Although the glass vials didn’t look like they contained any proper medicine.
Still, on the principle of it being a last-ditch effort, they gave a dose to each of the forty-plus unconscious people.
Some of them immediately coughed up a yellowish substance.
For others, it trickled out of their mouths and noses.
This startled the onlookers, none of whom had any medical knowledge.
They thought the victims were goners for sure.
"This medicine... COUGH, COUGH... it actually works."
Surprise filled Hartley’s eyes.
Only then did Minerva Whitman and the others notice that some of the people who’d been struggling even to swallow were now starting to stir.
The "Selfless Savior" trigger notification appeared again.
This time, the count had reached 864 people.
The number slightly stunned Nina Jacobs as well.
’A causal link...?’
’By saving them, I’ve ended up saving even more people.’
"It’s working! It’s really working!" someone shouted in delight.
"It seems what they’re coughing up is the toxin," Draven Coleman said. He had been slightly skeptical about Nina Jacobs’s talk of Tomorrow Base, but now he believed her completely.
Not only had she saved them, but she had also saved Captain Lucas and his people.
"Captain Lucas, hello. I’m Nina Jacobs."
Seeing that Valerius Lucas had sat up and was looking at her, Nina Jacobs walked over to introduce herself.
"Thank you. I never thought there’d be an antidote for this poison."
Even now, Valerius Lucas could hardly believe they had all survived.
"If you really want to thank me, why not come back to my base right now?"
Nina Jacobs glanced at the time.
’If we don’t get going, we’ll probably have to spend the night here.’
"A base? You mean Lornwood Base?"
At the mention of Lornwood Base, Valerius Lucas’s expression grew much more serious.
"Tomorrow Base."
Nina Jacobs quickly explained, "The base is short on people right now, and we don’t ration water. If you’re interested, I can guarantee your safety on the way there."
Hearing Nina Jacobs’s words, Raphael Chase and the others were already tempted.
A brand-new base.
Safe and civilized.
Who wouldn’t yearn for that?
"We all agree," Draven Coleman declared.
"Tomorrow Base."
Valerius Lucas murmured the name to himself.
Then he made his decision. "We still have matters to investigate, but that doesn’t prevent us from joining a new base."
"Cap, you’re agreeing?" Hartley asked.
"I agree. Miss Jacobs isn’t turning us away, so what’s there to hesitate about?" Valerius Lucas said.
They were also in dire need of a safe place to recover.
Most importantly, he worried that group would discover this location sooner or later.
"We have a vehicle! The school has a bus!"
Raphael Chase stood up.
’I can’t believe we can actually leave this place,’ he thought.
Half an hour later, with everyone helping each other, the group of a hundred people boarded two large buses.
Although Valerius Lucas and his men had been cured of the poison, they were still weak and feeble.
Nina Jacobs invited him and two others to ride in her SUV.
"I’m curious as to why you were all poisoned, and with the same toxin," Nina Jacobs asked as she drove.
Even with the route already planned by the system’s map, she also listened to Hartley’s directions.
This was because he was a Spiritual Element Superpower User.

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