Alien Relic Hunter

"More than a hundred urban ruins have been discovered on Alpha Planet, but most of them are C- and D-level ruins. There are very few urban ruins that can be rated as B... You know why the ancient copper city ruins are A Super ruins?" Ghost Owl said slowly with a calm face.

"Why?" Ye Yan on the screen in the lower right corner asked innocently - Ye's family is different from the Gray Bird Hunting Group. As a noble family that has cooperated with the military for a long time, from the moment this war was finalized, , they were already tied to the chariot.

"Because it's not a city at all, but a fortress." Ghost Owl said word by word.

Every word he spoke was like a powerful drum beating on the hearts of everyone participating in the video conference.

"Fortress?!" Ye Yan couldn't help but exclaimed, "1. An Alpha civilization fortress controlled by a heretical sect, how can it be defeated!"

"Although I have heard some news related to the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City, this is the first time I heard about the fortress." Ke Lan said, "Since Mr. Ghost Owl, you have been to that place, please tell me about it in detail. That exploration experience.”

"That's right!" Ye Yan quickly agreed, "The Ye Group is willing to pay you a generous reward in exchange for information on the ruins of the Ancient Copper City."

"The layout of the buildings in that ruins is very different from other Alpha cities." Ghost Owl said, "I wonder if you have heard of something called 'formation' in ancient China?"

"...Formation? Does it mean the formation of the army in ancient marching and fighting?" Hound couldn't help but ask.

"That is also a type of formation, but I am referring to the application of formation in architecture." Ghost Owl said.

"Architecture...are you talking about something similar to the Bagua array?" Ke Lan asked.

"What Bagua array? Isn't the Tai Chi Bagua pattern the pattern on the South Korea flag in the old era?" Ye Yan suddenly asked a question that left people speechless.

Ghost Owl: "..."

"Young Master Ye... You are so embarrassed. Fortunately, you are still a descendant of the Huaxia clan. How come you don't even know the Tai Chi gossip of your ancestors?" Hound suppressed a smile and complained.

"What the hell? Is Tai Chi and Bagua originally something from our Chinese culture? These guys are so good at stealing, aren't they? They steal everything, even the national pattern of a country...are they all stolen from our Chinese culture? ?" Ye Yan suddenly blushed - as a dandy young man who is proficient in eating, drinking and having fun, he is really not very interested in these things like the ancient culture of the old era... After all, talking about food and art when flirting with girls Even talking about luxury goods can achieve the purpose of showing off. But if you go to talk to a girl about these difficult and obscure things from thousands of years ago... I'm afraid the girl will walk away without interest before you finish talking.

"The 'Bagua Array' I'm talking about comes from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", also called the 'Eight Arrays'. Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Kingdom, once set up such a maze of boulders with huge rocks at a place called Yufupu to stop Lu Xun of the Wu Kingdom. Tens of thousands of pursuing troops." Ke Lan explained.

"So exaggerated? How many stones can stop an army of tens of thousands of people? Even if it is a maze, the maze can be filled with just the number of people." Ye Yan said in astonishment.

"Of course the novel contains a certain amount of exaggeration, but similar formations actually exist... In fact, the 'maze' that is very common in the ruins of the Alpha civilization can be regarded as the concrete form of the 'formation' product." Ke Lan continued.

"The ancient copper city ruins itself is a huge maze." Ghost Owl nodded and took over the words, "This is a maze specially set up for military purposes. According to the capacity of the city ruins, let alone tens of thousands of soldiers and horses... … Even if a million people were thrown in, they would be trapped and die.”

"You all probably know where the name Ancient Copper City Ruins came from, right?" Ghost Owl asked.

"I know...I just went to check the information..." Ye Yan scratched his fleshy double chin with some embarrassment and said, "It's because the buildings in the city are all made of a kind of copper element as the main component. It was built of alloy, that’s why it’s called the Bronze City.”

