Chapter 3735: Fleeing
Chapter 3735: Fleeing
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The corners of Motul’s mouth curled into a sinister grin.
Once they caught the person, the spawns would certainly reward them generously.
He might even be able to snag a position at the level of a two-star commander.
The adjutant lowered his voice and said, "Sir Motul, Commander Leon has already learned of this matter and is currently on his way here. If we intend to make a move... we need to act quickly."
Motul and the adjutant quickly exchanged glances and immediately understood the hidden meaning behind the adjutant’s words.
Although guarding the place here would not count as making a mistake, it also would not earn much merit.
But if they could capture the invader connected to the Black Fog Game before Commander Leon arrived...
No rush.
First, stabilize the situation.
If the invader escaped because of an error in their judgment, they would likewise be punished by the spawns.
Motul said in a deep voice, "Has the thermal scanner been put in position yet?"
"We sent people to prepare it immediately."
"They sent people to prepare immediately."
The assistant spoke while looking toward the technical squad hurrying over from the right. "They’re here!"
As he spoke, the technical operations team hurried over and quickly installed scanning equipment at the warehouse entrance.
"Beep, beep beep beep..."
In less than half a minute, the scanner setup was completed, and the display screen quickly lit up.
The scanning signal spread in a fan shape throughout the interior of the warehouse.
In an instant, densely packed light spots appeared on the screen.
What the hell!
Several soldiers could not help freezing when they saw the signal readings on the screen.
At a glance, there were actually several hundred high-heat sources displayed on the screen?
Most of them were moving at high speed.
Signals from the high-heat sources simultaneously came from underground, the walls, and the ceiling.
Motul frowned tightly.
What were those high-heat sources?
They did not seem like the temperature of ordinary creatures.
For a moment, he suspected he had seen it wrong and leaned closer to the terminal screen.
The heat-source light spots were moving far faster than normal creatures, and many of them were crowded between the ground and the lower level.
Hm?
The heat sources were rapidly approaching the warehouse’s main entrance?
Several soldiers could not help muttering quietly, "What the hell are these things? Did the machine get it wrong?"
"D*mn piece of junk. The military budget was probably swallowed up by those parasites—"
Before he could finish speaking—
"Bang!!!"
The alloy warehouse door in front suddenly let out a loud explosion and bulged outward.
Everyone turned toward the warehouse gate.
In an instant, countless gun barrels were aimed at the warehouse entrance.
"Bang! Bang bang!!!"
Two more consecutive loud crashes rang out.
The door was violently forced open from the inside by Lickers!
The entire alloy door panel was blasted, flying more than ten meters away, knocking over a group of outer perimeter guards who had not managed to escape in time.
Motul’s pupils instantly reflected a bloodied maw filled with sharp teeth.
What kind of monster was that!
In just an instant, dozens of Lickers burst out from the shattered warehouse entrance!
The Lickers transformed into streaks of red shadow, instantly plunging into the outermost layer of guards and attacking with their claws as soon as they got close!
Before the guards could react, their alloy exoskeleton armor was sliced ??apart by the Licker’s claws, sending sparks flying. The exoskeleton armor and the guards were cut in half at the waist and blasted away!
Instantly, blood and flesh flew everywhere among the guards.
Monsters!
"Open fire!"
Motul sucked in a cold breath at the sight, rapidly retreating back behind the Star Alliance soldier squad as he roared, "Open fire! Open fire! Eliminate them!"
The Star Alliance elite soldiers faced a great enemy and immediately pressed the triggers of their beam weapons in unison to counterattack.
The energy beam cannons released a dense web of blue-white beams, forming a tightly packed firepower net that completely covered the entire warehouse entrance area ahead.
"Boom! Boom boom boom boom boom!!!"
The beam weapons continuously exploded upon impact on the Lickers’ bodies!
What the hell!
After a single volley, the soldiers were shocked to discover that the Licker swarm’s speed had not been affected in the slightest. Their exposed muscle tissue glowed with a dark red sheen under the beam bombardment, then quickly returned to normal, leaving not even a scorch mark behind!
"How is that possible!"
Motul’s pupils shrank sharply.
The Star Alliance’s standard-issue energy weapons were top-tier, with enough penetrating power to pierce Grade 3 alloy armor, yet they did not affect these monsters whatsoever?!
Impossible!
In an instant, the Licker swarm charged into the formation of the Star Alliance soldier squad.
Their claws sliced through the air, producing a piercing screech.
The three front-line members wearing Grade 5 exoskeleton defensive armor were torn open like paper. The energy shield generators exploded in a shower of sparks and were instantly destroyed, completely ruined.
What on earth were those monsters?
Motul stared fixedly at the Lickers slaughtering the soldiers, cold sweat seeping down his back.
These were definitely not ordinary mutated creatures.
Energy weapons could not penetrate them, exoskeleton armor could not defend against them, and Star Alliance elite soldiers looked like paper in front of these monsters.
They were not even on the same level.
The adjutant was also startled by the scene before him, his face pale, and he whispered, "Sir... could these things be Seeds of Ouroboros?!"
Motul’s mind went with a buzzing explosion, and his heart suddenly began to pound violently.
That’s right! The Seed of Ouroboros!
The Eternal Disaster.
A terrifying creature swarm that had once destroyed several small galactic civilizations.
Yes.
He seemed to remember seeing it in a video not long ago.
Rumor had it that a certain high-tier form of the Seed of Ouroboros closely matched the appearance of the monsters in front of him.
Skinless exposed muscle tissue, claws carrying extremely powerful armor-breaking effects capable of easily destroying energy barriers, and an extremely terrifying self-regeneration ability.
"Impossible... impossible..."
Motul’s lips were dry.
Weren’t the Seeds of Ouroboros already declared repelled by the spawns and completely intercepted in the outer star domain?
How could they suddenly appear on the Star Alliance main planet?
And even inside their Warehouse No. 18 containment zone?
"Bang!!"
A heavy impact sounded.
What?!
Motul looked up and, in the few seconds he was distracted, a Star Alliance elite soldier in front of him was pierced through the chest by a Licker’s claws, his body thrown into the air, blood dripping down the edges of the claws.
The horrific and bloody scenes triggered the Star Alliance soldiers.
The battle had lasted barely a minute, and the soldiers found their comrades falling one after another beside them.
It was over.
They could not win!
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the Star Alliance elite squad had been lost, and the remaining warehouse guards completely lost their will to fight and began scattering in all directions in retreat.
The containment zone’s defensive line collapsed instantly!
"D*mn it! Run!"
Motul knew they could not hold the line. Grinding his teeth, he turned and ran, sprinting forward with everything he had.
Beside him, teammates kept dying under the Lickers’ claws for being just a fraction too slow. Behind him, terrifying screams continued to echo, forcing Motul to grit his teeth and flee desperately all the way.
Only after entering outside the materials containment area, when he could no longer squeeze out even the last trace of strength, did Motul lean against a wall, gasping heavily, his legs trembling uncontrollably.
He looked back toward Containment Zone No. 18, a faint sense of relief rising in his heart after surviving the disaster.
He had escaped.
Finally...
Without realizing it, his back was already soaked with sweat.