Chapter 964: Chapter 386: The Person in the Garage

“Phew–safe at last!”

After entering the underground garage, that feeling of being targeted instantly disappeared. Wang Tao and his group all sighed in relief.

This time, thanks to Xiang Hongbin’s early detection, their encounter with the Giant Eagle wasn’t as perilous as the last one. Fortunately, they saw an unblocked underground garage along the way and drove straight into it.

Rumble–

At that moment, the light at the entrance of the garage was suddenly blocked, and a significant vibration occurred.

Qu Shilin turned her head back. Although the light was blocked, she could still vaguely see a huge shadow. Clinging to Wang Tao’s arm, she expressed her worries:

“It won’t come in, will it?”

“The garage is too small, it can’t fit.”

Wang Tao glanced and saw the Giant Eagle’s claws had already reached into the garage entrance, but the garage was only so big. Unless it tore down the entire building, it couldn’t get in.

“That’s good…”

Qu Shilin patted her chest, still shaken by her first encounter with a Level 5, Lord creature. The oppressive feeling was terrifying. If she, who lacked combat abilities, faced the Giant Eagle without Wang Tao and others, she probably would have been too weak to walk…

The Giant Eagle had already vanished, and light reappeared at the entrance of the garage. But everyone knew that the Giant Eagle was definitely waiting for them outside, so they would have to spend the night there.

Wang Tao used his Plant Affinity to probe around, but there were no weeds in the garage of this residence, so Wang Tao couldn’t detect anything.

“Han Rui, use your Perception to scan.”

Wang Tao said to Han Rui.

His Perception Ability was gone, now transformed into mental detection or “Divine Sense,” which was a powerful ability, almost like a god’s view, but its range was too short… so in this kind of situation, Han Rui’s Perception was more suitable.

“Okay!”

Han Rui scanned carefully, then shook her head at Wang Tao.

“I haven’t detected any danger within range…”

“Alright, let’s walk further inside.”

The car started again and continued towards the center of the garage.

This was a rather upscale residential area; the underground garage was large, but there were very few cars, eerily empty, perhaps taken by those fleeing for their lives.

After driving for a while, Han Rui suddenly spoke.

“Found something… survivors?”

“Hmm?”

Wang Tao was surprised.

There were still people here?

“Let’s go check it out!”

Soon, using the lights from the car, they saw that the scenery nearby started to change; abandoned cars became more frequent, even blocking their path.

Wang Tao suddenly realized why there were no cars inside the garage; someone had moved the cars here to use them as defensive barricades.

“They are inside, probably watching us…”

Han Rui spoke.

Once they got closer, Wang Tao could use his “Divine Sense” effectively; he sent a mental scan and instantly saw figures skulking behind cover.

“They truly are survivors… but they don’t quite seem like people from the base…”

Wang Tao frowned a bit.

These people looked emaciated to the bones, severely malnourished, looking like they could collapse at any moment, yet their spirits seemed unnaturally high, not at all like they had been hungry for a long time… As for their strength, all were Ordinary Level Two.

“You go and talk to them.”

Wang Tao said to Nie Siyan.

Generally, women are more approachable, especially beautiful ones.

“Alright.”

Nie Siyan put on a friendly smile, got out of the car, and walked over to the jumble of cars under the illumination of the car lights.

“Is anyone there?”

Nie Siyan called out, but got no response.

Wang Tao could clearly “see” that the people on the other side were watching Nie Siyan, yet no one spoke.

Nie Siyan continued calling:

“Is anyone there? We’d just like to pass through and can offer some food as compensation…”

After she spoke, the people on the other side still didn’t respond. However, they exchanged glances.

Nie Siyan called out several more times, still getting no response. It was not until she said, “If there really is no one, we’ll have to move these road-blocking vehicles,” that someone finally spoke.

“Where are you folks from!”

The voice sounded like nails on glass, making it uncomfortable to listen to.

“We’re from the Starfire Society,”

Nie Siyan explained.

“Starfire Society?”

The people were puzzled, as if they had never heard of this name before.

Wang Tao more firmly believed his own judgment–these people were likely not from Changhe Base; otherwise, they would have heard of the Starfire Society, even if they weren’t familiar with it, as it was quite renowned there for being the first to slay a Fourth-Order Disaster-level monster.

Wang Tao used spiritual communication to inform Nie Siyan, and she immediately said:

“We are from Changhe Base.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Tao could clearly sense a wariness appearing on their faces.

“You’re from Changhe Base? How did you end up here!”

The person seemed puzzled.

After all, there was some distance from Changhe Base.

“We ran here, chased by hordes of the dead and monsters…”

Nie Siyan quickly replied.

There was a pause on the other side before that person finally spoke again.

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