Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Tommy smiled softly, and her light voice dispelled most of the uneasiness in his heart.

He was careful not to make any noise so as not to expose himself. He walked around the dark elevator bulkhead and stretched out the fiber optic probe. He saw several Grunts and Gnolls pointing plasma pistols at the people in front of them. The door is like facing a powerful enemy. They didn't say a word, and Tommy wondered if these noisy little beasts had changed their gender.

A fragmentation grenade was thrown, struck the wall and ricocheted between them. After a loud noise, these Covenant people were all blown into the sky.

Good job, Price. Case walked up to him. Did you find anything?

No, these Covenant people behave very strangely. Tommy shook his head, thoughtfully, Could it be that a civil war broke out between them?

It's not clear. They are aliens after all, and their thinking is different from humans. Case said, But one thing is for sure - 'When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins.'

Case is right, this truth is timeless.

They entered the door, passed a beam bridge and several narrow rooms, and came to an empty hall - exactly the same as the one when they first arrived. The Covenant people they met during this process seemed to be very panicked, and they were wiped out without being able to organize any effective resistance.

And those densely packed needlepoints popped out of his motion detector from time to time, as if they were following them like a shadow, but the result was the same no matter how many times Ellie ran the self-test program. Damn it, he felt like there were eyes staring at the back of his head, something watching him.

At this time, Jenkins suddenly pointed to the body of an elite warrior on the ground and shouted in surprise: Wow! Look there, the intestines are pulled out!

Avery looked down at the dead elite warrior. There were corpses of other Covenant people all around, and alien blood mixed with strange green viscous liquid, splattered all over the walls and floor.

It's really weird, right? I mean, look carefully! Jenkins kicked the body with his foot. Something tore open its chest and made a mess inside!

Then what? Hit by the plasma pistol? Cecilia raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Yeah. I don't know, maybe it was an accident, like an accidental shooting or something? Jenkins looked very confused.

Tommy stepped forward and took a closer look at the body. He was sure that the laceration on the chest, which even exposed the chest, was definitely not caused by any kind of weapon. Instead, he thought it was more like it had been torn open by hands.

He had seen such wounds on human soldiers killed by Jiralhanae. Some Jiralhanae liked to use brute force to kill dying prisoners of war. But there was no sign of Jiralhanae activity among the Covenant troops stationed on Halo, and the plasma burns on its body were unexplained.

Tommy noticed there was some green liquid next to the body. He dipped his hand into it and rubbed it on his fingertips - it was very sticky. He smelled it again - the stench was so offensive that he almost vomited it on the spot. It felt like tapping into an instinct buried in his genes, and he seemed to be born with an aversion to this taste.

An inexplicable fear enveloped his heart along with the stench.

Case came up from behind, How's it going, Sergeant?

Looks like a Covenant patrol, Avery replied. Bad Rangers - black armor. All killed instantly.

Tommy has fought with units like this from the Covenant. The elite warriors inside are often much more powerful than ordinary units. This is the first time he has seen them being killed so miserably.

Case looked at the body and looked up to see Bicenti. He looks quite handsome. Is he your friend?

Bicenti shook her head. No, we just met.

There was a noise and banging on the door nearby. Tommy was startled and immediately turned around to take aim. When he saw what was going on, he lowered his gun - Mendoza was banging on a door with a red light on, and there was a person closed behind the door. Fireteam.

Tommy walked over and said, Private, what's going on?

The private looked uneasily at the Marine who was locked inside and banging the door with the butt of his gun. Sir, they wanted to check if there were any Covenant people hiding inside, but the door was closed and locked as soon as they entered.

Looking back inside, these poor Marines knocked on the door and shouted with their mouths open, but they couldn't hear anything outside. The Forerunners' building materials were also very soundproof.

Tommy tried to radio contact the soldiers inside, but found it was a futile effort.

【Ellie? 】

[No, microwaves cannot penetrate this door. ] Ellie analyzed, [Get a technical soldier to come over and install a penetrator on the door. Although brute force cracking takes a lot of time, the door can always be opened. They are safe inside. 】

[Can you open the door in a short time? 】

[Can't do it, even I would have to spend a few hours. 】

There were more and more weird things happening in this building, and he just wanted to finish exploring it as soon as possible and then go home.

After the technical soldiers completed the installation of the penetrator, they continued to advance inside.

After another five minutes, they arrived at a metal gate. The door was locked, and there was no time to wander around looking for the code plate to open the door.

Okay, Case said, inspecting the gate, we'll open it ourselves.

I will try, sir. Technical expert Capas looked a little uneasy, But it seems that the Covenant people put a lot of thought into the door, and the door is locked very tightly.

Just do it, kid.

Yes, sir.

Capas took out the electronic intrusion device from his backpack, attached the black box to the door, and typed in a series of commands. There was silence all around, except for the slight beeping sound coming from the black box, which was invading the electronic system inside the door and calculating tens of millions of number combinations every second.

The Marines were walking around nervously, unable to relax for a moment. A large amount of sweat dripped from Capas' forehead.

They stayed there for about another minute, until Capas nodded with satisfaction, the door opened, and the Marines filed in.

Tommy made a gesture, and Rebecca and Aurora immediately understood and stayed at the door waiting.

Avery's gun swept across the large room but found nothing. Capas raised a hand. Sergeant! Listen!

All the Marines heard it, a faint, transparent, slippery sound like water. It came from all directions at once.

Those dense red dots on Tommy's motion detector popped up again.

Jenkins was shocked. Mendoza was the first to express everyone's feelings: I have a very bad feeling...