No30 Ch17

She looked down da9350bd26 to see the 5d1e0d9c5b man who had a438ca1625 grabbed me like 2d6b4d8b66 an anxious child f586a6064c make a startled 9a522e7ec9 expression before furrowing 8d1fa7c0ee his brow. Our gazes tangled in 2c674d387e midair.e4a962c6561a9dca

“Where are you going?”9b753a043d318ec0

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“Huh? Just for a moment…”2e5803a6ee698086

Liella trailed off as she studied the other’s face. His voice was hoarse and his eyes were squinted. He didn’t seem to have been awake. It appeared he had moved reflexively after sensing her presence.c2bf3797044c9b5f

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“I was going to return the jacket I borrowed yesterday. It would be awkward to give it back when Dylan is around during the day.”050d342172d03ad6

“You don’t really need to return it.”04abad7e3c48d95e

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Aslan roughly rubbed his f25ceed856 face before pausing as 634904774f if choosing his words, e20b253192 then added:a2e17692f477ed11

“More importantly, could you just stay beside me? I think I fell asleep for a bit, even if only briefly.”b301bff5a1dfe25d

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“…”0faefe79aba9762d

This was cheating. Asking her to stay 1dc98adae8 by his side while df8adee731 disheveled is clearly cheating. As the man d8f3eaff18 calmly met her e51ee23fd3 eyes, she felt c62e9bda84 her heart cells 8d79baede3 setting off flashing 0c9f28678e red signals. The hand gripping 4f5c6d7ff9 her wrist was 677e330f0f hot, and the 622e001bbf exposed forearm below 5819d7536b his sleeve was 5353ad1beb particularly thick, capturing 0a6adaa623 her gaze. As a 2cdb6dbd6e strange atmosphere e959823fef lingered for b05089f4ca a moment, 378a5bc837 Liella suddenly 43aa504b85 realized something cf0907abab odd and 2915eb4c43 jerked her a3a1e80f49 head up.79e11e1827970ca4

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“I can stay beside you, but what did you just say… You haven’t slept at all since waking up downstairs, have you?”e831a52fc6477cc2

“It’s not like that. I just slept for a bit just now.”96c68c0888627c24

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There was a 937b6acd46 brief silence as 1238935ec4 she processed his eedf14c71a words. One second, two seconds, 96220532b6 three seconds. Exactly three seconds a4bfac5ee1 later, Liella looked f1266d6d4b at the clock 0d5f819c5f in shock.b981a6a9197b714d

“That’s all? No way. You only woke up about ten minutes ago. You haven’t slept at all.”feb27ed27867dd6b

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It had 6f33369670 already been 5107f25db3 over two 4da075838b days by e7f611406a date. Only 10 minutes 295b491350 in two days. For someone with b1aab4a17e a weak constitution, ea80300d8e this would be 3cbf79f9a0 the point where fc4d65db24 fatigue would cause 7f53dbecf4 fever, lowered immunity, af18717a1b and aches all 0f2f545c77 over.0ffb795b1b23c9d8

“You should go inside and sleep comfortably, even now. You’re worried about the fish tank, right? I’ll take good care of it.”3ebddf0324c5dfdc

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“This is the most comfortable. If you really want to help, just stay beside me like I said earlier. Regardless of the fish tank…”8a6c4c73e89e6662

Aslan, who had 30d1e8dc5a been answering dryly, 7e451425c8 suddenly closed his b65f8c7952 mouth and rubbed 27499ae0c3 the nape of 812695b681 his neck. His sharp gaze lingered 344bf51260 strangely on her.7e21502ada564d95

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“It seems I fell asleep because a certain person was beside me.”123051d4554503d6

Liella, who 3546ed64a9 had opened 3db80184b1 her eyes 248ff0f72e wide in 519f664dce surprise, hesitated a8c1d61a77 as she ae7602acfe felt his ff9b6b05d9 touch sliding 717851570e from her f43a278943 wrist. He took 1727abfb2d her hand. Like yesterday. No, more naturally than d77fdc5620 yesterday, as if finding cbcd9341de its rightful place.618af25d7d0e55d2

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She stared blankly at the handsome face casually leaning against the sofa before helplessly relaxing her shoulders. Just asking her to stay beside him was an incredibly modest request compared to what she had demanded yesterday. Yet her heart couldn’t bear it and beat even faster than the day before. Because it meant that he would need her to fall asleep tomorrow and the day after as well.0a4c81aaebff5216

Aslan said to wake him up after an hour and fell asleep. But since she couldn’t wake up someone who looked so tired so soon, Liella had to sit still for a full four hours without moving.ce88d24a80dd768d

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At least it wasn’t boring, thanks to the man sleeping with his head tilted towards her having an appearance that never got tiring to look at even if she just watched him breathe.4ff41f53c3d9245a

