"Because I didn't want to die..."
It was after a prolonged conversation and questioning that the commander finally sorted out why the situation they encountered after breaking through the base's protective isolation layer was so abnormal.
It turned out that in the five days before they had arrived, a serious internal conflict and struggle had taken place within the base. A portion of the company executives tried to resist stubbornly to buy time before escaping through the underground river, while another part felt that even the underground river wouldn't get them far and they would be caught sooner or later, so they thought it better to surrender and give themselves up.
