The air grew thick with the smell of metallic dust, mingled with the unique scent of ozone and raw energy.
The four of them remained on high alert, advancing step by step into the abyss.
They pushed forward for about five hundred meters, and the tunnel began to open up.
Just then!
Qin Feng stopped dead in his tracks.
His gaze instantly locked onto the tip of a seemingly ordinary stalactite hanging from the cavern ceiling, a hundred meters ahead.
There, a glint of scarlet light—fainter than a star and utterly unearthly—flashed once before vanishing.
It was a Mechanical Race scout post!
"Ambush!"
Qin Feng's warning exploded through the comms channel like a thunderclap.
But it was too late.
The instant the red light flashed, the entire mining area awakened like an ancient beast from slumber, baring its terrifying fangs.
HMMMMMM—
A scalp-numbing, high-frequency hum of energy erupted from the shadows on all sides!
