Someone’s there?
Nathan Moreau quickly looked in the same direction.
The color instantly drained from her face.
"It’s them..."
Nathan Moreau clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her flesh, but she didn’t seem to notice.
She wanted nothing more than to go over and kill those people.
But she knew she was no match for them.
It was Magnus York’s group. They were already here.
"Any sign of the Ice Core?"
Adrian Shaw’s biggest worry was whether those people had gotten to the Mystic Ice Core before them.
Jessica Vance shook her head. "They look like they’re still hiding from something. They probably arrived around the same time we did."
The long-focus lens at the observation post was a high-powered one. Nina Jacobs glanced at the magnification level indicated on it.
kilometers.
In other words, they could see everything within a five-kilometer radius.
"Those people are about 2.3 kilometers away from us."
Adrian Shaw confirmed.
Not exactly close.
Everyone here had used a Mystic Ice Core, so even if there was a Spiritual Element Superpower User among that group, they wouldn’t be able to sense their presence.
Still, the thought of Magnus York made Nina Jacobs activate her Five Senses Enhancement.
At the same time, to get a clearer view of the situation, one of her Little Zombie Rats crept forward under the cover of rotting leaves and branches.
Several vehicles, reinforced with steel bars, were parked there.
Machine gun mounts had already been set up in the surrounding area.
The people standing there were divided into teams, and several individuals were anxiously arguing with one man, trying to plead their case.
"We didn’t know it was this dangerous when we came here! We’re quitting."
"Mr. Rhodes, that’s how it is. We were just trying to earn some supplies for our families, but if we actually go in there, we’ll probably end up dead."
the two men said one after another.
"We’re quitting too. Just pay us what you owe us in supplies."
A man and woman holding hands also came forward, and the man said.
"Quit? Pay up?"
The man, Rhodes, laughed and said,
"There’s no such thing as quitting halfway. If you leave now, you won’t even get a crumb."
"We helped you kill all those Mutant Beasts! How can you say we get nothing?"
the woman beside him demanded furiously.
The scene seemed somewhat chaotic, but the woman holding the Compass, as if deaf to the arguments, was walking around by herself.
When she came to a pile of dead leaves, she stopped.
Nina Jacobs’s heart skipped a beat.
One of her Little Zombie Rats was under that pile.
’Has it been discovered?!’
"My Compass... why is it showing a death gate?"
the woman muttered to herself, looking at the Compass in her hand.
She squatted down to observe her surroundings, then her gaze fell upon the pile of dead leaves.
"What is it, Magnus York?"
A man walked up behind her.
"It’s nothing. I just find this place interesting. There’s a death gate, but there’s also a life gate."
Magnus York stood up.
Nina Jacobs breathed a quiet sigh of relief, but their next words immediately put her on guard again.
"What does that mean?"
the man asked, looking at the Compass.
"Do you think there could be other people here?"
As she spoke, Magnus York took out a piece of Talisman Paper and tossed it into the air.
Without any warning, the Talisman Paper burst into flames in mid-air.
Then it slowly drifted to the ground.
Following the direction indicated by the Talisman Paper, Magnus York gazed into the distance.
Nathan Moreau staggered back a few steps in shock.
"She’s found us! She must have found us! Oh no, she saw me! We just made eye contact!"
Seeing Nathan Moreau huddled in a terrified ball, the others in the observation post exchanged glances.
It looked like Nathan Moreau had suffered significant trauma in the past.
At that distance, making eye contact was impossible, even for a Spiritual Element Superpower User.

He subconsciously didn’t want Nina Jacobs to go out and take the risk.
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