Alien Relic Hunter

Twenty minutes later.

"Hey, we're finally out." The hound was the first to get out of the mine. Before that, they had used a drone to investigate the situation at the entrance: there were no monsters, but there was no one alive either.

"It seems that there are a lot of monsters attacking this camp." Ke Lan glanced at the siege tanks not far away, and saw that only one of these war machines that originally had thick armor was left in ruins. Looking at Kong's skeleton, he could even imagine the desperate expressions of the crew inside the tank when they faced the rain of acid falling down.

The only way to counter the acid attack of these monsters, apart from fighting them hand-to-hand, is the energy shield... I guess the situation at the base may not be so bad...

"All communication lines have been tried." Layton emerged from under a collapsed tent in the camp and shook his head at Ke Lan. "They are all broken. No one can get in touch with the base."

"Ke Lan, you decide, what to do now." Hound looked at the corpses all over the camp and directly handed over the decision to Ke Lan.

"First, we have to analyze the current situation." Ke Lan walked to a blood-stained table, placed the tablet on it, and then opened the overlooking map of the mining area.

"This is Mine No. 7, and next to it are Mine Shaft No. 8 and Mine Shaft No. 11." He marked three red dots on the map, and then drew a circle based on the three red dots. "These two mine shafts It is closest to Shaft No. 7, so if there are other exits, then this is the most likely of the two mines.”

"Also, it took less than an hour from the time Mine No. 7 was blocked by the landslide to when these monsters came out of the ground to attack. Do you think this could be a coincidence?"

"I don't think so." Ivan shook his head.

"I also think...if those monsters were to launch an attack, they would have been killed long ago. The few troops outside can't stop them at all. There is no need to wait until Mine No. 7 is blocked before taking action. This will only cause one less exit. ." Hound said, "You mean... it was the sound of siege tanks firing that attracted these monsters?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Ke Lan began to speak faster, "But what is certain is that there is an inevitable connection between the monster's attack and the tank's firing... Judging from the mobility of this monster in the mine, Calculating the time difference between the attack on the camp outside Mine No. 7, it is basically certain that the location where the monster appeared is within this red circle... Now, all the human settlements in this red circle have been slaughtered by monsters, although we can't do anything here More people have gathered, but at least this area is safe for the time being.”

Ke Lan drew another straight line on the map, connecting the mining base of the Soma Consortium with the red circle just now: "These monsters have no concept of garrisoning the occupied area. They are like a plague of locusts on the earth, killing everyone in an area. The humans immediately rushed to the next area, and as the last human stronghold in this mining area, these monsters must be concentrated at the base now."

"But there seems to be no movement at the base. Could it be that they were all killed too?" Layton said.

"Not that fast." Ke Lan said, "I checked the architectural design drawings of this base on the way here. Although it may not take long for monsters to break through the outer defenses, the various bunkers, secret passages, and permanent fortifications inside the base are definitely enough. Support for more than twelve hours, not to mention those heavy firepower devices installed in the core area..."

Speaking of this, Ke Lan's expression suddenly changed, and his finger stopped at the top of the screen: "But..."

"But what?" The hound asked quickly after seeing this.

"However, the premise of this assumption is that the base's command system is still operating normally. If Mr. Manstein loses his command for some reason, the base's defense system will not be able to function accordingly. The effect...a leaderless army, completely vulnerable..."

"Why do you think Manstein will lose his command? If he loses his command, can those siege tanks still fire and bury us in the mine?" Hound said.

"Let's not talk about whether Manstein gave the order to fire. If according to your idea, old dog, Manstein asked his men to blow up the mine tunnel and bury us alive in it in order to retaliate against us, then he should next What are you doing? Are you continuing to stay in the base and waiting for the investigation team sent by the consortium headquarters? "

"If I were Manstein," Ivan said after Ke Lan's words, "the choice I would make is to take the secret of ultra-pure crystals to other consortiums, and find a way to fake my own death and get a brand new one. His identity... Judging from the value of this information, other consortiums are very likely to risk antagonism with the Soma Consortium to protect this person."

"If this guy really ran away, wouldn't the base be in an ownerless state?" Layton said suddenly, "No wonder the sound of the firefight disappeared... It seems that the base has most likely fallen."

"This old bastard!" Hound punched the table hard, "Then what should we do now? Are we just here waiting for rescue?"

"It's not necessarily safe to stay here. I think we still have to move closer to the base. If we can get a plane or a vehicle, then we can leave Leviathan directly. If we don't find the vehicle... we You can also hide in the safe house underground in the base. The supplies there are enough for the few of us to use for two or three months."

"Safe house? There is a safe house in this base? Why didn't I know?"

"It's the small vault used to store refined crystals. The ceiling, floor and walls of this vault are all made of pure Nino alloy. It's not afraid of the acid corrosion of those monsters, and there are sixty units in it. Emergency reserve supplies, including food, fresh water and oxygen generators." Ke Lan said that the existence of the vault is actually not a secret, but only the top person in charge of the base has the authority to open it... If Ke Lan's "death message" If it has not been sent back to the Ark Foundation headquarters, he is still the top person in charge of this base, and even Manstein cannot open this small vault.

"This is a good idea, but the base must be full of monsters now... I'm afraid we can't get in." Hound said with a confused look on his face.

"Don't worry about this. You will know just by looking at this place. Those monsters have no interest in human bases at all. They have only been doing one thing since they came out of the mines - that is killing, as long as the humans in the base are killed. After the light, they will definitely leave... either return to the mine, or set the mining base built by other consortia on Leviathan as a new target."