Chapter 1 Entering the Watcher Base

Sun Duoxiang also swallowed and asked with difficulty,

"Boss, these monsters are rampaging inside the base. Could it be that everyone's wiped out?"

Su Mo narrowed his eyes, carefully observed, and said, "It shouldn't be as bad as you think. You have to know that the Guang Federation alone has over a hundred million troops stationed on the front lines. What kind of concept is that? With so many troops stationed here, if they were really all wiped out, there would be more weapon wreckage than this. It's more likely that they abandoned the base or transferred."

"Then what do we do now?"

Wang Ce and the others were a little at a loss.

Lin Yaotian calmly suggested, "Under normal circumstances, even if the base falls and the troops temporarily retreat, they shouldn't be too far away."

"In that case, Sun Duoxiang, find a relatively safe place near the Watcher Base to land. We'll search around here."

After listening to Lin Yaotian's words, Su Mo turned his head and gave the order to Sun Duoxiang.

"No problem!"

Sun Duoxiang quickly replied.

Su Mo very naturally turned his head and said to everyone, "Everyone, don't overthink it now. Go prepare. Once we find a suitable location, we'll land. Then, we'll use the ships as strongholds. Some people will defend, and others will go out to search for traces of the main force!"

After all, the interference on Ceres was too strong, and electronic equipment was completely useless, so they could only use the most primitive method.

"Okay!"

Lin Yaotian and the others nodded in response.

Unconsciously, Su Mo had naturally become the leader of everyone, and no one rejected his words, subconsciously obeying.

......

A moment later, the Shadow and Blue Whale landed on a relatively flat piece of land five hundred kilometers northwest of the Watcher Base.

Soon, the Shadow's landing exit opened.

One after another, mechas rushed out, quickly moving to various positions around the ship to provide security.

Although they had roughly observed before landing that there were no monsters here, they couldn't rule out the possibility of small ones hiding.

After everything was ready, Su Mo and the others came down.

The moment they stepped out of the ship's landing exit, they clearly felt the change in gravity, especially those wearing ordinary second-generation mechanical armor, whose walking became noticeably difficult, as if their feet were filled with lead.

Su Mo stepped on the ground of Ceres. The ground was very solid, and a strange sense of accomplishment inexplicably emerged in his heart.

He could boast to others later that he had been here.

Looking out, there were rolling red mountains, and everything was barren, with not a single trace of green vegetation.

In the distant sky, red clouds churned, with terrifying lightning flashing within, making people feel instinctively afraid.

At this time, the Falsified Creator·Devourer displayed a set of parameters in Su Mo's eyes.

Ceres (23321, 32111, 92111)

Surface Temperature: 76c

Air Harshness Index: A-Level (Contains a variety of toxic gases, extremely low oxygen content, rich in high concentrations of negative energy.)

......

The environment here was worse than expected.

"Wow, this is level-two refined iron ore!"

At this moment, a surprised voice made Su Mo and the others subconsciously turn their heads to look.

They saw a rather young man from the Xiao family lying on the ground, exclaiming.

Xiao Qijin coughed, his old face a little embarrassed, and said, "Xiao Fei, what's so surprising? Ceres has plenty of resources. This kind of level-two refined iron ore is just a common stone."

"Yes, Grandpa,"

Xiao Fei replied a little embarrassedly.

Su Mo shook his head and said, "There's level-two ore everywhere under your feet. This planet is ridiculously rich."

"The resources are abundant, but the risks are also extremely high, and the cost of mining is extremely high. Basically, it's trading your life."

Lin Yaotian said with a very complicated expression.

"That's true."

Su Mo nodded in response.

At this time, Sun Duoxiang's subordinate, Weili, controlled an IV-generation bio-mecha and walked over to report, "Boss, the surrounding security has been completed. There are basically no problems."

After listening, Sun Duoxiang turned his head and said to Su Mo, "Boss, everything's okay."