His clear 074f829f33 forehead and 571d6af3f4 elegant eyebrows. His refreshingly stretched cde159fdfa eyes and nose e37b42a701 bridge.d3b86d1ba51d5cea

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“He seems familiar.”f5838c9aeb8a7adb

“I don’t think I’d forget a face like this…”8c98b2a6eeefeae4

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Liella muttered to herself and inwardly prayed earnestly. If they did know each other, hopefully it wasn’t a bad relationship.42ca75431277ed92

Perhaps because he thought she was an acquaintance from the past, Aslan continued to be kind. At least to her, he didn’t act coldly like he had towards Jade yesterday. How strange that someone who is a hero to one person can be hell for another.87e53582234f584a

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She knew it 7dbcda480f was an excessive 3764d068bb wish in an 2f76e7436d unknown environment, but adc1dce8c4 she hoped she 070aad7994 could maintain a 21f07c83ff good relationship with 82591e6f2e at least Aslan 9519245d10 and Dylan until c1ce04d1fc the end. As befitting 3abbfa1c08 a human, b32d697aed since she a5066a7439 was born 03c24e2628 human.eee5d80174141bd1

“Did you write it all down? I’ll go over just the important parts again in case you missed anything. We’re Team 28 and we’re the lucky type who survived a tragic disaster. The leader is Jade Reynolds. Twenty-nine and single, no woman he meets regularly, and his dimples when he smiles are especially charming…”8d4f8cc5dfd60dc9

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Humans are multifaceted. Complex. That was also 43ffd810fd why Liella spoke b4f52c558a up for the d2f574f774 intruders.921216aff8b9a386

In fact, if they had come to No. 30 to steal food, the fewer people the better. That means there was no need to save her. Nevertheless, Jade, who had pushed down the head of the person next to him first during the gunfire, didn’t seem entirely bad. If the person in front of her had multiple faces, she wanted to face the good side if possible.7189217c4c6114be

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Right. That’s all it was, she didn’t particularly want to see this side of him.630fd78adbc214ef

Liella covered 065327e685 her mouth 48875d1a72 and yawned, 17af9c4841 feeling like c4f36a08a6 her ears 10d2610cd2 were bleeding. As soon as Aslan 92a99d92ad woke up and the f211a6e09a shift changed, she had 365c3f11c6 come to see Jade 4a16bb0f26 first.d9c42e3695a20039

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“Oh my, if you look so obviously bored, I’ll be hurt.”813b1c97f078ad8c

This cheesy man, c19288394d who had only 25ed63c59f said what needed 79a13159e1 to be said 875934de40 to Aslan yesterday, 42ebbcc0f2 had been hitting 32b1efb066 on her almost d0490eba4f every breath since e6e2e22a8b she came in. He told her to 6d57d72b1c say whatever she wanted, 8bb52f84f1 supposedly to lighten the 2080cb46d4 mood.42b3617dc68d3b4e

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“Yes. Height 186cm, weight 80kg. I heard it well. Now shall we move on to the real questions?”6c851bcdbd3c1ad4

Liella asked, cutting him off at an appropriate point. There wasn’t time if she wanted to ask the same questions to other people. Jade’s mouth snapped shut as she pointedly set down an emergency ration biscuit next to her. He flashed a friendly smile. He looked just like the playboy ex-boyfriend from a romance movie.40740aea6f0782c2

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“Sure, ask anything. We can tell you most things, since you’re our benefactor. Except for ‘how we killed’ what’s in the hallway. That’s information we’ll exchange when we let you go safely.”80fe92db6244e5a4

“Benefactor? You think that even though I tied you up?”5ff0db3354ccad73

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“Thanks to you, we avoided leaving horrible marks on our precious faces, right? Besides, as I said yesterday, we hadn’t eaten for two days. As long as you provide meals regularly, it’s no problem to be gagged for a day. As proof, we all stayed quiet last night.”d13969a2fe8f56bc

Jade’s smile was hearty. It seemed sincere. They’d have to see going forward, but… maybe they could trade food and information for about three days, then part ways safely after just taking their weapons.e8b031647ee44bf6

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Liella tapped 58bb6d4354 her notebook 8dd7051aa6 with the d92dfad4f9 end of c9b6014709 her pencil, 28ed12d307 deep in 4cbc603624 thought.eea096aa5c824e7d

The densely written notes in the notebook were detailed, including the names of Jade, Tim, Shamita, Theo, and their relationships. However, that wasn’t her concern.d924b84e5fad20d4

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Originally, people don’t know exactly what they know and don’t know. That’s why questions need to be asked in detail.d4194bb00b01eb07

