Volume 13 Ancient Bronze City Ruins Chapter 606: Ghost Owl's Information
"Is that so?" Cao Ge laid the chair back flat, then rolled up the sleeve of his original arm and lay down.
Ze Luo stood on one side of the chair and said, "It would be best if there was something to fix your arms and body. The process might be painful."
"It's okay." Cao Ge shook his head. "I'm confident that I have a strong tolerance for pain. Just start."
"Okay, but you must not make any drastic movements, as this may cause more serious injuries." Ze Luo nodded.
Upon hearing the word "trauma", the guards around immediately took two steps closer with a nervous look on their faces, but Cao Ge waved with his other hand, signaling them to step back.
"If this 'girl' wants to harm me, I'm afraid no one here can stop her. What's the point of you coming over?" Cao Ge said to himself.
"It's about to begin." Ze Luo said softly.
"Yeah." Cao Ge subconsciously bit his back teeth...It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.
Ze Luo stretched out the index finger of his right hand - this finger was very slender but not bony, the skin on the surface was soft and white, and the nail at the front was bright and shiny, just like a flawless work of art.
Ke Lan subconsciously thought of a metaphor that often appears in novels: "green jade fingers", and Ze Luo's fingers really looked like they were carved out of warm jade - but these "green jade fingers", with their blunt nails, pierced into Cao Ge's skin without any hindrance after touching it!
Under her fingers, Cao Ge's muscular arm was like a piece of tender tofu, which could be pierced through with just one poke.
Cao Ge's eyebrows twitched twice. For him, this level of pain was not enough to make him cry out.
Instead, the medic at the side was stunned. He stood there for half a second before reacting and saying, "This... this hasn't been disinfected yet!"
Ze Luo didn't say anything, but Cao Ge turned his head and glared at the medic back.
But the next second, his facial expression twisted violently, as if he was in great pain...
Cao Ge's legs began to twitch and kick involuntarily. Ke Lan could see that he seemed to be trying hard to suppress his body's reactions - his mechanical prosthetic hand had even crushed the metal armrest of the chair into a crumpled ball of scrap iron.
"Can't we give him anesthesia first before starting..." Ke Lan muttered. Just when he was considering whether to knock Cao Ge unconscious and use "physical anesthesia" to reduce his pain, Ze Luo had already pulled out his finger.
Cao Ge's whole body trembled violently at first, and then he collapsed on the chair due to exhaustion.
"Suture the wound." Ze Luo said to the medical soldier who was on standby at the side. The latter hurried forward, picked up a few sterilized cotton balls with tweezers, and wiped the wound on Cao Ge's arm.
"No need for disinfection or debridement, just sew it up directly." Ze Luo added, "I have already treated the wound, it won't get infected."
"But this is not in accordance with the procedure—"
Before the medic could finish his words, Cao Ge interrupted him with a weak voice: "Do as she says."
“But…but…”
"Even if there is any problem, you are not responsible." Cao Ge added, and the medical soldier reluctantly put down the tweezers in his hand and took out the needle and thread to suture the wound.
The wound on Cao Ge's arm was not big and was only two centimeters deep. It only required three stitches. The medical soldier then cut the threads and put a white patch on the wound. The whole process took less than five minutes.
After doing all this, the medic was even stunned for a moment before he began to pack up his things - in the process of suturing the wound just now, he had violated at least a dozen operating rules. If this was a clinical skills test, he would probably never get a qualification certificate in his lifetime.
"Is this okay?" Ke Lan looked at Cao Ge who was gasping for breath, then looked at Ze Luo and asked.
"Okay." Ze Luo nodded and stretched out the finger that he had pulled out of Cao Ge's arm.
Ke Lan noticed that on her fingertips, there was a dark green droplet the size of a soybean, swaying slightly.
"Is this the toxin that remains in Cao Ge's body?"
