Destroyed

"It's not here!"

"I haven't found it on my end either."

"No."

"Looks like they've left. Gwendolyn, get the repairman here." After searching several more times, Knox finally confirmed the safety of the place.

"Captain, we can't just sit idly by. That thing on the ship is like a time bomb. Who knows where it'll destroy next? If it manages to infiltrate the command bridge, whatever the damage, it will be unbearable."

"But we don't have a good solution. We can't possibly use the Z1 to investigate every single detail."

"Of course not. Their numbers are limited and they can't form a complete blockade. Therefore, areas that have been explored cannot be considered absolutely safe."

"Let the captain handle this. Gwendolyn, upload the mission report from earlier!"

"Receive."

"Watch out, Kari!" Everyone was already relaxed after the mission was over, but at that moment, Gale shouted a warning.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a loud bang rang out. Kari, who was scanning the wall, never expected that a semi-transparent tentacle would extend from the wall. If it weren't for the blue Electric Arc flashing on it, it would have been difficult to spot.

The electromagnetic pulse accelerated the sudden attack, and the unsuspecting Z2 robot was pierced through its body by the sharp tips of its tentacles. A blue Electric Arc flashed, and a powerful electromagnetic pulse instantly shattered all of the Z2 robot's defenses from the inside.

"#...&*..." Kari scrambled to his feet in the simulator, a string of profanities with strong racial connotations gushing out. He frantically patted and checked his entire body, only breathing a sigh of relief after finding all parts intact.

Fortunately, the machinery is now operated remotely. If he had personally taken to the field today, this day next year would probably be his death anniversary. However, it is rather embarrassing that Kari, who usually has a very high opinion of himself, is the first to leave the battlefield.

"How are you? Everything alright?" Captain Knox's voice came from the cockpit not far away. He wasn't communicating with Kari offline; he had simply put the voice on speakerphone.

"I'm alright, how are you all?" Kari asked anxiously.

"Squad vision sharing is already enabled, come and see for yourself!" Knox didn't have time to pay too much attention to Kari; as long as he wasn't dead, nothing else mattered.

Kari didn't say much. Although the robot he was controlling had been destroyed, he could still see the perspectives of the rest of the squad after lying back in the cockpit. At the same time, he connected to the team channel.

"Haha, Kari, did you wet your pants in fright?"

"Shut up!"

"I always tell you to train more, but you brag like crazy, saying you're gifted and don't need training. Now you know how powerful that is, right?"

"Shut up!" Since the team consisted of remotely controlled mechanical units, they wouldn't suffer any damage even if the robots were destroyed. While this had many advantages, it also lacked the tension of life hanging by a thread. Kari, on the other hand, was now feeling the backlash from his usual boasting.

However, he quickly adjusted his mindset, ignoring the taunts, and instead checked the footage of his "death." Through Gale's aerial perspective, he saw the whole process, of course, in slow motion hundreds of times.

The attack was as fast as ever, incredibly fast. In fact, before Gale could sound the alarm and warn them, Kari had already been hit and destroyed. The speed of those tentacles' attacks was clearly faster than the speed of sound.

The blue Electric Arc clearly provided an electromagnetic acceleration function, and then converted into electromagnetic pulses after invading the machine. Kari had only heard of this attack pattern of the Zerg before; this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes, although the process was not very pleasant.

Through his teammate's mech perspective, he saw that the tentacle that had attacked him earlier had been destroyed by a hail of bullets. The tentacle seemed to be attached to the wall; although it had excellent concealment and its attacks were exceptionally fast, it lacked mobility and, once exposed, it was practically a sitting duck.

"This thing only has one strike power; it's all or nothing. Kari's luck is really good; he even managed to run into this ambush-and-attack method, haha."

"Good heavens, it corroded a hole in the wall and then filled it itself. Could it be that sound wave detection couldn't detect it?"

"You went too far, turning him into mincemeat! This is the first Zerg unit to appear here, it has great research value. If you do this, the research team will be after you."

"Come on, the Zerg have Gene Lock. Even with a complete sample, the research team won't be able to do anything with them. Besides, you were the one who fought the hardest just now, so stop pretending."

"How could that be? I only fired a few shots."

"If you're not convinced, check out the weapon's remaining energy!"

"Let's forget about it then. Why be so serious? It'll only hurt our relationship..."

"Snort!"

"Shut up, clean up the battlefield, see if there's anything else you've found? Everyone move away from the walls, firing on any suspicious targets is permitted!" Knox interrupted his team's conversation, issuing the orders.

When he requested permission to fire on the suspicious target, the review was almost instantaneous, which means the captain is indeed paying attention to this area. It seems he needs to find an opportunity to remind his crew to watch their mouths, not to speak recklessly, and to try not to joke about the captain.

"This Zerg unit not only possesses powerful stealth capabilities, but also an extremely strong ability to mimic color changes, even blending seamlessly into the surrounding landscape without leaving any trace." The team had a set of coded messages, and through a few subtle gestures, Knox relayed some information to his teammates. Immediately, the style of the chat on the communicator changed.

"It's amazing! I watched the video recording again, and even though I knew beforehand, I still didn't notice anything unusual. It's truly incredible."

However, I've noticed a problem.

"What's the problem?"

"So, is this Zerg acting alone, or is it accompanied by other creatures?" This question is crucial. If this Zerg is acting alone, then we can finish the job now.

However, if this Zerg has other companions, that would be a big problem, because it can almost evade all detection methods inside the ship. If it embeds itself into the wall, not only sonic detectors but even gravity detectors would be useless.

"Although I hate to admit it, it's highly likely that there's more than one."

Why do you say that?

"Don't forget, we just checked the area where the B-3 was destroyed, and there wasn't a single hole there."

Upon hearing this, everyone was startled and raised their weapons, aiming at the area around the marked point.