Chapter 390: 390
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Alec could hear the steady flurry of heartbeats that seemed to converge together, creating a sound that almost echoed in the enclosed spaces here underground.
There were various emotions in the place itself, and it seemed like no one had discovered that he and Elysia had already entered the place on the sly.
Pow!
There was a sound of flesh meeting flesh, and Alec casually turned his head, finding that Elysia had already taken out the person who was guarding the dumbwaiter entrance with ease while he'd been listening to the sound of heartbeats that were incredibly distracting.
The heartbeats all seemed to blend together, making him have the urge to cover his ears and block it out. It was like white noise, the way it all gathered.
Elysia placed the person's unconscious body in the dumbwaiter and pressed the button, causing the doors to close as the body was brought up.
Originally, she was going to give Alec backup in this place, but she changed her mind once she saw the situation here.
She looked at Alec, and the two nodded at each other, then split down opposing sides of the hallway, heading in different directions.
At least, in a space like this that was relatively enclosed, they would not be surged by numerous enemies from all directions all at once. As long as they had the hallways, they could defend themselves fine.
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Inside the control room of the company's headquarters.
Jim was whistling as he buffed his nails. He sung a merry tune that caused the rest of his subordinates' lips to twitch as they were forced to listen to his out-of-tune voice without being able to tell him to shut up.
It was practically torture to their eardrums.
Yet, what could they do? Jim was their boss, and he was directly in charge of punishing them if they did anything wrong.
Ah, the woes of having a superior officer like this.
At this moment, while Jim's voice reached a crescendo in the room, one subordinate suddenly sat up straight and stared at the screen with unblinking eyes.
After five seconds, the subordinate hurriedly stood up, and the chair scraped across the floor in a loud, jarring screech.
Jim instantly fell silent.
As his malevolent eyes turned to his subordinate, that subordinate felt a chill go down his back, but he didn't dare to be negligent. How could his squad leader go from silly to serious in that split second? He really could not comprehend.
"Squad leader, the people above the headquarters have been compromised!" The subordinate said very seriously, before he paused for a little while, sounding more unsure of himself. "I think?"
"What?" Jim immediately said, standing up with a similar screeching sound.
He strode over with a serious face that lacked any jovialness from before.
"Check it for me now!" he ordered.
The four other subordinates in the room didn't dare to be lax, and their fingers flew over the various screens as they checked the various seals that were attached to those people on duty today.
It was true. Nothing else was out of place, only the people up there in the restaurant today.
Instantly, Jim's face fell, and he looked very grave.
"This is bad," he said, looking extremely solemn. While the lights still indicated that they were alive, and that they should be fine, the more one looked at it, the more obvious it was that it wasn't blinking in time with the movements of breathing.
Instead, it was like the seals had been forcefully activated and tampered with.
Jim took his subordinates and strode out of the door. While they oversaw the security room, the people who were on duty in the security room were also the first response team since they were the most familiar of what consisted of a breach.
This meant that he and his team had to go and check the scene first to ensure that everything was alright.
After all, this was their headquarters and not just a random base.
His face was incomparably solemn. His head would be the one to fly if anything happened to the headquarters.
"Hadrian, you stay here and be ready to request for backup! Better safe than sorry! If nothing happens to us, you can hold off the backup request, but if even a single one of our lights go off, then you must report it right away!"
Jim commanded his last subordinate.
The four of them suited up within three minutes, and they were striding down the hallway.
Before he left the room, he instructed his last subordinate one last time. "After I leave the room, engage the lockdown procedures on the security room!"
"Yes, sir!"
The door shut with a loud clang, and there was the sound of the bolt turning, as well as the gear on the door moving as it was securely locked.
The four of them darted down the hallway to the nearest entrance to the Red River Jade restaurant.
It was a lift that would allow four of them to enter together rather than taking the dumbwaiter.
There hadn't been many of their people in the restaurant at the time because it wasn't lunchtime.
They should still be searching for the entrance to the headquarters, and there shouldn't be too many of them.
