Chapter 30: Terrible Monsters
A week has passed.
A message circulated in all the settlements of the underground city that there had been a mass manic incident in Settlement 77.
Settlements 78 and 76 have even affected quite a few people.
Then there was a sudden manic situation in the Seventy-Nine and Seventy-Five quarters where people on the entire floor suddenly went berserk.
These rumors were heard at night when people secretly left the room to chat and play cards, and then the rumors spread.
It wasn't until the first day a week later that it was discovered that several people from the residential quarters had not come to the Temple of the Ten Thousand Machines to participate in the ceremony.
Due to the large number of people, the prayer service once a day was changed to once a week, but it is not uncommon not to participate in the prayer service.
There is now a war going on, and people in some settlements are working two shifts a day to produce weapons and ammunition, and they are allowed not to participate in ceremonies until the end of the war.
However, due to the recent strange rumors, it has become very strange that someone did not show up for the ceremony.
But these things have nothing to do with the common people, but for those who are in the order to think about it.
Rumors are still rumors, life is still the same as before, except for the arsenal in Settlement 13 that has been ordered to produce a batch of new equipment.
The new equipment is a flamethrower, heavy armor, and a flaming grenade.
These new equipment did not attract the attention of the people of Settlement 13, although they were extremely rare on the battlefield and had never been installed, but perhaps it was the Prophet's army that wanted to burn the rebels who believed in the Angel of Fire with flames.
However, only the people of the two settlements, Seventy and Eighty, noticed that the passage between them and Settlements 71 and 79 had been severed, and that a large amount of explosives had detonated the passageway, directly blocking the passage with boulders and debris.
In response to this act, the notice given by the Industrial Order was careless during maintenance, while the notice given by the Maintenance Order was that the Industrial Order was expanding without discussion.
A large confrontation broke out between the two congregations, which was broadcast live to everyone and then collected votes on who the people were inclined to.
The bishops of the two congregations even got into a fight.
Attention was drawn to the contradiction between the industrial order and the maintenance order.
……
Early the next morning.
The bruised-nosed Kanta and Rotda walked side by side on the ground, towards the gate of Residence No. 77.
Kanta and Rotda are bishops of the Industrial Order and the Maintainer Order, respectively, and the two men who beat each other yesterday now look amiable.
Whenever they got closer to their settlements, the more Saintforge soldiers there were on the side of the road, and the more fortifications there were.
"Technocler, are you ready?"
Kanta and Rotda walked up to a priest and asked in unison.
"Ready, Lord Bishop." The priest bowed.
Then hundreds of soldiers, armed to the teeth, lined up in front of the two bishops.
Each soldier wore heavy armor, carried a flamethrower in both hands, and had incendiary grenades around his waist and chest.
Kanta looked at the soldiers, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Your officer must have told you the details, yes, there are extremely terrible enemies in Settlement 77, and your task is to suppress these enemies and prevent them from escaping. ”
"The Prophet's army is storming the city and destroying the filthy heretical rebels who have desecrated this beautiful planet, and our mission is to ensure that their conquest continues and that these new enemies do not interfere with them."
Listening to Kanta's words, the soldiers' eyes were determined, and the hands holding the flamethrower were a little harder.
They knew what was going on in Habitat 77 during their previous training, and they knew that if they went in, they would probably not be able to come back.
But it doesn't matter.
In order for Karsk-7 to return to the Empire, and for the Prophet to continue to rain down the wrath of the Prophet against his enemies, sacrifice is due.
"Go open the door." Rotda ordered the priest.
"For the sake of the Myriad Machines, for the sake of Omnisaiah, for the sake of the Prophet!" Kanta raised his arms and shouted.
"For the sake of the Myriad Machines, for the sake of Omnisaiah, for the sake of the Prophet!" The soldiers chanted together.
At this time, a group of priests walked up to the gate and cut the welding rods on the gate with a cutting machine in hand.
"We will burn the enemy with fire!"
"Destroy the enemies who have taken over our homeland and are trying to kill our brothers and sisters!"
"The weapons in your hands will make you invincible."
"Praise be to the God of Machines! Praise be to Omni Saiah! ”
Amid the chanting of Kanta, the soldiers marched in line to the gate.
The welding rod of the gate was cut, and the priests slowly pushed open the heavy door.
The gloomy entrance unfolds into view.
A group of terrifying humanoid monsters covered in pus-covered skin squatted on the ground, gnawing on a bone.
"Soldiers, forward!" The officer drew his pistol and gave a loud order.
The soldiers marched towards the entrance in a steady formation.
Behind them, the heavy door was closed, and the priests re-welded it.
The soldiers turned on their lights and burned the monsters in front of them.
The flamethrower easily incinerated the monsters.
"Keep going!" The officer ordered.
Everyone marched forward in a neat queue.
The road ahead was a downward slope, and when the soldiers reached the edge of the slope, they all froze in place.
At the bottom of the slope is the first floor of a very large living quarter, where the corridor is large enough for the Riemannus tanks to pass.
The first layer was filled with the same terrifying monsters as before, as far as the ocean could see.
When the first monster was dazzled by the light, it looked up at the soldiers, and let out a terrible roar, then all the monsters roared together, and finally swept towards the soldiers like a torrent.
There are even some big monsters that look particularly disgusting, like an oversized reptile with a fat body dragging a fat tail.
The soldiers felt the fear that went deep into their bones, and their bodies trembled, but they chose to move on.
"For the Emperor! For the sake of the god of all machines! ”
The soldiers shouted loudly, overcoming the fear in their hearts with these Supreme Beings.
There are constantly people who are smashed and their armor is gnawed by monsters, but with flamethrowers and incendiary grenades pulled by dead soldiers, they are still able to advance.
Even for every meter of advancement, someone dies.
"I really don't want them to die."
"If you don't clean up as much as possible before the night comes, then these monsters will attack the gate at night, and if the door breaks down, everyone will be finished."
"I know, so I'm not against you."
Kanta and Rotda were outside staring at the horrific images captured by the video recorder carried by the soldiers on the screen, and they could only hope that Chen Mo would return soon.
Or a new batch of Riemannus tanks can be built sooner, after all, all the armored vehicles that can be used in battle have been brought into battle.