Chapter 68 Chapter 68 The Earth Is Shaking Violently

This time Minho led the way, he straightened his shoulders and ran forward, with a look of confidence that he had been in charge of the maze corridor for two years.Thomas followed him, craning his neck to see the ivy growing wildly all over the wall, almost reaching the gray ceiling.It was a strange feeling, coming back here after all that had happened since running away. They ran toward the glade, and no one spoke much all the way.Thomas wanted to know what Brenda and Jorge thought of the maze. He knew that this place should be huge for them too.The blade beetle is absolutely unable to measure its size and send it back to the observation room.As for how Gary will feel when he recalls those terrible memories from the past, he can only guess.

They turned the last corner and came into the wide corridor outside the east gate of the glade.When Thomas came to the part of the wall where he had tied Alby to the ivy, he found that the marks of the mess were still visible on the vine in that place.He wanted to do his best to save the former leader of the Glademen, but he didn't expect to see his death a few days later, and his mind still hasn't fully recovered from the pain. A burst of anger made Thomas's veins tingle. They came to the east gate, which was actually a big gap between two walls, and Thomas gasped and slowed down.Several hundred people were walking up and down the glade, and to his surprise he saw some babies and children among the crowd.It took a while for the whispers to reach all the immune people, but their eyes quickly focused on the newcomers, and the glade fell silent.

"Did you know there were so many people before?" Minho asked Thomas. There were people everywhere, certainly far more numerous than the people of the Glade.But it was the sight of the glade that left Thomas speechless.The ramshackle houses that had been their so-called homes; the poor grove; the bloodhouse warehouse; a field of dry grass; , and you can see the prison cells.He could not control himself. "Hey, are you daydreaming?" Minho snapped his fingers and said, "I'm asking you a question." "Huh? Oh...too many people...it makes the place look a lot smaller than when we were there."

It didn't take long for their friends to recognize them, Frypan, Doctor Clint, Sonia, and the other girls from Group B.They all came running, and there was a burst of joy and hugs. Frypan tapped Thomas on the shoulder. "Can you believe it? They brought me back to this place! They don't let me cook, they just send a load of packaged food three times a day. The kitchen is basically useless, no electricity, nothing." Thomas laughed, slightly relieved. "Do you think you are still the chef of fifty people? Try feeding this army." "You're so funny, Thomas, you're the best way to entertain everyone, so glad to see you." Then he widened his eyes, "Gary? Gary is here too? Gary is still alive?"

"Nice to meet you, too," the boy replied dryly. Thomas patted Frypan on the back. "It's a long story, he's better now." Gary scoffed at this, but said nothing. Minho came over and said to them, "Okay, the happy hour is over, buddy, what should we do?" "It shouldn't be too bad," Thomas said.In fact, the thought of not only sending everyone here out of the maze, but rushing all the way from the WICKED complex to the plane traverser was annoying to him.But the problem is, I have to do this! "Don't do that with me!" Minho said, "Your eyes can't lie."

Thomas laughed. "Well, there are a lot of people fighting with us." "Have you ever opened your eyes and looked at these poor guys?" Minho asked, sounding disgusted, "More than half of them are younger than us, and the rest don't even look like they've ever broken their wrists. , let alone fight with fists." "Sometimes quantity is the key," Thomas replied. He saw Teresa and called her over, and then he found Brenda. "What's the plan?" Teresa asked. If Teresa is truly on their side, now is when Thomas needs her, and all her memories have been restored.

"Okay, let's break them up into groups," he said to the group. "About four or five hundred people, so . Sarah, do you know how to get to this maintenance room?" He showed her the map, and she nodded after reading it carefully. Thomas continued, "Then you and Brenda lead the way, and I'll help organize everyone's actions. Everyone else leads a group. Except for Minho, Jorge, and Gary, I think you guys should be in the back." "I'm fine." Minho shrugged.Unbelievably, he looked bored. "Listen to you, brother!" Jorge added, and Gary just nodded.

They spent the next twenty minutes grouping everyone into long lines.They also took special care to evenly distribute the groups by age and strength.When the Immune understood that these new arrivals were coming to save them, they happily accepted the order. As soon as the groups were over, Thomas and his friends lined up in front of the east gate.Thomas waved his hands for everyone's attention. "Listen everyone!" Thomas began his speech, "WICKED is going to use you for scientific research. Using your bodies, your brains. They've been studying humans for years, collecting data, to find a cure for the Flare ...now, they want to use you too, but your lives shouldn't just be guinea pigs in a lab. You belong to...we all belong to...the future, and the future doesn't happen the way WICKED wants it to. It's The reason why we are here, we are going to lead everyone out of this place. We will go through many buildings, looking for a plane traverser, which can transport us to a safe place. If we are attacked, we will have to fight. Please follow your respective teams closely, the strongest team members must protect with all their strength..."

Thomas's last words were interrupted by a violent cracking sound, like the cracking of stone.But then there was silence, only the echoes caused by the reflections from the tall walls. "What sound?" Minho yelled, looking up at the sky, trying to find the source of the sound. Thomas surveyed the central clearing, the towering maze walls behind him, but everything looked normal.He was about to speak when there was another crack, and then another.A thunderous rumble rolled through the glade, soft at first, then louder and wider.The ground began to tremble, as if the whole world was about to collapse.

People turned around, looking for the source of the sound.Thomas felt the panic build up, and soon he would lose control of the situation.The ground shook more violently, and the noises grew louder: rumbling thunder, crunching rocks, and then the screams of the crowd standing in front. Suddenly, Thomas felt a shudder in his heart. "It's a bomb!" "What?" Minho yelled at him. Thomas looked at his friend and said, "It's the Righteous Army." A deafening boom shook the clearing, and Thomas turned quickly, looking up.A large wall on the left side of the east gate was blasted, and countless stones flew around.A huge wall hovered in the air at an unfathomable angle, and then fell, hitting the ground.

Before Thomas could raise the alarm, a huge rock flew towards a group of people, hitting them hard and splitting in two.He stood there dumbfounded, mouth gaping, watching the blood seep slowly from the edge of the stone, forming a pool of blood on the floor.