They shouldn't be too strong either, otherwise they would have already directly demolished the place.
If they were strong enough, even the emperor wouldn't make a move on them in a move to curry favour. There was a reason why so many 'bigshots' were so lawless.
Jim and his subordinates were the first response team because they were the most familiar with the seals.
Should it really be tampered, they would know about it.
"Hurry up!" he commanded, and the three subordinates sped up even more. They were making some noises now, but time was more important than being traceless right now. They would worry about their stealth when they reached the top.
The quicker they got there, the more time they would have for a response.
As Jim and his subordinates rounded the corner, Alec stepped out from the shadow of a pillar, his eyes glancing in the direction they came from.
Like a ghost, Alec moved down the hallway at the same speed that Jim and his subordinates had been frantically running at, but the difference was that he made no sound whatsoever.
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Jim and his team cautiously slowed down as they approached the restaurant.
Even though they were listening so hard, they could not hear anything from the place. There was no sound of slaughter, nor any of footsteps or breathing.
Given the current circumstances, it was indeed a bit eerie!
After all, this was a restaurant that was always busy, and the people inside were constantly moving without any time for rest.
It also gave them the surest indication that something was wrong.
The men couldn't help but feel a sense of apprehension, with the exception of Jim, who was used to situations like this already.
It wasn't the first time that their bases had been attacked, nor would it be the last. The only difference was anyone that dared to have designs on the company would meet with a gruesome end.
The four of them hid themselves around the corners and didn't make any rash moves. If they did, there was always a chance that they were just giving up their lives on a silver platter.
Jim rounded a pillar, peeking from behind it, when he suddenly noticed a waitress wearing the Red River Jade uniform collapsed on the ground. Since her back was facing him, he couldn't see her face, but there wasn't any blood on the floor.
Yet, for some unfathomable reason, Jim's heart skipped a beat.
He cautiously backed away before he gestured for his subordinate to go and check on the woman.
His subordinate quickly dashed towards the woman and checked her over, placing his fingers on the woman's neck.
There was a slow, steady pulse, and she seemed to be just unconscious.
The subordinate gestured to his team leader, signalling that she was fine. He carried her in his arms and brought her back to the team leader, who checked over her seal.
It seemed to be fine?
Yet, Jim only grew more apprehensive as his senses started ringing faintly. Could it be that they weren't aiming for the restaurant, but instead the headquarters itself? Did they already know about the existence of the company?
It wasn't plausible, but…
Bang!
The sound of the pillar splintering filled their ears, and Jim's subordinate had hurriedly dodged the strike, cold sweat filling his forehead.
If that had landed, he would have died!
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Alec could hear the steady flurry of heartbeats that seemed to converge together, creating a sound that almost echoed in the enclosed spaces here underground.
There were various emotions in the place itself, and it seemed like no one had discovered that he and Elysia had already entered the place on the sly.
Pow!
There was a sound of flesh meeting flesh, and Alec casually turned his head, finding that Elysia had already taken out the person who was guarding the dumbwaiter entrance with ease while he'd been listening to the sound of heartbeats that were incredibly distracting.
The heartbeats all seemed to blend together, making him have the urge to cover his ears and block it out. It was like white noise, the way it all gathered.
Elysia placed the person's unconscious body in the dumbwaiter and pressed the button, causing the doors to close as the body was brought up.
Originally, she was going to give Alec backup in this place, but she changed her mind once she saw the situation here.
She looked at Alec, and the two nodded at each other, then split down opposing sides of the hallway, heading in different directions.
At least, in a space like this that was relatively enclosed, they would not be surged by numerous enemies from all directions all at once. As long as they had the hallways, they could defend themselves fine.
-Author only posts on w.e.b.n.o.v.e.l.-
Inside the control room of the company's headquarters.
Jim was whistling as he buffed his nails. He sung a merry tune that caused the rest of his subordinates' lips to twitch as they were forced to listen to his out-of-tune voice without being able to tell him to shut up.
