The terrifying heavens inside the box

In the food supermarket.

The deputy manager, Oliver, wearing glasses, slumped against the shelf on the floor, sighed, and glanced down at his watch.

"It will be dark in about half an hour."

Hearing this, David, who had just walked over, turned to look at the two auto mechanics who were fiddling with the lights:

"How are these work lights?"

Wearing dark blue overalls, Myron squatted on the ground checking the batteries without looking up: "We're trying to put them back together."

"Alright, let's check it out."

His colleague, Jim, dressed in a gray auto mechanic uniform, turned on his work light as he spoke.

As soon as the light came on, Myron urged, "Alright, alright, use it sparingly..."

After Jim turned off the light, Myron looked at David and said, "None of these batteries are fully charged!"

"Leaving the lights on all the time will only drain the electricity faster!"

David's heart tightened at the thought of the monster sneaking in while everyone else was blind and helpless, and he blurted out:

How fast?

Myron thought for a moment and said, "About five or ten minutes."

Jim chimed in, "Yeah, if they're usable by then."

"Well, then we'll use it only in an emergency," David said in a low voice, "when a monster breaks in."

Upon hearing this, the group exchanged glances, and when they came to their senses, their faces darkened.

This is the worst-case scenario!

As David walked inside, he passed the staff break room and inadvertently saw the cashier Sally and the officer stationed at the nearby mountain base inside.

"Oh, sorry." He quickly turned and left.

However, the two people who had been interrupted from their tender moment in the lounge quickly stood up and came out, their expressions somewhat unnatural.

The three returned to the shelf area, and dinner began to be distributed.

Everyone ate in silence, no one spoke, and no one knew if this would be their last meal.

Supermarket manager Bud Brown carried a tray to the window and stood behind a low wall made of fertilizer bags, staring intently at the fog outside, as if only in this way could he feel a little safer.

But just as Bud was using the portable lamp next to him to tear apart the chicken wings on his plate, a dark shadow flew over and landed on the shop window.

"Oh my God!"

He was so frightened that he trembled and fell to the ground, shouting at the top of his lungs:

"David! David!"

Hearing the scream, David rushed over without even glancing at his son Billy's pale face.

When Bard saw him coming, he pointed out the window: "Look!"

David took out his flashlight and carefully shone it over.

Just then, Brent, the lawyer who had previously escaped unharmed, also came over.

"What is it?"

David turned to the side, giving the other person half of his view.

Brent then realized that it was an insect about the size of a human hand, somewhat like an enlarged grasshopper, but with a tail like a scorpion.

More importantly... the number of them flying into the shop windows is increasing.

Suddenly remembering something, he turned around and shouted:

"Turn off the lights! Turn off the lights now!"

"Brent! What's wrong with you!" David quickly grabbed him.

"David! Turn off the light! Didn't the school teach you that insects are attracted to light? If these insects are attracted, what about the others?"

"We are the sparks now, meant to draw everything around us out and extinguish us!"

"Or, David, do you really think these scorpion-tailed bugs are safe? Really?"

Brent roared, his veins bulging, but David reacted in that instant.

He did not argue further, nor did he hesitate for a moment.

"Turn off the lights! Turn them all off! Quickly!"

Only then did everyone realize what was happening, and they hurriedly turned off all the lights.

The supermarket was pitch black and quiet.

Everyone held their breath and covered their mouths, not daring to make a sound.

Sure enough, the numerous insects on the shop window gradually flew away.

But just as the last one was about to leave, a monster that looked like a giant bat or pterosaur suddenly flew in from afar and crashed into the shop window.

With a sharp peck, it swallowed the flying insect whole, leaving a remarkably clear spiderweb-like crack on the shop window.

Everyone held their breath, fearing it would smash through the glass and rush in to eat them at any moment.

Fortunately, the monster flew away after eating the insects.

Only then did everyone dare to breathe a sigh of relief.

David, in particular, looked apologetic and patted his good neighbor on the shoulder: "Sorry, buddy, I misunderstood you."

Brent shook his head. He had already suffered from misunderstandings and being stubborn before, so he naturally wouldn't care about this little misunderstanding.

At that moment, from the other side, came Carmody's incoherent voice again:

"A voice came from the great hall, speaking to the seven angels."

"Go! Pour the seven bowls that have enraged the god onto the ground..."

"Hey! You crazy woman, shut your stinking mouth!"

Faced with Brent's threat, the fanatical Carmody showed no fear, even retaliating by threatening him, "You! Blasphemer! You will die! I have heard His voice, He is enraged... thud!"

"No! Brent!"

"Sorry, I just couldn't help it!"

Seeing David trying to stop him, Brent apologized.

Then, he looked at the fallen Carmody, raised his fist again, and said, "Listen to me! If you go crazy again and summon bugs, I'll throw you out to feed them!"

After threatening the other party, Brent turned and left.

Carmody lay on the ground, wiped the blood from his nose, stared blankly at the bloodstains on his fingertips, and didn't move for a long time.

David glanced at her, but ultimately didn't go to help her up. He turned around and walked back to Billy's side to comfort his son.

"Dad, I miss Mom."

"I know, I miss her too."

David rubbed his son's head and gazed calmly out the misty window.

Thinking of his wife left alone at home, his brows furrowed even more.

……

In the darkness of the supermarket, everyone endured the cold and fear, and got through this night without any real danger.

But as soon as it was light, the argument broke out.

"Fuck!"

"So it was all your doing!"

Amidst the commotion, David awoke. Billy, whom he was holding, also rubbed his eyes.

Hearing the commotion getting louder, David calmed his son down and temporarily entrusted him to the care of the female teacher, Amanda.

He walked over there himself and found a crowd of people blocking the entrance to the staff break room.

"What happened?"

Brent shrugged. "I don't know either. You should ask them."

David walked through the gaps created by the crowd and saw two small-town youths and three soldiers wrestling in the lounge.

"Hey! Hey! Stop it! What are you doing!"

Upon meeting David, a man of considerable influence in the supermarket, the two groups separated, their faces bruised and battered.

The two small-town youths, or rather, the two brothers Joe and Bobby, with Joe, the older brother, directly complaining to him.

"David, I heard it from inside the bathroom. It was these guys saying that this is their fault."

"What kind of experiments are they conducting at that base?"

"They say this fog is very likely caused by that experiment!"

Upon hearing this, David's expression turned serious. He looked at the other three soldiers and asked, "Is what Joe said true? You'd better tell the truth."

The three people in front of him lowered their heads, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. Immediately, a group of people gathered at the entrance of the staff break room began to curse.

"Hey!" David shouted, raising his hand. "Hey guys, let us find out what's going on. You're all angry, okay? Brent, I need you to calm them down."

Brent nodded, beckoned the group to leave the staff break room, and closed the door behind them.

After the door closed, David began to ask them everything they knew.

A few minutes later, he came out of the lounge, where the three soldiers had been locked up and watched by Joe and Bobby.

David walked into the middle of the crowd, his gaze slowly sweeping over the fearful and uneasy faces.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear, instantly drowning out all the noise.

"Quiet down!"

Then, he revealed the whole story of the secret experiment called "Project Arrow" that had been taking place at the military base on the mountain...