The ninth company commander Surena was the first to jump off the Thunder Eagle, and then his command team also fell down one after another, forming a circle to cover the landing position.
"No communication signal, company commander."
The technical sergeant Carl said regretfully, and waved the bird Buyi on his hand.
"And the bird Buyi was disturbed again. Since seventeen hours ago, it seems that this area has been shrouded in unknown magnetic fields."
"This place is lifeless, and it should be a well-equipped stronghold."
Veteran Senkara glanced left and right, raised his right hand slightly, and his power axe drew a semicircle in the air.
Not long after the Ninth Company arrived at the Slag Mountains, they immediately encountered a strange thing. The commander of the Slag Mountains told Surena that a secondary command post was lost not long ago. You should know that the command post of the Slag Mountains war zone was built on the highest peak, while the secondary command post was built on a mountain with a slightly lower altitude. Not only was the terrain dangerous, but it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there was also a large number of troops stationed. It was really abnormal to have no news.
Originally, the wise ruler wanted to order nearby escort soldiers to check the situation, but found that the entire command post had basically lost contact, and the nearby escort soldiers had lost contact.
Surena immediately realized that this was not simple, so she decided to come and see it in person. He suspected that it was likely that the gene thief was planning a large-scale counterattack.
If this secondary command post is captured, the net of heaven and earth laid out by the mechanical training will be torn a hole, and the enemy may move or escape from this direction.
If that's true, the nine-sen will immediately take it back!
At this time, a group of thunder eagles landed, and the soldiers of the Ninth Company rushed out quickly. Not only were the regular soldiers, but also the Terminator of a small team. At the same time, two Rands and two javelin speed attack boats also fell from the air, and three Storm Claws began to hover above the stronghold to report what they saw - this is the common situation in the White Temple now, and almost every company has double-digit flight or anti-gravity vehicle.
"Company Commander, the stronghold is empty... We saw nothing and had no activity goals."
"Squad Renault, set up a cordon to protect the landing ground."
"The rest of the teams enter from three entrances."
After hearing the news from the air squad, Surena began to issue orders, and the squads immediately dispersed and approached the guardrail not far away from three directions.
The gate of the stronghold was open. The soldiers held the blaster tightly, pulled out the chain sword, and walked into the guardrail cautiously, but Surena saw more. He noticed that the weapons on the guardrail were all complete, which meant that it was not an external attack, but in theory, there should be many armed servants, but they did not see it here.
"There is no trace of external attack... Did the enemy break through from the inside?"
After entering the stronghold, dirty air rolled in, and immediately made the soldiers' armor covered with dust. Huge power generation equipment was still buzzing. Various ventilation pipes extended from the closed room. There were many neatly arranged metal sheds in the stronghold, which were commonly used materials for the mechanical sect to establish temporary strongholds. There were maintenance rooms, cleaning rooms, and dismantling rooms. The accomplices who had experienced the battle would maintain and renovate this series of equipment. On the west side of the stronghold was a thick oval building, made of a large amount of quick-drying cement and metal. It was the storage point and ammunition depot of the stronghold. On the east side were several more complete steel structure buildings, five or six stories high, and the top floor was a large number of antennas and detectors. It was the command post and monitoring location of the mechanical priests. There were more than a dozen simple towers in the guard wall, with automatic turrets on it, but they were all in a sleeping state.
"Bloods..."
While the soldiers inspected the facilities in various places, Surena noticed traces on the ground and inside the guardrail, and some of the exterior walls, which were many radial blood stains.
At the same time, he also noticed some scars...
“It seems that there is no battle.”
He stood outside a steel shed, his hands brushing the huge scratches on it, and it looked like some kind of beast scratched it with three sharp claws, nearly one meter in length...
"What causes this scar? Is pure blood gene stealer?"
Senkara, who was standing beside him, expressed his opinion, and then Sergeant Carl squatted on the ground for a long time and finally stood up.
"Strange... No alien biomass was detected, were they bleeding all the way?"
Then he came to the vicinity of the claw marks and used a brush-like detector to scratch it a few times. Then, under the curious gaze of others, he shook his head.
"Strange... The gene stealer's sharp claws are not left without a trace of chitin when they pass through the alloy. This is not like a creature's cut. The cut surface is too flat. Even at the microscopic level, it is difficult for the creature's claws to be so regular. It is more like...scratched by some kind of high-hardness metal."
At this time, other teams also sent messages.
"The metal box rooms are intact, but we found some of the wreckage of the servants."
"The energy system is also intact, and the last record of adjustment was 20 hours ago."
"There is nothing on the guard wall, but the automatic turret is closed."
"Company Commander, we found several wreckages of the rapporteurs. On the hangar, they might be fighting against something before they die and covering someone's retreat, but the Archaeoptera here is intact."
The more obvious the abnormality became, the more vigilant Surena became, but this stronghold could not be given up, so he ordered:
"Will, take your team to occupy those sentry towers, Reno team, come to the stronghold and be responsible for closing the gate..."
After these deployments, Surena led the final squad to the most core part of the stronghold, and he guessed that he might be able to find the answer.
"Have you sent a message to the wise ruler?"
"It has been sent, and the other party said that it is mobilizing troops to take over, but he still hopes that we can help figure out the reason."
"The reason is probably not that easy to figure out."
During the conversation, the team approached the command center. The two doors here were engraved with images of mechanical gears. Surena saw that the door and the surrounding stones were slightly deformed in strange shapes, and the metal turrets on both sides of the door were also destroyed, and the solid metal was smashed to pieces by something.
A terminator ran to the door and ran his shoulder forward into the door.
After a bang, the door opened, Surena's power sword burst out with crackling energy, and the Terminator team followed him, the blaster gun in his hand ready to destroy any enemy at any time.
"There is not even a body."
The inside of the command post was pitch black, all the lights were closed, and only rays of pale light shot in through the gaps in the blinds.
Everyone looked around vigilantly, but nothing else appeared in the darkness. The bird Buyi jumped silently, first reporting a wave of error signals, and then silenced.
This place should have been filled with priests of the Mechanical Cult and servants who are performing their duties.
Chapter completed!