Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
The blue flame of the oxygen cutting gun has a temperature of several thousand degrees. Even solid steel gradually turns into molten iron under such high temperature, and then is blown into sparks by the strong muzzle wind pressure.
With the division of labor and cooperation of more than a dozen workers, half an hour later, the 30-centimeter-thick alloy steel gate was cut into gaps of different lengths. As the length of the gaps continued to increase, they gradually connected together to form a door-shaped crack that was more than three meters wide and more than two meters high.
Including the time the workers spent on the journey, it took them less than two hours to complete the cutting of the gate.
Looking at the door that had been cut, and seeing the dark space inside through the gap, Leon sighed quietly and decided that it would be better to stay hidden. After dawn tomorrow, he would let Frank take his men in to take the risk. Otherwise, who knows what they might encounter in the underground base?
Soon, the next morning, after receiving the notice from Leon, Iron Wolf Frank didn't want to waste any time. He organized the soldiers to make a fire and cook before dawn, and couldn't wait to enter the underground base to find his sister.
Seeing this, Leon did not stop it. According to his estimation, the location of the underground base was so secretive and the number of people entering it was not large. It should not have been broken into by zombies. Even if there were zombies inside, their number would definitely not be large.
Iron Wolf Frank and his soldiers should be enough to face.
Soon, after Frank's soldiers entered, Leon also led his soldiers through the cut steel gate. However, he did not rush down the stairs of the base, but began to gather people on the platform outside the gate.
After a few minutes, the sound of gunfire was heard in the underground base, but the number of zombies should not be large. After just a few minutes, the fighting stopped, and then the sound of Frank leading the team forward was heard.
By the time Lyon had gathered his men, half an hour had passed, and more than 100 fully armed soldiers carrying numerous heavy weapons were waiting by his side.
But before they could take any action, there was a snap and bright lights lit up in the entire underground base.
While following Matt downstairs, Leon observed the surrounding environment.
"If it takes too long, will their lives be in danger?"
The other people standing beside them were all stunned by this monster that was beyond the real world.
But he also understood Frank's eagerness to see his relatives, so he just said a few words.
This change made everyone's face look not so good.
Soon, the two drones passed through the hall and came to another area, which was an area surrounded by many small dormitories of dozens of square meters each. Each dormitory was equipped with many beds and a separate bathroom, and in the center of these dormitories was a large public cafeteria.
However, no one was in sight.
He ordered the armed mechanical trainees who had been staying in the canning factory to stop today's training and bring a large number of drones and armed mechanical dogs to Fort Benning military base to carry out combat missions.
"Try first and see if you can contact him by radio."
"Be careful, no one knows what's going on in the shelter."
After waiting for about 10 minutes, Frank's adjutant Matt ran up from the stairs, panting slightly, and saluted Leon.
Leon ordered the soldiers around him to be on alert and build fortifications at the entrance of the shelter. Then he said directly to Peggy and her brother:
However, there is nothing special here. Only the various luggage placed in the dormitory show that someone once lived here.
This monster turned out to be a large spotted spider the size of a van. It hung upside down on the ceiling, and the spider silk it spewed out from its abdomen directly tied the two drones into a ball. At the same time, it also caused Leon and others outside the gate to lose all vision.
"But even a spider this big shouldn't be able to withstand the fire of hundreds of machine guns, right?"
"Something must have happened in the shelter."
But when they saw the monster on the screen, Leon, Sherman, Matt, Peggy, Daryl, and More were all stunned.
"Wait, the door to the underground shelter is open."
"This is Adjutant Matt, please respond if you get the message."
Through the various road signs that appeared from time to time and the instructions hanging at the door of the warehouse, Lyon discovered that the underground floor stored various types of firearms and ammunition, the second and third floors stored various types of shells used by artillery tanks and other heavy machinery, and the fourth floor stored terrifyingly powerful high-tech missiles, such as fuel-air bombs, gasoline bombs, cluster missiles, etc., weapons that make people's scalps tingle.
Peggy and her brother nodded immediately, took out two small reconnaissance drones from Sherman's backpack, and began operating them.
Unfortunately, there was a lot of noise on the walkie-talkie. Adjutant Matt called four or five times, but no one responded.
Without having time to look any further, Leon and the others followed Adjutant Matt through the long corridor and into a closed room as spacious as a football field.
"It must be that the survivors inside discovered us and opened the door on their own initiative."
"Stay alert."
Two small drones took off with a buzzing sound, flew into the black gate and crossed the long corridor.
Just as he was about to walk towards the gate, he was stopped by Leon.
He asked Daryl and Moore to command the soldiers and set up the heavy machine guns and artillery, while he himself connected the communication to the canning factory.
