Chapter 1078

"Weren't any of those crew members aware of that?" Nono asked. "There must have been, probably more than one," Chu Tianjiao said in a low voice. "Yet everyone tacitly chose not to bring it up, because no one wanted to manufacture panic out of thin air, and deep down, we all knew there was no turning back. I'm not referring to the suspension bridge here, but rather to the fact that we had already entered this world. Nobody knew where the exit was, and it was impossible for us to simply jump back into the water the way we came and swim back to reality. Those soldiers might have been a bit eccentric, but none of them were fools. In their hearts, they were actually quite clear that they had run into something transcending reality." "Aside from curiosity and treasure hunting, those guys probably had emotional ties and a sense of mission for entering the 'Island of Death'," Caesar said. "By emotional ties, I mean the camaraderie between them and Sasha; by a sense of mission, I mean that they were employed by Vincent. People who have served in the military place great value on that kind of bond. For a man, facing death is often more meaningful than simply staying alive."