Korina sent an expedition group to find a deciphering key at an old military bunker. However, the expedition group was slaughtered under the orders of Proximus Caesar, a bonobo despot who established his clan near the bunker and sought to gain access to the weaponry stored inside, leaving Mae as the sole survivor. After Mae forms a temporary alliance with chimpanzee falconer Noa to defeat Proximus and destroy the bunker, she gains the deciphering key before returning to the base, where Korina, wearing a hazmat suit, greets her
After Korina was given the deciphering key, she used the colony's radio equipment to contact other potential human settlements. Her call was successful as she was answered by a member of another human settlement in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Following this, Korina and the other members of her colony rejoiced
