Steel steam and flame

Just after talking to Cassia about the volcano base, Waters appeared in front of Delya with a look of surprise on the other side.

"Deputy leader, there are some things over there. It might be better for you and the leader to go and take a look." Waters said that he only saw Delya coming out of the temporary conference room.

"Did something happen to the cargo itself?" Delya was still sorting out what she had just received in her head. Not long after, Cassia had told her all the details of the volcano base. Although there are still some things hidden in it, Delya believes that there is no need for her to fully know about those things now.

But just these unprocessed original events also made Delya hurt her head. When they returned to the empire from the gray area, they were rounded up by several major forces because of the solid red mercury matter. Fortunately, the situation was chaotic at that time, and they had the possibility of returning safely out of danger. But it's far from over. They must be remembered by those big forces. As long as they can find opportunities and opportunities, they will definitely make actions consistent with their status.

Now that he is remembered again by other big shots, it really gives Delya an even bigger headache. They are still just a starting force. If there is no guarantee from other forces and background behind them, destruction will be a very easy thing.

"Let me go over and take a look. The leader has something to do. It's better not to call him now." Delya and Waters quickly walked to the end of the queue. The people who had just talked were now standing There, wait for them to pass.

"Deputy leader," several people greeted. They were all holding a steel can in their hands, exposing the end that had been violently bitten open.

They also found some bitten metal fragments on the floor where the air conditioning was concentrated. They were all completely twisted. Through the observation of characteristics, it can be seen that it is a strong alloy used to resist high pressure and high corrosion. But now, there are definitely clear marks of chewing left on them.

"It's almost the same situation. About one-third of the jars have been completely bitten open." There was some hesitation after the words were said, because the word "bitten open" was still a bit beyond their imagination. When Waters went to call Delia, they also tried it with their own mouths. Not even a white mark can be left behind, let alone biting them completely as if they were food.

"It could be something, it doesn't look like a human being. Judging from the tooth marks, it looks very similar to some beasts in the wilderness."

"It must be that those ferocious beasts jumped onto the rearrangement as it was advancing. There happened to be a big hole on the side panel of the rearrangement. But what kind of beast can have the power to bite open the alloy?"

Delya's eyes glanced at the ferocious marks left on the steel alloy, and the shadow of Cassia unconsciously appeared in her head.

Cassia should have been relisting it all the time. It would be very clear what happened on it. And the goods here were the ones he alone said he wanted to carry.

But Delya herself didn't quite believe that these tooth marks were left by Cassia. Because as the men beside him said, this shape is not something humans have, it is something only ferocious beasts have, as a deadly weapon for their hunting.

"Don't worry about it for now. We'll move everything onto the heavy trucks. We don't have much time. After we leave here safely, the team leader should have an explanation." Delya finalized the decision and then said something again while inspecting and rearranging the list. On the other hand, he walked towards the conference room where Cassia stayed.

"What's wrong?" Cassia was resting. For some reason, fatigue slowly crept up his body from the moment the train slowed down. But lying on the cold table, he couldn't close his eyes.

"Things in the cold storage." Delya answered, observing Cassia's expression. But there was nothing, just a straight face, just as she expected.

"That thing..." Cassia seemed to have just remembered something important. Her tone was a bit high, but she had no further words. He changed the topic, "I'm wondering what should be done with some of the personnel in this team. We need absolute safety, and nothing about this rearrangement can be revealed."

He also talked about Delya's difficulties, reminding her of bad memories. It seems that there was a similar situation before, and something needed to be kept secret. What did you do at that time? Delya rubbed her forehead and did not answer Cassia. Cassia also maintained her posture and quietly put her head on the table, as if waiting for Delya's answer.

Silence suddenly fell between the two of them, during which Delya pulled up a chair and sat down, looking at the document in his hand, which was the specific route map for withdrawing from Manoma. She did not answer Cassia's question. This kind of decision did not seem to be something she, as the deputy leader, should give orders to make.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe just a moment, maybe a long time. Cassia finally closed her eyes during this period, but her eyes kept rolling under her eyelids and she never fell asleep.

At this time, he raised his head and sighed, and Delya looked over.

"Sure enough, only the dead keep the most secret." Cassia said, looking at the heavy black steel plate above her head. "Let's take it step by step." He seemed to be saying to himself.

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The Empire's New Year's Day is a lively one, a day of carnival for many people.

In the garden of a room, someone was cleaning things left after the New Year. Large pieces of wrapping paper, discarded dinner plates, the charred remains of fireworks, and flower branches with petals trampled into the soil. It happened that there was light snow here during the New Year's Eve yesterday, and the ground was wet. What should have been a piece of withered and yellow grass was turned into mud because of the many people attending the New Year's party.

"Well, we're done here. There's still a lot of untied things in the hall of the house." The cleaner sighed. She was wearing a long, light-colored cotton-padded jacket that looked a little thin, and a plaid belt around her neck. patterned gray scarf. For some unknown reason, she was the only one cleaning things on the ground. Perhaps she was tired, so she stopped what she was doing, exhaled large clouds of white air, and loosened her scarf.

"I still have so many books to read!" She couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the large amount of clutter and garbage in front of her.