Was this thing blocking the signal?
This thought flashed through the minds of everyone who saw the cloud formation's true nature.
One minute and thirty seconds later, Transport Boat Two, where Qin Xiansheng was located, became the second to fill up. The first transport boat to fill had already started its engines and slowly risen from the ground, while the other two were still waiting for people who were rushing over.
The hatch slowly closed, and the emergency system activated. Air was rapidly released from the storage tanks. Once the system indicated that the transport boat was full of air at the proper pressure, the people who had been holding their breath for so long removed their helmets.
"Team leader, Third Boat and Fourth Boat probably won't make it," a soldier shouted as soon as he took off his helmet.
Bang! Qin Xiansheng slammed a fist into the transport boat's wall and gritted his teeth. "Damn it, we can't wait any longer. Start it now. If we keep waiting, we're all finished. First Boat should have seventy people when full, and we have eighty-one here. If Fourth Boat is fast enough, it should still be able to close its hatch before the Silver Mist arrives. Third Boat..."
Qin Xiansheng did not continue. At this point, there was nothing he could do. He could not exactly open this transport boat's hatch and run out to save those who had not made it back.
Those people were farther from this transport boat than from Fourth Boat. Even if they had been equally distant, what use would it have been for him to run out? Reopening the hatch would only put everyone currently aboard in danger again.
As the team leader responsible for security during this landing operation, Qin Xiansheng knew he had