Before the two drones had time to continue exploring deeper, one of them was attacked by something. It fell from the sky with a whoosh and landed on the ground. The body of the drone seemed to be wrapped in some material and could not receive any information from the outside.
"I'll take the others in first."
"Caster, I'm sending Adjutant Matt to pick you up now."
"I'll send someone to pick you up now."
Although Lyon felt that they should wait until everyone was present before exploring together.
"Send a few reconnaissance drones in to see what's going on?"
"I will send all your students over here. You should think about the next operation formation and method."
The white light shot out through the corridor behind the gate, and it looked somewhat like colorful light, full of the strange colors seen in science fiction movies.
Leon pointed to the intercom on his waist, frowned, and said:
"Didn't you notice?"
Leon and Peggy had already seen the giant tentacle monster in the Senas Nuclear Power Plant, so they had a certain tolerance for it. When they saw this van-sized spider again, although they were surprised, they were not as scared as they had imagined.
Adjutant Matt pointed at the half-open black door and said:
"Mr. Custer, Commander Frank has already led his men in. Let's lead our men in as well."
In the middle of a wall in this closed room, a huge metal door made of black metal, more than ten meters high and forty to fifty meters wide, was half open.
Leon nodded and commanded his troops to follow Matt's pace. However, because he was always wary of Frank, he dispersed his team and also equipped several scouts responsible for gathering intelligence, walking in front of Matt to prevent him from leading his team into a trap.
"Don't worry, Custer. See you later."
Another drone not far away also took a picture of the monster, but it only lasted for a second or two before it was shot down again.
Logically speaking, even if there were enemies inside, no matter how powerful they were, there would definitely be a fierce battle among more than a hundred experienced soldiers, and then Leon and others would definitely hear the sound of gunfire, instead of losing contact silently like now.
Frank's voice was still agitated, and he simply replied.
Frank's tone suddenly became excited before he finished speaking.
"Castor, the zombies in the underground base have been basically cleared out. We have connected the emergency power supply and have arrived at the gate of the shelter on the fifth underground floor."
Adjutant Matt stood beside Leon, hesitating for several seconds before saying:
"Shouldn't we send someone in to urgently rescue Chief Frank and the others?"
After being reminded by Leon, Adjutant Matt also realized this. With a change of expression on his face, he picked up the military walkie-talkie and connected to the channel where Frank was.
"Hello, Chief Frank, are you there?"
Adjutant Matt swallowed his saliva, pointed at the giant spider on the screen, and said:
"Could it be that this monster killed Chief Frank and the others?"
For a moment everyone was silent.
He found that the structure of the underground base was quite simple. Apart from some office-like areas, most of it were warehouses for storing supplies and fast lanes for transporting supplies.
"Mr. Custer, please bring your team. I will lead the way for you."
Then he hung up the call.
When they followed Lieutenant Matt to the fifth floor, the names and types of weapons no longer appeared on the warehouse's doorplate. It was just that the enclosed space made of extremely thick steel plates, like a bank vault, indirectly confirmed how dangerous the things inside the warehouse were.
"Peggy, Sherman."
The first thing that catches your eye is a spacious hall. The hall is very tidy, with many tables, chairs and sofas. There is not a speck of dust on the furniture. The lights all around are bright, revealing a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.
Eight pitch-black, furry, sharp, arthropod-like legs, each as thick as an ordinary lamppost, a pair of basin-sized compound eyes on the wheel-like head, emitting a green glow, and a car-like huge body covered with bright and colorful patterns, like a precious blanket.
However, since there is danger, it is not appropriate to test it with human lives. Every soldier under his command is his precious asset.
"We need to use armed mechanical dogs and armed drones to form a mechanical team to deal with this spider. I want to see if this spider has any special abilities."
"Frank hasn't contacted us for nearly twenty minutes."
Lyon's expression became more serious. He placed his hand on Sherman's shoulder and ordered:
"Keep exploring inside and search every corner."
Leon thought about it for more than ten seconds, and did not rashly send anyone in to investigate the situation. Instead, he turned to Peggy and her brother and said:
Iron Wolf Frank's voice came from the intercom.
Leon touched his stubble with a gloomy expression. He was not sure whether this monster was the ultimate murderer. Perhaps there were some greater dangers in the shelter, which caused Frank and others to be caught in the trap in an instant and unable to even resist.
Hearing this, Leon looked at him expressionlessly and said indifferently:
"I won't let my soldiers risk their lives to rescue others. Besides, even if we go in, we will probably encounter the same situation as Frank and the others."
"However, if you are willing to bring a camera in to help us gather some intelligence."
"I wouldn't mind providing you with equipment."
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