Chapter 31: External Rescue Signal (1)
External Rescue Signal (1)
It was one early morning when our peaceful daily routine was shattered.
[Jinsoo, come to the central control room immediately. It’s an emergency.]
Artemis, who generally followed a policy of non-intervention, had never woken me up from sleep before. It was around 6 AM, earlier than my usual wake-up time. When I rushed to the control room, it wasn’t just Artemis waiting for me—Rose and Chloro were also there.
“Is it an intrusion? Or a rockslide?” I rubbed my eyes and tried to figure out what it could be.
What could be so urgent that it warranted waking me up and gathering Rose and Chloro? I seriously doubted there was any chance that an infected creature had tunneled its way here. That was just a joke I’d once made.
And a rockslide? Even more unlikely. This place was built on solid ground in a geographically stable area. Plus, we didn’t use conventional nuclear fission reactors, so a meltdown wasn’t a concern either. So, what was going on?
[We’ve detected an external communication signal.]
“And why is that important?”