Chapter 139 A Sinking Feeling

• Liam had taken a calculated gamble by instructing ELENA to increase the temperature to 130F. While the extreme heat caused the flesh-eating vines to retract and wither away, it also posed a serious health risk to any creature caught inside the dome.
• Even with the protection of a hazmat suit, any ordinary human would have already fainted by now, but Liam’s unique infected physiology helped him push beyond the normal limits.
• As Liam set foot inside the mucky black marsh, it seared the bottom of his boots, blistering his toes.