In any case, the players finally had a plan for what to do next.
It turned out that no matter the disaster, hope was humanity's most powerful weapon.
Having found a new direction, everyone's emotions, Coconut's included, temporarily stabilized. They then began discussing, all at once, how they could get close to Konvitz.
According to Bryukhanov, the Expert Group had arrived in Kyiv an hour and a half ago. Factoring in the travel time, they should have been close to Pripyat by now. The only question was how they had come—by train, car, or ship?
They also had no idea where the group would go first after arriving or how their day's schedule had been arranged. But the players did know where the Expert Group would stay that night—the Pripyat Grand Hotel, the town's only hotel. It was usually used to receive tourists from all over, and its accommodations and service were excellent.
Bessonova was certain that if the Expert Group stayed in Pripyat, they would check into that hotel.
"That makes things easier for us. We can just wait at the hotel," Kratos said. "Then Bessonova can see which room Konvitz is staying in. If we're lucky, we might not even have to alert anyone else."
Her suggestion received unanimous approval from the players. The Mechanic started driving toward the Pripyat Grand Hotel, and everyone seemed to have regained their drive.
However, Zhang Heng knew full well that this motivation was only temporary. Once they received an unsatisfactory answer from Konvitz, it would not just be Coconut—quite a few people's emotions would likely collapse.
Unlike people of this era, Zhang Heng and the other players understood the horror of Nuclear Radiation all too well.
In a sense, humanity's true understanding of crises mostly came from disasters. Perhaps only something