XVII
ReconnaissanceAfter a full equipment check, including helmet cams, bio-trackers and ammunition, the Sharks were on a careful approach to the entrance of the city. Monolithic stones fit together like the pyramids were covered in wrist-thick creeper vines and vegetation. Giant plants sprouted at the base, some of which had stalks as big as Derick's biceps. The Sharks ignored those unless absolutely needed and took machetes and serrated shovels to the rest to clear the path.
Reaching the outer wall of the city took a good forty-five minutes of chopping and trailblazing. The drone provided imagery of an entrance, blocked by the massive rock Derick was now standing in front of. A twin of a standing pylon at the left of the entrance, it had fallen haphazardly across the path. He ran a ha
