Chapter 651: Airdropped to the Third Defense Zone Breeding Ground (2)

Afudao looked at the 5 Salamanders Space Marines standing outside his residential building, a wave of anxiety rising in his heart.

Beside him, Dekashi gestured to Afudao.

"They discovered what's inside, so have our companions already been..."

Afudao shook his head uncertainly and gestured back to Dekashi.

"Regardless, we must leave this place first."

Just then, Afudao suddenly felt the gaze of one of the Salamanders Space Marines turn toward his direction.

"No way? It must have just happened to look this way, right?"

Thinking this, Afudao signaled for Dekashi to retreat; Dekashi took a few steps back, suddenly stepped into empty air, and his lower leg became wedged between collapsed steel frames.

Seeing this, Afudao had no choice but to crouch down to help Dekashi pry the steel bars; just as he pulled Dekashi out from the gap in the steel frame, Afudao heard those heavy footsteps approaching.

"Get down!"

Afudao dragged Dekashi down behind a wall; the two listened to the footsteps drawing closer outside, their hearts in their throats, and sweat began to seep from their foreheads.

Three tall Steel giants approached in a triangular formation, the burning lizard emblem on their shoulder pads looming in the thick fog.

The lead Salamanders Space Marine suddenly raised his Bolter and said in a low tone.

"Come out! We will not harm you!"

Afudao pressed down on Dekashi's trembling shoulder, his chest heaving violently, his brain racing.

These three Steel giants just spoke the Human language, so it is very likely they are Humans? But how could a Human's physique be this tall and this strong?

"If you are Humans, we will absolutely not harm you, but if you have betrayed Humanity..."

Another Salamanders Space Marine raised his Chainsword and provided his answer with the roar of the Chain Saw.

"Wait!"

Afudao gritted his teeth, decided to take a gamble in his heart, shouted out, and stepped out from behind the wall.

"We are livestock being kept in captivity! We have not betrayed Humanity!"

This time, Afudao saw the appearance of these three Steel giants clearly; viewed at close range, the pressure brought by their physique was even stronger, and pale yellow light shone on their helmets.

"Are you the leaders of the survivors inside?"

The Salamanders Space Marine in the middle looked at Afudao's nervous expression and asked in a deep, resonant voice.

"Yes, who are you? Why have you appeared here?"

Seeing that the other party had put away their weapons, Afudao wanted to learn as much information as possible.

"We are the Emperor's Angels, warriors of the Salamanders Legion. Rest assured, although you have suffered much hardship here, since we have arrived, your suffering ends here.

We will rescue you from this place; the Emperor will not abandon you!"

Afudao did not continue the conversation and nodded silently.

Although he did not know what kind of existence the Emperor mentioned by this Steel giant was, from the mouths of these Steel giants calling themselves Salamanders, he gathered that this Emperor was a Human; furthermore, seeing the Zerg seemingly at war with another faction at the wall gap earlier, it should also be Humans attacking the Zerg.

Does this mean that Humanity has not only not perished, but has even begun to counterattack the Zerg?

Soon, Afudao and Dekashi were brought back to their residence by a Salamanders Space Marine.

At this moment, Afudao saw that there were already three Salamanders Space Marines inside his residence, and his companions seemed to have believed their words as well.

Seeing the leader of these children brought back, Huokan looked at the two young people with reddened eyes.

"You are the leaders of these children?"

The Servo System of Huokan's Power Armor emitted a faint hum as he walked slowly toward the two.

"Yes, my name is Afudao, and he is Dekashi."

Huokan crouched down halfway and said in a deep, resonant voice.

"My name is Huokan. I heard them say you are planning to escape the Breeding Ground; how many people are roughly in this Breeding Ground?"

Afudao noticed that when this two-meter-tall black-skinned giant walked over, his body still trembled involuntarily, but he quickly adjusted his posture and said to Huokan.

"In this Breeding Ground of ours, the survivors I can contact are about 3,000; there are other groups, so the total number should be around 【number】 people."

Upon hearing the approximate number of people in this Breeding Ground, Huokan had already decided on his rescue plan in his heart, and then said to Afudao.

"Afudao, I need you to do us a favor now; I need you to tell the other survivors the news of escaping the Breeding Ground. As for your companions, I will have my brothers take them to a relatively safe location."

"I will lead the way; I know the people from the other groups."

Dekashi looked at Huokan at this moment and suddenly spoke up.

Huokan glanced at Dekashi and nodded.

"Fine, then you come along too!"

After Dekashi told Huokan the locations of the survivors he knew, Huokan arranged for the other Salamanders Space Marines to head to these areas to find survivors, taking one of the children from here along.

This would save some time on explanations and allow for the survivors to be gathered more quickly.

As for Huokan himself, he headed to the other side of the Breeding Ground under the guidance of Afudao and Dekashi to find the survivors there.

"Since you two have already united quite a few survivors in the Breeding Ground, why haven't the survivors from other teams contacted you?"

With one large and two small figures walking in the dark green fog, Huokan asked Afudao beside him while holding his Bolter.

Afudao pursed his lips, looked ahead, and spoke slowly.

"Because we survivors are not considered a very strong group within this Breeding Ground, and every time the Zerg drop Nutrient Paste, our thin and weak physique causes the amount of Nutrient Paste we can compete for to be limited.

Even so, those survivor groups still cause us trouble from time to time, so we hide on the edge of the Breeding Ground and live scattered; that way, every time we grab Nutrient Paste, we quickly leave and return here."

After hearing Afudao's words, Huokan had already thought of a way to gather these survivors.

The three soon arrived at a location near the center of the Breeding Ground; Dekashi saw a building that had clearly been repaired and explained to Huokan behind him.

"This is the strongest survivor group we have here; although their numbers are not large, their physical fitness is considered the best in this Breeding Ground."

"It doesn't matter, Dekashi; my goal is to take you all away from this Breeding Ground. As for things after returning, the Emperor will arrange everything!"