Chapter 653: 653 Suspiciously Empty

Max saw that the other units were nearly cleaned up, which meant it was time for his and Nico's squads to move forward, setting themselves up for the next stage in their battles. 

[Sector 1, all units that have confirmed the clearance of their zone, move forward to the following location designated on your map. Units passing through zones with ongoing combat will assist until that zone is clear.] Max ordered. 

His path would lead him straight to the forest without passing through combat, but Nico would cross over a unit that was having issues with Klem that didn't want to stay in the battle and kept retreating underground in a deadly game of hide and seek. 

If they couldn't be brought under control, he would authorize the use of heavier orbital munitions to collapse the tunnels and crush them, but so far, the Fusion Flamers were doing the job and forcing the Klem back up to the surface.