Strategic Scientific Reserve, temporary base in New Jersey.
The entire base was under lockdown, especially the elevator area, which was guarded closely by well-trained agents.
Everyone was isolated in their own designated areas and forbidden from moving around freely.
At first, everyone remained calm, staying in their respective areas and discussing the cause and severity of the accident.
But they soon realized that something seemed wrong.
The agents in fully sealed biohazard suits would occasionally come in and silently take certain people away.
No matter how they questioned them afterward, the only answer they received was: "It's being handled."
Gradually, fear began to spread through the crowd.
Almost everyone gathered here was highly intelligent. Each one was an elite, a scientist with immense and irreplaceable value.
But precisely because they were smart, some of them were the first to notice that something was off.
Under normal circumstances, if a serious biohazard leak occurred, shouldn't the first priority be evacuating the contaminated area?
But what about now?
They were still inside the "contaminated area." They had received no evacuation orders, nor had they seen any emergency decontamination procedures!
And they certainly shouldn't all have been imprisoned inside the "contaminated area" like this!
Thus, panic began spreading wildly until it consumed everyone.
"Let us out!"
"Let us out!"
"Why are you imprisoning us? Let us out now!"
These clever people who usually prided themselves on being elites completely lost the reason they should have possessed after being consumed by fear.
"Stop! You are not allowed out!"
Fury had been ordered to maintain order, but he still could not stop the irrational behavior of the panic-stricken crowd.
"No one move! Stay in your assigned areas!" Cold sweat covered his forehead as he desperately tried to explain loudly. "Please trust us. Trust Director Carter.