Volume 10: Ancient Battleship Chapter 508: Person in charge of the ruins
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In the following week, the God Hunters' mission was to "assist in the defense of the Mukach base," which was actually another kind of paid vacation. Layton and Valentina plunged into the mecha hangar of the base, while the Hound took Zhuo Ligetu and Ivan to have a drink with old acquaintances from the field troops. Although Asano Akira didn't have much to do, at least he was able to stay in the dormitory and enjoy some free time.
Aya Breya and her team of agents took a transport plane back to the Ark to report for duty after handing over the work to the members of the Security Bureau branch of the Mukach base. In the entire reconnaissance team, only Ke Lan, a poor office worker, was left, and he had to stay on the battleship and work overtime every day.
But there was no other way. In order to prevent the heretic sect from making a comeback, "Aguna Tor" must always keep a close eye on the tunnel and the area around the base. And the only one who can operate this battleship is Ke Lan.
Although the battleship has an automatic cruise mode, considering that the prophet also has a lot of intelligence about the battleship, he may send a task force to seize the battleship. If the battleship falls into their hands, the situation that has just been stabilized at the Mukach Base will probably collapse in an instant - no, not only will the Mukach Base say "GG", but even the Ark, the base camp of mankind, will be under great threat.
This thing is much more terrifying than a Leviathan.
Moreover, with the Prophet's reckless and crazy personality, even if the weapons on the "Aguna Tor" cannot be used, he can still use the entire battleship as a cannonball to smash it down -
In order to avoid this kind of thing, Ke Lan had to stay in the power room himself - he felt like a hunter who found a priceless treasure in the ruins. Before exchanging the item for credit points, he had to keep the treasure in his arms at all times, even when sleeping, for fear that it would be stolen by others.
In a sense, this battleship can indeed be regarded as a treasure dug out from the ruins, but it is a "big treasure", a "very, very, very big" treasure.
Fortunately, the control console of the "Yaguna Kator" battleship can be connected to the network of the Mukach base. Not only that, it can even perfectly simulate the basic architecture of human computers to run computer programs written in computer language.
Although Ke Lan couldn't crack how the console worked, if it were switched to the digital world of 0 and 1, he would be very familiar with it .
Taking advantage of the fact that he had nothing to do these days, he even made a half-finished immersive shooting game. With the help of the consciousness connection of the console, Ke Lan can directly control the characters in the virtual world with his own consciousness - as for the models and data of weapons, venues, monsters, etc., they are borrowed from the resources of the military simulation training system.
However, compared with the "simulation training" that is operated with a handle or keyboard and mouse, the game made by Ke Lan himself is much more realistic. Moving forward, backward, and turning around are no longer fixed WASD commands, and changing perspective and firing are not just swinging the mouse and clicking the left button. Players who enter this game will feel as if they are in a different space with a style that is slightly different from the real world. The console's consciousness connection device will block the signals sent by the brain to the real body, and input these signals into the characters in the game.
Ke Lan couldn't help but think of the virtual immersion technology that has been popular on the Ark recently. If he could package the data here and sell it to developers to improve their immersion engines, these developers would probably treat Ke Lan like an emperor.
Of course, this kind of thing is just something we can only think about. All data related to "Aguna Kotor" will probably be classified as the Ark's top secret. Before it is adopted by the research institute or the military, it is absolutely impossible for it to flow into the civilian market.
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On the fourth day after the Mukah base was attacked, when Ke Lan was holding a Gatling gun and shooting at the zombies all over the mountains in the virtual game, the transport fleet from the Ark finally arrived at the base.
Along with the transport fleet came an unexpected "uninvited guest" who came to visit Ke Lan.
This "uninvited guest" was accompanied by Maginot himself on board the "Aguna Tor" - logically speaking, when the transport fleet arrived at Mukach, Lieutenant General Maginot should have been so busy that he couldn't even sit down, let alone come to find Ke Lan. Even if Ke Lan and the others wanted to find Maginot, he might not have time to deal with them.
Then the identity of this uninvited guest has become clear.
"Hello, this may be the first time we meet." This is a woman who looks about 40 years old and has a graceful and elegant temperament. "I am the fourth seat of the Undead Crew, the Queen. You can also call me Demeter."
Compared to Vice Admiral Maginot, who couldn't help looking around when he first entered the "Aguna Tor", Demeter seemed much calmer. She just glanced at the stone walls covered with crystal structures, the metal balls floating on the control console... From beginning to end, her attention was all on Ke Lan - for some reason, Ke Lan always had an illusion: in the eyes of this undead crew member, she seemed to be more important than this powerful ancient battleship.
No, it's not an illusion... After Ke Lan and Demeter looked at each other for a few seconds, he was basically certain that in the other's eyes, his priority was really above this battleship.
"Uh... hello, Ms. Demeter." Ke Lan subconsciously raised his hand, but halfway through he felt that this casual greeting gesture did not seem suitable for the current situation, so he could only put his hand down awkwardly and bowed to the other party somewhat stiffly.
"Lieutenant General Maginot, please go back to the transport plane first." Demeter nodded slightly to Ke Lan, then said to Lieutenant General Maginot who was standing behind her.
"Ah-Oh! Yes! I'll follow your orders!" Maginot answered somewhat incoherently. Ke Lan noticed that after hearing Demeter talking to him, this guy shivered involuntarily, and the fat on his cheeks also trembled twice.
There was a trace of grievance and unwillingness in his eyes. After looking at Ke Lan with a pleading look, he turned and stepped into the portal.
