Chapter 1130: Those Who Come Will Never Return
"He's not letting anyone in for now." Team Leader Wu was quite embarrassed. He had called these people over, but Xu Huo didn't need them at all.
Professor Lan and the medical team exchanged glances, but it was Tang Guangbo who said, "Then we'll just wait outside. If he doesn't need outside help, it probably means the problem isn't too serious."
The large group of dozens of people had no choice but to squeeze into the hallway and wait.
"It's almost New Year's, sorry to trouble everyone for coming all this way." Team Leader Wu had a big pot of dumplings cooked and gave everyone a bowl. "Eat first, eat first."
"How about giving Brother Xu a bowl too?" Sima Xiao'er said. "Look, he's so badly injured but still thinking about coming back. He must be looking forward to celebrating the New Year."
"Do you think everyone is like you?" Team Leader Wu scolded him, but still let him go. Whether Xu Huo could eat or not was one thing, but the thought had to be there.
Sima Xiao'er really did carry a bowl of dumplings to knock on the door, but just as he raised his hand, the door opened automatically.
"Put it down over there." Xu Huo's voice came through, reaching the ears of the group in the hallway who were craning their necks.
Sima Xiao'er had no other good qualities, but he knew how to take advice. He put down the bowl and slipped right back out, not even giving Team Leader Wu a chance to say what he wanted.
"I think Brother Xu is fine, Team Leader, don't worry about him." Sima Xiao'er said. "He coughed up a lot of black blood. There's probably poison in the blood. You should think about how to deal with it later."
"Xu Huo didn't mention it, so it shouldn't be a poison that can spread through space." Team Leader Wu said. "We'll just follow the usual procedure when the time comes."
The group was chatting and eating dumplings when, unexpectedly, the power in the Safe Zone suddenly went out.
Team Leader Wu immediately stood up. "The Safe Zone can't have a power outage. Someone has sabotaged the power supply equipment. Send people to check immediately and restore power as soon as possible!"
"It's not just the power; the signal has been blocked too." Qin Jingyuan, a C-level player from Jing City who came with the medical team, said, "Team Leader Wu, please arrange a safe house immediately to house Professor Lan and Professor Tang."
Team Leader Wu knew the Safe Zone like the back of his hand. He immediately had two players take them to the room closest to the detention room. "That's an A-level safe house. All personnel and supplies can go inside. As long as we hold the door, there won't be any problems!"
After quickly arranging for the group from Jing City, Team Leader Wu had the players within the Safe Zone check each sealed area one by one. The doors to each sealed layer had been closed when Xu Huo came in, and most hadn't been unlocked yet. Even if the intruders controlled the main doors of the sealed areas, there was only one path, making them easy to locate.
The players in the Safe Zone were also very fast. In less than half a minute, a temporary alarm sounded. Players from other locations quickly rushed to reinforce based on the source of the alarm. The battle began quickly, and news came back from the front lines almost immediately.
"The intruders are carrying a large number of poison gas bombs." Sima Xiao'er took out a gas mask and handed it to Team Leader Wu. "Team Leader, you go to the safe house first. There are C-level players there, safer than out here. Leave this to us. We won't let anyone break into the detention room!"
Team Leader Wu hesitated briefly before agreeing to go to the safe house. "Staying here would just be a hindrance. Contact me on the communicator if anything happens!"
Sima Xiao'er nodded, then turned around and, together with his companions, began setting up defense items in the corridor.
Team Leader Wu had no choice but to leave things to them. After entering the safe house, he immediately tried to contact the monitoring personnel outside the Safe Zone. He called five or six times, but no one answered. Realizing the monitoring personnel might have been killed, he immediately asked Qin Jingyuan, "Did you notice anything unusual when you came in?"
This situation was very abnormal. Although the domestic environment was unstable now, absolutely no players would dare to directly attack a Safe Zone established by the nation. All the monitoring personnel had lost contact. The other side might have come prepared, and if they were prepared, there must be traces.
Qin Jingyuan gave a negative answer. "If there was anything unusual, we would have informed you immediately."
"Could they be targeting Xu Huo?" Team Leader Wu said uncertainly, then said to Qin Jingyuan, "Most of the players guarding the detention room are E-level. Captain Qin, can you send a few D-level players to protect him?"
"Impossible." Qin Jingyuan refused. "Our mission is to protect Professor Lan, Professor Tang, and the medical team. No one can leave their post!"
Team Leader Wu knew he couldn't reason with him, so he had to look to Tang Guangbo. After all, Tang Guangbo was Xu Huo's future stepfather; he should be more concerned about his safety... But just as he turned his head, he suddenly noticed a medical staff member at the back of the team raising a scalpel!
"What are you—!" Before he could finish, that nurse stabbed the scalpel into the neck of a colleague standing in front, pushed the person aside, and quickly charged at Professor Lan, who was two steps away!
"Bang!" A bullet flying from somewhere in the room pierced the nurse's hand. Before the scalpel could hit the ground, a player stepped forward and subdued the person. At the same time, all the other medical staff put down their belongings, automatically stepped back against the wall, spread their fingers, and pressed them against the wall. Professor Lan and Professor Tang were also protected by Qin Jingyuan and two other C-level players.
The entire medical team and Qin Jingyuan's group stood facing each other, each occupying one side of the room. The other players were in the middle. Except for those restraining the attacking nurse, everyone else began to check.
After the medical team members and supplies were all checked one by one, the female player Ye Suqiu quickly reported, "Only one person has traces of using an item, but nearly half of our supply boxes have been marked."
"It seems they're after our supplies." Qin Jingyuan nodded. "Xiao Ye, take two empty boxes to another safe house. Xiao Zhao, Xiao Wang, Xiao Ding, go with her."
As soon as the order was given, the four players immediately took action. They removed the potions from the boxes and left with the empty boxes.
Knowing that the people outside were after the medical team's supplies, Team Leader Wu breathed a sigh of relief. Then he suddenly thought that Sima Xiao'er and the large group of people guarding the detention room might become targets themselves. He immediately dialed the communicator.
But it was too late. Somehow, the front line had been breached. Five players had penetrated deep into the Safe Zone. Seeing Sima Xiao'er and the others, they charged straight over, dismantling all the defense items they had set up in an instant.
"Open fire!" Sima Xiao'er, standing at the front, had already raised his gun. With a loud shout, a dense hail of bullets shot towards the people at the other end of the corridor.
"We're in the player era, and you're still using such old-fashioned weapons." Among the newcomers, a long-haired man slowly raised his hand, and a semi-transparent honeycomb-shaped barrier appeared in front of him, effortlessly catching all the bullets. However, on Sima Xiao'er's side, the ricocheting bullets injured two people.
"Who are you people!" Sima Xiao'er shouted sternly. "Do you know the crime for attacking a Safe Zone!"
"Crime?" The long-haired man seemed to have heard a joke. He said arrogantly, "No one can convict a player..."
But before he could finish, his expression froze. His mouth, opened wide from laughing, began to stretch grotesquely...
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(This chapter ends)