When everything was settled, the airport became busy again.
Especially when the sword-class frigate "Glory Saber" on which the Astral Knight was riding docked at the port, the deck immediately became lively. The staff who had been under supervision began to work non-stop after receiving physical examinations.
The dispatchers continue to be busy in front of the Thinker computer array, the workers and servitors attached to the deck have also returned to their daily maintenance and repair tasks, and the loaders are driving various transport vehicles on the line.
Without the interruption of outsiders, the entire venue looked very messy, with logisticians and technicians working feverishly to make up for lost time.
They want to ensure that unused aircraft are fully fueled, in good operating condition, and ready to take off.
In the days to come, some workers will be transported up one after another from the ground to make up for the previous loss of personnel, and at the same time, the bodies of the aliens will also be processed intensively.
Soshyan and his team stayed on the boarding deck.
Regardless of the subsequent outcome, he and his warriors have completed their mission. The Sector Governor has dispatched three regiments of the Astra Militarum to the planet, and Griffin IV will also deploy a team of skitarii at key facilities.
, so they stayed on the boarding deck to prepare for departure.
Soshiyang was not idle on the deck either. The local officials kept talking politely to him. After he reported that the mysterious sect had been wiped out underground, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, no one wanted to
Provoked by the Inquisition.
He didn't hear footsteps until someone spoke to him.
"How much longer."
An impatient voice said from behind.
Sosh Yang turned around and saw a tall figure wearing ill-fitting power armor and carrying a black iron gymnasium. After clearing the airport, Sosh Yang immediately let the technology on board the Glory Saber
The sergeant sent a set of power armor.
It is not convenient for Sevatar to be exposed to the public eye, so his current identity is just an ordinary warrior.
"Chapter Master."
"It's pretty quick, refueling won't take more than an hour."
Sevita nodded, and Soshyan felt that the other party seemed to be hesitant to speak, but he didn't know what he was going to say.
Then, Sevita patted Soshyan on the shoulder strangely.
"Let's go check out that shuttle, the one that just landed."
Sosh Yang looked at the dilapidated shuttle. No one had paid attention to it since it unloaded its cargo.
"I'm quite interested."
Sevita said as he walked over.
Soshyang felt strange. He couldn't understand what the traitor was thinking, but he still followed him.
"I'm very busy now."
"Ah, I know, noble Soshiyang Chapter Leader, but don't you think there is something wrong with that thing?"
"The Adeptus Mechanicus has scanned this machine. This kind of honest transport aircraft is very common here. A loyal official from the airport personally drove it to transport...a group of workers."
Soshyang glanced at the information on the data board, and there was nothing wrong with it.
"Huh? You're absolutely right."
After walking in front of that thing? Savita surrounded the dilapidated shuttle, observing the huge engine and spherical nose.
"I mean? It looks like it's almost a thousand years old? It must have been carefully maintained and repaired from generation to generation to get to its current state."
"Machinery is a valuable asset."
Soshyang responded impatiently. Then he saw Savita actually getting under the thick wing and inspecting the bottom of the shuttle.
"That's right? But there are so many shuttles on the ground that are not in use? Then why bother to use this one? It is the first transport plane to land here from the ground."
"who knows."
As if he thought of something that was puzzling to him, Sosh Yang frowned.
"Maybe they have a purpose for keeping it running, at least for now it can still be used."
"What's the use?"
Sevatar appeared from another direction? He stared at the shuttle with an expression Soshyan couldn't understand.
"I see……"
"What's wrong?"
"S-Sir..."
Soshiyang had just asked? A cowering voice suddenly sounded from behind him. Soshiyang looked back and found a short, fat middle-aged man, sweating profusely, looking at him nervously.
And behind the man? It’s a familiar person.
The boy named Nick was also looking at Sosh Yang.
"Nick?"
The boy nodded.
"Are you his father?"
"Yes, yes! I heard what Nick said? No, thank you very much for your help, sir!"
The man rubbed his hands vigorously and looked very nervous.
But Sosh Yang's eyes became strange.
"Nick, how did you escape?"
The boy didn't reply.
"He, was he lucky at that time? Although he was scared and anxious, he, himself..."
The man's words became hesitant, and his eyes were a little hazy, as if he was talking in sleep.
"Did you drive the transport plane up?"
Savita looked at the man, who nodded in a daze.
"Nick!?"
Suddenly, a surprised voice sounded not far away, and then Armin ran over.
"You're alive, thank God!"
Armin was very happy, took off his helmet, and then touched the boy's head. The boy looked at him and suddenly smiled.
"……Thanks."
His voice is very soft and thin.
"Stop pretending. If you delay, you will be disappointed."
Savita suddenly started mocking, leaving Armin confused.
"What--"
Just as he was about to ask a question, Sosh Yang took a deep breath and said:
"Armin, go find Instructor Sol and tell him to gather in ten minutes."
"yes."
Although he still wanted to talk to the boy, Armin still obeyed the order, saluted, then turned around and ran away quickly.
"You are hurting him by being so protective."
Looking at the retreating figure, Sevatar hissed in a whisper.
"It is my responsibility."
"Cruelty can make a warrior grow."
"shut your mouth!"
Sosh Yang took a step forward and then grabbed the boy's head violently, making him unable to make a sound. The man next to him still looked dazed.
"I'll leave this to you."
As he spoke, he dragged the struggling boy all the way to the waste disposal channel on the side of the apron.
Savita looked at his back, and the smile on his face faded. This stubbornness reminded him of a certain person - that guy who liked to tie himself to weapons with chains.
Then he shook his head to drive away those ridiculous thoughts.
He came to a hatch, grabbed the handle and pulled down hard.
Just as he guessed, the hatch was closed from the inside, and something terrible was hidden inside.
Savita took a deep breath, held the opening handle, and pulled hard.
The metal began to bend and finally came loose, the welded hinge unable to withstand the immense strength of the Space Marine.
After a loud noise, Savita threw the door panel aside and stared at the dark gap that was torn open.
He saw that it was filled with thick black metal blocks, surrounding a circular core with a diameter of more than 1 meter. Dark metal pillars protected the core in the middle, and small lights installed around the device flashed an ominous light.
Dizzy, accompanied by a slight ticking sound.
Sevatar stared at it for a moment, then whispered to himself:
"Get rid of it."
As the iron pavilion trembled slightly behind him, the flashing lights were extinguished one by one, and the ticking sound also disappeared.
At the same time, Sosh Yang also walked out of the passage with an expressionless face and was wiping the blood on his gauntlets with a dirty rag.
"A destructive weapon should be a virus bomb. I didn't even know there was such a thing in this world."
When Soshyan walked up to him, Sevita pointed to the "cargo" in the cabin and said.
"What about this guy?"
Sosh Yang glanced at the man who was in a trance.
"It's probably useless. The gene stealer didn't infect him, but he was controlled for too long."
After that, Soshyang summoned the arbitrator and told him everything that had just happened.
The shocked Arbiter conducted another round of screening at the airport, this time calling on the power of the Adeptus Mechanicus. As a result, hundreds of gene stealers and controlled persons were uncovered, some of whom had just arrived from the ground.
Facts have proved that this mess will not be cleared up for a while.
But all this had nothing to do with the Astral Knights. After the screening began, Soshiyang led the team on a shuttle and boarded the Saber of Glory with the ancient virus bomb and left the planet.