In the huge underground space, members of the TAC team were running in the direction they were going. Behind them was a monster chasing after them.

Although weight-bearing running is a daily training event for the TAC team, there is no oxygen here, and carrying oxygen bottles and breathing devices greatly interferes with their speed.

"No, we can't evade the monster's speed. Captain, I'll intercept it here, you go first!" Shanzhong stopped and fired a few shots back with his tac gun.

"No, I'd better stay!" Beidou also turned around and shot.

The bullet from the tac gun hit the surface of the monster's body, causing sparks to fly. Its skin was very hard, and the bullet exploded directly on the surface and could not penetrate.

From Captain Long's heart, he was willing to let Beidou stay. Because even in the most dangerous situation, Beidou still had other choices. But he had no reason to say such a thing. He took a deep breath into the breathing mask.

After taking a breath, Long looked down and saw that the oxygen level was still half full.

"Don't argue, I'm the captain and I'll stay. All of you, hurry up and board the Platypus!"

"But——"

"This is an order!" Captain Long took out his gun, but the shape of his tac gun was a bit weird. After pulling the trigger on the monster, an orange-red bullet was fired.

No, what was shot should be said to be a cannonball. After the explosion on the monster, a small mushroom cloud actually rose up. The entire underground space shook, gravel fell, and the monster's footsteps were stopped.

"I have a secret weapon, don't fight with me. Come on, after you get on the Platypus, use the main gun to support me!"

Yamanaka and Beidou looked at each other and could only nod.

Watching the team members leave, Captain Long put away the special gun and pulled out an ordinary tac gun.

The weapon he used just now came from Captain Kiriyama. In order to respond to the Ultra Soldiers, the Space Development Bureau is secretly developing equipment that can fight alongside the Ultra Soldiers. The code name is secret, and that gun is one of the early results, but it is only a trial model.

, so the live ammunition is actually only that one.

Of course, in fact, even if there were more warheads, Long would not dare to use them anymore. The blow just now had caused a partial collapse of the tunnel, and small stones continued to fall from the top of his head. Once the tunnel completely collapsed, there would be 40,000 people underground.

No one can run away from the depth of 1 meter. Maybe there is magma not far away from your feet.

The blow just now hit the monster's chest, and the plate armor on its chest was a little charred. It had no real effect, but made the monster even more furious. It strode closer, and its body scraped away large chunks of rock.

.

The red tentacles on the monster's head spewed out a large amount of white smoke-like gas, which quickly filled the tunnel.

"Smells of alcohol!"

Sure enough, it was it! It was exactly the same as the alcohol smelled at the scene in the morning. But after inhaling the gas, just a little bit made Long feel a paralysis in his lungs. It was not real alcohol, but a powerful anesthetic.

He felt like he couldn't even get oxygen into his lungs.

Long tightened his breathing mask, but when the respirator was exchanging gases, some alcohol smell still entered the mask. Because the space in the entire underground tunnel was limited, it was completely filled with white smoke.

"So that's it, that's why those security guards suffocated to death!"

The lungs were paralyzed and they were unable to breathe on their own. This was the real cause of death of the three security guards. Long felt that his vision was a little blurry. There was still a lot of oxygen in the oxygen tank, but his body was powerless.

Is he going to die? He had a premonition that this day would come when he joined the tac team, so Long didn't feel panic, but just a little regretful.

The respirator falls to the ground.

In a daze, Long seemed to see a figure. It was small, holding a rabbit in his hand, but he soon lost consciousness.

The feeling of suffocation was not good, but it was not as painful as imagined. Because he had already lost his feeling first, and instead felt hazy, as if he was in a dream that was difficult to wake up from.

He felt the monster chasing him and felt the vibration of the earth. He couldn't tell whether this feeling was real or a virtual dream. Maybe it was just the last remnant of brain waves.

When Long woke up again, he found himself in the Platypus. Was he not dead? Was he rescued by the team members? Yamanaka and Konno were not far away.

"How long have I slept?"

"Captain, it's only been ten minutes now."

Only ten minutes? In his perception, the time was much longer than that. He even thought that several days had passed. His lungs were still numb and stinging, and breathing became a very burdensome thing, like

Someone is pressing on his lungs all the time. Long knows that it is because his alveoli are injured.

The damn smell of alcohol has disappeared. He feels like he was rescued from the deep sea.

At least he's still alive.

"Why am I here?"

This question made the team members look at each other, and no one could answer. Because they didn't know why the captain appeared here. He just appeared suddenly and fell into a coma.