Ze Luo nodded again, took the cup that Cao Ge had just used to drink the medicine, and threw the liquid into it.
Suddenly, a "hissing" sound of burning came from the bottom of the cup, and a white smoke rose from the cup. A fishy smell immediately filled the cabin.
Ke Lan looked into the cup and saw that a small hole had been eroded on the bottom of the cup. If Ze Luo hadn't reached out to catch the drop of liquid, it would have probably fallen to the floor.
Ke Lan even felt that this thing might be able to corrode the entire battleship.
"This toxin has undergone many mutations in his body. Although the biological agents he took before can suppress the toxin, it will also prompt the toxin to continuously optimize itself... At this rate of development, if I don't remove the toxin from him, he can only live for another year at most." Ze Luo said to Ke Lan.
"How do you feel?" Ke Lan glanced at Cao Ge - the latter had recovered by now. He sat up and moved his natural arm wrapped in bandages in a somewhat incredible manner.
"There's a kind of... indescribable sense of relief, it feels like I'm dreaming... No, even in the dream, that kind of pain has never let me go. But now, those painful memories seem like a dream..." As Cao Ge spoke, he couldn't help but look at Ze Luo, who still had an expressionless face, his eyes full of gratitude.
As for the previous fear of Ze Luo, it had disappeared without a trace.
"Thank you very much..." Although his steps were a little shaky, he still managed to stand up and bowed to Ze Luo very sincerely, "If you have any requests, I can satisfy them within the scope of my personal authority."
Ke Lan glanced at Ze Luo - she was the one who saved the person, so she shouldn't interfere with her choice. But if this girl made some excessive demands, it would be a headache...
After all, Ze Luo has only been in contact with human society for a short time, and even Ke Lan is not quite clear about what her inner moral concepts and code of conduct are like.
What if this girl says that she wants to dismantle Cao Ge and see what a body corroded by this toxin looks like... there is a high probability that Cao Ge will not refuse her, right?
"I'd like to visit this battleship, can I?" Under normal circumstances, this request made by Ze Luo would definitely be considered a serious violation of fleet regulations, and she might even be dragged out and shot as a spy - but now, when Ke Lan and Cao Ge heard that her request was "only" to visit the battleship, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
"The Yao-class aircraft carrier battleship is 1,650 meters long and equipped with three high-power energy shield generators. Its main power source is four super-large crystal energy converters. In addition, it has two nuclear reactors as backup power sources. Its weapons are equipped with two plasma main guns, four 200mm caliber cluster laser cannons and 256 quadruple-mounted close-in defense guns. In addition, it has six sets of "Hunter" missile interception systems and a capacity of more than 200 carrier-based aircraft... It was officially put into service in the year 935 of the New Era. It is the battleship with the strongest comprehensive combat power in the human fleet, without a doubt."
Ze Luo spoke like a treasure, but Cao Ge was not too surprised - after all, these parameters are public and can be found by just searching on the Internet. Many military fans are also very clear about the weapon configuration . Although it is a bit strange that a "girl" would be interested in this thing, it is still within the scope of understanding...
However, Ze Luo's next words made Cao Ge's eyes widen -
"The first time I operated a Yao-class aircraft carrier battleship, I used the firepower of a single ship to flatten four military bases in a row..."
"Wait a minute... Have you ever operated this kind of warship?" Cao Ge felt like his jaw was about to drop to the ground. Apart from the prototype ship "Emperor Yao" which was not equipped to the army, only two "Yao" class aircraft carrier battleships were built. The first "Qilin" had crashed in the Leviathan incident, and the second one was the "Suzaku", the flagship of the current First Cruise Fleet.
Cao Ge had served on the "Qilin" and "Suzaku" for more than half of his military career. He was naturally well aware of the movements of these two warships. He had no recollection of what military bases these two warships had attacked...
