Chapter 046 Negotiation

"I still think this is a bad plan."

The middle-aged man with sparse hair and a shiny forehead said worriedly.

His eyes fell on the second group of guards who were preparing for an attack not far away, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Not long ago, the surveillance footage of the first group of guards was disconnected at the same time. The monitoring room speculated that they were ambushed, which put the security of several other channels into question.

After discussion, it was decided to have the second group of guards approach the cage area through the ventilation duct.

The guards carry devices that can shrink their bodies and enter through ventilation ducts. With the ability to protect their bodies, they can avoid being wiped out by physical traps, and the gas masks they wear can also help them survive poison gas traps.

"Don't worry." The middle-aged woman standing next to him, with neatly combed golden brown hair and wearing a suit, said, "They are well prepared. Even if they are attacked in the ventilation duct, they can handle it. If they go down earlier, they can still meet up with the previous batch of guards. There must be someone alive."

That's true, but he always has a bad feeling in his heart... The middle-aged man looked around. There were not many guards left. The top fighters were taken to Xizhou to protect the ruler Adelian and the two heirs. There were not many fighters left in the headquarters, and some of them had failed in the cage area and might have died.

If the second group of guards don't come back after going down, their security here will not be enough.

"Mr. Werner, Ms. Rachel, we are ready to go." A middle-aged woman in uniform came over and said, she is the captain of the guard and a powerful superhuman. "Any instructions you need to convey?"

The middle-aged man Ali Werner said: "Be careful, the first task is to rescue Her Highness Eliza."

The captain of the guard nodded, and seeing that the two had nothing to say, she walked towards the team members who were waiting for her.

After everyone was gathered, the team members jumped one by one towards the dark hole in the wall, which was a "door" opened by a team member to the ventilation duct. The moment they jumped into the door, the device on their bodies shrunk them, making it look like a scene from a movie.

The second group of guards disappeared into the "door", and the "door" soon disappeared. Only the remaining guards were left holding weapons at the entrances and exits to prevent the prisoners from suddenly appearing.

Ali Werner and Rachel came to the monitoring room together and inferred the situation at the scene from the monitors carried by the guards.

The monitoring room has a huge screen. Normally, monitoring personnel can piece together the current situation of the entire building through hundreds of small screens.

However, the current monitoring room only broadcasts surveillance footage from gray areas such as underground cage areas and breeding areas, while surveillance footage from hotels, shopping malls and other locations on the surface are assigned to the sub-monitoring room.

Four monitoring personnel sat at the table and observed the surveillance images, responding and adjusting according to the images in a timely manner.

Currently, the center of the screen shows the images from the monitors carried by the second group of guards, while the black images surrounding them are from the monitors carried by the first group of guards.

At this moment, a black screen suddenly lit up.

The monitoring personnel noticed it immediately and magnified it.

This is a long shot.

Floya was hanging high in the air, the rope tightly wrapped around her body went around the gorgeous chandelier, and the other end was wrapped around the unconscious Elisa, forming a balance.

Directly below them were sharp metal spikes. If they fell from that height, they would probably die instantly.

Everyone in the monitoring room stared at the screen, not daring to make a sound.

The death of Werner's second daughter in Werner's headquarters would make the whole world laugh, not to mention how angry Adrian Werner, the person in power, would be.

The chandelier was swaying a little, and the unconscious Elisa Werner seemed to be heavier, pulling everyone's hearts down with her. Fortunately, the weight difference was not big, and the precarious balance was maintained.

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Froya looked at the camera and opened her mouth. Only then did they notice that there was a headset hanging next to her ear.

"Can you hear any voices?" asked Ali Werner.

The surveillance personnel turned on the sound of the screen.

Froya's hoarse voice came out from the loudspeaker: "They demanded negotiation, using their freedom, new identities that would not be hunted down, and at least five million dollars in compensation per person in exchange for the lives of Her Highness Eliza, me, and one hundred guards."

Impossible! These three words echoed in Ali Werner's mind, but the words that came out of his mouth were gentle and pleasant: "Of course, this matter can be discussed."

His tone was gentle, "But I need to confirm Her Highness Eliza's condition first. Why is she unconscious? Is she injured? If you want to negotiate, you must ensure Her Highness' safety..."

Ms. Rachel noticed that he made a few gestures with his hands behind his back, thought for a moment, and then pulled a surveillance officer out.

Once outside, with no risk of being overheard, Rachel told the surveillance officer, "Let me talk to the guard."

The surveillance officer was a young woman. She quickly used the tablet in her hand to adjust the images and then took off the walkie-talkie from her waist.

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The ventilation ducts were not very clean, there was some dust, spider webs that came from nowhere, and dead insects.

The guards, who shrunk their bodies to the size of thumbs, scattered and clung to teammates who had the ability to pass through the ventilation ducts. During this time, the defensive teammates would always pay attention to protecting their teammates who were also "small people" to avoid being crushed to death by the "huge" teammates.

The captain of the guard team was also among the thumbnail figures. He stood on the shoulder of his teammate in front and was looking down at the pipeline design. "The pipeline in front leads directly to the cage area below. Prepare to descend quickly."

The answer he got was a uniform "Got it".

That's when Rachel's voice interrupted.

"Hello, Captain Amber, I'm Rachel Kling."

Everyone stopped, and the captain took off the intercom from his waist and said, "Anbo received it, please go ahead."

"Her Highness Elisa, Miss Froya, and the first group of guards are currently at the arena. You don't need to go to the lobby to meet up with them. Just go directly to the arena."

Rachel's voice was calm and quick, and her words were concise. "The prisoners are very strong, please be careful."

Upon hearing the news that their companions were still alive, the team was slightly agitated, and the captain showed joy on his face, but he did not lose his composure and simply replied, "Got it."

The intercom fell silent again. Upon hearing the news, the guards whispered to each other with some joy for a moment, but considering that they were in the middle of an operation, they quickly calmed down.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down again, the captain said, "Let's go around the pipe in front and go directly down to the arena."