Chapter 1 Anomaly

They quickly arrived at an unusually dim passageway, where all the lighting was off, making it almost pitch black.

Kalem and the others turned on their mecha searchlights. Although they could see clearly in night vision mode, having lights on provided a better field of vision.

Su Mo and the others proceeded along the passage.

As they went deeper, they passed through a series of damaged metal doors, turning left and right into other corridors, venturing further into the fortress.

Along the way, everything was eerily quiet, without a single sound.

They didn't see any bodies, only the wreckage of destroyed weapons.

The vast Free Fortress was eerily silent, giving people a creepy feeling.

"I'm running a scan. There's no air composition. The life support system of this fortress seems to be completely out of order. The situation is increasingly pessimistic," Kalem reported to Su Mo.

"I understand. Speed up and head to the central control room."

Su Mo replied with a heavy heart. Of course, he knew what it meant when the life support system wasn't working.

"Okay!"

Kalem and the others nodded in response.

Not long after Su Mo and the others left, a humanoid black figure suddenly appeared in the distant passage.

Several hours later, with Kalem's analysis and guidance, Su Mo and the others piloted their mecha and successfully found the central control room.

However, the scene that greeted them made Su Mo's heart sink.

The entire central control room had been destroyed. The control consoles were smashed to pieces.

Kalem stepped forward to inspect it, then turned to Su Mo and said, "Completely destroyed. Even the data recording devices are gone."

"Damn it!" Su Mo said in a deep voice.

"It seems that we can only use the most primitive method, searching one place at a time," Kalem suggested.

At this moment, everyone looked at Su Mo.

Su Mo was silent for a few seconds, then waved his hand and issued an order.

"Spread out and search. If you find anything or encounter any trouble, gather at the central control. Also, the time limit for the first round of searching is eight hours. Before the time is up, regardless of whether you find anything, return here."

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

Everyone responded.

Then Su Mo and the other eleven people piloted their mecha and gradually dispersed.

...

Time passed bit by bit.

An hour later, Su Mo piloted his mecha through a long corridor and arrived at a residential area, where tall steel buildings stood everywhere.

The density was very high, and each building had a large number of rooms, somewhat like pigeonholes.

The overall look was very depressing. If he wasn't mistaken, this should be the soldiers' living quarters.

Su Mo observed for a while, then continued to pilot his mecha forward. At this time, he saw a steel building that was relatively short, only five stories high.

From the external windows, the room density of this building was not very high.

It should be the residence of officers.

Su Mo pondered for a moment, then drove over.

Then he opened the biological cabin of the V-generation biological mecha, Sin Abyss Light, and jumped out.

At this time, the Creator Devourer reminded Su Mo, "Abandoning the mecha to search is a reckless act, especially when you can't confirm the safety."

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

While Su Mo was talking to the Creator Devourer, he walked into the building.

Many of the room doors were open.

Su Mo walked into a nearby room, which was full of messy living supplies.

The entire room was quiet.

Su Mo searched for a while, but didn't find any clues, so he searched the next room.

Half an hour later, Su Mo stopped when he searched a room.

He saw a diary on the ground.

Su Mo subconsciously picked it up and looked at it. It was a diary of a sergeant named Sun Xiaowu.

He carefully flipped through it.

"January 12th, I was selected to be a part of the Federation Expedition. I feel very honored. However, the only pity is that I was not assigned to the Valley God Star, but to the logistics Free Fortress.

....."

"April 21st, I have been serving in the Free Fortress for a while, and everything is fine. However, the Free Fortress is occasionally attacked by monsters, but fortunately, everything is within the range of tolerance, and everything is fine.

...."

Su Mo sped up and flipped through the pages, and soon saw the key point.

"God, what's going on today? The external monsters are attacking like crazy, and the number is outrageous. Many of my companions have lost their minds and started attacking frantically everywhere. We can't hold on any longer."

"Finally, Lord Li Ruiqi issued an emergency order, forcibly closing a large number of areas, suppressing the companions who lost their minds, and forcibly starting the Free Fortress's propulsion device. We finally escaped from that terrifying place."

......

Seeing this, Su Mo immediately realized that what was recorded here should be the surge of negative energy.

The Free Fortress seemed to have disappeared at this time.

Su Mo continued to flip down, but only saw a few words.

"Phew, I finally survived, but I heard them say that the situation seems to be very bad. We seem to be lost."

"The food we got today is so little, we can only grit our teeth and endure it."

"I can't even remember the time. Where are we?"

......

Su Mo flipped back, and found that the diary was empty, with only the last sentence.

"I miss home. I want to go back alive."

......

Su Mo closed the diary, took a deep breath, and then put the diary away.

The Creator Devourer said to Su Mo, "The situation seems to be getting worse and worse."

"Do your best and leave the rest to fate!"

Su Mo just said calmly.

Then he walked towards the door, but as soon as Su Mo walked out, the Creator Devourer suddenly issued a warning, "Be careful!"

At the same time, Su Mo also sensed the danger coming, a sharp claw broke through the air.

Su Mo suddenly turned around and drew out the Sky Sin Blade to block!

Clang!

A huge force fed back through the Sky Sin Blade and acted on Su Mo's body. Su Mo slid back seven or eight meters before finally stabilizing himself.

Su Mo adjusted his fighting stance as soon as possible and looked at the enemy who attacked him.

He saw in front of him a humanoid body two meters tall, covered with black scales, a bit like a colony armor. Its head had no hair, its skin was bald, and there were faint special patterns. Its eye sockets were deep, with a pair of scarlet eyes inlaid in them. Its mouth was full of sharp fangs, and its claws were like hooks, with a cold light. Behind its butt was a two-meter-long black tail, and its whole body's biological tissue lines were distinct, full of explosive power.

"What kind of monster is this?" Su Mo asked the Creator Devourer in horror.

The body size was similar to a normal person, but the power was so terrifying. He was wearing the V-generation colony armor, Sky Sin. Wearing this set of equipment, he could even fight a III-generation mecha head-on.