"Stay vigilant and watch for any suspicious movements."
Hyde's heavy and calm voice interrupted Leon's thoughts. He calmed down. Now was not the time to think about what the new drug was. The top priority was to deal with the monster.
Bypassing the container, everyone went deep into the factory. Since the power supply had not yet been restored, each of them held a flashlight for lighting.
The dark environment and the accumulation of water over the instep can give people a very bad feeling, as if something might come out of a corner at any time and kill them.
Sometimes, what is scary is not the thing itself. If the monster jumps out and demands a fair duel, Leon will feel at ease. But now he knows that there is an unknown monster wandering around, but he doesn't know when it will appear.
This is the most terrible thing.
No wonder there is a saying: The oldest and strongest emotion of human beings is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown.
After walking a certain distance, everyone came to the elevator. Hyde shined the light of the flashlight below: "The water is calm."
The stagnant water hindered their movement, but at this moment they could also judge whether something was moving through the movement of the water surface.
Walking down the stairs next to the elevator, they soon reached the basement.
"The water here is much deeper." Hyde estimated, "Well, it's about up to the knees."
"The power supply equipment is in the second room." Fiona confirmed based on the factory layout map.
"The corridor here is too narrow. We can't move freely if we walk together." Jill said, "Captain, shall I go with you?"
"No, you and Consultant Li stay at the stairs in case something unexpected happens. Fiona and I will go together to restore the power supply."
The basement has one-way access, so it would be difficult if a monster blocks the door and ambushes it. Someone needs to stay behind to take care of it, and it is risky to stay alone. According to the size of their team, it is safer for two people to work together.
Fiona followed Hyde into the power distribution room, while Gil and Leon stayed at the stairs.
"Hi, brother." Gil said to Leon while alerting the surroundings, "You are an extraordinary person, right? I see it is written on the document you signed."
"Yeah." Leon nodded.
"Hey, don't worry, I don't want to inquire about your abilities. I have dealt with extraordinary people before, and I know that you extraordinary people like to hide your abilities." Gil touched his shaved hair, "
But you have to explain to me at least what direction your ability is, combat or support?"
"Well, it should be considered a combat type." Leon's card currently only contains the few energy-shaping spells that James has cast.
"Okay, if you have the ability to protect yourself, I won't have to keep an eye on you like I'm taking care of the eldest lady."
Leon twitched his lips. In fact, he didn't mind if Jill acted as a bodyguard to protect the eldest lady. This way, at least he would be safer.
A few minutes later, with a "buzz" sound, all the surrounding lights turned on, illuminating the basement brightly. Then there was a "click click" sound. Liang looked up and found the stairs surrounding the elevator shaft.
Rolling shutter doors have fallen down on each floor on the road, blocking the floors one by one.
"Done." Hyde returned to the team with Fiona, "Next, we take the elevator up and check each floor. If the monster wants to go to other floors, it can only open the rolling shutter door, and that will make a noise, which is convenient for us.
Lock it in place."
Fiona walked to the elevator in the basement, pressed the up button, and waited for the elevator to come down.
After a few seconds, Fiona's expression changed and she raised the shotgun.
"What's wrong?"
"The elevator just stopped on the third floor." Fiona looked tense.
Others also realized the problem. The elevator is not a bus. It will not listen to each floor. It will only stop when someone presses the button on that floor and wants to take the elevator.
And in this factory, in addition to their group of people, there may be people who are moving and big enough to press the elevator button. Naturally, they cannot be super rats, they can only be that monster.
Could it be that...it needs to take the elevator down?
Through the railing, everyone watched the elevator slowly descend. It was impossible to confirm the situation in the elevator from below, and it was impossible to confirm whether there was really an uninvited guest in the elevator, but it was always right to be prepared for a battle.
However, the elevator arrived at the basement, the door was opened, and there was no one in the elevator. Only a solitary light illuminated the dirty floor.
Liang swallowed his saliva, and as he said, the unknown is the scariest thing. If there is really a monster in the elevator, then just fight it. But now... there is nothing, how to deal with this?
"Hey." Jill was the first to break the silence, "I mean, did the monster press the button to stop the elevator on that floor but didn't come down?"
"It's not impossible, but it undoubtedly shows that its intelligence is relatively high, at least at the level of a child." Hyde said solemnly, "Anyway, be vigilant."
"Then shall we take the elevator up?"
"...Proceed as originally planned."
Seeing that Hyde was about to enter the elevator first, Liang hurriedly said: "Wait!"
"What's wrong, Consultant Li, what's the problem?"
Leon pursed his lips, remembering the last time he worked on a case, he and Wein discussed the elevator. The skylight above the elevator in this world can be opened. Wein once said that it was used by maintenance workers, and occasionally assassins would borrow it.
There.
The top of the head is often a blind spot for many people.
"Um, everyone, is it possible that the monster... is hiding on top of the elevator car?"