Just as everyone was examining the surrounding situation, waves of roars came from the distant direction.
Soshiyang knew that it was definitely not a sound that any human could make. The sound was full of beastliness, and the emotions in it were far from being described as annoyed.
“Whatever it is—”
“It’s all very angry.”
Dead Wings mentor Belia completed the sentence Soshiyan.
Soshyan looked back at the experienced warrior, and to talk about Terminator's tactical experience and scrap ship combat experience, none of the people present could match the Deathwing Master.
"There must be a very huge group here. Gene stealers have similar structures to Green Skin in some way, that is, the larger the group, the stronger the mind that rules this group."
Soshyan agreed with Beria's words, which is why he actively strives to cooperate with the Dark Angels - this waste ship operation is indispensable to the experience provided by the other party.
“The aerobic environment is no longer maintained here, and we need to find a more in-depth area suitable for building a forward base.”
As they continued to move deep into the corridor, Soshiyan looked around, constantly observing the surroundings while keeping distance from the hall.
Until now, no gene thieves have been seen, but Soshyan believes that they must have moved in the dark ruins of ink, but they are afraid of showing up easily due to the number of Astart.
The large sensors carried by the technical priests are constantly warning them to remind everyone to pay attention to enemies they cannot see.
The warriors walking in the front occasionally can see shadows passing by in the darkness. They will occasionally make preparations to charge, but will hide back into the shadows the moment the angels raise their weapons.
Afterwards, the large army crossed the last section of the hall, which was wider than Soshyan expected, but the previous forced landing had caused some damage to it.
In some places, even the entire wall was destroyed, perhaps because of the alien acid or heavy weapons.
Originally, there should have been displaying the exquisite paintings of countless skilled craftsmen since ancient times, but now they have turned into ashes and turned into dust under the feet of the space warriors.
"According to the scan, there should be a security hub ahead, which is basically still in a sealed state. After we get there, we may be able to establish a forward base."
In addition to the team assigned to clear the surrounding passages, the main force continued to advance and followed the scanner's instructions to move towards the security hub.
Fortunately, the main passage of this pilgrimage ship is spacious enough to accommodate several predators in parallel, so so many Space Marines and Terminators don't seem crowded when walking in it.
They posed defensively more than once on the road because they saw the thin body of aliens hiding in other corridors or holes on the walls, but as before, they retreated before contact, as if they were a group of children playing tracking games.
After that, they will follow them from all directions of the squad, challenging the patience of the Space Marines before the next attack.
Soshyan suspected that these aliens were tempting them to waste ammunition. He twice stopped the soldiers from turning a whole passage into a sea of fire. Although the heavy flamethrower's progester reserves were quite considerable, they were not endless, and gene thieves seemed to know this.
For Belia, this behavior can only have one explanation: there is a node creature nearby, a commander of a gene stealer.
Although gene stealers have the same intelligence as humans in the hybrid stage, when they "return to their ancestors" and become pure blood, they become less different from other wild beasts and will only act according to their own instincts.
But a node creature can turn them into a disciplined force with a thought, and this is the enemy they are facing: the leader will not hesitate to sacrifice a hundred times more for the enemy's casualties without even blinking.
After all, this is the most powerful weapon of the Tyran Zerg.
They accelerated their pace and continued to move forward. Occasionally, the pilgrimage ship would shake slightly. This is an unimportant part of the fleet's "cutting" the scrap ship outside - this is also a strategy proposed by Soshiyan. They do not need to wait until the scrap ship is thoroughly explored before solving it. After scanning the peripheral area, they can use large laser arrays to "slim down" the bloated scrap ship, which can greatly reduce the range of movement of the special shape.
During this process, the crawling sound of the aliens never disappeared, and the biological detector kept warning them that there were invisible enemies around them.
"It sounds like every alien in this urban area is coming towards us."
Randall whispered.
"That's right."
The Ranger's Warrior's commander, Tetus, raised his heavy flamethrower.
“Just just piled up the bonfire a little higher.”
“It’s best to save fuel now.”
Soshiyan said, pointing his finger at the reinforced gate of the security hub ahead.
“We’re here.”
The first company commander Mark walked straight to the gate covered with claw marks, and the metal creaked as he pulled his hands.
After he pulled out a gap, the technical priests inserted the magnetic decomposition device into the gap and cracked the magnetic lock of the door.
Soshiyan was the first to walk in, and the others followed closely into the security center.
The wide space on the other side of the gate was filled with rubble. Obviously, the gate did not block the fire of war. The walls and ceiling of the room were severely damaged. Soshiyan also noticed the hasty sandbags and fortifications in the room. Two rows of marble sculptures were placed parallel to both sides of the central aisle. They were almost all overturned to the ground and broken into piles of stones.
"They fight here."
Soshiyang said, looking at the debris and laser gun batteries on the ground, he kicked a corpse with only the shell of a gene stealer, wrinkled his nose with disgust.
"In the end, I was swallowed by the alien in despair."
Soshyan looked up at the ceiling and walls again, and he saw eight open vents that were enough for an adult to pass through. Obviously, the last resisters did not notice that the enemy would appear from these places, so they focused on the gate, and were killed in the condition of the gate being intact.
Just imagine the scene at that time, Soshiyan could feel the kind of sadness and despair.
The Dead Wing Terminators finally entered the corridor of the security center. Their backs were shaking, and they advanced one by one to check whether there was any evil in each.
But they found nothing, only looking at the stone statues of their searchlights, only forgotten statues on the outer sensor, and only the echo sensor depicts monuments in the dark, and only their own traces on the motion sensor.