Destiny Mission of game 'Star Ring'-Chapter 1517 - 1201: Ambushed (First Update)

Soon they reached an unusually dark passage, where all the lighting facilities were out, and it was almost pitch black.

Karmen and the others turned on their Mecha searchlights. Although they could see clearly in night vision mode, it was relatively better with lights.

Su Mo and the others continued walking along the path.

As they went deeper, they passed through one destroyed metal door after another, twisting and turning into other passages, delving deeper into the Fortress.

It was eerily quiet all the way, without a single sound.

They didn’t see any bodies, only the remnants of some destroyed weapons.

The vast Freedom Fortress was unusually dead silent, giving an eerie feeling.

"Let me check, there’s no air composition at all; it seems the Fortress’s life support system is completely out of order, and the situation is becoming increasingly dire."

Karmen reported to Su Mo. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Got it, let’s speed up to the central control room."

Su Mo replied heavily, knowing well what the life support system’s failure represented.

"Understood!"

The others nodded in agreement.

Not long after Su Mo and the others left, a humanoid shadow suddenly emerged from a distant passage.

A few hours later, under Karmen’s analysis and guidance, Su Mo and the others operated their Mecha and successfully found the central control room.

However, the scene before them made Su Mo’s heart sink.

The entire central control room was destroyed, the control console shattered into pieces.

Karmen stepped forward to inspect, then turned to Su Mo and said, "It’s completely ruined, even the data recording device is destroyed."

"Damn it!"

Su Mo said in a deep voice.

"For now, the only option is to search manually, step by step."

Karmen suggested.

At this moment, everyone looked at Su Mo.

Su Mo was silent for a few seconds, then waved his hand and ordered.

"Spread out and search, if you find anything or encounter trouble, come back to the central control room. Also, set the first search limit to 8 hours. Whether we find something or not, return here before time runs out."

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

Everyone responded in agreement.

With that, Su Mo and eleven others operated their Mecha and gradually spread out.

...

Time ticked by.

An hour later, Su Mo operated his Mecha through a long corridor, arriving at a residential area with iron-structured buildings everywhere.

The density was very high, and each building contained many rooms, resembling pigeon coops.

Overall, it looked very oppressive; if not mistaken, it should be the soldiers’ quarters.

Su Mo observed briefly, then continued guiding his Mecha onward, spotting a relatively shorter iron-structured building with only five floors.

Observing through the outer windows, the building’s room density wasn’t very high.

It probably belonged to the officers.

Su Mo pondered for a while before heading over.

Then, he opened the biological cabin of the V-gen Biological Mecha·Light of Sin Abyss and jumped down nimbly.

At this moment, the creator·Swallower warned Su Mo, "Abandoning the Mecha to search is quite reckless, especially when security can’t be confirmed."

"I know, but I don’t want to miss any clues."

Su Mo engaged in a conversation with the creator·Swallower while entering the building.

Several room doors were open.

Su Mo entered the nearest room, seeing life essentials scattered messily everywhere.

The entire room was eerily silent.

Su Mo rummaged slightly, finding no clues, then moved onto the next room.

After half an hour, when Su Mo reached another room, he suddenly stopped.

He saw a diary on the ground.

Su Mo instinctively picked it up; it was a diary belonging to a Sergeant named Sun Xiaowu.

He carefully flipped through it.

"January 12th, I was selected to join the Federation’s expedition, feeling very honored. However, the only regret is that I wasn’t stationed on Ceres, but allocated to the logistics Freedom Fortress.

.....

"April 21st, after serving at the Freedom Fortress for a while, everything is well, except for the occasional Monster attacks, which fortunately are still within bearable range, everything is fine.

....

Su Mo quickly flipped through, soon reaching crucial parts.

"God, what happened today, Monsters outside went berserk attacking frantically, their numbers were outrageous. Many companions also lost their sanity, starting to madly attack everywhere, we’re barely holding on."

"Eventually, Lord Li Ruiqi issued an emergency order, forcibly sealing off large areas, subduing the irrational comrades, and forcefully activating the Freedom Fortress’s propulsion system, finally escaping that terrifying place."

...

Su Mo realized here, the diary should be documenting the Negative Energy surge event.

The Freedom Fortress seemed to have disappeared during this time too.

Su Mo continued flipping, only to find a few scribbled notes.

"Phew, survived at last, but it seems the situation is getting worse, we seem lost."

"Today’s food ration was so little, had to grit my teeth and endure it."

"I can’t even remember the time anymore; where on earth are we?"

...

Flipping further, Su Mo found the diary to be blank, save for the final sentence.

"I miss home, I want to survive and go back."

...

Su Mo closed the diary, exhaled deeply, then kept it.

The creator·Swallower said to Su Mo, "The situation seems to be getting worse."

"Man does his best, God does the rest!"

Su Mo merely responded calmly.

Next, he headed for the door, and just as Su Mo was stepping out.

"Watch out!"

The creator·Swallower suddenly issued a warning.

Simultaneously, Su Mo sensed danger approaching, as a sharp claw sliced through the air.

Su Mo swiftly pivoted and drew the Heavenly Sin Blade to block!

Crack!

A towering force surged through the Heavenly Sin Blade, impacting Su Mo, who was thrust seven or eight meters back before finally stabilizing himself.

Su Mo promptly adjusted to a combat posture, eyeing the assailant.

Directly ahead, appeared a two-meter-tall humanoid figure, its body covered in black scales reminiscent of Bio Armor, with a hairless head, smooth skin with faint peculiar patterns, deep-set eyes inset with crimson pupils, a mouth brimming with sharp fangs, hands clawed like talons gleaming, and a two-meter-long black tail extending from behind, its entire anatomy dynamically powerful and explosively potent.

"What kind of Monster is this?"

Su Mo asked the creator·Swallower in shock.

Though similar in size to a human, its power was terrifying. Especially considering he now wore the V-gen Bio Armor·Heavenly Punishment, capable of facing off against III-gen Mecha directly.