Chapter Forty-Seven
“Timer set!” bellowed a sergeant. He looked satisfied with himself.
The team had backtracked two rooms and hadn’t encountered any new enemies, but harsh screeches and bangs echoed in the distance. It had become clear there was no way they’d escape without engaging the enemy reinforcements.
Erik didn’t want to admit to the soldiers or Jia that he was worried.
They’d equipped and staffed the mission based on the idea they would be fighting humans, not mutants. Now that the ship was flinging mutants built out of species they hadn’t ever encountered at them, he couldn’t be sure about anything.
Emma’s hologram presented a mutant that was much better armored and farther converted than the human stock they’d fought. If yaoguai derived from UTC tech could present a hassle,
