Chapter 998: Doctor? Mechanical Prophet
Several hours of progress!
Eventually, an interstellar marine battalion advanced to the outside of an underground city.
When they blasted open the door with explosives and saw what was inside.
The team members were somewhat surprised by the scene inside.
Blue sky and white clouds, ocean and mountains, birds singing and flowers blooming.
If it weren't for the ruins and debris of various mechanical soldiers behind them, they would probably have subconsciously thought they had returned to some planet.
"Is this... a man-made underground city?" Someone noticed the strange phenomenon.
The blue sky, white clouds, and sun overhead are not real.
It was actually a holographic simulation.
If you were there, you might really think you were living on some beautiful, bird-filled planet.
"Look there!" A sharp-eyed team member pointed to the location of an island in the middle of the underground city.
There you can see a huge Temple of Heaven, surrounded by several crystal-clear stone pillars that shimmer with golden particles.
However, one of them was leaning and had cracks, and it was being supported by some auxiliary equipment to prevent it from collapsing.
"We received intelligence that seemed to warn us to be wary of something related to the Cult of the Machine God."
Furthermore, when one of our special forces fleets attacked earlier, it also caused some damage to that altar.
"It seems this is the place." The battalion commander said in a deep voice.
"Shall we go in now?" a squad leader asked excitedly.
"We lost nearly a hundred soldiers on our way here."
Although no armed threat has been observed within this underground city so far.
But we must be careful.
The commander specifically instructed us to be careful and pay attention to the two target missions.
"A mechanical prophet and a doctor," the battalion commander said in a deep voice.
"Commander! I've spotted a guy wearing a black cloak in the middle of that altar."
"Could that be our operational target?!" exclaimed a team member who was piloting a drone to investigate.
The battalion commander immediately checked the equipment screen and indeed saw a figure wearing a black cloak sitting in the middle of the altar.
Because of the height, I couldn't see his face clearly.
“Keep an eye on this guy.”
Try to contact other Marine battalions and ask them when they can get to their positions.
After the other marine battalions arrive at their positions.
"Take action again!" the battalion commander said in a deep voice.
Five minutes later, the second interstellar marine battalion also discovered the dungeon at the other end of the road.
After the two interstellar marine battalions made contact, they immediately ordered an attack!
Combat robots also emerged from the underground city.
War swept through this once peaceful and beautiful underground city.
Explosion, smoke, flames...
The man in black robes opened his eyes, and the scene before him was a wasteland ravaged by war.
"Don't move!"
Several voices came from beside him, and he saw that several Space Marines had appeared around him at some point, their guns pointed at him.
The Space Marines would open fire if he made any move.
However, due to the commander's orders, they will not kill this guy immediately, but a robot... keeping its head should be fine, right?
Surprisingly, the man in black robes was very docile and made no move.
"Don't worry, I... won't run away."
"Perfect timing, I also...want to meet that legendary...Commander Xiaolong." A mechanical voice came from the man in black robes.
Later, after implanting several prisoner-like devices into the man in black robes, he was escorted away.
............
Dragon Emperor
Zhao Chen's pace seemed slightly faster.
Lilith followed closely behind him.
"Commander, should we arrange for someone else to conduct the interrogation first?" Lilith asked with some concern.
Zhao Chen said, "What? This is all on my interstellar warship. Do you think I'm worried he'll threaten my safety? You don't even dare to meet him?"
If that were the case, I wouldn't have ordered him to be brought back.
"Perfect timing, I also want to see for myself just how many secrets this guy holds."
Seeing that her persuasion was ineffective, Lilith knew that this was a knot in the commander's heart, and he had to go there in person.
All she could do was arrange the meeting as safely as possible.
Soon, Zhao Chen arrived at a room.
However, the guy Zhao Chen wanted to see wasn't in the room.
However, on the other side of this small room, there is a huge glass window.
Through the glass window, you can see a room next door.
Inside that room, there was also an electromagnetic cylindrical cage, inside which a human figure was imprisoned.
He had electronic collars around his neck, wrists, and ankles.
These electronic collars also contain explosives, which could even penetrate the armor of a T4-level starship should the guy make any threatening move.
The glass walls of this interrogation room would not be in any danger even if attacked by the bow gun of a T4-class starship.
Because there is a Star Shield field inside the glass wall.
Perhaps sensing someone's arrival, the prisoner raised his head, revealing his inhuman appearance.
It has a human face, but its right eye is a mechanical eye that emits a red light, and half of its head is made up of mechanical structures.
He looked at the dark wall in front of him: "You've arrived?"
Then, the originally black wall became transparent.
Zhao Chen and Lilith were then revealed to be standing opposite each other.
"Are you a doctor? Or a mechanical prophet?" Zhao Chen asked directly.
The other party replied, "What is a Doctor? What is a Mechanical Prophet?"
Zhao Chen frowned. Was this guy not going to give an honest answer?
"If you mean...the Starry Empire...that was what I did."
If you're referring to...the Holy Radiant Empire, you could say it was me who did it.
As for the mechanical race... in a sense, it's also related to me.
"But I prefer to be called Doctor," the black-robed Doctor said.
PhD!
Lilith noticed that Zhao Chen's hand was clenched into a fist.
She couldn't help but recall what happened in the Snow Swallow Starfield of the Star Glory Empire, where dozens of star systems were sacrificed to the Zerg, creating a mutated Zerg race.
And those interstellar wormholes that currently cannot be shut down!
The strange creature in front of you is the culprit.
"Why are you doing all this!" Zhao Chen demanded.
“Because...you are viruses...all carbon-based life forms are viruses...” the doctor began.
"Hehehe, so you're an extremist within the Machine Race?"
"Then why do you have a human body?!" Zhao Chen stared coldly at the doctor.
If this doctor is indeed a member of the Machine Race, then Zhao Chen can be considered an extremist within the Machine Race.
But based on the examination after he was apprehended, we don't know why he's in this state.
But his genes show that he is a human!
Moreover, it most likely originated from a star system within the Star Empire.