A synthesized human voice broadcast one thing to everyone in a loop: There are chelates nearby, everyone is looking for cover to hide, and try not to move quickly or make a sound.
The guard on duty looked at the changes around him with some confusion.
...Chelate?
How come chelates appear in this place?
Hestad took the first step and nestled under the desk in the corner. Two sides of this desk were against the wall, and the other two sides could almost observe the entire ground from the entrance to the workbench, and the view was relatively wide.
The staff at the scene looked at each other, and everyone was a little at a loss.
The soldiers stationed inside the hall had received new orders. After a brief exchange, they turned around and ordered everyone to get under the table.
The staff in the hall cooperated one after another. There was a temporary shelter made of steel plates under everyone's work desk. They opened the entrance and entered hesitantly.
When chelates appear, escaping is meaningless. Any attempt to escape will only make you a target of hunting faster. Therefore, hiding in a place that is not easily noticed immediately is the correct way to avoid danger.
This does not bring real safety. After all, in most cases, it is only a matter of time before the chelate confirms the location of the prey through the sense of smell. But as long as you can delay as much time as possible, you can wait for the rescue of the mercury needle.
Hesta observed the changes around her. At the same time, her breathing gradually slowed down and her will began to focus involuntarily. This dual transformation of body and spirit made her very familiar - there was indeed a genuine chelation nearby. things.
Not just the one on the street, but inside this building, there are chelates active.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to enter the combat state before her second awakening now.
“There are chelates… There are chelates!”
A panicked voice came from deeper in the building, and this voice immediately attracted everyone's attention - she was speaking neither the southern fourteenth district language nor the northern fourteenth district language, but the inter-district common language.
Hesta strained her ears and listened carefully.
The soldiers turned their heads following the sound and saw a woman with her hands tied behind her back running into the hall in panic. She stumbled and was covered in blood. There were tapes and wounds on her legs and mouth that had not been removed in time.
"Many people are still trapped inside... call the police quickly, contact mercury needle——!"
Several soldiers stepped forward quickly and responded in common language: "What's going on -"
"Stop asking! You can't help me!! The mercury needle - where is the mercury needle?" The woman looked back in horror at the way she came from, almost breaking down and crying loudly: "What are you doing here, hurry up Evacuate the crowd...the chelates will rush out soon, and if you don't run away, it will be too late!!"
"Citizen! Calm down!" the soldier tried to comfort, "Don't be nervous, the mercury needles have arrived and they are fighting chelates outside."
"Outside? What about my colleagues inside? There are many people inside! They are not dead yet, the chelates have tied them up one by one -"
The expressions of several soldiers changed slightly, "You mean the chelate is here now? In this building?"
"It's in the office at the back!" The woman burst into tears. "He dragged us out of the room one by one. There were so many people and so much blood..."
A soldier immediately took a few steps back and reported the situation to the command center through the intercom. Another soldier ran to the door, looking around for a way to reopen it.
"Now in this situation, the mercury needle must be brought in immediately," the soldier murmured to himself. After groping to no avail, he looked back at the counter, "Hey! Do any of you know how to open this thing?"
A staff member who had entered the shelter was struggling to get half of his body out of his metal square box.
"It can't be opened," she replied loudly. "The protective door falls automatically and will only rise again after the alarm is cleared——"
"Then what should we do now?" The soldier pounded the wall anxiously, "Are we just waiting to die here?"
"Um, friend over there," the staff member looked at the woman covered in blood, his voice broken due to nervousness, "Can you... turn around?"
The woman with her arms bound was still sobbing. She slowly turned half of her face and murmured out of breath: "...are you talking about me?"
"Yes," the staff member said with a solemn expression, "Can you turn around a little bit and let me see your frontal face?"
The entire hall fell into silence. Several soldiers seemed to realize something, and they pressed their right hands on their waists in unison.
The injured woman did not continue to turn around, but asked very aggrievedly.
"...What do you want to see my face for?"
"I'm a little... not sure. I just feel like I've never heard your voice before..." The staff member's voice was very soft, "I would like to ask, which department are you from?"
In an instant, several soldiers had drawn their guns together, but before they raised their hands, a series of explosions had already exploded above everyone's heads.
The huge splendid chandelier began to turn on and off, and fell together with the heavy metal frame, smashing the tiled floor between the chelate and the soldiers.
Many thin "Fei Ren" flew down from a high place in an arc, accurately cutting bleeding holes on the arms of all the gun holders. Several people stumbled back one after another. Only when they fell down did they see clearly that there was a piece of paper stuck in the wound. A tough business card. The men's bullets missed one after another, and the lights in the hall were turned off one after another. In the end, only a small desk lamp in the corner was still on.
A few soldiers sitting against the wall stared blankly at the scene in front of them. They didn't even have time to feel frightened, they just muttered "monster" in a low voice.
Hesta's heart skipped a beat.
There is actually a second chelate hidden in this hall, lurking quietly high up. Judging from the direction of those hard cards, the position where it rested seemed to be directly above itself.
Not far away, the sound of tearing tape was accompanied by wild laughter. The chelate on the ground was no longer disguised. It easily broke free of its bound hands. From the damage of its cuffs, hard dark brown chelates were revealed. come out.
Several soldiers tried to aim at the enemy again, but before the bullet could be fired from the barrel, it had already grabbed one of the gun-holding hands and used him as a human shield in front of them.
In front of everyone, Chelate crushed the soldier's wrist bones with his swollen and sticky fingers, and listened to the screams of the prey in his arms with a leisurely expression.
"It's boring to be recognized..." The chelate on the ground said softly, "How about playing a game?"
"what game?"
"I'll give you thirty seconds to find those people hiding under the counter. Whoever is found will live, and let the unlucky guy you find die for you."
