After everyone was done collecting all the cores, they swiftly went back to the base, handing the cores to the safe zone leader and his people. And then, all of the survivors watched the group with glistening eyes. Surprisingly, the highest number of cores brought back belonged to both Neil's and Gavin's groups.
The leader was surprised at this. "You two could have achieved more if you were in one team." He silently muttered to himself, but he didn't want to say his words to others. He clearly knew that it was common to have arguments and separation from a team at this time.
So he didn't want to make matters worse.
After that, Clay and others went back to an empty hall and surrounded themselves with cores. Each of them held the cores in their palms, planning to think of a method when someone exclaimed in surprise.
"The core was bright earlier, but after a while, it suddenly turned grey!"
