Alien Relic Hunter

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The name of the hot pot restaurant recommended by Qin Zhao is "Xinghai Lao". It is located at the corner of Chinese gourmets in the East Fourth District. Ke Lan has seen their advertisement on the Internet. It claims to be the original Sichuan hot pot from the old era. , to Alpha star-flavored alien ingredients - without commenting on the first half of the advertisement, the second half of the sentence, in his opinion, is mostly just an eye-catching gimmick.

There are only a few types of meat from the indigenous creatures of Alpha Planet that can be used as ingredients, and these types of meat need to go through dozens of complicated processing procedures before they can be served on the table... Of course, the complexity of the process is not the key; the key is Even if they are processed, their taste is really unsatisfactory. In addition, they contain radiation and toxins that cannot be completely removed. Eating too much will affect your health...

To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence: expensive, unpalatable, and not safe at all - only in the first ten years before Ark landed on Alpha Planet, would people choose these ingredients for the sake of curiosity or to show off their wealth... As for now, Basically no one would spend more than ten times the price of real meat to eat something that is even more unpalatable than cheap synthetic meat.

"Why doesn't this store recommended by Qin Zhao seem very reliable..." With such doubts, Ke Lan opened the door of "Xinghai Lao".

Entering from the gate, there is a T-shaped corridor, which divides the entire store into two areas. The area on the right is called "Area A". The ingredients on the menu are mainly synthetic meat, soy protein products and hydroponics. The per capita consumption of vegetables is low; while the "S area" on the left hand side is all about real meat and soil-grown plants, and you can even see many expensive alcoholic drinks on the menu.

The box reserved by Hound and the others is the largest "box zero" in Area S.

When Ke Lan and Zofia walked into the private room, everyone else had already arrived. Except for Qin Zhao, who was still a little reserved, Hound and the others had already started eating.

"If you don't come here, we will eat all the good food." Hound shouted to Ke Lan while skillfully scooping up the fat beef in the pot with chopsticks.

"Yes, these ingredients are limited every week, and they are basically all here." Layton puffed up his cheeks and chewed, and even his voice became muffled.

"This roasted leg of lamb is really good." Zhuoligetu also nodded in agreement. A roasted leg of lamb more than half a meter long was held in his hand, but compared with his strong body, This leg of lamb looks very petite and slender.

"..." Ke Lan originally wanted to complain a few words, but then Zofia suddenly walked up, took his arm in front of everyone, as if declaring sovereignty, and led him to the end of the table. Above the two empty seats.

"It doesn't matter. If this store doesn't have enough ingredients, I can have someone send another batch from the consortium's cold storage." Zofia said.

"Uh...does this store still allow diners to bring their own ingredients?" Ke Lan asked a little confused.

"Three hours ago, it was already a property under the name of Soma Consortium." Zofia said with a smile.

"..." Ke Lan always felt that she had mistakenly picked up some script such as "The Overbearing President Falls in Love with Me". These lines, this plot... are exactly the same as those in those female pornographic articles. The only thing The only difference is that the genders of the protagonist and the CEO are reversed.

This is probably the legendary "eating soft rice", right?

"I'm talking about Ke Lan, you kid, stop acting like you've got a bargain and act like a good boy." Hound waved the chopsticks in his hand, "Whether it's hard rice or soft rice, if it's fragrant enough, it's good food. If you ask me, just An outstanding woman like Miss Ma has countless suitors. The fact that you can stand out among so many people is also a sign of ability, right?"

"But the problem is that I didn't pursue her at all -" Ke Lan couldn't help but said in her heart, a maternal solo like him... Ah, no, to be precise, he should be a top widow who has been alone since the artificial womb. Wang, has no concept of love at all... What's more, in his opinion, Zofia's engagement with him was purely intended to use him as a shield at the beginning, and there was no relationship between the two. Any emotional basis.

