Chapter 8: The Charr Surface

"Why don't you wear your ghost combat suit, and besides, weishenme didn't bring ghost troops with you for this operation?" In the corridor of the engine room, Renault and Frank walked side by side, both of them were wearing land armor, Renault was very puzzled by Frank's decision, "The ghost force will obviously perform this mission better." He said.

"I want to too! But I'm going to tell you, Jim! They're like living ghost launchers, and their reach to the ground will only attract countless bugs. Frank paused and said. He knew very well how much the Zerg longed for the Spectral Carrier, and because of this, Kelligan was captured, and he was not prepared to use a trace of Psychic Liliang this time when he landed in Char to fight.

"Are you sure?" Renault looked at him in surprise.

"It's true, otherwise I wouldn't be wearing this bulky armor, he has a lot of restrictions on my speed." Frank said. As he spoke, he also shook his land armor, saying that he didn't like it very much.

"It's a good thing you didn't overlook this detail, and if you say so, the ghost troops will not only not be useful to us, but will also cause great trouble." Renault said with another step.

"That's right!" Frank followed.

The two men did not get on the same transport plane, after all, serious consideration and analysis, although the probability is very low, but if this plane is shot down, they will lose two senior commanders, and landing separately obviously reduces this probability.

On the outer wall of the battle cruiser, transport planes were moved horizontally, and inside were fully loaded Ranger ground troops. The air escort formation led by Hovis had sailed out of the battle cruiser, and their task was to escort the landing transport planes.

The first airborne forces began, and on the outer walls of the three battle cruisers, one transport plane after another broke away from the capital ship, and they fell freely under the gravitational pull of the planet Char. Immediately afterward, two red tongues of fire erupted from the tails of all the transport planes, and one after another the transport planes began to sail towards the designated landing point under the escort of the ghost fighter group

The operation did not bring too many people down, just close to about a thousand people, because it was a search and rescue operation. They came to a very famous area, the "Trench of the Dead", where there was a large-scale nuclear bombardment between the Federation and Moria.

The transport plane slowly landed on the surface of the planet, and the volcanic ash flew all over the sky under the fire tongue of the engine, and soon surrounded the transport plane.

No matter what kind of way you look at it, Char is an ugly ash shijie after all. It's so ugly. The Rangers came out of the dust, and everyone looked at this shijie curiously and vigilantly, the silence here was a little terrifying, and the whole planet seemed to have no living creatures except them.

Frank jumped off the transporter, his legs crushed into the ground, and puffs of dust kicked up at his feet, all of which showed that it was a dry shijie. He really didn't like this armor very much, it always made him very uncomfortable, and this feeling came to his mind all the time when he put it on.

"Sir! Give the order! A sergeant major walked in front of him. Salute and say.

"Wait a minute!" Frank looked at the instrument, and the next moment, he opened the skull compartment. "Sir!" This move directly startled the sergeant major. It's Char, hellish shijie. Frank stopped and motioned for him not to be nervous, and he handed him his shotshotgun. The latter quickly took over the firearm.

The next moment, his actions made the surrounding soldiers even more stunned. As several leaks sounded, Frank's armor began to fall off. Soon, there was no longer an iron plate in his body, and a feeling of comfort suddenly came to his heart. "Much more comfortable!" Frank wears an oxygen helmet, and his face is a piece of clear glass, allowing the soldiers to see his features clearly.

"Sir! You," the sergeant chief stopped.

"Xiexie your concern, Corporal! I knew exactly what I was sitting on. Frank took the shotgun from his hand. He didn't mind the intense ultraviolet and gamma rays of the unexpected world shining on his body, and his powerful arms were exposed in the air of Char, and the temperature was at least a few tens of degrees Celsius below zero.

Renault quickly found him, the transport plane was scattered and landed, after landing, the teams were divided into small teams and assembled at the designated place, which they had already deployed before, obviously, they didn't want this group operation, it would be too easy to be exposed, although it was quite dangerous to disperse like this, but the rich and noble were in danger, and the rangers could only fight for one shot.