It was practically torture to their eardrums.
Yet, what could they do? Jim was their boss, and he was directly in charge of punishing them if they did anything wrong.
Ah, the woes of having a superior officer like this.
At this moment, while Jim's voice reached a crescendo in the room, one subordinate suddenly sat up straight and stared at the screen with unblinking eyes.
After five seconds, the subordinate hurriedly stood up, and the chair scraped across the floor in a loud, jarring screech.
Jim instantly fell silent.
As his malevolent eyes turned to his subordinate, that subordinate felt a chill go down his back, but he didn't dare to be negligent. How could his squad leader go from silly to serious in that split second? He really could not comprehend.
"Squad leader, the people above the headquarters have been compromised!" The subordinate said very seriously, before he paused for a little while, sounding more unsure of himself. "I think?"
"What?" Jim immediately said, standing up with a similar screeching sound.
He strode over with a serious face that lacked any jovialness from before.
"Check it for me now!" he ordered.
The four other subordinates in the room didn't dare to be lax, and their fingers flew over the various screens as they checked the various seals that were attached to those people on duty today.
It was true. Nothing else was out of place, only the people up there in the restaurant today.
Instantly, Jim's face fell, and he looked very grave.
"This is bad," he said, looking extremely solemn. While the lights still indicated that they were alive, and that they should be fine, the more one looked at it, the more obvious it was that it wasn't blinking in time with the movements of breathing.
Instead, it was like the seals had been forcefully activated and tampered with.
Jim took his subordinates and strode out of the door. While they oversaw the security room, the people who were on duty in the security room were also the first response team since they were the most familiar of what consisted of a breach.
This meant that he and his team had to go and check the scene first to ensure that everything was alright.
After all, this was their headquarters and not just a random base.
His face was incomparably solemn. His head would be the one to fly if anything happened to the headquarters.
"Hadrian, you stay here and be ready to request for backup! Better safe than sorry! If nothing happens to us, you can hold off the backup request, but if even a single one of our lights go off, then you must report it right away!"
Jim commanded his last subordinate.
The four of them suited up within three minutes, and they were striding down the hallway.
Before he left the room, he instructed his last subordinate one last time. "After I leave the room, engage the lockdown procedures on the security room!"
"Yes, sir!"
The door shut with a loud clang, and there was the sound of the bolt turning, as well as the gear on the door moving as it was securely locked.
The four of them darted down the hallway to the nearest entrance to the Red River Jade restaurant.
It was a lift that would allow four of them to enter together rather than taking the dumbwaiter.
There hadn't been many of their people in the restaurant at the time because it wasn't lunchtime.
They should still be searching for the entrance to the headquarters, and there shouldn't be too many of them.
They shouldn't be too strong either, otherwise they would have already directly demolished the place.
If they were strong enough, even the emperor wouldn't make a move on them in a move to curry favour. There was a reason why so many 'bigshots' were so lawless.
Jim and his subordinates were the first response team because they were the most familiar with the seals.
Should it really be tampered, they would know about it.
"Hurry up!" he commanded, and the three subordinates sped up even more. They were making some noises now, but time was more important than being traceless right now. They would worry about their stealth when they reached the top.
The quicker they got there, the more time they would have for a response.
As Jim and his subordinates rounded the corner, Alec stepped out from the shadow of a pillar, his eyes glancing in the direction they came from.
Like a ghost, Alec moved down the hallway at the same speed that Jim and his subordinates had been frantically running at, but the difference was that he made no sound whatsoever.
-Author only posts on w.e.b.n.o.v.e.l.-
Jim and his team cautiously slowed down as they approached the restaurant.
Even though they were listening so hard, they could not hear anything from the place. There was no sound of slaughter, nor any of footsteps or breathing.
Given the current circumstances, it was indeed a bit eerie!
After all, this was a restaurant that was always busy, and the people inside were constantly moving without any time for rest.
It also gave them the surest indication that something was wrong.
