Volume 9: Molten Mine Chapter 453 Return
"Teleport? Are you saying that we just passed through a wormhole without knowing it?" Leighton asked in disbelief.
"Well, it should be a wormhole-like device. The transmission distance won't be too far." Ke Lan said, "At least the gravity and atmospheric pressure haven't changed. We should still be on Alpha."
"Isn't your conclusion too hasty?" Aya questioned, "You should also know that the Ark once used a natural wormhole to make a jump while drifting. That jump caused huge damage to the Ark, with an overall damage rate of more than 85%, and the direct death toll exceeded half of the entire ship's population. It took us fifteen years to restore the power of the Ark, and the population of the Ark did not return to the level before the jump until a hundred years later..."
Aya continued, "Even if this is just a short-distance transmission device, the operating principles of facilities such as wormholes, whether natural or artificial, are essentially the same. If we enter one, how could we not feel anything?"
"With the Alpha Civilization's technological level, whether it's starting from the stability of the wormhole-like device itself or from interfering with the user's senses, they have countless ways to make us unable to detect the transmission process, not to mention..."
Ke Lan did not continue speaking. After all, in addition to the Hound and others, there were also "outsiders" like Aya Breya .
After Ke Lan "inherited" the things in the stone tablet, many more information fragments related to the Alpha civilization appeared in his memory. Whenever he came into contact with something related to the Alpha civilization, the related information fragments would automatically emerge... Although most of the time they were just fragments of words that were not of much value, as long as it involved the Alpha civilization, there would always be some information that appeared.
Whether it was text, sound or image... this information seemed to be imprinted deep in Ke Lan's memory, so that when he saw some creations of the Alpha civilization that he had never seen before, he would have a sense of déjà vu.
But this time, not a single word related to this tunnel appeared.
He had every reason to suspect that this tunnel was not built by the Alpha civilization...
"I plan to go back and take a look." Ke Lan said suddenly.
"Go back? Didn't you just say... that returning the same way is the wrong option?" Aya Breya said in confusion.
"I want to verify a hypothesis. If you don't want to come with me, you can just wait for me where I am." After saying that, Ke Lan turned around and walked quickly towards the entrance.
Naturally, Hound and the others would not object to Ke Lan's decision and followed immediately.
Seeing the members of the God Hunting Group walking further and further away, Aya couldn't help but hesitate.
"Team leader, should we... follow them? Or should we stay where we are?" an agent from the Security Bureau asked in a low voice.
"...Follow them." Aya gritted her teeth and said unconvincedly, "I want to see what they can find."
"Understood." The four agents under Aya looked at each other and shut up tactfully - although the team leader has always been a bit stubborn, he is actually a very serious and gentle person in daily interactions. They have never seen the team leader like this... It seems that after cooperating with this group of relic hunters, the team leader is like a different person, and his temper has never been good along the way.
Just as the four people were looking at each other, Aya took the lead with her long legs.
"Perhaps he feels unhappy that as the leader of the Security Bureau's field team, he is being commanded by a hunter from a civilian organization?" Agent A quietly opened the group communication and whispered.
"I don't think so. The team leader shouldn't be the kind of person who is obsessed with power . As long as the mission can be accomplished, she shouldn't care about such things." Agent B retorted.
"I think it's the problem of those hunters. I always feel that they don't seem to think much of us and are hiding a lot of things from us. The team leader must be irritated by this attitude." Agent C said.
"Right, right, right..." Agent D agreed. "Especially during the several conflicts over decision-making, the team leader was frustrated. It would be strange if he said he wasn't angry. If it were the team leaders of other teams, they would have pulled out their guns long ago. Only our team leader has a good temper and has been able to endure it until now."
"But to be honest, I think these hunters are quite capable." Agent B lowered his voice a little. "I've dealt with quite a few relic hunters before, including those who are professional hunters who are trained in a professional school (Note 1) and those who work alone. But in terms of professionalism and ability, none of them can compare to this group of people."
"How confident do you think we would be if we fought them without counting that mecha?" Agent C asked.
"It's hard to say. The guy holding the knife gives me a very dangerous feeling. If there is a conflict, I definitely don't want to face him." Agent B, the only one among the four who retired from the field force and has the most combat experience, said, "And this commander Ke Lan, although he seems to be the worst in combat among this group, I always feel that his level of danger is second only to that swordsman."
"Is it true? Is it that mysterious?" asked Agent A.
"Haha, while I was fighting the native creatures in the wilderness, you were still learning to read in the compulsory education class." Agent B sneered, "I'll give you a piece of advice, try not to make enemies with this group of people."
"Just tell me, if a fight really breaks out, what are our chances of winning?" The youngest Agent C couldn't help but instigate.
"Even if we exclude that mecha, our chance of winning will not exceed 30%." Agent B said in a deep voice.
"That's not possible... With just these few hunters, our chance of winning is only 30%?" Agent D frowned.
"Among them, at least three are veterans of the field service. The transformation level of that big guy should be around level four. In terms of individual combat power, these people are no weaker than us."