Su Mo nodded slightly, and he said to Lin Yaotian and the others, "There are many wandering monsters here, so it's not suitable for large-scale searches. It's easy to cause a monster riot. Try to send elite small teams and spread out to search. Under normal circumstances, if the main force is nearby, it should be easy to find. Actually, the most effective way would be to use the ships to search in the air, but the ships are too big of a target, and the risk factor in the sky is too high, so it's impossible."

"We understand. We'll arrange for personnel to search."

Lin Yaotian and the others did not hesitate at all. The top priority was to find the main force.

Ceres was too unfamiliar to them, and they had no idea what dangers lurked here.

Don't think that they seem to be fine now, but in fact, the surroundings are full of crises.

You have to know how many troops were stationed here. Even relying on such a large Watcher Base couldn't hold on, let alone them.

Su Mo turned his head and said to Sun Duoxiang, "You also arrange for some quick-witted people to search."

"Boss, don't worry, leave this to me."

Sun Duoxiang readily accepted the task.

In fact, Su Mo had also thought about personally searching, but this idea was rejected by the Falsified Creator·Devourer.

The reasons it gave were irrefutable.

First, the interference here was particularly severe, and the effect of him personally searching was similar to that of ordinary people. Moreover, the V-generation mecha, Netherfiend, would more easily attract powerful monsters if it went searching.

Also, searching was a very time-consuming task, and driving Netherfiend for a long time would put too much strain on his body.

Most importantly, even though the ships were parked here and nothing was happening, they could be attacked by powerful monsters at any time.

This place needed him to guard it even more.

......

Several days later, inside the Shadow's conference room.

Su Mo and the others gathered together, listening to the information returned by the various search teams.

"We searched the nearby mining area and found a large number of instruments and mining equipment, but we still didn't find any living people."

"We searched the eastern area of the Watcher Base and didn't find any human figures either, only some traces of past activity."

"We searched the defense zone bordering the Imperial Army and found many fixed weapon emplacements left behind, but we still didn't find the main force."

......

The leaders of the various search teams wearily reported the situation.

Su Mo became more and more silent as he listened to the feedback.

Wang Ce and the others whispered to each other, seemingly very troubled by this result as well.

This was not a good sign, especially coupled with the disappearance of the Free Fortress. All of this together felt exceptionally strange.

Lin Yaotian said in a low voice at this time, "Under normal circumstances, we shouldn't be unable to find anyone."

"We all know what you're saying, but the problem is that we just can't find anyone. And in the past few days, the number of monsters wandering outside the ships has increased significantly. If we continue to stay here, we ourselves will probably have problems."

Xiao Qijin said helplessly.

"We still have to keep looking."

Lin Yaotian's expression did not waver in the slightest, and he did not care about the increasing danger at all.

"Lin Yaotian, we all understand your feelings. We also want to find the main force. Not to mention anything else, we all have many relatives inside, but we have to consider the reality now."

......

Su Mo raised his head at this time, interrupting their words, and said calmly.

"Is there a possibility that the base has not completely fallen and the main force is just hiding below the base?"

Hearing Su Mo say this, everyone looked at each other.

Qian Chengxue agreed and said, "There is that possibility. How could such a large Watcher Base, with so many stationed troops, really be lost? Moreover, the stationed corps is not just from the Federation. Don't forget, there are also the other four allied countries."

Hearing this, Su Mo's face showed a puzzled expression.

"Wait, isn't the Watcher Base our Federation's own? How are there soldiers from other allied countries? Are you mistaken?"

"Little Xue is right. The Watcher Base is stationed with troops from the other four countries, so normally speaking, it's even less likely to be destroyed. Also, there's nothing strange about it. The Watcher Base is indeed the Federation's. This base was the first one occupied by the Federation, but due to the alliance relationship, and in order to cope with the pressure from the Imperial Army and share the monster onslaught, the troops from the other four countries were allowed to enter."

Lin Yaotian roughly analyzed the situation for Su Mo.

"Hmm, I understand."

After listening to Lin Yaotian's explanation, Su Mo understood what was going on.

