Volume 9: Molten Mine Chapter 416: The Combat Strength of the Heretical Sect
"Ah..." Ke Lan never expected that the other party would suddenly ask about this matter, "Well, I guess so."
"Did you watch her die?" Aya asked immediately. Ke Lan noticed that her eyes were slightly red - it seemed that Victoria was a very important person to her.
"Can you... describe to me the last days of Senior Sister..."
"Of course you can, but before that, let me ask you a question - who assigned you this exploration mission in the Molten Mine Area?" Ke Lan asked.
Although Victoria died in front of Ke Lan, her body was "resurrected" in another way afterwards - Hermaphroditus, the last "world" of the Undead Crew, took over her cyborg and started the separation procedure of the East 9th District module.
Victoria might have known about the Undead Crew, but it is possible that she only knew that before she died, she could transfer the control of her body to a mysterious "superior" by connecting the data cable in her prosthetic body to the main cable of the Ark. But whether she knew about it or not, Ke Lan would never tell the secret of the Undead Crew to the beautiful and gentle "neighboring sister" in front of her.
If she was silenced because of her talkativeness, it would really be too unfair.
Ke Lan suddenly understood why all the members of the Undead Crew were Riddlers. The weight of some secrets was indeed not something that "outsiders" could bear.
"Mission? The task dispatcher from the Security Bureau directly emailed me. Who issued the mission? It should be some big shot in the upper echelons of the Ark." Although she didn't know why Ke Lan asked this, Aya still answered his question truthfully.
Fortunately, she didn't let it slip... Ke Lan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Aya knew nothing about the existence of the "Undead Crew Club".
"I'm sorry... What happened before Ms. Victoria's death is top secret. I can't tell you." Ke Lan shook her head apologetically.
As the leader of the special agent team, Aya immediately realized that Ke Lan's question, which seemed to have nothing to do with the conversation, was actually a test of her intelligence authority... What made her a little disappointed was that her authority was obviously not enough to allow her to know secrets of that level.
"Ah... I understand. It's okay. I completely understand your behavior. I was too abrupt. I should be the one saying sorry to you." Aya Breya stood up hastily and bowed deeply to Ke Lan.
Although it was not nice to talk about the deceased, Ke Lan had to admit that Victoria's junior sister was much better than her senior in dealing with people. Although her gentleness was a little inconsistent with her identity and profession, working with such a person would at least not be a big obstacle to communication.
"Then let's get down to business," Ke Lan sat down on the sofa opposite Aya, "How much does your security bureau know about the missing incident in the Molten Mine?"
"There is almost no intelligence." Aya sighed. "The military has sent two reconnaissance teams to the Molten Mine Area. All the field teams of the Security Bureau were on missions outside, so they couldn't spare any manpower... But until my team and I completed the mission and returned to the Ark, the two reconnaissance teams didn't send back any valuable intelligence."
"These two reconnaissance teams have lost contact, just like the base in the Molten Mine Area." Ke Lan said in a deep voice.
"Lost contact?" After hearing this, the other party couldn't help but frowned, "But the military told us that they are still carrying out the mission..."
"Carrying out a mission is one thing, and losing contact is another. We don't even know whether these two groups of people are alive or dead. I must correct what you just said. It's not that these two reconnaissance teams failed to send back any valuable intelligence, but that after they entered the mining area, no news was sent back to the Ark."
Ke Lan felt a little disappointed. It seemed that the information the Security Bureau had was not as detailed as what the undead crew members could provide to him.
"No wonder so many people were dispatched this time..." Aya nodded. She did not express any objection to the cooperation between the Security Bureau and the hunting group, a civilian organization. "The elite tactical team sent by the military alone has 45 people. Together with my third team and your people, the number of people in this operation team is close to 100. To be honest... I have never participated in an operation of this scale since I joined the company. When I first received the mission letter, I thought it would be a search and rescue mission."
"Perhaps because , so we have to dispatch so many people this time." Ke Lan continued, "But we have found traces of heretical sects around the mining area. If we encounter them, the reconnaissance mission may turn into an eradication mission at any time."
"I know that, so my team will bring all the weapons on this mission, including the two new mechas that have just been issued. There shouldn't be any problem with combat effectiveness."
"That's not necessarily true." Ke Lan shook his head. He thought of the substitute who died in the "Sick Village". If that guy had many such "substitutes", the conventional weapons equipped by the army and the security bureau might not be able to gain the upper hand.
"We have also deployed sufficient numbers of special weapons against the 'Seeds of Corrosion'..."
"The Seed of Corrosion is not the key... So, how much do you know about the combat power of the heretical sects?"
"I think our Security Bureau should be the one who knows them best on the Ark..."
"Then tell me, besides the 'Seed of Corrosion' and the monster that transformed itself into a black skeleton by sacrificing itself with a spell, what other powers do they have from the Alpha civilization?" Ke Lan interrupted Aya again.
"In addition to the 'Seed of Corrosion' and the 'Black Skeleton'..." Aya's face showed a solemn look, and she asked Ke Lan tentatively: "Do you know that they have a new type of biological weapon?"
"A lot." Ke Lan said seriously, "They are also constantly exploring the ruins left by the Alpha civilization, just like us. And because of the successor, their exploration efficiency has far surpassed the Ark. Maybe during the time we are talking, they have successfully restored some dangerous technology."
"What's more," Ke Lan continued, "this mission is carried out in the wilderness, not on the Ark. We can't use the weapons left by the Alphas, but that doesn't mean they can't."
