The buildings were barely decent enough to be called a place to live. Even the buildings outside the hospital were better than this. But a few people huddled together. They were a few people who were still loyal to the Valez family. Unfortunately, the buildings they lived in were in such a poor condition. These buildings looked like a shack. Previously, after things settled down from the underground tunnel incident, they must have built a simple cabin. Most likely to store things. Darren’s expression cracked slightly when he saw Nyra. His gaunt face, however, didn’t show any sign of happiness. A flicker of surprise crossed his face, but that was all. He took large strides toward her; his voice was a little hoarse. "What are you doing here? Why did you come?!" Nyra was a little startled by his rising voice. Zerra examined her older sister’s face. How could that be the look of someone who wasn’t interested in Darren at all? Although she had zero love experience, she could still see Nyra had some interest in Darren. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken a tremendous risk to follow after him here at all. She never expected she would see that kind of face on Nyra. Her elder sister looked like someone who had her heart broken! "Something had happened here at the base, so I want to help you," she retorted sternly. Even when she was a little hurt, she still wouldn’t show it. Zerra only caught the fleeing moment of her face before her expression returned to normal. Darren pursed his lips. His eyebrows knitted together so hard, making all of them aware what kind of massive trouble he was in. He looked like someone who hadn’t slept in days. "Alright." He let out a sigh. "This place is quite cramped, you see. Sorry for the lack of hospitality." "It’s fine," Sean assured him, and others followed. Darren led them to a better place, the building that was still standing straight and unaffected by the underground tunnel collapse last time. Darren glanced briefly at Jack, deliberately or not, before he opened the door and let them in. Jake was still standing outside after everyone was inside. "Go inside, Jake," Darren told him. Shaking his head, Jake refused him. "It’s fine. I will just stay here, Mr. Valez." He paused. "There are a lot of patients inside. I don’t want to infect them." The room inside was quite cramped. Everyone sat on the carpet that Darren had spread on the floor. No matter how Darren persuaded Jake, the latter remained stubborn. Laziel witnessed what was happening outside because he was near the door threshold, so he went out. "I will help you clean yourself." Laziel told Jake, and he turned to Darren. "This place has a bathroom, right?" Darren nodded, pointing in a certain direction while muttering where the bathroom was. Thus, Laziel and Jake left the place. Darren entered the room again, sighing. His bloodshot eyes seemed really exhausted, but Zerra noticed the slight difference. He looked like he had regained some hope after he met them. He just couldn’t deny his worry for Nyra, which was understandable, that he didn’t want to drag her into such a huge conflict. It was really complicated. "Where is your brother?" Zerra suddenly asked. There were some people staying in the room earlier, but Darren requested them to leave. Knowing Zerra and others were familiar faces and very close to Darren, the people had left obediently. Among them, she hadn’t seen Theron, Darren’s younger brother. Wasn’t his condition worrying? Injured near half-death. "He is in another room," Darren sighed. "He has gotten injured because of a fight. Now, he is still unconscious. Only sporadically awake." Nyra stared at her youngest sister. Zerra pretended not to notice the warning in her eyes. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⟡𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵 "Can I visit him?" She asked. Nyra might be worried she might expose her ability if she helped with Theron’s injuries. However, she underestimated Zerra too much if that was the case. Zerra now had better control of her ability. Darren contemplated it for a while. "Let me ask the doctor first." She nodded. It was good that they still had a doctor too. As Zerra waited for Darren to come back, she spread her senses to the surroundings. After she upgraded her power to level five, the range that senses could reach had increased a lot too. An odd expression crossed her face as she took a brief look at the injured people. These people were quite familiar faces–they were Henry’s men. Some had missing limbs, severe injuries, and even some had no hope of staying alive. Yet... the Brown family seemed to have abandoned them ruthlessly. They were only given a basic meal: a bowl of porridge and a glass of water. There was no attending doctor in sight. Even about the porridge; one look and she could guess the ingredients were mostly water. She snapped back to her senses, only to find Cassias staring softly at him. As if he knew what she was doing. She raised her eyebrows at him a bit in challenge. If he were from the same world as hers, would he dare to mention it first? "Yes." She broke away from the brief staring contest and stood up. Then, she followed after Darren. Once she exited the room, she noticed something else. She pointed in a certain direction in the distance. "The walls are broken?" She was referring to the walls that once shielded the hospital from prying eyes. Darren glanced in the direction she was pointing. "That place had been like that for a while before I returned here. Others told me a monster attacked and broke the walls?" "Monster? What kind of monster?" She asked again curiously. "I am not sure about the details. We can get that from our people later." Darren shook his head. "The monster was dealt with after it had killed a lot of patients." Zerra and Darren entered Theron’s place. There were some people sitting on the floor. They were in camouflage uniforms–Theron’s soldiers. She immediately went to Theron’s side. After a little argument that she wasn’t allowed to touch Theron from his soldiers, they finally let her do it after she took out sterile gloves from her space and promised them medicine. Darren had returned to the previous room to explain his family’s situation. Without them noticing, Zerra slowly let the vitality flow into Theron’s body little by little. He wasn’t injured by an infected weapon, fortunately, so as long as his wounds weren’t infected, he could recover soon. With Zerra’s wood power, he would recover soon. But it was correct he was in a half-dead condition. He might not make it if not for her power. The Moon Cloud City’s base undoubtedly had wood ability users too, but they only worked for the Brown family now. The Brown family might have threatened them too. After all, they were precious assets. As soon as Zerra was done, she exited the room. She didn’t go back to the room where her family gathered. Instead, she walked toward the broken walls. As she inspected the walls seriously, suddenly she let out a hiss, "Ouch!" "Miss!" Someone grabbed her hand. "Please help us!"