Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 11. Even a simple mission like this requires vigilance
It turns out that the thing we have to deal with is not some underground worm or a living thing with sharp limbs that can cut through steel.

Instead, they are some worms that are difficult to describe. Their body length is generally about ten meters. They move slowly, but they can spit out some indescribable biological acids.

This liquid will slowly corrode metal and stone if it comes into contact with them, and if it is poured on your body, you can imagine what will happen.

Sefer stood in the crowd, holding his weapon in both hands, assessing the combat effectiveness of the mercenaries advancing in the cave ahead. He found that they seemed to be completely inferior to the one in the pirate car before.

Although the man had very few weapons and equipment, they were quite sophisticated and his combat response was extremely quick. He just misjudged the nature of the enemy and ended up getting beaten.

Up to now, it is still unknown whether it has affected the layout of some "big shots". After all, it is still a question whether Seifer has been in this world for a whole day.

The mercenaries advanced very quickly, and with the roar of gunfire, the worm-like monsters did not offer any decent resistance. They began to twitch while spewing acid, and finally fell to the ground.

The death of their companions did not cause any reaction from the worms nearby. They continued to spray pungent acid - Cypher could not smell it, but he observed that some mercenaries covered their noses and retreated.

Walking behind the huge team, he saw workers driving engineering vehicles and construction vehicles to wash away the mucus on the corpses after confirming that the worms were dead.

Then a tracked chassis came up, with a bulky fully enclosed cockpit and two arms... Yes, you read that right, it was a tracked robot with arms.

Its paint is mottled and has an old bright yellow hue. The left arm is a pair of pliers, and the right arm is a pneumatic pile driver. It seems to be specially placed to break through the rock wall and remove large pieces of stone.

Tracked humanoid machine - in Sefer's common sense, this kind of thing can only saw wood, but he didn't expect that the people here would use it as an engineering unit.

The production material may be different from the engineering steel you imagined. If this thing is not expensive, would you like to get one to study it?
While he was thinking, he saw that the worm corpses had already filled a whole truck and were being transported back. Seifer couldn't help but ask the workers curiously what the corpses were used for?

Seeing that the muzzle of the mercenary's gun was still emitting a little heat, the worker enthusiastically explained that although worms are harmful, they can provide a rich source of protein.

But be careful of the worms...

The advance in front was suddenly blocked by a loud explosion, followed by more intense gunfire. Sefer looked for a long time and found that the place where the sound came from had a hole with a diameter of three or four meters compared to the previous one.

There are collapsed rocks under the cave, and the power is like being bombarded by artillery...ah?

"I just told you, that bug can make a blast."

The workers wiped their sweat. Working at this hour was considered excessive overtime for them. "You guys fighting in the war are facing guns and cannons every day, right? The bugs are eating the ore, and then they'll explode."

The man's spoken language was a little difficult to understand. After thanking him slightly for his answer, Seifer moved forward with his gun and soon arrived at the front line of the battlefield.

There are endless worms, and not all of them are useful - those that have eaten too much ore and spit out strange energy balls instead of acid, which can explode with the force of mortars and will implode when they die.

Worms that are close to it will also be turned into completely irrecoverable meat paste under this worm bomb. To be honest, the scene is quite disgusting.

The slime on the worms' skin is disgusting.

Fortunately, Sefer didn't need to eat, so he didn't have to worry about his plate becoming a mess.

The communication channel was filled with mercenaries' disgust at the bugs. Some even complained about why so many of them suddenly appeared. They didn't expect to dig into a bug nest...

This made Sefer a little alert.

From a common sense perspective, if any local species (non-human) suddenly riots, it means that something more threatening has become active, forcing them to start fleeing.

So what exactly makes these worms rush to near-surface space in such a hurry?

Cypher held the weapon in his hand steadily. Even if the worms were as big as cars, he could always accurately find the weak openings on their fronts and feed the ammunition into their mouths.

The ammunition required to attack the bugs he attacked was far less than that of other mercenaries - not to mention that some mercenaries simply used howitzers.

Not only is the sky filled with slime, but there is also very little that can be recycled.

Such behavior will result in less money being awarded by the mercenary support system, but no one seems to care... I'm just sitting around in the city doing nothing during the day, so I might as well take advantage of anything I can get.

There are so many worms, it doesn't matter even if some of them are blown up... This idea became more and more firm as the group of mercenaries advanced through the deformed and twisted natural rock caves.

