The alarm blared, and glaring red lights flashed throughout every area of the base.
In the prison sector on the lowest level, the entrances and exits were immediately sealed once the alarm sounded. Those were the rules here: no matter what happened above, order had to be maintained below.
In the middle level, large numbers of armed personnel heard the alarm but had no idea what was going on.
The base entrance was on their level. If enemies had invaded from outside, they would have been the first to engage them, yet no enemy had appeared.
"What's going on?"
"Did the people upstairs screw something up?"
A captain holding a Walkie-talkie said, "Damn it, I can't get in touch with Manager Han! Something may have gone wrong upstairs. We need to get up there now!"
The armed personnel quickly gathered their equipment and rushed toward the upper levels of the base.
Meanwhile, in the Ascendant squad dormitory area on the upper level, the thick fog in the corridor had yet to disperse.
Gu Fei and Chu Xiaoyuan came out of their rooms after hearing the noise. Though they could not see clearly into the corridor, the alarm and the smell of blood lingering in the air told them that something had happened nearby.
"Who is it? Get the hell out here!"
Gu Fei summoned his Curved Blade and gripped it in his hand. Cursing, he strode forward, only to see a tall figure wielding a great axe directly ahead after just a few steps.
This...
Whoosh!
The great axe swung down at him. Gu Fei hurriedly ducked, and the blade swept past above his head. The fierce gust it generated sent a chill through him.
Fighting a warrior wielding a great axe in such a narrow corridor was far too