Creator Company European Branch A4 Area.
As a living area and a major location that often suffers terrorist attacks, the only permanent residents here are the security forces of Area A4. The small number of staff responsible for material management and distribution had already habitually hid in safe buildings when they heard the first explosion. So the only ones who can still run around now are the security forces responsible for their duties.
In other words, from the moment the branch leader enters Area A4, anyone he sees who is not a soldier of the security forces should be one of those mysterious intruders. In comparison, you are much more likely to see security force soldiers.
But what shocked him was that after entering Area A4 and running all the way up to now, he didn't see even a single person, as if this area had suddenly turned into a ghost town in just a few minutes.
Was there a fierce battle? This situation is more like the security forces in area A4 evacuating in an organized manner, or... concentrated forces began to attack other areas.
I came from Area A9, and there was indeed no attack there. It probably means that their purpose is not system announcement equipment, but something in other areas. It's not that this kind of thing has never happened. Although it is just a pretense, if the things in any research laboratory of the European branch are taken outside, it can be regarded as a technology that changes the course of mankind.
The branch chief spent three seconds thinking about the attractive things around area A4, and then at the fourth second he clicked on the communication device on his wrist.
It wasn't that he figured out the result, but that he realized that even if he kept thinking about it, he wouldn't get the answer at all. I am just here to be a branch manager, and there is no need or leisure to study human history and technological processes. Therefore, it is like a modern person cannot understand what kind of modern technology people in the Middle Ages would be most interested in. Even though I am interested, I am also unable to think of which one is the most attractive among the bunch of research laboratories here.
However, there is no need to think about it. Only battles of comparable strength require careful consideration of how to effectively use every ounce of power in your hands. And what he currently has in his hands is overwhelming power dozens of times more than his opponent's.
"The troops in Area A3 and Area A8 are concentrated on the defense line that intersects Area A4. If fighting has already occurred, let the troops in several surrounding areas attack in the direction of Area A4, targeting any troops and suspicious persons ordered to cross over from the area. "
The branch chief's instructions are generally sorted out and improved by the assistant before being issued to the troops. However, the branch chief now communicates directly to the command room. On the one hand, there is an emergency situation, and on the other hand, the branch leader does not trust anyone except his own people. Even the assistant who had never made him doubt or dissatisfied.
It's not that the branch leader has twisted stubbornness in this regard, but that he must allow himself to be stubborn. Trust requires a price. If the price is paid by himself, he doesn't mind trying to trust others, but there are many things that he cannot control at all.
"In addition, if we find... wait, all troops will be on standby temporarily."
He was in the process of giving orders to improve the branch chief, but suddenly the order just issued was canceled because of the scene in front of him. Then, I don't know whether it was unexpected or unwilling to accept the reason, the branch chief's mind fell into a blank state.
It was unexpected because he had just determined that this was a rebellion by the A4 regional security forces. The reluctance to accept is because what I saw negated the idea and at the same time infinitely magnified the situation I was most worried about.
The branch chief leaned over and carefully inspected a corpse that had just come into view.
On the epaulette made of reflective material on the right arm, the two symbols A4 are clearly visible. The laser gun in his hand had the safety turned on, but there was no sign of it being fired. The dull expression on the corpse's face proved that he was not in a fighting state at all, and the safety on the laser gun was probably just a normal preparation for an invasion.
And he was able to maintain a calm expression until his death. Apart from the ridiculous reason that he was not afraid of death, he could only be killed suddenly without even noticing his opponent.
The cause of death was a wound on the back of the head the size of a little finger. The wound showed no sign of explosion or massive bleeding, and it looked very much like it had been attacked by a laser gun. However, there were no traces of being burned by the laser. Taken together, it was likely that he had been assassinated at close range with a cold weapon.
Judging from this corpse alone, it looked more like he was attacked by soldiers from the security forces in Area A4 than an intruder. This is a situation that has happened before. After all, it is impossible for all soldiers to participate in a regional rebellion. For these few uncooperative soldiers, the rebels usually imprison or kill them before the operation begins.
But the reason why the branch chief ruled out the rebellion in the A4 area because of the corpses in front of him was that there were too many corpses. From the first body seen, there are more bodies the closer you get to where the initial explosion occurred. The total number of troops in the entire A4 area was less than 200, but along the way, the branch leader had already seen more than 30 corpses. This is just one direction. How many more bodies will there be in other directions gathering towards the site of the incident?
The total number of soldiers in one area is not enough to fill the teeth of the entire European branch. If this is really a rebellion, how many people are left after excluding the dead? So what difference can a few people make? Moreover, if you clearly have such a convenient weapon as a laser gun in your hand, why should you leave it alone and use it as a low-efficiency and high-risk cold weapon?
In contrast, the security forces armed with advanced long-range weapons could be beaten to this state by relying on cold weapons, but there was no trace left. The strength of the intruders had even exceeded the estimates that the branch chief had repeatedly upgraded.
Fortunately, when the branch chief arrived at the site of the explosion, he saw not all corpses. There were about twenty or thirty security force soldiers from Area A4, standing back to back in a circle among the debris. The laser gun in his hand swung around in panic, like a flock of frightened birds. Whether it was the sudden burst of flames or the explosion of wreckage, it could immediately attract the attacks of three or four guns.
The moment the branch leader entered their field of vision, his momentum was probably particularly terrifying, and he attracted more than a dozen death beams at once.
Although it had a special protective device against lasers that far exceeded ordinary people's imagination, the scorching heat that was like the focus of a magnifying glass still shocked the branch chief. While quickly restraining the white mist on his body, he quickly said, "Stop, it's me."
