Katina stared at James in disbelief. “Uh... what the heck are you talking about? Drive them out of here? For what?”The moment the words left her mouth, the survivors began looking at one another in shock. Several people slowly stepped backward, their faces filled with fear.“They want us out of here?”“Where are we supposed to go?”“They can't do that!”“We will freeze to death outside!”The warehouse immediately filled with worried voices. Some of the elderly survivors began trembling, while mothers pulled their children closer to them.James remained calm as he looked around.“Actually, we need to use this place,” he explained. “The government wants this location, and headquarters has ordered us to clear everyone out. They need the area urgently.”Katina's eyes widened. “I don't understand. You're actually planning to send all these people outside?”James didn't answer immediately.“Into the cold?” Katina continued, her voice rising. “They'll die out there!”. ,James's expression

Katina frowned and stepped closer, her eyes full of concern. “Uh… what happened?” She could see that Gerald looked completely surprised, as if something unexpected had just hit him hard.Gerald gulped and forced a calm expression. “Give me a moment.” He quickly moved away from the group to a quieter corner of the warehouse where the noise of the soldiers and survivors could not reach him so easily. Once he was alone, he spoke under his breath so no one else could hear. “What are you talking about, protecting the settlement? For what?”The system’s cold mechanical voice answered inside his mind. {Commander James is not here only for the reason he claimed. He has a hidden agenda. Your new mission is to discover that agenda and protect the people of the settlement.}Gerald’s eyes narrowed as he processed the words. “Ohh… I thought as much. Everything looked suspicious from the start.” He paused for a second, then asked the system directly, “Why didn’t you just tell me what the hidden age

Katina stared at Erold in complete disbelief. Her mouth opened slightly, but for several seconds, no words came out. The information was too disturbing to process, especially after everything she had already learned about the apocalypse and the people supposedly preparing for humanity’s survival.“So the headquarters agreed to this?” she finally asked, her voice low and uncertain.Erold nodded slowly. “Actually, they wanted to help at first. They believed the wealthy men were genuinely trying to save people. But your father eventually went against them after he discovered that they had another hidden agenda.”Katina’s eyes widened.“My father knew?”“Yes,” Erold answered. “He discovered something they were hiding. He didn’t tell everyone because he wasn’t completely sure how deep their influence went, so he only informed one of his superiors.”Gerald listened carefully, his expression becoming more serious with every word.“What happened after that?” he asked.“The wealthy men were re

James stared at Katina for several seconds, his expression slowly changing from disbelief to cold anger. He finally gave a bitter laugh and shook his head. “Well, since you have already found out about my mission, there is no reason for me to keep pretending.”He turned toward the soldiers behind him and raised one hand. “You heard them,” James said coldly. “They know everything, so we don't have to hold back anymore.” The soldiers immediately became alert, raising their weapons and spreading out across the room.The sound of guns being prepared filled the facility as the soldiers aimed at Gerald and the young men. Several of them stepped forward, their fingers resting against the triggers. Gerald's people tightened their grips on their own weapons, knowing that a fight was now unavoidable.James looked directly at Katina again, his face filled with anger. “You should have gone when I told you,” he said. “Now you are going to die with them.” Katina remained completely still, refusing

Gerald frowned slightly. "The human race is at risk? What do you mean by that?"Mr. Lance took a deep breath before opening a folder that had been sitting on his desk. Inside were charts, weather simulations, satellite images, and pages filled with scientific data."For the past three years," he began, "NewTop has secretly funded one of the world's leading climate research teams. At first, we believed they were studying an unusual shift in global weather patterns. But as the data came in, we realized this wasn't ordinary climate change."He slid a report across the table. "Our researchers discovered an unknown atmospheric phenomenon. A massive cold front unlike anything recorded in human history is forming. It isn't moving naturally. It's spreading at an impossible speed, as though something is forcing it across the planet."Gerald silently looked at the report.Mr. Lance continued, "According to every simulation we've run, when this cold wave fully arrives, global temperatures will p