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After gathering the diner representatives, Manager Shi called everyone into his office. Holding up an emergency lamp, he said:

"Everyone, the situation is urgent, so I'll keep this brief."

"I can't contact the outside world at all right now. The hotel's internal lines have also been damaged. I suspect... dangerous people have targeted this place!"

Manager Shi's words immediately caused an uproar among most of the diner representatives in the office, with only a very few exceptions.

For instance, Lin Hai and his daughter Lin Long had expected this already. And among so many diners, the clear-headed ones definitely weren't limited to the Lin family.

"Please don't make too much noise, everyone, lest it cause panic."

Manager Shi immediately tried to calm them down. "I still can't determine the exact situation, which is why I called you all here—to see whether anyone has a solution."

Lawyer Zeng said in a deep voice, "Isn't this wrong, Manager Shi? If something happened at your hotel, shouldn't you be the ones figuring out what to do? What does it have to do with the guests?"

Before Manager Shi could reply, Lin Hai suddenly said, "Now isn't the time to discuss whose responsibility this is. The priority is to find a way to save ourselves as quickly as possible. Ideally, we should contact the local Public Security Bureau."

Manager Shi shot Lin Hai a grateful look before saying, "I understand that everyone is upset. If I ran into something like this while traveling, I'd be upset too...

"But whether you want to hold someone accountable or seek compensation, you first need to ensure your own safety, don't you?"

After Lin Hai and Manager Shi's reminders, the people in the office calmed down considerably.

Anyone willing to volunteer as a diner representative certainly wasn't timid, because the role was originally meant to confront the hotel management head-on.

That was also why Manager Shi had only told these people the truth.

"That makes sense, but what exactly should we do now?" asked a young man who looked like a sports student.

"To be honest, this is my first time encountering a situation like this too. I don't have any ideas for the moment. Does anyone have any suggestions?" Manager Shi said with a bitter smile.

Hearing that, everyone realized that Manager Shi was merely a highly paid employee. He wasn't actually responsible for anyone's safety.

To him, even if something really went wrong, the worst consequence would only be losing his job.

"We can't just sit here and wait for death!" A square-faced man in his early thirties pondered for a moment. "Like this older brother just said, we at least need to find a way to report this and contact the local Public Security Bureau!"

"You make it sound easy. Who's going to contact them, you?" a middle-aged man in a tank top sneered.

"As an agent of the Public Security Bureau, I do indeed have that obligation," the square-faced man said calmly.

The man in the tank top froze, then smiled awkwardly. "Uh, sorry, sorry. I ran my mouth. Officer, please don't hold it against me."

The square-faced man did not continue that meaningless exchange. Instead, he briefly introduced himself to everyone in the office.

"Ma Kun, agent of the Colorful Cloud City Public Security Bureau... If no one objects, I'll lead a team out to investigate the situation and see whether we can establish contact with the outside."

The middle-aged man in the tank top immediately said, "With an officer here, of course we'll follow your arrangements!"

Ma Kun, the square-faced man, looked helpless. "Sir, I'm probably younger than you. Could you not call me that?"

"No problem, Officer Ma. Whatever you say!" The man in the tank top chuckled. "My name is Zhong Yi Deng. Just call me Old Zhong. I'm only a pig butcher, but I've got plenty of brute strength. I'll absolutely follow orders!"

Ma Kun nodded. "Then Old Zhong, come with me. Anyone else? It's entirely voluntary, but there may be some danger."

"Count me in. Lin Hai. I've practiced a little kickboxing," Lin Hai immediately volunteered as well.

"Alright, Brother Lin, you're coming too." Ma Kun nodded.

With Old Zhong and Lin Hai taking the initiative, several more diner representatives promptly volunteered, mostly strong, sturdy people confident in their own abilities.

That included the young man who had asked the first question, Zhao Peng, who looked like a sports student—and he really was one.

Including Ma Kun, who had proposed the idea, and Manager Shi, who would guide them, a total of seven people chose to take the initiative and investigate the situation.

The rest naturally followed Manager Shi's original suggestion and remained behind to maintain order in the restaurant, lest chaos break out.

Before setting off, however, Ma Kun noticed Lin Long beside Lin Hai and asked in surprise, "Brother Lin, this is...?"

