Speed Up (First Update)

The heavy weapons squad switched their Explosive Rounds Guns to burst-fire mode, while the assault squad placed their fingers on the Chainsaw Sword switches. The Tau Team had discovered signs of humans, and the information had already been relayed to the command squad through the chain of command. By the Monarch's order, they were required to maintain a certain distance from whatever creature had left those traces.

Although Salomon had repeatedly stressed while reassuring Agent Coulson and Fitz that parasitic infection did not spread so quickly, the truth was that no one could be certain whether the living creatures on this planet had already been infected. Even though he constantly monitored the movement of that malicious presence, it was only the collective consciousness of the parasite swarm. Scattered nano-parasites had no consciousness at all; no matter how powerful a spellcaster was, they could not detect their minds. When dealing with Sentient Beings, only an extremely deep psychic scan could determine whether they had been infected by nano-parasites, and only large-scale medical equipment could detect whether nano-parasites had attached themselves to the brainstem.

There was no way the Tau Team could do any of that. Simple identification methods were completely ineffective. All they could do was continue tracking and wait for the command squad to arrive. Under the unified coordination of the chain of command, the other squads would also change direction and close in on the creature that had left the traces from different directions.

"Did we shake them?" Simmons asked breathlessly. She had wanted to stop and fight back, perhaps make a crude land mine out of bullets. But Will had rejected that idea without hesitation. He first handed his pistol to Simmons, then the two of them relied on their familiarity with the terrain to avoid the plains