Looking at Frank's voice, Renault couldn't help but envy: "Damn! I want to be a ghost agent! ”

"Nope! No! No! In Char, the lair of the Zerg, our kind of people are their go-to object of capture. Frank responded.

"Excellent! So, let's get moving! Renault immediately gave an order to his team, "Immediately carry out reconnaissance and map around us, and if luck we can find the swarm, and then find our people without knowing it." He glanced at the sun that had just risen in the sky, and then took a closer look at the ground. Cold and desolate, this piece of ashes can be summed up in this word. As far as the eye can see, there are only rocks and volcanic dust, and in the distance there are columns of smoke, dust, and sparks floating in the sky. It's relatively safe to disperse into squads to scout and draw maps.

Frank was not idle, he immediately shouted through the command band and issued an order to the entire action group: "All personnel disperse in groups, act carefully, do not identify the wrong target." I remember clearly, here we don't just have to watch out for bugs, our old friend Edmund . Duke's people are also near us, don't let them fool us."

Renault took a deep breath as he looked around at the dead ashes around him, the harsh environment around him was already putting a lot of pressure on him. "Hopefully this operation is not a mistake," he said softly.

Renault walked up to Frank and said, "Our team will split into two groups, one led by me and you. ”

Frank nodded, "No problem! I started my search from the northwest. ”

"Stay connected at all times!" Renault didn't talk nonsense, and quickly separated from him with a small team of men.

Frank looked around, seven or eight heavily armed soldiers were waiting for him to give orders, and they couldn't find any adjectives other than the word tough for the man in front of him who was not wearing battle armor, and he was probably the only one in the entire army who dared to come here without wearing battle armor. Just brought an oxygen mask. Although these soldiers were enclosed in the head cover, their appearance was not concealed in his eyes, and he could easily see their faces very clearly through the land armor of these soldiers.

Soon, he pointed to one of the sergeant majors in this squad, who turned out to be a woman, and he asked, "What is it called?" Corporal! ”

"Lisa? Manise. Sir! She immediately saluted and said.

"Good!" Frank took a few steps with a shotgun in one hand and said, "Now you're my lieutenant!" Then he glanced at all the members of the team. He frowned, as if avoiding the sun's rays, and he said, "Haode, GIs! We don't know where they're hiding, and I'm talking about bugs. So, be careful to keep a low profile. ”

"Yes, sir." A group of people brushed the ground and gave a military salute. Frank nodded to Manise, and she quickly gestured, only to see her fiddle with a few gestures. The teams quickly formed in pairs, "Attention to the teams, and don't forget to mark the areas of responsibility on the shared grid coordinates. She said to the crowd.

Frank quickly took in her appreciation, and Manise's first impression was that she was calm and outstanding. Although Frank is in this squad, he has to take care of the members of a large area, not this eight-person squad, so. Manise, the lieutenant commander, does a lot of things in the squad and gives more orders than Frank. The rest of the time, she got everyone moving. The task of each group is to draw a map, and the second and most important task is to search for bugs or friends they want to rescue, a land that is as dead dead and silent as the ashes of the earth as if stepping on the scorched earth of hell.

"How's it going? Jim, you're over there. Forty-five minutes later, Frank was standing on the land, his communicator in one hand and his shotgun in the other, his eyes looking around the gray-black land, the groups around him scattered around him, and Manness's outstanding performance made him have no worries.

"Everything is normal, no Zerg body signals found, we're heading to the next area." Renault's voice soon came from the communicator, and there was nothing but his. "It's the same on our side." Frank nodded, "Let's do it first!" Stay connected at all times. After the communication, he looked towards this piece of ashes, he really wanted to use his mind to inspect the situation underground, and the psychic perspective could penetrate at least a thousand meters underground, but he didn't do it, because he was very jealous of the master, if the master sensed that his lair had such a powerful liliang, what was going to happen next was needless to say, and Kelly was the harbinger.

In this way, he can only search on the surface like an ordinary person, he only knows that the bottom of the land of Char is a mysterious insect-woven ground web, and for the location of Kelligan, it should be the main lair of the Zerg, which should be in a corner of the current foot, but he has not found the exact coordinates.

