A tower so enormous, a spaceship capable of crossing time and space, a cult stronghold concealing countless secrets... How many doors could there be inside?
Many, many.
Those connecting different floors, different rooms, and different corridors, or merely cutting off specific areas and serving as security barriers—every single one of those doors was now silently waiting for the destined passerby who would happen by.
A team cautiously advanced through the connecting passage from Area D-1 toward the Core Cabin, searching for traces of the intruder.
An outsider was hiding aboard the ship. They had attacked the first combat squad and recovery team, then infiltrated part of the ship's systems. Now, the monitoring systems could no longer be trusted, and they could only rely on manpower to find the intruder.
The Hermetic Society combatants wore light Power Armor and black cloaks. Their agile footsteps carried them forward, while the Power Armor's many sensory systems allowed them to "sniff out" even the slightest changes in the air, temperature, and magnetic fields. They had also brought along the few Brass Knights that could still move, activating optical camouflage on some of them and deploying them as surprise forces throughout the front, rear, and nearby connecting passages of the team.
Various small drones were also active nearby, shuttling through ventilation ducts, maintenance shafts, and connecting passages. They further expanded the squad's "sensory range" while monitoring more potential abnormal signals.
This deployment could ensure the timeliness and accuracy of their intelligence to the greatest extent. No matter how powerful the intruder was, the squad would at least receive a warning before the enemy attacked, preventing them from being wiped out in an ambush.
Monk Ronan-22 truly could not imagine what kind of enemy could approach the squad under these circumstances and take away his comrades