These signs also meant that unknown dangers were lurking in the underground ruins.
Also, it was very likely that there was more than one of them.
"You can load your weapon now, Stafford. Stay alert at all times," Luke reminded him in a low voice, but he only drew out his pistol.
Pistols were flexible, small, and easy to discard, which was more suitable for dealing with possible emergencies.
Stafford picked up the HK416 that had been slung over his shoulder and made an OK gesture.
Weyland didn't say anything, which meant that he had no objections.
Luke and the other two then moved on.
After a few more minutes of walking in the dim passage, intense gunfire suddenly rang out not far away.
"It's probably our men," Stafford quickly reminded him in a low voice.
As the head of security, he had personally handled the equipment and weapons in the team. He could tell which weapons were being fired from the sound of gunfire.
Luke didn't say anything. He simply gave Stafford two tactical signs to raise his vigilance.
Without a sound, Luke took out a mirror from his chest and stuck it out of the tunnel.
Outside was a large passageway that was about seven to eight meters tall and six to seven meters wide. On both sides of the passageway were rows of statues.
A dozen members of the exploration team were aiming their guns at the statues above them and firing randomly, while one of the team members on the side wall had his head lowered.
The team member didn't fall. A strange metal spear pierced through his chest and nailed him to the stone wall.
Luke narrowed his eyes. Instead of looking at the team members, he aimed the mirror at a dark corner in the passage.
But he immediately shone the mirror at another place, only to see an old statue.
Smiling, Luke quickly put Weyland down and gestured at Stafford behind him.
Stafford tensed up when he saw Luke's gesture.
He stepped forward and patted Weyland's shoulder, before he slowly pulled his boss away from the exit. He then watched as Luke nimbly slipped out of the exit and entered the statue on the side.
In the next moment, Stafford's eyes twitched.
From his angle, he could see that the thick metal spear in the hands of the statue that Luke was hiding in was slowly being pulled into the darkness.
Whoosh!
Amidst the muffled sound of breaking wind, the metal spear that was originally an ornament turned into a black shadow and instantly swept through the space of more than ten meters, shooting into the dark corner above the main passage.
At the same time, Luke opened fire.
Pa pa pa pa!
The place where the bullet was shot was completely different from the corner where the decorative spear was shot. It was on the other side of the passageway.
A few sparks splashed, and tiny blue electric arcs flashed. A tall and sturdy figure was faintly discernible next to a certain statue above the passage.
The burly figure had a humanoid shape, but it was about 2.5 meters tall, which didn't look like a human.
Only then did the exploration team members in the passage notice the burly figure. Before they could move their guns, they heard a strange and shrill roar. They couldn't help but pause.
Only Weyland and Selina, who had been paying attention to Luke's movements, noticed that the weird roar was coming from the corner where Luke had thrown the decorative spear.
So, in addition to the burly figure in the tunnel, there was another enemy hiding in another corner?
Weyland and Weyland felt a chill in their hearts.
If Luke hadn't taken action, they wouldn't have sensed where the two enemies were at all.
In other words, if they went in on their own, they would be caught in the same predicament as the exploration team down below, and wouldn't be able to find the enemy.
Luke suddenly said, "Stafford, tell your men to retreat."
Stafford hurriedly said, "Everyone, retreat. This is our new teammate."
The panicked team members suddenly heard Stafford's voice, and as if they had grasped at straws, they hurriedly did as he said.
The blue light flashed, but the burly figure didn't stop the team. Instead, it turned its head to look in Luke's direction.
Luke slowly walked out of the darkness. He raised his gun in front of his eyes and aimed at the figure with his hands in a triangular formation.
The exploration team, on the other hand, confirmed Luke's identity at a glance. His equipment had the logo of Weyland Corporation, and the style was the same as the exploration team's.
But they only glanced at Luke, and didn't dare slow down at all.
The attack just now had flustered them, and they had almost collapsed.
Stafford continued to give instructions. "Don't panic. Stabilize the formation and retreat."
The security personnel among the team members were well-trained. Even though they had panicked just now, they had maintained a basic defensive formation, which was why they hadn't been killed so easily.
Now that they had Stafford as their leader, they had a backbone, and soon retreated to the passage that Luke had come out of.
"Retreat slowly with them. I'll come for you after I take care of this guy. Be careful of dark corners and overhead. There's more than one type of monster here, "Luke said without turning his head.
Stafford hesitated and looked at Weyland.
After all, Weyland was a seasoned bigshot. After a moment's thought, he nodded and agreed with the suggestion.
Given Luke's abilities and character, he wasn't a brainless, impulsive young man.
He remembered vividly how Luke had instantly saved the team, and he chose to believe in Luke.
He still remembered how Takagi, that extremely prudent and sly old fox, had described Luke as "a professional who is best at dealing with violence."
On the other side, under Stafford's lead, the dozen or so survivors carefully retreated the way they had come.
In the passage, Luke and the burly figure stood quietly.
Now that they were closer, and with the glow sticks that some of the team members had dropped earlier, Luke could roughly see the tall figure's appearance.
It was wearing a weird helmet with a round forehead.
The eyes of the helmet were gray lenses, and there were three neat and symmetrical rows of dents on its cheeks. It looked a little like a cat's face.
There were also two rows of tubes on the side of the helmet, which were probably for breathing. There were dozens of braids on the back of the helmet, which looked like hair.
Of course, Luke knew that it wasn't hair, because it didn't smell right.
It was wearing armor on its upper body, on its forearms, and on its calves, all of which flashed with a dark, metallic luster.
The details of this set of armor had a distinct technological style, indicating that it was not purely an ancient armor for defense purposes.
With Luke's eyesight and Stark's technological abilities, he could also deduce that a few places were probably ports for other external equipment.
Thus, this guy wasn't a wild beast, but an unknown creature with technology and civilization.
After staring at Luke for a moment, the cat-faced mask suddenly jumped down from above.
Luke didn't shoot it.
The other party wasn't lunging at him, but simply jumping off the ground.
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