Department store.

The team leader in charge of the rescue had a furrowed brow.

"What on earth is going on? Why is there an explosion here?!"

Even though they arrived in time and brought all the necessary equipment, another explosion still occurred.

If this isn't handled properly, they'll all be held accountable.

Tomorrow's news reports will be entirely about what's happening now.

Whether it concerns their own careers or the masses still trapped inside.

There must be no mistakes in this rescue operation.

"Captain, we just checked, there's nothing on the first floor that could cause an explosion..."

When a team member tried to explain, the captain immediately scolded and interrupted him.

"Are you trying to make excuses for yourself?"

"Using equipment for monitoring increases the possibility of greater safety, but some things cannot be ensured by equipment alone. You are an experienced person, and since this has happened, what you need to rely on is not equipment, but your own experience!"

The team members had no way to refute the captain's words.

After all, the captain is right.

Sometimes you really can't rely solely on equipment; you also need on-the-spot reaction and experience.

The fact that they are facing such a problem shows that their issues are indeed quite serious.

The captain was too lazy to continue scolding them; his priority now was how to rescue the people inside.

[...]

On the other side.

Luo Chen did not appear in everyone's sight, but chose a secluded spot and jumped directly to the second floor.

Now that he is a grandmaster, his jumping ability is unmatched by ordinary people.

If he weren't worried about alerting the enemy, he could have jumped straight up to the fourth floor.

The second floor is the safest place right now.

Emerging from a toilet, the air was thick with the smell of smoke.

It floated up from the first floor.

Luo Chen looked down.

Around the escalator entrance, many trapped people gathered in panic, unable to think of how to save themselves.

But some people remained very calm and were looking for a way to escape.

Luo Chen watched for a while, then looked away.

After all, there were no casualties.

More importantly, it's safe there now.

There has already been an explosion on the first floor, so there won't be any more.

The focus right now should be on those trapped up there.

Without thinking twice, Luo Chen ran upstairs.

Not long after Luo Chen left, the closed toilet door was pushed open.

Wolf Fang, wearing a silver mask, stepped out from inside.

Like Luo Chen, he first glanced at the first floor a few times, and then looked up.

Wolf Fang originally didn't want to come.

But Luo Chen had already taken action, and was also taking responsibility to protect her.

Wolf Fang still followed.

While help may not always be needed, accidents often happen in the details we don't pay attention to.

Luo Chen is indeed very strong, but he was so naive to give it to Langya.

He could have had greater ambitions, but he chose to give them up for himself.

Based on this alone, Wolf Fang knew exactly what kind of personality Luo Chen had.

If Wolf Fang didn't know Luo Chen, they would definitely think that Luo Chen would never amount to anything, since he was too kind and not ruthless at all.

But now, I kind of like this.

Perhaps that's why I chose to believe...

Without further thought, Langya leaped up and followed in Luo Chen's footsteps.

[...]

Department store.

The safe zone is located on the seventh and sixth floors.

A dozen or so people remained there, their expressions filled with terror.

"How could this happen? Why did this happen? Wasn't it supposed to be very safe? Why are there still safety hazards?"

A woman, her face contorted with fear, clutched her head, her pupils darting around in disbelief. She murmured, "This is definitely not a safety hazard. Didn't you hear that explosion? This was absolutely premeditated. Someone wanted to kill us. But why did this happen? I did nothing..."

As she finished speaking, everyone else turned pale.

An explosion can be seen as a safety hazard, and people will simply consider it bad luck.

As long as no one is hurt, this matter will be over.

You can discuss the compensation issue with the department store manager afterwards.

But what about the two explosions?

If there weren't some problems, no one would believe it.

It can only be said that someone is trying to harm them and wants them dead, which is why they did such a terrible thing.

But who could it be?

What would be the reason for doing such a thing?

Whether they are the other party's real target, or merely an accomplice, remains to be seen.

There is currently no answer.

The only thing that's clear right now is that they're trapped here and have no way to escape down.

Not only were the escape routes locked, but...

The second explosion also caused the escalator to break, making it impossible to go down.

When faced with a dead end with no way out, who wouldn't panic after a while?

"Shiyu, are you alright?"

Amidst the despair emanating from those accompanying her, a bespectacled man, seemingly an assistant, comforted the girl beside him.

The girl was very beautiful, as if she had stepped out of a painting, with a dreamlike quality.

But at this moment, the girl's face was pale, and her white dress was covered in dust, as if a fairy had been touched by the mortal world, and she had a worldly air about her.

The girl whose name was called Shiyu kept her lips tightly closed, looking helpless, but she held a book tightly in her arms, not even thinking of throwing it away at this moment.

"Shiyu, don't worry, the rescuers are outside. Although there was another explosion, we must believe that they will definitely get us out."

The assistant comforted her.

He sighed inwardly at the same time.

What a mess this was, a perfectly good event for the author and his fans.

No one expected this to happen.

Especially the girl in front of him, who was already introverted and usually preferred to stay at home.

The assistant spent a lot of effort and persuasion to get the girl out of the room and change her mind.

Originally, this exchange was meant to be a preliminary adaptation, allowing the girl to develop different ideas about society.

But I never expected that things would turn out like this, when everything was fine before.

Undoubtedly, such an event would leave a deep and lasting shadow on a young girl's heart.

It would be impossible to ask the girl to come out after that.

The girl hugged the book tightly, huddled close to it, curled up in the corner.

She is very scared now.

I don't understand it either.

Why did this happen?

Although this could be considered an accident, it could also be seen as a targeted attack by everyone.

But she had a feeling that this incident was... directed at her.

However, she did not offend anyone.

Why did this happen?

She was terrified and frightened at that moment.

I long to go back to my room and lie on my familiar blankets.

They stay inside forever and never come out.

Only in this way can such a shadow disappear.

It can also give her a greater sense of security.