Chapter 164
I was terrified that the door might not open due to the water, but fortunately, it opened, albeit slowly. Perhaps because there was water everywhere inside and out. I grabbed just one towel and splashed out of the room, hearing the emergency alarm ringing throughout the West District dormitory.
I had never been in the room until it got to this state. This is insane. Really. As I wiped my face, which was a mess of nosebleed, tears, saliva, and seawater, with the towel, I came out of the room to find no sign of anyone. I was the only one wandering around the West District dormitory where the emergency alarm was urgently ringing. Had all the Russians left? What about Carlos? Is Yoo Geum-yi not in her room because she left in an escape pod?
I waded through the water rising up to my calves and checked Carlos and Yoo Geum-yi’s rooms. Both rooms were empty, without their owners. All sorts of odds and ends were floating in the cluttered rooms. Only the water level was quietly rising.
It was unclear whether Yoo Geum-yi’s absence was because she had left in an escape pod in the previous iteration, or if she had been in her room but I missed her leaving because I overslept.
Do people who go up to the surface disappear from within this underwater base? Is that why the snake and cat are gone too? If Yoo Geum-yi isn’t in the current underwater base because she escaped in an escape pod, then Henry must be gone too. Then what happened to Tumanako? Did Tumanako successfully leave the underwater base? What if she’s still in her room?
If Yoo Geum-yi didn’t disappear from this underwater base like the snake or cat, but left while I was sleeping, then Henry would be left alone, asleep in this flooding dormitory. Moreover, if Shin Haeryang, Seo Jihyuk, and Baek Ae-young failed, Tumanako would be here too. Would she be listening to music with headphones on, unaware of the emergency alert, like before? I stood in the hallway, pondering where to go.
Should I go check Henry’s room, or should I go check Tumanako’s room?
I licked my parched mouth with my tongue. Why is it always like this? Why can I only go to one place? The corridor was rapidly filling with water, not waiting for me to make up my mind.
Judging by this noisy emergency alarm, Vladimir must have taken his team members out.