Impossible to tell what was real and what was false.
Decibel Town's gas station wasn't very big, and it didn't store much fuel. After accounting for what they'd used for the Bus and setting traps, there wasn't much gasoline left. Even if it exploded, the Players could still retreat safely. That was why they'd considered blowing up the gas station in the first place.
To make it more lethal, Lin Pei and Ke Liang had gathered plenty of broken glass, metal furniture frames, and other things, piling them up inside the gas station like a small hill. The string of Bells meant to attract Aliens sat on top, with one end tied to a rope that stretched thirty meters outside the gas station.
The fuel valve was shut now, and Ke Liang and the others were in the gas station's lounge.
Wu Qiuyi lay on the only bed, covered with a white sheet. The siblings Shen Yi and Shen Xin stood a little farther away. Lin Pei sat beside the bed, while Ke Liang stood behind him. They looked at the person on the bed, their faces stricken with grief.
Xu Huo pushed open the door and came in. Shen Yi immediately stood up and asked, "What about the Ground Cages?"
"Only the Ground Cage nearest us opened. The other two are fine." Gu Yu spoke first, then looked at Lin Pei. "Where were you just now?"
Lin Pei turned to look at them, but didn't answer for a moment. He seemed to be enveloped in profound sorrow.
"He was injured and passed out. When I got there, he was still lying on the ground," Ke Liang explained for him. "As for Wang Chaoqing, we couldn't find him."
Xu Huo glanced toward the gas station. "You said earlier that he