Wang Ce said worriedly, "Your analyses all make sense, but all of this is just speculation, without evidence. And we're going to touch the Watcher Base based on this? Isn't that suicide? If the main force isn't inside, wouldn't we be even more foolish?"

"It's not necessarily certain death to touch it. We can completely organize an elite force to sneak in and gather information. I also know that doing so is very risky, but we simply don't have any information about the main force right now. Even if the main force isn't inside, sneaking into the Watcher Base will definitely yield some clues."

Su Mo took a deep breath and said.

He actually felt that it was quite crazy, but Wang Ce and the others said one thing correctly. If they continued to squat here and search, before they could find the main force, they might attract a swarm of monsters to surround them, and then they would have difficulty protecting themselves.

"I agree."

Lin Yaotian steadily stated his position.

"Okay, let's do it then, but Mr. Su Mo, I'll say some unpleasant things first. If it's really impossible, then consider the worst-case scenario and prepare to evacuate. At that time, our priority will be to report what happened here to the Federation."

Wang Ce and the others weighed it and said.

"Okay, everyone prepare. We'll officially depart in three hours."

Su Mo was not inflexible either and readily agreed.

......

Three hours later, the elite forces of the Five Dragon Heads Family and Sun Duoxiang's troops began to gather.

One V-generation mecha, thirty IV-generation mechas, and two thousand III-generation mechas stood neatly together, which was very spectacular.

It had to be said that the Five Dragon Heads Family had a very deep foundation.

Especially the leading V-generation mecha, Crimson Dragon Flying Insect, was undoubtedly the most eye-catching existence, attracting the attention of many companions like a pearl.

"Did you see that V-generation mecha? So cool!"

"Of course I saw it. That's Li Ze from the Wang family. He's very strong."

......

Listening to the discussions in the public channel, Li Ze felt the haze in his heart swept away, and he felt an unprecedented pleasure, as if his highlight moment had returned.

Unfortunately, at this moment, an exclamation shattered his dream.

"Look quickly!"

"What is that mecha!"

"I don't know. Judging from its appearance, it seems to be stronger than Li Ze's!"

......

Su Mo piloted V-generation Netherfiend and flew in front of everyone, landing next to Li Ze.

Although Li Ze's V-generation bio-mecha, Crimson Dragon Flying Insect, was quite domineering, it was obviously not on the same level as Netherfiend.

"Netherfiend!"

When Wang Ce and the others saw the V-generation mecha, Netherfiend, piloted by Su Mo, everyone's expressions twitched.

Then, their expressions became exceptionally wonderful.

Especially Ye Quan, his intestines were almost green with regret. He never expected that the V-generation bio-mecha, Netherfiend, was actually piloted by Su Mo.

Although the deeds of Netherfiend had not spread much, it was very famous among the top echelons of various countries.

You have to know that the pilot of Netherfiend was now tacitly recognized by the Imperial Army as the strongest expert in the Alliance.

Logically speaking, Su Mo should have been close to the Ye family.

Now he had become the Lin family's son-in-law, and the more he thought about it, the more his heart ached.

.......

Li Ze looked at Su Mo's mecha, his brows almost twisted together. Although he had long been prepared that the other party's V-generation mecha would be very good, he didn't expect the level to be so much higher than his.

The V-generation bio-mecha, Crimson Dragon Flying Insect, that he piloted suddenly lost its appeal.

Su Mo said calmly, "Everyone, follow me!"

"Okay!"

Everyone responded.

Then, Su Mo led everyone towards the Watcher Base.

Along the way, they encountered wandering monsters, but fortunately, these monsters were not very strong. The strongest was only a IV-type elite-level Variant, Gray-Toothed Newt Beast.

Without Su Mo needing to take action, Lin Hai and the others cleaned them up.

Su Mo instructed Qian Chengxue, who was piloting the Nightwatch mecha, in the private communication channel, "Don't stay too far away from me. If there's a problem, come to me as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of my own safety. If I really can't hold on, I'll take the initiative to get closer to you. You don't need to be distracted by me."

Qian Chengxue responded softly. Of course, she knew that Su Mo was worried about her.

