Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 860 "Industrial Zone"

"Is the class system of Alpha civilization so strict?" 33 said with some surprise, "Or is it limited to the era when this 'refuge' was used?"

"I don't know." Ke Lan shook his head, "Although some of the sealed memory fragments have been unlocked after entering the hive capital, the content is too little, and a lot of key information is missing."

"Then you said, do we just need to follow this lifting platform all the way down to reach... um, the noble district?" 33 asked.

"Theoretically, it is, but I don't know what the third layer of nests looks like."

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Noah's Ark, core area.

When Roronoa, the only ninth-level enhanced agent of the Security Bureau "on the surface" and the leader of the fifth field service team, fell down, both of Zeus's arms were severed by Qi Gen, and there were also wounds on his chest and abdomen. There were several gaps deep enough to see the bones, and those internal organs and intestines that had lost their support had also hung out of the body, and some even dragged to the ground, pulling out dirty bloodstains one after another.

Around Zeus, there were piles of corpses like mountains, including security bureau agents, soldiers of the garrison, and even more clone troops in black and black armor.

"So strong... Is every member of the Undead Crew Club such a monster?" Lin Qiming's subordinate took a deep breath and murmured.

But when he looked at his boss, he found that his boss frowned and shook his head, saying, "No... no, not strong at all, but too weak... This is not right."

"What is too weak? Boss, who are you talking about...Roronoa?"

"No, I'm talking about the target." Lin Qiming said.

The subordinate froze for a moment. If the timing wasn't right, he really wanted to touch Lin Qiming's forehead to confirm whether his boss had a high fever and was confused.

"It's true that Roronoa is a level-[-] enhanced person, but in front of the target, the strength of a level-[-] enhanced person is far from enough...According to my expectations, it is already the limit for him to be able to touch the target, but the problem is Not only did he successfully hit the target, but he also severely injured the target before he died... This is not right." Lin Qiming said in a deep voice.

"Isn't this a good thing?" The subordinate was puzzled, "Maybe the target is only a strong outsider... According to this trend, there is no need for the blocking defense lines behind, and we can stop the target—no, not only stop , we may be able to kill him!"

"Did you notice one thing..." Lin Qiming was holding a sniper rifle, and the crosshair in the middle of the scope had been locked on Zeus's head, but he didn't pull the trigger for a long time.

"what's up?"

"Roronoa almost cut off the target's neck with the first knife, but now there is only an inconspicuous white mark left on the target's neck, and the terrifying wound that almost beheaded has disappeared long ago... I don't know Since when, the target has lost that amazing recovery ability, not to mention the rebirth of a broken arm, even the fatal wounds on the chest and abdomen have not recovered, just let the blood flow... Now the blood is not The bleeding is not because the wound has healed, but because the blood in his body has been drained."

"Then it... the target... is dead?" The subordinate glanced at Zeus who was standing in the middle of the battlefield in the distance. It is difficult to organize another wave of offense.

No one dared to rush up...Anyway, the order from above was to stop the target. Since the target has stopped advancing, their mission is complete...Although the soldiers will not resist the order, it does not mean that they can do it completely. No fear of death - except those replicants.

It's just that the replicant troops, as the first batch of cannon fodder to go into battle, have already been consumed by this time. Looking around, there is no longer a soldier in black and black armor who can still stand.

"I don't know." Lin Qiming took a deep breath, and tried to pull the trigger with his fingers several times, but in the end he didn't. The trigger of the firearm that had been serviced just yesterday seemed to be rusted, and it didn't move at all.

It's not that Lin Qiming didn't dare to shoot... It's that he was worried that if he really blew the target's head off, would something unexpected happen next, causing the situation to completely get out of control—from a certain angle Looking at it, maintaining the current stalemate can be said to be the most ideal state.

As for how to end the incident, this is something the people above need to consider. They only need to execute the order.

But when Lin Qiming was thinking about whether to send a report message to his superiors to ask for instructions, the order from the Undead Crew Club came down first, and it was a direct communication from Demeter.

Lin Qiming was taken aback by this. It was the first time that a full-fledged member of the Undead Crew Club directly issued an order to him, the deputy chief, over the chief of the crisis management department. He knew it must be a very important and urgent order.

"This is the first line of defense, Crisis Management Division, Lin Qiming, the target has stopped moving now—"

Before Lin Qiming could finish his report, Demeter interrupted him mercilessly: "The target has been transferred, and what remains in front of you is a double. Based on the image below, and the route predicted by the computer based on the target’s movement trajectory, the target’s new target should be the underground ice storage at the former site of the West First District Research Institute.”

"That's a stand-in? When was it replaced...Why didn't we find out at all?" Lin Qiming's communication device was turned on, and the subordinates at the side naturally heard Demeter's words and exclaimed.

"It's not important, the key is...the underground ice storage." Lin Qiming's face was ugly. As the deputy chief of the crisis management department, he naturally knew what terrible things were stored in the underground ice storage—compared to only hard drives and core masterminds. The dark well, the underground freezer, is the real threat... If the contents are released, living or dead, it will be a disaster.

A disaster with unpredictable consequences.

"That's right, the underground freezer is the real target of Zeus. Heijing and the core mastermind just made a feint. We were all fooled by him." Demeter said quickly, completely in the usual way. Regardless of the temperament of an elegant lady, "I have urgently dispatched troops to stop him, but compared with here, the defense force in the underground ice storage is too weak. From now on, all the operatives of the crisis management department are guarding Heijing's The order was changed to help the underground freezer. If you can catch up to Zeus, stop him at any cost... If Zeus has already entered the underground freezer when you arrive, then seal the entire underground freezer. Never let him out!"

