Chapter 81

  “What’s the problem, Captain?”

  “I don’t know, too.”

  The room will be in total darkness if not for the emergency lights it has. It became way more serenely spacious, as not even a tic-tac could be heard. Somehow, the stopping of the devices have actually given them the peace they’re longing: everything is put on hold, all is at rest.

  He pressed the communication button, but the line is flatly quiet, too.

  “Jasper.” He waved on the cameras, but even those didn’t move to respond.

  “I think this is the only room that has been locked, Sir. Look, the blasting still continues,” one stated while looking at the outside.

  There are no sounds coming from the explosions but even by just looking at it, they can already guess how impactful it is.

  “Try to contact them again,” he spoke and tried his best to open the door.

  “Is the system okay, Sir?”

  “It should be by now.” He grunted as he struggles with taking off his suit.