Chapter 285: Continuing Search (1/2)
Chapter 285 - Continuing Search
TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney
Walking down to the end of the hallway and turning left, they arrived at another cabin door. Pushing it open, Treadmill heard whispering noise coming from another cabin room.
Moving quietly, Treadmill and his group walked closer to the sound’s source. They discovered that it was coming from a small room, that turned out to be the communications center. It was running on backup power, so the electronic equipment was still functioning. The whispering noises were coming from the communication devices.
“Hello? Helllllooooo?” Treadmill started shouting into the microphone.
No response, there was only a continued wheezing sound. It sounded worse than if someone was about to have an asthma attack, barely human, rougher and deeper. Was the communicator malfunctioning?
“Hey! Hey! This is the Serenity, who are you? What are you doing?” Treadmill started shouting into the microphone again.
“Don't tell them we are on the Serenity...” HuJun reminded Treadmill, a bit late.
“Help…help me…” the communicator devolved into static, and words that sounded like a woman.
“Who are you? Where are you?” Treadmill angrily glanced at HuJun and continued to shout into the microphone.
Once again there was no reply. The communicator produced a sharp piercing sound, like feedback. It was enough to hurt their eardrums. Huang WeiTao quickly turned off the device to stop it.
“What the hell?” Treadmill placed the microphone back on the table.
“You really shouldn’t have said that we were on the Serenity. That was exposing our location,” HuJun complained to Treadmill.
“I know. I know,” Treadmill replied to HuJun, embarrassed.
The airship wasn’t too large, the communications room was located near the rear of the ship. Treadmill’s search was coming to an end, at least for that floor. If the search continued, they had to go up or down the stairs. This was something Treadmill was very reluctant to do. Instead, Treadmill reported back to Han GuangMing on the situation and requested further instructions.
“Elder Liu is also onboard now. He is at the main reception hall. Let’s meet up there. You can head back to the reception hall first,” Han GuangMing replied to Treadmill. Even though the Serenity was an airship, it was located on water, so most team members were referring it as a ship.
“Elder Liu came onboard? Okay, I will get to the reception hall immediately,” Treadmill replied. Then, Treadmill explained to Huang WeiTao and HuJun of the situation, as they walked back along the route they came from.
While Han GuangMing was executing his operation, Liu Gan and Yin He took the time to search the whole dock. They felt satisfied that there was no potential ambush in the surroundings, there was nothing alive nearby at all. With the potential threat of night drawing closer and rain drizzling down, Liu Gan was updated on the situation by Han GuangMing and made the decision to board the airship.