Hyperthermal Hell || Apocalypse Paradise #1 [Complete]

61: I Still Can't Bear to Leave

Nightfall came.

Under the flood of white light from the searchlight, the Oasis was vastly different from the past nights. Tension hung in the air. Other than the few important teams who had to fulfill their usual duties, most of the other members grouped themselves in twos and threes, sharing a single flashlight. They were all searching for traces of the two traitors.

It had already been seven hours since the duoluozhongs appeared, but they still couldn't find Lin Sanjiu and Marcie. Whether it was the canteen, the main hall, or the water treatment room... wherever there was a loudspeaker, people could hear the ongoing broadcast.

At that moment, a trembling female voice could be heard over the loudspeakers: "As an operational administrator, I quickly followed them when I sensed that something was amiss... But, I never guessed that they would be so crazy! They actually colluded with the duoluozhongs and brought them here to kill us..."

It was Xiao Yu's voice.

After she finished what she had to say as an eyewitness, the imposing but emotionless male voice rang out again: "If Xiao Yu did not notify us in time today, the number of casualties would have definitely been more than 210. We sheltered them out of kindness, yet they betrayed us. They must be punished for their foolish act!"

Despite knowing that the loudspeakers could not pick up their response, many people raised their arms and shouted heatedly.

"Sentence them to death!"

"We have to avenge the deaths of those people!"

The Oasis was instantly filled with wave after wave of irrational fury from its members.

A loud, recognizable voice joined the outcry of the people in the electrical maintenance team, and his voice merged with the crowd until it was indiscernible. After Hu Changzai shouted similar chants along with his colleagues, he put down his arm and looked around guiltily. He sighed, relieved that no one had noticed him.

His ability did not work on audio and TV broadcasts, so he could not tell if Xiao Yu was lying. However, perhaps due to his bias toward her for having saved his life, he couldn't convince himself that Lin Sanjiu would collude with duoluozhongs to harm the people in the Oasis. Unfortunately, it was obvious that he had to keep this opinion to himself, especially in front of the irate crowd.

"Our work for today is almost done!" the team leader of the electrical maintenance team shouted suddenly, raising his arm. "Next, we must search every inch of the Oasis and find those two traitors!"

His team members roared in agreement; they were so loud that the roof vibrated a little. The team leader brought out a box that was filled with flashlights and batteries. His team members queued up to collect their flashlights, but the team leader closed the box when Hu Changzai's turn came.

"I remember... You know that woman with the bandages!" The man gave Hu Changzai a sidelong glance. Hu Changzai felt as if the multiple penetrating glares from behind him could almost pierce through his shirt.

"I... I didn't know that she was that kind of person..." He had never told a lie in his life; his face was turning red. "If I had known... "

The team leader eyed Hu Changzai but refrained from saying another word, as Hu Changzai was usually very compliant. He pushed the box away and looked at the people standing behind Hu Changzai. His eyes swept through the group until he spotted a man with mid-parted hair stepping forward.

"Team Leader, I'll go with him."

It was the lover boy who gave Fang Dan that card.

Hu Changzai turned to look at that man. Even if Hu Changzai was just an honest man, he knew that the fact that he was the only one in the team who needed a partner meant something. He forced himself to smile at his colleague and said softly, "Okay, okay. Let's go."