SURVIVORS
Chapters 37. Blind With Eyes Goggled
That afternoon after burying Lena, all gathered to discuss the next move where Dean and Widuri were trapped. They prepared a fireplace and burned the meat there.
"Dean, this is giving Widuri a shirt. He'll get sick if he's too scantily dressed in such a damp place." Margaret dropped the cloth parcel into the hole.
When they arrived, Dean said Widuri could not participate in the discussion because he was in the cave down there waiting for the clothes he washed to dry first. So Margaret went back to the shelter to pick up some clothes from Lena's backpack.
"Well, I'll take you there for a second." Dean picked up the fallen cloth pack and walked towards the hallway.
On top..
"So what do you think now? Dean had already said that when Alex's body was lost in the light, the wooden spear he was holding seemed to be pulled until Dean finally released the spear." Robert began the discussion.
"Hmmm, yeah.. It didn't seem like it would be possible to experiment across that door of light without it finally being sucked in and vanishing." Indra added.
"Even if anyone is willing to try, we still cannot re-inform how the situation is reversed, because the incoming one will only be withdrawn and disappear, without being able to return," doctor Chandra was stuck with his eyebrows clenched while playing firewood.
"Yes, that's right." The others agreed while nodding.
"But if Dean and Widuri decide to try their luck through that door, I'll go with them." Sunil conveyed his wish.
Everyone turned towards him.
"Why?" ask Liam.
"To be honest, I'm tired of wading through this snow forest. Anyway, I'm on a team with him. I'll try my luck there." Sunil answered lightly.
"I'm back," Dean's voice sounded from below.
"Widuri will follow." Dean added.
"Dean, we can't possibly continue to settle here, so what about you guys?" Robert asked.
"Yeah.I understand that it's dangerous for you to stay there. And so far I haven't managed to ascertain the situation behind the light door, so I can't ask you to come down and go through that door. But I personally want to try it, regardless of how it turned out, there's really no other way for me."
Dean spoke of the things he had been thinking about since last night while examining the cave down there.
"Dean, I will follow you," Sunil immediately replied.
"But.." Dean had not yet finished his sentence, Alan's voice was heard.
"I'll go down too."
"I'm also coming, too" Dewi and Nastiti made a sound after looking at each other.
"But passing through the door of light is like entering into a darkness that we know nothing of. I can't promise you anything hloo" Dean argued.
"Well, we are blind about the situation behind it, how can you have such a wish?" Tony asked in surprise.
"Basically, up here we also do not know the actual situation. On which mountain, which country. Which direction will go to the settlement. No one can even be sure that there are humans living here." Sunil answered Toni's question.
"Yuph, up here we are also blind with wide eyes. Looking, but still confused. Is this still on earth or another planet.hahaa." The goddess laughed followed by the smile of Nastiti sitting beside her.
"Yeahh, I also feel like these mountains and forests are really weird after Alex last night." Widuri suddenly made a sound. I don't know when he showed up.
"It's weird, anyway.." Niken. "Are there really humans on Earth who can turn into wolves after being bitten?" added again.
"I remember about the bluish-green curtain of light in the sky that Robert told me about." Indra broke the silence.
"Have seen a movie about a city isolated from the outside world and surrounded by walls of light. I'm not saying it's the same, but like in the movie, there should be a hidden way out in the woods." Indra added.
"Yeah.we just haven't found it yet. I've seen that movie, too." Leon.
"Do you think the light door in the cave is a hidden exit?" Silvia was very curious.
"I don't dare make sure that's the way out, but there must be a way out of this forest. We just haven't found it yet." Indra explained.
"Yes.in the film, they just need to find the boundary of the transparent light wall and look for the door gap near it." Leon added.
"But at that time Robert saw the curtain of light above the sky. We can't reach the sky." - Niken.
"Is it possible that the curtain in the sky was hit by a plane until we were trapped in this strange forest?" Michael asked a question that could not be answered. They think hard again.
"In the film, the city's barrier is dome-shaped. So the curtain of light that started from the ground continued to curve into the sky. Just try to estimate how high the curtain of light in the sky can be hit and swallow the plane. Then it will be able to estimate the area of the circle it covers, then find the boundary and just look for gaps that can be passed." Indra gave me an idea.
Indra's words left everyone agape. How vast is this strange snow forest then? They look at each other. They don't even know if it's still in the center of the dome or if it's near the edge of the barrier.
Robert did not immediately reject or approve the things that Indra conveyed. After all, all possibilities must be considered even if they do not make sense. The green curtain over the sky and the light door Dean found, as well as the events that befell Alex, were beyond reason.
'From Indonesia can be stranded in snowy forests alone is no longer reasonable' his inner.
"Well, all of that could be good input. Thank you Indra, Leon. Now it's time we decided on the next step to get out of this forest. Is following Dean through that white light door or continuing down the mountain and looking for another way out?" Robert did not want the discussion to drag on without clarity.
The longer they stay there, the more dangerous it will be because the wolves look more numerous, the more daring and likely to infect and turn them into werewolf-headed like Alex.
"We're Team 1 with Dean. Uh, but Gilang hasn't voted." Dewi asked Gilang who still chose to be a listener.
"Hmm, I'm not as brave as you. If behind the door of light it really is a chasm like Eugene predicted, then we will die as soon as we step through it. So I prefer to go down a path that I can still estimate and see." replied Gilang.
The others nodded in understanding. The Gilang reason does make sense and so most other reasons to stay on top.
"Yes already then. That was just his decision. So when are you guys going to continue your journey?" ask Dean at last.
"More good tomorrow. But before that we'll send the food supply and firewood down. So you can still survive 1 or 2 days downstairs before continuing on your way" Robert broke up.
"Well, okay. Thank you Robert." Dean.
"Alan and Sunil, you must prepare a rope to tie the trunk of the tree as a ladder to get down, or maybe your legs will be injured when you fall." Dean gave his instructions.
"good. We will." said Alan.
"Okay, we're having a discussion. We can get ready for tomorrow's trip." Robert dispersed everyone and they got up.
"Bye Dean, Watturi. See you later," Laras waved his hand towards the hole.
"Bye.be careful." Widuri nodded while ignoring her hand.
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