"Yes!" Lin Qiming replied immediately.

After the communication was over, apart from the Crisis Management Section, people from several other units on the defense line also began to commotion—Lin Qiming was not the only one who received the order, the leaders of the field teams of the Security Bureau who were still alive, the guards All officers above the school level in the army received the same order.

A roar came from overhead, Lin Qiming raised his head, and saw several transport planes clinging to the dome, passing over the battlefield, and flying towards the direction of West District [-]——these transport planes were carrying troops belonging to the rear lines of defense. The troops, after Lin Qiming and his line of defense were breached, it was their turn to face the traitorous member of the crew.

They were on standby all the time, and their transfer speed was much faster than Lin Qiming and his crippled troops. The positions of the guards and forwards were switched all at once.

"Let the medical soldiers stay, the lightly wounded take care of the seriously wounded, and the others, look for vehicles nearby, and prepare to rush to the west area!" Lin Qiming said to the subordinate operator, "As for the clone troops... don't waste medical treatment The resources are on them, their brains have been burned out by the control chip, and they are just vegetative people after being revived."

"Then... what about the double? How to deal with it?" Lin Qiming's subordinate pointed to the "Zeus" who was still standing in the center of the battlefield, and asked.

Without even thinking about it, Lin Qiming picked up the sniper rifle and pulled the trigger that he hadn't pulled before——

"Bah!"

The sniper gun Kiyoshi's gunshots resounded throughout the battlefield, "Zeus"'s head exploded like a watermelon, and the headless, broken-arm body fell straight backwards, mixing with the mutilated corpses all over the ground.

"Let's go!" Lin Qiming put away his sniper rifle, turned around and ran quickly to one side. There were two bulletproof air cushion vehicles parked at the passage on the right hand side. They were the vehicles they took when they came. It is full of weapons, ammunition and medicines, and there are even many heavy fire weapons that are "prohibited to be used inside the ark".

Lin Qiming opened the car door and jumped into the driver's seat. He glanced at the rearview mirror, and saw that sixteen members of his team had entered the rear compartment in a single file, and there were quite a few of them—compared to the heavy losses of the Security Bureau and the The casualties of the garrison troops and the crisis management department were almost negligible.

"It's going to be a hard fight, so be prepared..." Lin Qiming originally wanted to say "be prepared to sacrifice", but after thinking about it, he swallowed the word "sacrifice".

Although he and these operators are very clear that the survival rate of this mission will be very low, they still have a glimmer of hope in their hearts... If there is some bad luck, it is better not to say it.

People who often experience life and death, even if they are atheists, will always be somewhat "superstitious".

It's just that what they believe in is not God, but fate.

Lin Qiming's thumb passed over the fingerprint lock, and the engine of the bulletproof hoverboard suddenly roared.

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Hive capital, second floor, "Industrial Zone".

The lifting platform stopped.

"Why is that? Why didn't it move?" 33 wondered, and didn't leave the lifting platform immediately.

"I used my blood to activate this lifting platform... Probably my blood is only enough to take us to this level." Ke Lan speculated, "Going down, it should be the dignitaries and managers in the hive capital. the place where they live.”

"If I remember correctly, people like you, the undead crew will call you 'symbiotics', right?" 33 suddenly changed the topic to Ke Lan.

"To be precise, the term symbiote comes from the Alpha Civilization, not the Undead Crew Club." Ke Lan corrected.

After all, he "personally" heard the term "symbiont" spoken by the Alpha survivor in the No.90 No. [-] engine wreck site.

"It's all the same. The symbiote means that a fragment of the gene of an Alpha person is embedded in your gene, isn't that right?"

Ke Lan nodded.

"It seems that the gene fragment of the Alpha person in your body should not come from a nobleman, and the bloodline level is not high enough." 33 shrugged, "But at least it is stronger than those who live on the first floor, and it is probably an Alpha person. The...working class of society?"

"Maybe." Ke Lan was noncommittal, "Since the lifting platform can only take me here, let's start exploring from this floor. For now, this nest doesn't seem to be in any danger."

"That's right, even Hruni's gang can return to the battleship safely... For us, the biggest threat to this place should be those 'forbidden knowledge'?" 33 stopped suddenly while talking, and then He waved to Ke Lan, "Ke Lan, come here soon, there are words engraved on the ground."

Ke Lan immediately walked to the side of 33, and saw a series of inscriptions engraved on the ground on the edge of one of the tracks of the lifting platform. Lose.

"You should be able to understand it, right?" 33 asked eagerly, "What's written on it? Apart from the 'hive capital' on the lifting platform, this is the only text we've seen since we came in."

"I... don't understand." Ke Lan shook his head.

"No way? There are times when your ability is not easy to use?" 33 said in amazement.

"These characters don't seem to be the characters of Alpha Civilization...but I feel a little familiar, as if I've seen them somewhere..." Ke Lan whispered.

"Isn't it written by the Alpha Civilization?" 33 let out a breath through his teeth, and made a "hissing" sound, "Could it be that this Hive City was not built by the Alpha Civilization? Have you seen such writing in other ruins?"

"Other ruins..." Ke Lan's pupils trembled suddenly, "I remember, I saw this kind of writing in the molten mine area, on a scrap of Nino alloy."

"On leftovers?" 33 was even more confused, "What leftovers?"

"It is the scrap left over from the rough processing of Nino alloy raw materials in the molten mine area... But now we all know that these Nino alloys, whether they are standard finished materials or scraps, actually come from Yaguna Kotor , then the inscription on this scrap should have been engraved on Yagunaktor.”

(End of this chapter)