600 One Way Portal (2/2)

Yin Tianzong and his soldiers pressed forward while the injured received treatment behind them. They would catch up sooner or later, and finding Wang Tong was much more urgent. Something told Yin Tianzong that Wang Tong was in knee deep trouble.

Although they were unable to use their soul energy, the warriors traveled at an amazing speed thanks to the exceptional physical condition. Huge ice walls towered beside them, their size and shape suggesting that they were the product of drastic terraforming. In order to make Mars inhabitable, the early humans had used advanced technology to terraform Mars, changing its terrain, rivers, and atmosphere. As a result, some areas were so heavily modified that their natural elements seemed to be full of contradictions.

Mount Dynamo was one such region. Thankfully, these areas remained anomalies on Mars, and once settled, the humans never bothered to correct their mistakes.

These blue ice walls were not entirely made out of ice, since it was much tougher than normal ice. What was even stranger was that the temperature seemed to be rising as the soldiers reached higher elevation. These unnatural phenomena worried the warriors as they became more convinced that Wang Tong was in trouble.

Yin Tianzong led the group from the front, stress and unease written all over his face. After some time, Yin Tianzong saw a glowing white light ahead of him. As he got closer, he noticed that the light came out of a gate, except that it wasn't really a gate at all. It had the shape of a gate, but in the middle was a film of shimmering silvery liquid. Its hinge was made out of fleshy substances.

Guan Dongyang caught up with Xiao Libie and asked in confusion. ”What the heck is this thing?”

Xiao Yuyu approached the contraption and cautiously touched its rim. ”It's a one-way space portal to the hive.”

As the chief medic, Xiao Yuyu had learned extensively about the Zergs. She had seen such a portal in texts, and the thing in front of her matched the description perfectly.

But, why was there a space portal in the middle of nowhere? Everyone thought about the same question. Three hundred years ago, the Zergs were defeated on Mars, but were they really eliminated by the humans? A portal like this required decades to build, and the Zergs only occupied mars five years ago. Therefore, it had to be left by the original queen mother five hundred years ago. Regardless of what was on the other side, the portal's existence meant danger to the humans.

”Move in!” Yin Tianzong commanded and then disappeared through the gate, the rest of soldiers following him. Xiao Libie heaved a sigh and lamented how fearless these soldiers were.

As soon as they entered the portal, they found themselves inside a giant hall with living undulating walls. The room's color was dark green, and they were standing on a wet carpet of fleshy substance. This had to be the hive.

When they looked up, they saw Wang Tong floating close to the ceiling with dead Zergs all around him on the ground. Among the dead Zergs was a giant queen; her skull was smashed to pulp, and eggs were littered everywhere around her.

The eggs were large in size and came with a hard shell. On top of the shell was a restraining field of soul energy set by Wang Tong.

Yin Tianzong felt that as soon as they went through the threshold, he was able to use his soul energy once again.

”Block all entrances!”

”Roger that!”

Everyone took a position and prepared for the next wave of attack.

This was as close the soldiers had ever gotten to the home base of the Zergs. The well-hidden location of the portal meant this hive was very important to the Zergs.

Yin Tianzong looked around and found out that the eggs were placed in a pool with emerald liquid. He had never seen such treatment of the eggs before. All things suggested that this was not an ordinary lair.

On the living walls were many entrances and exits. Everyone stood where they were and refrained from entering any of those holes. After all, they were inside a living organism, and those tunnels could be sealed in an instant.