Even after Lex Cross and his people had all departed, Zane Locke and Sepherdine's teams remained. Not only them, but the crowd of onlookers that had gathered earlier hadn't dispersed either.
Just a moment ago, they were here for the drama, enjoying the show and casually mocking the woman named Flora Bloom. They loved watching a good train wreck, and who could say if the base's rumors were true? They just went wherever the wind blew.
But now, they were staying for the sake of survival.
Back when Morgan Sterling was still running the base, he had a dedicated team of Water Ability Users who provided a limited daily supply of drinking water to the residents.
But he was dead now, and the smaller teams that couldn't afford to support their own Water Ability User were facing a waterless crisis. When even superpower users lacked water, it went without saying that ordinary people were in an even more desperate situation.
