Chapter 264

"No, it's just a residue, made up of the energy left when the source of corruption leaves. We've been fighting the echo that we really want to face the enemy."

The priest pointed to the wreckage.

"Well, if this is not the source, where should we go to find the real devil."

"This place."

Soshyan turned to the remains of the table, where pieces of leather paper and broken data boards were mixed in the ruins.

He saw the faint ripples of sub space on parchment - it seemed that fate lurked somewhere here, contained in the most ordinary things.

At his command, the star Knights began to search.

But there was obvious damage here. All the navigation records, personnel records and captain's log have been lost.

Finally, under a relatively complete board that was originally a desktop, Farzad found a data board that was still working.

Soshyan examined it and found that it was a list of relics.

He glanced at the names and descriptions of the relics and saw nothing unusual until he turned to the last page, which recorded an unknown national religious scripture.

Its supposed source has been revised and questioned, and more interestingly, the red icon added to the entry in recent days indicates that it has been stolen.

"A relic of unknown origin has recently disappeared."

Soshyan put down the data board.

"It can't be a coincidence."

"I think so."

At this time, the priest also found the captain's almost completely burned log.

Most of the above records were destroyed, but the latest pages could see something. He put the book on his right arm, and the small log was not commensurate with his big hand.

"It has been in valledo's atmosphere."

Soshyan approached the priest and looked at the record.

"That Scripture was also listed as missing shortly after entering the atmosphere."

At the same time, he felt uneasy that an unspeakable trap was about to trigger.

"I think we found our prey."

"Where is the prey?"

"On valledo."

"That's the only way."

The priest didn't sound surprised, as if he had already known.

After all, its trace is so obvious that everything that happens in orbit cannot happen on the surface of the planet.

Soshyan took a deep breath.

"Let's get out of here and get ready to land on the ground to see what happened... Find the judge if necessary."

Soon after the star knight team left the flying Taran, the bow of the unbound soul burst into a flash, and then the dazzling huge light spear penetrated the hull and blasted the whole ship into pieces in an instant——

916.m41, valledo, Ninth Parish, 4337 infantry regiment defense area.

The road is full of heretics.

They scampered to chimera ahead, and the song of pain echoed in the streets.

More enemies chased the retreating armored convoy, and more things poured up from behind the positions, out of the alleys, and out of the windows and doors.

There were more and more indescribable things. Eric didn't even dare to look at them anymore. Instead, he aimed the heavy bomb on the roof at them.

He kept shooting, shooting, and dared not stop for a moment.

Vaguely, he saw unclean flesh and fire in the street, but he didn't want to stare at these things, because he realized that these things might bring evil corruption.

But he will not be tempted or corrupted.

The armored convoy, with more than a dozen chimeras and more than 20 trucks, was assembled by troops retreating from the station.

The station was still lost. He never thought that the enemy would get sentinel mecha, and not only one, but five!

They had to abandon the soldiers who couldn't get on the bus. There were too many enemies. Their offensive was too fast and too strong.

A few minutes before the situation got out of control, Eric thought maybe he could regain control of the situation.

But then, the enemy suddenly shot out of the sewer, completely tearing his troops apart, and he couldn't reorganize her troops again.

If his troops were ready for the battle, they might be able to organize an effective counterattack, but chaos has engulfed the area.

The rest of the troops must retreat now, and the best he can hope for now is to save his men as much as possible - they have only lost half of their defensive positions and the other half are still under the control of the friendly 4211 infantry regiment.

A river flows from south to north, dividing their defense zone in two. After occupying the station, Eric has ordered the demolition of all bridges.

Now he and the troops around him are going to the last one.

As long as they crossed the bridge, they could temporarily stabilize their position and hold together with the 4211 regiment to resist the enemy's attack - although this only delayed the time of destruction.

"Commissar..."

Suddenly, the communicator on chimera rang, but the sound was difficult to recognize.

Eric was so nervous that he couldn't imagine what was going on over the communicator.

"Miller?"

"Commissar, I'm sorry..."

In order to avoid a cult bound with a bomb, chimera turned suddenly, which almost threw Eric out of the hatch of the turret.

The guy was knocked down by a laser gun and failed to detonate his explosives in time. Then chimera crushed his leg on his left side.

But he didn't scream, but grabbed chimera's guardrail and began to climb up.

Eric regained his balance, turned the heavy bomb and aimed it at the hateful guy.

Then he pulled the trigger until the bomb turned the thing into a fog.

"Speed up! Use the fastest speed! Don't stop! Don't look at those things!"

Although I couldn't hear the driver's answer, the roar of the engine was louder, and chimera rushed forward, as if even the soul itself was desperate to reach the bridge.

Then he had time to deal with the situation at the other end of the communicator.

"Miller, where are you?"

Miller and his team were sent to destroy the power system of the station, and Eric left a chimera for them.

"Did you blow up the transmission equipment?"

"It's destroyed, but we're trapped here."

Gunfire rang out in the background.

"We can't break through, we..."

His voice became hoarse. When Miller spoke again, he did not speak as a Star Army lieutenant, but a fragile mortal.

Facing the terror in front of him, he collapsed in despair.

"Commissar, I see... What are they?"

"Our enemy, Miller."

"No, it's more than that!"

Miller let out a long cry of pain.

Ari frowned.

So far, most of his military career has been fought side by side with Miller. They have saved each other's lives more than once. He believes in him, believes that he is a rock, and believes that he can be unswervingly loyal to the emperor.

But now Miller howled, and Eric heard the anguish of his soul.

The crying didn't stop. It seemed to tear the communicator to pieces.

Eric could have turned off the communicator, but he didn't. He did his best to witness the experience of his best friend.

The gunfire from Miller has stopped.

The howl continued, but began to change, becoming coarser and more musical.

It became a song, a laugh of ridicule.

Miller... No, it is no longer human, even though it is so familiar with human beings.

Eric knew that Miller had been swallowed up by evil and where those indescribable things came from.

They erupt from the human body or are transformed by humans.

"No, never!"

Eric kept firing with a bomb gun.

Even if everyone else gives in, he will never!