Deep Scheme

When he met his comrades down below, Jake looked glum. His face spoke volumes and neither Will nor Svara asked him any questions. As for Kyle, he was too busy healing his wounds to worry about their future troubles.

While Jake and his group were thinking of a plan, the other factions also sent scouts to inspect the Transportation Tower and each of them came back with the same defeated and depressed expression. A dark and desperate mood soon set in among the survivors.

Yet they did not leave the Inner Shelter. Bhuzkoc and Shaktilar may have had a large number of subordinates in the Outer Shelter, but it had long been infiltrated by many Digestors. Jake and his group had no reason to cross the force field and expose themselves to unnecessary risk.

"There's something that's been bothering me for a while." Jake said after a while pacing around, once Bhuzkoc and the other factions had pulled away from them.