When Faith Freddy rejoined his team, he was told that the battle had ended quickly and that there were seven mutilated corpses lying on the muddy ground.
"Is anyone hurt?"
"We are all unharmed, sir."
Chica replied with a smile.
"But we found some interesting stuff. After the battle, I asked Bonnie to follow the scavengers' path and investigate their lair to see if there were more guys there. He found something, I think. We should go investigate."
In just a few minutes, they arrived at the point of contact between the ruins and the city wall.
At that moment, Faith Freddy couldn't believe the sight before him - wall bricks and earth blocks were scattered everywhere on the ground, as well as various primitive tools.
"They're digging a tunnel into the city."
Faith Freddy said in surprise.
"Not quite."
Chica responded, walking into the gaping hole in the wall and removing the foliage and rocks the scavengers had used to hide their work.
What appeared in front of Faith Freddy was an ancient metal hatch.
"Looks like these poor buggers found this sewer hatch under the city wall."
"It seems to me that they have almost finished... We must have been too close to them just now and disturbed their work. That's why they attacked us."
Faith Freddy surmised, then waved.
"Brothers, it looks like we have found a breaking point!"
Twenty minutes later, Faith Freddy stood in the alley near the intersection.
Since discovering the sewer hatch, he and his team crawled along the sewer tunnel for a long time until they finally discovered a network of sewer pipes that looked abandoned.
They found a hidden well along the sewage pipe and climbed to the ground without anyone noticing.
They had discovered other hidden wells before, but the area above those hidden wells was not remote enough to provide sufficient cover for them to hide their whereabouts.
As soon as they emerged from the sewers, they immediately hid themselves in alleys or along the streets.
Occasionally, a few citizens passed by, but basically saw nothing, or they were too drunk to care about who was hiding on the roadside.
They quickly ran past a huge bulletin board next to a building, where a woman with a slender face was seriously writing down daily important matters: the day's prices, the results of sports competitions, the local security situation, and discussing support for the Star Boundary with the Governor. Article on the Importance and Necessity of Knightly Chapters.
Soon, they came to the entrance of a brightly lit street. Luminous decorative panels were hung along both sides of the street, and various private vehicles were parked everywhere.
They could see various gang members gathering here, drinking, fighting and abusing each other.
If it were six ordinary big guys, it would not be easy for them to hide their bodies and run along the street in this situation. However, for six space warriors - even if they have fallen, this is actually an easy task to complete.
Faith Freddy scanned every dark spot on the street, searching for anything that might give away their whereabouts.
"Spectral cycle scan."
Afterwards, he whispered a command, and the optical equipment in the helmet began to operate, switching according to each wavelength in the spectrum, showing Faith Freddy a clear image of the street.
But he also knew that no matter what the machine showed him, it could be interfered with by the enemy's cunning technology.
In order to achieve concealment, they all wore black robes over their power armor.
Faith Freddy then took off his helmet, clipped it to his belt, and instructed the rest of the team to do the same.
The advantage of this is that if questioned then they have a slight chance to defend their size, but their helmets will be another nuisance.
Faith Freddy's originally curly red hair was soaked with sweat and stuck to his forehead. The alertness in his eyes was completely inconsistent with his martial appearance.
"Bonnie, find the best route to get to the Golden Bull Inn."
The Taurus Hotel is their destination. The owner of the hotel is actually a pirate leader who sells stolen goods. He will provide the Red Pirates with a detailed entry and exit schedule for the recent Astral Knights Chapter fleet, and arrange for them to sneak into the planet's ground control center. route, where they will gather further intelligence to prove that the Malevolent Divine Power has indeed been captured by the Astral Knights.
Bonnie immediately activated the soothsayer detector silently and presented the city map on the display screen - although the interference damaged some of the detector's sensing elements, it could still display the city map they had obtained before.
After Faith Freddy received this mission, he carefully reviewed every piece of information he could collect about the humans in this world.
The more detailed he knew about the planet and its capital, the better he and his team would be able to formulate a plan of action.
Unfortunately, like the history of most planets, gathering information has become very difficult due to changing times and human neglect.
However, by searching in the Adeptus Mechanicus' database, he discovered some ancient plans for Somus Hive.
Armed with these drawings, along with other historical documents, Faith Freddy was able to piece together a basic picture of the city's structure.
Soames is the capital of Nessen IV and humanity's first foothold in the world.
What's unique about it is that it is built on a mountain, and the upper level of the mountain, known as the Governor's Palace area, was where the first human colonies were located, and is now surrounded by the underlying hive. The wall surrounding the middle-level hive city is the initial city wall.
As the colony continued to struggle with the planet's natural environment, the colony began to expand, and the residents retained the original city walls and built new districts around the old city.
The city continued to expand along the mountain.
In other words, Soames Nest City is a city built from the top down, which is extremely unique even among the many worlds in the empire.
In subsequent history, successive governors did not destroy the buildings in the old city, but ordered them to be whitewashed and used as offices for the planetary interior ministry, defense forces, and any other government agencies they deemed important.
The entire old city is separated from the new city in almost every aspect: it has its own power supply equipment and waste conversion equipment, as well as large reserves of drinking water and food.
This meant that even if it was under siege, the Old Town could hold out for quite some time.
The Golden Bull Hotel is located in the old city, so they must pass through the ancient old city wall.
"The patrol force at the southeast entrance is the weakest, with only a small number of guards equipped with light firepower responsible for security."
"Very well, take everyone there. Remember, our mission is to infiltrate, discover and investigate the target, and then evacuate. I don't want to alarm the entire city."
Bonnie once again stood at the front of the group and began to move forward in the shadows, Faith Freddy and the rest of the team following behind him.
As the team advanced along the street, they did not notice a figure standing on the roof of a residential building on the street looking at them.
The man hid his figure in the shadows, and his entire body was wrapped in an unnatural darkness.
When he saw the Red Pirates' team turning the corner, he raised his hand to his mouth.
"The fish has been hooked. There is no doubt. If nothing happens, they will arrive in the old town in about two hours. Make sure everything is arranged properly. We must send greetings to our guests that match their status. I will meet you soon."
After sending the message, the mysterious watcher turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
