Perhaps those Warp Daemons truly had no idea their movements had been completely exposed. Perhaps they also didn't realize that because of the typhoon, the red mist they relied on had grown thin and could no longer conceal them or interfere with detection?
In any case!
The six-person assault team Wang Qing and Awen had hastily assembled encountered no obstacles at all. They successfully made an aerial insertion and felt their way to the entrance of the sinkhole cavern, hidden amid the lush forest.
The strong winds and heavy rain still sweeping overhead were seriously affecting their vision and movement. But thanks to that same wind and rain, their equipment and all the battlefield support provided by the base remained connected. They could call for backup at any time or use satellite intelligence to keep track of the battlefield. No matter what, this was far better than fighting in that awful red mist under clear, calm skies.
"I see it. The water on the ground is all flowing toward the area ahead. The entrance has to be here, right?"
"So this is the sinkhole?"
"Good grief!"
"If it weren't marked on the map, we'd have thought this was just an ordinary valley, whether we'd passed over it on the ground or flown over it in the sky!"
"Those damn Warp Daemons really are cunning. They even managed to find a place like this!"
While the communications officer, Liu Li, and their captain, Awen, were fiddling with some equipment nearby, machine gunner Mai Kun checked the map and scan data on the heads-up display in his CMC Powered Combat Suit visor. Carefully edging toward the sinkhole, he took a peek inside, then let out a series of astonished sighs.
From the rim, he saw that the entire sinkhole was completely obscured