By the time the players gathered again, it was already 12:20 p.m.
Nearly eleven hours had passed since the explosion, and Zhang Heng had already questioned everyone at the nuclear power plant connected to the accident. He now understood why Pripyat had waited more than thirty hours before organizing an evacuation in the historical timeline. Yet the main quest, which the players cared about most, still showed no sign of movement.
It was not just Coconut. The other players could not help muttering among themselves as well.
"Dyaltov, Akimov, Toptunov, Bryukhanov, and Fomin. We've met every single one of them, but none of them triggered the main quest completion prompt. Could this explosion really have had nothing to do with them?" Mouse said, counting on his fingers.
"Fomin and Bryukhanov definitely had problems," Zhang Heng said. "They started the safety test without approval. Bryukhanov admitted that himself. The others are harder to say, but those two leaders definitely can't escape responsibility."
He had just changed clothes, tossing the work uniform he had worn to the nuclear power plant into a nearby trash bin.
Doctor spoke up as well. "The main quest this time is to find the key person, but it never actually said how many key people there are. We fell into a mental trap before, assuming we had to find whoever bore the greatest responsibility. But is it possible that we need to find everyone connected to this accident before we can complete the quest?"
"If that's the case, then we're in serious trouble." Kratos frowned. "We don't even have an exact number. How do we know whether we've missed anyone? We don't know how many we've found or how many are still left."
"Who else is on the list?" Mechanic asked.
"Uh, the designer of the nuclear