Chapter 31: Breaking PointThe team staggered away from the carnivorous plant chamber in a state of collective trauma, and several people collapsed immediately after reaching safe ground and refused to move for several minutes. The three deaths had been even more horrific than the bridge casualties because they had happened slowly enough for the victims to scream for help that couldn't arrive in time, and the psychological damage was evident in everyone's hollow expressions and shaking hands. Leah Stone tried to maintain order and organize another rest period, but her authority was clearly eroding as people began openly questioning whether following her leadership was going to get them all killed."Five people dead and we're not even at the extraction point yet," a man named David Park said loudly enough for the whole group to hear. "At this rate we'll lose another ten before we finish, which puts us right at the minimum threshold with no margin for error. Maybe Dr