Could she be talking about the "Emperor Yao" that was not commissioned? That was even more wrong - the "Emperor Yao" was not actually a complete battleship. To be precise, it was actually a one-to-one "battleship model" that was built to verify the various technical difficulties in the development of the "Yao" class aircraft carrier battleship.
The "Emperor Yao" didn't even have a power source installed, let alone weapons... This thing couldn't even fly out of the dock, so how could it possibly attack a military base on the ground?
Moreover, at the end of the research and development stage, the "Emperor Yao" was dismantled, and most of its parts were directly installed on the "Qilin" which was under construction.
From a certain perspective, the "Qilin" is actually the "Emperor Yao".
How could she have operated a Yao-class aircraft carrier battleship? !
Ke Lan was also stunned at first, but he quickly reacted and asked tentatively: "Is it... in the game?"
"Hmm." Ze Luo rubbed his index finger and thumb lightly, and the drop of deadly liquid disappeared in an instant. "It's a MOD made by a player in Red Alert 9. The combat units in it are all current active equipment, from the Type 01 assault rifle to the Yao-class aircraft carrier battleship. The Yao-class aircraft carrier battleship is an epic unit of the Shenzhou faction, with very harsh construction conditions and massive resource requirements. It is difficult to appear in a normal game... But once it is built, the victory or defeat is no longer in suspense."
"So that's how it is..." Cao Ge wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Well, the First Fleet is heading to the anchorage of Yaguna Kotor, so I'll take you to visit this battleship on the way. Mr. Ke Lan, if you're interested, you can also come with us."
"I'm not very interested in warships." Ke Lan waved his hand. He thought to himself, it's a good thing that Leighton is not here, otherwise if this mechanical lover saw him giving up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so casually, he would definitely kill him.
Compared to visiting the warship, Ke Lan has more important things to do.
He first called Pan and asked the crew to pardon Chi Hanfeng, who was serving his sentence, and restore his military position. Then he held a video conference with everyone who stayed in Yaguna Kotor and told them what happened here.
"Put aside the exploration of Block 1 for now and concentrate all our manpower." Ke Lan said, "The battle at the Ancient Bronze City Ruins will be fierce, but it shouldn't last too long."
"Of course it won't last long. With the defense facilities of the Alpha civilization city, it won't take more than half a day to kill all the hundreds of thousands of people." Hound said unhappily, "I just can't figure it out... Even if that bastard prophet can understand the language of the Alpha civilization, it will take at least several years to completely control a ruins? Are those departments responsible for monitoring the entire planet really just there to eat and do nothing?"
"Captain Ke, please forgive me for being blunt." Ghost Owl said with a sullen face, "The Gray Bird Hunting Group is not a mercenary group. Our lease contract with Ye Corporation does not mention this type of business... Therefore, we will not participate in the next combat operation. My people and I will stay at the frontline supply base in Yaguna Kotor and wait until the next exploration operation begins."
"I know that." Ke Lan nodded to him, "The Gray Bird Hunting Group does not have any obligation to participate in this battle, and I will not force you to join."
"Thank you for your understanding. No matter how much money you pay, I will never let my men die." Ghost Owl stared at Ke Lan through the screen, with a complicated look on his face. "We are all experienced relic hunters. You should be able to imagine what a city of Alpha civilization looks like with fully activated defense facilities... Especially a city rated as an 'A' grade relic."
"I know." Ke Lan replied.
"To be honest, I once led a team to explore this 'Ancient Bronze City Ruins' in the early years... At that time, there were no traces of heretical sects in this ruins - or in other words, not many people came to explore this ruins at that time." Ghost Owl continued.
"Are you one of the members of the pioneering team of the 'Ancient Bronze City Ruins'?" Ke Lan's eyes lit up, and he even used honorifics in his words - although the activated city is very different from the previously unactivated ruins, the experience of pioneering hunters like this is still extremely valuable information.
"We can't really count as a pioneering team, but when we took on that mission, the exploration rate of the entire ruins was only 20%."
