Johann and Hana scouted the platform. It wasn’t likely that two groups of undead would be this close to each other, but no one was taking any chances. Seah kept an eye out while Jinyoung and Cyrus looked over the map together.
She already knew what they knew. There certainly were other paths that would lead back up to the surface, but the DUNGEON scouts had only given them one path in. That meant they’d have to take an alternate route out. There could be other cave-ins, more corruption, or monsters. Or, there could be worse.
Seah hated being here. She shuddered at the memory of the last time she was in a station.
“We’re clear.” Hana’s voice interrupted Seah’s thoughts.
And it was probably for the best. There’s no use in dwelling on worst-case scenarios.
“Good. Then, we need to find those flags.”
The scouts would have placed the flags in a safe place somewhere on the platform. Out of reach from monsters, but not so well hidden that they couldn’t be found.
Cyrus moved along the platform, looking for any hidden alcoves while the others checked safety cabinets between gas masks and thermal blankets.
“I think I have something here.” Johann’s eyes had picked out a small cabinet sized door underneath the stairs. Inside was a small room, probably used as a break room by those who worked in the station. And, held together by a length of cloth, four green flags.
Johann passed the flags around to three pairs of hands. Someone was missing.
“Where’s Jinyoung?”
A shiver ran down Hana’s spine. Her ears quickened and she tried to scan the platform all at once.
“No need for all that,” Seah whispered softly. “We all know where he went.”
There were few to no signs of corruption in the platform which didn’t jibe with what the team had seen earlier. If it was bad enough to cause a cave-in, then it stood to reason there was a source.
Eventually, they found it. The platform ran north to south. They’d found the flags in a small room by the southside. And when they reached the northside, they could see the rot on the ceilings and floors. The platform itself was designed with more columns and stronger struts than the upper levels of the platform.
Jinyoung was standing on the tracks looking forward. Staring into the abyss.
The subway tunnel on the northside yawned open. Seah could just make out the first 30 or so meters before the black shadows clouded her vision. Johann could probably see a but further, but it was impossible to know exactly what lay beyond the tunnel.
“The MID-BOSS,” Jinyoung said.
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