This is the main reason why Ke Lan has always felt awkward... He always felt that Zofia chose him more for the purpose of maximizing interests, rather than the ordinary emotions between the opposite sex.

But what puzzled him was... if it was to maximize profits, she should choose to have a business marriage with the heirs or young masters of those big families, instead of being a relic hunter with no background like herself.

Although after these several explorations, Ke Lan has accumulated a considerable amount of capital, and their reputation has gradually spread in the hunter circle, but compared with those behemoths that have been operating for many generations , this achievement is simply insignificant.

Unless Ke Lan exposes his secrets... However, the price of doing so will be a complete loss of freedom for the rest of his life.

Ke Lan has never been able to understand the brain circuits of male protagonists in those female pornographic novels: why a male protagonist with impeccable life experience, ability, and appearance would fall in love with a man with no financial background, whose appearance is not top-notch, and whose own abilities are not even mentioned. The shocking silly sweet heroine on the show. The only praiseworthy advantage of a heroine like this is probably innocence and kindness... But in the real world, innocence and kindness may be the least valuable thing. Something.

While Ke Lan was still thinking about Zofia's purpose, the hunting dog put down his chopsticks, cleared his throat, and said seriously: "Now everyone is here, and the shareholder and largest sponsor of our hunting group is Miss Soma is also present, and there is one thing I have to say first... This matter has something to do with Qin Zhao. I think if we don’t resolve this matter first, the little girl will probably have no intention of eating today. "

"What's wrong?" Ke Lan was stunned for a moment and looked at Qin Zhao who was sitting next to him. Although the steam from the hot pot in the box was endless, the girl's face was still a little pale, and the tableware in front of her was basically untouched. Pass.

"The Polar Star Hunting Group has signed internship contracts with the rookie hunters who entered the sinkhole. You should know this, right?" Hound said to Ke Lan.

"I know, what's wrong?"

"They were fooled. Those bastards from Polaris buried a lot of traps in the contract. It was only after I read the text of the contract that I realized... This is not an internship contract at all, but a contract of sale! "

There was a trace of anger in the words of the hunting dog, and he continued: "Generally speaking, under a formal internship contract, if the intern hunter feels that this hunting group is not suitable for him, he can choose to terminate the contract and leave at any time, as long as he does not cause any actual losses to the hunting group. , after returning the equipment, the hunting group will not embarrass him... Even some more deceitful hunting groups will only charge a training fee that is not too large at most."

"But," Hound's voice suddenly rose a few degrees, "These scumbags from Polaris, in addition to tricking newcomers into doing high-risk mining operations in S-class ruins, they also set a breach of contract in the contract. If the trainee hunter terminates the contract before completing five exploration missions, he must pay the liquidated damages to the Polaris Hunting Group."

"But this kind of liquidated damages cannot be set too high, right? If it is a sky-high liquidated damages, even if the management department does not intervene, it is impossible for the interns to sign such a contract... They are not stupid..." Ke Lan doubted.

"That's true, but the cunning thing about Polaris is that the liquidated damages they set fluctuate according to the hunter's own qualifications... If you are a pure rookie without any exploration experience, the liquidated damages you need to pay if you choose to terminate the contract are not even to fifty credit points, but if this rookie completes even one mining mission, then a record of 'S-class ruins exploration success' will be added to his qualifications. In this way, the amount of liquidated damages will naturally increase. "

The hound paused and then said: "And Qin Zhao's exploration record is bound to us... In other words, she can be regarded as a member of the core control center of the bottomless sinkhole... If she wants to If you terminate the contract and switch to our hunting group, the liquidated damages you need to pay...are approximately 87 million credit points."

"So much?" Hearing this number, Ke Lan was also a little surprised. Although it was not that they couldn't come up with the money, but just giving more than 87 million to the Polaris Hunting Group, no matter how he thought about it, he felt that People feel uncomfortable all over.

What's more, these more than 87 million are just to poach an intern who has just entered the industry...