The threat indicator in front of Cypher only showed those worms. Apart from that, the energy readings between the rock layers were also normal. There was no reason for these worms to rush out in droves.

Subsequent workers began to build a channel, and the city contacted the mercenaries again and informed them immediately that the worms must be cleared up.

Just as the mercenaries began to complain, the next notification immediately blocked out the noise.

Because Abian Company said that all ammunition and equipment consumption would be reimbursed by the company. The most expensive items were covered by the company, so what was there to worry about? They were just a bunch of worms and rotten fish. First, muster up the courage, and then say "Go!"
A group of mercenaries, encouraged by the free ammunition, immediately pressed forward, even taking out a bunch of explosives they had been searching for just now...

Cypher didn't follow up immediately, firstly because he didn't have any hidden weapons, and secondly... there was a slight vibration coming from the threat scanning module.

This feeling is like throwing a stone into a lake, and ripples are spreading out, but I am too far away from the ripples to feel them yet...

But the impact is already here.

Cypher's mind seemed to expand in an instant. He turned his head and said, "This is a trap. Abandon ship!"

"What are you talking about?"

That's too late.

When the mercenaries who were busy cleaning up noticed that the ground beneath their feet began to shake slightly, a low roar like thunder suddenly came from the entire cave.

Seifer turned around and ran without caring about anything, but unfortunately his reaction was not fast enough - the roar gradually became like the sky falling, and in this underground space with only one exit, the huge fear was even more difficult to suppress.

Various screams were heard one after another, but these sounds were so small in the rolling cracking and collapsing rocks. Even Sefer, after climbing several unstable rocks in succession, was unable to keep up with the speed of the collapse and fell with it.

He only had time to yell "Shit!" in his heart before the rolling rocks fell deeper into the ground, but Seifer didn't feel much fear in his heart.

Is it because he knows that he will be reborn in the car after his body is destroyed, or is it because after becoming a robot, he no longer feels afraid?
He wasn't quite sure, and it might take him some deep thought to notice it, but from his perspective, the scope of this collapse was much larger than the people at the scene imagined.

The entire edge node city could feel the bursting energy. The blue light produced by the friction and compression of rocks filled the entire underground, and the dust blown by it was filled with rich light, directly enveloping the entire city.

Fortunately, the collapsed area was a new area under development and did not affect the city itself, but... after the roar that almost collapsed the entire underground space and even almost brought down the dome, the management fell silent.

The entire ground in the developing urban area has completely collapsed, and its depth is impossible to fill or explore without large-scale construction machinery.

Moreover, the concentration of energy is too high now, so it is not suitable to use machines with too high engine output, otherwise it would be a pure waste of money if it explodes inside.

At this point, we can only wait for the activated energy to stabilize and the city's stability to improve before carrying out rescue or search operations.

But the city management people did not do nothing at all - they sent people to deploy a large number of high-power transceivers outside the already quiet collapse area.

If there are still survivors down there, we can probably contact them.

Compared to the city management team who had some considerations, the mercenaries were more direct. Without waiting for the energy to dissipate, the teams that sent out novices to practice immediately began to prepare for rescue.

After the supplies and rescue equipment were prepared, a large group of people ran towards the collapsed area with the blue light in front of them.

Back to Cypher, he had already prepared himself for the huge impact when he landed - he even thought about asking the mechanics to give him some new physical characteristics when he returned to the car.

For example, feet that can spray fire, or the useful jet waist pack used in the previous vision.

However, none of this happened. He only felt that as he fell, the dark blue light around him gradually became brighter, and even the pitch-black underground became as bright as day.

It's like jumping into a nuclear reactor...

This thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and Seifer felt as if the world was turning upside down. If it weren't for his mechanical body, he probably would have vomited violently.

Lying on the ground, feeling the subtle shaking and roaring beneath him, he suddenly realized... No, this was not the bottom of the collapsed pit!

He immediately turned over and got up. When he looked up, he saw that he was in a narrow and cramped metal house. A dim light shone through the layers of shelves, but it did not look warm.

It's the light.

Seifer immediately walked out of the shelf. He heard a low roar and running sound that sounded quite familiar. In order to confirm that his feeling was correct, he looked around.

Then, he quickly walked to the 'wall' of the mobile device and looked out of the circular window with three layers of glass.

Heavy snow was falling, and under the leaden grey clouds, the dark silhouettes of mountains were slowly passing by, and where he was... was a huge rail train that was running non-stop!

Is this... a vision?

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