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Inside the vault;
"Lieutenant, there are twenty-two survivors in total, and no one is injured."
"Yeah." Listening to the report of the first sergeant, Kolax nodded lightly and slowly approached the waiter who had attacked him before.
Asked: "How much do you know about the creatures that kill travelers here?"
Seeing Giant Soldier who was over 2.6 meters tall, the waiter seemed a little unconvinced to believe his eyes, but he calmed down and replied:
"I don't know, I only know that because of the weather, the captain only allowed us to move inside the cruise ship, and then the cruise ship suddenly seemed to hit something.
You might think it hit a rock, but then the whole cruise ship was shaking, and then a large number of snake-like tentacles attacked us.
They penetrate every hole, worming their way in from ventilation ducts, tunnels, water pipes, and any other places with holes.
Because I work in a casino and know that the vault has its own oxygen supply system and is stronger than other places, I hid here with a group of tourists."
"..."
Listening to the waiter's report, Kolax didn't say anything and remained silent as if thinking.
Then he turned around and opened the communication built into the helmet, and contacted Darwin:
"This is b019. Our search team just entered into battle with Anomalous Creature. Eight Marine Corps were killed, but 22 survivors were found.
I speculate that this anomaly is likely to be a giant creature with a large number of snake-like tentacles, and the nervous tissue of the tentacles is extremely developed, and it can still move even if it is cut off.
Based on the situation described by the survivors, I judge that there are probably no other survivors on the cruise ship.
But for the sake of safety, Shadow Team will continue the search mission, but before that we escort the survivors and the remaining Marine Corps to the top deck.
So please send a Pelican to respond."
"Eight people were killed." Upon hearing Kolax's words, the communications officer exclaimed in disbelief, and then the communications fell into a brief busy tone.
It seems that the female communications officer is reporting the matter to the captain of Darwin. After all, the death of eight Marine Corps is not a small matter.
"Lieutenant"
Immediately afterwards, the voice Kolax heard was no longer the female communications officer, but a middle-aged man with a steady voice.
"I am the captain of Darwin, Kozhold. The patrol boat investigation has ended and no survivors have been found.
Lieutenant, the survivors you discovered are likely to be the only remaining people in this incident, so be sure to escort them to the top deck.
As for the continued search mission you proposed, I approve it, and I will send all Marine Corps crew members on board Darwin to land on the cruise ship to assist you in the implementation."
"No, Captain, Anomalous Creature is extremely aggressive this time. We cannot allow any more casualties to the brothers of Marine Corps. We, Sparta, are enough."
"This" captain knew that this abnormal phenomenon was beyond what ordinary people could handle, so he immediately stopped refuting anything and said:
"Okay, the Pelican is expected to arrive at Argonautica in three minutes."
"Thank you." After confirming that the Pelican was about to arrive, Kolax walked outside the casino and ordered in the communication:
"Be prepared to escort the survivors to evacuate together."
"Yes."
After receiving the instructions, everyone started to take action. Marine Corps members from classes one and two protected the survivors and came outside the casino together with Kolax.
Then the remaining ten Marine Corps were mixed in to protect the survivors together with the first and second squads, while the five shadows protected Marine Corps and the survivors outside.
Since this return trip was an escape and no search was required, the team's speed was much faster than before.
But after all, there were still twenty-two civilians, so the overall speed of the team was still relatively slow, and when they arrived on the second deck, the last thing they expected to encounter happened.
With a "boom", the deck corridor behind the team was broken open by brute force, and a large number of tentacles poured out.
It seems that the anomaly noticed that humans were about to run away, so it attacked again, and its target was the unarmed survivors.
"Whoops"
"Buzz~"
"Stab"
A tentacle rushed towards a waitress at the back of the queue with a sound of breaking through the air. However, before the tentacle could taste human flesh, it was cut vertically by Kolax at the back with Beam Saber.
"Pah!" A large amount of viscous blood liquid poured out and splashed on Kolax and the waitress.
"Ahhhhhhh"
Realizing that Tentacle Monster was attacking again, the crowd became panicked again, and rushed upwards regardless of each other, pushing each other.
After all, without training, asking ordinary people to remain calm when encountering extreme situations is just a luxury.
But Marine Corps members and the shadows didn't complain, and responded immediately. Half of them escorted the civilians and continued to retreat toward the top deck, while the other half attacked the group of tentacles.
But the corridor was twisting and deforming all around. It seemed that the body of the anomaly was using other tentacles to bypass Marine Corps and Shadow Team and eat the panicked civilians first.
"Go Shadow Team to protect Marine Corps and the civilians. Hurry up to the top deck and let me stop them."
As Kolax spoke, he flicked the empty magazine of Gauss Submachine Gun, held the most powerful Beam Saber with both hands, and rushed toward the roots of the group of tentacles.
"Yes" x4
The four shadows knew what their captain was capable of, and the situation was tense now. Without their protection, Marine Corps and the civilians would surely die.
Kolax's rear guard is indeed effective. His almost 1.5 meter long Beam Saber can easily cut off these tentacles.
Feeling the burning heat of the wound, the torso at the base of the tentacle suddenly shrank, and even began to retreat again, as if it was really afraid of Kolax taking Beam Saber.
But Kolax hated this guy who killed hundreds of civilians at once, especially Marine Corps, who killed him in front of his eyes.
Without Marine Corps and the civilians to worry about, Kolax followed the retreating tentacle and jumped directly through the hole in the deck that it broke.
With this jump, Kolax went straight to the position between the tenth and eleventh decks.
"Tread"
PIA Armor landed on the ruins of the broken deck, and the deck was dented under the weight of half a ton.
However, Kolax didn't care about the deck, because he finally saw the full picture, or part of it, of the abnormal phenomenon.
The anomaly was huge and occupied a large area on the bottom deck of the cruise ship. Its shape resembled a mollusk like an octopus.
The Tentacle Monster they encountered before was just one of the countless beards of this abnormal phenomenon. It also had a large number of limbs that were several meters or tens of meters thick.