Delta: I have a 1-Haf Coin instant kill system!

The central garden was bustling with people!

Demoulin stood to the side of the stage, his gaze sweeping across the entire audience.

She looked around to make sure she hadn't missed any risks before turning her head and nodding slightly towards the backstage area.

As the emcee stepped onto the stage, applause erupted!

The ceremony itself proceeded as expected: Demoulins gave a speech, the ribbon was cut, and the media took photos.

The 40-minute process wasn't fast, but everything went smoothly.

Anthony sat in the center of the first row, his expression unchanged.

He clapped and smiled along, occasionally turning to exchange a few words with the person next to him.

As for that document... he has already sent it back to headquarters.

Demoulin did not linger.

After her speech and ribbon-cutting, she stepped back to the side of the stage and gestured for Claire to come over.

"Sister Lan?" Claire jogged a few steps to her side.

"I'm leaving early; you can handle the rest."

Claire hesitated for a moment. "Leave now?"

"Um!"

Demoulin didn't explain further.

"The helicopter will arrive at the dock in half an hour! Keep an eye on this area, and make sure nothing goes wrong."

Claire nodded, but her gaze involuntarily drifted towards the stage.

Anthony took the stage, cleared his throat, and began delivering a congratulatory address from Hafk's senior management.

"Now, please allow me, on behalf of the Hafk Group—"

......

On the other side, Longbow Valley.

Reese sat up abruptly from the bed, the movement causing excruciating pain in his shoulder wound.

He groaned, turned his head and looked somewhat unfocused, but after a moment he became fully awake.

He froze for two seconds, then suddenly turned to the side and reached under the bed.

There was a hidden compartment there, and when he touched it, he felt a cold metal device.

It's about the size of a palm, and has only one red button on its surface!

Reese stared at the button for a few seconds, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.

It aggravated the wound on the corner of his mouth, making him grimace, but he didn't let go.

He gripped the device with his right hand and looked up at Said beside him.

"...Demulan isn't injured? That's alright! As long as this thing makes a sound..."

He raised the device a little higher.

"The core area of ​​the space base can be blown to smithereens!"

Saeed's gaze fell on the device.

"...When did you bury it?"

"I divided the troops before we even set off!"

Reese grinned, which aggravated his wound.

"I was afraid we wouldn't be able to win in a direct confrontation, so I kept a backup plan!"

Saeed fell silent. "Do you want to press it now?"

Reis raised his hand, pointed it out the window, and pressed the button!

......

The central garden of the space base.

Anthony is speaking eloquently on stage.

His speech was very long, and the audience listened attentively, with the occasional click of a camera shutter from the media.

everything is normal!

But the next second—an extremely faint "beep" came from directly below the stage!

The sound was so soft that it was mixed in with the speakers and applause, and no one noticed it at all!

But then came a second sound, slightly louder than the first!

"Beep—beep—"

Demoulin had reached the dock, but his steps faltered at the edge of the threshold.

Her brows furrowed suddenly, as if sensing something, and she turned her head, her gaze falling towards the central garden!

has a problem!

"Claire!"

She pressed the earpiece, and her voice suddenly rose.

"Everyone, back off!"

Claire reacted almost instinctively, turning sharply to wave towards the crowd.

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"

But it's too late!

The beeping sounds came one after another, and the rhythm got faster and faster!

Anthony stood on the stage, his mind blank, and he looked down at his feet.

It was as if I could see something through the wooden planks of the stage.

He suddenly turned around and tried to jump off the stage, but he had only taken one step!

"boom--"

The explosion rang out right in the center of the central garden!

The stage took off!

The shockwave spread outwards in all directions from the stage!

In that instant, time seemed to stretch out!

Zhang Zhao stood by the dormitory window, watching helplessly as the core area began to collapse.

The central garden is the structural support point of the entire building complex!

Reis planted far more explosives than usual, and the explosion directly destroyed the load-bearing column!

The concrete floor slabs cracked layer by layer, and the glass curtain wall collapsed.

Within seconds, the smoke and dust engulfed half of the core area.

Before the aftershocks of the explosion had even subsided, Demoulins abruptly stopped in his tracks at the dock.

Her pupils contracted sharply as she watched the rising dust in the core area.

Before the brain could make a decision, the body turned and rushed back towards the central garden.

"Claire! Answer me!"

There was only static and sporadic screams in the headset; communications seemed to have been disrupted by the shockwave of the explosion.

The central garden has now completely changed!

The smoke billowed upwards in mushroom shapes, and the air was filled with the smell of burning.

Most people were buried directly under the wreckage, with broken limbs and shattered footage everywhere.

Just then, a figure suddenly rushed out from the smoke and dust.

Claire practically slid out of the ruins, skimming the ground.

She moved incredibly fast; the back of her suit was worn through, and the metal structure of her spine was faintly visible.

That was the explosive spinal cord that Hafk implanted in her, which, once activated, allowed her to unleash speeds far exceeding those of ordinary times!

Claire knelt on one knee, panting heavily, her red hair covered in dust.

She raised her hand to wipe her mouth, turned her head to look at the central garden area behind her that had been almost completely leveled, her heart still pounding.

"...Sister Lan..."

She whispered something, and at the same time saw Demoulan rushing towards her from the west.

Demoulin leaped over the rubble of a collapsed corridor in two quick steps and landed beside Claire.

She glanced at Claire's injuries, made sure she was alright, and then immediately turned her gaze to the center of the ruins.

"...Where's Anthony?"

"Probably dead..."

Claire said, panting.

"He was still speaking on stage at the time, so he didn't have time to jump."

Demulan paused for a moment, said nothing, and turned to walk towards the ruins.

Claire jumped to her feet and quickly followed.

"Sister Lan! There might still be danger over there! You can't get too close—"

"The load-bearing capacity of the core area is still slowly collapsing, but the central garden area has stabilized."

Demoulin didn't turn his head, his steps were extremely fast.

"The explosion came from under the stage, and the explosive charge was probably planted in the area around the load-bearing base."

"Now we need to confirm if anyone is still alive!"

What she didn't say was that if Anthony died, a series of troubles would come his way from the higher-ups at Hafk!

Demulan walked to the edge of the ruins, and after confirming that there was no further collapse, he turned his head slightly to Claire and spoke.

"Go and take inventory of all mobile personnel still in the base, and gather all those who can move to the medical station!"

"Also... arrange for a plane to send Zhang Zhao away! After this incident, he can't stay at the space base!"

"And you?"

"I'll stay here and see if there are any survivors."

Claire opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't ask any more questions, and turned to run east.