"My daughter. She's trained too, so don't worry about her," Lin Hai said succinctly.

Ma Kun did not ask further.

Although he was leading the team, Lin Hai and the others had no obligation to obey his orders. There was no need for him to meddle.

Whether they lived or died was their own choice.

Before long, the group took the emergency tools and weapons Manager Shi had found and quietly left the restaurant.

Behind the restaurant's kitchen.

Lin Rou strolled leisurely toward the back door of the kitchen.

Restaurant kitchens generally had emergency exits. Usually, only internal staff used them, though they were sometimes used to transport ingredients and the like.

At this moment, there was no one in the restaurant kitchen.

From the chefs to the kitchen assistants, they had all gone to the main dining hall the moment the power went out, presumably intending to return once the electricity came back.

With no people in sight and no bright light source, the kitchen looked somewhat eerie beneath the green glow of the emergency lamps!

But Lin Rou paid no attention to it and quickly arrived at the kitchen's back door.

Just as she raised her hand to push open the rear kitchen door, she suddenly leaped backward!

Boom!!

The instant Lin Rou retreated, the metal back door was smashed open completely!

A figure nearly two meters tall charged in from outside, pursuing the retreating Lin Rou!

Yet Lin Rou remained completely calm. With a light tap of her foot, she sidestepped and avoided it again.

Crash!

The tall figure that had launched the surprise attack was not as quick to react as Lin Rou. After she dodged, it had no time to change direction and slammed headfirst into the kitchen's metal stove!

Screech!

The metal stove let out a piercing shriek under the impact, caving in completely!

"A Beastmorph?"

Lin Rou could now clearly see the tall figure that had attacked her. It was a Beastmorph with a wolf's head and a human body!

Its green-glowing eyes were filled with cruelty!

"So it's a little girl. You've got guts, wandering around alone like this?" the wolf-headed Beastmorph sneered.

"Why are you attacking this place? How many of you are there? And what is your purpose?" Lin Rou asked thoughtfully.

"You sure have a lot of questions, little girl. Which one am I supposed to answer first?" The wolf-headed Beastmorph rolled its neck.

"You can answer them one by one. If your answers satisfy me, I can consider handing you over to Crimson Flame," Lin Rou said unhurriedly.

"If my answers satisfy you, you'll still hand me over to Crimson Flame?" The wolf-headed Beastmorph pointed at his own nose with a stunned expression.

"Mm." Lin Rou nodded slightly.

"And if they don't satisfy you?" the wolf-headed Beastmorph mocked.

"If they don't, then I can only beat you to death," Lin Rou said as if it were only natural.

"Beat me to death? Hahahaha... You should be the one dying!"

The wolf-headed Beastmorph first burst into loud laughter, then lunged at Lin Rou again with a savage expression!

This time, Lin Rou stood where she was and did not dodge.

The wolf-headed Beastmorph thought she had been scared stupid, and his eyes filled with a cruel smile. Then, the next moment—

Thud!

With a dull impact, the wolf-headed Beastmorph froze in place!

His eyes were full of disbelief. Lin Rou had caught his wrist with one hand, rendering his claw completely unable to move.

He viciously tried to pull his wrist free, but Lin Rou did not budge in the slightest.

"How is this possible?!"

The wolf-headed Beastmorph stared at Lin Rou in disbelief, unable to understand how this skinny little girl possessed such terrifying strength.

As a Beastmorph, his strength surpassed that of most Gene Warriors at the same level. Crushing an ordinary person to death was as easy as playing around.

Yet before this little girl, the strength he had always been proud of was nothing but a joke...

"You don't think I was afraid of you just because I dodged one of your attacks, do you?" Lin Rou asked in surprise.

"Die!"

The wolf-headed Beastmorph became somewhat furious and embarrassed, swinging his other claw at Lin Rou too!

"You don't know your place!"

Lin Rou's expression turned cold. Grabbing the wolf-headed Beastmorph, she viciously slammed him into the ground!

Boom!

With a tremendous crash, a hole was smashed straight through the kitchen floor!

The wolf-headed Beastmorph was hurled by Lin Rou from the third floor down to the second!

