Chapter 1958 The Deadly Hive
Talos’ words made Soshyan a little confused, so he asked:
“What’s wrong?”
“From Korkri When Ya returned, in order to avoid the red pirate patrol fleet, we deliberately took a long way back from Senglad, where I encountered something, or received some news."
Talos then explained the matter——
"It seems that a riot broke out on a nearby planet."
On the bridge, a bored Cassati sat on a chair with his legs on the railing, looking at a visual transmitter, and a breathless voice came from Brief reports blared from trumpet-like loudspeakers, and the crowd occasionally cheered.
“…the Advocate strike force entered the den of thieves, where…crushed the resistance with overwhelming force, and then…just received word from the 2nd Militia Regiment that a rebel stronghold was occupied by the Emperor The soldiers fell, and the total number of casualties was..."
"When the empire doesn't have riots, it's abnormal."
Taros stood aside, holding a freshly beaten weapon in his hand. Hot coffee, this is not ordinary Reka coffee, but Red Mountain coffee from a distant and wild world. It is an expensive luxury product that can only be purchased in busy trade areas such as the Maelstrom, and only those who stand in the Only those at the pinnacle of imperial power are eligible to enjoy it.
In the picture, the host in a formal dress is standing in a safe place, far away from the tracer fire and explosion smoke behind him. He is neatly dressed and well-groomed, and his humble appearance shows no sign of mechanical modification.
Similar broadcasts are common in the Imperial Nest. They are basically joyful reports of the Emperor's victory, speeches on the doctrines of the Ecclesiarchy, inspiring sermons, and criticism of captured criminals and heretics - in In each case, the officially elected representatives embody pure, non-threatening personnel.
The host looked very natural, but Talos could still tell that in addition to being trained to maintain his appearance under the gaze of the servo skull, this short man also wore a large number of control joint frames and autofocus diaphragms. and skin fluorescent agents.
"...The Empire once again defeated the rebels, praising His glory, no casualties were reported!"
The man waved his arms solemnly at the scene behind him, someone nameless, The town on the lower level of the hive was blown to ashes by a ring of improvised tanks.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Talos frowned. Through the flickering of vague flames, he tried to focus and could make out the small outlines of those crumbling figures struggling to death. They seemed to be children and women. , and is being burned alive.
"….A wave of rebellion, but this is a hymn to the throne of Terra, long live the Emperor! The heroes broke through the obstacles and drove away the filthy heretics..."
"Huh?"
Cassati also noticed something was wrong, he frowned and paused the screen.
"Why do I feel like this hive is so dark? There's no light at all?"
"It's more than that, look."
Talos stretched out his hand and pointed to the edge of the screen, where there were some Men in guard uniforms were rummaging through the pile of corpses.
"Those corpses were as thin as firewood. What did they use to rebel? Teeth?"
"Want to take a look?"
"Well, let's go take a look. I feel like something is happening that we don't know about, and maybe Soshyan doesn't know either."
Soon, the two Thunderhawks broke away from the cruiser and flew towards the planet. They went there without encountering any obstacles on the way, because they carried the signs of the Astral Knights. As for the dozen or so inquiries and greetings from the Planet Governor, Talos ignored them.
Thunder Eagle headed directly for the nest. After entering the atmosphere, he discovered that things were much scarier than he thought. The entire nest, except for the middle and upper parts, had been completely plunged into darkness, as if a huge cave had appeared on the dry land.
Taros then let the Thunderhawk land directly to an unknown area in the lower levels of the hive.
In his opinion, even if the hive city is dirty, backward, and chaotic, it should at least be lively.
But when Talos walked out of Thunder Eagle, he was greeted only by deathly silence.
The wind sighed over the remains of steel, whistling through the rusty pipes, the metal creaked against each other, and the notes rose and fell with the scraping, just like a boring song, with countless ups and downs. The ruins and metal shacks looked like rolling mountains in the darkness.
"What happened? Why does the power in the hive city seem to be interrupted."
Sabrin looked at the silent darkness around him, and a confused voice came from under his helmet.
After Talos was silent for a moment, he said:
"Promethium. Because Angstrom is besieged, they can't get enough promethium."
At this time, Talos had already fainted. I guessed something, but didn't say it.
The team followed him all the way without lighting any lighting equipment. Because their helmets and superhuman vision are enough.
After that, they came to an abandoned station. The steps rose from the piles of debris. As they walked through, the concrete cracked quietly under their feet. The silent song has a deeper tone here, It is as if the elevated railway track were a giant tuning fork, vibrating continuously like a somnambulist humming a tune at night.
"Look -"
Cassati circled the darkness with his hand, and everyone saw a train overturned under the tracks, surrounded by countless dry corpses.
You can imagine the scene at that time. Driven by some kind of disaster or something else, countless people tried to board the last train heading to an unknown place, but the train eventually detached from the track and capsized on the ground. And crushed the layers of broken limbs and broken arms underneath.
Then they continued to move in the darkness and discovered more suspicious things.
First of all, it is still quiet. Not only is there no movement of people, but there is no movement of animals. You must know that the nest has never lacked all kinds of creatures, especially rodents, but here, even rodents seem to have disappeared.
It was as if it had been bombarded by a virus bomb.
Walking to an empty well cellar, Talos squatted down, picked up some light green sludge hanging on the grating with his fingers, and then reached out to get a detector from Alvarez.
Soon, the instrument came to a conclusion.
“Someone used poison gas, but it was not the bioeating virus like the virus bomb, but the nerve gas that the Ministry of Justice often used to suppress.”
“And they also deliberately used the poison gas from The underground pipes were poured in, obviously to kill anyone who might be hiding inside.”
"Company Commander, something has been discovered."
Suddenly, Li Lin's team, who was investigating in the front, sent a message, and everyone immediately moved in his direction.
Soon they came to a main traffic road, which was a three-level expressway with upper, middle and lower levels. Many vehicles were parked on the roadside, and in front of the huge confluence area in front of the passage, countless people were lying densely. Most of the corpses were dried due to the special environment of the hive city and turned into skinny mummies, but you can still see how they struggled before death. From the outline, it can be seen that there are men, women and children.
(End of this chapter)