Chapter 379: The Hounds of Nouvelle Vague (5)
The night had been noisy all day due to a prisoner riot on Level 8.
Numerous guards were injured and taken to the infirmary, while others were stranded in the rugged terrain of the labor camp and had to be searched.
Even uninjured guards were hospitalized in large numbers, complaining of itching and fever after inhaling a thick mist of blood.
The night shift was also put on emergency alert. The guards continued to be on watch duty, skipping the evening and early morning rounds of the day.
There were too many vacancies.
"What a shame that this happened just as we were reassigning the guards."
"I think Colonel D'Ordume has shown poor judgment. He shouldn't have pushed the construction so hard."
"I'm sure it has something to do with the blue lava that was found in the Level 10 sector."
"By the way, is Nouvelle Vague really an extinct volcano? What if it turns out to be active?"
"Well, it could blow up the whole of Nouvelle Vague, but that's probably not going to happen."
The two guards yawned and switched shifts.