Chapter 6 Cave Exploration

After the battle, everything was back to normal. Although there were a few casualties in the battle, it did not affect the morale of the detection team, and the exploration work began as scheduled, and everyone was enthusiastic about their work. Due to the interference of the information transmitted by the drone that day, the detection team did not know the specific location where the drone disappeared. So the five squadrons began a carpet-like search, trying to find the last trace of the drone.

After three days of searching, the exploration team was so large that it determined the area where the drone finally disappeared, and several elite teams also invested in this area to begin to explore. In the past few days, Chenping has experienced several battles one after another, although his performance is not outstanding, but at least he did not drag the team back, so that everyone in the team gradually accepted him as a newcomer. After a few days of actual combat, Chenping has become more and more familiar with the Beetle II mecha, and can slowly aim and shoot while moving, from the complete deviation at the beginning to two or three out of ten rounds to hit.

There are many deep craters and caves on the meteorite, and more than a dozen caves have been found in the area where the drone disappeared. The Iron Wolf Squad was responsible for detecting the bottomless depths of the cave, and they didn't see the end of the cave for half a day. There are two other squads that act with the Iron Wolf Squad, that is, the "Thunder Troop" composed of those rangers, the original team of thirty people has now been reduced to twenty-three, and in the past few days, there are seven "Mine Travers" who have died, and two of them have died in the operation of this cave.

Chenping's position was in the middle of the team, surrounded by a group of veteran players, which minimized his threat, so it also aroused the resentment of many members of the other two teams. But he didn't care about the resentful gazes of these people at this time, but carefully watched everything in the cave, for fear that something unexpected would happen. Unconsciously, a huge hole appeared in front of everyone, and a layer of silvery-white substance was spread on the ground, glowing with a faint light.

"Oh, is this water?" The gray cat asked curiously as he picked up some silver-white liquid from his mecha arm.

"It's cloudy and there are a lot of impurities, but it's really water. This should be an underground lake! One of the Iron Wolves' team called "Four Eyes" replied.

"Be careful, I wonder if there's anything else in the lake?" Iron Wolf reminded in the transmitter.

"Try it first, and you'll know if it's dangerous!" At this moment, one of the mechs in the other two squads suddenly kicked a boulder in front of them, throwing it into the lake.

Several old mercenaries couldn't help frowning when they saw this, but before they could speak, several tentacles suddenly flew out of the lake, and two of them pierced the mecha that had just thrown stones like lightning. The guy was immediately pierced through the driver's compartment without even dodging, and the signs of life disappeared from everyone's displays in an instant.

"Attack!" I don't know who shouted in a panic, and a round of artillery fire was fired at once, drowning the tentacles sticking out of the lake. It's just that those tentacles were just broken by artillery fire, but more tentacles suddenly stretched out from the lake, and then two more mechs were torn to pieces on the spot.

"Spread out and take cover!" As the sound of the iron wolf sounded, all the people immediately rushed out in all directions, looking for a hiding place inside the cave.

Chenping was always in the middle of the line, so he didn't fire immediately when everyone attacked. At this time, when everyone scattered to find cover, he immediately rushed towards the rock wall on the side and hid behind a large rock. Suddenly, there was an angry shout from beside him, and a humanoid mecha "Heavy Shield Guard" set up a heavy shield and charged, slamming into several tentacles, and the cannon fire on the shield broke out, blowing up more than a dozen tentacles at once. But before the guy had time to rejoice, more tentacles suddenly appeared around him, and he was about to tear it to pieces. Seeing that the mecha that was still majestic just now fell to such an end in an instant, Chenping couldn't help but be frightened.

With a "dang", a part of the Heavy Shield Guard's body fell next to Beetle II. Then a tentacle flew in like lightning and stabbed into the ground, narrowly missing the part. Seeing this, Chenping on the side couldn't help frowning suspiciously, and a strange thought suddenly flashed in his heart. So he stretched out a long foot, slammed the part quickly, and then quickly retracted. With the sound of impact, a tentacle immediately shot at it, stabbing the part right there, breaking it into several pieces.