“Then let me start with a simple question. I was curious after seeing Theo wearing a bulletproof vest and military helmet. Did you not bring any other equipment?”88118d0dcebb1cd8

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Jade raised one eyebrow quizzically, as if this wasn’t a question he had prepared for.9480d4a5423367d6

“Other equipment? Like what?”ad09b7444b3c86dd

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“Things like night vision goggles or thermal imaging equipment. You know, things that logically help when entering dark places. At first I thought maybe only our armory didn’t have them, but it seemed strange that a team with that level of equipment didn’t have them either.”dcd56795e395de7b

“Ah, our team didn’t have those either. You know. Things like night vision goggles are useless in the Abyss. Those are things that were all tried with unmanned robots in the early stages of the incident.”7a1d9e5e1cc585f1

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It’s something she doesn’t know. Unlike Jade, she has no memories.3e2a896e35177268

But she couldn’t reveal her weakness, so Liella asked as nonchalantly as possible:d7923dec6a524d2b

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“Yes. I know. But I can’t quite remember the reason.”ffbf788f730b301a

Jade tilted his head ffe863f8a0 and stared at her ffc80a3d29 intently. When she 66e8581c01 smiled back f7385f79e4 at him, 228acb71c2 he leaned 52bb5a7b98 back against a9e3ff8363 the bed 66c775b068 leg, hummed, 57cb523b5c and looked 22178870b2 smug.3c75e042f3a5b504

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“Well, as you know, night vision goggles aren’t magic tools that just let you see in the dark. They’re devices that amplify tiny amounts of light thousands or millions of times to observe objects. They can’t be used in places like the Abyss where light is completely blocked. You need at least moonlight, you know.”7122a6c9a31a0f6b

It means 2970cc481b complete darkness. Liella scribbled in be95eba282 her notebook and 93b81404a7 continued asking:1af2aa2c5bebcc66

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“Then what about thermal imaging equipment?”af29513ec848d414

“You mean infrared detectors? Same thing, useless. This is a strange space where electromagnetic interference occurs regularly. If strong infrared radiation is emitted within the area detected by the camera, that interference can cause noise or disturbance in the image captured by the camera. Since infrared is also a wavelength, it just causes confusion by being distorted and twisted.”9fc1034d5424ab03

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Again, it was something she was hearing for the first time. Electromagnetic interference is commonplace in the Abyss… As she pondered this, she suddenly remembered Aslan mentioning EMP. He had said that wavelengths that could damage electronic devices might flow.78b826f3e8bcb7d5

“Then could that be the cause of the survey ship’s crash landing?”97588897d29f19c6

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“No way, Andrei is an expert on electromagnetic waves, and the Abyss Project is a business they invested astronomical sums in. There’s no way they didn’t prepare for it. You saw yesterday that the survey ship’s power came on fine, right? This sturdy survey ship is still intact. The power just went out once from the impact.”3f4565f47d12fb74

“Then…”7a64bd8886cd23bb

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“The cockpit was physically damaged.”94b776962a725c1f

“What?”c0e5cce8735fe24b

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“Most of the survey ships we saw outside were like that. It starts when the front window of the cockpit, where light was leaking out, gets smashed by ‘them’.”d564970a8f6f3f72

The monsters react f602d6d97b to light. In other b61267c2ad words, the 6ba4ed67f4 light emitted c8eec48a9b by survey 8f5fd8ea79 ships entering 0410e3d97a the Abyss 4dcfa95b9f attracts them 8adfa95456 like magnets.6513659fddb9b187

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Assuming all windows 3f18859e2e are closed, the bd2919fedb brightest light would 57b5a291f0 mainly leak from 7815ea68d3 the front window 6597f38d96 of the cockpit, 835a878715 and when monsters 7b9b57ee17 sensing the light c190b0061c destroy the control ab0d3fa556 panel, the survey 4bc06e63df ship ends up 4da80827f8 crash landing unintentionally. A temporary power outage c1dbbdac82 also occurs at that ab66af0ba6 time.b09bb76938ba2bc5

“That’s why we can’t escape with the survey ship even if there’s power. The cockpit is completely wrecked, and if you turn on any lights there, you’ll immediately become a target. So, anything else you’re curious about? How about it? Aren’t you glad we saved you?”cd3628cf9cf27bb7

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Jade asked with a smile as Liella was organizing the new things she had learned. His winking gaze was fixed on the biscuit next to her. When she opened the biscuit and held it out to his face that looked like a puppy who had successfully “sat”, he ate it directly with his mouth without caring about appearances. Startled by the feeling of his lips touching her hand, Liella suddenly became curious.68dd108a7536433b

“Come to think of it, how did Aslan feed you yesterday? I don’t think he would have fed you by hand.”78dc6b8839068732

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