Lin Rou clearly had not expected that either. After blanking out briefly, she simply jumped down through the hole to the second floor.

However, the wolf-headed Beastmorph was no longer there. It seemed he had escaped in that brief moment.

"He moves pretty fast."

After dusting the ash off herself, Lin Rou calmly followed in the direction the wolf-headed Beastmorph had fled.

Inside the restaurant.

Once Evil Thought Detection sensed a clearer malicious intent, Lin Xuan had already locked onto its source.

"A hotel employee?"

When he saw that the newcomer was wearing a restaurant waiter's uniform, Lin Xuan could not help but feel surprised.

He had carefully sensed things earlier and confirmed that Manager Shi harbored no malicious intent toward the diners in the restaurant. Otherwise, that intent should have included him as well.

Therefore, he had not thought all this was some hotel conspiracy.

But the restaurant waiter now walking toward them clearly had a problem. He was highly likely to be one of those behind the scenes!

"In other words, these people may not have acted on a whim. They may have planned this long ago and planted someone inside the hotel beforehand?"

Lin Xuan had already formed some guesses.

But now was obviously not the time to think about that. Watching the restaurant waiter gradually approach, Lin Xuan came up with an idea.

At this moment, although some emergency lamps provided light in the restaurant, the surroundings remained rather dim.

If Lin Xuan did not possess Evil Thought Detection, he might not have noticed the restaurant waiter approaching them so quickly.

But since he had discovered him, and they were in such a dark environment... wasn't this a perfect opportunity?

Swoosh—!

Along with an almost inaudible whistle through the air, the restaurant waiter, who was still more than ten meters away from Lin Xuan and the others, suddenly let out a muffled groan!

His footsteps stopped, and his face instantly turned deathly pale!

A closer look would reveal that among the tableware originally placed on the table before Lin Xuan, one fork was now missing.

The sudden, intense pain nearly made the restaurant waiter cry out, but he endured it at the last moment.

He knew that drawing attention at a time like this could ruin everything.

If his actions caused trouble, the people behind him would make him beg for death but be unable to die.

"Damn it! Who attacked me?"

The restaurant waiter swept his gaze around, but found nothing. At the same time, someone began questioning him through his earpiece.

"Black Rat, what's going on over there? Didn't we tell you to deal with that troublesome little brat?"

"Someone attacked me!" the restaurant waiter said in a low voice. "Aren't you monitoring the whole area? Did you see who did it?"

"You sure? There wasn't anyone near you just now who was even looking at you... Oh, no, there was. Beside that troublesome brat was a malnourished-looking little baby who glanced at you. Are you saying he attacked you?" The voice in the earpiece carried a hint of ill-intentioned teasing.

Hearing this, the restaurant waiter known as Black Rat looked toward the target's table. Sure enough, he saw a baby who looked extremely weak, smiling adorably in his direction.

Could that person have attacked him?

What a joke.

The restaurant waiter shook his head. "Red Chicken, I know you've disliked me for a long time, but if we delay the boss's plan, neither of us will get off easy. I'm not in the mood to joke around!"

The voice in the earpiece continued, "I'm not joking with you either. There really was nothing unusual just now. Do what you're supposed to do!"

Damn it!

The restaurant waiter's heart sank. He realized the other party thought he was making trouble over nothing.

But an unknown concealed weapon had clearly struck his thigh. If he had not been trained, an ordinary person would probably be clutching his leg on the floor, wailing and rolling around by now.

"No choice. I have to risk it!"

The restaurant waiter gritted his teeth and raised his foot again.

Swoosh—!

Another whistle through the air sounded. This time, the restaurant waiter was prepared and dodged slightly, but still failed to avoid it completely.

Another piece of concealed weaponry pierced his thigh beside the spot that already hurt, making stars dance before his eyes!

This was bad!

The restaurant waiter could no longer endure it. He spun around and pressed his back against the wall, leaning against it as he looked around in shock and anger!

By now, he had realized someone had noticed something unusual about him, and their roles had completely reversed.

Originally, the enemy had been in the open while he was hidden in the dark. Now, the enemy was hidden in the dark while he was exposed.

"Red Chicken... We've got a problem!"

Leaning half against the wall, the pale-faced restaurant waiter spoke into his earpiece.

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