White light flashed, and a Homeworld-class aircraft carrier modified by Captor-class heavy munitions cruiser, escorted by two Revenge-class light destroyers, left hyperspace and came to the outer space of Yinchorr.
The Homeworld-class aircraft carrier hatch opened, and APOD-33 transport planes took off one after another from the platform, loading 131 and 132nd Company recruits and landing towards Yinchorr.
Fourth Civilization has set up several outposts on Yinchorr. These outposts are set up near some Indjori towns and villages, but not too close to them. Because the relationship between Indjori and Fourth Civilization is not that good yet, and their strong aggression makes it unrealistic to set up outposts in their cities.
The facilities inside the outpost are very simple, including a very simple apron, some simple maintenance equipment, and some weapons, ammunition and emergency communication facilities buried underground, mainly to prevent Indjori from wandering around to steal it.
The two companies of recruits, a total of 400 people, were assembled in two parts.
The instructor made a simple speech, "Listen up! Let's go to a place ahead called Masano City for a simple rest, and then we will enter the desert for two weeks of training! The transport ship has airdropped supplies in the predetermined area, and the next time they appear will be two weeks later. Of course, it is not easy to get these supplies. First of all, what you have to face are those beasts that even Indjori dare not provoke too much!"
Seeing the expressions of eagerness or fear on the faces of the recruits, the instructor continued, "There is also a very important point! Indjori is extremely aggressive and unreasonable, so it is best not to conflict with them to avoid unnecessary trouble! Although I have taught them a few times before, there are always exceptions. Okay, without further ado, let's go!"
Masano City was 20 kilometers away from the outpost. The 400 recruits marched hard against the wind and sand, maintaining a high-intensity march, and finally arrived at the outskirts of the city after two hours.
However, what they saw was darkness. The whole town was in darkness, and it didn't look like there were any people at all.
The instructor immediately realized something was wrong. He raised his fist to stop the march. "The situation is not right. Notify all units to disperse immediately and enter combat status!"
The soldiers of the two companies quickly dispersed, entered combat status as a squad, found bunkers on the spot, and entered shooting positions.
"Drone." The instructor waved his hand. During this training, this was something that only the instructor had the authority to use. He found that something was wrong and immediately sent out the drone.
A soldier carrying a large box immediately opened the box and started the terminal. More than a dozen spherical drones flew out and flew towards the town.
Through the screen, the instructor saw that the town was in a mess, with many buildings and vehicles destroyed, and the ground was full of hideous bloodstains, and there were even traces of claws tearing.
"Sir, the town should have been attacked. It looks like it was attacked by wild beasts." The soldier said, "An unexpected situation has occurred. What should we do?"
The instructor frowned. There were two options before him: continue the training, or stop the training. But if the training is suspended, there is no doubt that all these recruits will be unqualified, and their efforts over the past three months will be in vain. However, if training continues, no one can guarantee the outcome in the face of this unexpected situation.
He quickly made up his mind, connected to the communication, and said in a deep voice, "Masano City was attacked. The city was dead silent. There should be no survivors. This is a situation we have never encountered in all the recruit training, but... there are no ifs, no assumptions, and nothing is ready on the battlefield! And we, Fourth Civilization, have no retreating soldiers!"
After hearing the communication, Huang Yehao nodded heavily and went to the battlefield to fight. Who dares to say that things encountered are always planned? If they leave because of an accident this time, no matter what the accident is, they will lose their qualifications to serve as soldiers!
Soldiers, no retreat!
"132nd Company, Guardian, send out scouts! 131st Company, take action immediately and make a detour to the east of the city!" the instructor gave the order.
Huang Yehao followed 131st Company and immediately started to move towards the east of the city. Along the way, there was silence all around. There was nothing except the sound of footsteps, not even the sound of birds and beasts!
As one of the training locations, Masano City is a relatively remote town. After the town fell into silence, boundless darkness immediately enveloped it, making people shudder.
The soldiers are also organized into teams. The person at the front of each unit turns on the headlight on the combat uniform to illuminate the front.
At the same time, 132nd Company sent two teams of scouts, each with 10 people, into the town from two directions. There was still deathly silence in the town, and the terrible bloodstains on the road continued to stimulate the nerves of these recruits.
"Look at this!" Among them, Group One discovered the situation, and a recruit pointed at the blood on the ground and shouted.
Others hurried over to take a look, only to find a long blood trail, which seemed to be left by something bloody dragging on the ground, and there were two rows of bloody handprints next to it.
"The three fingers are the shape of Indjori's hand." A soldier said, "And... there are no drag marks of his feet. I think... this seems to be the traces left by his lower body being cut off and then dragging the remains of his body forward with his hands."
"But the question is... where did his lower body go?" another soldier asked.
There was a look of fear in everyone's eyes. No matter what, they were just recruits who had been trained for three months. Such a scene was really beyond their ability to bear.
They looked at where the blood stains extended, heading towards a dilapidated house. They looked at each other and finally made up their minds, "Let's go over and take a look, Group 2, you follow behind and be on guard!"
"No problem." The captain of Group 2 immediately made a gesture, and the 10 soldiers immediately spread out and surrounded the house in a fan shape.
The 10 people in Group 1 looked solemn, picked up their weapons and walked towards the house.
When they came to the door, the blood stain extended in, and there was more blood spreading from the ground inside. The captain of Team 1 made a gesture and asked everyone to divide into three teams. Two teams were arranged around the door, and the remaining team was on guard outside.
Hold up three fingers and count down, 3, 2, 1!
Bang! The captain kicked open the door!
Almost at an instant, a tentacle suddenly shot out of the door, hitting the captain's helmet visor like Blitz. The front part of the tentacle opened a big petal-like mouth and directly wrapped his helmet in!
"What is that! What is that?! Ah! Ah!!!" The captain screamed loudly in fear, picked up the M-8 Avenger assault rifle in his hand and fired indiscriminately. Although the tentacles did not penetrate his helmet, they still dragged him towards the house.
Ta-ta-ta-ta! Da da da da da da! The captain's bullets were fired randomly, but they seemed to have no effect.
"Monster!! It's a monster!!" Others saw clearly what was shooting out the tentacles.
It was clearly the upper body of Indjori, but at this moment he had completely lost his human appearance. Mutated tissues accumulated and swelled on his body, and a huge eye even grew on his back! And those tentacles grew out of the break in its upper body, and were originally the backbone!
"Quick! Kill it! Shoot! Shoot!!" The recruits suddenly panicked and aimed at the monster with a burst of violent fire!
Da da da da da!!! The dense gunshots resounded through the dark town, seeming to wake up the city. In the endless darkness, bursts of whispering sounds began to be heard, as well as bursts of suppressed roars.
In the darkness, shadowy things crawled out from the ground and from the corners, let out a terrifying roar, and rushed towards them following the sound!