Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 743 Lumberjack

"Tsk, it seems that the one hour saved on the flight just now will be wasted here." 33 said.

"If it helps our next action, it's not a waste." Ke Lan said, "Valentina, don't join the battle now, find a place to hide the Blasphemer Mecha."

Valentina: "Understood."

The Blasphemer mecha is too conspicuous, especially after the Ark publicity department released a short recruiting video edited from mass-produced Fallen Angel battle clips, this type of mecha has already left a deep impression on the public mind impression.If the Blasphemer mechas were directly used to participate in the battle, their identities would be easily guessed.

"How can you kill a chicken with a butcher's knife?" To deal with this group of mobs, three of the five people in this car can resolve the battle within 1 minute - and this is still under the premise of not using any hot weapons.

"Let's go, save people."

Ke Lan flicked the direction joystick, and the off-road vehicle drifted in place under the strong thrust, and the front of the vehicle was thrown in the direction of the gunshots, and it flew away with smoke and dust.

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When Ke Lan and the others cut into the battlefield, just as the group of remnants of heretical sects approached enough to charge, the remnants holding rocks and sticks rushed out from behind the shield soldiers and gunmen with strange screams. In two short breaths, they had crossed the last 30 meters.

Although seven or eight people were knocked down by stray bullets during the charge, when the distance between the two sides was erased, the convenience of defense no longer had an advantage.

Although it is said that "the gun is fast beyond seven steps, and the gun is accurate and fast within seven steps", this means that when the difference in the number of the two sides is not large, the gunner will have an absolute advantage, and to be a gunner needs to deal with three people. When the enemy is close to the above, the advantages brought by the firearms are basically wiped out.

A man with a modified P90 just shot down a remnant believer who jumped onto the hood of the vehicle, and was hit hard on the back of the head by a flying stone... Even though he was protected by a tactical helmet, the blow was still Not fatal, but short-term dizziness is unavoidable.

At this moment, a remnant party believer with a bowed body and a lean figure like a monkey seized this opportunity and jumped up at once.He slit the man's throat with the knife he held tightly in his hand.

But before he could cheer, the barrel of the TAC-50 anti-materiel sniper rifle was already pressed against his chest, followed by a thunderous gunshot.

The 2000-inch caliber anti-material sniper rifle can easily cut a person into pieces at a distance of [-] meters. As for shooting at zero distance-the body of this remnant believer directly turned into a rain of blood that exploded all over the sky.

This shot seems to be the only bullet left in the chamber of the TAC-50. After firing this shot, the female sniper threw away the heavy anti-material sniper rifle and pulled out a large gun from her waist. The Gurkha saber, chopped down a remnant believer who rushed up against the rain of blood.

But when she stepped on the opponent's body and pulled out the saber stuck in the bone, she found that the battle had ended strangely.

Including the shield soldiers and gunners, the corpses of the remnants of the believers who rushed over lay on the ground, and even the few black-robed men who were in charge of commanding in the distance and did not directly participate in the battle became horizontal at this moment. Chen Zaidi's corpse.

An armored off-road vehicle that was comparable in size to a tank was parked not far away, and several people wearing training uniforms of field troops without any logos or insignias jumped out of the armored off-road vehicle and walked towards this side .

The female sniper held down the pistol in her waist with some vigilance, and asked Ke Lan and the others loudly, "Who are you?"

"We are not enemies." Ke Lan raised his hands, indicating that he had no weapons in his hands.

But what the female sniper didn't see was that at her feet, an inconspicuous black blade had burrowed into the sand without a sound. As long as she made any attempt to draw the gun and shoot, the black blade would The blade would break through the ground in an instant, breaking her tendons.

"These exiles...are you killing them?" the female sniper asked again.

In the short hand-to-hand combat just now, besides the man whose throat was cut, another companion was seriously injured. One of the other two was helping the wounded man to deal with the injury, and the other was crouching on the ground with a gun in his hand, looking nervously at him. With Ke Lan and others.

