588 The Meeting, The Announcement of the Second Wave and Dimensional Collapse (1/2)

After everyone had their breakfast early in the morning, the representatives in-charge of certain aspects of the base was called by Mark for a meeting.

There were Huey, Coleen, Odelina, and Hannah, who were now following orders directly under Mark and Mei.

Aephelia and Spera were also under Mark, but they were also representatives of other teams. Aephelia was with Mara for the people that were taking care of the infected they were keeping in the base, while Spera was here for the Transport Group that was in charge of transporting supplies through the portals she created.

Trisha, who was among the first people in this settlement and came with Huey's group, was also here as the one managing the food supply and distribution.

The old couple leading the farming efforts in the base were also called here. After all, one of the subjects of this meeting had something to do with the black dust.

Rollan, Nikky, and Mark's group of friends were also here. They were the ones in charge of collecting the supplies at the facilities around The Pagoda. Even though it was not officially established yet, they were more or less the supply collection group of the base.

Next were Ed and Ron. The two that also came with Huey's group was now in charge of the building efforts in the base.

Hamlin, the old man that Mark recruited back in East Port Settlement, the family that was taking care of the [Blood Child] Salacia, was also here. Being a fisherman, he was also experienced with drying fish. That was why he was helping out in drying meat and other perishables in the base. But now, it seemed that Mark had other work for him this time.

Annica and her father, Darren Salvador, were also present. Because of Annica's powers, they were currently among the most important within the people of the base. They were managing the stables and other places where animals were being used. If it was before the outbreak, taking care of the stables was not that good of a job. But now, they were actually managing a den of monsters. It was a feat for anyone that knew.

The next one was the sisters, Tullia and Audrey. Tullia was one of the slaves that was saved from the Death Valley settlement and was used as a bargaining chip to make her sister cause a problem as a spy in the Port of Rizal Settlement. Now, the two were among the leading figures that were hunting animals in the mountain.

Then, there was Mayumi and her younger brother. They were the current leaders of the tribe that joined Mark's base. As of now, they were helping around the place with whatever they could. Right now, they might not be of much help, but after Mayumi came of age, she would be a great asset to the base.

And among the newcomers, Roan, and his father, Abraham was here together with Arnold.

Lastly, the Tamawo, Pefile, Edzel, even Teremillio, and his wives were called back from the Spirit Dimension. After all, this was a very important meeting that everyone that needed to know about it should be present.

Still, with everyone being called like this, they were all confused.

The room was a bit crowded now. However, all of everyone's attention was with Mark that was standing in front of them.

”Everyone I called is already here. Should we start?”

Mark voiced out, making the room as quiet as possible. In this base, Mark's words were supreme. No one would want to annoy or disregard him. None of them wanted to lose the safest place they had been to on the face of Earth's collapse.

”Okay. Then.”

Mark nodded.

”Everyone here knows that the whole Earth is in peril now. Bad news. It will only get worse.”

After saying that, unexpectedly, no one had a big reaction. Then, Rollan raised his hand and was allowed to speak.

”The infected were mutating further. We already know that things are growing more dangerous as time goes on.”

Hearing that, Mark shrugged.

”I know that you all know about that. If it's only that, there was no need to mention it at all.”

And there, the faint murmurs ensued.

”Then, I'll say what is going on.” Mark continued, making everyone silent. ”While we are absent here and traveling in America, I received a piece of bad news for everyone.”

”The second wave of this apocalypse will come soon in the future.”

The Second Wave of the Apocalypse. Those words put everyone's thoughts into turmoil.

”Boss, is this true? I mean, confirmed? It that's the case, what will happen?”

Huey raised his hand and voice out.

”I have no idea, either.” Mark shook his head. ”The source of the news might also be just playing with us, but I can at least confirm that he's not lying.”

And then, Mark added.

”In any case, even if that guy is joking, we can't just ignore the words of an existence akin to an apostle of a God, can we?”

That caused everyone to exclaim. From an existence that was like an apostle of a God, there was no way they would ignore the words of someone like that. It was like receiving an Oracle directly.

What Mark had just said caused the eyes of Mayumi that was from the family of Seers to glitter.

The room became a bit noisy. And because of it, Mark did not continue and watched.

”Please be silent. Big Bro can't continue.”

A woman's voice echoed in their minds. Of course, it was no other than Jaeya.

”Who?”

Someone shouted in shock. It was Roan.

Even Abraham and Arnold were surprised. It was expected since they did not know about Jaeya's ability at all.

Jaeya was about to reprimand them for shouting, but Mark stopped her.

”They don't know about you. You will only surprise those three more if you continue.”

Jaeya nodded after hearing that. Mark's words also made Roan's group realize who was talking in their minds earlier.

”As I said. We don't know what will happen in this so-called Second Wave.” Mark continued after everyone went silent once more. ”But there is one thing that is confirmed that will happen when the Second Wave occured.”

”It's the collapse of the dimensional barriers.”

That last sentence caused different reactions from everyone.

First, not everyone was privy to the existence of different dimensions, or even if they were, they only knew it from theory. An example of this was Roan's group once more.

On the other hand, the people that knew about it already did not know what would happen during the collapse and were confused. Furthermore, they only knew about the Spirit Dimension, not the others.

And thus, Mark explained to everyone.

The existence of the Spirit Dimension. A place where the Elementals, Spirit Races and Demons were living.

The Lower Dimension. The place where the actual Devils resided.