to the furnace after they were retired; into the hands of all kinds of people.

"I've checked it seven times, and I promise there will be no problem." 'Little Lolita' pushed the pair of oversized black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose that contrasted sharply with her small face, and a blue light flashed inside the lens of her eyes. If you look carefully, you can still see densely packed characters like small bugs in the Blu-ray.

Talent like this, as the first batch of advance team, is really a bit... wasteful.

When exploring the ruins, the first batch of advance teams actually had an alias called "Death Squad"...or to put it more bluntly: "Death Squad".

Ke Lan used to be very familiar with a vendor who bought the relics of the Alpha civilization in the black market. In the vendor's warehouse, there was a rusty shuttle parked—except that the electronic equipment on this shuttle contained rare metals. All the parts have been removed, leaving only an empty iron shell, which gradually decayed under the erosion of the years.

The only good news is that this civilization seems to have died out, and the probe did not find any surviving individuals of this civilization.

These are all the information Ke Lan obtained from the Hive City Master, the origin of the Alpha civilization, the plans of the Night Watchman... These things have already been explained in detail by the Hive City Master.But about the Undead Crew, about the Fool, the Hive Master knows very little.These things can only be explored by Ke Lan himself.

And judging from the scale of those ruins, the technological level of this civilization is far above that of human beings.

At that time, the Ark was still in the low-earth orbit of Alpha Star and was circling this planet. If you want to go from Ark to Alpha Star, you can only take this kind of shuttle...just like Ke Lan and the others took a transport plane.

But another piece of news brought back by the probe shocked the advance team.

But Ark's reply seemed very flat, as if the higher-ups had already known the existence of this civilization in advance.

But as an "informer", Ke Lan can read a lot of special information from this reply.

This action was a turning point in the Fool's fate. Although Ke Lan didn't know what happened after the Fool returned to the ark, after that, he became a member of the Undead Crew Club and became the Fool with the serial number "zero" .

There is no other reason, simply because the death rate is too high.

Others say "I've never eaten pork, I've seen pigs running", but Ke Lan has never eaten pork, and he has never seen a live pig that can run. All he has in front of him is a pile of broken pigs. Pig skeleton.

"If there are still surviving individuals of this civilization on Alpha Planet and discover us, what should we do?" This was the message sent back to the Ark by the person on duty at that time.

Not to mention, the human civilization on the Ark itself is on the brink of extinction.

There is another question, why this memory will be unlocked at this time, this is also what the Fool planned... Is he planning to hint something to himself?

Ke Lan couldn't help but fell into deep thought, but his hands didn't stop, as if controlled by muscle memory, he was skillfully operating on the console.

The job assigned to him is simple, but it is also very important-Ke Lan needs to operate the eight mechanical arms equipped with laser cutters on the outside of the shuttle. And if it cannot be avoided, they must be cut with a laser cutter to a size that will not threaten the safety of the shuttle.

The name given to this work by the advance team is "Space Scavenger", and the three words "Scavenger" have also become the "code name" of the Fool in this memory.

(End of this chapter)