73: Chapter 73 Sewer

After Xia Xingchen dealt with the two laser guns, the Star Guard behind him had all caught up.

The explosion just now must have already attracted the attention of the rebels; Xia Xingchen and the Star Guard did not hesitate for a moment and launched an attack directly at the flank.

At this moment, the rebels' final defensive stronghold was a five-story residential building.

The rebels' weapons, personnel, and medical supplies were being continuously brought in from the back.

The Star Guard led by Xia Xingchen went directly around to the rear of the building.

The Star Guard threw out a few melta bombs, and the explosion completely sealed off the rear exit.

Now, the rebels throughout the building had completely lost their source of supplies.

Xia Xingchen led the Star Guard and frantically cleared out the rebels in the building.

The rebels who rushed in were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered before Xia Xingchen and the Star Guard.

When Xia Xingchen reached a corner, a laser gun suddenly poked out.

However, Xia Xingchen did not attack; instead, he quickly raised his hand and pushed the opponent's muzzle upward.

The soldier instinctively pulled the trigger, and the laser bolt hit the ceiling.

"Calm down! We're on the same side!"

Xia Xingchen's voice immediately shouted anxiously through the loudspeaker, which finally caused the soldiers in the shadows to calm down.

Both sides slowly approached tentatively, and after confirming that they were the Star Guard and the Fifth Division, they lowered their guard, joined up, and continued to advance upward.

"What is the situation now?"

The leading soldier did not know Xia Xingchen's true identity, but he knew that the magnificent power armor on Xia Xingchen's body and its exquisite carvings were enough to indicate that the other party's rank and status were far higher than his own.

"Sir, the rebels have been split into two parts by us; one part is upstairs, and the other part is downstairs."

Xia Xingchen was stunned when he heard this: "Downstairs? You mean there are still rebels below the building?"

The soldier in front of him nodded and then explained: "That's right, sir."

After hearing this, Xia Xingchen immediately turned around.

"You advance upward and make sure to clear out all the rebels. We will handle the rebels underground."

Xia Xingchen quickly split his forces from them and led the Star Guard toward the underground.

The Star Guard led by Xia Xingchen passed through a narrow underground corridor and finally discovered a staircase leading to the basement.

The basement was pitch black, and Xia Xingchen's helmet quickly activated thermal imaging mode.

After entering the completely dark space, Xia Xingchen was not affected at all. In the darkness of the basement, he clearly saw several rebels hiding behind boxes, preparing to ambush.

Xia Xingchen's plasma gun was already aimed at them. As the plasma bolt shot out, the rebels hiding behind the boxes were forcibly penetrated along with the boxes. They were all shot dead, their final expressions filled with disbelief.

Two corpses fell with a thud, and Xia Xingchen was finally able to investigate what secrets were hidden here.

The soldiers behind him turned on the flashlights on their laser guns, searched for a minute, and finally found a hidden underground door.

Xia Xingchen walked up to the hidden door and knocked.

This hidden door was actually locked from the inside and could only be opened from the inside.

Xia Xingchen felt it might be a bit troublesome.

Xia Xingchen signaled the soldiers to clear some space, then gathered all the power of his power armor into his right fist.

"Come and taste this."

Xia Xingchen slammed his fist into the iron door, and the huge impact instantly knocked the entire iron door, like a shell, fiercely into the deep pit below.

The soldiers quickly came to the edge of the pit and shone their searchlights downward. Below was a bottomless underground passage, and they could also hear the sound of gurgling water.

It looked like this underground tunnel connected to the drainage system of the entire Hive City's lower world.

Xia Xingchen first used the thermal imaging system to scan below, and there was no one guarding it.

Since that was the case, they would just jump down.

Xia Xingchen immediately jumped down, and the Star Guard behind him, seeing this, followed closely behind.

There was a thin layer of water on the ground, and when Xia Xingchen's feet touched the ground, he could clearly feel the texture of the water.

Behind Xia Xingchen, there was also a continuous sound of falling; it was his troops.

However, the biggest trouble brought by this narrow underground tunnel was that there was no light at all, and it was pitch black, where you couldn't even see your own fingers.

The only source of light was the flashlights equipped on the laser guns in the hands of the Star Guard.

"Move forward, soldiers. No matter what lies ahead."

After Xia Xingchen finished speaking, he took the initiative and walked toward the depths of the darkness to the east.

The soldiers on both sides quickly followed, walking slightly behind Xia Xingchen, while using their flashlights to illuminate a clear path ahead.

The soldiers at the very back were cautiously guarding the rear, and the entire team advanced slowly and vigilantly.

Walking through this passage made Xia Xingchen and the soldiers highly vigilant. When they reached the halfway point, they found the ground covered in corpses.

They were not the corpses of Xia Xingchen's soldiers, but those of the rebels.

They seemed to have encountered something extremely terrifying; they had all been disemboweled, their deaths miserable.

"What on earth is going on here?" Xia Xingchen looked at this scene, completely baffled. "Why does it look like they were killed by an unknown creature? Is this path unsafe?"

Just then, the sound of a creature passing through the water suddenly rang out from ahead.

The second after this sound came, everyone immediately focused the beams of their flashlights forward.

In the darkness, countless figures were darting back and forth.

"What the hell?"