The wind in Desolation Valley remained harsh, swirling sand and stones with a wailing sound.
Elena, Talieran, and Adrian took a high-performance mech designed by Adrian with enhanced protection and combat capabilities, silently landing at the valley's edge.
This time, they came prepared. Adrian brought portable scanners, environmental analyzers, and evidence collection kits.
"It's behind that rock wall ahead." Elena lowered her voice, pointing toward the place she remembered. Last time, she'd discovered that suspicious building and cages holding males nearby.
The three approached cautiously. However, when they went around that massive weathered rock, only a relatively flat clearing scattered with debris lay before them. The gray-white building, those cold metal cages—all had