"Asshole, stop, it's the branch chief."
Perhaps their nerves were too tight. After hearing the branch leader's voice, several soldiers still pressed the trigger repeatedly, but they were immediately pushed away by a soldier with a golden epaulette who shouted. Then, he waved his arms eagerly to the branch chief, "Branch chief, it's too dangerous, come here quickly."
It is impossible for the branch chief to know every soldier in the security force, but at least he knows the one with the golden epaulettes, which is the sign of the regional security director.
Although they couldn't feel that there was any danger nearby except the laser guns in their hands, the branch chief still hesitated slightly and rushed into the protective circle where they were guarding something unknown. Even if this is a trap, it doesn't matter. Just a few dozen soldiers still pose no threat to themselves.
"Branch chief, why are you alone?"
While the security director was speaking, his eyes glanced around nervously.
The branch leader followed his gaze and saw that except for car wrecks and corpses, there was nothing noteworthy. However, the dozens of corpses of A4 area security force soldiers around were a little strange. The large burnt wounds looked like they had been killed by lasers.
"What are you doing? What happened?" The branch leader found that his thinking had been turned into a mess by clueless events from unknown time.
"I don't understand it at all." The security director's answer was completely unexpected. However, the collapse shouts of some of the surrounding soldiers made the branch leader understand something.
"There are powerful enemies who are invisible."
"Our first team here were all killed by them."
"You can't run away at all."
"They're around and they're going to attack us if they get the chance."
The branch chief grabbed the security director by the collar and said, "You don't need to understand. Just tell me the truth about what you saw."
There was a struggle on the face of the security director, until he felt that he would be strangled to death by the branch chief's terrifying power if he didn't speak, and then he hurriedly said, "After the explosion happened here, I immediately dispatched the nearest patrol team. They were supposed to arrive at the scene. They reported it to me immediately, but one minute after the expected time, the only report I received was a short cry for help. Then, I applied for real-time video from the monitoring room, but the reply I received was that the surveillance in area A4 The equipment is being damaged rapidly, centered around the incident point."
Taking advantage of the branch head's hand to relax, the security director took a long breath before continuing, "The area where the intruders destroyed the monitoring equipment spread out in a circle. My judgment is that they should attack in a dispersed manner, fearing that the troops It wasted time to assemble, so I ordered everyone to start searching around this place immediately. Who knew... who knew that most of our strength would be dispersed and defeated because of this order... By the time I arrived with the resting troops, , and were immediately attacked by invisible enemies... Our chance to fight back was to shoot our own people together when attacked by the enemy... But... even so, we still didn't hit any enemy..."
Hearing this, the branch chief couldn't help but tighten his hands, causing the security director to cough violently, "Invisible enemies? If you can't see them, don't you know how to use the detection equipment equipped for you?"
The security director was speechless. A soldier next to him quickly said, "I tried it, but it was useless. Heat, sound waves, and even smells all failed to detect each other. It's just like..."
It seemed that what he wanted to say next seemed a bit bizarre even to the warrior himself, so he stopped suddenly.
The head of the branch shook off the security director and stared at the soldier who was speaking like a wild beast that wanted to devour others. "What does it look like?"
"Starry Night." The soldier spoke subconsciously under the pressure of the branch chief's momentum, but now that the words had been spoken, he knew what it meant, so he could only bite the bullet and explain, "I was with Starry Night when I was on a mission in the world of laws. I have been in contact with them once, and this undetectable invisible power and one-hit-kill fighting method are exactly the same as theirs."
"Shut up. Are you trying to say that Xingye's equipment was made in the real world?"
The branch chief wanted to kill anyone's thoughts, but his tone seemed a little weak.
Of course he knew that even with the power of the Creator Company itself, it would be impossible to produce Starry Night's equipment in the real world. But that doesn't mean those devices won't appear in the real world.
(Did the thing you were most worried about happen?)
The unprecedented dizziness made the branch chief almost unable to control his body standing. But now there is no time to enjoy this rare experience for myself. If it was as he feared, facing Starry Night-level equipment, he could only deal with it with the same power. But that would mean that the Creator Company’s biggest secret might be exposed to the eyes of countless people. That is a responsibility that I simply cannot bear.
(Needs to be verified again.)
The anxious branch chief connected the communication in the monitoring room and "reported the current situation of the intruder."
The person who responded was a voice somewhat similar to the cold tone of the branch director, "Following area A4, the surveillance equipment in areas A3, B1, and B2 were destroyed one after another, and reports of attacks in these three areas were also received. . However, the death toll in each district only ranges from ten to twenty people..."
"You mean the death toll?"
"Yes, all the people who were attacked in the three districts died, and there were no injuries."
The branch director's hands shook. After taking a few seconds to control his emotions, he managed to force out his voice and said, "Continue."
"Judging from the current signs, the opponent should have a small number of people, or in order to concentrate their combat power, so they did not disperse their actions. There is no pattern in the route of destruction, and it should be simply destruction nearby. The analysis team believes that the intruder's The purpose is probably to use a small elite force to destroy the surveillance equipment, and then have people lurking within us steal the technology. Now we are already applying for the right to use high-precision satellites..."
"Contact me again when you find the intruder." The branch chief cut off the communication.
(Do people who can use Starry Night equipment care about the little bit of technology we have here? The ultimate goal is probably system announcements... No, in this case, just relying on the current power is enough to seize control of system announcements, no It is necessary to do those troublesome things. What on earth do these intruders... want?)