"Then have you ever thought about why the buildings in the Bronze City use this alloy... instead of the lower-cost earth-stone concrete or polymer?" Ghost Owl asked again.

"Maybe... for the Alpha people, the cost of copper alloy is lower?" Ye Yan asked with some uncertainty.

"No, although I don't know the correct answer, your statement is definitely wrong." Leighton shook his head repeatedly. "Although the copper reserves on Alpha are not barren, they cannot be said to be rich... For a person who has occupied For the civilization of the entire planet, this reserve is barely enough. The value of important metal resources like copper is definitely higher than concrete and plastics that can be synthesized by chemical means."

"Then why do they use copper alloy to build the city?" Ye Yan asked confused.

"Because copper is an excellent conductor." Ghost Owl said, "The entire city...or the entire fortress is actually a super-large weapon. Every building in the ruins can be turned into a deadly weapon. arms."

"What do you mean? Does it mean that every floor in this city can be electrified, electrocuting everyone who enters?" Hound raised his eyebrows, "Then rather than saying this is a fortress, I am more inclined to say This thing is an oversized torture instrument.”

"If it were just high-voltage electricity, my hunters wouldn't have sacrificed by then." Ghost Owl sighed, "The entire city is not only a conductor... it's even a giant energy shield generator."

"A city-scale energy shield generator?" Leighton exclaimed, "Then... how terrible is the energy consumption? If it is fired not as a shield but as a weapon, it should be able to hit the Ark with one shot. Will you wear it?"

"When we explored the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City, the defense facilities of this fortress had not yet been activated... but even such a dormant fortress still claimed the lives of nine elite hunters from the Gray Bird Hunting Group." Ghost Owl sighed again, "Well, I'll post the video of the original exploration. After watching it, you should understand how dangerous this ruin is..."

After a short progress bar, the camera on the Ghost Owl's side switched to a slightly blurry video.

This video seems to have been shot with a portable video recording device mounted on a helmet. From the time in the upper right corner, we can know that the shooting time was in New Era 941, which is exactly ten years ago.

The position of the video shooter is the "center defender", located in the middle of the entire team. In front of him are four "avant-garde" wearing lightweight powered exoskeletons, and about thirty meters in front of the "avant-garde" is a lone "Scout".

The position of "scout" is the most dangerous in the entire hunter team. Generally speaking, hunters who serve as "scouts" are either "consumables" who are sent out to mine mines, or they are bold and careful. Old bird... And this "scout" of the Gray Bird Hunting Group obviously belongs to the latter.

This is a female hunter with a petite figure. She wears a highly elastic combat uniform that is very close to her body. The combat uniform completely outlines her body lines - she is very thin, the kind of skinny person. , the chest is even and almost indistinguishable from that of a man... But for the scout, those two piles of fat are unnecessary burdens, and it is this lean figure that is the best.

The smaller the body, the more places it can get into... and at the same time, the smaller the area that will be affected by various mechanisms.

"This scout's code name is 'Hummingbird'. She is a veteran. Although she is only nineteen years old, she already has six years of experience in exploring ruins..." The ghost owl's voice sounded outside the screen.

"She has six years of exploration experience at the age of nineteen? Didn't she start to be a hunter at the age of thirteen? I remember that the hunter qualification certificate can only be taken when you are an adult, right?" Ye Yan muttered, "It is illegal to use child labor. …”

With six years of exploration experience, she is definitely a "senior" figure in the hound circle. Her exploration experience is even more than half of the people in the Hunting God Hunting Group - the data of exploration experience is not based on simple statistics. It doesn’t mean that you are a “ten-year old hunter” if you explored the ruins ten years ago and then again ten years later. According to the official recognition standards, only if you explore D-level or above ruins more than five times in a year, the year will be counted as "experience".

"She was indeed an illegal hunter, but at that time she was not a member of the Gray Bird Hunting Group. She was 'bought' by another hunting group..." Ghost Owl explained.

