Chapter 1280 - Eavesdropping (1/2)

“SS Origin has departed six days ago and will reach Mar’s orbit at this time tomorrow at the latest. By then, our new weapons and reinforcements will also arrive on Mars, which should help us gain a certain advantage,” Kelvin replied.

On the way to the Kuiper Belt, SS Origin would use Mars’ gravity to adjust its direction, and at the same time test SS Origin’s orbital docking performance.

Because it was on the way, Celestial Trade attached Future Military’s newly designed weapons and equipment suitable for the Mars environment to the external warehouse on SS Origin. Once the ship entered the orbit, it would drop it down to the surface.

“Where are the specimens?” Jiang Chen asked, “How long will it take to return to Celestial City?”

“The first batch of specimens were loaded onto the rocket last week and will arrive at the latest the day after tomorrow… shall we notify our allies?” Kelvin responded.

After Jiang Chen contemplated for a while, he said, “Once the specimens have arrived, let’s keep this information confidential for the time being. I will select some scientists from Future Biology to form a Corruptor research project group, and then discuss whether to disclose the information to our allies.”

Kelvin nodded. “Okay, then I’ll make the necessary adjustments.”

The express train quickly arrived at its destination.

After the train made a full stop, the two went to Project 071 Department at the Space Command Center together.

It was a coincidence that just before the two men stepped through the command room, Kelvin’s assistant passed a document into his hand.

Kelvin glanced over the file and started to frown.

A moment later, Kelvin put away the file, looked at Jiang Chen, and smiled wearily, “One bad news, one good news, which one do you want to hear first?”

“…let’s start with the bad news.”

“The bad news is that our colony on Mars was under siege by bugs,” Kelvin replied.

Jiang Chen’s eyebrows twitched intensively when he heard this.

“… what about the good news?”

There was a smile on Kelvin’s face, “The good news is that we have prepared the wall in advance. With the support of TS Expedition, our army blocked the bug’s assault.”

Jiang Chen slowly let out a long breath of air, looked at the holographic screen directly in front of the command room.

On the satellite image sent from the TS Expedition, the sand outside the colony was stained an unhealthy dark green by the blood and saliva of Corruptors. Broken limbs were scattered everywhere. However, the situation of the soldiers on the wall was not optimistic either as many people’s equipment was damaged by the corrosive acid.

The bugs already managed to scale the wall and collide with Celestial Marines. Fortunately, the Corruptor’s close combat capabilities were nowhere near that of the Devil Worms. While the battle was dangerous, Celestial Trade managed to win because of their defensive fortifications and the support of the TS Expedition.

After examining the casualty assessment on the screen, Jiang Chen was silent for a while before he suddenly spoke out.

“Don’t you find it strange?”

Kelvin hesitated for a moment, then followed up.

“You mean…”

“Every time we make progress at Mine 071, the troubles just seem to be after us,” Jiang Chen said while he looked at Kelvin. “It’s as if we have a pair of eyes watching us,”

“Watching us?” Kelvin gave a slight nod, and then laughed, “Do you mean, the trouble we encountered is because of someone?”

Jiang Chen didn’t answer. Instead, he folded his arms in front of his chest, stared into the holographic screen, and no longer spoke.

He suddenly realized a possibility …

But he was not sure yet.

He could only verify his guess the next time he returned to the apocalypse.

…

Outside the Mars colony, the billowing dust rolled up almost a thousand meters above the ground and formed a sand wall that covered the sky outside the colony.

Just five minutes ago, dozens of mass bombs dropped from the sky and flattened the dune outside the colony. It created a crater of several meters wide in the desert. Three high-explosive missiles blasted inside the tunnel five kilometers underground and successfully curtailed the attack of the Corruptors.