Chapter 73: People would be idiots.
Nimo had seen foolish individuals in her life, but some people’s reasoning was truly baffling. The residents of the base had been divided into groups; each group was responsible for applying gel to a different area on the base every after six hours.
With more than 80% residents in hiding, the six hours had elapsed, and a small part of the bubble had evaporated. Luckily, this had happened after the meteor rain.
Thanks to this small gap in the bubble, citrus drizzle had made it into the fortress, in the second wall. The liquid had an attractive citrus scent, like a mixture of oranges and lemons. This coupled with the yellow like lemonade appearance triggered temptation in a few weak-minded people.
A thirsty man had decided to be brave and try the liquid. He had been reported by his wife to a soldier passing by because she was afraid.
The soldier had alerted Nimo, who alerted Sunshine. Without delay, Nimo had bellowed orders for the gel to applied to close the gap in the bubble. Then, she jumped into a vehicle and drove out to the second wall.
As soon as she reached the scene, Nimo shoved people aside and reached the man. He was a ginger haired man in his mid-twenties. His wife was standing by his side, looking anxious.
His sister, who was one of the soldiers on the base was yelling at him.
"What kind of idiot looks at weird yellow rain and decides that they must drink it?" Nimo bellowed as she yanked his arm.
The female soldier, Private Pamela gave Nimo an apologetic look.
"Siegfried put together a team and use some drones to inspect every part of the bubble. Make sure that there are no gaps anywhere." Nimo ordered. "Someone should clean up the rest of this yellow liquid before kids come out of bunkers and start drinking it."
Private Pamela run off to start taking care of that task immediately.
"And you sir, you are in trouble." She motioned at the young man to follow her, but he reacted in a different way.