I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Don't worry about who others are or what they want to do. Investigating cases is the sheriff's job, and security is the responsibility of the security guards. He's just a junior manager...

Many guests are like this, acting strangely... It's quite common.

he comforted himself.

The elevator door slowly closed.

The strange man remained silent.

Zhao Dequan was restless, feeling that the man in front of him was staring at his neck with his eyes hidden behind sunglasses.

"It's so hot today... even though it's almost November, haha." Zhao Dequan chuckled awkwardly, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the cold sweat that kept pouring down his face.

The man remained silent.

Zhao Dequan nervously paced back and forth on the handrail of the trolley, watching the elevator floor display slowly ascend, inwardly complaining about how slow it was.

17th floor, 18th floor, 19th floor...

Just as the elevator was about to reach the 22nd floor.

"A rustling--"

The rectangular object on the cart in the man's hand suddenly shook, making a strange rustling sound.

Zhao Dequan suddenly recalled that in the quiet of the night, in the dilapidated rented room he lived in when he was young, cockroaches would crawl onto his wooden bed and scurry around his ears...

"..."

The strange man turned his head toward Zhao Dequan.

Even though he was wearing sunglasses, Zhao Dequan could clearly feel that the other person's gaze was fixed on him. His heart pounded like thunder, and his eyes were gradually filled with fear.

"Ding--"

The elevator door opens.

"save--"

He only managed to utter one word before Zhao Dequan's head slipped off his neck.

Blood gushed out, turning the giant cream cake into a 'strawberry cake'.

"Tsk." Duan Kaiping disgustedly rubbed his blood-stained hands on the corpse.

The rectangular object wrapped in black tape suddenly began to shake violently.

Duan Kaiping's expression changed drastically: "Oh no, it smells blood! It hasn't been fed all day, it's about to go berserk!"

He immediately helped the cart onto the platform, kicked Zhao Dequan's body and the cake aside, pushed the rectangular object out of the elevator, and sped down the corridor.

Before long, he saw the entrance to the banquet hall. At this moment, the cuboid trembled more and more violently, and the black tape on it made a ripping sound as it cracked in all directions.

Duan Kaiping's expression changed drastically. He immediately pushed the trolley hard towards the banquet hall door, and at the same time, he pulled out a remote control-like device from his pocket.

There was a red button on the device. Without hesitation, Duan Kaiping turned around and ran frantically towards the stairwell, which served as the safety exit, and pressed the red button.

In a hidden spot somewhere on the 22nd floor, a small black, round box suddenly flashed red light.

"Beep-beep-beep-"

……

"Sorry, I don't use a mobile phone and I don't have WeChat."

In the lobby, Xue Jing was smiling and shaking his head, politely declining the advances of a young woman wearing a sexy off-the-shoulder dress.

"Hey~ don't lie to me, handsome, just add me, I'm not going to eat you~"

The other party, however, was a bit persistent. While coquettishly pouting, she reached out and grabbed Xue Jing's arm, intentionally or unintentionally burying his hand in her soft spot.

Xue Jing remained expressionless, inwardly sighing, "What a shrewd rich woman..."

Suddenly, he frowned and reached into his pocket to take out his phone.

The girl's eyes lit up immediately, thinking that she had the handsome boy in front of her under her control, and she couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"That's right! Come on, add me, I'll tell you a lot of things~"

As she spoke, her tone gradually became seductive and deep, each word spoken with deliberate pause, making her exceptionally alluring.

Xue Jing ignored her and silently looked at his phone with a furrowed brow.

A barely perceptible tingling sensation came from his palm as he touched the phone. If he hadn't practiced the "Shaking Armor Technique" for many days, which had made his skin's sense of touch increasingly sensitive, he probably wouldn't have noticed it.

Before he could think it through, the phone screen suddenly went dark.

Immediately following this, all the lights in the entire banquet hall went out at once.

The scene was plunged into complete darkness.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Immediately, someone spoke up in surprise.

"power cut?"

"Wait, I turned on my phone's flashlight... Huh? My phone's dead too?"

The scene was noisy and crowded.

Xue Jing patted his phone, his eyes narrowing slightly.

He was quite certain that his phone was fully charged.

Moreover, it wasn't just his phone; in such darkness, none of the dozens of people present took out their phones to light up the darkness, clearly indicating that everyone's phones were unusable.

In addition, all the lights in the banquet hall went out... This must mean that all the electrical equipment had malfunctioned.

These phenomena reminded him of something.

“EMP…” he murmured to himself.

Electromagnetic pulses are a high-tech method capable of instantly destroying all electronic devices.

"Oh! I'm so afraid of the dark, handsome, you have to protect me!" The girl hugged Xue Jing's arm tighter and tighter, burying herself deeper and deeper into his soft embrace.

She laughed, seemingly unconcerned about the sudden darkness.

It's just a power outage, what's the big deal?

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the direction of the banquet hall entrance.

"boom!!"

The sound of shattering glass, combined with the sound of something falling to the ground, was so jarring in the darkness that it startled everyone.

"What the hell!?"

"Damn, that scared the hell out of me!"

"Ahhh!!"

The girl in the dress was also startled and couldn't help but scream.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xue Jing broke free from the arm, took two steps forward, and quietly scanned his surroundings with his deep eyes.

In the darkness, an invisible monster seemed to be crawling among them.

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"What's the sound over there?"

"Someone must have been running around and bumped into the door, breaking the glass. Seriously, it's so dark, why aren't you being careful?"

"Does anyone still have battery on their phone? My phone is completely unusable."

"mine too."

"Mine too... Does anyone have a charger?"

"The power's out, what's the point of a charger? Do you have a power bank?"

The scene was noisy, but most people just assumed the hotel had suddenly lost power, so there was no real chaos.

"Something's not right." Pei Tiancheng pressed the power button on his phone for a long time, but nothing happened.

He frowned. "How is it possible that so many people's phones went out of power at the same time as the hotel's power outage?"

In the darkness, Ye Chenglin spoke up from the side: "Let's not talk about this for now. We don't know how long the power outage will last. Let's get out of the hotel first. The elevator is probably out of service. Let's take the stairs down... Does anyone have a lighter? Let's use it to light the way."

Pei Youguang quickly replied, "I have one."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a brand-name kerosene lighter.

"Snapped--"

He flicked his finger and lit the lighter.

A beam of light emerged from the pitch-black hall.

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. Humans have an ingrained fear of darkness, and seeing light again even brings a sense of happiness.

"Everyone, please gather over here."

Ye Chenglin clapped his hands and said loudly.

"Follow the light, come over here, let's walk out slowly, don't crowd, watch your step."

The young people in the hall were mostly either Ye Chenglin's friends or brought by his friends. The sense of security provided by the light from the lighters made people want to get closer, so they all obediently gathered around.

"Sigh, what happened to the power outage during what was supposed to be a perfect banquet? What's going on at the Ruizhu Hotel?"

"It might not be a problem with the hotel. Maybe something happened at the power plant? Maybe the whole area is without power."

"I think this is quite interesting and exciting. If this were a suspenseful horror movie, we would probably be in danger right now, haha."

The group chatted and laughed. Although they were in the dark, the large number of people and the presence of light dispelled most of their unease, creating a strange feeling of excitement and peace of mind.

This resulted in most people being in a good mood and not showing much dissatisfaction due to the sudden termination of the banquet.