After managing to evade every roaming threat, Julius and Yuliya finally reached the intersection that led to the restricted zone's exit.
What awaited them was unlike anything they had ever expected.
A crowd had gathered near the sealed doors in a state of panic.
——Are you just going to let us die?!
——Open it! Let us out!
Yuliya composed herself and stepped forward. "What in the world is going on?!"
A professor who recognized her pushed through the crowd at once.
"Professor Yuliya!"
"What happened?" she demanded.
"The exit won't open," he said quickly. "Command sealed it from the outside. They said military assistance is already on the way. They ordered us to stay put until the area beyond the restricted zone is secured."
Julius raised a brow. "What?"
Yuliya frowned. "Stay put? Are they insane?!"
——There are monsters roaming the facility!
——They expect us to wait here and die?!
Yuliya clenched her fists. "Who's in charge of this decision?"
