Last Five Hours

The passengers shouted, "If you do that, we'll kill ourselves! I'd rather die than let you idiots kill me!"

"That's right! I'll take my own life!"

"Yes, I'll do that! We can take control of our own lives! If we're going to die, it's not going to happen in that stupid underground shelter!"

"Touch me, and I'm going to kill you! The only way I'm leaving this ark is in a body bag!"

...

Henry heard every word.

He sighed and told Nathan, "Forget about it. We won't force them to come if they don't want to. We still have a few thousand spare IVE Extractors. They can have them. I hope they can get through the catastrophe alive."

Nathan nodded and hung up.

"Mr. Lyton, since you wouldn't go to the underground shelter, I won't force you. Please take these IVE Extractors! 13 million lives are concerned!"

Lyton pondered for a few seconds and looked at his fellow managers of the ark.