More than half an hour passed, yet the doctor still had not returned.
Jiang Xiaohui said, "I doubt he's coming back. I never liked the look of that Tom Cat; he has the face of a petty schemer. Big Brother, why don't we go find the doctor? If he really has been captured by Tom Cat, we'll be at a serious disadvantage next."
Xu Qiuyan said worriedly, "Exactly. What if he uses the doctor to threaten us? We can't just ignore whether the doctor lives or dies. But if we give in, we'll be at its mercy everywhere."
I looked at Ying Gou. He merely smiled faintly without saying anything.
Ying Gou's reaction reassured me somewhat. I said, "Let's wait a little longer. There's no rush."
The more this was the case, the less we could afford to panic. The ape was still with the doctor, and I believed it should be with him right now. Even if Tom Cat had truly taken the doctor under control, the ape would not stand by and do nothing. If it could not save the doctor alone, it would find a way to inform us so we could figure something out together.
Though Jiang Xiaohui was impatient after hearing me say we should wait, he said nothing more.
Xu Qiuyan, however, seemed displeased. She gave a soft snort. "You're just too timid. I say we should take advantage of the fact that they haven't put up much of a defense yet and quickly seize control of the situation."
I asked her, "How much do you know about this Experiment Base? Are you familiar with the environment here? Do you know how many defensive forces it has? Do you really think the few of us can take control of this base? Tom Cat isn't