Chapter 170: Chapter 170: The Blackstone Mine Shaft
To streamline the team as much as possible, the squad only included four people: Zhang Ge, Amilia, the Space Marine Sergeant, and Isis. Everyone else was asked to wait outside or be responsible for vigilance.
As agreed, if the four of them did not return to the surface in more than one Terran Hour, then it would be assumed that they had sacrificed themselves. If Calgar had not arrived by then, then a second Recon Team could be dispatched.
During the preparation phase before departure, the Space Marine Sergeant still insisted on asking about Zhang Ge's information source. He could only roughly judge the time point based on the popularization of Primaris Space Marines, and then casually found a reason that could be used to deal with it:
"In the battle to defend Baal..."
Halfway through the words, Zhang Ge suddenly remembered that he shouldn't talk nonsense about that matter.
To put it mildly, it was a temporary compromise under desperate circumstances, but to put it seriously, it was the Chapter Master of a Founding Chapter colluding with aliens. This kind of thing must be kept secret to the death. Even if a mere Astra Militarum knew, he would definitely sign a relevant confidentiality agreement—these various confidentiality agreements were one of the reasons why the Imperium's information blockage was so serious.
"... I encountered them."
The other party could of course hear this obvious and stiff turn, but combined with his own understanding of the blank spaces in the Battle of Baal, even if Zhang Ge didn't say everything, he had revealed a lot of information.
If that was the case, then many things that were glossed over and vaguely described could be explained, and why he knew nothing about it also had a reasonable explanation.
Hibernation, spread throughout the stars, just these two things were enough to make one's blood run cold.
If such an alien was announced, then where would the long-proclaimed human legitimacy in the galaxy be placed for ordinary people and even many of his colleagues?
Just this one thing was so influential, and there were countless other things involved. Before a suitable solution was discussed at the highest level, not to mention relevant intelligence, even its existence was likely to be strictly kept secret.
And in this world, the best way to keep a secret was not to know. As long as one knew, even if it was hidden in the deepest part of the mind, it could be spread in various ways.
Thinking of this, coupled with a certain intuitive sense of trust transmitted by the Power Armor through the black carapace neural connection points, he did not ask any further questions and put Zhang Ge in a difficult situation. He just said in passing:
"I see."
Soon, the four of them completed their preparations in two or three minutes, and incidentally took Alphie, who was responsible for introducing the situation as much as possible before entering, and followed the Severed-Arm Astartes through layers of Isolation Wall to an inconspicuous building.
Here, a secret entrance was hidden under the bed in a bedroom on the first floor. At this time, the entrance, which was almost fused with the ground, had been opened, revealing the deep and empty darkness inside.
Looking at this entrance, Zhang Ge turned his head and asked Alphie, who had been brought along:
"Do you know what this is?"
"This is a mine shaft? Um, it should be, and it's not very accurate to say that. That's a common saying. Actually, it's a mineral transportation tunnel."
Zhang Ge nodded, signaling Alphie to explain it briefly.
But even if he was as brief as possible, it still wasted two more minutes to explain the situation clearly.
To summarize simply, this could be traced back to the Adeptus Mechanicus. They had been trading a precious mineral on this planet for a long time and without limit, so much so that this mineral had even become more common than Throne Gelt on this planet.
It might be difficult to find a place to spend Throne Gelt, but as long as this mineral was in the hands of the Adeptus Mechanicus, it could definitely be exchanged for something.
That's right, it was Blackstone Ore. Although various Necron relics were emerging one after another, and even the Blackstone Fortress on the other side had already smashed out the Great Rift, this side was still treating Blackstone as a mineral. This was still on the Adeptus Mechanicus, which had relatively high communication efficiency.
And speaking back to the origin of the mine shaft: This mineral, which was simple to detect due to its Weak Psychic Resonance, and could be exchanged for a lot of things even without refining after being mined, naturally spawned a large number of industries.
From the nobles' mining teams to the tribes in the desert, from the mutants in the wild to the small gangsters in the Underhive, it spread almost to every place where people went.
As a matter of course, the Underhive gangs, who even stole high-quality drinking water, would naturally not let go of this money.
This was the origin of the "mine shaft."
The mine shafts they had excavated were extremely hidden, hidden in various places, ranging from ten to hundreds of meters deep below the Isolation Wall, and led directly to the suburbs. The whole thing was completely unexposed on the surface. After leaving the foundation of the Isolation Wall, it was directly obliquely inserted into the location of the underground Blackstone Ore that had been prospected.
As for the current situation, it was very likely that the mining point connected by this mine shaft had brushed past the edge of a Necron hibernation point.
The Necron were not previously identified as a "threat" by those Underhive gangs, so the two could live in peace, but it was not the same thing for Space Marines to follow in.
It was like an ant and a "Three-meter Roid-roach". The former was just part of the natural landscape, but the latter obviously looked a little more threatening.
After Zhang Ge understood the situation, he arranged for everyone:
"I know the most about the situation, so I'll be in the front. Amilia will cooperate with me in the second position. This sergeant, you are responsible for acting as a Sword Guard and Heavy Weapons Support in the third position. And Isis, use the Melta Gun to provide support when necessary. Don't engage in melee combat unless necessary."
In a flash, Zhang Ge seemed to return to that trench at the beginning, except that after this short period of time, the person in charge of the operation had changed from the Commissar to Zhang Ge himself.
With no time to feel sorry for the past, Zhang Ge had Amilia jump down first after taking a look at the depth below the entrance.
She nodded, the Jump Pack opened, and her figure descended into the darkness, holding a long sword to confirm the safety below.
After Amilia made a signal to the others above, the team descended into the channel through a ladder that was dozens of meters long, arriving at this deep "underground" that seemed to isolate all sounds.
Since this place was actually inside the Isolation Wall between here and the Underhive, the surrounding of the channel was all metal.
Zhang Ge looked around.
This channel, with its four walls in a square shape, extended to a very far distance. The edge cut surface was smooth, and it looked like it was excavated by some kind of Gauss Excavator.
Because it was extremely straight, the vision was very good, but Zhang Ge carefully observed for a while, but he still couldn't see where the Severed-Arm Astartes' so-called corner was.
This was not unexpected. After all, although this place was considered very close to the edge of the Underhive, it was still "close" relative to a huge city that could accommodate hundreds of billions of people.
Zhang Ge simply made a forward gesture, and then the team, none of whom were ordinary people, began to fly forward in this channel at an extremely fast speed.
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