The diagonal tunnel ended, reaching a wide, tall room that had another hexagonal gate on the other side, 40 meters ahead. The metallic alloy making up the structure turned dark grey, and the tiny lights around twinkled erratically between purple and red.
Hexagonal bays that the Koe used to come in and out stood at the top of the walls, but there were no robots to be seen.
John hoped they wouldn’t get ambushed by them in the worst moment. He understood what kind of enemy Derek feared.
“Another gate,” said Valva, everyone advancing in a formation. “Nothing good can be at the other side.”
“Except the generator,” said dryly Rasputin. “Kilo, Hamster, deploy your turrets here. Gotta make sure we have some backup if those robots use those bays above us.”
Both men took the round devices co