"Okay."

Su Mo didn't say much.

At this time, the huge Watcher Base was getting closer and closer, and its alloy defense walls, which were thousands of meters high, came into view.

There was a fixed-firepower turret every ten meters on the defense walls.

The entire defense wall was covered with dried blood stains, and a large number of monster skeletons were piled up below.

However, these skeletons had no flesh and blood. They had been eaten clean by later monsters.

From time to time, you could see carrion beasts, three or four meters tall, with sharp teeth and claws, and bodies like wolves, rummaging through the bones.

Their eyes were glowing green.

The monsters here were not picky eaters. They would eat anything. If there was nothing to eat, they would eat monsters of the same race.

Su Mo was also full of interest in the base in front of him. Although the base was riddled with holes, it still looked so magnificent no matter how you looked at it.

It covered an area of tens of thousands of square kilometers. A base was an independent kingdom that could easily accommodate hundreds of millions of troops.

He didn't know which civilization had such a grand scale to build it in such a harsh area as Ceres and stand for so long without being wiped out.

"A little to the right, there's a gap in the defense walls. We can enter from there. The only problem is that there are a lot of carrion beasts, but fortunately, the carrion beasts are only Type III at most."

Lin Yaotian said to Su Mo.

"Okay, we'll break in through that gap, but try not to fire and use melee combat to avoid attracting more monsters."

Su Mo looked in the direction indicated by Lin Yaotian and saw a huge gap in the defense wall in the right area, which could easily allow mecha troops to enter.

"Okay, I'll tell everyone."

Lin Yaotian agreed and replied.

A moment later, Su Mo and the others approached the gap.

Before they could get close, the carrion beasts turned their heads one by one and looked at these uninvited guests of Su Mo.

Faced with so many huge mechas, they were not afraid at all. Instead, they rushed up like crazy.

Their eyes only had the desire for food.

Su Mo piloted the V-generation mecha, Netherfiend, and erupted, waving the particle light blade in his hand and sweeping it across, four or five carrion beasts were cut in half.

Qian Chengxue and the others took action without hesitation!

Clang!

Viscous blood splattered everywhere.

Su Mo controlled Netherfiend like a god of killing, crushing and killing all the way in.

As expected, he was the first to kill his way into the Watcher Base.

Looking ahead, eight super-spectacular steel passages, like bridges, extended to the huge light tower in the center of the base.

The interior of the base was all hollow, like a loophole.

The bridge-like passages were full of weapon wreckage, protective suit fragments, abandoned fixed anti-aircraft weapons, and wandering monsters.

Upon closer inspection, three of the eight bridge-like passages were partially destroyed.

This should have been done during the defense when they couldn't hold on.

Su Mo looked down at the hollow bottom, and his eyelids jumped violently. Below was a huge pit of corpses. xxs one

A mountain of monster corpses was piled up.

At this time, the III-type Variant, Black Bat Beast, flying around in the base, pounced on them as if they had discovered prey.

Qian Chengxue and the others, who were close behind, immediately controlled the mechas to meet them and kill the Black Bat Beasts that pounced on them one by one.

Before long, everyone rushed in. They looked at the scene in front of them, and everyone took a breath of cold air.

The structure of this base was truly ingenious, easy to defend and difficult to attack!

"What do we do next?"

Lin Hai swallowed nervously and asked.

"Cross the bridge, go inside. The base entrance should be in the middle of that light tower."

Although Su Mo had never been to the Watcher Base, he roughly understood what was going on after taking a look at the structure here.

"That should be right."

Lin Yaotian nodded in agreement.

Without saying a word, Su Mo said to everyone, "Follow me!"

Everyone followed Su Mo and moved forward little by little.

Soon, everyone walked onto the bridge-like steel passage, and from time to time, everyone glanced at the corpse pit below.

Everyone's hearts were pounding to the extreme. It would be a lie to say that they were not afraid.

......

After a long time, after slaughtering some harassing monsters, everyone arrived at the central area of the Watcher Base very smoothly.