Ke Lan knew that Vice Admiral Maginot wanted her to plead for him and ask the undead crew to transfer him away from the Mukach base. Now with the assistance of "Aguna Tor", Mukach could be said to be the most difficult human fortress to conquer on Alpha except for the Ark. But "Aguna Tor" would leave sooner or later. At that time, if the heretic sect launched another attack, it would be hard to say whether the base could be defended.
After watching Maginot leave, Ke Lan closed the portal and focused his attention on Demeter.
He had to admit that this was a beauty - although she was no longer young, her mature charm and noble temperament mixed together, giving birth to a different kind of charm that could not be found in a young girl who had not experienced the precipitation of time. Her every move was enough to make men with insufficient self-control fall at her feet...
Add to that the rose-colored long dress made of expensive materials and a well-tailored fit, the outrageously exquisite precious metal jewelry and the hairstyle designed by a professional stylist, and such a woman would instantly become the focus of the entire audience if she appeared at any dinner party.
But unfortunately, the stunningly beautiful woman in front of Ke Lan was not a human being at all.
Although her creamy skin exuded a moist gleam, and the texture and lines were exactly the same as a real person, Ke Lan could not see the blue blood vessels under the skin, and her towering breasts never rose and fell with the rhythm of her breathing. Moreover, when she turned her head to talk to Maginot just now, Ke Lan clearly saw the exposed metal joint at the back of her neck through the gaps between her hair.
Like "Justice" Mites, "Queen" Demeter also uses a stand-in. This stand-in is not even a cyborg, but can only be regarded as a highly realistic robot.
The only difference is that the stand-in of "Justice" is a plain body, while the stand-in of Demeter is carefully dressed up.
Even Ke Lan, who was not very sensitive to such things, could see that if Demeter cut off a palm-sized area of the "leather cover" on the outside of the body, its value would be completely equal to the cyborg prosthesis and bionic organs of Layton.
The lack of texture of subcutaneous blood vessels is probably the only shortcoming of this leather suit.
When Ke Lan was looking at Demeter, she was also looking at Ke Lan with scrutiny. After the two looked at each other in silence for about ten seconds, she said, "You completed the mission well this time. All the members of the Undead Crew are very satisfied with your performance."
"Oh, really?" Ke Lan made a fake surprise expression, "Then I'm really honored."
"There is still a long time before the next assessment mission. After all, we must be extremely cautious in the assessment process when letting a new member join the Undead Crew." Demeter said, "During this time, we will not interfere with your freedom."
"That's good. To be honest, the difficulty of your assessment tasks can be considered as suicide level. I'm not a masochist, so I don't like the pace that seems like I'm in a hurry to reincarnate. It would be nice to give me a break." Ke Lan said.
Sure enough, there must be disagreements within this group of people - some want to join the Undead Crew, while others don't want to join... The opposition may have wanted to use a difficult task to kill themselves at first, but after they "perfectly" completed the first assessment task, they changed their strategy to "delay": while delaying their joining the Undead Crew, they tried to design a more difficult assessment task.
Why did these people not want me to join? Did they simply think they were not qualified... or were they afraid of something?
"But after our discussion, we decided to give you some phased rewards first." Demeter said, "From today on, you are the captain of the 'Aguna Kator' and the person in charge of the S-019 ruins."
"Um?"
Ke Lan couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly.
In his prediction, there was a relatively high probability that he would be appointed as the captain of the "Aguna Tor". After all, he was the one who launched this battleship, and he had shown enough loyalty in rushing to help Mukach. After a normal person gained control of such a super battleship, he would probably think about how to set up his own business as soon as possible. However, Ke Lan still obeyed the orders of the Ark and the Undead Crew. From this point of view alone, they had no reason to deprive him of control.
Instead of kicking himself out and choosing another captain, it would be better to go with the flow and give himself such a "sweet date". He would not have to worry about being dissatisfied, nor would he have to consider whether the new candidate was reliable... On the other hand, this appointment could also improve his center's favorability towards the Undead Crew.
A good ruler must be able to use both kindness and severity on his subordinates. If the undead crew members don’t even have this kind of courage, then I’m afraid no one would be willing to work for them.
Unless the warship is operated by a member of the Undead Crew Club themselves, Ke Lan, as a reserve member of the Undead Crew Club, is the only best person.
But this S-019 ruins ... If Ke Lan remembered correctly, the S-level ruins are only number 18 now, right?
That was the bottomless cenote they had explored before...
Could it be that this S-019 ruins...
"I already guessed what ." Demeter suddenly said, "Yes, the nineteenth S-class relic is the ancient battleship 'Aguna Kator'."
"If you regard this battleship as the nineteenth S-class relic, are you planning to open it to all hunters?" Ke Lan couldn't help but frowned. "Have you ever considered that if a few spies from heretical sects sneak in... For example, a guy like Park Sangyou, if they can deceive you the first time, they will naturally deceive you the second time. If you let such people enter the interior of the battleship... Have you considered the consequences?"
"But there are many unexplored spaces inside Agunaktor, which contain a large number of high-value items and various technologies used by the warships themselves. If they can be fully developed, they will be enough to raise the technological level of human civilization by several levels." Demeter said, "Of course we have considered the problem you mentioned, so we decided to let you be the person in charge of this new ruins. The exploration and development of the ruins will be under your full control. You can let your God Hunter Group explore Agunaktor alone, or you can conduct joint exploration with the military, research institutes, and hunting groups under major financial groups. The distribution of the exploration income is also entirely up to you. As long as the partners can accept it, we will not ask about it. What do you think?"
"Well...can I collect the ticket money?"
