Sarah stood in silence, her gaze fixated on the woman lying on the bed. Snippets of conversations she had overheard made it clear

that the basement they were in was nothing short of formidable.

The construction crew had toiled for a month, but they still couldnt crack the switch to this place.

A mocking smile flickered across Sarah's lips. It seemed Summer had truly expended a lot of energy and resources to craft this

cage.

So, Cynthia had spent her days here until the slow-acting poison was about to take effect? To struggle in this confined space, and

to endure the presence of someone like Summer.

For a moment, Sarah couldn't decide who had it worse - herself or Cynthia. Moreover, she couldn't even ascertain which of them

really was Cynthia.

Human experimentation at the research base was a breach of moral ethics. People like her, who were subjected to experiments

against their will, struggled to find any meaning in their very existence.

She watched Maja holding Cynthia's hand, weeping silently. That tear seemed to pierce through Sarah’s heart without making a

sound.

But she couldn't say anything, let alone reveal her true identity. Because even now, she wasn’t sure who she really was.

Maja was being led out of the basement, guided toward the outside world. The sky above was a clear blue. Ever since the city walls

bomb, one could stand here and see the vast sea stretching

crew was preparing to blow up the place, to bury it

with thick smoke billowing into the air. Maja stood at a distance, watching,

to split into a crevice, and then her world turned

family residence. Gazing up at the familiar ceiling, she

Beck still

everywhere? How couldn't you find him?

lan could have been swallowed up by a fissure in the ground? Alive and not seen, dead without a trace,

keep looking there; if not a month,

pang in her head. She reached out a hand, attempting to call out,

bed and

call from back home. Bernard and his team have taken

awarded him. Once we find lan, you two can return in glory. Oh, and your

been ringing non-stop. Zoey and Carol both called to check on you. I told them you needed rest, and

lan. Maja was

bedside, “Don’t worry. The earthquake affected a wide area. It's

You just focus on getting better.

good news.”

at her neck where it

okay. What about

refused to take Dylan as

thanks to Doctor's medicine. That girl who cout of the base with him has been sticking

out to work today and won't be back

“Work?”

family shares are in

any big companies. I heard he's taken a cashier job at

worried he might

silent, remembering the situation. But she didn’t feel like pleading for

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