A disc-shaped platform came into view first, and in the center of the platform, a cone-shaped building went straight into the sky, with the light tower located at the top of the cone-shaped building.

Su Mo and the others looked around.

There were mecha wrecks everywhere, and it could be seen how tragic the battle had been here.

In addition, these mecha wrecks had one common characteristic: the cockpits had been violently broken open. Looking at the blood stains inside, it was not necessary to think about what had happened.

At this time, they saw a giant entrance hundreds of meters high in front of them. Fortunately, the gate at the entrance was open and not closed.

"Do we really want to go in? Isn't this too reckless?"

Wang Ce looked at the entrance and asked with some horror.

"Do we have a choice? Stay close to me."

Su Mo replied in a deep voice.

"Okay!"

Everyone responded.

Su Mo took a deep breath and led the mecha in.

It would be a lie to say that he wasn't nervous, but there was no way around it, there had to be a leader. Among everyone, he was the strongest, if he didn't go in front, who would?

The Falsified Creator·Devourer said to Su Mo in a low voice: "Strange, I feel that after entering this base, the scanning ability has been further restricted, which may be related to the material of this base. Be careful, because I can't give you very accurate warnings, don't be ambushed."

"Can't you give me some good news?"

Su Mo's nerves were tense, as he walked forward, while being vigilant about his surroundings.

The light inside the base was relatively dim, with only emergency lights still on.

As he walked along, the floors and walls were covered with mixed blood stains, and it was unusually quiet, making people feel very horrified.

The entire public communication channel, everyone was extremely quiet, but you could hear everyone's breathing involuntarily becoming heavier.

Su Mo slowed down his speed.

Just then, Su Mo's nerves suddenly moved, and he controlled the mecha to raise the particle light blade in his hand and chop it towards the top of his head.

At this time, a crawling Variant let out a shrill sound and pounced down, but was directly split in half.

At this time, the mechas behind Su Mo, as if stimulated, directly raised the guns in their hands and fired at the ceiling!

Bang bang!

Su Mo was not frightened by the monster's sneak attack, he was almost frightened by his own people.

Lin Yaotian scolded in the communication channel at this time: "Everyone calm down, don't attack randomly!"

Soon the attack stopped.

But there was a dull, chaotic sound from the end of the passage.

Su Mo narrowed his eyes and said: "Everyone prepare to fight!"

Obviously, the sound of the attack just now was too loud, alarming the monsters inside, Lin Yaotian and the others all made a fighting posture, ready to meet the monster's impact.

Thump thump~

As the sound got closer and closer, everyone's heart was in their throats.

Not long after, only to see monsters as high as five meters, with lizard-like pointed heads, mouths full of sharp teeth, bodies all sick white, and slender tails growing on their backs, with a triangular crack at the end, the Polluting Variant·Bai Ze rushed over.

Everyone was slightly startled, with strange looks on their faces.

"Kill!"

Lin Yaotian gave the order in a cold voice.

Qian Chengxue and others controlled the mecha to rush up.

Clang!

Blood splattered~

Bai Ze were chopped down to the ground.

In less than ten minutes, all the Bai Ze that attacked were beheaded, but there was nothing strange about it, after all, the highest type of attack was Type III, and even Type IV was not seen.

Su Mo said to the Falsified Creator·Devourer at this time: "Something is wrong, how can the monsters entrenched in this base be so weak? The number is not large, not as many as the monsters wandering outside."

"Don't be careless, maybe there are powerful monsters hiding in the depths."

The Falsified Creator·Devourer said in a deep voice.

"You're right, monsters that are so weak, maybe they can't destroy such a strong Watcher Base, there must be stronger monsters."

Su Mo agreed and replied.

Then Su Mo took everyone in.

The internal space of the entire Watcher Base was super large, and the passages were crisscrossed, making it impossible to tell where they led.

"Does anyone have an internal map of the Watcher Base?"

Su Mo asked with a headache.

"Cough cough, how could this be possible, the Watcher Base is the top secret of the Federation, unauthorized disclosure is punishable by death."

Wang Ce coughed and said.