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american comcis _ tales of caltiveter _chapter_0105_part_01
Chapter 167
chapter 0105 part 1
**Chapter 105: Equipment**
This type of special rope is a type of aramid fiber, scientifically known as Kevlar. Kevlar's tensile strength is 2.8 times that of Nylon 66 and 6-7 times that of steel wire.
Its weight is only one-fifth that of steel wire of the same thickness.
A single Kevlar fiber rope just six millimeters thick is enough to lift a two-ton car.
Several Kevlar ropes connected and bundled together the assembled iron cage elevator, and rapidly descended into the Tunnel below.
Over ten minutes later, the special rope connecting the iron cage suddenly tightened, and the two soft steel cables used as safety ropes directly above it simultaneously creaked.
"Boss, they've reached the bottom!"
A fuzzy voice came over the walkie-talkie; it was Storm Shadow.
Jacob listened to the intermittent sound from the communicator, walked over to Charles's side, and reported to him.
Charles, whose feet were fitted with metal prosthetics, looked down at the Deep Pit, waved his hand, and ordered, "Send a few people down with the things first!"
The mechanical arm turned the winch, and after over ten minutes, the iron cage returned to the Ice Surface.
This time, the supplies being transported down were equipment, including oxygen masks, spotlights, compressed biscuits, water, weapons and ammunition, and four insulated boxes.
Looking at the insulated boxes, Tang Song, who was standing nearby, raised an eyebrow. His divine sense penetrated the boxes, and he easily saw the things inside.
They were four boxes of dinosaur eggs.
Interesting, Tang Song's gaze flickered. He didn't think Charles Bishop Weyland brought a few boxes of dinosaur eggs down there just to eat boiled eggs.
Alien, dinosaur eggs, Tang Song reached out and touched his chin, deep in thought.
The iron cage transporting supplies made three trips to transport all the equipment needed.
It was clear that each time the iron cage came up, Charles Bishop Weyland's Subordinate Mercenaries were very nervous, looking as if facing a formidable enemy.
Thermal imaging spotlights, vibration detectors, and many monitoring equipment were all deployed, aimed at the iron cage.
The mercenaries all pointed their muzzles at the iron cage, and some Mercenaries even unhesitatingly activated the shoulder cannons on their shoulder armor.
Three laser dots were aimed at the iron cage. Judging from the Mercenaries' tense expressions, if any of the monitoring equipment showed the slightest anomaly, these shoulder cannons would immediately fire.
However, after the iron cage made two or three trips without any anomalies, the Mercenaries' emotions gradually relaxed, but the guns in their hands remained in their hands.
When all the supplies were transported down,
"Tang, I'll have to trouble you!"
The iron cage hatch opened, and Charles Bishop Weyland took the lead, extending an invitation to Boss Tang.
"Fox, you stay up here with them and guard!"
Tang Song looked at Charles, who was walking towards the iron cage through the thick accumulated snow, paused his cane, and stopped Fox and a few Bodyguards who wanted to follow.
He took off the black jade thumb ring from his thumb and casually tossed it into Fox's hand.
"Yes, Boss!"
Fox nervously held the black jade thumb ring in her palm, her cautious demeanor like cradling a newborn baby.
During her time following Boss Tang, she knew the true nature of this black jade thumb ring.
Tang Song stepped into the iron cage. Facing Charles's meaningful gaze, he nodded and smiled in response.
It was ridiculous. Two thousand feet underground, a Deep Pit nearly six hundred meters deep. If he didn't leave some contingency plans, and something unexpected happened, he would truly be gambling with his life.
He left Fox and the others above to guard against potential predators, and also to guard against Charles Bishop Weyland!
If something went wrong, the old man might just slip away upwards and blow up the Entrance.
Two thousand feet under the ice, even if Tang Song didn't die, it would take him a lot of effort to get out.
With Fox and Xiao Hei guarding above, even if Charles Bishop Weyland's people wanted to play tricks, they would need to survive first.
……………
The iron cage slowly descended, with smooth Ice Walls on both sides.
Inside the iron cage, besides Tang Song and Charles Bishop Weyland, the remaining eight people were Charles Bishop Weyland's Elites.
The reason they were called Elites was because, in addition to the shoulder cannons on their bodies, these eight people wore strangely shaped bio-masks on their faces and had sharp high-tech wrist blades strapped to their wrists.
"These are equipment captured from those alien creatures!"
