Chapter 202: Mermaid in the Iron Box
As soon as he finished speaking, a metallic object suddenly clattered to the floor nearby. Everyone turned around and saw a middle-aged man hurriedly picking up something that looked like a handle. He stammered, "I didn't know it would break... I just leaned on it by accident..."
Tie Ge and the others cursed. They cautiously approached the spot, keeping their distance, and only when they confirmed it was just a decoration on the iron box did Tie Ge snap, "Have you never seen a horror movie? You can't go around touching things in dangerous places. Touch something and you die. Know what they call the people who die? Cannon fodder! Useless teammates!"
The middle-aged man hung his head under the scolding, but out of the corner of his eye, he kept watching the iron box behind Tie Ge. Suddenly, his eyes widened. "It—it... it moved!"
Tie Ge immediately turned around, only to see the middle of the iron box bulge and then flatten again, as if something inside was moving.
"Gulp." Someone swallowed.
Wei Bin suddenly asked, "What do you think they could be soaking in a specimen tank nearly two meters tall?"
"Could it be a person?" Xiao Ba asked fearfully.
At the same time, Xu Huo, Dai Wenqian, Gu Yu, and several others had already taken out their weapons and props. Xu Huo called out, "Everyone, move back toward the elevator. Don't crowd together. Walk slowly, and don't touch the iron boxes."
Tie Ge and his group reacted the fastest. They darted behind Dai Wenqian and the others in just a few steps. The rest of the people saw them run and, afraid of being left behind, hurried after them in a jostling crowd.
It was hard to avoid bumping into