"What is this!? Why would there be something like this here!? Are all these boxes...?"
As they stared in shock at the bottle emitting a faint green light in Renault's hand, Nicholas and Stephan's eyes widened. Their feet almost woobled from seeing it!
The entire cargo container was already filled with these one-meter-square transport boxes.
Even though each of these huge boxes only contained one bottle, the entire container was now packed with these boxes...
Aside from the bottle Renault was holding, there were forty-five bottles of Collapse Fluid in the container!
While Nicholas and Stephan stood frozen in shock, not daring to move, Renault weighed the Collapse Fluid bottle in his hand. "This thing is greenish. Could it be some kind of prohibited reagent?"
Although he didn't know what was inside these bottles, Renault could sense that they contained immense energy. If it were to explode, everything within a one-kilometer radius would probably evaporate instantly.
Moreover, there were still forty-five identical bottles inside the container.
If these things were to explode together... Even Renault couldn't guarantee that he would survive intact.
"Hey!? Be careful! Don't drop it!"
Seeing the Collapse Fluid bottle flipping up and down in Renault's powered armor palm, Nicholas and Stjepan jumped two meters away, narrowly avoiding falling into the sea.
"Why are you so nervous? These bottles are quite sturdy. As long as they're not directly attacked with firearms, they generally won't break from bumps or knocks."
And they were very light. Dropping them from a height of one or two meters wouldn't have much impact on them.
"Phew, anyway, we can't handle these things ourselves. I'll contact higher-ups and have them send someone over." Relieved to hear this, Nicholas immediately took out his communicator and began calling for assistance.
Their two teams didn't have the manpower to safely transport these things away. To think of using transport vehicles like those mercenaries?
Ridiculous!
After learning what was in the container, who would dare to use ordinary trucks to transport these dangerous things!?
At the very least, they would need to send over ten transport helicopters to move these!
Compared to slowly advancing trucks on land, helicopters were clearly more efficient and safer.
Because there were various ways to attack the trucks, even the ELID infected could pose a threat to the trucks, but helicopters were different. Unless they encountered someone with anti-aircraft missiles, helicopters were invincible!
As for shooting down helicopters with anti-material sniper rifles? Leaving aside the question of whether they could hit them, even if they did, what would they do if the Collapse Fluid dropped from the helicopter resulting of creating a large pollution zone out of nowhere?
"Commander, this stuff is Collapse Fluid, one of the Ruin Technologies excavated from Ruins. If this stuff were to explode, we would all be doomed! Shouldn't we retreat first? Anyway, there won't be any other enemies here!" MDR, seeing the Collapse Fluid in Renault's hand, felt a shiver down her spine.
"Collapse Fluid? Is this really a liquid? Not compressed high-energy gas?" Shaking the bottle in her hand, the green substance inside the bottle suddenly churned like a liquid.
"Hey! Be careful! If that thing in your hand explodes, we're all done for!" Stephan, seeing Renault handling the Collapse Fluid so roughly, wished he could immediately rush over and snatch it from Renault's hand.
Unfortunately, with Renault now wearing powered armor and wielding a breaching axe larger than his head on his arm, attempting to snatch it recklessly might end up with him being split in half by Reno.
"MDR, it seems like you need to watch your tongue in the future. Commander, there are some unidentified individuals approaching again. Among them seem to be T-Dolls. Should we take them out first?" BM59 suddenly spoke up, complaining to MDR while marking the positions of those enemies on Reno's powered exoskeleton display.
"Nicholas, is this your backup?" Although BM59 said there were T-Dolls among those people, that really didn't mean much. Security contractors using T-Dolls as combat units were not limited to just G&K.
It's just that Griffin had the backing of IOP, a famous Doll manufacturing company, so the quantity and quality of their Dolls were relatively high, making them more well-known to most people.
And BM59 didn't specify the model of those Dolls, indicating that she hadn't seen that type before, so it couldn't be ruled out that those Tactical Dolls were illegally modified.
"This? How is that possible? I just reported the situation here. The support team and transport equipment won't arrive for at least another two hours!" Nicholas was also taken aback and called out in a panic.
Today's situation was somewhat beyond his expectations. The large amount of Collapse Fluid made it difficult for him to remain calm, especially when he heard that another batch of unidentified personnel was heading their way.
"Drive the car to the road junction over there! Establish a defensive line! We absolutely cannot let those guys harm these things!?"
Stephen remained relatively calm and immediately directed his soldiers to use the armored vehicle and miscellaneous items from the port to establish a defensive line.
"Commander, those people are now within our firing range. Should we fire a warning shot first?" G36, looking at those T-Dolls and humans running on the road, frowned and asked Reno.
"Wait for a moment. MDR, ask those guys through the public communication channel who they are. They don't look like mercenaries, and the protective suits they're wearing look similar to the ones Nicholas and his team have." As he spoke, Renault placed the Collapse Fluid back into the box and resealed it.
All these boxes were made of solid metal and had several special layers inside. Otherwise, they wouldn't need such heavy trucks to transport them. The advantage was that the Collapse Fluid stored in the boxes was very safe, without having to worry about attacks from the outside.
"Alright, I'll contact them. It's been a long time since I connected to this channel... Uh, hello? Is anyone there? This is MDR, a T-Doll belonging to Renault Security Contracting Firm. Please clarify your identity and purpose, people near the gas station."
Almost saying "Griffin," MDR shrank her neck, glanced at Renault's reaction, saw that Renault was completely indifferent, shrugged her shoulders, and waited patiently for their response.
However, these newcomers seemed to ignore MDR's voice at all and ran into the gas station to hide on their own.