The expedition team advanced for another half hour, everyone moving in total silence and keeping a cautious watch on their surroundings.
The cavern was dark and deathly quiet. It appeared desolate, save for patches of strange, tenacious fungi and geothermal flora, though their density was far lower than what they had seen back in Cavern B11.
If the last remnants of geothermal heat vanished in a few centuries, this vegetation would wither and die as well. There were barely any traces of animal life, either. Occasionally, a few bizarrely shaped creatures would dart out from the shadows—likely the "monsters" the lizardmen had warned them about. They acted highly aggressive but were clearly malnourished and weak, posing absolutely zero threat to the heavily armored Federation Marines.
