Volume 10: Ancient Battleship Chapter 489: Exploring the Power Room
"There's no need to rush to explore this giant pit," Ke Lan said. "At least we don't need to give it such a high priority... Although we know that the core of the power room is in this pit, we can check other places first."
He paused and continued, "Just like the core reactor of the Ark, we all know that the core of the reactor is the most important place, but the device that controls the reactor will never be installed in the core."
"Are you looking for the control console in this power room?" Aya was the first to react.
"Yeah." Ke Lan nodded, "The console is most likely here."
"What's the basis?"
"Do you remember what caused the earthquake in the Molten Mine Area?" Ke Lan asked back.
"It's because the 'Aguna Tor' that was launched into the air fell into the magma pool again... But this is only Park Sangyou's one-sided statement, and his identity has been confirmed to be a spy of the heretical sect. Can we still believe what he said?" Aya frowned.
"Even if ninety of his hundred sentences are false, this must be one of the remaining ten true sentences," Ke Lan said. "An earthquake of this magnitude cannot be created by a heretical sect, otherwise they would have captured the Molten Mine District long ago. Moreover, this statement is not just Park Sangyou's one-sided statement - the reason why we believed him in the first place was because his confession matched all the clues we collected."
Before finding Park Sang-woo's life capsule, they first discovered a damaged armored patrol car and a truck transporting Nino alloy. The truck's driving records showed that they initially wanted to return to the garrison base to verify the authenticity of the "Emergency Evacuation Notice" until they "discovered" something on the way back and changed their minds.
The only thing that can be observed by human eyes at this distance and immediately abandon all hope of luck - after thinking about it, the only thing is the giant ancient warship floating in the sky.
"Go on." Aya looked at Ke Lan seriously and urged.
"He mixed up the truth and lies, and the lies and the truth, so that people would be more likely to believe him. In order to cover up his most crucial lie, he had to weave more lies as a cover-up, but in this way, his entire confession would be difficult to stand up to scrutiny... Especially when we have already collected some clues, it would be easy for us to find loopholes. Therefore, as long as it does not affect the core lie, he must tell the truth to win our trust."
Ke Lan continued, "So I think the statement that 'Aguna Kator' caused the earthquake is more than 90% credible... As for the further inference that 'some time ago, this ancient warship was activated by someone', it is 100% credible."
"And during this period of time, only six of them entered the battleship!" Aya continued what Ke Lan said.
"Bingo ! The bodies of the three experts and the guards are in the tunnel, the body of the vehicle driver is in the power room, and the scrapped vehicle is also here... At least it can be proved that Park Sangyou has been to this place." Ke Lan nodded and said, "If he didn't go to any other cabin, then he should be here to start the 'Aguna Tor'."
"That makes sense! Then let's split into several groups and search for the control device separately!" Layton clapped his hands.
"It is not recommended to split up the troops. This place is too big. If something unexpected happens, it will be difficult for each other to provide timely support... Don't forget, this place is likely to be inhabited by a group of mutant lava leeches." Ke Lan said, "The problem of supply shortage has been temporarily solved. The extra time can be used to explore this place."
"I agree to act together," Ivan said. "Old Dog can't see for the time being and needs someone to take care of him. As for the special indigenous creatures like lava leeches, we don't have any good way to deal with them except Asano Akira. If we split up and encounter a swarm of insects again, there will probably be casualties."
"Okay, which direction should we go first?" Leighton asked.
Directly in front of them was a huge pit filled with crystal pillars. Going straight ahead would be a dead end, so the only choices left for them were naturally two roads: left and right.
"Let me decide?" Ke Lan looked around and found that everyone's eyes were on her, obviously waiting for her to make the decision.
"You are the commander of the reconnaissance team." Aya Breya said lightly.
"Okay, let me sense which side has a higher probability of having a control console." Ke Lan said with a grin, sitting cross-legged on the ground, assuming a "meditation" posture.
"What are you doing?" an agent asked, unable to contain himself.
"Shh, I told you I'm sensing it, don't make any sound!" The Hound scolded in a low voice. His eyesight had recovered a little now, and he could vaguely see the outlines of everyone - when he saw Ke Lan sitting down cross-legged and locking the joints of the power armor, the Hound had already guessed Ke Lan's intention.
Although he didn't know why Ke Lan activated the "time stop" ability at this time, since Ke Lan did this, it meant that he must have found some clues.
And these clues can probably only be seen in stagnant time and space.
"What kind of feeling?" The agent curled his lips. "The commander... could it be that he is the legendary superpower?"
"Hey, you think I'm complimenting you when I say you're short-sighted, right? Do you know there's a sensory ability called 'inspiration'? Hunters with high inspiration are often the core of a team... Many times, you think there's a dead end, but people with high inspiration can find a way out of the dead end! They're everyone's savior!" The hound retorted.
Of course, there is a second half to this sentence that he did not say: People with high inspiration can also be a disaster for a team. With such people, the team will often suffer many unexpected disasters, and even encounter many incredible things that cannot be understood or resisted by human capabilities, which will lead to the team's destruction...
The greatest characteristic of Ke Lan is that when he is around, the difficulty of any ruins will increase by at least two levels...
"The inspiration they're talking about is probably something like a sixth sense...Okay, don't argue with them." Another agent pulled his companion aside and whispered in his ear, "People like them are actually quite similar to the 'Gold-grabbing lieutenants' of the old era...People in this line of work are all very superstitious."
As for Aya, she glanced at Ke Lan and turned away, snorting coldly: "Mystifying."