The men couldn't help but feel a sense of apprehension, with the exception of Jim, who was used to situations like this already.
It wasn't the first time that their bases had been attacked, nor would it be the last. The only difference was anyone that dared to have designs on the company would meet with a gruesome end.
The four of them hid themselves around the corners and didn't make any rash moves. If they did, there was always a chance that they were just giving up their lives on a silver platter.
Jim rounded a pillar, peeking from behind it, when he suddenly noticed a waitress wearing the Red River Jade uniform collapsed on the ground. Since her back was facing him, he couldn't see her face, but there wasn't any blood on the floor.
Yet, for some unfathomable reason, Jim's heart skipped a beat.
He cautiously backed away before he gestured for his subordinate to go and check on the woman.
His subordinate quickly dashed towards the woman and checked her over, placing his fingers on the woman's neck.
There was a slow, steady pulse, and she seemed to be just unconscious.
The subordinate gestured to his team leader, signalling that she was fine. He carried her in his arms and brought her back to the team leader, who checked over her seal.
It seemed to be fine?
Yet, Jim only grew more apprehensive as his senses started ringing faintly. Could it be that they weren't aiming for the restaurant, but instead the headquarters itself? Did they already know about the existence of the company?
It wasn't plausible, but…
Bang!
The sound of the pillar splintering filled their ears, and Jim's subordinate had hurriedly dodged the strike, cold sweat filling his forehead.
If that had landed, he would have died!
Alec could hear the steady flurry of heartbeats that seemed to converge together, creating a sound that almost echoed in the enclosed spaces here underground.There were various emotions in the place itself, and it seemed like no one had discovered that he and Elysia had already entered the place on the sly.Pow!There was a sound of flesh meeting flesh, and Alec casually turned his head, finding that Elysia had already taken out the person who was guarding the dumbwaiter entrance with ease while he'd been listening to the sound of heartbeats that were incredibly distracting.The heartbeats all seemed to blend together, making him have the urge to cover his ears and block it out. It was like white noise, the way it all gathered.Elysia placed the person's unconscious body in the dumbwaiter and pressed the button, causing the doors to close as the body was brought up.Originally, she was going to give Alec backup in this place, but she changed her mind once she saw the situation here.She looked at Alec, and the two nodded at each other, then split down opposing sides of the hallway, heading in different directions.At least, in a space like this that was relatively enclosed, they would not be surged by numerous enemies from all directions all at once. As long as they had the hallways, they could defend themselves fine.-Author only posts on w.e.b.n.o.v.e.l.-Inside the control room of the company's headquarters.Jim was whistling as he buffed his nails. He sung a merry tune that caused the rest of his subordinates' lips to twitch as they were forced to listen to his out-of-tune voice without being able to tell him to shut up.It was practically torture to their eardrums.Yet, what could they do? Jim was their boss, and he was directly in charge of punishing them if they did anything wrong.Ah, the woes of having a superior officer like this.At this moment, while Jim's voice reached a crescendo in the room, one subordinate suddenly sat up straight and stared at the screen with unblinking eyes.After five seconds, the subordinate hurriedly stood up, and the chair scraped across the floor in a loud, jarring screech.Jim instantly fell silent.As his malevolent eyes turned to his subordinate, that subordinate felt a chill go down his back, but he didn't dare to be negligent. How could his squad leader go from silly to serious in that split second? He really could not comprehend."Squad leader, the people above the headquarters have been compromised!" The subordinate said very seriously, before he paused for a little while, sounding more unsure of himself. "I think?""What?" Jim immediately said, standing up with a similar screeching sound.He strode over with a serious face that lacked any jovialness from before."Check it for me now!" he ordered.The four other subordinates in the room didn't dare to be lax, and their fingers flew over the various screens as they checked the various seals that were attached to those people on duty today.It was true. Nothing else was out of place, only the people up there in the restaurant today.Instantly, Jim's face fell, and he looked very grave."This is bad," he said, looking extremely solemn. While the lights still indicated that they were alive, and that they should be fine, the more one looked at it, the more