Shadow Slave

Chapter 877

Chapter 877: Disconnected

Sunny and his soldiers entered the fortified settlement, happy to hide from the blizzard behind its thick walls. There, they saw teams of Awakened soldiers walking between buildings as they patrolled the territory. All of them looked tense and tired.

Master Verne led them deeper into the complex, giving a wide berth to the central dome-like structure. His gait was steady and confident.

"I have around a hundred Awakened under my command, as well as close to a thousand mundane soldiers. There are about five hundred scientists and civilian staff members under our protection. Things were going fine until recently... but, as you can imagine, all of us can't wait to get away from the ocean."

Sunny raised an eyebrow.

"...Were going fine?"

Verne grimaced.

"Yes. Several Gates manifested nearby, but our garrison and defenses were more than enough to keep the Nightmare Creatures away. However... there have already been instances of people succumbing to the Spell within the walls. We suffered a few casualties because of that."

He lingered for a moment, and then asked:

"How is the situation outside?"

Sunny shrugged.

"Pretty bleak, but more or less under control. Don't worry... we scouted a good path through the mountains on the way here. Leading a convoy back shouldn't be impossible. There is just one problem..."

Verne stopped and looked at him with a somber expression.

communications? You lost contact with

Sunny blinked.

off from the army network as

local Ascended remained silent for a second,

have failed to establish

growing interference field enveloping Antarctica. However, a facility like LO49 should have had an immensely powerful communication array. If even they could not connect to

very wrong

with Army Command were troublesome. They were

Sunny glanced at Verne.

the outside world as we approach it... it's all a bit creepy. This blackout wouldn't have anything to

smiled with the corner

not much of a scientist myself, but what they do here is purely theoretical. There are no practical experiments being conducted at the premises, so there's nothing that could

found it sufficiently sincere,

you mentioned is the VIP I am

Verne nodded.

well... most of the time. I was

Sunny sighed.

we should probably solve

like being blind, and becoming cut off from Army Command was similar to losing his sight. Without the information about what was happening throughout

the Rhino nor the communication center of this research facility were currently able to establish a connection with the outside world, but there were other ways to achieve

other cohorts of the First Irregular Company, out there in the Dream Realm, that distance did not matter. As long as two Awakened

that, he glanced at Verne and asked a very

status in this

Verne hesitated.

was green forty-three minutes

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