Just before they were about to go down, she suddenly heard several people breathing and sobbing from behind the wall.
"Whose house is behind this wall?"
Kanna asked, pointing at the wall.
Tatyana thought for a moment and said, "Hmm, if I remember correctly, this house should be inhabited by an ordinary family."
"Do they have a passage to go down in their house?"
Hearing Kanna's follow-up question, Tatyana's expression changed. Wolumonde did indeed have quick emergency escape passages in its initial houses, but later, to build more houses, many old houses were demolished. Although those emergency passages were preserved, some newly built houses were not connected to them.
"If I break this wall to save people, Wolumonde won't cause me trouble, right?" Kanna asked.
"Of course not. The Calamity Emergency Evacuation Regulations stipulate that all public and private property damaged by residents to escape a Calamity will be repaired and compensated by the government after the disaster."
Although she didn't know how Kanna intended to break the wall, Tatyana understood that she must have discovered someone behind it.
"Stand back!" Kanna observed the situation through her "vision" and then walked to a spot where the wall was relatively thin and no one was standing behind it.
With a seemingly delicate little fist, Kanna punched the thick wall, instantly creating a large hole. This startled the people on the other side who were hiding indoors, despairing because they had no passage.
As for Tatyana... countless things had happened since she first contacted Rhodes Island today, and her preconceived notions had been overturned countless times. So, even though Kanna's punch was shocking enough, she showed no surprise — in short, she was numb.
"There's a passage down here, hurry up!"
The people inside the house were currently despairing as they watched the Originium rain falling outside. After all, in this kind of weather, even if the house could withstand the damage from falling stones, the increasingly high Originium concentration accompanying the Calamity would eventually spread inside the house. At that point, everyone would become Infected under this Calamity.
Even if Leithanien was relatively lenient towards the Infected, firstly, the lifespan of the Infected would be greatly reduced. Secondly, the uncertainty and later suffering brought by oripathy sent shivers down the spines of normal people. Finally, even with leniency, those with oripathy were still considered inferior to normal people.
Just then, the wall behind them suddenly broke open, scaring the people in the house badly.
As everyone cautiously looked at the broken hole, a voice like an angel's came from the other side of the hole.
Upon learning that there was a passage to a safe zone on the other side, the leading man was the first to crawl out of the hole.
Emerging from the opening, he found that there were only three women on the other side of the wall, one of whom he recognized by her attire. This attire undoubtedly belonged to a member of the militia, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the open downward passage not far away, he first thanked the three women, then turned back to tell the people inside the house to come out quickly.
Soon, everyone followed the passage to the safe zone below. After confirming that everyone had safely reached the safe zone, the man who had initially emerged came over, expressing his gratitude to the three women with a relieved expression.
"Rest well here. If you feel unwell or lack supplies, you can go to the militia to get them." Tatyana finally managed to calm the excited man down.
She walked up to Kanna and Anto. "I'm quite familiar with the roads here. I'll take you to the hotel." After saying that, she led the two towards the hotel.
After passing through several passages, they arrived at an upward passage entrance. She confirmed the writing on the entrance and then turned around. "Above is the hotel's location, but it's very dangerous up there now. The Originium concentration won't be too low. I think it's best to stay down here where it's safer."
Kanna took out her personal terminal, which showed many light circles above them, indicating that everyone was upstairs.
After a moment of thought, Kanna spoke,
"Alright, I'll go up and swap a few people down. After all, we still have two team members who drove in with our emergency supply vehicle. I'm not comfortable with just the two of them guarding the vehicle, so we need to arrange people to stand guard there as well."
Hearing Kanna's words, Tatyana suppressed the urge to leave and find Thorwald.
"Your batch of emergency supplies is indeed very important, and Wolumonde will certainly need your assistance after the Calamity ends. I'll help you here too!"
"Okay then, I'll go swap people down, and then you take them to the vehicle."
Considering the Originium concentration on the upper level, if the time spent there was too long, even with masks, only she and Nian could endure it. So, Kanna decided to send everyone else down, leaving only herself and Nian upstairs.
As for any problems that might arise below, with such a short distance, she could quickly provide support.
It's important to know that Rhodes Island's communication equipment is among the most advanced. Even under such high-concentration Originium Calamity isolation, they could still establish contact with team members who weren't too far away, and fortunately, the current distance seemed to be within communication range.
After finalizing the plan, Kanna climbed the stairs to the passage entrance and then crawled out.
Upon emerging, she saw Surtur nervously pointing her weapon in their direction. When she realized it was Kanna who had emerged from below, she immediately put away her weapon and relaxed.
"Where are the others?"
"In the room upstairs where we put our equipment."
"Go down first. I'll go call them..."
"Yes!" After saying that, Surtur crawled into the passage Kanna had come through.
Meanwhile, Kanna went upstairs.
"Yo! You're back! Where are those two who were with you?"
She turned to see Nian leaning against the doorway. Upon seeing Kanna, she waved as a greeting.
"They're in the safe zone! The Originium concentration here is getting higher and higher. Even with masks, we can't last much longer. I'm planning to have everyone go down to the safe zone, and they can also help guard the vehicle."
Hearing Kanna's return, the others also came out to greet her. Kanna stated her decision, and everyone had no objections, as what she said was true.
After packing their belongings, they all went to the passage entrance under Kanna's lead.
"So no one's staying upstairs?" Nian asked, watching the team members go down one by one.
"We are, after all, this is the first time observing a Calamity at such close range. I plan to stay here. As for you, choose for yourself. I won't secretly cry if no one accompanies me, absolutely not!"
Kanna said with a teasing tone.
"You, can I even say no... Alright, I'll stay upstairs with you then!"
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