Chapter 192 Why People Must Die

"Keep moving forward and be careful." "Yes, Ms. Calista."

The more they interacted with Calista, the more they found themselves believing in her. She was always composed, and her face rarely showed any emotion other than a cold smirk, a light laugh, or indifference. Though this made her seem somewhat unapproachable, it

also made it easy for people to trust her.

After passing through several stone chambers, the person leading the way up ahead came to a stop.

Elijah glanced at the instrument in his hand and reported, "Something's not right with the soil here. The detector found something beneath."

"It must be something like explosives," Calista speculated.

Levi said, "These are just trifles. Wait here for a moment."

After he finished speaking, he led his team to handle these minor nuisances. Once the bomb was defused, they smoothly made their way to a door.

The door, seemingly constructed from an unidentified metal, appeared incredibly sturdy. It was equipped with a password lock. Elijah informed her that this particular lock allowed only three incorrect attempts before the contents within would be destroyed.

"Ms. Calista, this isn't necessarily difficult. It's just that we're short on the right equipment. How about we come back tomorrow?" Elijah suggested, holding the instrument in his hand.

Calista glanced at the four-digit code. "Why don't we give it a try?"

"Try what?"

he also used a four-digit password, 4379. Why not give it a shot? We have three chances anyway." Everyone fell silent for a moment, but they knew they

instructed. Then, with great care, he

only sound that broke the silence was a crisp "ding," followed by

switch they had flipped, but suddenly, the entire cave was illuminated by tube lights. As Calista stepped

so

finally revealed a

Rupert weeping beside the corpse, Calista couldn't help but feel a wave of sorrow. The pain of parting with a loved one was something one could never

mess from crying. He simply couldn't stop the

gone... What do I do? What am I going to do without my dad..." Calista pulled him up, meeting his

the mountain Even though you're only thirteen, with your father gone, you're the one who has to hold up this family

"Dad's gone. Mom will be too...

had no experience in coaxing people, but it was clear that

Rupert continued to sob,

future. Coupled with the precarious state of his mother's health, his tears

can't be without my dad... Why did my dad have to die?"

corpse had already explained it to him, he still wanted to know why

gradually wore down Calista's patience. She abruptly removed the mask

you.

Rupert was taken aback.

though her focus was somewhere beyond him. Her eyes

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