Star Survival: The Rise of the Fourth Scourge

"Captain Pine, what do you think?"

A Captain, a Captain in the Astra Militarum.

The four teams that went out to explore this time were all from his company.

Pine raised his head and glanced at the pyramid not far away, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

He replied: "Prince Regent, exploring the ruins of an alien civilization is an extremely dangerous thing. If something unexpected happens, we will not be able to guarantee your safety. Prince Regent is also asked to wait outside while we go in and explore the path first."

"It's been more than three million years, do you think there are still living things inside?"

Li Meng also wanted to stay outside so that he could complete the task safely.

But he couldn't, Zero wouldn't let him.

Of course, Li Meng did not reject Pine's proposal.

Before Pine could answer, Li Meng said again: "Okay, you go in front and I'll follow behind."

Hearing this, Pain was speechless.

Whether walking in front or behind, the Prince Regent would be with them.

As long as he was with them, the regent would take risks with them if something unexpected happened.

Pine also knew very well that the regent would not wait outside.

Otherwise, the regent wouldn't be fully armed and put on a force feedback power armor.

Taking a step back, Pine turned on the communicator.

"The first team is in front, the second team is in the back, the third team, and the fourth team are stationed on the transport boat. Pilots, please pay attention, be ready to take off at any time..."

Following Pine's order, a small group of Astra Militarum soldiers who had been following Li Meng quickly moved forward.

They jogged, surpassed Li Meng, and led the way.

There are ten people in a team, including Pine, a total of twenty-two people.

The team of twenty-two people gradually approached the pyramid.

Of course, Li Meng had his own reasons for choosing the north.

Just on the north side, there is a huge hole at the junction of the pyramid and the ground.

It was a door, a door that could enter the interior of the pyramid building.

In front of the cave, the team stopped.

"001, go inside and have a look..."

The cave was dark and nothing could be seen.

Where the sun can reach there is only a pile of yellow sand.

001 moved in response, flew into the hole, and disappeared into the darkness.

After a while, 001 flew out of the darkness again.

"Safe, no living organisms found..."

Hearing this, Li Meng ordered: "Let's go in!"

The team continued to move forward, entering the cave step by step.

Once inside the pyramid, darkness enveloped everything.

Nothing can be seen except the entrance and exit behind it.

"Turn on the searchlights..."

Following Pine's order, pillars of light suddenly appeared in the darkness.

The beam of light comes from the laser rifles held by the soldiers.

As pillars of light appeared, I was finally able to see the surrounding scene clearly.

There is a huge metal passage on both sides.

"Prince Regent, where should we explore?"

The left and right channels are the same, very straight.

Facing Pine's inquiry, Li Meng looked back at the huge entrance.

"Pine, what kind of weapon can create such a damaging effect?"

Pine looked back toward the cave entrance.

The hole is very large, no less than five meters in diameter, a bit round, but not very round.

After thinking for a while, Pine replied: "It can't be an energy weapon. Energy weapons can penetrate the outer wall, and naturally they can also penetrate the inner wall. But except for the outer wall, the inner wall did not suffer any damage."

"It can't be a live ammunition weapon. The damage caused by a live ammunition weapon will not be so smooth. It should be in the shape of tearing, but the edge of the hole seems to have been melted by something."

"Could it be a plasma weapon?" Li Meng asked.

Pine shook his head and said: "No, the plasma will have a sputtering effect. If it is plasma, the walls around the hole should be melted."

That's strange...

It's not a live ammunition weapon, it's not an energy weapon, it's not a plasma weapon.

What weapon caused the holes on the surface of the pyramid?

"0001, what did you find?"

Li Meng asked 001 again.

001 floated towards the entrance of the cave...

A white curtain of light spread out and scanned across the wall on one side of the cave entrance.

From top to bottom, then from bottom to top.

Then 001 returned to Li Meng.

"Some kind of acidic organic substance was scanned at the edge of the cave entrance, its function is unknown..."

Acidic organic matter?

Li Meng frowned slightly, with a thoughtful look on his face.

If it is organic matter, it is related to living things.

Could it be that the culprit who attacked the giant civilization was some kind of local creature?

No, this is impossible...

If it were native creatures, Star 1 would not become a Death Star.

And judging from the architectural structure, the giant civilization obviously has extremely advanced technology.

An intelligent race with advanced civilization cannot be destroyed by native creatures.

"Keep going, right..."

What the truth is, we can only find out more deeply.

Following Li Meng's order, the team continued to move forward.

He left the light at the entrance of the cave and walked deeper along the metal passage.

Dark, very dark...

Except for the range that the light beam can illuminate, everything is dark.

In addition to darkness, there is stillness...

The metal passage was silent.

Apart from the footsteps of the marching team, there was no other sound.

In a closed space, in a dark space, the oppressive environment makes Astra Militarum soldiers highly vigilant.

They hold laser rifles and swing them from side to side to increase their visibility.

The soldier walking at the end turned around and looked behind him from time to time.

By this time, the entrance to the cave was no longer visible.

The darkness behind is more terrifying than the darkness ahead.

Because enemies often come from behind and approach quietly.

"Prince Regent, it seems we are going further down?"

Paine moved slightly closer to Li Meng and expressed his suspicion.

Li Meng also noticed this.

Because the metal channel is not straight, but an arc extending inward.

Although the downward slope is relatively gentle, after walking for so long, I have noticed it more or less.

Li Meng has a guess.

The passage at the foot loops downwards around the outside of the pyramid.

And this pyramid is bigger than it looks from the outside.

Most of it is buried underground, otherwise the downward slope of the metal channel would not be unnoticeable.

Only if it is large enough, the downward slope will be gentler.

"It looks like this building is bigger than we thought..."

Yes, big, big...

Pine also noticed this.

They have been walking in this metal passage for a long time.

There seemed to be no end in sight, not even a fork in sight.

Such a large building would never have only this metal passage.

It's just that they haven't found an entrance to the inner structure yet.

We can only continue deeper in the outer channel...