Alien Relic Hunter

"Ice path... there is also an ice path!" Ke Lan ignored the obstruction of Layton and the hounds, rushed into the ice path like crazy, put the flashlight against the wall, and turned on the brightness to the maximum——

No, nothing...

Everything seemed to be just his nightmare.

"Leyton, hold him down!"

The hunting dog that caught up took out a syringe without further explanation, stuck it on Ke Lan's shoulder, and pushed all the medicine inside.

"I'm sorry... but I have seen too many hunters who went crazy because of hallucinations. I don't want you to become like that." Hound said, and he and Leighton helped Ke Lan up.

The medicine took effect very quickly. Ke Lan felt his head was dizzy, his weak arms hung limply by his side, and his legs were as if they were filled with lead and he couldn't even take a step forward. He could still vaguely I heard the whine of a hound in my ears...

"Damn it...did the doctor give you a sedative? Why do I look like I'm wearing sweat medicine?"

"I don't care anymore. Let's carry Ke Lan down first. We can't waste time here anymore." Layton said, directly holding the unconscious Ke Lan under his ribs and striding towards the stone room.

"Wait a minute." The hound's voice suddenly came from behind, "It seems like there is really something in the ice?"

"What can there be? Ke Lan hasn't seen it all? Old dog, you must have been tricked too, right?" Leighton stopped speechlessly and threw the flashlight in his hand.

Taking the flashlight, the hound carefully checked the ice walls on both sides, but found nothing.

But he just caught a glimpse of a black shadow floating in the ice...

No, this ice block is so frozen that it would take a long time to break it open even with a large engineering drill. How could there be anything swimming in it?

"...I must be seeing things." The old dog blinked hard, rubbed the stubble on his chin, and said with a frown.

"You're not just being blind, you're just being suspicious. According to me, we should have given this guy a shot from the beginning. Maybe we've already picked out the treasure in the core area by now." Leighton said angrily, "Let's go. Come on, let's go, I really don't want to stay here for even a second longer... My temperature control system is broken and I'm freezing to death."

"Yes." The hound nodded, "I remember Ke Lan said before that all the injuries on your body were caused by a big centipede? That centipede also had the upper body of a human, and its face was exactly the same as Akira Asano? "

"Didn't you see how the injuries on my body came about? And the big centipede... Do you believe the story he made up? He also said that a piece of rotten flesh grew into your appearance, and then broke into pieces. It fell off... Hahaha, if that happened, I would have definitely captured it with a camera."

"Did you take the photo? Where's the automatic recording equipment on you?" Hound asked as he walked down.

"Isn't it reimbursed along with my robotic arm? It's annoying just thinking about it. Then I have to write a report when I go back. How can it be more convenient than directly uploading the video of the entire process?"

"To be honest... I always feel that the memory about the scene when your robotic arm was blown off... seems a bit fuzzy. There seem to be some details in my subconscious, but I just can't remember..." Hound said a little depressed He scratched his head.

"Look at you, when will you get rid of this old habit of being suspicious? With an expression on your face as if you were constipated, weren't we being chased by the Cleftjaw and running away? Isn't it normal that we can't remember some details?" Layton said disapprovingly, "Is it possible, do you really think that all of us have lost our memory like Ke Lan said? Then why is his memory different from ours? This is obviously a problem with him."

"That's right..." The hound nodded and no longer struggled with this topic.

…

Not long after, the two of them took Ke Lan back to the giant door. At this time, the effect of the medicine gradually wore off, and Ke Lan finally woke up.

"What did you hit me with? This force... is a bit strong..." Ke Lan rubbed his temples vigorously and asked weakly.

"A large dose of phenobarbital plus morphine." Ivan said expressionlessly. "Although there is a certain risk of sudden death, it can eliminate the impact of hallucinations on you to the greatest extent."

"Damn...you quack...are you trying to kill me?"

"If you go completely crazy, the trouble will be even greater... Besides, even if you have respiratory failure due to the effects of the medicine, I can still save you." Ivan shrugged.

"How to save?"

"Intubation."

"...If I get sick in the future, I will never come to you." Ke Lan silently crossed out Ivan's label of quackery in his heart, and then replaced it with... "taking human life seriously."

"I don't treat ordinary patients either."

"Okay, stop arguing - Ke Lan, how do you feel now?" Hound stepped forward and patted Ke Lan's arm, "I mean... those things about hallucinations, do you still feel... Are they real?”

"My head hurts... I feel like I can't remember the details of many things, those things, those things... It seems like I had a dream... Damn... you shouldn't have given me that medicine... Ke Lan complained.

"But at least you look better than before, really." said the hound. "Do you know, you almost went crazy just now."

"I'm not sure whether those things are real or fake, but I don't think those monsters were imagined out of thin air. I've never seen anything similar..."

"It's normal. There used to be a crazy hunter who claimed to have seen a living Alpha star with his own eyes, and he kept shouting about evil gods and sacrifices. Do you know how this ended? The computer based on his The description drew the so-called 'Alpha Planet Man', and after comparing it with the database, it was discovered that this shape came from a low-cost science fiction animation produced forty years ago, called "Gang Damu vs. Alpha Planet Demon King"..."

"Fuck...I've also seen that anime. The Alphas in it look like crabs, and they can spit bubbles..." Layton said while suppressing a smile.

"So, it's just an illusion. There's nothing to make a fuss about." Hound said, turning his attention to the giant stone door in front of him. "Everything else is trivial. The most important thing right now is how to open this giant stone door." Men—by the way, have you researched any methods?"

Ivan and Asano Akira have always stayed below. In addition to taking care of the unconscious Zhuoligetu, finding a way to open the stone door is also their main task.

"At present, we can only confirm that this stone door requires energy crystals to open. There is no progress yet." Ivan said seriously.

"Alas, doctor, what you said is the same as what you didn't say. Even if all Alpha Planet people are strong men, this door cannot be pushed open by strength... Since you need to use crystals, have you found the crystal slot?"

"If there is one, it should be there -" Ivan raised his arm, and the others looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that in the middle of the gate, about a hundred meters high, there was a There is a small platform protruding outward, but due to the limited viewing angle, it is unknown what is on the platform.

"You have to send someone up to have a look," said the Hound.