In order to ensure that reinforcements could be provided at any time, Matt chose to continue to moor the ship near the space station, while trying to make contact with the ground through the communication keys he had received from the local population when he left, and using the ship's optical and electronic cameras to obtain as much surface intelligence as possible at orbital heights, especially those gray plots that were obviously abnormal.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Matt decided to first try to drop a group of assault troops on the ground to investigate the field. According to the footage captured by the camera, there are obvious traces of insect activity on the gray plot. Although the photos are not particularly clear, it is clear that a large number of low-level Alien units are operating on these plots, and it is clearly not wise to drop troops directly into these areas. On the other side, Matt found the location of the surface starport, which was actually the location where they first came here to unload the refugees, who presumably built this place directly into a simple surface starport to transport supplies and personnel.

It is not covered by the grey plot and there are signs of human activity. Matt decided that it would be better to at least try his luck in this place than to run around like a headless fly.

At this time, the commando team led by Renault had already cleared the alien units on the outer layer of the space station. Many of the Alien units they fought with were alienated combatants from infected humans, which meant that the Swarm Virus that had once wreaked havoc in Meinhof had once again erupted in Haven.

"I've long said that it's probably not good to get along with those farming people." Tykes snorted and didn't speak again.

News of the Swarm virus was sent back to the Hubelion by Renault, who told Matt to make sure everyone was safe, he didn't want to see it spread on his ship.

As they got deeper into the station, the obstruction from the Alien units became more ferocious and frequent, and on several occasions they nearly wiped out the commandos. After all, Renault does not have a creature like a ship that cannot be measured by common sense, and fighting in a narrow and confined environment like a space station in some cases, the only thing that can be relied on is combat experience and training in peacetime, and the equipment on his body can play a role in addition to allowing them to survive in a vacuum environment, and the role it can play in combat is also very limited.

After several blockages, Renault decides to turn to Tosh and his ghosts to help clean up the station. With the addition of psionic units, the cleanup speed has become significantly faster. But just as they were about to advance to the core of the station, the corridor lights in the station's corridor suddenly flashed red, and an emergency communication from Matt forced them to quickly turn around and flee - the station was activating its self-destruct device.

A very practical old routine, a common means of burying evidence. As long as they don't want to be blown to pieces with the space station, they must immediately turn around and evacuate as quickly as possible. I don't know which guy who lacks virtue will install a self-detonation device in the space station, and I'm really not afraid that the space station will malfunction one day and blow up the entire colony's communication center.

In any case, when the space station was destroyed by a violent explosion, the thread was completely broken.

On the other side, the commandos sent by Hyperion to the surface reached the surface without any hindrance, and cleared the surface of the alien units roaming in the surface starport, established a landing zone, and then requested reinforcements from the ships.

Renault, who returned to the ship and looked dejected, ordered another battalion to be sent to the surface to ensure the complete safety of the landing area. And ordered the battleship to descend to low altitude and descend to low earth orbit, so that they could see the surface situation more clearly.

The situation on the ground is indeed not as good as it could be. In the surface starport, codenamed "Alpha", the commandos found only ruins and corpses, and no living creatures except for wandering insects. The journal found in the control room of the starport gave them some clues—they had received an order from the Executive Council a week earlier to close the starport and deny access to anyone, as well as a state of emergency announcement for the entire Haven colony.

The Star Port side did not know the reason for the committee's actions, but chose to do so anyway. In fact, there is no one else in Starport except for the cargo ships that come and go. However, the day after the order, they found a group of civilians approaching the starport, and the starport sent a patrol team to demand that they turn around immediately, and inform them that the starport was closed. However, the two marines who were responsible for guarding the civilians demanded immediate clearance from Starport, saying that the alien insects had invaded the planet and that they had to evacuate the place as soon as possible.

The head of the Star Harbor tried to contact the Executive Committee after learning of the incident, but several attempts were unsuccessful, indicating that the Committee had lost contact. Under the repeated urging of the other party, the starport side decided to let them go, and arranged for the refugees to be sent to the space station on a small cargo ship, and the space station was responsible for sending them to other safe planets.

The news brought by this group of refugees caused a certain panic in this starport, and some people began to pack their things in advance and prepare to flee the planet at any time. Before the panic spread, Starport received an email from an organization called the "Emergency Committee", which had to strictly abide by the orders issued by the Executive Council and refuse any communication or mail from anyone or organization other than them. When questioned about their identity, the other side only stated that they were the "Emergency Committee", an emergency response body established after the disappearance of the original Executive Council, and they are now trying to integrate the remaining living forces on the planet to ensure that everyone survives as much as possible.

When asked about the current state of the planet, they said they didn't know either. All they knew was that the swarm had invaded the planet, and that most of the planet's main strongholds had been infected by the swarm virus they had encountered in Meinhof, but not all of them had been tricked, and they were sure that there were still a significant number of survivors. In order to prevent the swarm virus from continuing to spread, they once again stressed that no one must be allowed to leave, and no one should contact anyone or organization except them, the details of this swarm virus are still very vague, no one knows how long the incubation period will be, and what kind of manifestations it should have, and any normal human may be a carrier of the virus.

They immediately thought of the refugees they had sent to the space station. In a panic, the starport sent a communication to the space station, but the space station did not respond......