They continued pushing inward, but along the way, they found no useful information. Everything here seemed to have been abandoned.
Only the sounds from the Augury Device's occasional scans echoed through the place.
"There are traces of battle everywhere, along with bloodstains, but not a single corpse."
Mary stared around them and spoke in a low voice.
"I have a very bad feeling, Duanmu Mr."
"That's right. I noticed it a long time ago, too."
"What do you mean? What are you two talking about?"
Eclair followed behind Duanmu Huai, staring at the dim corridor ahead. She looked like a husky desperate to run outside and play, completely distracted.
"All it means is that there's over a ninety percent chance this is a trap."
Rumiere let out a silent sigh. She had once thought this might be a Miracle, but now it seemed that this world truly had no miracles.
"Mary, stay by my side. Jia Wei, cover the rear. Everyone else, watch your surroundings."
Duanmu Huai issued another order. Although this was a trap, that did not mean they had no reason to walk into it. At the very least, they could find out what had happened here. If this planet had not been attacked by the Chaos Space Marines, then who had turned it into a Land of Death?
The signal was coming from below, not above. According to Rumiere, there was a hidden underground command center beneath GOTT, but she was not sure whether it could have survived a battle of this scale.
Moreover, everything they had found along the way made it clear that the war had ended some time ago—at least half a year ago. There should be no survivors left here. There was no food, no supplies, not even ammunition...
And there was one