"Otherwise, could they have died on their own?" Ke Lan shrugged, "There is one more thing I need to correct. Strictly speaking, this group of people cannot be regarded as exiles, but the remnants of heretical sects."

"You guys... came down from the ark?" The female sniper's tone was a little relaxed - in her opinion, people who can own such vehicles and equipment will not be exiles wandering in the wilderness By.

"Well." Ke Lan nodded, and said cheekily, "We are an expedition team, and we happened to hear the sound of firefights when we passed by here. Driven by a sense of justice, we immediately decided to help each other when the road was uneven."

"Thank you, thank you." As if she didn't know how to express her gratitude, the female sniper nodded to Ke Lan with a stiff expression, "If possible, please leave your contact information, we will find a way when we return to the ark Repay your kindness for saving your life."

If you want to repay your life-saving grace, you don't have to wait until you return to the ark... Ke Lan looked at the four survivors and said silently.

"You used to be an 'ODST'? Or were you from the First Regiment of the First Division?" 33 glanced at the woman's left wrist, "The female soldiers who can be recruited by the First Regiment are really rare. "

"You...you are from the military?" The female sniper was slightly startled, and subconsciously covered her left wrist.

But Ke Lan has just seen that there is a burning skull tattoo on the inside of her left wrist.

"ODST", the full name is Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, "Orbital Airborne Assault Troopers"...Of course, among the people, they have a more famous name called "Hell Paratroopers".

This force was formed before the Ark landed on Star Alpha. In order to clean up the indigenous biome near the landing site, the high-level executives of the Ark specially formed a high-mobility team that can conduct individual airdrops from low-earth orbit and quickly cut into the battlefield. The elite troops, "Hell paratroopers" came into being.

In order to withstand the high temperature during the airborne process and the impact of landing, all members of this commando team were composed of modified people. This was a very bold decision in the era when body modification surgery was not publicly legalized.

When the Ark successfully landed on Alpha Planet, the historical mission of the "Hell Paratroopers" was completed, but the designation of this legendary unit was not revoked, but was retained as the code name of the most elite airborne unit of the Field Corps Down, and expanded to the establishment of four divisions.

However, in the eyes of many people, only the first regiment of the first division is the real inheritor of the "paratroopers from hell".

Since this female sniper came from the first regiment of the first division of ODST, her strength can also be explained.

"It used to be," 33 replied. "It's your turn to answer our questions: who are you? Why are you being besieged by this group of remnants of heretical sects?"

"We are... and explorers. Our convoy was suddenly attacked by these people when we passed the Great Basin. They were divided into several groups and chased us and drove us to this place." The female sniper replied road.

"Explorer? Are you sure?" Ke Lan stared at the other party's eyes and said with a half-smile.

"...Well, there is nothing to hide, we are a group of 'lumberjacks'." The female sniper and Ke Lan looked at each other for a few seconds, and immediately lost, admitted, "The gray fog forest is located You should all know the edge of the Great Basin, right? The fog roost, a specialty of the gray mist forest, is an expensive and rare material in the high society of the ark. The wood of the fog roost is as hard as metal, and it is impenetrable by water and fire. The furniture made of them is especially popular with rich people. Our job is to cut down the mist roost wood and process it into logs, and then transport them back to the ark to sell, it’s that simple.”

"If Mist Roost is so popular, the area around the Mist Forest would have been overcrowded." Ke Lan said, "After all, people die for money, and birds die for food, right? If there is such a way to make money, there must be many People want a piece of the action, don’t you think so?”

He walked slowly to the overturned off-road vehicle, squatted down, and carefully observed the logs tied to the roof rack.

"Mistroost wood is difficult to cut and process, and the transportation cost is high, so the profit margin is not large, and it is not as profitable as you imagine." The female sniper explained.

