After that close call, Fred and his team returned to the base where the others were already waiting. Fortunately, they didn't encounter any more danger on the way back.
The handover of the vehicles for Jason and Adam's teams was carried out promptly. As a gesture of goodwill — and because they now had more than enough vehicles — Fred's group gave each team two off-road vehicles. Not long after, Jason and Adam's teams stopped by the marketplace to spend some of the newly acquired crystal cores from this trip at the car dealership. They stocked up on supplies and gasoline to add to their current supplies on hand, but didn't linger, eager to return to their camps.
Of course, Fred and his team didn't let them go alone. They escorted the two groups to the truckload of supplies they had found earlier, the same ones they had found before Kisha brought them back to the base. Thankfully, this time the journey was much smoother, with little to no danger along the way.
