Chapter 456: Chapter 455: Trap

“Hello, this is the emergency response platform of the Bin City Abnormal Administration Bureau.”

“Help! Hurry, someone come quick, there’s a monster destroying the Blue Bay Dock, save us!”

“May I ask if there are any casualties?”

Beep beep…

The brightly lit lobby was filled with the urgent ringing of telephones, with all receptionists working nervously.

The receptionist, dressed in civilian employee attire, hung up the phone, typing in the emergency report while speaking without turning around, “Director Long, we’ve received another report.”

“The location is at Blue Bay Dock. I just checked, and all the agents from the nearby abnormal management stations have already responded. What should we do?”

No sooner had her words fallen than she completed the information input, and a flashing red dot lit up on the Bin City map on the wall opposite, marking the location of Blue Bay Dock.

In the center of the lobby stood a middle-aged man in uniform. He looked up at the city map on the big screen and said in a deep voice, “Contact the Bin City Traffic and Road Management Bureau and request assistance from our allied units, pulling some manpower.”

“Yes.”

Dinglingling.

“Monster, there are monsters eating people… hurry, hurry.”

“Please, don’t panic. First, tell us the specific location.”

“The Biotechnology Industrial Park… Come save us, quick.”

This time, before the receptionist could respond, Long Zhan, the Director of the Bin City Abnormal Administration Bureau, spoke up, “Contact Bin City Police Academy nearby, and ask for their support. Make it fast.”

“Yes.”

“Director Long, we’ve received an alarm call from Xiabo Road…”

The big screen in the emergency response hall lit up with red dots in the more remote areas on the map of Bin City.

Long Zhan was well aware that it was a deliberate ploy, but they had no choice but to follow the rhythm set by the adversaries.

Because those people knew that the Abnormal Administration Bureau could not disregard the life and death of the citizens.

…

Late at night, the nightlife of Bin City was just beginning, with neon lights casting a glamorous glow over the commercial district.

Three drunken strongmen, arm in arm, talked and laughed loudly, bathed in the kaleidoscopic neon lights.

A chic-looking lady sidestepped their teasing and, amid others’ disdainful or disgusted gazes, the three men turned a corner and entered a hotel.

The hotel was small, with a simply decorated lobby that was dimly lit.

As the three men entered, the receptionist was dozing off at the front desk, wrapped in a down jacket, shivering from the cold wind blowing in from the entrance.

Seeing this, the three men exchanged glances, slowed their pace, and helped each other towards the lodging area.

Under the dim low-wattage lights of the corridor, they stopped in front of a room door.

One of them quietly asked, “Big Head, did that boss really give us so much money?”

Slap!

The largest built of the men slapped the one who had spoken on the head, “Less nonsense, quickly open the door, would your big brother lie to you.”

The man rubbed his crew-cut head and said in grievance, “Oh, it’s just that… it feels like a dream.”

Big Head glared, and the frightened man quickly fished out a thin card from his pocket.

He carefully slid the card through the door crack, and the lock clicked softly, unlocking.

Big Head patted the younger man’s shoulder with satisfaction, “Good lad.”

Then he peered into the dark room, instructing, “You guys go in first, Xiao San go find the stuff, Xiao Si keep an eye on the window.”

Xiao San, the one who’d opened the door, hesitated, “Then what about you, boss?”

Hearing this, Big Head puffed up his chest with righteous indignation, “Nonsense, as the boss I obviously cover the retreat for my brothers.”

“That’s why you’re the boss, always so loyal.”

“Quit wasting time, get to it.”

Xiao San and Xiao Si tiptoed into the room, groping cautiously in the faint moonlight coming through the window.

Click!

A crisp sound echoed in the darkness, and the two men froze in place.

Trembling, they looked down to see broken tiles scattered all over the floor and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Fuck… shh.”

Just as Xiao San was about to curse, Xiao Si, who was quick-witted, clamped a hand over his mouth.

“Shh.”

The shifty-eyed Xiao Si murmured in a low voice, “Third brother, the mission is critical, you hurry up and search.”

“I got it.”

Xiao San, growing impatient, shrugged off his hand and began searching around the room.

After scouring the entire room, his gaze finally rested on the slightly bulging quilt on the bed.

Swallowing his saliva, Xiao San’s hand reached toward the clothes on the bed.

Szzzt–

Just as his hand was about to make contact, the quilt on the bed was suddenly flung aside.

The grating sound of ripping silk filled the silent room, the lethal gleam of a blade flashed momentarily under the moonlight, and large splatters of blood sprayed across the snow-white walls.

Thump!

The sound of something heavy hitting the floor rang out.

Feathers from within the quilt burst out like snowflakes, and a short figure could be indistinctly seen standing among them.

Xiao San’s eyes widened in terror; he looked at the arm on the floor, stumbled backwards, and fell to the ground, letting out an inhuman howl.

“Ah–”

Xiao Si snapped out of his shock, and just as he was about to escape through the window, he felt a chill on his neck and saw a cloaked, slender figure outside the window, who knows since when.

The night wind fluttered the figure’s cloak, revealing an insect-like triangular head and compound eyes.

“Don’t don’t kill me… Please, don’t kill me.”

Xiao Si’s face turned pale as he stepped back, his legs trembling violently, and the stench of urine instantly permeated the room.

Clack!

The lights came on, and Da Tou, covering his head with both hands, walked into the room.

He was followed by two arresting dogs and two agents from the Abnormal Administration Bureau.

The leading middle-aged agent, upon seeing the feathers and bloodstains on the floor, saluted the Chinese Fast Blade Mantis standing to one side with a grave expression.

The Fast Blade Mantis, with its blade-arm pressed to its chest, bowed slightly and then backed against the wall.

“Speak, who are you, and who instructed you.”

Glancing at the whining Xiao San clutching his severed arm, Da Tou paled, “Chief… Chief, we are just law-abiding citizens.”

“Leader Sun, I recognize this man,” a young agent whispered, “They are all idlers of this generation, committing petty thefts and all sorts of misdeeds generally.”

The middle-aged agent was about to speak to the three on the ground when suddenly he turned to look outside the window.

“Who’s there!”

Crash!

The shattered glass fell to the floor, breaking into countless small fragments.

The curtains fluttered in the night breeze, and the room was already missing the figures of two Chinese Fast Blade Mantises.

“Damn it.”

Seeing two shadows chasing intersectingly behind him.

The fleeing man swiped his hand, and a Great Tit appeared by his side.

The man leapt up, grabbed onto the Great Tit’s talons, and flew into the night sky.

Seeing this, the two Chinese Fast Blade Mantises easily scaled the walls as if walking on level ground, leaping from building to building; they quickly caught up to the Great Tit, doggedly pursuing it.

The man, knowing he couldn’t shake off the Fast Blade Mantises, pressed the switch by his ear and spoke in an urgent tone, “It’s a trap…”

Whoosh!

A bladed gleam flashed across the night sky.

The Great Tit’s form faltered, its wings halting mid-flap.

The expression on the man’s face froze.

The night wind blew.

It lifted up the Fast Blade Mantises’ cloaks, revealing their blade-arms glowing with a tinge of blood under the moonlight.

Bang!

A burst of blood exploded violently behind them.