"No, that's not right." Ke Lan shook his head again, "There are two kinds of fog perch trees. The wood of fog perch trees that grow outside the red line area can only be regarded as average, neither fireproof nor mothproof, and the market price will not How much higher than other solid wood materials. But the mist roost growing in the red line restricted area has solid wood with tight rings, hardness and toughness comparable to alloys, and can emit a special fragrance for a long time... and the parasitism of mist roost Unlike the mist vine, this fragrance is not only non-toxic, but also refreshing... Just like the sandalwood on the earth in the old era, this kind of mist perch wood is really the best sought after by the upper class."

Ke Lan stood up and continued: "After crossing the red line, the deeper the fog roost, the better the quality, but the more difficult and dangerous it is to mine... Every 100 meters, the annual ring density of the fog roost The difference can even be doubled, and I think the quality of these logs should be cut from a place about 200 meters away from the red line?"

"You...you know... quite a lot about Misty Roost." The female sniper muttered.

This woman probably regards us as colleagues in all likelihood, Ke Lan thought to himself—since he has already decided to come to the Mist Forest to find out, he must not have any information related to the Mist Forest. I will let it go, it naturally contains these things related to the fog roost.

But then again, these "lumberjacks" can go deep into the place 200 meters behind the red line to harvest fog perches, and it seems that there are also two brushes.

If everyone could go deep into this location to harvest misty roosts like they did, the outskirts of the foggy forest would have already become as lively as the Molten Mine Field...

Harvesting high-quality mist roost does make money, but not everyone can earn it.

"It's just that I'm more interested." Ke Lan said casually, "By the way, did you just say that you will repay our life-saving grace after returning to the ark? I don't think we need to wait until we go back. If you want to repay, you can do it now. "

"You...you want this batch of mist perches?" There was a hint of reluctance in the female sniper's words, but she did not directly refuse, "If you want, I can send this batch of wood For you... But, can you leave one for us, no, half of it is fine. Many of my companions were killed and injured in this operation, and their families are still waiting for them to go back on the ark... If I just If you return empty-handed..."

The female sniper didn't continue, but her meaning couldn't be more obvious.

She should be the leader of this group of "lumberjacks". She is a good leader, at least she won't forget her dead companions—if the old dog is here, he probably won't be able to help but feel sorry for the military. The pension mechanism of China is full of fragrance...

"You misunderstood me. What I want is not these logs, but people." Ke Lan pointed at the other party.

"Ah?!" The female sniper froze for a moment, her eyes suddenly became a little weird... But when her eyes swept over Ze Luo standing behind Ke Lan, the panic and embarrassment in her eyes seemed so For a moment it turned into astonishment, and then turned into doubt.

Does this man want to repay his favor with his body?No... No, the girl walking with him is so beautiful, how could he be interested in him?

This female sniper is not ugly, at least she has an upper-middle level of 6 minutes. This is the case of bare makeup. If she puts on light makeup, she can probably reach the average level of the seven-point entertainment industry.And the figure is also very good, and there is a heroic spirit that ordinary girls don't have in every gesture. If you can get the double blessing of "makeup magic" and "PS armor", you can even reach the level of a goddess...

However, compared with a good-looking monster like Ze Luo, even an eight-point goddess can only be described by the word "the difference between clouds and mud".

"We want to go deep into the gray mist forest, and we need a guide who is familiar with the forest." Ke Lan didn't care about the change in the other party's expression, and continued, "I think there should be no one on the ark who is more familiar with the gray fog than you group of 'lumberjacks'. Foggy forest, right?"

"Deep into the foggy forest? How deep do you plan to go? How many hundred meters?" The other party asked in astonishment.

The depth she mentioned naturally refers to the depth beyond the red line... So far, excluding those who disappeared in the forest, the farthest human exploration record is 430 three meters.

"We're going to the core area in the middle of the foggy forest." Ke Lan said with a smile, "it's right under the 'foggy mountain'."

(End of this chapter)