Alien Relic Hunter

"To be precise, it's something in the bones." Ke Lan said seriously.

"Hmm... it looks a bit like a semi-finished industrial gel." Lao Gai squatted on the ground and took out a pair of rubber gloves from the tool box he brought. He was halfway wearing them when he seemed to remember something. Suddenly he turned his head and looked at Ke Lan.

"This thing... shouldn't be toxic or corrosive, right?"

"Uh... not sure, we haven't had direct contact." Ke Lan shook his head.

"Then it's better to be careful." Lao Gui's expression was very serious, "I still want to live for another ten or twenty years."

He took out a long-handled metal pliers and picked up the remains of the black skeleton one by one into an insulated bucket with the words "spare plasma, Rh-negative AB blood" on it. Even a fragment the size of a grain of rice was not put away. Pass.

"You guys all go and look around to see if there is anything that has jumped far away... Although the grandsons of the Security Bureau will know about this sooner or later, at least they can't catch the tail."

"Also, Fourth Brother, Quinn, you should deal with all the marks on the ground. If there are any areas that cannot be wiped clean, just pour some dilute hydrochloric acid on them and then brush them with detergent. If those guys come back in the future, Just say that the rust has been removed - anyway, if we insist on refusing to let go, there is nothing they can do."

"Yes!" The two crew members who followed Laogui responded. At this time, Ke Lan noticed that the man named Quinn was the man who went to catch Bartelty in the restaurant before.

"Hey, aren't you... the roasted leek!" When Quinn passed by Ke Lan, he also recognized him, but...

"What the hell is this roasted leek?" Ke Lan asked speechlessly.

"Oh, I don't know what your name is. Didn't you treat me to a plate of roasted leeks that day? Later, that guy kept talking about how I caused him to lose a bottle of Roland. This is a shameful thing. He only had it all day long. Remember to eat and drink.”

"Is Boss okay now?" Ke Lan asked casually. Although the casualties on the Pioneer were heavy, they were probably not embarrassed enough to send the logistics personnel to the front line.

"You can't die." Quinn waved his hand.

"injured?"

"Well, when those beasts collided with the ship, a metal railing in the engine room broke and injured his shoulder. He should be lying in the dormitory now." Quinn said while using a piece of alcohol solvent. The sea wiped the floor.

"As long as it's nothing serious, remember to tell him next time that I won't default on the wine I owe him."

"Then you'd better talk to him yourself. I'm going back to the headquarters with Laogui, and by the way, I'm taking the paid leave I've saved for a year and a half... Damn, to be honest, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to do this this time. All the people on this ship have to be accounted for here. Suddenly I am absolutely sure that what Lao Ba said is quite right, 'The most painful thing in life is when people die and money is not spent.' This guy has no education, but what he said is It really makes sense."

"Actually, he didn't say this..."

"Who said that?"

"More than a thousand years ago, a Chinese sketch actor said this on an old-era entertainment program called the Spring Festival Gala."

"Damn...it turns out to be like this. I wonder how a dog can spit out ivory from its mouth." Quinn looked stunned.

"Okay! Don't just chat, hurry up and work!" Lao Gai finally collected all the debris. He even rummaged through the pile of rocks twice, except that the floor was almost gone. Turned over.

The metal thermal insulation barrel containing the black skeleton remains was not locked, and was simply affixed with two seals. It was blatantly carried by Lao Gai in his hand. This made Ke Lan a little worried: "Do you need to find a box or something to put it in?" Get up? This is too obvious."

"It's easier to attract attention when you hide it." Lao Gui said solemnly, "One of the wounded people sent back happened to have panda blood, and this bucket of emergency plasma was prepared for him."

"...Then what if the injured person really bleeds profusely?"

"It was just a scratch on his skin. There was no need to send him back with this kind of injury." Lao Gai suddenly coughed symbolically and continued, "But I accidentally broke my leg just now, so I'm afraid there will be sequelae. , so I decided to go back to Ark to receive more comprehensive treatment.”

"..." Ke Lan couldn't help but cursed, I'm afraid you broke this leg "on purpose"...

"Don't look at me like that. That kid volunteered, and the consortium has given him enough compensation. Well, if there's nothing else, we'll go up first. The Aurora Consortium's transport ship will leave soon."

"Okay, I wish you all a safe journey." Ke Lan said with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, Caroline, you have to be wary of them. This kid is far smarter than you think, but seeing as the benefits are all ours this time, I don't care about what little calculations he has in mind. Don't let people sell it and then count the money for it." After Lao Gui finished speaking, he glanced at Ke Lan with a threatening look.

"Hehe...mutual benefit, a win-win situation." Ke Lan smiled awkwardly, but received a cold snort from the old man.

"Well, I understand... be careful on the road." Caroline nodded hurriedly. Judging from her respectful and submissive attitude, the old man's prestige on the ship is probably higher than that of the beautiful captain. .

Ke Lan couldn't help but feel relieved. If this old guy stayed on the ship, it would be difficult for his next actions to go as smoothly as expected. Fortunately, he was leaving soon, leaving Miss Soma and this one. First Mate Caroline is much easier to deal with.

"Let's put this matter to rest first. We've been down for so long and we haven't even had a good look at the diving cabin." Watching Lao Gui and the others leave, Ke Lan turned around and said to Caroline.

"Ah, I almost forgot to bring you down here mainly to see the diving cabin..." Caroline said a little embarrassed, "Also...although that old man looks fierce, he is actually very nice. Yes, don’t pay attention to those words just now.”

"It's okay, it's okay, I can also see that the old man is a sharp talker." Ke Lan smiled and waved his hand, "Besides, what Lao Gui said is right. I really want to sell a favor to the Soma Consortium. After all, I have to eat your food on the ship these days, because eating people has short mouths."

"Including the rescue operation just now, our Soma Consortium already owes you a lot." Caroline whispered.

"It's just a piece of cake. Besides, our destination this time is the Pioneer. We can't just watch the Pioneer sink in front of us, right?" Ke Lan said this, but in his heart he was thinking that he wished he could let the Pioneer sink. The more they owe themselves, the more convenience they can get on the Pioneer.

Anyway, this is mutual benefit, a win-win situation...

The two of them were chatting and had already walked to the diving cabin. Compared with the blurry video, the shock that the real thing brought to Ke Lan was much stronger - it was a small object with a diameter of about four meters. The spherical diving chamber was about 3 meters long, but at this moment it was no longer spherical. An indescribable force twisted the outer shell of the diving chamber into a twist-like shape. The surface of the high-strength alloy that could withstand the heavy pressure of deep water was covered with There were horrific strangulation marks, and several compression cylinders were all crushed into thin discus. It is really hard to imagine what kind of monster it encountered underwater.

"Fortunately, there is a flexible protective bag inside the diving cabin, so the body of the deceased is relatively intact... Otherwise, it would probably be filled with a pile of minced meat..." Caroline said at the side.

The lining structure of the diving cabin, the various equipment inside, and the flexible protective bag that Caroline mentioned were all removed by the Security Bureau, leaving only a bare iron shell and a The underwater propeller was completely crushed.

"No one knows what they encountered underwater, but I think the monster that can turn the diving cabin into this should be more terrifying than the giant eel in the deep sea..." Caroline sighed, "You really want to Going down?"