After two hours of walking through the garbage dumps and poisonous streams on the lower edge of the hive city, a voice suddenly came over the communicator.
"I saw a light ahead of me."
The team began to slowly expand into formation, advancing extremely cautiously in silence: being discovered by the enemy at this location would be a big trouble. ,
Faith Freddy crouched down, while the warriors behind him crawled forward.
Suddenly, he raised his right arm and clenched his fist without moving. The entire team immediately stopped, motionless in place like ancient stone statues.
Although they have degenerated into Chaos Rebels not long ago, the discipline and martial qualities of the past are still deeply embedded in their blood.
A beam of light shines on the piles of garbage, slowly sweeping from one end to the other.
The emergence of searchlights indicated that they had finally arrived at the edge of the hive, and Faith Freddy used hand signals to instruct Chica to approach the edge wall to collect more accurate information about the situation they were currently in.
Chica slowly and patiently moved forward through the fence made of wire and scrap iron sheets. His comrades beside him still remained motionless in a standby posture.
"According to my visual inspection, the open space ahead is two hundred meters long and fifty meters wide."
Soon, Chica sent her own report.
"There is a guard-equipped firepower point every thirty meters on the city wall, and two teams of guards patrol the area every thirteen minutes."
Faith Freddy brought the entire team back to the shadows, Chica was left to continue to observe and report on the movements of the planetary defense forces, and the other two were sent along the city walls to find weak points in the city's defenses or anything that might be compromised. The offensive opportunity that the squad took advantage of.
They later sent back reports one after another.
Faith Freddy patiently waited for the final report. If the intelligence detected by Bonnie was the same as others, then he would have to plan a new breakthrough plan.
Before the attack, Faith Freddy had obtained quite detailed information about the interior of the nest, including the number of defenders, the layout of the city's defenses, a detailed map of the city, and even the floor plans of the Governor's Palace and the command center.
The original plan was to approach and climb the city walls, then move through the city under cover of darkness before arriving at the meeting point agreed with the informant.
According to intelligence, there is no war or crisis in the Nessen galaxy, and the planet's defense level should be the lowest.
Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by Chica's voice coming from the communicator.
"The city wall... nourishes... I... the sentry tower... nourishes..."
Soon, the sound in the communicator stopped, and Faith Freddy looked at the other team members and learned that they had only received part of the sound.
Then he nodded quickly, signaling his battle monks to take action.
He didn't know where Bonnie was now or what condition he was in. He only knew the direction in which he was leaving.
The team formed an attack formation and flew forward as quietly as possible.
Stealth is not a skill that most Space Marines excel at, especially due to their large stature.
But luckily the rubbish heaps and ruins of shacks provided the team with enough cover, and the noise from the torrential rain made things easier.
"Bonnie, please answer and report your location and situation."
Faith Freddy called into the communicator.
"...Location...Zi...be careful...."
But these were the only responses he got.
When Faith Freddy ordered the team to stop, they had already traveled three hundred meters through the garbage dump.
He motioned for Chica to try making contact again.
"Bonnie, please answer. Report your location and situation."
Bonnie still didn't answer. The red pirates waited for a while, but still didn't respond.
Faith Freddy felt vaguely uneasy. This was the first obstacle he encountered - one of his team members was missing. He wanted to know the reason, but he couldn't send more people to look for it, that would affect the execution of tasks.
He looked at the steel jungle in front of him, trying to find a mark, or any clue that could indicate what happened to Gilead.
This place is no different from the ground floor of most hives. There are random shacks and antennas everywhere. Maybe they are what makes communication difficult.
"Communication... disconnected... end... is... returning..."
Suddenly, Bonnie's voice came from the communicator again.
"Understood, we have moved to your location and will wait for you to return."
A few minutes later Bonnie emerged from the darkness and rejoined the team.
"what have you found."
Faith Freddy asked with concern.
"There is a large factory ruin over there that has not yet been cleared, and it happens to be right next to the city wall."
"How wide?"
"At least one hundred and seventy-five meters, sir, or maybe wider, I scouted a hundred and fifty meters into it, and then I realized I had lost comms, so I came back to report."
"Good job, Bonnie."
Faith Freddy stroked his chin and turned away from Bonnie.
"It looks like there's something wrong with you, sir."
Chica noticed the confused look on Faith Freddy's face.
"Sir, you must be wondering why this detail of the city wall was not mentioned in the intelligence."
Bonnie speculated from the sidelines.
Then Faith Freddy shook his head and put away unnecessary thoughts.
"The guessing time is over, brothers, no matter what the reasons are, they cannot stop us from completing the mission and continuing to act!"
The team moved to the heart of the uncleared factory, where positioning became easier, and the noise from the torrential rain masked other sounds, providing the team with a fixed reference point.
At the same time, because they no longer have to work hard to hide their figures, they can move through the ruins faster.
Now Faith Freddy needs to decide how to get into the city.
Breaking down the city wall by force was not within the scope of consideration. He originally planned to scale the city wall. Completing such a task was quite easy for a Space Marine.
Although the defenders on the city wall are no match for them, taking action forcefully will put them at great risk of being discovered. In this way, they will have to face the entire city, and at the same time, they will alert the enemy and let their target know the Red Pirates' plan in advance. arrival.
After five minutes, Faith Freddy ordered the team to stop for a short rest, and he once again began to observe the terrain of the hive.
Then Chica grabbed his forearm with her hand.
Faith Freddy thought he was going to say something, but the other party just turned around extremely slowly.
"We've got company, sir, something's moving through the ruins."
He pointed in the direction of the city walls.
Faith Freddy didn't see anything at first, but eventually he caught a glimpse of something moving through the rubble and dispatched them, nodding to the rest of the team to prepare for the enemy attack.
Everyone threw away their weapons and drew out their swords. Even with the noise of the heavy rain as cover, it was unwise to make gunfire so close to the city defense troops.
No matter who comes, they must be dealt with with fists.
Suddenly, a ragged man rushed out, and Faith Freddy raised his sword to prepare for these unknown visitors.
When he noticed that this was just a mortal, the sword had already drawn a fatal arc very quickly, completely cutting off the man's head.
The headless body lost its center of gravity and fell into the mud, still twitching on the ground with blood splattering on it.
At the same time, seven or eight scavengers in tattered clothes and armed with simple sticks also emerged from the dark corner.
When they saw the corpses on the ground and the tall figures wearing cloaks in the rainy night, fear and panic immediately dominated the minds of these scavengers, and drove them to turn around and dig into the ruins, trying to quickly escape from the horror that brought them pain. exist.
Faith Freddy suddenly noticed that one of them was running away towards the city wall, and immediately chased after him.
He didn't want these guys to be discovered by the guards.
Soon, the red pirate caught up with the opponent, and then split it into two pieces with a knife without making any sound.