obvious it was that it wasn't blinking in time with the movements of breathing.Instead, it was like the seals had been forcefully activated and tampered with.Jim took his subordinates and strode out of the door. While they oversaw the security room, the people who were on duty in the security room were also the first response team since they were the most familiar of what consisted of a breach.This meant that he and his team had to go and check the scene first to ensure that everything was alright.After all, this was their headquarters and not just a random base.His face was incomparably solemn. His head would be the one to fly if anything happened to the headquarters."Hadrian, you stay here and be ready to request for backup! Better safe than sorry! If nothing happens to us, you can hold off the backup request, but if even a single one of our lights go off, then you must report it right away!"Jim commanded his last subordinate.The four of them suited up within three minutes, and they were striding down the hallway.Before he left the room, he instructed his last subordinate one last time. "After I leave the room, engage the lockdown procedures on the security room!""Yes, sir!"The door shut with a loud clang, and there was the sound of the bolt turning, as well as the gear on the door moving as it was securely locked.The four of them darted down the hallway to the nearest entrance to the Red River Jade restaurant.It was a lift that would allow four of them to enter together rather than taking the dumbwaiter.There hadn't been many of their people in the restaurant at the time because it wasn't lunchtime.They should still be searching for the entrance to the headquarters, and there shouldn't be too many of them.They shouldn't be too strong either, otherwise they would have already directly demolished the place.If they were strong enough, even the emperor wouldn't make a move on them in a move to curry favour. There was a reason why so many 'bigshots' were so lawless.Jim and his subordinates were the first response team because they were the most familiar with the seals.Should it really be tampered, they would know about it."Hurry up!" he commanded, and the three subordinates sped up even more. They were making some noises now, but time was more important than being traceless right now. They would worry about their stealth when they reached the top.The quicker they got there, the more time they would have for a response.As Jim and his subordinates rounded the corner, Alec stepped out from the shadow of a pillar, his eyes glancing in the direction they came from.Like a ghost, Alec moved down the hallway at the same speed that Jim and his subordinates had been frantically running at, but the difference was that he made no sound whatsoever.-Author only posts on w.e.b.n.o.v.e.l.-Jim and his team cautiously slowed down as they approached the restaurant.Even though they were listening so hard, they could not hear anything from the place. There was no sound of slaughter, nor any of footsteps or breathing.Given the current circumstances, it was indeed a bit eerie!After all, this was a restaurant that was always busy, and the people inside were constantly moving without any time for rest.It also gave them the surest indication that something was wrong.The men couldn't help but feel a sense of apprehension, with the exception of Jim, who was used to situations like this already.It wasn't the first time that their bases had been attacked, nor would it be the last. The only difference was anyone that dared to have designs on the company would meet with a gruesome end.The four of them hid themselves around the corners and didn't make any rash moves. If they did, there was always a chance that they were just giving up their lives on a silver platter.Jim rounded a pillar, peeking from behind it, when he suddenly noticed a waitress wearing the Red River Jade uniform collapsed on the ground. Since her back was facing him, he couldn't see her face, but there wasn't any blood on the floor.Yet, for some unfathomable reason, Jim's heart skipped a beat.He cautiously backed away before he gestured for his subordinate to go and check on the woman.His subordinate quickly dashed towards the woman and checked her over, placing his fingers on the woman's neck.There was a slow, steady pulse, and she seemed to be just unconscious.The subordinate gestured to his team leader, signalling that she was fine. He carried her in his arms and brought her back to the team leader, who checked over her seal.It seemed to be fine?Yet, Jim only grew more apprehensive as his senses started ringing faintly. Could it be that they weren't aiming for the restaurant, but instead the headquarters itself? Did they already know about the existence of the company?It wasn't plausible, butBang!The sound of the pillar splintering filled their ears, and Jim's subordinate had hurriedly dodged the strike, cold sweat filling his forehead.If that had landed, he would have died!
