Chapter 96: Chapter 96: It’s Okay, You Still Have Me

"Aren’t we going?"

Silas Hawthorne gave her a cool glance before one of the soldiers on the team couldn’t help but complain, "The situation is unclear. How are we supposed to move out?"

’The situation is unclear?’

Sue Lawrence blinked and said calmly, "There are people in both the left and right corridors. One is hiding in the shadows under the stairs, and another is in the storage room at the end of the hall. Not all the rooms along the corridor are occupied, but there are quite a few people in the morgue. There’s also a group gathered in the dining hall. So... can we go now?"

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

High-tech robots were certainly useful, but in a place with no signal, even the most advanced models were flying blind. In this situation, it was obvious that a person was more useful.

In front of the screen, Miles Finch was utterly silent.

He was at once shocked and frustrated.

"Sh-she has a Superpower?"

’How is that possible? How?!’

"Isn’t she supposed to be useless?"

"Isn’t she supposed to be completely incompetent?"

"Isn’t she supposed to be just a liability?"

Miles Finch asked the question that struck at his very soul, because everyone had said that Sue Lawrence was useless—not worth a damn!

But now, Sue Lawrence somehow knew exactly how many people were in the two corridors behind the walls, and even where they were?!

"Wh-when did she awaken her powers?"

It wasn’t just him; Adam Zane was also completely stunned. The two of them stared dumbfounded at the large screen.

The crowd began to whisper. "So she’s not a liability?"

"If Silas Hawthorne was willing to take her, she must have some ability."

"Hmph, I guess she’s not completely useless..."

Up until this moment, everyone had started to change their opinion of Sue Lawrence. At least she was somewhat useful and not just a burden.

At that moment, Tiana Lynch, having "recovered" from the infirmary, had evidently also seen the content on the large screen.

’Sue Lawrence has a Superpower?’

’Is that why Silas Hawthorne took a liking to her and brought her on the mission?’

’But I have a Superpower too, so how come I never got such a great opportunity?’

Tiana Lynch’s expression grew increasingly ugly.

"Tiana, are your eyes better?"

Miles Finch had noticed Tiana Lynch.

"Yes, they’re better."

Tiana Lynch forced an awkward smile. She realized that because of her eyes, she had missed a golden opportunity. ’If I hadn’t pretended to be blind, would I have been the one on this mission with Silas Hawthorne?’

The more she thought about it, the more upset she became, until she was nearly mad with jealousy.

"By the way, look, it seems Sue Lawrence has a Superpower."

Adam Zane subconsciously pointed at the large screen. Tiana Lynch glanced at it and deliberately put on a delighted expression. "Really? What kind of Superpower? Let me see."

She pretended to watch for a moment before saying, "Oh my, is she just spouting nonsense next to Silas Hawthorne? What if she holds him back? I’m so worried for Sue..."

’Spouting nonsense?’

The sour feelings in Miles Finch and Adam Zane’s hearts were instantly soothed a little.

’Oh, so she was just making things up.’

"Hah, I knew it. How could a useless person like her suddenly get a Superpower? Turns out she was just talking nonsense."

"If she gets Silas Hawthorne killed, she won’t need to come back to the base!"

"All that stuff her father donated would have been for nothing. No, even if he donated his entire family fortune, it wouldn’t be enough to save her!"

The two of them went back and forth, their complaints eventually working themselves into a state of excitement.

’This is how reality is supposed to be!’

"Right, how are things on Jason’s side?"

Both teams were being live-streamed. The three of them turned their heads to look at the other screen.

On the screen, a sled was still speeding across the snow, but Theodore Frost was clearly getting impatient.

"Why aren’t we there yet? According to the map and our coordinates, we should have arrived long ago!"

Their coordinates showed the destination was always just ahead, but despite traveling for so long, the distance didn’t seem to decrease at all.

Jason Sterling, sitting behind him, also wore a grave expression. "At this speed, we’ve probably already left Stellaport."

Thanks to the sled, their speed wasn’t slow—definitely thirty or forty miles an hour. Two or three hours had passed, and they should have been out of the city by now. Why hadn’t they reached the marked location?

As the men analyzed the situation with grim faces, Tiana Lynch also frowned. "What, they haven’t arrived yet?"

Miles Finch and the others glanced over and nodded. "Yeah, they’ve been on the road this whole time."

Adam Zane had a bad feeling. "Something doesn’t feel right."

It was impossible to know if he had jinxed it, but their screen flickered with static for a second and then went completely black.

Everyone in the hall panicked.

"What’s going on?"

"Why did the screen suddenly go black?"

"Did they lose the signal?"

"Don’t tell me the whole team was wiped out."

"What’s out there? Are there monsters?"

Everyone grew frantic. The fear of the unknown shattered their composure.

In the command center, Marcus Morgan frowned and shouted into the microphone, "Theodore Frost! Theodore Frost! Respond if you can hear me, respond if you can hear me!"

"What happened? Why can’t we reach Theodore Frost? What the hell is going on?!"

Marcus Morgan’s heart sank as a terrible premonition crept over him.

He turned to contact Silas Hawthorne’s team, but just then, their feed also flickered twice and went black.

"What’s going on!"

Marcus Morgan’s voice rose in anger. "Why can’t we reach Silas Hawthorne’s team either? What in the world is happening!"

His enraged roar echoed through the room, but no one dared to move. They tried to re-establish contact for a long time, but the conclusion remained the same... no connection.

"Commander, the signal was cut. Silas Hawthorne’s team is underground, where even the robots lost their signal. I think they probably lost contact for the same reason. As for Theodore Frost’s team, it might be the same thing?"

Marcus Morgan slammed the table in anger. "Theodore Frost’s team was traveling over the snow! How could they suddenly lose signal? It’s not like they fell into a snow pit...!"

Marcus Morgan’s voice trailed off abruptly.

’Fell into a snow pit?’

’It seems... that’s a possibility...’

And with the snow currently twelve meters deep, if they fell in...

Wouldn’t a person be smashed to pieces?

He fell completely silent, and the expressions on the faces of the others turned grim.

If that were the case, Theodore Frost’s team might have been completely wiped out!

"Commander, what do we do...?"

Marcus Morgan gritted his teeth. "Wait!"

It was too late. It was too late for anything. A fall from twelve meters meant certain death. Even if the impact didn’t kill them, the cold would. The thermal suits couldn’t withstand a fall like that. Falling headfirst from that height... they’d be smashed to bits!

"Keep trying to make contact! The second you get a signal, send their coordinates!"

"Yes, sir!"

The staff in the command center waited nervously as Marcus Morgan stood up and strode out.

He had to go calm the people outside. As for these live feeds, they were forbidden from now on. They just caused panic, which was never a good thing.

Meanwhile, Silas Hawthorne also sensed that something was wrong.

"We’ve lost the signal."

Sue Lawrence calmly raised her gun. "It’s okay. You still have me."