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Chapter 318 Bloodstained Venue

The hotel's upper floors were immediately filled with alarms!
But this is, after all, a hotel, not a company headquarters, and there aren't automatic turrets or gas devices installed everywhere. Through the security cameras in the corridors, one can see many people carrying automatic weapons rushing towards the conference room. Clearly, in this Jiangcheng of this world, firearms are no longer the exclusive domain of the military and police.

However, something shocking happened to Chen Xuan.

The armed reinforcements quickly stormed into the conference room, but the security cameras inside didn't capture them at all! The doors on both sides remained tightly shut, as if the reinforcements had entered a completely unrelated hall!

"Can you connect to these people's perspectives?"

There was silence in the headphones.

"Lin Qing?" Chen Xuan's heart sank. "Hey, can you hear me?"

"...I heard that, it's looking for an access node," Lin Qing replied, as if waking from a dream.

"What's wrong with you?" He realized that his partner was acting strangely.

"These ability users... I've fought them in the future..."

"What?" Chen Xuan was stunned. "They lived a century into the future?"

“No… I’m not talking about individuals, but those with abilities belonging to the Arbitration Tribunal,” Lin Qing murmured. “Did you see the badges on their arms? That’s the symbol of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Limited Authority.”

Chen Xuan could easily see that although these people were dressed in all sorts of different styles, each of them did have a shield-shaped badge on their right arm. However, the image was so blurry that he couldn't make out the pattern on the badge except for the red and black color scheme.

"Are these people very capable?"

“They are the most elite execution force of the organization.” There was a hint of fear in Lin Qing’s voice. “My unit once attacked an Arbitration Tribunal ability user, but the mission failed. Only four of the twenty-two team members survived, and I was one of them.”

No way……

If he understood correctly, those twenty-two were all future warriors, their combat abilities on par with Lin Qing at full strength. Coupled with their complete firepower, those twenty-two would be enough to take down a city now, yet they were defeated by a single ability user?

"Of course, the arbitrators back then possessed the most advanced technology in the organization, and could even equip themselves with prosthetic bodies while using their abilities. However, in any era, they would be among the strongest ability users." Lin Qing added, "Chen Xuan, unless absolutely necessary, never meet with these people... Once they remember you, they will find you no matter where you hide."

If one of them is this amazing, imagine how powerful a group of them would be?
There are at least five people wearing badges in the meeting room right now!

Doesn't this mean that the authorities have deployed a full-strength arbitration tribunal team for this operation?
In fact, the effect is quite obvious.

Just as Lin Qing cut to a shot of the reinforcements, the battle in the hall was nearing its end—at least half of the thirty-odd attendees were demons, and half of those demons were now corpses with their eyes wide open in death. They never imagined that the people who had just signed the contract with them would turn on them on their own turf.

Chen Xuan saw it all clearly: the meeting room was empty in the soldiers' eyes; the teacups on the table were still steaming, the chairs were neatly arranged, and only the alarm bells continued to ring. They frantically searched everywhere, including opening windows, drawing back curtains, and rummaging through drawers and cabinets... but all of this was in vain.

All attendees seemed to have vanished into thin air.

But the other side of the camera showed the complete opposite.

"Where are the guards...? Why haven't they arrived yet?"

"The doors and windows won't open!"

The scene was a mess, with tables and chairs overturned, blood and pieces of limbs scattered everywhere, and the cries of dying people echoing throughout, making it seem like a desperate arena.

Demons weren't primarily skilled in combat, and they preferred using puppets to serve them. This head-on, one-on-one fighting quickly shattered their will to fight. A middle-aged man, clutching his severed abdomen, glared at Xiao Kanon with a livid face, saying, "Why did you do this? The rest of the artifacts… you'll never get them!"

“No, Mr. Zhao, of course we will get it. One or two of you will survive, and we’ll get all the information we want from the lucky ones,” Xiao Canon said dismissively. “As for why… the answer is actually quite simple: what happened in Paris has given us a wake-up call.”

"What do you mean?" the other person asked, bewildered.

“I sold you information about the angels, and instead you were attacked by your enemies and given a good beating. This shows that demons are nothing special.” He revealed his usual friendly smile. “If you can fear angels like tigers, why can’t we steal from you? The facts also prove that… the power of the mechanism is far greater than yours. Without the contract… you are just a bunch of incompetent fools.”

By the time Xiao Kanong finished speaking, the last three surviving demons had all been brought under control. They included the old man surnamed Qi, the young demon Shang He, and Zhao Zhilei, whose lower body had been severed.

None of the members of the arbitration tribunal were injured or killed.

The entire fight only lasted about ten minutes...

"Look at the 'business partner' you brought in!" the old man glared at his compatriot through gritted teeth. One of his arms had been broken off, and both of his knees had been crushed; he could only lie on the ground cursing.

“Don’t say that… Wasn’t it a decision everyone made together to expand the business? It’s unfair to blame just one person.” Xiao Kanong spread his hands. “However, Mr. Zhao’s introduction has indeed been a great help to the organization, and we had a very pleasant first transaction, so we should give him some reward.”

"Alright... we'll only leave two alive. Originally, we planned to choose Young Master Shang from Jade Plate Group and Old Master Qi from Oriental Industry, but now Mr. Zhao is also an option. Whoever begs me to spare his life first, I'll save them. We'll take the two who speak first." He held up two fingers. "I've heard that demons are despicable creatures, cowardly and willing to sell everything for their own benefit... I'm curious, is that really true? I hope the three of you can give me an answer."

"Oh no!" Chen Xuan thought to himself. Although he didn't know what method the mechanism used to completely isolate the conference hall, the Red Lotus Group members were still in the next lounge!
Now that the demon's subordinates can't find their master, they will definitely turn their attention to other members of the organization. Once a conflict breaks out between the two sides, the execution team will be in grave danger.

He immediately shared his idea with Lin Qing: "We need to get as many people out of the hotel as possible!"

"I'm trying!" Lin Qing realized this too, and assisted the AI ​​to spin rapidly. "This should work—"

—"Urgent Notice: A fire has broken out at the Green Court Building. The lockdown order has been lifted. Please evacuate immediately. Repeat: The lockdown order has been lifted. Please evacuate immediately! The following are optional self-evacuation methods..."

Electronic synthesized sound filled the entire building.

Immediately afterwards, the sprinkler systems in the corridor and each room were activated.

The "rain" poured down suddenly, catching the reinforcements and security guards off guard.

Theoretically speaking, with water splashing everywhere in the break room, it's absolutely impossible for the team members to stay any longer.

While keeping a close eye on the corridor surveillance cameras, Chen Xuan noticed that fire extinguishers were also spraying water from the conference room where Xiao Kanong was located!

Is that so...? Although they seem somewhat isolated from reality, they are actually still inside the hotel, and all the facilities are still connected to the building.

"Honglian hasn't come out yet!" Lin Qing couldn't help but feel anxious. She couldn't accept that the future leader of the resistance army had been killed here. "I'll go up and see for myself."

“No, you should take this opportunity to leave the hotel now,” Chen Xuan objected. “They are probably no longer in their rooms.”

"They're gone? Those people never left the lounge!"

“That’s the key point,” he said in a deep voice. “First it was the lockdown alarm, and now it’s the fire alarm. Honglian and the others are on duty to protect us, how can they sit idly by? Just trust my judgment.”

Lin Qing was silent for a moment before replying, "Alright, I agree to the evacuation. However, after I leave the hotel, communications may be interrupted, and we will no longer be able to obtain intelligence on the enemy. To ensure everything goes smoothly, recall Honglian now."

(End of this chapter)