After another half an hour, something strange happened, and a communication language came into his ears, although it was far away, but it was still very clear.

"Sir, you'd better take a look at this!" The one who spoke was a soldier riding a minecart, and a lot of equipment such as a minecart was also transported, and basically every squad would be equipped with one. Manise quickly followed, and she saw the soldier pointing to a small crack five or six meters below her feet. Manise focused her gaze on the crack, and the gun in her hand did not dare to point at a small crack in the ground. Seeing this, Frank began to walk towards them, and their communication continued.

"It needs to be explored." Manise pointed to the crack and began to examine it carefully. The crack was small, less than 3 feet long, almost perfectly circular, and there was a layer of earth around the hole, which did not look like it had formed naturally.

"Doesn't it look like a vent or a hot vent, or is it an inlet? The dust here is relatively thin, exposing the black rocks underneath. The interior of the cave is rough, but the entrance is as neat as a knife. What could this be a thing? Manise scrutinized it, making assumptions in her mind.

"It's probably a small volcano," the soldier said suddenly, "and this planet is afraid it's all over the place." ”

Manise nodded, "Hmm! Possibly, it seems that we have to be careful when walking. "The Commander needs to be notified!" She pondered in her heart.

"What's the situation? Corporal! Frank's voice came as the thoughts fell in her head.

"Just got something to report to you, Commander!" Manise prepares to salute, but Frank stops and gestures no.

"What's the situation?" He asked. He watched as she pointed to the crack not far away, and then began to talk to her.

Frank stared at the cave while listening to Manise's explanation, and after a while he squatted down, stared at the entrance of the cave and said, "What you said is very correct, but there may also be some underground cave, you must know that there is a huge insect web under our feet, just like a labyrinth, what is the insect web ground web?" Manise understood what he meant. Bugs apparently like to burrow into the ground and live underground. If this cave is really part of the Worm's web, then it is most likely directed to the heart of the swarm, the Zerg's main lair.

Manise glanced at the hole, and Zuihou judged a result, she said, "It's a little small for us, it's easy to get squeezed," she frowned again, "If it's part of the worm's web of earth, but it's also a little too small for most bugs." "Manise has passed through Mar. The Battle of Sarah, the Battle of Antiga, and the Battle of Tasanes, have been fighting against the Zerg for a long time, so I know a certain amount about them.

Frank stood up and shook his head, casually flicking the ash on his pants. He said: "You are right, but there is still a little missing, look at the shape of this opening, think of the body of the jumping insect, this cave is just the right size for the jumping insect." Manise thought about it carefully, and sure enough. She immediately said, "Indeed, this cave may indeed be part of the worm-woven web, and may be able to lead to the center of the swarm. What are you going to do? Commander! ”

"Put a sensor here first." Frank said, looking at Manise again, "We've got to keep an eye on this cave. ”

"Well done. Soldier! He looked at the soldier driving the thunder cart again, and said with a smile, although Frank still looked quite young, he had the air of a leader, and perfectly illustrated in him the fact that the level of ability had nothing to do with seniority. The soldier saluted, and then immediately went to get his bag. Each soldier driving a minecart has sensors that are connected to everyone's communication devices. If a bug crawls out of the hole, everyone will receive a warning signal on the shared online platform

The search continued, and no one was lazy, nor did they dare to be lazy, they knew very well what kind of ground they were treading on, and they had to be on the lookout at all times, because there was a good chance that some bugs would come out of the ground. Frank watched with his shotgun in his hand, but he was more focused on listening to reports from the various squads.

"Found a hole!" It was announced. Then another message came: "It's too small, sensors are being placed." "The rest of the groups had similar results. A number of volcanic craters have been found in the area, most of which show signs of recent activity, and the surface is mottled by volcanic activity.

"I found the bugs!" Someone shouted over the communicator. Frank recognized him as the soldier on the minecart he had seen earlier, and he immediately summoned Manise and the rest to follow, and ran towards the soldier's position. (To be continued......)