Among The Trees

Those mutants were hidden far beneath the ground and still functioning in an orderly manner. They continued with their experiments, creating more of their kind. Lucille and Joseph exchanged a glance and then followed the faint trail quietly. Indeed, they discovered a deep pit not far away. Located amidst a thick grove, the pit was invisible even to aerial drones due to the tree's cover. If it were not for Hendric's serendipitous arrival here, they might never have thought there was a mutant underground factory no matter how much they racked their brains. Looking around, it seemed that the inability to detect any signals was not due to issues with their phones or network, but due to the mutants using a signal-blocking device! Lucille glanced into the pit while furrowing her brows. "Hendric must be down there. We have to find some way to save him!" If Hendric fell into the mutants' clutches, he would not be in for a good time! Just as Lucille was about to sneak in quietly, Joseph stopped