Seemingly noticing Tang Song observing the weapons on his Subordinates, Charles Bishop Weyland explained to Boss Tang, "I call them Predators. They are a bipedal humanoid creature. They look very strange, their hair is tied in braids, and their faces have mandibles! Well, they're very ugly!"
Charles Bishop Weyland took a face mask from Jacob's hand and handed it to Tang Song.
"This thing's vision is similar to the infrared spectrum, it naturally comes with thermal imaging equipment.
Their face masks can enhance their thermal imaging and better distinguish views from other electromagnetic spectrums like infrared, ultraviolet... etc.
These things also wear cloaking devices. I think you'll need this!"
Tang Song took the face mask, but out of caution, he didn't put it on his face. He just held it in his hand and examined it repeatedly.
Charles Bishop Weyland saw that Tang Song didn't put the face mask on his face, and a hint of disappointment flashed deep in his eyes.
He hadn't tampered with the face mask he gave Tang Song, and compared to the replicas his Subordinates wore,
The face mask he handed to Tang Song was a genuine article peeled off the face of a Predator.
It wasn't that he was generous,
But having dealt with these Predators for over a decade, Charles Bishop Weyland understood them well.
These alien creatures' technology far surpassed humanity's. They could easily perform space travel and were equipped with high-performance weapons, some of which had been preserved and improved for thousands of years.
However, for them, their high-tech items symbolized their honor and second life. Because of this, they would send specific Tribes (Clans) to retrieve and eliminate outsiders who misused them, even sacrificing their lives to prevent others from using them. If the Altar was activated and attracted Predators, Tang Song, holding a genuine Predator face mask, would be their primary target.
This would buy him enough evacuation time.
Although slightly surprised that Tang Song didn't wear the face mask, the old and cunning Charles Bishop Weyland showed no expression on his face.
For him, as long as the face mask was in Tang Song's hand, it would help attract some of the Predators' attention.
……………
Perhaps because Charles Bishop Weyland was in the iron cage, the descent speed this time was not fast. It took a full twenty minutes before faint lights could be seen below the iron cage.
Jacob took out a radio transceiver and called out. Storm Shadow's response successfully came through the channel.
However, seemingly for safety reasons, after Jacob put down the radio transceiver, he had his Subordinates pick up high-power spotlights and send light signals to the bottom.
After receiving the light response from below, the armed guards slightly lowered their guard, but they still maintained their firing positions, cautiously watching the area below.
**Chapter 105: Equipment**
This type of special rope is a type of aramid fiber, scientifically known as Kevlar. Kevlar's tensile strength is 2.8 times that of Nylon 66 and 6-7 times that of steel wire.
Its weight is only one-fifth that of steel wire of the same thickness.
A single Kevlar fiber rope just six millimeters thick is enough to lift a two-ton car.
Several Kevlar ropes connected and bundled together the assembled iron cage elevator, and rapidly descended into the Tunnel below.
Over ten minutes later, the special rope connecting the iron cage suddenly tightened, and the two soft steel cables used as safety ropes directly above it simultaneously creaked.
"Boss, they've reached the bottom!"
A fuzzy voice came over the walkie-talkie; it was Storm Shadow.
Jacob listened to the intermittent sound from the communicator, walked over to Charles's side, and reported to him.
Charles, whose feet were fitted with metal prosthetics, looked down at the Deep Pit, waved his hand, and ordered, "Send a few people down with the things first!"
The mechanical arm turned the winch, and after over ten minutes, the iron cage returned to the Ice Surface.
This time, the supplies being transported down were equipment, including oxygen masks, spotlights, compressed biscuits, water, weapons and ammunition, and four insulated boxes.
Looking at the insulated boxes, Tang Song, who was standing nearby, raised an eyebrow. His divine sense penetrated the boxes, and he easily saw the things inside.
They were four boxes of dinosaur eggs.
Interesting, Tang Song's gaze flickered. He didn't think Charles Bishop Weyland brought a few boxes of dinosaur eggs down there just to eat boiled eggs.
Alien, dinosaur eggs, Tang Song reached out and touched his chin, deep in thought.
The iron cage transporting supplies made three trips to transport all the equipment needed.
It was clear that each time the iron cage came up, Charles Bishop Weyland's Subordinate Mercenaries were very nervous, looking as if facing a formidable enemy.
Thermal imaging spotlights, vibration detectors, and many monitoring equipment were all deployed, aimed at the iron cage.
The mercenaries all pointed their muzzles at the iron cage, and some Mercenaries even unhesitatingly activated the shoulder cannons on their shoulder armor.
