Chapter 26 Missing

In the next period of time, the positions on the defense line continued to receive weapons and equipment, and Duncan and Albert also received power armor enough to arm everyone.

However, power armor and other weapons and equipment are still being sent in a steady stream.

Outside the fortress, Albert sat on a piece of metal, silently watching the logistics machines searching for materials on the ground.

The materials they searched for were old weapons and equipment that the soldiers had previously replaced.

Those black spherical creations floated in front of the weapons and equipment, and after a scan was made to confirm that they did not belong to Qin Mo's improved or independently manufactured weapons and equipment, they projected a beam of light to decompose the weapons and equipment.

The weapons and equipment on the ground were gradually disappearing, and Albert couldn't see where the decomposed things went. He speculated that they might have entered the stomachs of these black balls.

Because these black balls gathered immediately, lined up and projected beams of light towards the empty ground, and then a brand new weapon was gradually born in the beams.

"Creation printing technology." Albert murmured, observing, and analyzing. He tried to determine how the material was decomposed by guessing, and how the decomposed material was projected into reality by the light beam and reassembled.

But it is impossible to guess at all, because there is no basis for guessing, and the process of disassembling and manufacturing logistics machinery seems so abstract, like witchcraft and magic.

"Are you sitting here in a daze again?"

The voice of his friend came from behind, and Albert turned around and saw Duncan.

"This place is 200 meters away from the fortress. The rebel army may appear nearby at any time. It is dangerous for you to be in a daze here." Duncan sat beside Albert and reminded him with a frown.

Albert raised his head and looked up at the sky. He could only see the endless darkness and the huge winding and twisting pipes. He said: "If the rebels appear, I will fight them until I am free from this eerie, dark cesspit."

Duncan was silent.

He knew that his friend had always had a slight self-destructive tendency, and this self-destructive tendency became more and more serious in desperate situations, but was suppressed by the responsibility of the regimental commander to the soldiers under him.

Now all the people on the defensive line were not as eager as Albert to launch a counterattack from Qin Mo, because he could die in battle justifiably at the beginning of the counterattack.

"While you were in a daze, I used the communicator to contact the 47th Regiment." Duncan changed the subject.

Albert's deeply numb pupils became lively, and he immediately asked: "The counterattack has begun?"

"No, it's the establishment of us survivors that needs to be expanded." Duncan then relayed what he heard from the communicator.

The number of all existing regiments will be expanded to 1, and each regiment must have 1 combatable soldiers.

In addition, all our regiments will be reorganized into a legion, and the leader of the legion is naturally Qin Mo.

Duncan also reminded Albert that Qin Mo was called by his first name because he didn't have a military rank yet, but now that he proclaimed himself the commander of the army and was recognized by everyone, he had to be called by his military rank.

Albert, who heard this decision, was puzzled: "Weapons and equipment can be easily manufactured, how can people make them? Our two regiments add up to less than 1 people. Where can we find a source of troops?"

Just as Duncan was about to reply, Albert suddenly remembered that there were more than 30 people in the city of Cato: "I see, it must be going to Cato to recruit soldiers, right?"

"Yes." Duncan nodded, "I just learned that the new city construction plan on Cato's side is being formulated. After the civilians learned of the new Cato's construction plan, they decided to personally give back to the legion commander. They have been recruited and are about to go to various positions."

"I see." Albert nodded thoughtfully.

He has never been to Cato or participated in the defense of Cato, but the Bottomhive civilians definitely have combat power. They have food and weapons, but it is not easy to gain their loyalty, but as long as they can obtain their loyalty, it is equivalent to having a troop with its own dry food.

"Great." Albert looked into the distance, "I have a hunch that all of this is preparation for a counterattack. After months of preparations, we are finally going to start a counterattack!"

"Yes." Duncan thought so too.

After that, the two of them didn't speak, they just stared at the metal wilderness in front of them.

Until Albert suddenly looked back at the logistics machine, pointed at it and said, "If I am turned into a piece of ashes by that thing, can you tell Qin...the army commander and ask him to throw my ashes into the world outside the hive capital."

"But we are in the bottom nest, what can he do..."

"He can create magic and various advanced technologies. Can't he be a slingshot and eject my ashes?"

"Okay. If you die, I will."

Duncan agreed to his friend's request.

...

late at night.

Duncan, who was in a deep sleep, was shaken until he woke up. He looked blankly at the two soldiers beside the bed.

One soldier was his guard, the other Albert's.

"Do you know where our regiment leader has gone?" Albert's guard asked.

Duncan rubbed his face to wake himself up, and then asked: "I remember Albert was still in a daze outside the fortress at dinner, did you go to him?"

"I went, but I didn't find it. Everyone in our regiment wore power armor and searched within 500 meters around the fortress, but we didn't find a single shadow." The guard replied tremblingly.

Duncan woke up in an instant. He quickly put on his clothes and rushed out of the room, heading straight for the armory where the power armor was stored.

Seeing him so nervous, Albert's guard also guessed the approximate result in his heart, but he couldn't believe it: "You don't think our regiment leader was taken away by the enemy, do you?"

"Of course not. The shooting positions in the fortress are guarded all the time. If the rebels appear nearby, they will definitely be seen." Duncan said as he walked.

The guard breathed a sigh of relief, but what Duncan said next worried him even more.

"Albert should have left the position by himself."

"As for the reason... there are psykers on the side of the rebel army, and it is not surprising that anything happens within the range of the psychic suppressor in the fortress."

"I warned that bastard a long time ago, don't go to a secluded place to daze, damn it..."

Speaking of which, Duncan walked into the armory, came to the bracket where the power armor was hung, and began to put on the power armor by himself.

"I'll go find it with you," said the guard.

"Are you a Scout?" Duncan asked. "You're just a burden to me."

Immediately after putting on the power armor, Duncan stepped out of the arsenal, rushed out of the fortress alone, and released the bioscan while walking in the shadows.

The radius of the biological scan is 500 meters. After the scan is completed, only a large number of dense red dots can be seen in the fortress.

Duncan continued to move forward, changing direction and running to another place from time to time, scanning continuously during this period.