"Did you buy it... to be a scout?" The hound couldn't help but ask. The scout in his sentence naturally refers to the first type of "consumables".

"Yes. But perhaps due to talent, or perhaps due to luck, she survived four ruins explorations and redeemed her freedom. After that, she joined several hunting groups He worked as an "illegal hunter" without a license for several years, and all his positions were scout positions...until he was spotted by the then leader of the Gray Bird Hunting Group during a joint exploration operation, and spent a lot of money to dig him over. . Of course, she was already an adult at that time and obtained the legal qualification as a hunter." Ghost Owl added at the end as if he was worried that others would misunderstand the Gray Bird Hunting Group.

"I just checked online." Ivan's voice interrupted, "The elite ruins hunter 'Hummingbird' obtained the hunter qualification certificate in 939 of the New Era. He has been in more than a dozen hunting groups, and he was the last hunting group to stay. It was the Gray Bird Hunting Group. He was a quite famous 'scout' in the hunter circle at that time, but he died unfortunately while the Gray Bird Hunting Group was exploring the A-009 'Ancient Bronze City Ruins' in 941."

"...In 941, the Gray Bird Hunting Group died while exploring the A-009 'Ancient Bronze City Ruins'?" Ye Yan repeated this sentence and couldn't help but widen his eyes, "In other words, it's the video This time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling white light suddenly lit up in the video screen. Ye Yan, Hound and the others couldn't help but squint their eyes, while Ke Lan stared at the screen.

The camera was shaking violently. The person in charge of carrying the video equipment seemed to have fallen to the ground while retreating. The camera was first jerked to the sky directly above, and then quickly dropped down to look directly at the sky. ahead.

Directly ahead was the source of the white light that almost blinded everyone just now.

At that time, there was a thick energy shield - to be precise, it should be a dazzling wall of light. This wall of light blocked the entire street. As for the scout "Hummingbird" who was originally standing at that position, he completely disappeared into this wall completely made of water before he could even utter a scream. Not even a trace was left in the curtain wall of light composed of energy bodies.

"She...she, she...is she dead?" Ye Yan was obviously a little frightened, and he even stuttered when he spoke.

"Yes." Ghost Owl's voice sounded again, "She died, not even a body was left behind. The whole person and the equipment on her body were all vaporized the moment the light curtain appeared."

The wall of light did not stay in place, but began to advance along the street. The hunters of the Gray Bird Hunting Group ran away - they reacted quickly, but even so, several hunters running at the end of the team were still exposed. The wall caught up with him and "swallowed" it in... When the wall of light disappeared and everyone stopped, the person carrying the video equipment turned back. The four forwards who were originally behind him were now the only ones left. The last person.

In the process of escaping, another hunter accidentally tripped and fell to the ground - no one helped him because it was too late, and saving people would only increase casualties... Although he was not seen in the camera. The scene where the wall catches up, but through the sudden stop of the shouting outside the scene, his ending can naturally be imagined.

A wall of light that suddenly appeared and disappeared instantly caused the elite Gray Bird Hunting Group to lose five hunters.

"The light wall moves very fast. According to my judgment, it is about eight to ten meters per second. This is very close to the world record of the 100-meter race in the old era." Ghost Owl said.

"In other words, without the help of a vehicle, only enhanced humans can outrun this thing?" Layton said.

"Yes. The duration of the light wall is not fixed. Some only last for a few seconds, and some last for nearly half a minute." Ghost Owl said.

"You mean, you encountered the wall of light more than once in the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City?" Ke Lan asked, "Then do you know what the triggering conditions of this mechanism are?"

"Unfortunately, the triggering conditions are completely unknown." Ghost Owl's tone was very serious, "I'm not even sure whether the light wall was triggered by us or appeared randomly in the city... Sometimes, multiple people will even appear at the same time. wall of light.”