Three laser dots were aimed at the iron cage. Judging from the Mercenaries' tense expressions, if any of the monitoring equipment showed the slightest anomaly, these shoulder cannons would immediately fire.
However, after the iron cage made two or three trips without any anomalies, the Mercenaries' emotions gradually relaxed, but the guns in their hands remained in their hands.
When all the supplies were transported down,
"Tang, I'll have to trouble you!"
The iron cage hatch opened, and Charles Bishop Weyland took the lead, extending an invitation to Boss Tang.
"Fox, you stay up here with them and guard!"
Tang Song looked at Charles, who was walking towards the iron cage through the thick accumulated snow, paused his cane, and stopped Fox and a few Bodyguards who wanted to follow.
He took off the black jade thumb ring from his thumb and casually tossed it into Fox's hand.
"Yes, Boss!"
Fox nervously held the black jade thumb ring in her palm, her cautious demeanor like cradling a newborn baby.
During her time following Boss Tang, she knew the true nature of this black jade thumb ring.
Tang Song stepped into the iron cage. Facing Charles's meaningful gaze, he nodded and smiled in response.
It was ridiculous. Two thousand feet underground, a Deep Pit nearly six hundred meters deep. If he didn't leave some contingency plans, and something unexpected happened, he would truly be gambling with his life.
He left Fox and the others above to guard against potential predators, and also to guard against Charles Bishop Weyland!
If something went wrong, the old man might just slip away upwards and blow up the Entrance.
Two thousand feet under the ice, even if Tang Song didn't die, it would take him a lot of effort to get out.
With Fox and Xiao Hei guarding above, even if Charles Bishop Weyland's people wanted to play tricks, they would need to survive first.
……………
The iron cage slowly descended, with smooth Ice Walls on both sides.
Inside the iron cage, besides Tang Song and Charles Bishop Weyland, the remaining eight people were Charles Bishop Weyland's Elites.
The reason they were called Elites was because, in addition to the shoulder cannons on their bodies, these eight people wore strangely shaped bio-masks on their faces and had sharp high-tech wrist blades strapped to their wrists.
"These are equipment captured from those alien creatures!"
Seemingly noticing Tang Song observing the weapons on his Subordinates, Charles Bishop Weyland explained to Boss Tang, "I call them Predators. They are a bipedal humanoid creature. They look very strange, their hair is tied in braids, and their faces have mandibles! Well, they're very ugly!"
Charles Bishop Weyland took a face mask from Jacob's hand and handed it to Tang Song.
"This thing's vision is similar to the infrared spectrum, it naturally comes with thermal imaging equipment.
Their face masks can enhance their thermal imaging and better distinguish views from other electromagnetic spectrums like infrared, ultraviolet... etc.
These things also wear cloaking devices. I think you'll need this!"
Tang Song took the face mask, but out of caution, he didn't put it on his face. He just held it in his hand and examined it repeatedly.
Charles Bishop Weyland saw that Tang Song didn't put the face mask on his face, and a hint of disappointment flashed deep in his eyes.
He hadn't tampered with the face mask he gave Tang Song, and compared to the replicas his Subordinates wore,
The face mask he handed to Tang Song was a genuine article peeled off the face of a Predator.
It wasn't that he was generous,
But having dealt with these Predators for over a decade, Charles Bishop Weyland understood them well.
These alien creatures' technology far surpassed humanity's. They could easily perform space travel and were equipped with high-performance weapons, some of which had been preserved and improved for thousands of years.
However, for them, their high-tech items symbolized their honor and second life. Because of this, they would send specific Tribes (Clans) to retrieve and eliminate outsiders who misused them, even sacrificing their lives to prevent others from using them. If the Altar was activated and attracted Predators, Tang Song, holding a genuine Predator face mask, would be their primary target.
This would buy him enough evacuation time.
Although slightly surprised that Tang Song didn't wear the face mask, the old and cunning Charles Bishop Weyland showed no expression on his face.
For him, as long as the face mask was in Tang Song's hand, it would help attract some of the Predators' attention.
……………
Perhaps because Charles Bishop Weyland was in the iron cage, the descent speed this time was not fast. It took a full twenty minutes before faint lights could be seen below the iron cage.
Jacob took out a radio transceiver and called out. Storm Shadow's response successfully came through the channel.
However, seemingly for safety reasons, after Jacob put down the radio transceiver, he had his Subordinates pick up high-power spotlights and send light signals to the bottom.
After receiving the light response from below, the armed guards slightly lowered their guard, but they still maintained their firing positions, cautiously watching the area below.
