Chapter 141: End of Rika Zero 3
The entire facility buzzed with frantic activity as everyone rushed to complete their tasks, moving supplies and equipment to their designated locations. Time was slipping away, and the urgency hung in the air like a thick fog.
The spaceship, already stocked with as many supplies as they could manage, sat waiting. They had done their best, though everything had come as a shock. The rumors of a Voidwalker's appearance had spread like wildfire, giving them only three hours to evacuate the planet. The information was false, intentionally planted by Commander Asher himself. His closest subordinates had helped him spread the lie.
It was a necessary cruelty, one he bore with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Sacrificing a hundred lives for the safety of billions back on Earth—that's what it had come down to. The pain of it gnawed at his conscience, but it was a sacrifice he deemed unavoidable.