Underground Shelter

Just as everyone was about to pass through the hall doors, the nearest wall suddenly lit up as a whole. Then a person appeared on the screen. Hao Ren and the others immediately reacted, staring in surprise at the man on the giant display. He was a dignified, stern-looking middle-aged man with graying hair, dressed in a crisp black uniform decorated with gold trim. Two rows of large golden buttons were fastened all the way up to beneath his chin.

The man on the giant screen looked at Hao Ren and the others, surprise flickering in his eyes. "Why are you outside?"

Hao Ren had already gotten used to the ghost-town state of this planet, where not a single person could be seen, so he was startled when a living person suddenly appeared on the screen. "Holy crap... There are still people on this planet?!"

"Still people?" The middle-aged man on the screen froze for a moment. "What are you talking about? Did you escape from a shelter, or are you from another region?"

Vivian immediately caught on and lightly coughed twice. "We... came here from somewhere else. Our equipment may have malfunctioned, and we got lost."

She was deliberately vague, trying to obscure their origins as much as possible out of caution. The man on the giant screen did not seem to think much of it, however. He merely nodded. "Good. As long as you've returned safely to a secure zone, that's what matters. Hopefully you weren't affected by the radiation near the engine. The guidance robot will take you to the shelter. Afterward, a civil affairs investigator will ask about your situation."

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant screen on the wall dimmed again and soon returned to looking like an ordinary wall. Hao Ren and