I Am the Swarm

"Tick tock... tick tock..."

The groundwater flowing down from the cracks in the rocks above drips to the ground along the stalactites. A team of about 30 people is advancing carefully in this underground cave passage. One or two tactical flashlights are installed on both sides of their helmets. Dozens of beams of light illuminate the dark underground passage brightly. The shadow of a stone pillar has a strange sense of terror.

However, this team is the elite of the elite, so naturally it will not be affected by this environment.

"Captain, do you know what we are looking for?" asked a guard wearing a heavy protective suit.

The captain of this team is the familiar Sergeant Hasim, who was ordered to lead his team to check the suspicious underground cavity.

"Search for all suspicious targets." Sergeant Hasimu said concisely, but it may be that his character is like this, and he is not really ruthless, otherwise he would not answer these questions from his subordinates at all.

"Captain, tell me, you must be more informed. We searched on land for seven or eight years, but found nothing. The big guy thought he could rest, but he didn't expect to search underground again."

"Yes, captain, when will this search be done?"

"When can I go home?"

"Has the captain signed a non-disclosure agreement?"

There were chattering voices from the team members on the communicator, and Hasimu was also a little dizzy. He interrupted everyone's voices irritably, and said, "Actually, there is nothing that needs to be kept secret. After all, everyone is so far away from home now. Even if there are spies or something among you, before you go back, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope. Even if you get the news, the news cannot be sent back without the captain’s authorization to use the intergalactic communication device.”

Hasimu was also suffocated, otherwise he would never be able to say so many words.

"As for what to look for, I really don't know. Because even the captain is not sure. Maybe it's an underground civilization or some kind of monster."

"Monster?"

"I know about civilization. That's why we came here. Why are we replaced by monsters now?"

"Could it be that those nuclear radiations were produced by monsters?" There were some smart guards who already had some guesses.

"Wow, isn't that kind of thing only in movies?"

"I can join this plan, even if I am a guard, I have received higher education. Captain, don't be joking."

Hasmu really couldn't bear the noise in the communicator, and roared: "Okay, shut up, anyway, everyone, don't relax just because of the previous success, there are more secrets hidden on this planet than we imagined. It's weirdly dangerous."

Although the captain's expression could not be seen through the helmet, but the voice was not very good, so everyone finally stopped talking. However, the previous slack mentality was brought up again, and all kinds of actions to cover the advance were taken more seriously.

Hasimu nodded secretly. After searching for so many years, everyone was very vigilant at the beginning, but later found out that this is a primitive planet. Some wild beasts that survived could not pose a threat to them, and their mentality was unavoidably slack.

His reminder this time is not only for the players, but also for himself. If there is any accident, only these team members and the guns in their hands are trustworthy.

"Captain, there is a downward passage ahead, do you want to continue?" The communication channel was silent for a while, and a team member operating an instrument in the middle of the team said suddenly.

Hasimu quickly came to him and looked at the instrument. This is an instrument for mapping closed terrain based on sound. It is somewhat similar to an echolocation system. It shows that there is a passage leading directly to deeper underground, up to hundreds of meters deep.

He beckoned to the side, and then made a gesture. A team member nodded, put down the large backpack he was carrying and opened it. The backpack is simply folded to form a simple working platform with some joysticks and screens on it.

Under the control of this team member, several mechanical spiders crawled out from under the working platform, and after moving their limbs, they quickly crawled towards the passage ahead.

The underground situation is unknown. In this environment, drones are more restricted. On the contrary, mechanical spiders that can only crawl are more suitable here.

Although the technological content of the mechanical spider is several times higher than that of the drone, the Riken people not only made it, but also miniaturized it.

The mechanical spider uses the camera device on its back to continuously transmit real-time images to the working platform. The downward passage in front is only about five or six meters in diameter, and the inner wall is a little slippery due to the perennial water flow.

Fortunately, the Rickan's technology was really good, the mechanical spider crawled steadily on the smooth stone wall, and kept heading downward.

After traveling down for more than 500 meters, the straight up and down passage turned into a slope. After the mechanical spider traveled along the slope for more than 100 meters, the transmitted images were gradually replaced by snowflakes.

"What's going on?" Hashim asked.

"Captain, the terrain here is too complicated, there are too many obstacles, the farthest is only here, if it is farther, the mechanical spider will lose contact." The team member explained.

"Captain, what should we do, shall we go down?"

Hasim's face was a little cloudy and uncertain. If he wanted to go down, he had to use ropes to lower the people down one by one, which was very time-consuming. What's more, the situation below is unclear, and once there is any accident, it is almost impossible to retreat quickly, and the danger is extremely high.

After thinking about it for a long time, Hasimu couldn't decide to pay attention, and finally decided to ask his superiors for instructions.

"Koness, can you contact the spaceship?" Hasimu asked.

"No, it's already 300 meters underground. The power of the machine we carry is not enough, and the signal can't penetrate it." The communications soldier named Cornes replied.

There was no way, Hasimu could only let the team stay on guard, and he took the signal soldier and two other team members to go out along the cave.

Half an hour later, Hasimu returned, and all the team members simply replenished their food. After waiting for another two hours, the other 20 members of the team who had been staying outside were in place, and all members of an enhanced team of 50 people arrived.

The 50 people silently sorted out their weapons and equipment, counted the ammunition, and then the logistician took out two coils of rope and lowered them down the hole.

The load-bearing of the rope is limited, and such a long rope was not prepared in advance. These two 500-meter-long ropes are spliced ​​​​from multiple ropes.

Therefore, their load-bearing is limited, and each Riken soldier plus equipment is about 150 kilograms. For this 500-meter cableway, each rope can only bear the weight of two soldiers.

Fortunately, everything was safe and sound. After nearly 2 hours of downhill, the team finally reached the bottom of the pit.

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