"Captain, this thing uses sound to determine our location......" Chenhei immediately shouted into the transmitter.

"Stop the attack and hide!" Hearing this, the iron wolf immediately gave the order, and at the same time, after stopping the shooting, he hid to the side.

Hearing the order, everyone immediately ceased fire and hid like iron wolves. Sure enough, although those tentacles were still attacking, they couldn't hit the target at all. After a while, they slowly stopped their attack, swam around the lake for a while, and then retracted to the bottom of the lake. Seeing that his judgment was correct, Chenping breathed a deep sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel a trace of pride in his heart.

"Count the casualties!"

"Captain, five dead. Six more mechs were damaged, but they were still able to move! The mechanical monkey immediately reported.

Just for a while, there have been five mecha buried here forever, and the number of casualties is almost equal to the total number of casualties in the past few days, which suddenly made everyone's hearts sink and unconsciously cast a shadow.

"Use a silencer weapon to attack the rocks on the other side of the lake to divert them, and be careful not to hit the cliff and cause it to collapse!" The Iron Wolf then ordered again.

Ordinary standard mecha are not equipped with silent weapons, and only Iron Wolf and their exclusive mecha will have this kind of high-level equipment. So after hearing the order, there were only eleven mechs that fired, blowing up the shore of the lake next to it, and countless tentacles stretched out from the bottom of the lake and attacked the shore on that side.

"Keep going!" Seeing that these monsters really judged their positions by sound, the iron wolf immediately ordered the team to move on.

However, this time the Iron Wolf's order was a bit uneasy, and the mechs in the two teams that did not attack did not start to act, but hesitated in place. The casualties this time were too high, and they didn't know if there were other threats in the lake, so they didn't dare to move forward directly. Seeing that everyone was not moving, Chenping couldn't help but feel a trace of pride in his heart, he glanced at those who didn't dare to move with disdain, started the jet engine with the lowest sound, and was the first to walk out and fly towards the other side of the lake. Seeing that it was Chenping, a rookie, who was the first to act, everyone couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and the gray cat not far away immediately stopped shooting when he saw this, and was cautiously alert behind Chenping.

There were no accidents along the way, and Chenping and the gray cat crossed the lake smoothly to the opposite side. Seeing this, the members of the Iron Wolf Squad immediately took action, shooting and flying towards the other side of the lake, ignoring the rest of the people at all. But the rest of the other two teams weren't stupid, and when they saw that the artillery fire could really distract the monsters, they also flew towards the other side of the lake. However, most of the mecha of the Iron Wolf squad are exclusive mechas, and their speed is far better than that of ordinary standard mechas, and except for the captains of the other two teams, they quickly left everyone else. And when the iron wolf and the others reached the other side of the lake, they actually stopped the fire at the same time and quietly stayed on the sidelines to watch.

Suddenly, most of the artillery fire stopped, and only the captains of the remaining two teams continued to attack, and the sound of artillery fire suddenly became much quieter. Those who hadn't come here were shocked when they saw this, and one of them even turned on all the engines and accelerated towards the other side of the lake. But as soon as its engine was turned on, several tentacles flew out of the lake like lightning, dragging the mech into the lake. Until the mech was completely submerged, everyone could clearly hear the guy's cry for help.

The guy's recklessness reminded the rest of the crowd that as long as they didn't make too much noise, the mech wouldn't be attacked, so those who hadn't crossed the lake were careful to stay put, using a single engine to continue flying. When they finally stepped on the ground on the other side, the guys breathed a sigh of relief, and then angrily looked at the Iron Wolf Squad and the others. But at this time, the people of the Iron Wolf Squad raised the cannon in their hands at some point and pointed the cannon at the members of the other two teams!

"Keep going!" The iron wolf's cold voice sounded, as if nothing had happened just now.

The personnel of the other two teams were silent for a while, and after a while, they reluctantly gave in, and took the lead in flying forward with the mecha to continue their pathfinding work. Seeing the guys succumb, Iron Wolf waved his hand lightly and told the team to follow.