Chapter 219 Choice
“We are not ordinary criminals.”
The insulated suit made her voice muffled, but she could tell that she was an older woman.
“Angels of the God Emperor’s Mercy, we are all family members of spaceport officials, and we implore you to help.”
“She said they are family members of spaceport officials?”
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Sosh Yang asked Sol, his voice filled with surprise.
"She wanted to be released."
Thor walked out of the darkness and peeled off the insulating suits of the corpses on the ground. As a result, the soldiers discovered that these were aliens.
“It seems that what she said is true.”
Thor turned to the man in the cage and asked:
"Do you know why they kidnapped you."
"Yes, they want to use this to blackmail our husbands and children and make them betray the empire."
"What kind of conspiracy?"
“We don’t know either, they just imprison us here and provide us with basic food every day.”
“Who are you?”
Saul paid attention. Besides the old man, there was another person in the cell, a boy.
He shrank back, his eyes widening behind the dim viewing window of his insulating suit.
"I am Marita, the former stationmaster of the airport transfer station."
The woman said, putting a hand on the boy's shoulder.
“And this is my grandson, Nick, whose father is the current webmaster.”
The boy raised his head and looked directly into the angel's dark eyepieces and indifferent gaze.
"Those monsters ran into the house at night and caught my grandma and me in this hot place. The food was not delicious at all and the water smelled bad."
Then the boy said a little He complained awkwardly.
"Grandma always said that the God Emperor will save us, Uncle Ironhide, are you sent by the God Emperor?"
In the communication channel, someone laughed, Sosh Yang guessed that it should be Armin.
Thor didn't respond, just walked away from the cage silently.
They then had a short discussion.
“This is unreasonable.”
Saul was the first to express his opinion.
“They can directly control these people with infection, there is no need to go to such great lengths to kidnap them so deep underground.”
"Maybe there is another purpose?"
Soshiyang tried to analyze.
“These are the family members of airport officials. Maybe they are preparing a way out for themselves, but... indeed, it is enough to be infected directly.”
As he said that, he looked back Take a look at these prisoners.
“Could they have been infected?”
"Maybe."
Thor nodded slightly.
“The best solution is to wait until the situation here is understood, and then let the Legal Department take over the inspection.”
“But if they are not infected, abandoning them is not... ”
Suddenly, Armin’s voice broke in.
"Even so, we don't have the energy to take them with us. It's safer here."
Armin then fell silent.
After making the decision, Soshiyang walked to the prison and said in a deep voice:
"We are performing an urgent mission and cannot take you with us. You will stay here first. Someone will come to save you after the mission is completed."
"Angel! Don't abandon us!"
There were dozens of prisoners in nearby cells, and they started shouting and making noises, getting as close to the cell grid as their courage allowed.
"I understand the difficulties of all adults..."
The old man pushed the child forward. "At least Nick he-"
"I'm sorry."
Before Soshyan could finish, there was a crackling sound and the alarm stopped.
The silence lasted only for a moment.
With a burst of rock bed collapse, part of the stone chamber wall fell down, lava rushed through the cracks, and the hot and dazzling jets hit the exposed ground and spread quickly.
At this time, Soshiyang realized the true source of the burning heat.
The alien guided the magma nearby, forming a self-destruction system.
"Anti-jailbreak device."
Saul ran and said calmly.
"Someone triggered it."
"Let's go."
Sosh Yang gave the order through the team channel. He had no time to convince others with reason.
The prisoners began to scream and moan as they found themselves abandoned, but the Space Marines fell on deaf ears.
The magma here spreads rapidly, and more and more rock walls on both sides begin to collapse, flowing into the shining flow of heat and lava.
When the lava flow arrived, the screaming reached its peak and even the insulated suit began to burn.
Soshiyang walked at the end, and he heard the cries, prayers and curses clearly. Armin also wanted to connect to private communication several times, but he refused.
Suddenly, he stopped, turned around, and stepped through the scalding heat.
The current on the cage had been extinguished due to a short circuit. Soshiyang tore open the mesh door with his bare hands and reached out to the boy crying in his grandmother's arms.
“I won’t go anywhere without grandma!”
The boy shrank and shrank, but the old man pushed him out.
"God-Emperor's blessing, thank you for your mercy."
Soshiyang silently grabbed the boy with one hand, then turned around and started running.
The rest of the team had already headed for the stairs, and the prison quickly turned into a hell. Everything was burning, including the people in the cage, and turned into screaming candles.
Sosh Yang did not look back at this scene. He held the boy under his arm with one hand and started climbing with the remaining hand.
Soon, they escaped from this hell.
Saul did not ask Sosh Yang why he did this, and no one else questioned it.
Armin was relieved a lot, and now he was responsible for protecting the boy until he returned to the ground.
The team was gradually ascending, and the dim tunnels they passed along the way seemed to have been abandoned. Then they climbed up narrow stairwells and passed through increasingly low and crowded tunnels and rail locomotive lines.
Afterwards, they returned to the familiar mining area and found that the target was close at hand.
The mines here are cold and humid, which is very consistent with the characteristics of underground rivers flowing through them.
Just when Soshyang breathed a sigh of relief to be back on the right path, there was a sudden violent explosion in the tunnel where they were.
A wave of mud and rock crashed into the ten Space Marines, striking their armor and smashing them into the wall on the other side.
Armin reacted in an instant. He grabbed Nick and pulled him to his left, protecting the boy with his body.
Fortunately, the power of the explosion was not particularly strong and did not cause substantial damage. However, when Soshiyang gained a foothold, the ambushers came to cover him up.
Wearing breathing masks and miner's garb, they rush towards the Space Marines with morbid enthusiasm, eyes wide behind the respirator's eyepiece.
Laser cutters, impact drills and even simple one-handed mining picks are wielded in their hands.
But what concerned Soshyang even more was their war cry.
"For the Shadow! For the Lord of Crows!!"
Mortal opponents would probably fall to the ground and wait for death under the impact of the explosion, but they were facing Space Marines. Even if they were at the center of the explosion, they would not be able to survive. Never been intimidated in the slightest.
So Shiyang pulled out his Holy Flame Sword and said only one word.
“Kill.”
(End of this chapter)