"Anyway, captain, you're fine," Konno said thankfully.

It wasn't that he was okay, but he was saved. Long recalled that the man holding the rabbit was thought to be Beidou, but it didn't seem to be the case.

"Where are the others, are they all back?"

"The Platypus's engine has some malfunctions. Dr. Kikaji is making emergency repairs outside the cabin, and Beidou is also protecting him outside the cabin."

Sure enough, something went wrong. Long found that he was not surprised.

"The doctor said it's just a minor fault and it will be eliminated soon."

"Well, where's that monster?"

"I haven't chased you since just now."

The monster didn't chase me, but the ground could feel shaking. It seemed like something was fighting.

"Yoshimura, can you hear me? How is the situation on the ground?" Captain Long used a communicator to contact the ground. The depth of 40,000 meters did not affect the signal of the communicator.

"This is Yoshimura, captain, the voice is very clear. There is nothing abnormal on the ground now. I am currently piloting the Aero on standby in the air."

"Okay, continue to be vigilant on the ground! Konno, turn on the lights of the Platypus!"

"But captain, that will expose our position."

"It doesn't matter, we have already been exposed."

From the moment he was discovered by the underground people, there was no need to hide.

Regardless of whether the demands made by the underground people are reasonable or not, it is impossible for human beings to give up underground water resources, not only water resources, but also various minerals and oil, which are indispensable to modern people.

If the underground belongs to the underground people, then their demands are not limited to underground water. This is a war in the living space.

Humanity can no longer go back to a hundred years ago, and there is no possibility of compromise between the two sides.

"However, I always feel a little sad. The underground people are also the life of the earth, right? For the development of human beings, do we really have to be enemies of everything?"

Enemies from the universe, enemies from the ocean, and now enemies from the ground. In the darkness, beyond the reach of human eyes, there seem to be countless enemies hiding forever.

Do they really want to turn against each other?

"Why is there no possibility of peaceful cooperation?" On the other side of the communicator, Yoshimura felt a little sad.

He studied folk customs and biology. He studied these in the past, always thinking that he could better understand other creatures and other civilizations in the future.

He didn't learn this to point a gun at someone.

However, the real work is fighting. Fighting. Everything, all civilizations encountered, seem to be enemies of mankind. We can only talk to each other with guns.

"Because we are too weak." Long said the most essential reason.

War requires strength, and peace requires the power to keep both sides rational.

No one wants an endless war, but we are weak, so we have to open our fangs, because once we retreat, we will be in doom, and we do not have the courage to actively express goodwill.

The main lights of the Platypus were turned on at full power, and the cave ahead was brightly lit.

Then they saw that the reason why the monster did not chase it was because it was fighting. It was fighting another monster.

"Hey, on the other end, isn't that the rabbit monster from a few days ago?" Yamanaka said in surprise.

I originally thought that Ace and Gaia had eliminated each other, but now it seems that they have not. But now, it is fighting with this underground monster.

"What's going on?"

"It seems that not all monsters are the enemies of us humans." Captain Long sighed. He thought of the rabbit Beidou held just now. Konno said that it was a mascot.

But this "mascot" can really surprise people. The figure holding a rabbit that I saw when I was unconscious was indeed not my imagination.

"Captain, are you saying that the rabbit monster is helping us?"

"Although it's not completely certain yet, since the other side is a clear enemy, the enemy's enemy, let's take it as such."

"I understand, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, right? Haha, it's really easy to understand."

Although that was not actually the case, Captain Long did not explain much.

[Was it you, Gaia, who saved me just now?] Long thought silently in his heart. He actually had a lot to ask the other party.

He didn't know if Gaia could hear the voice he was reciting silently in his heart. Maybe, because gods can always hear human prayers.

[Are all these things humans do right? As long as they are inconsistent with the interests of humans, do we really have to regard ourselves as enemies and then naturally think that we are the righteous party?]

As the captain of the tac team, Long cannot be weak, so he cannot show any confusion about these issues.

However, is it allowed to silently pray to the gods for answers in your heart?

Under the spotlight of the Platypus, one can clearly see the battlefield on the other side. The underground monster named Git Gitaga by the underground people has fallen into a disadvantage in the battle. Lunaticus is not

Afraid of the opponent's alcohol-scented suffocating gas, it was burned by Lunaticus's repeated magma attacks.

"You deserve it! That rabbit monster is so exciting, I found that I fell in love with it!" Konno said half-truthfully.
To be continued...