After everyone received their share of the Isi virus, Zhang Xingxing gave the order to withdraw. Markus was only 10 meters away from us. Before we withdrew, Bob released a bait, attracting the cloud germs to the back of Outpost Koala. Then, we turned off all the lights and rushed out of the door.

We ran toward Markus, but the cloud germs noticed us immediately. They instantly swarmed us from everywhere. Unlike our previous encounter with the cloud germs, they stayed a meter away from us this time. That was far enough that they couldn't affect our senses.

"Looks like the Isi virus is working," said Domo as he clicked his tongue.

With the effect of the Isi virus, we were able to return to Markus without much issue. Triggered by our escape, the cloud germs raged. More and more of them crawled out of the ice volcano, looking like they were going to completely surround Markus. We gathered...