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Chapter 264 "A Master Has Arrived"

The staff on duty in the core computer room probably never expected that they would lose control of the defense system so quickly. When the three-proof door opened automatically to welcome Lin Qing in, they were still frantically trying to restart the computers.

"W-who are you?"

"Don't do it, let's talk it over!"

These company employees always sit in front of screens, remotely controlling various advanced weapons to eliminate the enemy, but when it comes to facing life and death themselves, their first reaction is to put their hands on their heads and surrender to Lin Qing.

"Get lost." Lin Qing simply uttered one word.

Everyone was shocked and quickly got up and fled the server room, as if afraid she would regret it.

She doesn't need these people to teach her how to use the systems in the core computer room.

Because N959 has already taken over everything for her.

The large screen on the wall shows that the building has entered a state of emergency, with more armed robots converging on the 55th floor and the underground machine room, while automated weapon stations in some key locations have also been activated.

Lin Qing skillfully connected to the line and issued instructions directly through Xiao Lv—this was much faster than voice commands, allowing her to process dozens of commands simultaneously and ensure their proper execution.

"Switch from martial law mode to custom mode."

"Close the rooftop and emergency escape routes."

"Lower all exterior window safety nets."

"Cancel the assembly order for floor 55. All robots, stand by in place."

"Added to the green list for passage."

After making some new adjustments to the defense system, she finally connected to Chen Xuan's channel. "I have breached the core server room and am now transmitting the real-time monitoring signal to you."

In this way, Chen Xuan could directly see the scene inside the room where the demon was via his mobile phone.

Lin Qing raised her finger and moved these surveillance images onto the large screen in the server room.

It was a luxurious hall filled with an atmosphere of extravagance and debauchery, decorated like a palace. Besides the four demons, there were more than a dozen guests inside. Their facial data was instantly scanned; they were either Parisian politicians or high-ranking officials from major companies. Extravagance and debauchery were not merely adjectives here. Lying in their arms were beautiful women dressed in semi-transparent white gauze, and young men with rabbit ears. The palace also contained many entertainment props, such as shackles and gallows, clearly for adding to the entertainment. The scene made Lin Qing unable to help but whistle.

The reason the demon would still set up surveillance in such a private hall was certainly not for future review.

"What business meeting? This is a win-win party!" She turned up the volume on the security camera. "Let me hear what you're all talking about!"

……

"What's going on? Why did the surveillance footage suddenly stop working?"

"Wow, I just got to the exciting part!"

Several guests egged on the host, Van Dieff, the executive director of the Nightmoon Group.

When the alarm sounded on the first floor, he, as the host of the banquet, was immediately notified that armed men had attacked the headquarters building and caused casualties.

Such incidents are uncommon, but not unheard of either. There are always some reckless individuals who dare to challenge the authority of large corporations, never considering that the weapons they can buy are all manufactured by those companies. Van der Fauci's countermeasure was simple: he treated the attackers' movements like a live-streamed game for these high-ranking officials and dignitaries to watch.

The real-life scenarios are far more exciting than the virtual ones.

And everyone's reaction was exactly what he expected—no one cared who the attackers were or why they were attacking the building; all they wanted was to see a bloody hunt and enjoy the pain and death of their victims.

However, when the first batch of armed robots was quickly dealt with, Van diff realized something was wrong. There were only two enemies, but their faces didn't show the frenzy of typical thugs cornered in a desperate situation. They looked remarkably calm and methodical, as if they had everything under control.

Moreover, the woman's abilities... somewhat exceeded his impression of ability users. Aren't those ability users... just degraded versions of demons and angels? When did such a powerful character appear? So, for the second round of obstruction, he directly dispatched his puppet subordinates.

Since all the guests were his own people, Van diff wasn't worried about the insectoids being seen. It could be said that each of the insectoids he trained possessed extraordinary strength or reflexes, their individual combat power comparable to that of ordinary ability users. He even jokingly promised everyone that his "employees" would soon disembowel the intruders and bring them here for everyone's torment and amusement before the enemy was completely dead.

Just then, the surveillance footage suddenly froze.

"Sorry, the system was recently upgraded and is a bit unstable," Van Dijk said, trying to sound casual. "Please wait a moment, I'll have someone fix it right away."

However, a sense of unease stirred within him. In the mere dozen or so seconds that the surveillance footage went missing, he sensed the puppet rapidly diminishing in number, its rate of loss not much slower than that of the robots. This was somewhat perplexing; after all, even against a police suppression force, a single enhanced insectoid could hold its own against ten heavily armed officers for a considerable time.

Half a minute later, his secretary brought even worse news: "Sir, I can't get in touch with the core server room, and I can't make any calls..."

"What?" If there weren't other guests present, Van der Werner would have snapped this guy's throat. "What have you been doing all this time? You couldn't get through on the phone, so why didn't you send someone down to let us know?!"

He scolded her, almost in a low voice.

The secretary wore a distorted, terrified expression. "But... the internal elevators are also malfunctioning."

Unlike the passenger elevators outside, the elevator system here is protected by a core computer room, making it virtually impossible for hackers to intrude.

Unless—something went wrong in the server room.

However, he has not yet received any warnings that the core data center has also been attacked.

Van der Felix's expression instantly turned serious. He whispered to his secretary, "Take good care of my guests." He then stood up and nodded to the crowd. "Mr. Andor, Mr. York, Ms. Moni, please come with me."

"What's wrong?" a guest asked.

“Mr. Van der Fry probably has some new fun he wants to try with us,” the Andorran police inspector said with a laugh, pushing the woman off him. “You can continue having fun; the surveillance should be back up soon.”

The three entered the inner room, where Van d'Ef's face had turned extremely grim. "Gentlemen, we're in trouble. The ones who've come are experts."

"What do you mean? Where are your enhanced insectoids? Didn't you kill them?" The woman called Moni still didn't seem too concerned. She admired the jade bracelet she was wearing as she replied, "If all else fails, just activate the extermination program."

“That wouldn’t be a pleasant sight…” another demon shrugged. “We still have guests.” The so-called “elimination” involved raising the building’s defenses to the highest level, changing from martial law to eliminating all moving targets. Various automatic weapons, traps, lasers, and poison gas devices would be activated, and even they would have to retreat to the safe house.

As for those employees who cannot enter the safe house... they will be eliminated like cockroaches.

However, doing so will cause a little public opinion trouble.

“Unfortunately, I am unable to contact the core server room. This building is temporarily out of my control,” Van Dijk said frankly.

The demons were taken aback.

Are you kidding me?

"Does that mean we can't even use emergency exits and airlift vehicles?"

"That's roughly the gist of it." Van Dijk didn't hide anything. "You've all enjoyed peace for too long, and now is an opportunity to awaken your killing instincts. The opponent is an unprecedented ability user, and his strength is unexpectedly formidable, but if the four of us work together, we shouldn't have much trouble suppressing him. What do you say, Mr. Andor?"

"That's right, you're the one who recently took down the angel yourself, and your combat ability is the most outstanding among us."

"Why don't you lead the charge later?"

The other two said the same thing at the same time.

Andor saw a familiar light in the eyes of the three men—like a demon revealing its true nature.

(End of this chapter)